Show LIBERTY 31 STAKE AKE IN CONfERENCE II Speakers Emphasize Divinity t of J Joseph Jseph seph Smiths Smith's Book of Mormon J GODS GOD'S COMMANDS LITERAL I Without Obedience There Is No Salvation Says c Rulon S S. S Wells t f J J Observance anco of Gods God's commandments cy and the divinity of ot the mission of subjects subjects sub sub- f Jos Joseph ph Smith were tho the general at nt addresses m made lIe b by Rulon S S. S oils and Anthony Anthon W W. Ivins at ot the quarterly conference Liberty of-Liberty of stake at the thc tabernacle yesterday afternoon hugh J. J Cannon president of ot tho the stake takO r nt at the thA meeting Rulon S. S Wells said that whenever members of tho the Mormon church gath gathered gather gather- r- r ol ot the Lord was ed td together the spirit nith them and the extent to which this spIrit was felt cit elt depended on the tho members members mem- mem bers of ot the tho congregation Individually und nd collectively Ho quoted tho the commandment com corn Thou shall lovo love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy mind and with all thy t sou soul ns as the greatest commandment given b by God to His and ed wit with tho the second In Importance Thou shall love lovo thy neighbor as thyself With such cuch stress laid on Jhc e commandments commandments command command- ments the speaker asked It If It wore were not regarded as Important that the they bo be observed by all Mormons Ho lIe believed It was Important for tor the Mormons ns to observe them and for tor that matter he believed It Important for all tho the children children children chil chil- dren o of God to observe them God did not gho commandments without expecting them to be bo observed and he ho said Raid the tha Lord did nol n set tasks taK-B for tor Ills His children that were greater great great- er then they con could Id accomplish or lay down precepts for tor which could not nol bo be carried out and ond which he did not expect should be observed K Keep Keen p Ills his Commandment It ye re love Me 1 keep My Mv command- command I ments 1 Quoted Mr Wells rind and nd lie He that thal fl I 1 love Jove God and anu keep not hi III nis commandment is a n liar and the truth h hIot hnot Is h not In him he lie continued Recalling an nn Incident while he waon was Wul wason on a mission Mr rr Wells eUs related a conversation con he had with a clergyman regarding re- re garding tho tue ordinance of ot baptism forthe for forthe the remission of ot sins and the gift orthe of or the Holy Hoh Ghost Ho lie said th the tue clergyman clergyman clergy clergy- man contended that the ordinance of or baptism was only an outward sign of ot inward grace and not absolutely necessary nce- nce essary to salvation Mr Ir Wells Yells said he quoted the passage Except ye e be lie born again of ot water tater and of ot blood ye yo shall not Dot enter the tho kingdom of or heaven To this the clergyman replied that It was t only a commandment Mr Wells ells went ent on to review re the doctrine of the Mormon church to the th effect that salvation salvation salvation sal sal- without the observance of ot baptism bap bap- performed by a member of or the I Mormon church according Recording to the tho ex exact cx- cx act chefs beliefs of oC the Mormon church was Impossible for or any anyone one In taking up the second commandment commandment command command- ment Thou shall love th thy neighbor as thyself Mr 11 Wells ells said our neighbor neigh neigh- bor should mean moan eer every one with we come In contact whether It be at home bome of abroad and that meant sinner ns as well as ns saint The distinction sh h uld be made between sin and sinner and while members of ot the church should abhor sin they should love Jove the sinner and look to the parable of the Good Samaritan Samaritan Sa Sa- Sa maritan a ad as an Illustration of or who our neighbors are The commandment does not Ray say Love Iove they good neigh neigh- n a too z- z compare Joseph Smith with Jesus Christ and maintained maintain maintain- ed thai that tho the unbelief In Christ expressed by tho the Jews and th the skepticism with which the world viewed Joseph Smith were evidences e that Joseph Smith was under Divine Inspiration when he wrote wrote- the hook book of ot M Mormon rmon He lie received the thc Mormon articles of or faith which accepts ac ac- accepts ac- ac tho the book of ot Mormon as ns the word of God without qualification and that the Mormons believe states the Bible to bo ho the word of God so far tar as Love translated translate Divine Robert correctly sang O 0 as a solo between tho the ad- ad ad ad- dresses x |