| Show II MORMONS MORMONS' REGARD FOR PROPHET JOSEPH OF SERMON Jose Joseph P Smith Must Be Accept- Accept edas ed dl as Such Declares T Tabernacle Tab Tab- ab- ab Speaker No Xo man can carire reject ct Joseph Smith asa as aR a a. prophet of or Go God and receive salvation salvation salva t tion Hon declared Joseph F. F Smith Jr specking speaking at tho bon services cs yesterday cst afternoon aft aft- afternoon In the Tabernacle Joseph Smith was a true continued th the speaker he hc heaN was aN sent lent b by I Christ therefore therdor If Jr we reject the thc prophet It is as If It f we rejected Christ lC exalt th the prophet Wo vo not Joseph world Smith above o rh tho o oIt Redeemer of or tho the world Jt It IB not is-not not true tru as said In the Ithe world orId that wo 0 worship the prophet n tore more than we wa do our God R Wo o 0 worship wor wor- ship hip hp our TrOd God and 1111 his son Jon Jesus Christ nna e Joseph Smith as a. a a servant of or We re cannot accept Christ and reject his hIa servant ser Georg F. F Richards wae sae the o other speaker of or tho the afternoon His Isis sermon was RS along doctrinal lines President Anthon H. H l Lund Jun und presided at tho sen ices Fulfillment of All the tho prophecies s not yet jet et fulfilled I Fald cald Apostle Smith at the thc Inception of ot his lits mu this last sermon must t be filled in dispensation This is tho da day of re re- re The Thc message of ot the the thc ever ever- lasting lasting- Gosp os t 1 will mill be carried carried to alt all We c cannot cannot reject tho the testimony of the ol- ol eIders dors ders without suffering the thc consequences conse conse- T I IA I 11 7 tl Vl speaker 1 k declared C th that t tc acceptance c ePt e of r Christ and nd tho the prophet Joseph must be one and nd tho the same samo S Salvation l atlon will not come on an any other terms ho he said sald Since Ince the formation of the tho Church of J Jesus Christ of or Latter day Saints tho the truth of ot this stand had grown crown ho sate sara despite attacks and ridicule from man many peen men in the world All tho the shafts hafts dI- dI dIJ di directed J at tho church had fallen short ho said Reading from the doctrine tend find covenants Mr lr Smith related ho how when th the tha gospel had been carried to all ail the tho world earthquakes tempests storms war and horror would visit the world orld and nowhere would there be bo peace except in n Zion Lion Mr Ir Richards spoke of tho the power of or Jove Iona oe Charities are arc tho the result o of love JO h he said men and women are arc deep deeply I Appreciative t He lie spoke of or the love lovo the 1 people have o for the Lord God Appreciative of or Gospel I r believe that especially are arc faithful faith falth- ful Latter day Saints appreciative Q of or the gospel given us for 01 our ultimate salvation atlon he lIal aid ald Those who have o embraced d tho the gospel ospel aro are able to ap- ap predate It its th saving power the jo joy r that it St puts In the heart and love 4 the tho Giver Gher of ot this great Ireat and antI choice gift Rift I ul hope that we will love 10 the Lord with all our It hearts with all our might Jf Jt we C love loc tha Lord we will keep Ills IUs commandments and he saved aed The peo peo- people Pie pic loved lovel the elders ciders because thc they loved the tho o of ot th the everlasting gospel I th they y brought And the cl elders ciders loved e 1 the people The faithful In Israel love the prophet Joseph Smith for ho lie was an Instrument in the hands bands of the th Lord In bringing tho the gospel to the these last da days It has been inspiring to un us and wo we would not exchange the gospel for aJ all the wealth of ot the he world We know that It Is true that there I is no oth other othar r means for or tho the salvation of tho the children of oC men Considering tho the brief time timo In fn which ho lived on on this earth said Apostle Richards Richard the work of ot the Prophet Joseph Smith wa was wonderful The Saints Saint believe c said ho that the prophet Joseph was ono of or tho the elect revealed to Abraham and that he was destined to carry tho the massa m o of or the gospel in thelast tho the 13 last lant t dispensation before the tho world was as created that created that then thon he was aas chosen b by the I ord for tor his mighty ml mission slon Ho no nonas was nas tho the moans of revealing to the people people people peo peo- personality of God the Father and of or the Son ho he showed that thc they lived and were personages personage c of or flesh and bone declared tho the speaker of Religion The carrying of at tho the restored gospel ospel to all nil the nations of or the tho earth at an enor cost of or money and time to tho church said Mr Ir Richards In is a a. ful ful- of the vision Islon of ot John We We c arc are proud to promulgate te tho the gospel ho resumed Ale We are arc In the tho minority amon among the creeds of or tho the world orl now but twE we I know no that we e nn have t- t uio iruin rutn Rna ana mat wo Wu win Ul ultimately I prevail Tho The prophecies of the tho prophet Joseph h have never had to bo ho rescinded or recalled The They are the truth ann they thoy will prevail lI always The Book of Mormon lormon the tho Doctrine and Covenants Co the tho modern revelation all help to make tho time truths of or tho the Bible Dible better understood under under- stood It uIt It Is natural to think that m men n and women omen like to believe belle In the eternity of the tho marriage o covenant Wo 0 know that little children children who die cite at nt tender years are redeemed We know that there Is III no such thing as LS Infant t Hon tion on These aro beautiful principles the they are arc desirable and the they can be bo reconciled with th tha Scriptures Tho The time will come COnto when every knee will t bend and cr c every tongue will proclaim Christ The opening prayer was nn given Shon b bv by John M M. Knight and antI George Albert Smith pronounced the benediction Several Sev Sev- eral cral hymns and anthems were Run sung b by the tho choir |
