| Show GROWTH OF CHURCH SINCE BEGINNING EIGHTY YEARS AGO Mission President Also Discusses Discusses Discusses Dis- Dis cusses Beliefs as to Resurrection EN E. E RICH president of the time ens eastern tern B BEN states mission spoke on the relative relative rela rela- tive importance of ot tho the Mormon church and the tho belief boIer In iii the Bible andIn andin and andIn In the time death and resurrection of or Christ at nt the flue conference In tho the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon lie He related conditions conditions con con- existing In tho the church at al tho the time when the time government was at attempting attempting at- at tempting to enforce Go the thu Edmunds ds law saying that tim the chan change which followed a day of at fasting w would uld be regarded as I one of or tho the r miracles In history If It I were published with tho time accounts of ot other miracles In the thc Bible After speaking of or tho the growth of ot the tho church In tho the past eighty eight years ear Mr Ir Rich said He lie II Power of Earth Earh And Anti If the work worl continues to grow row rowIn In tho the next el eighty ht years as It has luas done dono In the th past eighty eight It I will wi certainly be bethe bethe bethe the power of ot the earth carth I rejoice this afternoon that that I have ha e a n standing within tho tim church that flint I was born ot of goodly I parents arents that I 1 can point with Ith a a great deal ot or pride to mo me that that m my father was wasa a trusted servant to tho the prophet Joseph and anti all al the other leaders of tho the church up to the tho time of ot his hla death death and that I Sno Snow at m my mothers mother's funeral pointed to tho flue corpse and said There lies les the body odY of C a woman who h has never been antagonistic to any maw Jaw H tria mat of or has lias revealed for tor the redemption man mankind k I mankind I sincere sincerely trust truet that when m In my time comes to lay this body down that It can be said of me that I have have been true to the man man whom God has his placed at tho the head of or the church Continuing Mr Rich said Testimony In lit 11 Given We Yo know Inow that time the te testimony that God has given to us concerning concerninG the tho mission mission mis mis- sion aba of or Joseph Smith gives an nn undying testimony that Jesus Is the Christ a stronger testimony than Is possessed b by anyone anono else In the tho world a testimony that Ho tIc le died for the sins of ot the time world that tha t He lie was resurrected resurrected not not a a. a mythical mythi cal eal resurrection but a 0 tangible I literal rc from time the grave and amud that that wo we are aro ar almost th the only people who do believe in the tho actual resurrection the literal resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ The rest of them have made hIm Him a being that Is not a being something without form saying that God Is a spirit and that a spirit has not flesh and hones that you see Him In the tho leaves of the tho trees And inthe in inthe the flowers that grow you feel Him Inthe In Inthe the atmosphere or In other words that He Ife Is hero here mere nature and then they thoy will send those to hell and brand as In Infidels in- in the persons who say the only God Is nature and they only call It by another name But our Savior appears to His apostles and to time tho doubting Thomas he says Here Thomas see the marks of tho nails In My hands the tho marks of the tho spear In My side reach hither your hand and thrust It In and see it is I a spirit has not flesh and bone as you see Me have have- Cover Up lip Doctrine They do not love to dwell upon that doctrine but they cover it up with the words of John time the supposed words of John that God Is a spirit I do not believe that John ever said ever wrote words Those hose who know any an- anything thing about time the Scripture know that when It was ivas translated by that great and grand congregation that was brought together under the Influence of King James of England that they did their work honestly and the manuscripts mannI manu mann I scripts they thoy had access to were blurred unreadable In places and where they found a condition they decided for forI I themselves what words to put In to toL tomake L make It readable and when they came to this manuscript that they have hare translated trans trans- hated God Is a spirit the word God was there tho word spirit was there but the tho word Is was not there and they ordained that every word placed within the lids of the Bible of their own creation should bo be so marked because because be be- cause they were honest men should be beso so 50 marked that future generations should have the tho privilege of knowing what they did themselves The Tho words the they supplied and those words have come down to us marked In Italics to know that they were words of men that It was a guess and In most moat Instances a good guess and you read John and there you see that little word wordIs Is In Italics making It read God Is a The Tho reason reison John did not In my estimation put It that way va is because because be be- cause he was there when Christ ap appeared appeared ap- ap before and when ho he heard the Savior say See it Is I I. I see the marks In My hand and seo the mark of theRoman the tho Roman spear In my side It Is I with flesh and bone a a- spirit has not flesh and bone as you see seo Me have God bless you Amen Following Mr Rich President Smith said I do not think that President Rich will take any amm exceptions to a remark that I would like to make In iii connection connection tion with Johns John's reference to the flue Lord or to God being a spirit I think the fact Is even a ii man maim and a very ordinary ordinary nary man Is a spirit anti and If you want any evidence of It Just remove his spirit and amid look at what remains |
