Show sunday services religious services were held at tile the tabernacle salt lake city sunday sept 1890 commencing at 2 p m counselor charles W penrose presiding the choir and cong congregation degation ie gation sang where the voice of friendships heard sounding like a ajeet toned bird prayer by patriarch A H raleigh the choir sang aang the hymn well sing all hait hail to jesus name honor and praise we give the priesthood of the eighteenth ward officiated in the administration of the sacrament ELDER WILLARD DONE was first called upon to speak he said the work in which tile the latter batter day saints were engaged was of an individual as well as of a collective character for it was 0 owing w I 1 ng to the I 1 individual n efforts of those who had taken themselves the name of christ that the success of that work the spirit of god and the testimony of his hia priesthood had been enabled to remain with the church during the trying scenes through which it had passed there had never been a time he believed in the history of this people when there was greater necessity for care and faithfulness on the part of the S duts of gp god than now the church was passing through the narrows and had doubtless reached that stage I 1 in n its history when god would try all his people as he himself had expressed it to the very core he believed 1 deved that chat each member of the church and kingdom of god would be tried on those points in which he is the weakest and therefore it bt be coved everyone of us when strengthened in the testimony of the spirit to see that our actions are in accord with the spirit of god and with the commands which our heavenly father had given to his children upon earth especially should this be the case with those who bear the Friest priesthood hood who were looked upon as exemplars for the people when a man took upon himself a responsible position of a temporal character he felt that he should exert himself to the utmost in the die charge of the duties appertaining to it if this were the case then in regard to a worldly calling how much more earnest should be those who had received offices which extend not only through time but throughout eternity we should look upon zion as a city set upon a bill that cannot be hid it must be seen by all the people of the world and the time would come when the eyes of all nations would be turned toward zion and see her glory that time he believed was not far in the future his desire had bad always been and he hoped it always would be to see that his actions were in i n accord with the testimony many which lie had received and with tile the covenants which lie had bad made with god there was not one ciple of the gospel of christ ol of which a man need be ashamed that was not elevating and ennobling in its character not one the observance of which would fail to make a man better purer and more worthy of the spirit of god our enemies continued the speaker may defame us and our system they may defame the priesthood which god has placed upon the earth earthy but their words thoughts and actions should have dhave no effect upon the faithful saints of god who are seeking with all their power and strength to establish ahe church of christ upon the earth GA has not placed us here to have the kingdom taken from us again let us not however be numbered among the slothful and careless who are allowing golden opportunities to pass by without taking advantage of them it is m easy thing to carry out the covenants which we have made with god and we should therefore see that everything which lias has a tendency to turn us ud aside from the path of duty is kept far from us ELDER JOSEPH if FELT next addressed the congregation re he remarked that on looking upon the congregations of the batons of G d people might be led to wonder why so many of one faith h id gathered from the different nations of the into these valleys of the mountains to worship god there was a peculiarity in this which those alio had not received receive dof of the gospel of the spirit of god could not understand go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every crea creature was the command of our savior and the elders of the church of jesus christ in obedience thereto had bad gone forth traversed the plains crossed the ocean and opened up new fields for the preaching of gods word among all nations although every influence and power may be brought to bear to draw us from thia the faith and knowledge which we possess we know in whom we trust we have proven him in our hours of weakness and trial and he will not forsake us now after an allusion to joseph smith whom he showed to be a prophet of the living goethe speaker observed that while as latter day saints they were willing to accord to the different religious sects evemy liberty freedom and right that they could desire the saints at the same time demanded the same privilege in return they claimed that every man had a right to worship gd according to the dictates of his bis ow own u coDs conscience clence but that he be must be amenable to the laws of the land in which he lived whether america england or elsewhere the latter day saints claimed however that there could be but one true church and one faith and that was the church of jesus ch christ riat how did the latter day saints he asked know that joseph smith received a visitation from the father and the son that tile the angels of god came and ministered unto him that john theBa the baptist aist who was be headed beheaded belu abed by hya a wickeT wicked king laid his hands upon josepha head that janies james and john ministered unto him by the fruits that had followed those who had yielded obedience to the requirements of god from th ill il time until me lite present he next spoke of the po power we of god which had been made manifest to many among tile the latter jay saints in the healing of the sick the raising up again of persons almost at the point of death the gift of tongues the interpretation of tongues and other manifestations fe and above all the witness of the holy ghost the latter day saints did not ask those thos enot not of their number without investigation vesti gation or on their say so to embrace this work which was deri derisively calle callei I 1 mormon ism 19 just juet as the name of christian was given in antioch to those who were followers follo of christ but as tile the lord god lived tile the day would come when thousands who had not yet received the gospel would be proud to be acknowledged as 1 cormons mormons Mor mons 11 1 1 the speaker in conclusion ex hooted the sal saints ats to be faithful unto god and let nothing turn them from their faith thit earna got of abraham isaac and jacob still lived who had already been ready to bless and preserve his people the god who blessed the JSeph Neph itea upon this continent and who while abilo they humbled themselves before him was ready leady to strengthen and save them from their enemies let the saints seek to serve the lord faithfully anahis aej hia blessing would be with them continually COUNSELOR CHARLES W PENROSE said that as a few minutes yet ye remained he desired to lidd his bis lesti mony to that which had been aurum bythe by the previous speakers speaker speak era sL th at tile the work in which the latter day saints were wis WAS the work of god almighty this church was not an invention of man it was not set up by J oseph joseph 8 nith or by any number of persons associated with him they were simply the instruments st in the bands of a hi hiher her power and the effects of the power py ver which oper operated A t e d in f the h e e establishment 8 t 2 bli s h ine nt of this church coull be seen sean in the midst of the people in the gathering together in these mountain valleys of people of many diff different larent nationalities who now had but one lord one faith one baptism and who were knitted together in the bonds 0 of love and unity to build up the kingdom of god upon the t arth they were now measurably at last of one heart and une one mind no matter where they came from what creed they formerly professed or whether they professed any creed at all god had brought them into these valleys and made them one people and the work was still going forward the elders were still preaching the gospel abroad and gathering the saints together ther and they would continue to do so BO no matter what might be the opposition the numbers of tile the people would increase their union would increase their power with god would increase and before very long it would be seen that their power with mau man would also increaser creaser As had bad been already said the saints wore were at the present time passing through the narrows they expected to be tried and tested and to pass through a great many difficulties they expected the world to be against them this was what the lord promised to them in the beginning it was what herrom he promised to his di ic eplee in ye are not of the world for I 1 have chosen you out of the world if ye were of the world the world would love you but as ye ari ar not of the world the world will hate you certainly the world appeared to hate the litter L atter day bain saints 0 for what cause did not very clearly appear on the surface they had done the world no alo harm they did not try to do anybody any harm they had gathered to this isolated spot in the mountains so that they might fc be free to worship god carding according a to the dictates of their consciences unmolested and had no desire to injure anybody either in an individual or national capacity they desired no injury to this nation of which they forma form a part their desire was to bless mankind and they did not know how better to accomplish this thau than by endeavoring to explain to them the glorious principles which god almighty had made clear to their minds and the truth of which he had sealed upon their souls by the gift and power of the holy ghost but this appears to be a source of irritation to the world chemin the min baters of the day of all denominations seem to be irritated against the latter day saints whenever the term mormonism is used it seems to stir up u p their anger and they manifest something which is very different altogether to a christian spirit in regard to their treatment of the latter day saints indeed it Is ia chiefly through the influence which they carry in the world that legislators judges and officers of the government have been stirred up against us people cannot understand how it Is ia that we are so united the unity m manifested anif ested among th the 3 litter later day saints is a marvel to the world and some even consider it a menace to the nation it is supposed that we are an ignorant people brought here from different countries under the influence of the leaders of the church and that we are priest rid den that we are bound together under the dictation of one man or a few men that we do just as we are told that when they take snuff we oneeda that when they pull the strings we jump that when they tell us to be quiet we sit down all this is a grand mistake the kind of people who have been brought to these mountains could inot not be coerced hoodwinked or played upon in this sort of way when the gospel came to us in a foreign land jand where we were born it the spirit of liberty and set us ue free from the doomas dogmas of men and the churches of the world it set us ua free from it told u us 4 it was necessary that we individually vidua fly should find out the truth for fer ou reves nd not nod be led ed by ten mei but that every man aye and every woman should be perfectly free to worship god as his or her conscience dictated we received the gospel in i a that spirit and were opposed by the people around us A great many latter day saints had to obey the gospel at the sacrifice of their homes many others at that of their daily labor which involved their daily bread but they thereby showed an independence of 01 character and a determination of spirit which would not comport at all with the slavish feeling which some people think the cormons mormons Mor Morn mons ions have the latter day saints left their native soil and came here not for the sake of worldly wealth or gain but the better to unite with their co religionists to bring about the purposes purvise s of god in the earth and t to 0 bu build d u up p his kingdom leaving behind homes relatives and friends they came to this land independent under no iw contract or bond except to serve god and keep his commandments their great desire was to send the gospel which they themselves had received to every land and clime to give every other people an opportunity of obeying it and of gathering with them in order to build I 1 up the great latter jay day kingdom which all the prophets foresaw their hearts reached out also to their ancestors who died without a knowledge of the true gospel some of those who had gone into the spirit world were good christians some were not very good and some me were not christians at all they ney had gone behind the vail out of sight but the latter day saints knew that they lived and now in their temples reared in these valleys they were attending to the outward ceremonies for their dead friends and relatives who were re m eving tving the gospel in the spirit world the churches which men had bad built in the world no doubt had bad within them many good people a great deal of trutha ut a vast amount of error many of their ideas and dogmas were nonsensical much vf cf what is called christianity is miserable rubbish you cannot find it in the doctrines of the new or old testament the vagaries of celibate monks shut up tip in their cells hundreds of years ago in the dark ages account for much of this they concocted theories theo lies about religion these have gone out to the world and the protestant sects of modern times are more or less tinged with these heresies her esies the christian world are destitute of divine authority they have the form of godliness but deny the power thereof the spirit of revelation the holy priesthood is not there they have forms and ceremonies enough but they are those of men and they are powerless because not backed up by the authority of the most high hig ug I 1 in these days god almighty has revealed his truth anew he lias has set up his church anew kehail ho has sent down from heaven me men who 0 held the keys of autho authority riCi received receive ed from him hundreds of a years ago they have re conferred that agori ty and that is what stirs up the world i and christendom especially against t the latter day saints or Mormon sl it is the power and authority of the holy priesthood to officiate in the name of the father the son and the holy ghost our mission is to preach the gospel to every creature and our missionaries sion aries will continue to go abroad no matter what may rise up against us or what difficulties we may be called upon to pass through we expect by the help of god to stand firm in our faith and worship god according to the dictates of our consciences no matter what may stand in the way we are not rebellious bel lious in our spirit and we do not want to defy law or resist good government ern ment let us be true and faithful and stand by the principles principle which we have received fearless of what may come and all will be well the speaker closed by testifying to the truth of this work exhorting tion non believers to investigate and invoking the blessing of god upon all the choir sang the anthem I 1 will lift up my eyes the rhe benediction was pronounced by elder george goddard Godda rJ |