Show SUNDAY SERVICES interesting SERMON BY KARL G MAESER history will repeat itself liberty of the roman empires and conr coup try the usual sunday afternoon excer aises in the meeting house were prided over by president david john the choir aang I 1 saw a mighty angel fly to cana lie bent his way A message bearing rom on tigh to cheer the sous ol 01 day etc prayer by elder H A the choh sang or faita caroe down V keleal the things of goa etc f the sacrament was administered by the of the third ward elder G craved the of the faith and prayers of the saints whir attempting to address them ane gospel of jeaba christ embraced embra cei all aa the heavens cover the earth it covara all the duties man ones 10 himself and his maker through it truths are disked benoro us worthy of aur most sincere consideration ther is not a line of scripture but what call foith the earnest af tue latter day saints and all the records we have written there is une not published by houses one not gover nored by rules ol 01 grammar nor containing pages yet it is as great aa the earth as great as the universe itself and require as our moat earnest it is a writing ae plain as the writing on the wall related in the holy scriptures the stars in heaven are letters of this writing we see thera on all aides and even the sands of the aea shore contain a lesson these chapters are so extended that we can only take one at a time today to day I 1 shall take only ourselves th aeta and events of mankind there was never lime so peculiar as oar present time yet there have been times bearing a strange similarity in their general character such a time wa it when our savior was born the romans then held away over palestine us well ai other portions por tiona of the earth and abere ever their power was supreme thera was found complete religious liberty this was the country of the an having such grand the egyptians toe kreinan lr einan nor the aad not such liberty only the roman empire so it is to day w have aba only government of modern times giving complete religious liberty how glorious how grand ii such A principle f freedom I 1 but in times of the roman empire with all ito boasted religious liberty aney had nut the true gospel many may hay been thirsting after it bui it could not be found till christ came so it wa when this government was established religious liberty was granted but the pure spirit of the gopel of jeaba was not extant christ came of uld and offered them alie gospel but they failed to accept itin modern times his gospel is again revealed to the great nation will they accept it the roman empire that persecuted the saints of old is no more it has vanished away and thug it wilt be by any nation that does likewise 1093 thin nation realize what it id about when it persecutes the saints of god if the lord has dealt with all the ancient governments on account of if judgment came to them it will likewise come to modern governments that violate their covenants if the romans had been frank and said our law give to all religious ioui liberty but you nazarene we hate and will not protect there would have at le st been a little respectability about their actions but instead of this they were hypocritical toward a particular act in this mighty government of ours man can have any religious belief he pleases accept the cormons mormons Mor mons and why this distinction because the mor mons like aba christians of old are sincere in their devotion and will do any thing god asig them even if it leads to dark dungeons but today to day we find voices ot warning from various parts ot the country I 1 do not stand here as a prophet of evil I 1 do not wish to be exultant over any calamity but we can nut shut our eyes to the that an coming there are dire calamities corn ing over this great nation in the beai future for they are failing to repent ol 01 their sins brothers and sisters w should barken to the warning voiced we have babylon here in our own miu and if we are saturated with the sanit our downfall is also threatened le iia purify ours alves my brothers nn sl stera the choir sang the anthem comfort ye my people benediction by bishop evan |