ff ON I THE SABBATH i elders and greenwood AT THE AULE honor H 0 11 or is due to the aged fathers and mothers in israel president david john presided at the sunday services held at the tabernacle the choir sang arise 0 glorious zion thou joy of latter day etc prayer was offered by elder M ML L pratt the choir sang behold the arsat redeemer die A broken law to satisfy etc the sacrament was wa administered by the priesthood of the second ward elder thomas howells addressed address 0 th the a congregation he said lie he had bad been very much pleased with the tha reception given by provo to the teachers from the various counties he was struck with the quietude and order of 0 tha city on the tha sabbath day he saw no saloons open looking around him the speaker saw aw man many aged valea is who w ho had fought he battle of life and had bad pained gained the victory they abey had been weighed in tho the balance and had not been found wanting A longwith these veterans yvere were aged lo mothers others who had hoped to win tuesa these battles young men and young ladies are here who have been reared bv these mothers abraham lincoln once remarked all that I 1 am and aad all that I 1 eap exp et to be I 1 owe to my mother when james A garfield was inaugurated president he be turned around before that great multitude and kissed his aged mother this love tor for mother was also exhibited by bv the prophet joseph and the prophet t brigham cai any one read the life of president young and doubt that he be was inspired of god when we consider how he led the latter day dav saints sainte across the dessree dess dese ret iet and settled in this basin barn can ws we for cne moment doubt abai that he e was inspired I 1 feel proud of such euch nien men and I 1 trust the young brethren and sisters will re revere ere them 7 are I 1 remember on an one occasion when brother woodruff was waa passing along main street in salt lake city in hij hi shirt sleeves with a bushel of apples apple under his arm who is that man inquired a table tabla gentile of me that man i is s apostle wilford woodruff I 1 replied what said he with an oath is ia that man an apostle well it is just 3 t such men man hambla and hard wr working 9 whom we revere how many mission missions president woodruff has fulfilled an and d how hard bard has ho he worked in his life lifa can caa we do otherwise than revere men who have done so e much and yet who show such a spirit of humility elder doshua greenwood was neit speaker speak ei how pleasing it is ia for those who love god to together with song sang and music to worship god where happiness and satisfaction predominate I 1 believe we as a people haya have more good doctrine taught us than any other people but that amounts to very little my brethren n and sisters unless we have that humility 1 of spirit it avails us not there was waa a time lime in england when to say a man was waa a religious man did not mein mean he was an honest man because ive we are members of the church sik signifies 9 little unless we wa dc the works thereof and that is one thing I 1 do admire so much in col parker all of his bia fach inga are of that universality and are based on broad foundation which as I 1 ba have re always been taught are also the principles of the gospel but we live in a day find and age of 0 fashion and I 1 have sometimes thought a great many young people lave made the things of I 1 god of secondary consideration to it this ia S wrong in all tl ti at we w do on en earth we should have tho tha object ob j act in view that we are on earth to keep the commandments of god you cannot show me one young man or lady lad v who has gone down who has obeyed the commandments of god there is not a more blessed spot on earth than these val valleys levs nature has done much for us usand and it rests with us to lo do much more the kimg will come when great ed uca ors tors instead of hon fion the east to the west they will go from the west to the east we can hasten that time or retard it aa ws we please but if we fail we cannot sheild ourselves behind aur they have pointed out the right way it is for us to walk therein the rhe speaker referred to mrs parkers lecture on dress aa god ulven eiven and urged that there should be a dress reform among the people of zion zin then would we wa become a mighty people physically and consequently intellectually as aa were the ancients the speaker concluded his remarks with fl a reference to the many blee blessings BiDge by the people of our city and urged that they should feel great ful to god and aad should serve Him con in all things the choir sang rr our god the king benediction was pronounced by elder J W bean