Show lawal B isit ftc wl aw uw GIVE TIMELY the people are arged to obey ahe laws of the goguel president H H cluff presided at tha sabbath cei in the tabernacle suu day sept ath the aang an anthem grant ns peace 0 lord prayer was offered by bishop J P K johnson the choir sane gently raise the aaeree strain for the sabbath come again the sacrament wag administered by ali priesthood of the second ward H cluff addressed the congregation he desired to speak of tuch matters as bould be profitable and aked to aid him with their faith he wa pleased to meet with the saints to worship god we have reason to be thankful for possessing poc a knowledge of the truth which ia worth 1 more than the riches of the world we have parsed through trials the tendency at which hae been to elevate the char acter of the bainte and bring them near have been brought out from among the nations of the earth that we be prepared for the dis sensation pensa tion ot gods also that wa might escape the judgments of the lord that will be poured out apon the world and become a distinct and peculiar people peculiar in keeping commandments of god president olufa called attention to alie word of wisdom and the temperance movement now on foot among the peo plo he was in favor of any thing that would result in a highsm state of in the seemed str anaa to him that there should bs a necessity for this class of work among the latter day saints those who had received the gospel should be constrained from intemperance by the grat bleating blea aing promised through obedience to the word of wisdom we leave prided our selves on our sobriety and our love of the gospel and after thesie many years of experience and sacrifice wo are called upon to become a temperate people anis is a fearful commentary apon the condition of the latter day saints the speaker could not believe the con was BO serious as had been reported but whether few or many of llie people are addicted te the use of intoxicating liquor it ia the duty of the active priesthood ui tha wards to kacew the kind of lives the lead and to labor with them and bring the influx ence of tha gospel to baar upon those who are doing wrong and bring about a reform ho was under the impression that tha teachers were negligent to gome extent in to their duties if they were not they could do a greater amount of good by talking with the people face to face and with the power of spirit to aid them than tem pelanca lecturers ware able to accomplish the teachers should instruct the children of the saints in regard to the object of baptism this had been in some cases in the past have wa departed frona ehg principles of the gospel for the things of this world so that we are no longer under the influence of the law of god the speaker was not dextrous of ay ine anything to curtail the efforts for good that were made by temperance people bat if wo obey the word of wisdom and other laws of the gospel we will bo ft temperate and a moral people and receive power to withstand evil those who will not refrain irom intemperance geould be brought before tha proper dealt with aci cordiak to tha law ot the church president cluff rejoiced in the gospel and urged upon tue people to place theme elvea in accord with ita teachings and let their lives be guided by the whisperings of the holy spirit elder J B keeler had been interested in tho remarks of president cluff both teachers and people are d in the progress ut the work and for that reaBOn the elders are feir leaa in impressing upon tha saints the necessity i sr obeying the law of god when they speak to tha congregation of the saints elder keel er had attended the churches while in the Ea atThe church ex were magnificently burnished shed and well attended by sincere earnest csc ale who anxious to know tha wi 1 of bod he had heard many fine din courses showing sincerity and earnes ness of the question had come up in his mind why their worship was not acceptable to the lord as he had revealed to the prophet joseph smith when ha said they worship me with their lipa but their hearts ara far from me tha churches of the world do not teach the copel as taught savior the doctrines taught aro not such as will lead tha people back into the presence ol 01 the lord and will not briix the promised by the gospel of christ we latter day saints claim that they have a testimony that this is the church of god and challenge the world to show wherein the of canet as practiced by the latter day saints is contrary to the gospel as taught by the babior while upon the earth ha gave an interesting account of his to the baet where he had been uniformly uniform lT treated with great kindness and the people to cultivate a liberal and tolerant spirit he had not seen many poor people in the churches and upon aarin why this was so had been told that it cost large bums of money to build and maintain the churches audit was very desirable to have a wealthy congregation there wre however many educated and re fined leopla who were earnestly work inz for the poor and the unfortunate jabe speaker contrasted the condition of the wealthy people of the cities and villages of the east with that of the poor and feared the consequences bould these great differences continue and increase tha children of the sainta are blessed in living under ucb favorable conditions as they do and not as the poor children of the tenement districts of york where be had seen little children chil dien reared in vice and poverty of the most squalid character the lord has brought out his laople to this beautiful land where he has abundantly them the condition of the jew wag referred to showing the prejudice existing against that and the beeline that bad taken possession of them tending to the ef made regarda dm them if we conform to the doctrine ot os helwa will be a peculiar people became the principles it teaches arc dif farent rom the aples ati ift il people ot the world he feeling of iad people of the leitu has gone a fi to our people and the igims ion has gone abial hat ti aniie we v not di w pi tiri 11 p ural marriage ne il become li e them and tree our interest in the sobi i a rec to th tnie will come ill M 1 I ie ceide a t ile of ti ind arill have an ity 0 accepting or it alie h aft strong tb timm 0 o te ruthi the goepel i had lean eu to anu tha choir rendered renu ered an autem lei the n mountains shout burjo benediction by 1 ider it A anderson alie music was in interesting ft uie of ahe services lie dl 1 I beautiful antheus ha J and the of the choir has ham reaal eel arse 1 i ineat ui sundry at a qu iti r lo 10 tr leoci Ll oci in the 1 oni at 5 ti two all enter and take their places and a pilim IA ivea by jhb org auit |