Show SUNDAY SERVICES the principle of unity among alie saints presidents SMOOT GATES ADDRESS THE PEOPLE the former gives an interpret Inter pre tation of the peoples party the usual sabbath services of the church of jesup christ of latter day saints w en held in the meetinghouse meeting house on sund T at 2 pres A 0 ambot presided the choir eang come all ye saints who dwell n earth voices raise prayer was offered by father graves choir sang ye children of our goj ye ol 01 latter days the sacrament was administered by the priesthood of the Second ward ELDER JACOB GATES said looking over this congregation and reflecting back it seems like two generations have passed away only a few of the founders remain it ia like gleaning the grapes after the vintage is oer it has been something like 58 years since the establishment of this church and the bringing forth of the book of mormon and as we move along upon the wheel of time wo aro looking for something important it was so with david whit mer but the lord dela yeth his coming and I 1 think as god determined in the counsels of heaven they are not delayed but will come about in his own due time and he will be sanctified among the heathen we fancy ourselves the only people god has any care over and that we have more favor than those who reject his word and think that very few of the human family will partake of that redemption wrought by the sacrifice for our sake that we are now commemorating it is true eliat so long as people reject the gospel they will not receive the benefits of that redemption demp tion but god will make every knee bow and every tongue confess and he will never yield antil this is accomplished shed but the greater blessing is reserved to those who are faithful and into whose hands he will eventually place all things all that the father has shall be given unto them just think of the assurance to those who keep his commandments mand ments that all he has will become theirs thrones principalities and powers there seems to be no reserve we receive when we go into alie waters of baptism a foretaste of what is to come the blessings of eternal life we are like the flower of the fields when the frost comes and plucks it out but those who have been true will never die the generation eliat now live are highly privileged for god has seen fit to establish his kingdom among them there is a principle in the gospel that reaches back to those 1 who have gone before not received the gospel to bring them unto the true fold by baptism for the dead the lord says will raise one up in the last days like unto moses to lead you out of bondage and it will depend upon the strength of our union alie lord says A kingdom divided against itself can not stand this is found true in history we find it so in the record of the Nep hites and Jared ites until they were swept away the ungodly will be cast off as the lord has said they should not dwell here where the spirit of the lord is there is peace union will never be effected unless vr elove the spirit of the gospel there is no such thing ns division in the true plan of fhe gospel hence we should unite with one consent like a bulwark that cannot be separated when I 1 see so many young people on the streets who do not care 10 come to to church to gain inspiration I 1 think to myself As the twi is bent so the tree is inclined we should teach our children in their youth the principles of truth teach them to pray and fortify themselves in alie gospel plan plant in their hearts the elo menta of truth not the false philosophy of the day I 1 feel to bear my testimony to all the world that the gospel is true and seeing our condition feel that we should be aa a light set upon a hill making its rays effulgent with the light we have received A 0 SMOOT L heartily endorse the sayings of brother gates especially in regard to unity god has never prospered a people who have strife among them people have been made mighty and stron although numerically small admonished his people to be one even as he and his father were one to love their neighbors as themselves charity cov creth a multitude of sins was caid by one of old but we may say charity covers up a multitude of wrong doings the import of charity should inspire us all to do good tho disposition among many today to day is to depart from the lord when thia is lost and we are bereft ot its influence we are like a at sea without a rudder or pilot the christian world has many different waye to heaven but the lord says there is only one I 1 have been asked what constituted the peoples party I 1 have given this interpretation that alie peoples party was organized by president brigham young geo A smith and others in authority and the latter day saints have been called the People 8 party I 1 know of no change in eliat party yet then what constitutes a latter day saint it is one who pays his tithes and offerings goes to his quorum meetings and lives the life ofa latter day saint generally it is my duty to do all I 1 can to beep the people in the paths they should go A man should nut seek office but let tho office seek tho man this has been the motto of israel and it was the way in the days of the prophet jt is your privilege and duty to exercise your franchise at the polls and on all occasions where the interests of the peoples party are concerned A number of the people have been dis franchised but conr sympathy ia as great and strong today to day as ever and I 1 have thought more ao if I 1 biad the right to vote I 1 would not vote for who are gesking office be united do not ignore your bishops and chogo over you I 1 am pleased your unity but wish you more united train vp your children in alie way they should go if you throw them into the jaws of their enemies you are held responsible as we who arc in authority are bield responsible for what god has placed in our hands gods kingdom ia organized for good to purge out evil from among us you will find that those who sell liquor clandestinely will come to want and die in poverty they will be broken up and it will bo the case all those v ho fight against zion I 1 warn alie young men to let place alone disdain them as though cisro poison and isyou will help and bo united they will bo put down diio judges sustain and during the ten years that I 1 was mavor of salt lake no liquor seller dared raise his head the judged here sustained prohibition the prophet says that strong drink is not good for us and we aro promised if we let it alono that we will receive strength to our navel and marrow in our bonea and alie destroying angel shall pass ua by the choir sang the awater pat on alliy strength 0 zion benediction by elder andrew watson |