Show RELIGIOUS SERVICES at the salt lake tabernacle aclo feb auary 10 1893 there was a very heavy snowstorm on oil last sunday in alis city but that did riot not prevent a large congregation at the I 1 which was very well ivell elcas cd b by y speakers APOSTLE 11 II CANNON was tile first speaker in ill his opening remarks lie he said that lie he hoped that the spirit of god would deseck descend id and remain upon of the congregation and upon himself so EO that lie n could rako rake remarks that tha t would edify and instruct and that the same spirit would re rest st down upon the whole people S so 0 that they might be able to perform the work that the master has set out for each one continuing 0 lit lie said that it is a source of great ja joy 3 for the latter day saints to think upon the glory and lo goodness of dod oil ile he has been particularly glod to this people in giving then them a knowledge in this age of the truths ot of the gospel and of the true plan of salvation and for speaking again to mankind and letting those who are faithful know that lie he is near at hand and ready at all times to aid his c hildren children ren and when the knowledg knowledge 0 0 Is is i brought home to us ua that ho he is not n ready to communicate with a few only i is but read ready to give each man kno Medge according to his needs who lias has sufficient faith to call upon him that all who are arc righteousness shall have inspiration then our caute for marveling at liis his ness seems to inar C as 3 many fold god is infinite lie is omniscient omi and onni omnipresent present and he is also alo ch angless what lie hs wass was at the beginning oi me worm nn uc was war in tile the time of tile the ancient nt prophets what lie he was it at the time of christ lie is now and ever will be and as he revca leil him himself elf in the former days so lie he lias has revealed himself today this people believe that god spoke through his son in the beginning beg ining of the present eia cia b but ut we do not believe that lie he spoke pole s pol e only boniv to the land of jerusalem and t the son conr confined ined his mintha ministrations to the people of that country on the contrary we as sort sert jesus came to this continent and preached to the people that inhabited it this people entitled to be taught by jesus as much as the inh inhabit abi lyton r arwa uj irja t j Ws aph V io jerusalem ft er s f ie i I 1 IV I V i by ibave I 1 left e fatt a r record e r that they ii did receive receive the min ministrations oratio s of the son and were hauht taught by him of tile the true plan oft of i salvation this record is the book of mormon in its page will be found nothing that conflicts with the bible in any respect bu but t many things are found that anilli amplify bilings contained in the bible and show us more clearly the desires of god in these thebe matters in it aro are found words that tell us more plainly than tho the x words in the bible that salvation cannot bo be attained to without faith in god and the son that baptism is nil iiii essential ordinance in the pl plan lail of ii life fe ard that tile holy ghost is received after baptism through M the ministrations of one who lia an authority tho rity that through 0 jesus and jesus only was the earth redeemed from tile the death that was brou brought 0 b t upon it by the original b sin sill of adam 21 and that without tile atonement aton enlen of christ the curse of death would woul d not have been removed from mankind the bible and the book of mormon m on them we hold contains the record of all that was done b by y jesus when ile ho was u upon poll the earth but we hold that the books do not contain all of gods revelations re lons because we believe that the ten tribes have each cadi left a record and that these records will be brought 0 to light some day when they are arc we feel assured they will in every way corroborate tile evidence of the two works we have at present though I 1 they may may give us mo more relight light on other subjects not fully covered in the looks books we wc le now that aliis will bs be so is a blessed thought because mccau c it will giov that god is unchangeable bable that he has 0 given his couitt countenance cnance and cevela t ion to all peoples people who have had faith and have combined this faith with work and that all the peoples who have believed ill in him have had the spirit of lr prophecy and other manifestations of gods power the aio apostle alc tlc commented on oil the fact that the missionaries cf the church of jesus christ of latter day saints go to the nations of the cart earth land and no matter where they may laud land the they can male make th themselves eli understood food to the alic honest in heart and ami can call draw men to their faith by the testimony they brin bring 9 regarding this gospel lie ho closed with a sketch as to what is to be accomplished in this day by the servants of god and closed with an earnest testimony nil ml DAVID TATUM who is the minister of tile F friends church of chicago was then introduced by elder george goddard her tatum madea made a stirring lecture ec on the evils of intemperance ile he showed how hov fathers husbands sons wives wives and daughters even were brought to their ruin through the use of alcoholic drink the liquor traffic ile he branded as one of tho the worst ulcers that affect the body politic of the world it lays at tile the root of most of the crime that is committed for it undermines tile the moral nature of man and makes him unscrupulous It affects every homo home and every individual and each man and woman no matter what may their religious beliefs and no matter what may he be their race or condition should strive with all their might to kill it A great struggle is to be looked for when tile the war begins I 1 between the liquor interest and their enemies but in tile the end truth and morality m must prevail ElG EXL you G |