Show remits at m house THE GOSPEL OF elders john B milner and president jacob gates occupy the stand president smoot presided at the sabbath services held at the meeting house on sunday the choir sang now let us rejoice in the day ol 01 salvation no longer a strangers on eartle need we etc prayer was offered by M L pratt tho choir salig gently raise the sacred strain voi the sabbath comes again etc the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the second ward elder john B milner addressed the congregation he referred to the time when he was baptized into the church of england because the law required it his father was a methodist preacher and bin mother was a member of the methodist church he remembered haying wondered how it was that he at tendal the methodist sunday school when he had been baptized a cembor of the episcopal church of england he understand why a few diopa of water had been sprinkled on his head these things were mysterious to him one day he heard an elder of the of jesus christ of latter day saints speak it bad a auser effect upon him it was like music that he had before heard and had fori rotten Us was told chat if he lacked wisdom to ask of god who gave to all liberally and upbraided up braided not he had been taught that a saving repentance must come before faith but these mormon elders told him that he must have faith before he could repent this seemed logical and reasonable to him and then he was told that he must be baptized it was explained to him that the mormon baptism was different from the mode of baptism which he haj been taught he must be immersed typical of the death burial and resurrection of jesus christ this also seemed reasonable to him but he was told there was still something else he had been taught there was a trinity in the god bead the father son and holy ghost he must receive the gift of the spirit lie was told that if he would obey aliese doctrines he would receive a testimony of the divine mission of christ there is no music so sweet and no sensation so pleasant as when the soul of man ig touched by tho finger of di inspiration man is a being composed of something more than mere flesh and blood man is a dual being he is possessed of a body and of a spirit that spirit ia a of divinity if our spirits are open and pure to receive divine revelation that is the spirit of truth and we receive evidence about which there can be no mistake this is beyond faith we know it is truth there are times when it is not convenient for the saints t meet with and confer with their leaders and they would be compelled to walk alone then it will be necessary for ue to be possessed of that spirit in order that we might stand and walk alone elder jacob gates was always delighted to hear about the gogoel it was as precious to him to day as it was years ago whan he heard it at the time the gospel was given to mankind the world was not lacking in religion for there was a great religious excitement but the gospel of was not on the earth with all their religious enthusiasm there was something lacking this little stone of which daniel spoke the mountain and will prove a savior unto all who will cling unto it the speaker referred to a number of passages of scripture in relation to the establishment of the gospel on the earth in these last dayland day sand commented upon the unbelief of the world in not accepting these prophecies ho concluded his remarks by urging the saints to remain faithful to the end and kletthe world janow they were latter day saints notwithstanding all the persecution that had been heaped upon them the time como when the yoke would be lifted from the necks of ane people and they would be a true people he knew that this work was true and would triumph the sang a beautiful anthem benediction was pronounced by 0 D glazier |