| Show AT THE TABEKNAULE I i Discoursesby J < < irr Elders Morris and Bywater V V I i Sunday September 12th the meeting in tbeHtD lli cl Wa3 Jl aarO order at 2 prnpi Mghbouncillo5H P V Rich ards i w M ll S sJL k LLJLL V Choir tangO tang-O r God we raise to thee i tflfuks fur thy blessings free Ve hme enjoy etc V Prayer was oflered by Elder TV Williams v liJgnrt e22 11I co s a I V J DJOY jOur I j-Our lives to thy nonor I We wish to employ V j V f V Y4 The sacriiiuent of the Lords supper tfuVlaiiimnibtered by the priesthuod tf the Nineteenth Ward KLDLK ELIAS S WEIGHT said it had Ulieu to his lot to address the audience or a short time It was the largest assembly as-sembly of people he had evelY attempted to euifVaoai the pulpit aua he debired l ueretore to solicit the sympathy of th udieucu and the xercise of faith am rHV pr in his behalf that ne might be enabled to impart words of comfort anu ioirucliuu lo the asaimbied cRxiuti he rtjiK + r read from the word of ih Apostle Paul found in the 4th chat > t f ui in 2na epistle to the Comuhiaut Wbic1i he esteemed to be Varticulari pplopnate 101 tlie udiibiueiuium oi tii > iiii S at the present time In ir wer shown the motives which actuated th servants of God in the days of th apobtlei It was then seen as in ever age that it is not always the tnajoric I that is right in regard to matt of religion God hasaiways revealeu Himself in a manner which pleased Htuu IAJ xiio QAL ta alia lo tiie uuueisianuin of His people Jesus Christ WHS no popular among the people but He in irtiKUiuPt a hx njm ot rrqth in Juoab and religion and established a prier hood for the administration of th ordinances thereof That priesthoJ 1 we know was taken from the e rth a u the purity of that religion was lost awe a-we nave therefore ieaion to look fo jTnd oelieve in revelation an the diviot interposition of the power of God in o i owii ay me wona is voni to givi religion credit for nothing but motive of lust whereas the Latterday Saints are actuated by the pursuit of princi pies The jScripturea say He who I ekijto save his life siiull luae it Looking at the actions of the Latter day tSaints > in this light we can sense the sincerity of their motives The religion of the Latterday Saints certainly ought to be as much entitled to mvcstigaiioi as that of any other people or denomination denomi-nation Ot all the revelations and pro uiaumtioufc professed to be from Goil 10 this people not one has failed The Sam ot God have every reason to hope or the wtory and to rejoice in he promises of the Almighty to them The Luiiteruay saints endure many sacnli cch for toe truth as they believe it to oe They send missionaries to almost every nation on the earth for their eiilighten ueiit They exteid a helping hana foi he amelioration of the poor and ignor LOt President Brigham Young was a rat friend to the caus of educutioi ttnd devoted much means and attention o promote ltd iuteiest as la prouolji Jemuitsirrtted y noble luonumeuth thai we can observe to day The speaker wuulu say to the world ir he ioulu investigate the doctrines professed b > the Latter day riaints > Tiie time wlil come when you may not have th privilEge The speaker bore testimony 10 the nurh or ibis work and prayii t at lie ijacteruai Saints might be lu > JAred wall course and sirenytu to t > HrI e these principles and endure to the end ELDEB GEO G B WATER said opposition opposi-tion to tne principles of human progres has become a cryscalized fact in tin line of human history Eighteen hundred red years ago and over occurred u great and momentous event which ha never been parallelled for its peculiarities peculiari-ties or its importance in the history oi the world This was the birth of a c11ild Jesus Christ The wise men of the eat wire directed by a celestial wall lesta Lon to travel to the place of his birch M V to piiv homaee to him Ti e circumstances of this event were n t jnuu touuwu to the learutd of Athens iud the great seats of literature of cue world neither did it occur in the Mouse ot Kings or nobles but in the insignificant town of Bethlehem Judea Hen verily manifestations were made to Zdcharias and others of the humbli servants of the Lord and not to the learned or the respected expositors of doctrine and ecclesiasticalprinciples Althoughjthe m ther and the reputed lather of this child were descended from the royal line of David they were not conspicuous iu any way for their ranks or social positon The minds of the thinking classes of the world were awakened when Jesus Christ commenced com-menced nis mission as a reformer among men and it is admitted by the profoundly learned that to the practice of principles enunciated by him is due the civilization of the age in which we are now living Although It might be Considered a deep question somethe earnest worker in the line of human thought could discover ratiorral causes for the system of opposition which was manifested in such intensified form against this Jesus of Nazareth Al n who held in high regard the writings o the prophets and the law of ancient Israel wore not his foremost supporters Why did they not sing praises in his name and rejoice in his mission of truth and good will to men Why could not they discover the fulfillment of the promises of the holy prophets in whom they believed True it was that blindnessin part had happened unto Israel Jesua gave to his disciples a mission to the whole world w ith such a commission that whosoever would believe on their words should be saved and whosoever did not believe should be > damned It is a mistaken idea that he Christian religion was fully established estab-lished in the days of Jesus and his apostles and that the miraculous anj divine manifestations of his power an jill j-ill to his ohildreu was not further necessary Tnese things are still nece s iry yet they can not be held today of intelli ecause they are principles gence advancement and opposition 10 nie principles of ffuirian progress as le had affirmed at the beginning of his marks has become a crystalized fact in human history When of the Prophets said the Savior or the svorld did you not stone Jesos came to establish the doctrine repentance re-pentance XromC i sin and toorgimze his people in a more compact and god kp body for the worship of God and I he keeping of his commandments V The Prophets who lived centuries be fore the brthr of Jesus Christ could re cjgnize in Htm to come the Savior of men the Shiloh the Messiah God but the uighty upon the earth in His day did not recognize in Him tl e fOuiitam of light and intelligence that He was that He indeed was God with man One of the most truthful sources of error is human ignorance ignor-ance another is human passiori Herein we have a great many of the causes that make themselves manifest in the fruits that are born of the follies of menThe V men-The Scriptureain the days of Christs i nativity were1 recognized as the standard ot truth the centurion 0 rights soihe I Scriptures today are our standard of appeal in all matters of doctrine whereby we are willing to test every I principle of our creed and practice and if they will not stand this test weare willing to throw them aside As President Presi-dent Brigham Young used to say vwe will swap ten errors for one truth t We preach the do trine of faith in the i LordJesus Ct < rir repentance from sin I baptism tlr t the rpnms on of sin and i the layin on u hsnds by the authorized author-ized servant o God for the reception of the Holy Uiioat We preach an or ganiza ion of Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone We preach the ncces sity for administration of angels of the actual manife3 ation of the word ot God In prophecy and revelation we preach the doctrine of the healing of cm sick and the restoration of all the divine blessings enjcrj ed Bj the pri lit li-t ve church Dp the Christian world hail thejfrb clatuation of these glorious priumpies i a S the Jews should have done thefcni i ig of the Messiah with joy and rejoicing re-joicing f How did tuey accept Joseph smith f As the founder of the Dispensation Dispen-sation of the Fullness ofV Times Did they receive these men V as Messengers of peace as harbin ge s ot f od tidings of great joy j all the world f No no they did not V hey gave them the same salutation tnd received them in the same hostile Httituue that the Jews received Jesus Onnst They have since treated the I Latterday Saints in the same manner Che same cause produced the same op po ition eight hundred years ago Whenever these principles are pro clainied inthe name of Jesus in any age of the world they will be met by oi uoaition > until the world shall become evangelized until the spirit of peace nail be bestowed upon universal humanity hu-manity and everyman in everyplace nail meet a brother anda friend when n will not have to say unto his fellow know ye the Lord for all shall know him from the least to the greatest Such as I before described is the condition con-dition of the world today We know that the doctrines that we profess are true and our bitterest enemies dare not challenge us to an exposition ot our errors I er-rors of our doctrinal impurities of our social degredation they dare not do it and take the Bible as a standard They used to try it but they have long ago given it up As in the days of Peter they will aot reason from the prophets Then they raised tbe hue and cry This man is a stirrer of seth ton this man is a friend of publicans i and sinners we have a law and according I accord-ing to this law this man should die7I Wnat is the accusation today f They I say iheae people are immoral they are hostile to the government they are hostile to our law to our American institutions in-stitutions Ikiy friends this is a base and une talilishaole accusation There is no people who cherish more the institutions in-stitutions of freedom and liberty than theLittlerday ouints The ipeaker cncluded his address with exhortations to uprightness and obedieno and to a deep aud full appreciation I appre-ciation of the plortous principles of moral and dhiuelv rtveaied truth V The choir render in a beautiful m inner the anthem Daughter of Zi m and the Beiiedction wad pro n miiced by Elder John T Caine |
