Show TABERNACLE SERVICES Tho salt Lake Aesembly Hal wag again filled to its utmost car a ity on Sunday afternoon The services began at 2 oclock the choir singing the hymn opening All you that lore etc Prayer by President H S Eltlredge Choir Wo hero approach thy table Lord etc The congregation was addressed by Apoitle C O Kith who asked the prayora ol hia hearer l that he might talk for their beucfi as well as his own He felt tl at Iho Lord would answer prayers if they were offeree up to him l with an t6 single to his glory He felt ttat it i was a great lvor toat the people had 1 the privilege of meeting together so often or the purpose ol learning the principles of the Lords kingdom and hearing instructions that lead to salvation The first duty and labor Ol a man was tO ° lr ut r tb < yl lnK darn of God The things of this world 1 were liable to pas away and perllll out the things of Uod were everlasting The saints had the Bible from which to learn of God but they also had the Book of Mormon which had been revealed to them in this genertion by God through Joseph Smith They also had the Doctrine and Covenants containing the commands and instructions of the Lord as apoken to Joseph Smith Everything that Gd had anal in these books was true and wna of importance import-ance to the saints Goa had said nothing that he did not mean It was important that all of his commands com-mands should be obeyed The Lord knew and comprehended what was good lor his people and hence ho revealed biB commands and instructions instruc-tions from time to time as they were needed It would not do for the saints to pass by lightly or find fault with the principles that God had revealed fur the salvation ol man for if they did so find taut they wuild bring down upon their heads the judgment tli the Lord The Lord judged men according to their works Tho speaker urged the people to live in unity The lord commanded that his people should become as one They must gt rid of their illfeeling and wickedness end wrongdoing and imperfection and fellies before they could become ae God had commanded com-manded them to bo The glints could bear testimony Chat the principles princi-ples of the gospel as revealed by God were true They were designed and had for their object the bcnefittmg and balvation of man Ihia becoming as one was a work that all mast eng po in and it was the duty of all to labor to that end and they must labor faithfully or they would fail Hu asked it the Latterd > ty Saints could afford to disobey any ot Gods commands and thus cast away the blessings promised by the Lord for faithfulness He thought net but that everything muse be done as commanded nud all the benefits received re-ceived It was the duty of the saints to any out the instructions given bv ibo Lord from tiiuu lo tIme ii every particular One of these instructions was to build certain temples wherein work was to be performed or tho living and tho dead These temples should be erected in the time commanded com-manded There was certain work that must be done in the flesh if this be cot done while the opportunity existed ex-isted the saints would be sorry when they bad passed away Elder C W Jfenroso was the next speaker He said the Latter day Saints were often accused by the world of being a deluded people He was thinking today of the many Christian preachers who were then standing up in their pulpits telling their hearer that all that was necessary neces-sary to be saved was to believe in Jesus Christ He thought this the greatest delusion The sayings of Jesus Christ and his servant as recorded in the Scriptures did not teach that belief was all that was needful He taught that it was necessary to perform certain acts as well ai have faith in the Saviour Through the shedding of Christs blood mankind might be redeemed from the efiects of the original sin unconditionally but from actual ein only conditionally Jesus come to takeaway take-away tue sin of the world from the time ol Adam who had transgressed and thus brought the penalty of death on all mankind Every one must be judged according to his acts in the flesh Christs death did not remove blamo from living man but all must be judged by what they have done All must give an account of their act according t > their light and their privileges for obtaining light while on earth Suppose u person per-son who had broken the laws of God and man and shed the blood of a fellow man and been condemned to death the Christian minister tells the criminal that ell be has to do is to believe in Christ and he will go direct before the Father and without shame This was not according to GOOd eosnel which ears no mur erer hath eternal life abiding in lim The gospel as revealed by od was plain The trouble in the vorJd was that men echo were not ent by Gxi preached and attempted o instruct They taught the non enaa that a murderer who professes ehef and faith in Christ would be unfied in heart and saved When Feeas Christ arose from the dead and lent out his apostles he commanded hem to preach the gospel to all the jvorld that they might be saved F1r8t gas faith in Jesus Christ and then flame repentance and afterwards baptism not by sprinkling or making mak-ing a cross orer them but burying them in the water that they might come forth with new life washed Mean from their sine Even Christ bad to be baptized in the river Jordan and all must be baptized for the remission re-mission of Bine The water itadf i does not wash away gin but there must be also fpita and belief in Ohristand the ordinance must be performed by one authorized by God to baptz in the name of the father the son and toe holy ghcat Did God ever tell tho Christian minister to sprinkle a little water on the tabe and c II it baptism in the name of the EolyTnmt No There had been no coramunicaiioz God and man for many cen betw en could been I tuner hence no one nave uihoiiztd to perform this sacred ordinance Nor did the Bible command com-mand s07 minister to spntkle s babe The ministers who performed i these baptisms would yet be convicted of tiding the name ot the Lord in vain Christ first ordained to confer the right to baptize conferred it on others but ho never conferred it upon the Christian ministers of this day tateth this honor unto uNo man himself but he that is called of God Aaron Before a HHU can as was ordinance of the I minister a single f priesthood he must be regularly called and authorized to the service by tficse who have the power and I might to so call and autireyz God called Joseph Smith la aU3r in the laet dispensation end sent his angels to ordain him to the eertice The authority was again on the artb and the work of preachirg the gospel to all the world was being done as commanded com-manded by God This gospel was not new but it was the old gospel restored to the earth again Was it a delusion as alleged by the Christian world Tu closing ho acvised tie saints that having hart the gospM retored to thorn in all its purify they should live theirreligion in nl its particulars that knowing the ways of the Lord they should walk in his paths and thus be saved and permitted to see God and dwell with him The choir sang the anthem begining Hear my prayer Eider Joseph E Taylor pronounced a benediction |