Show DIV LWWSHIP The Services in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle ou Sunday Last PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL niihop O F Whitney Disc urn OD Faith Kopentnijce llnpiUm and the Laying ou of ilands The services at the Tabernacle on banday afternoon last were begun b > tho singing by the choir of the hymn commencing OJesni the lOITer Of ah we eujoy Oar Urea to thy honor We wish to emp ok ith praises ucetelug lUh 4 Well ling of the u mc0 Thy coodm M Incteiulne Tbrluve wellpr claim > Prayer by Elder Shaw of Paradise Singing by the choir of the hymn OGii th eternal 7 then N hodweliKHinlJ the sky In J tSU 1 DAm troxglctce To biro aud tMncttfy II we are pure before thee bit tr ad an J cup of wine That we may all euicmber That off lIn 110 dif toe BISHOP O K WUITJEV 01 arising aid lie did bo more from ttnse of duty ban of pleasure There was u pleasure Horded in lItal din up in defense of the nnciples of ealvatiou but there was a timidity also which arose from a contemplation con-templation of the vastness of the subject sub-ject nod individual weakness He did tot arise in his own strength but in tha of his Father lie could say with one of oid that hoo was not astiuiued of the gospel Christ font was the potTer of God unto salvation unto all who be lieved and obeyed We wer led to inquire in-quire he remarked what is the gospel l low lire so as to reap the reward prom lied to those who remain faithful rr9 Its understood the gospel to be a code of laws or series ot principles which led upward and on A art they were Hcencd unto a ladder thrown between heaven and earth which if climbed round by round would lead into the presence of God the eternal Father He would use the term brethren anti sisters in addressing the congregation gregation realizing that it was one htch comprehended all he sons ana daughters of our common Father The gospel of Christ IS not the power frhto ti hto en loo of salvation unto those who do not manifest their faith by their works The gospel taught us to love all mankind man-kind It was and bad been the mission or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterly Latter-ly Saints to minister for the salvation of the human family and in doing ro to suffer persecution and sometimes death The Stints felt interested in the salvation of heir I fellow creatures and hey who slandered there and ascribed any other motives to them than good wul to all mankind either did not knoW them or else maligned them Theo The-o pel was not simply belief alone If belief alone ft would o save D any ft then I the very emons sons n pe uu would be subjects for salvation for they believed that Jesus was the Christ and they trembled because of their belief be-lief They believed jet did nct keep His commandments They who would destroy if they could hose who differed from them in religion arc not manifest ins the principles of the gospel of Christ Ko no more than the devils in hell he would that the world coalJ seethe see-the incontiitency of the attitude of many soculled Christians in regard to the latterday Saints lie that says he loves God and hates his brother is a liar and the truth is not in him They who do not practice charity and love their fellowmen do not truly believe in the teachings of the Savior Faith is the fundamental principle or groundwork of salvation for without it It is impossible to please God or accom pUsh anything It is the tree upon I i which grows the fruit of life and salvation salva-tion and there is nothing thatlives and mores on the earth in the water or in the air under the laws of God but manifests the grand principle of faith No man can say truthfully that be is utterly without it and it becomes everyones duty to cultivate it Th s is a world where we aro required to wale by faith we are no longer in the pros ence of the Father the brightness of our spirits is veiled by mortality we do not see a we are seen or know as We are known we are roaming through the dark valley of the shadow of death with nothing bat the light revealed from God togulde us on to eternity There was a time wbeq we basked in the sunlight sun-light of His countenance nurtured bv I the side of our father and motber in heaven when we knew thlncs better bet-ter than we do now There we walked by sight here we walk by faith Here is a grand chance to show the integrity of our soul Those why I walked by faith and did not demand miracles were to be considered worthiest When Jesus was resurrected and showed himself to his disciple I one of them wa absent and said I cannot believe unless 1 see the mark i I of the nails in his hands and feel of the I wound in his side The Savior bad I compassion upon Thom smd appeared I to him and he was then melted br the t I great testimo y he bad received and knelt down and cried 0 Lord Mv God He was a good man but weak I ana doubting less blessed in believing because he had fen than he would have been h believing without feeing I We manifest mote integrity in serving I eh Got in darknea gs it were amid trials I and persecution than in the midst of I light and prosperity A beautiful fiampJo is given in the Scriptures I t I when the Syrian army surrounded the I city of Dothan and the people within I I the walls felt fearful in consequence I I The errant of Eltsba the prophet was t I one of the fearful souls but the prophet prayed for him and in vision no raw I I the armies of heaven coming to the i rescue > Rut would be not have in am1 I hated greater faith if he bad trusted I fin God without sccinc what he did 11 1 i We are told that there was a test I made in heaven among the children of God when Lucifer raised the standard I of rebellion and look with him one third of the spirits begotten there I Twothirds of the spiritual population I i I I of heaven remained with God and as a result of their integrity or faith were I I privileged to take upon themselves I I I Heh and become the sons and daughters l I of Adam but those who rebelled were I II I condemned to roam around as evil i spirits without bodies tempting the inhabitants of the earth The principles I i of truth will ever be triumphant though seemingly crushed to earth they will rise again Il God had been opposed bv twothirds or nine tenths of Ills children He would have been I I I triumphant He was firmly p anted on therqk of truth Immovabledo adamant Now the scene has changed the < scene of night of darkne fnsf road us and we are called upon to trust in God and serve Hm in the midst of the darkness Greater Is the integrity of Ji f who believe yet haTe noLaeen than those who demand a sign a vision or a miracle to convince them I Those who seek for signs are an adu erous generation Belief in God will lead I to works pv which that faith can manifest itself A tree is known by IU fruit a fountain b > tie stream It emits A greater measure of faith will produce a greater measure of works That faith is hypocrisy which pretend to believe in God yet nianileata desire to destroy and rend the church of God These arc not the teachings or words oC Christ He did not tel His disciples too to-o into all the world and kill persecute and proscribe those who did nut believe as they did But to go and preach peace and love and though they were cast out and reviled He woud be with then Unto the end and feed them with the bread of life and they should never die in the spirit W were expected to fudge a righteous judgment Love one another the Savior aid and this was a test whch would above who were His disciples u Those who repented of all their evil deeds and vile practices showed by their works toe fuih they possessed This was the fecund step in the programme of salvation repentance a reformaion nits slit not the repentance that needed repenting of There were those Who did not repent and it was the acts of such that were bringing trouble upon this nbole people It was the purifying process which Go i was putting the Saint through The same God that has said to tb waves of ths sea Hitherto yiou suait come but no farther will ay the same to the e elutes of His people He will cause the wrath of nan to praise ILm and the abundance If wrath He will restrain Blessed are ye when all men revile you and speak alL manner of evil against you falsely for my sake Chrat said But if evils evil-s spoken of us truly ire are only leased in being humbled to the dust and made to feel the power of the hastening hand of Jehovah Until we repent and turn unto God we are uo better than other people until we cease our wicked practices and cut loose from association with corruption no matter huts related to us bow can we call upon God for our deliverance We were bid in 18i12 bv Gods prophet to set our bou esm order to clean the inside ot the platterand if we did so that our enemies should have no power over us lf this promise was not fuldlled it was the fault of the people themselves we must lOt grumble and say the prophecy phecy is untrue when wt ourselves are to be blamed We must not seek to pluck tho mote from anthers eye but try to observe the beam in our own rhc Saints would continue to go into bondage unless they repented God ever deserted His paoplc nor broke His promises but His promises were all conditional In the days of Joshua as long as the children of Israel wore obedient t ey were invincible the walls of Jericho fell down before them but they wore subsequently put to Sight When Joshua asked God why he bad t J h ft8 d th V rgn a was answere u uuu a divine command has been disobeyed It was not until the people purified them selves that Gods power again Tisited their camp and thenceforth theirs was an onward march of triumph and Tic tort Let us not the Bishop sold rebel re-bel against God and revile his prophet when the fault i n J transgression are our own The principle of baptism was instituted insti-tuted for the remission of sins that were repented of Kt t that water of itself could wash awny sin but if administered ad-ministered by author y baptism b r immersion whfch was typical ot t death and tho resurrection was efficacious for the remission of sin John thought hlnisilf unworthy to bap nc Jesus but Christ acknowledged his authority and said buffer it to be so ow for thus it becomeih as to fulfil all ightcou nfS3 and when olIo arose up out of the water the Holy Ghost defended and rested upon Him and the Lord said This Ia my beloved Son in whom 1 am well pleased When I 0 o vhrist had wen baptized lie entered upon His ministry and chose twelve apostles who went forth preaching organizing churches and bapt zing By them the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands was promised to all who obeyed the first three principles of the gopel and it wn to guide them into all truth and prepare them gradually gradu-ally for the presence ot God These are what we term the first four principles of the gospel but they are only the gateway leading to other and higher unrciples just us pure and holy though despised and execrated by the world In conclusion Bishop Whitney bore a f I strong testimony to the truth and purity of these principles saying there 1 were still grander and greater principles princi-ples whi h if obeyed and faithfully lived up to would lead to everlasting i glorr in the colestial world God in this day I bas raised up a prophet Joseph smith whole testimony is in force I upon all the world It WA < a portion vl that testimony the speaker sH I hat he had declared and lie prayed that all who might hear it would accept it nnd II 1 > saved I Following tbe singing of an anthem by the chot the beneuiction was pro Bounced br Elder Aurellaa Miner II I I |