Show 4 AT THE TABKBNACLE Brief Synopsiiof Elder James E I huns Ijisconrse The religious services at the Tabernacle Taber-nacle on Sunday afternoon were begun by El by the choir singing and prayer der H P Richards ELDER JAMBS E TALMAOE occupied the stand and began a very interesting when the discourse by saying that 01 worship and partake Saints me t to the Sacrament they should be inspired by the Holy Ghost They met he con tinned to receive instruction Every individual had the same object in view in attending gatherings of theSaints they were in a school where lessons on how to obtain salvation were given Those who bad received instructions from duly authorized teachers would be expected to give an account of the use they had put their learning to In order to succeed it behooved be-hooved all he said to perform their duties prayerfully It was understood under-stood by the Saints tha vhen they followed fol-lowed tbe teachings of their leaders and lived their religion the blessings of heaven would be theirs If an elder while preaching said tbat which was untrue he incurred great responsibility but if the uinti were living aright they could duoern truth from error He counseled humility If man compared himself with animals or the brute creation crea-tion lie would discover that they had powers and attributes which he had not He was not as swift as the deer nor so strong as the elephant yet he towered at > ove them all in intelli gence In reference to prayer Elder rat mage remarked that the Saints were required I re-quired to study earnestly and prayerfully prayer-fully all true T rincues whether wIthIn wIth-in or without the domain of so called religion They should obtain all true knowlede within their reach Tradition Tradi-tion and youthful training had inc planted In many natures a feeling of superstition ana distrust and when a revocation came contrary to th se traditional I tra-ditional notions men were apt to throw the revelation aside as something iu which God aafi not meant what he said This statement had a more direct application ap-plication to young people than to old There were too many like Ananias and Sappbira who accepted the outward form but were not willing to trvst all they had to the Lord Tnese two in di duals had been required to lay all they had at the disposal of the churcb ana had made a snow of doing so but bad kept sack portion of their money lest psrcbunce the Lord would fail to keep His word in which event they I would have some of their wealth to rely on Their faith was one sided I their trust imperfect their dependence de-pendence halfhearted and there Cure not acceptable to the Lord The speaker addressed himself to the youig of the community who Le Kid did not appear to appreciate the persecutions perse-cutions their fathers and mothers had undergone for the gospels sake There were laborers wanted for the vineyard and the rising generation would find plenty to do if they wanted to engage In he good work The priesthood of God was in their midst and it could De wielded with unlimited power for good The present is a time when only the prayerful would stand The earnestness earnest-ness of their prayers and not the fine words iu which tbeir breathings were I couched would be listened to by the Al intgUty Referring to the manifests ttoit of tbe power of God Elder Tat inase saiii there hat been numerous instances of the Lords jojrer uuriug the History of the Latterday Srnis which should ij away with tap iosiu aniocK reasonable tbirking mu Thii was an age of wonders he sai < Many of fe taints were discovering that they were living sale by side with tjeioes and ueroiuea who were willing to suRer anx thing and everything for their religion Thednvs tbe inarrs were not gone by There were brave men and women iming tile Saints who had abown willingness to sjcrace the enjoyments ot their homes rather than utter a dishonorable word which aught keep them from prison He ndvi ed trust in God and reliance on his strong I arm The religion of the Saints ie worth everything to them and their actions ac-tions slacld nccoM with their professions profes-sions The Aliuighiy wa a jealous God remarked Elder Talmage whose first fouiiuMid given amid hs thunders thun-ders of Mount Sinai > and written by hu own finger upon the tablet of stone was Thou shalt have no other uoj before me That which a man worships was his god Worship did not mean simply a form of prayer but the adoration of the heart if each were to judge himself by this rule Idolators might be found among those professing to be Latterday Saint The people shudder when they think of the worship of Moloch and of the bar rible > sacrifices at its shrine and feel that God must be angry at such terrible I worshin Bnt there are other ilolocbs as temcle as that imago of iron Some I professing to be Saints have gods of wood ana stone They eaU them houses and lands and worship them more than they do their God The young nun I whose object in life was to amass wealth whose chief aim was to gath rhocsra and lands was an idolater who worships other gods than the God ol ne > vn Thou snail have no other gods befare me was given with a purpose and the command had never been withdrawn I with-drawn The speaker impressed upon his bearers bear-ers the necessity of assisting each other in serving God of being longsofferine and no to hvbor feelings of revenge Persecution had not ceased all would have their share and tbey eboaM be prepared for it The feeling of penecu tion wa increasing and many thought they were rendering God a serrroe in afflicting His people Tile Saints should walk c num pectv acid bow br their exaiiples that they are Gods chosen people Their teachers should be exemplary He derecaed tile sondng of calir for sbooliog to those not of ttu jUs tslawly but surely the teacher imparts to tae pupil his motives and desires which are bound to develop in after life There were man who disregarded tbe imporliuco of their region he re icdrked in conclusion and urged upon the youth of the Saints to qualify themselves them-selves to be missionaries ot the gospel I and turn ovr a new leaf at te ntin nins of the coining year All > bxul to tegtUatu their lives aa to hasten the I time when the rtil of God would be acne on earth u it u dome IB heaven Toe choir sang tne anthem Give ear to my words and Apostle Joba W Tayotipr0oticet the benediction |