Show AT TEE TABERNACLE J The Addresses There on Sunday v Sun-day Afternoon Last TWO SPEAKERS IN THE STAND Elder Starnor and Bishop Whitney oaths Cbaitonlneand Inrlfj Ing of Zion Tho Tabernacle services on Sunday afternoon last were begun by the choir singing Come ye that lore the Lord And let your JOTS be known Join In a song with gvreetaccord And worship at IIi > throne Prayer by Elder GG By water Singing of the hymn Behold the great Redeemer die A broken law to satisfy lie dies a sacrifice to sin That man may lire and glory win ELDER AUTHOR J STAYXZB began by saying that he trusted in God for inspiration in-spiration to address the congregation He read the 13th paragraph of the 93rh section of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants If there was any doubt tint the Saints were a peculiar people when the passage quoted was read they need no further marvel It was according accord-ing to this that the people were gathered front all parts of the world ood had prepared this country lor its occupation by the Latterday Saints where they could dwell In peace Thus the wisdom of God was greater than the ways of the adversary The Saints bad come here to learn of the wars of the Lord and walk in HU patus They claim the tame privileges us the whole Christian world They pray for what is asked for in the Lords prayer and this was all that was in the claim of the Saints under the Conimution God had given them that privilege end would not take it from tnein in view of this how was it the Saints were in the predcament they now found themselves them-selves hedged about br their enemies In reply to this Elder Startler quoted I from the Doctrine and Covenants Coven-ants section 07 3olh par acrapb The hand and providence of Cud were iecognizeduy them in their present condition controlled their destinies It was in conformity to this that President Taylor by revelation called upon thepeonle to put away their frailties shott omings and selfwill that they may not be as the world the people were called upon to purifytheir own hearts by means of which the church would become purified Pride cove on n53 anl se frWilL were taught to be lUUnuel1 in order that Zion rua be redeemed She must be chastized and brought within the celestial law toe principles of the united ord rFhere was ioth Ig that stood in the Way c f thecousumniauonot this end more than the three evils iceitioiied Tho Saints realized that they were called by the Almighty selected bsfors they emerged from the spirit world to perform the work ol God omthecarth Ottc class of spirits such as Abraham had were those who were laboring for the ucona phshment of Gods purposes and the preparing of this earth for the second coming of the Lord Jesus < < The glory for discoveries in science and art is not tiyen to God but is appropriated and monopolized by the men who acted as the agents of the Lord m bridging them out of their hiding places for they were known from before beginning There was a failing among the Saints which he regretted to mention and that was to give glory to God for His mercies and blessings They must be punned from sin before they are sanctified This done they can then ask God to deliver them from their enemies Paragraph 3 sect on 54 of t be Doctrine and Covenants Coven-ants was then rend by the speaker in regard to this in conclusion Elder Stayner bore testimony tes-timony that those nearest celestial glory were those who heard and obeyed the gJspel in every particular those who were farthest were those who rejected them He counseled his hearers to put their houses in order and live according to the revelations revel-ations he had spoken of counseled an observance of toe Sabbath by everyone told all to pray for the guidance of President Taylor to see to it that aith was tound in the earth when Jesus Christ comes to read books giving instruction i in-struction and knowledge concerning everlasting life His testimony sits that this was the work of Ood that Joseph Smith was a prophet that the priesthood was on the earth that the Saints were in the line of progtession if they lived according to their covenants Be not downcast ho said the Lords ear is open remove the obstacles to receiving re-ceiving blessings by living according to the laws and commands o God for the heavens were big with blessings to be poured on their heads The riches of the earth were the Lords Bisiior O F WHITNEY did not wish to occupy the tim unless he could be aided by the Holy Spirit lie had been much interested in the remarks Elder Stayner He asked himself who are these peope called Latterday Saints They are the descendants of one of old whom it was said In thee and in thy s ed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed the seed Abraham It had pleased the Almighty to scatter Israel but in this day he would gather them together again They were the salt of the earth The descendants of i Abraham ere expected to exemplify L L m their vues me principles nc obeyed I and those enunciated i by Jesus to his disciples and followers Let not your light be hid was an exhortation the I Saints should keep in mind Zion was a city set upon a hill and the flay was coming when the law sboild go forth from Zion rand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem The II Saints should be alive to the importance of their calling They had not been chosen end brought from afar to dwindle and return like the washed I I sow to its wallowing in the mire The day of scattering for Israel had gone by Hear the word of the Lord I said Jeremiah He that scattered Israel will gather him as a shepherd does his flock The Lords business was to take care of His Saints their enemies were in His hands and He controlled their destinies All the Saints need be troubled about was their own condition and not that of the world He exhorted them toimtinttr practice what theyhad heard this afternoon after-noon Th e < mbirrenfarkablc problem which presented itself to this people was the cleansing of the inside of theE platter the setting in order of the house of God to live according to the revelation given four years ago through Pesident John Taylor If that revelation revela-tion had been lived up to the condition of the Saints wouid be very different today Who am I salth the Lord that ave promised and have not fu filled 7 Dont say President Taylor is a fallen prophet because we are going into bondage but rather that we are a disobedient people who hays not lived according to tbecondiuons of the promise prom-ise made Whenever did God fail His people when they lived according to His promises If the Saints lived as the sinners did they could not expect to receive the blessings Almighty Observe the teachings which had been I givrn Despise not the truth because of its humble origin Truth It truth whereer tit found On Christian oron heathen ground The condemnation of the world was that they rejected the truth because it was preached iQ plainness and simplicity simplic-ity It was the cuty of the seed of Israel Is-rael to proclaim the tidings salvation That which would condemn the world at the Judgment Scat would far the warnng of the humble men who bore the gospel to them That which taught men to do good was from God end it could not be otherwise Satan enticed no one to do good It was his mission to tear down as it was the mission of God ann his people to build up Truth was never worsted in a contest with error Truth crushed to earth hall rise again If the Saints wished to be known as the descendants of Abraham let them do the works of Abraham If they would be true followers of Christ let them observe His teachings By their works they would be known He was willing that this test shauld be applied to the Latterday Saints Take tha whole body and ths principles taught not the words and acts of hypocrites as the criterion No sect or party should be judged by a few members who were false to their professions The G A R was not to be judged by the utterances of a let blatherskites among its numbers Zion would be chastened until it was purified even as God Is pure The gold would be separated I separ-ated from the dross The Saints would have to learn the lessons taught the ancient Israelites not to worship tools and the things of thd worl He nfcired to the history of tne children of Israel wuo were nosooner free than they were in bondage again through their transgressions The Saints would KO into bondage and aeo sorrow until they cleansed the inside of the platter Hedid notgloryjjB such a prospect But the Lord would punih His people that he ini bt save them He would then fudge the enemies for the evils hey hat perpetrated upon His people The Sai ts would sutler hut a tithe ot what the world would suffer for their treatment treat-ment of Cods people The Lord would not forget Zion but would take the cup of bittrness from her hand and give it i ijto he hands of her enemies The testimony of the speaer was I that the time was near when all the predictions pre-dictions concerning Zion would be fulfilled ful-filled If all woud repent purify the inside the church and live near to the Lord there was no power under heaven that could bring them into bondage Put on the helmet of salvutioniruw forth the sword of tne spirit and spread tho glad tidings of salvation to all the wond I Singing of the anthem Lord What is Man 1 with duet byML Chrtsaie Lawson and Miss Clayton Benediction by Elder Milando Pratt |