Show TRIAGEr Hi J Elder Chosen by L Tile abject J 1 Naisbitt f AFTERNOON LAST 1 eN BU DAY TERNOON God Hath Joined 1 1fJIGP floever No Man Put I Let I e gogetherr < j I 7osetberASI1nder Asunder afternoons semces in the gmiday OmroenCedWltlilthe choir 1 e c 1 aheTOade tlagigtebymn JgiDg giver 0 Jesusl the of all we enloYh 8 e lg ho or we wish to employ Bishop Samuel A Woolley Player by coir sang another hymn Eternal Father th God Who O dwells amid the skyl I Jesus name we ask thee Jnlesus To bless and sanctify I the sacrament was administered by lpeprieethoed of the Third Ward JhtP HrvRY W NAISBIT addressed gteaaliEcu the congregation andsaid The Sabbath provided expressly for the lithe daj reception 13 of spiritual food The preacher or teacher is Irequired to pro Tide for the spiritually hungry Indi 1 experience enables the speaker dutl > the wealth of his own ret re-t draw upon sources and impart to the people but a tOU deal depends upon the congrega reat dsOur groat elvesdsOur Sra elves rfn Jhenvelves Our church orgamza SwSecWrily had aTital influence I iwn nmtv the There family are conditions circles within of our circles com mul II astihe wheels within SM the prophet said within wheels r The immediate prosperity and future 51fccess depends upon the family relations Where the ordinance of marriage mar-riage is not recognized as the foundation tf society confusion disorder and chaos will ultimately predominate God de I rigned that man should not be alone but that woman should be his helpmeet J help-meet aud that man and wife should be sae I The scriptures tell us of Eve the mother of our race Marriage was or hIlled of God The pages of holy write writ-e id nec that marriage has always been recozniiedas a sacred and holy alliance m one tee saying Whomsoever God iith joined together let no man put asnderI The observance of its SAcred relations have always met with dirine blessings while a disregard and violation of its holy requirements are ererrwhere shown by the Bible to be sapping the whole foundation the welfare wel-fare and eternal happiness of mankind Marriage is the means designed by God to perpetuate from father to son thee the-e aract ri8tiC9 of ourselves as ex exemplified by the Savior who declared that he was in the exact likeness of His Father telling his disciples that who erer had seen Him had seen the Father The paces of Holy Writ although not containing full details of the early history his-tory and habits of the ancient people of i Cod l yet show conclusively that mar riago existed in polygamie as well as xonogomic form The Prophet Iamech is the earliest recorded instance of a man having a plurality of wives David was a notable instance God instanced His divine approval of David tariSteveral wives only denouncing Mm when he resorted to kilIin a roan to obtain possession of his wife I Solomon and many others of the good and revered ancient prophets sacred iisjoiy tells us had plurality of wives tesidcs concubines However modern ChriaUamty has assumed to say that themamageof amau tcunbre than one wife has become an obsolete practice Tie Bible shows is that marriage rela tions sanctioned bv God are eternal covenants not made for time only un I hl death separates us but to last beyond I be-yond the grave The love naturally 6 itmg between the sexes is the divine Bit that will alone bind together the gamily circle It is the power Moich causes individuals to labor sad sacrifice for the welfare of our race Sad indeed js the con dition of the association of the sexes where this divine principle of pure love does not exist and control This ele aent should lay the foundation of all Earned life Man and woman are canpoend beings possessing other feel ingithan those ot love due considera lion for which must be had There wsst be a union of sentiment and wonght hence the scriptures tell us Be not unequally yoked together II 1 flien regard is not had for these I brings sorrow and regret A man j JI Zml exerts a good deal of JWmtsec over a roman but a j rood roman will and can exert a I far greater influenco over the man Bi etionably a great deal depends upon the properly exercised influence I e woman But as to the question of wanogamic or PoTBamic marriage j lDgsnotls thllt the latter has exact and does now exist upon the earth > azd thzt the relation of man mdwomsl aint be polygamIc in the wend to tome In tact to unprejudiced and tll r thoughtful persons it does seem peculiar that day the Christianity f socalled of to There should decry the plurality of wires tion ere can be no doubt that the oppoii l of ag today is the result of tradition sOflZideration on without due lot Id ation and thought on tue sub But the question may be asked Why consider this subject and provoke eontention t v Clition when a here in America mencn laws leave > > been made 3svbjin prohibiting plural 1 IUhAde mar m zge For the beat of all reasons that e America < a free countrr freedom of seeeehiss 8nQra teedto ill men anOn diSCUssIon Qud thoughtful Wn V ionsideratfo will W fcfahon of be subject will tend tot etaod to-t lt more Properly and fully under rOIn There IS 110 evidencein mans or pl Wouaans ° organization to show that nol the urality a tdinnerl of wives partbuof or polygamy the contrary isin chews nh Part of our natnrcs ham s such n relation to be in efe nionv with the laWs of God PhY saoo men agree that the laws of relation o gy The admit of such a marriage Holy wvThe evidence contained in Yell ns tr orrolorate3 this opinion as Year6 mpricnco of men of later t bra gain that ybett demonstrated again l t the 1IJlrri e Patriarchal order of the i filiu f 1yganiic relation or c ° f ody wives has been JoJ tni productive hum aurcriull r humanity Marnae to be ° t lwully productive of good must be ha alwlIYS t a lulous ordinance It one hundred n S0 > until wIthin the last religious liberty er3 when called I vtrion f a I erl has developed althe eatnrcs i not flow of scenticism until it is I to hav the among Christians 1 re161oas emarriage celebrated as a i sidered bF many It is now con i relation sfmifautY as Simply a fiocial ar to j one person making contract to server or enter tho employ of another and which can be broken at pleasure Hence the sanctity of marriage mar-riage has been Qestroyed with such people Notwithstanding this the relationship cf the sexes when brought about under the cognizance of God is a divine and re ligions sacrament The parental relationship under such circumstances will last through all time and eternity All who undertake the responsibilities of marriage whether monogamic or polygamic and perform its duties aright before God will secure His blessings bles-sings here and hereafter Choir sang the anthem Arise shine for thy light is como Benediction by Patriarch John Smith |