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Show Tabernacle Heetiag. A gooily-j'zei congrtioa ussem-bled ussem-bled in the Ut.e tateroscle on Sunday Sun-day afternoon. The first speaker w-f Elder Erigham Yousg. He commenced com-menced by aay'iD;; be deired, during tae few momenta he abouli address the congregation, that be nr.gbt be inspired wita tbe holy spirit. He bad eiptrieuced that tbe spirit of man could not undertai.d tbe things , of God, unless iuapired by the reTela tiona of Gcd. Men passed their opinions freely on the belief and doc trines held by the Litter day Samtd, and when read as published, the similarity simi-larity between the-) opinions and those uttered in tbe daya of the Savior and His apostles were very apparent. It waa evident that two powers existed. He was eorry ih.it tee sainta were not so well unr-td tithe ti-the world gave them credit fur. It was too often the case that while men heard the preaching in tbe tabernacle and were to some extent imbatd with the spiritual duties of life, yet when they le!t" tbe buildiug they were as i "a man who looked at his face iu a glasa and went away and (orgot what manner of man be wae." Tbey ihen iuduled too exclusively nn secular pursuits, without due consideration j ot each others' interests and welfare. They did not realize that they were 1 ; more r iesa sustaining the po-er oi ' evil, instead of building up the king-! king-! dom of God. Thus people lent the ! spirit of God. They were apt to fall into the errors of the Israelites, and lithe those things which were ol little value.while they neylected thetithint; of their gold and silver, and the more valuable temporal blessings of life. The speaker then showed the necessity neces-sity lor moaua and funds to spread ifee yt'spel and gather the poor. This was the kingdom they were commissioned commis-sioned to establish, sud when the saints begin to feel that this waa simply a spiritual kingdom, without any temporalities, they were making mak-ing a mistake aa to the true nature ol their mission. Their duty was to support the kingdom of God with their whole heart, mind and etjength. Accordiog to the speaker's understanding, under-standing, ail the events of life and the actions of the saints had their due weight on tbe future of the individual; - they were recorded as past deeds ; and God had decreed that men would "be judged according to tbe deeds done in the body." It seemed Birange that people did not understand the motives of the saints. When a man took a righteous course, he waa a growing man in the midst of the people of God. Ou the other hand a man who waa careless about acting on the principle! of the Rospel, although what might be called a moral Bian, would eventually go out of the church and become an enemy to their inter ests. Elder Young tben showed bow : the membera of the church sbouid j unanimously sustain their own inter-1 eets and those of their brethren aud immediate friends. He prayed that light and wisdom might restupon all, in tbe name of Jesus, Amen. Elder Joseph F. Smith then addressed ad-dressed tbe congregation. There was a great variety of opinion in the world concerning the Latter day Siut9, and he waa astonished that so little was known by the people at lare concerning concern-ing them. Many had written with a view to expose "Mormoaism" aud the Mormoo people. This waa the more strange aa the Mormons themselves them-selves had endeavored to expose and describe "Mormoniem" to the world for many years. Enemies of the people peo-ple had endeavored to injure them by false reports and wicked misrepresentations; misrepre-sentations; while the saints bad from very different motives been telling tho truth, as it was not likely that they would He aocut inemseives ana ineir practices, for in that case they would certainly be found out. They had been trying to represent tht-maelves as they were, and to preach the gospel tbey believed in. Some peo pie assumed to contradict the saints, aud the publio were more inclined to accept tbe misrepresentations of the enemies of "Mormoniam," than to hear tbe exposition given by its true and moat reliable exponents. Tbe saints had many of them belonged to the churches ol Christendom, but when the greater light came from God they left these denominations, and espoused the truth; they forsook for-sook the religiou of their fathers, and put on the religion of Jeaus Chribt. They gathered to tbtie ' mountains where they had hoped to worehip God uumolesttd and undisturbed. undis-turbed. Tbe saints could not yield to error and false doctrine, but tbey mutt Bland firm t the revelations of God. They bad never given up any principle, but tbey bad been at limes overpowered by numbers and judicial authority and been compelled 10 leave thtir old homes and aeek new ones in this territory. But they had been tracked and followed even here, and were maligned by people who mis-renreseuted mis-renreseuted them aud their doctrines to this day. tie tben went into an exposition of the groundwork atd principles of the gospel. They emanated ema-nated Lot from the Bihle, but from the source whrnco the B:blc i'eiJ! wl.s dt-rivea. He ih-u rrad extracts tnnu the Old aud New Icstameut, showing show-ing that tbe God worelupptd by the ancient Hebrews, was a being havuiy both body and parts, whs reveal d himeell to the ancivnt prophets; and the eptaker declared ae an apo-iiie of Jeus Cliriet thai t o it was ihe God worshipped by the Lat'erdty saints U was a part of their religion not to take the n:ini9 of the Lord in van;; aod to keep the S.U'bitb holy. "Tsv-u sb-lt not ki.l," was a'.io a law of the church, aod any man who e'uou.d commit diet) a crime, H conuei ti n with he church wcu;d cr ee, ;.d lie would be delivered ovt r to be in rd and executed by the law. Thou shall not commit adultery, was anot'ie; law ef tbe church. The 'fkfr then hnwp.fi (hat nlnraiitv r-f wirpa w.i iT from adnitery, and nfne of the prophets pro-phets had ever d rounced it as a crime, for if thry had tbey w.uld have condemned Abrtnnm ftijd Jicob and Ihe other patriarchs, and wculd hive even condemned the ruse IvrV, for they were ail po!ys∋t, but w?re not adulterer?, r,r ti cy wou'd Lave been worthy of death, a.rJing to trie law of Gcd in tlx d js. "To-";'! sljait, nf.t s'e.-il," wa? ai-o tn imperative J law, ar.d tae man who had Uktn tht j woiin waa r.'-l his own, wriO wvjid I ! not rs-..re fiy.irlnid, would Le s-vt rtd from the cr.urch and turned over to the Iswa of the land. Tne fpeker then reviewed in like manner the rest r:f the ten r.'irrimind-merjis, r.'irrimind-merjis, s.iow.i.k lint tr. v wrre ai. in-coroo:ii'f-.1 ii. u; tr.e lm:n an1 Ccr-tr:r.t Ccr-tr:r.t r-f ire churcii, ii tt- " il he g V ani gr.'.rft ;,f tlir;. fc-r.pfl in Cbr"s;'a da Ji -itT--r r." d a-1 wick'lr.' hTrl cie "hire i t:,at G d woljiJ juCte bftwf-en tt.e faintj atid loeir accjsrrg at ihe Jut dy. |