Show ism 01 MORMONISM THE PANACEA FOR UNBELIEF elder W II 11 kins dis coarse on sunday tho haual sabbath of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints were hold in tho meetinghouse meeting house on sunday afternoon at 2 elder isaac bullock presiding in the absence of the stake choir which had gone to springville Spring ville the third ward choir under the leadership of elder henry white furnished the singing the choir sang the morning breaks the shadows flee lo 10 zions standard is unfurled grayr was offered by elder evan The choir sang great god attend while zion sings the joy that from thy presence springs tho sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the third ward ELDER W H kwa felt a weak instrument ment in standing before the people to administer words of life into them the position of an elder called upon to address the saints is one of responsibility and bonco the appeal often made by the speaker to the con that they assist him by choir faith and prayers he trusted the saints would leave the house better prepared to journey on in life then they did when entering it we are commanded to come hero stripped of all worldly thoughts and with con arito hearts seek tho spirit of god that we might have more faith in the work god has entrusted to our care the speaker had great faith in the efficacy of prayer and realized that through that source did all blessings flow this is an age of infidelity and scepticism there is no god says the sceptic everything is nature and nature is god jac may be said that the day of materialism is past bin it is not so scepticism and doubt are upon the increase christianity is waning and failing to accomplish that for which it waa intended the gospel of jesus christ is the panacea for the ovil with which the world abounds it will bring love and peace to all men the lamentably condition upon iho earth is to tho rejection of the spirit 01 jehovah by mankind the pies of truth and none other wil exalt us even as god is exalter we want these principles in our lives that wo may see before us and around us the glori us purposes of jehovah gods furj 0 e in blasing us upon the earth was that we inculcate truth in our nature that the veil between us and him might grow thinner and thinner every day that w tabernacle in the flesh if chesi truths were believed in more universally men would approach nearer to god it has been the aim of the philosophers to unravel abeso truths but only the hand of the master weaver can ever do this we find that philosophers have devised plans of philosophy to supersede supercede super cede religion but to no effect men set to worl with all their power to demolish religion but in every case has their philosophy failed to bring about what they claimed it would accomplish the speaker then cited history to prove that man cannot build up a superstructure without recognizing god in all things if then religion is necessary for the human heart is it not eminently proper that we should have a correct faith in god instead of an incorrect ne if the christian world have the true faith of christ why is it that we find so much discord among them so many schisms sms we find that they have eliminated some of the principles of tho gospel from their forms of worship and yet they offer their fragmentary religion and call it the faith of god christ says if ye are not one yo are not mine tho world has been wandering devoid of the living faith A great many men who claim to bo infidels say that they do in some form of deity but that thoy are driven to their position by the inconsistent arguments of the christian world in relation to the godhead mormonism Lm teaches the truo character of god and this work is to do much in bringing man back to the paths of righteousness righteous nes and teaching him in relation to his father and his god it is not a matter of surprise amid all the conflicting and contending sects upon the face of tho earth that man should wander into tho dark abyss of infidelity you all remember the position joseph smith was in when he went into tho woods to pray ho wanted to know which of all the religious sects were right god told him not to join any of them that not one was worshipping shipping wor him no not one the gospel was restored subsequently and through its agency will be accomplished ala salvation of mankind in of the ages of the past god gd and plead with his people at ho might lead them to salvation T Y si to as in the days of the israelites when IT W thi ik to aaron with ma them a golden calf W strips them of his power and ass mss leaves tham to 0 8 0 it ism this day god bast we wila bo y 7 tua but we beek our own way and depart from the truth god will visit 03 with his aare displeasure the only safe way for us to pursue is to live up to the light god has given us and then we will never be defeated the principles of the gospel revealed to us are destined to the work of god our mission is to oppose truth and combat error we must irresistibly demolish the idols of idolatry ado latry man until the past few years believed that there was no repentance pen tance beyond the grave but one by one the barriers of superstition ara being torn down and the little stone is roiling forth and it will roll forth until it fills the whole earth anore is something potential in mor moni sni and we must realize that it has come from god or that it comes from canright man Right in our own day there are more marvelous works to be accomplished complis hed than was ever done by moses or joshua for this is the day when god will establish his kingdom in the earth and when the cry wal go lorca bome out or ayr my people ye ba ot bersins her sins that receive not plagues This is the day when god will forth his hand to gather people from all parts of the earth from tho north and from the south from the east and from the west this is the day bhea all things both in heaven and on earth and under the earth shall oe gathered into one hence no other time shall be li keit and it remains with us to live that we may take a part in it though we may only be a standard boarer this is the day when the gospel of the kingdom is to be preached to all the world for a witness and then shall the end come do we believe this prophecy that has been made do we believe that this work is to be accomplished shed do we believe that gods people and that he has spoken in this day and ago of the world if we do then we have got to show it in our lives mormonism has come to stay and it is true and though we become negligent in our duty and fall by the wayside the work will still roll on until it finally fills the whole earth let us hold up the hands of our leaders that the work of god may not be hindered through our folly there is work for all to do the harvest is ripe and god has commanded us to thrust in our sickle andreae and reap the progress of the work depends upon those who are in it some of us are not much in advance of what we were forty or fifty years ago it is better to have ten men united than ten thousand men pulling apart we ought not to be discouraged because of the smallness of members it is the desire of this people to be a good people and accod elsh all that god requires of them let us then purge out iniquity and leach our children the truth whose caulfi is it that so many of our youn men are up in infidelity shall it jae attributed to the young mun or shall it be attributed to the parent chink of this and answer it for yourself the speaker bore a powerful testimony tv the truth of mormonism and the divine mission of joseph smith and predicted that the work of god would stand no matter how it was assailed by the powers of dark aes ho then exhorted the saints jo faithfulness and crusted that they bould worship god unceasingly that they might grow in strength and jower until finally they become triumphant over all their enemies ane choir sang lo 10 the geulele chain is broken benediction was pronounced by elder 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