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Show PROHIBITION IS HOT NEW I0JHE SAINTS Tli is Is Declaration of Rulon S. Wells in Sermon at Tabernacle. 1 "Woe unto tho mnn who accepts tho gospel of Jesus Christ, or the doc-trluo doc-trluo of tho Mormon faith, and then falls to follow Its principles." Such was tho substanco of tho warning warn-ing Bounded forth from tho tabcrnaclo pulpit Sunday afternoon by Apostle John i Henry Smith In a volco which ponotrated tho utmost parts of tho largo auditorium, which was over half-filled- with good saints. Apostle Smith wa3 proccded by Eldor Ilulon S. Wells, who mado an extended ex-tended talk on tho fundamental principles of tho church. It was on Eldor Wcllsla discourse that Apostle Smith baaed his discussion. The services woro presided over by President John It. "Winder. IDIder Georgo It. Emery offered the opening prayer. Elder "Wells said that he believed that tlie principles of faith, repentance, baptism bap-tism by immersion, and the laying on of hands for tho gift of the holy eplrlt wcro the first and last doctrines of the Mormon church. To him. ho declared, there are no other principles which aro not Involved In these four. "But have wo not such principles as tithing in the Word of "Wisdom'.'" "Wis-dom'.'" the eider asked. He then went on to explain that tho law of tithing and also the word of wisdom aro involved in the aforesaid principles, "A great movement Is at present abroad In the land." said Elder Wells, "known as prohibition. Is that anything now to l.alter-day Saints? I bus the Iord given, the world any new principle in this movement, move-ment, which is not embodied in tho principles prin-ciples of Monnonlsm? Whcnovcr we observe ob-serve aiiylhlng which tenders to the betterment bet-terment of mankind we will find that It Is Involved In tills great doctrine which the Lord has revealed to us." Ho declared de-clared that if tho world would analyze the principles of Mormonlsm, It would bo seen that the acceptance of thorn Is the only way to he saved. He declared that the Mormons aro truly the best pcoplo on earth. Apostle John Henry Smith began by rending from the words of Oliver Cow-dory, Cow-dory, as recorded In tho Pearl of Great Price, after which ho spoko along the same line as Elder Wells. He declared that those Latter-day Saints who did not live up lo tho principles of thefr faith would sooner or later find themselves very unhappily situated and most uncomfortably un-comfortably placed. |