Show of prove HE REMINDS THEM OF THEIR DUTIES and exerts them to live in peace and unity the esnil sabbath services of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints were hold in tho hoeting houser on sunday afternoon at 2 president A 0 presiding the congregation was called to or der by president david john and the choir sang praise ye the loni I 1 to raise your hearts ant voices iu his praise cravor was offered by elder isaac bullack the choir then sang the hymn lie died thu great died and israels daughters wept around tho sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the first vard during which the choir sang the hymn ye children of our god APOSTLE F M LYMAN was pleased to notice that the brethren in blessing the bread and water had spoken lluu enough to be heard it was frequently the case that the prayer was uttered inaudible the blessing should be repeated by every person who ex lecta to partake of the sacrament for wo witness unto grod the eternal father that we do always remember him and show that wo do not eat aad drink damnation to our own souls tho lord will not be mocked and whatever wo do should be in accordance cor dance with the spirit of god for it is not possible to bo the saints or god unless we have his spirit I 1 was jusic looking over a short chapter 01 the writings of the apostle paul tu the ephesians there is so much good doctrine in it anat it is possibly that if I 1 read the whole chapter tu this people it will bo profitable table to them although written to the Epho it is quite applicable to uin this day and will 1 presume bi applicable through all time to comb to tho children of god the speaker then read the whole 0 the lounh chapter of ephesians Epho and continued j the counsels coun sela of the apostle baui paui seem to bo as suitable to latter da saints as they were to the ephesians to live so as not to grieve the spin of the lord by which wo are sealed that we be nut shaken the anair that the latter day saints meet with in every day life tend to stir them up and to produce anger and division and hence in that wo may bo arcuro as me of god it is necessary that we partake of the spirit of god and partake of the sacrament often worthily and listen to the exhortations tho holy priesthood which has been established for work of the ministry and the edifying of the body of christ the servants of god etis living orahlea among other requirements we arc told to meet often that we might beceiro acquainted with ane teachings and be stirred up to our duties we are like children we are easily discouraged wo need to be fed with spiritual work or vi will die the spiritual death just the same as mortal men die the physical death for want of temporal food wu need the consola of the spirit of god in order to know the mind and will of our father in regard to our duties it was the promise of the savior to the apostles that if he went to the father he would send them the comforter who would be with them always christ could not bo with them all the time on account of hia many other important callings wo are entitled to the sama comforter the savior requires that wo shall partake of alie sacrament frequently as he knew at the time ho instituted it that the world was so full of iniquity chit it would be becs sary for the saints to meet togo Lnor and renew lhoir covenants often in order tu stand we cannot have a renewal 01 the spirit of god unless we do thia and baless we have this holy chool we cannot say that jesus is the christ 0 o man can do this it is not alone necessary that ahe holy ghost should bear record of the father and ane son but tho holy ghost should continue to bear record of thid fact it lb a knowledge that can not be obtained any other way the spirit of god is easily grieved there is no sin that man can indulge in no mattar how will grieve the blint of god from the human heart and leave man to his own intelligence and i light when we enjoy the spirit oi the lord there is but one lord one savior one kindom to us but when man is left to himself ho will build endless numbers of forms of religion but man is permitted to know oe the doctrine of goj for himself buo ouo would easily suppose that abo coipel as it is laid down in the bible would bo readily understood by any one but us as it may seem we find the world in confusion con corning the arno religion of christ the result of being left to themselves when it comes to the plan of salvation as the lord has revealed it there is but one lord one faith one baptism not a great variety of forms and waya for the salvation of men when tho savior presented the gospel to the jews they wore astonished ho told them that the doctrine was wa s not his but his who sent him and baid jesus if any man will do the will oi my which jsn heaven ha shall know of doctrine k is oi god or I 1 speak of myself is the doctrine doc trino then faith in god repentance of sins baptism for the remission of sin and the bestowing of the holy dhoot on those who h ive forsaken their ov d hayg this holy ghost will then bear record 0 f the true plan of life and salvation it is the comforter of which I 1 have been talking about it creates within man love for the truth which ia beyond the love of earthly affairs because it bears record of the father and for this mini is ready to make adv sacr fice this spirit will also tell man when he goes wrong we feel the condemnation and we at once have a feeling of repentance paul found it necessary to talk this way to the ephesians and to give them the injunctions I 1 have read to you how futural it is for us to listen to the m situations of the evil one how eab a man can believe an evil story of lib adlow we lack charily it ib that wo should cultivate the gift of charity that we might ajoy union thuoc wu must enjoy m order to be able to endure the rials that are brought to bear against as wo should dwell together iu beaco and be kind and lovag we hould bo kind in our expressions vve should labor for our neighbors happiness we ought to do this go has provided that we should be en ditled to the favor and consideration jf the lord we have our families organized so every day we shoula approach the lord and enjoin hia blessing upon us wo noi e overcome by the power of ovil aho natural man is subject to the power of satan in this life but it wo are successful over him in this existence we will not lo 10 subject to him in the life to come but if we feryo him in thio life the probability is we will do so hereafter whosoever Who we list to obey his servant we are life is but short the riches and wealth we accumulate in this life will pass away we can carry nothing with us our bodies will crumble back to earth but tho talents god has given to us our faculties our families and all that god has blessed us with will if we are faithful bo ours in the life to come though man may live to oo 00 a hundred years old this life is not a moment nofa a drop compared co the glo unous riches of eternal life but wi have got to labor fo this li we bo not hollest holiest ho liest upright and pure we cannot receive these great blessings I 1 havo frequently had to talk to no saints in regard 10 going through ahe temple there to be in anxiety on the part oi parents in regard to their children ar taking of the blessings in house of the lord but n too kanj uses their anxiety cornea too aate ahey should have started long before hey did if children are properly aught and have the aed t of th jo aipel properly planted in their nearis it will be only natural for them to go into sacred places and do the will of the lord probably we have bot been aa conscientious in our example before our children as we should have been you can generally trill whether parents are exemplary oy the manner in which the chil iren grow up if vo act hypocritical our children they soon it out for they are men and women aly younger than us children are intelligent they aro not fools they see the petty quarrels between father aind mother they know if their parents are dishonest and if they are living in an upright manner we are somewhat like a book our deportment our conservation denote our character if we say one thing to thia or other and another thing to somebody else we are hypocritical and ave are looked upon as dishonest ahen we come here and partake of ho sacrament we should remember we are doing and seo to it that our hearts and hands are clean and pure that wo might bo strengthened in our holy religion and be better men better women better fathers and better mothers then are we ready to perform missions at homo or abroad wo can then endure any persecution though we tako no joy or pleasure in suffering trials yet wo Are willing to submit like the savior hd to the decree of our father in adaven christ prayed that the cup night pass from him but ha was willing to suffer for ho knew he was to redeem a world and that it was the will of his father it was the same in this day joseph smith was the chosen vessel of the lord in this gen oration to offer bis life as u or the world this is tho work of the lord not the work of man it was not the work of joseph smith tie was only a man this work will 0 o on though man pass away as all lush jesus is the savior by him veru all worlds created wo approach aft father in the name of the son wo havo no right to approach him in any other way joseph smith was out thirty nine years of ago when ho was martyred marty red just think of it was ii for haimof his own strength to do tho work thai ho accomplished in his day not at all he was only a man we did not receive the gospel on the strength of die man but wo were converted by the spirit of cod peter did not receive his knowledge any other way than by this channel blessed art thou simon barj ona for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto vou but my father which is in heaven jesus could have told himself but no man can know the docene for himself save he do the will of god if wo endure it will be because god has been with us and not of our own wisdom if god be not with a we will crumble and go to pieces and no one need trouble themselves about us all the cunning of man cannot preserve any people no matter how small if god be not with them the speaker closed with an exhortation to the people to remain faithful and trusted that they might dwell in unity and peace the choir sang lord dismiss us with thy blessing benediction was pronounced by president HH glaff |