Show SABBATH SERVICES president smoots excellent remarks sunday WE CANNOT PATTERN AFTER THE WORLD AND BE SAVED bishop johnson speaks on the principle of unity the usual sabbath services of the of jesus christ of latter day v en held in the meetinghouse meeting house on sunday i afternoon at 2 pres A 0 smoot presided the choir bang lord we come before thee now at thy feet wo humbly bow prayer was by elder evan arido choir sang 0 god the eternal father who dwells amid the sky 1 the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the third ward BISHOP J P E JOHNSON was thankful for the privilege of meeting with the saints as one of the greatest joys he had upon earth and he had been deprived of this tor some time you may all realize that to those who have ambition an active life is one of the happiest to be enjoyed and when deprived of this we can sympathize with those who may be confined to their beda in my time I 1 have read considerable from the bible and book of mormon and at one time when I 1 was confined at home I 1 started to read the book of mormon through and the reading of the reign of king messiah of the people of emla made a great impression on ray mind during my late I 1 have learned something although to be confined in the house is a great trial to me for I 1 like to do my duty to honor my office and calling I 1 hope we have all come here for a good purpose to gain inspire aaion one of the apostles said when I 1 try to do good evil always presents itself there is the point where is alie victory if evil hen presented is not overcome as an army in battle it has been said often that the day will come when we would not be able to associate with prophets we live in a good time and I 1 thank god for the blessings we enjoy the line is being drawn between latter day saints and latter day hypocrites christ says jf ye are not one ye are not mine we have not come to that oneness yet but I 1 hope there are a certain class working to this end president heber C kimball once said the day would come when there would be the greatest apostasy in this church than there jh as ever been Those who aro faithful are the ones who will be able to stand let ns never betray each or the great principles of salvation PRESIDENT A 0 SMOOT said it has been some time since I 1 addressed the latter day saints in an assembled capacity but I 1 feel to bear my testimony to the new and everlasting gospel we should be honest with ourselves and our god we have entered into everlasting covenants with him and we will be re warded with all the blessings that pertain to those covenants if we continue faithful but if we violate them it would have been far more better 10 have never known them we believe that alie heavens have been brass for centuries and that the inhabitants of the earth have fallen into darkness it is the way of man to worship something either idols gold and silver thus we have been groping like the blind for the wall but at different dispensations god has re healed himself to man through dreams I 1 and visions through the arim and and in many ways and we hive received that medium andee have received it as tha new and everlasting covenant israel is to be gathered as the lord promised to joseppi Jos epli through his father jacob and the baad laad has been reserved for that purpose he has given us good shepherds to point out the way and eay to zion this is the way walk ye therein if wo are honest with ourselves and with god we need not be admonished every day but we can receive the inspiration wo are entitled to which jesus addressed hig apostles about if I 1 go away the father will send you the comforter to bless you in all things to come brother johnsoh re ferretto thi idler eating the bread of tho laborer the lord did not approve of that but he did not condemn it there are some worse ahinga than being an idler than beins dishonest with our brother A man aard the other day that he was getting very small wages but said he would work just as faithful as though he were getting ten dollars a day well I 1 thought it the honest expression of an honest man it reminds me of my own circumstances in nauvoo whon a rich neighbor gave mo twenty live cents a day for my labor I 1 was glad to get the employment and put in just as honest labor as when I 1 have since worked for ten dollars a day and when we think of abo hundreds of elders who labor faithfully whether they yet anything or not who make a success in life we find they are never in want for r friend or for credit if fainn aul in the position we labor in we are always in demand I 1 thought of the remarks of this brother the other day that it is the way we should deal with the lord in dealing thus iu temporal things itis equally apt in ahinga you lake alie in tho wasting away hia time call him as a teacher he moves like machinery with very lutle force of character it is the duty of a teacher that when a difficulty arises he never rest until it is settled if lie goes just like a pendulum to a clock what docs he accomplish and V hen I 1 speak of a teacher I 1 male the same application to every officer up to alie president of the church the priests elders seventies bishops and all the faau that is indifferent soon gets lukewarm and the result is this line of As the poet says who is on tho lords side who is on the watch howera of zion this organization is aliat the world fears today to day they would like to get us to do as they do as alie chief magistrate said 1 I wish you people out here could be like us but the doctrine of jaw is that ue has chosen us out of alio world and because of that alio world us we might say brother cleveland we wish you were like we are but we cant go bacic to tho ways of tho world god aas scores of to draw this line of dc markatoon mar kation and whenever we mingle in strife whoredom and liquor the lord will purge zion and he will bring us to a standard which we possessed when wo came into valleys in 47 these sterile valleys have been made to blossom as the rose and now many hav crown so fat that begin to kick those alio know the master will follow him for a stranger they know not it it my duty to warn you where we stand if is the lords daty to build up zion many are ballod but few are chosen it is they who follow the good shepherd who will be aavo 1 for obedience ia better than sacrifice and to hearken better than the fat of rams aa a prophet of old once said the choir sang the anthem 0 loid most merciful benediction esy pronounced by elder D john |