| Show SUNDAY SERVICES the final triumph of ELDERS GEO H BRIMHALL AND WM H KING SPEAK alie batters Lat remarks on the ont come of of god the usual sabbath services of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints men held in the meetinghouse meeting house on sunday i afternoon at 2 elder isaace bullock presiding the choi pang sweet is the work my god my king to praise thy name give thanks and sing prayer was offered by elder S S jones choir sang how sweet communion is on earth with those dhove realized the birth the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the first ward ELDEB GEORGE H believed lio was a living testimony of the truth of the promises of the lord in attempting to spiritually feed a multitude tude our lord and savior gave a beautiful object lesson on that subject at one time it was at a period when the multitude mulli tude were hungry and it was proposed by the savior that they have something to eat his disciples were astonished at the a proposition as they were far from any place of refreshment but jesus asked them Wha ye the answer came five loaves and two little fishes christ demanded them to be brought to him it wab done he blessed the food and ordered it distributed among the multitude after everybody had partaker partaken par taken of it there were twelve baskets ful left of the fragments here we see a beautiful illustration of the power of god and I 1 say that I 1 am a living testimony of the truth of the gospel in the multitude bein fed I 1 believe that everything eliat now exists upon the earth invention and discovery included are attributable to revelation when joseph smith announced to the world that the garden of taden was upon alie american continent the fact was scoffed at by the learned some and in fact mostly all believed it to be located in asia minor the old world but since discoveries have been made and science has been more fully developed it has become a conceded fact that the garden of eden was located on this continent another prof you will recollect that when the book of mormon was first given to the world ridicule was hurled at the assertions therein regarding the existence of horses and cows and other animals iu bygone ages upon this continent but since the fossil remains of such animals have been found on the pacific and other places a change has come over the world and they see differently it is like two men writing a history they do not see alike they do not have the same ideas A man cannot view the beauties of a rose while laying under its branches he must stand erect if he desires to behold it in its glory we all see differently consequently we cannot measure things from our own individual standpoint I 1 believe that the day will come when the prophecy will be fulfilled wherein it says saints will be put to death while those who do so will think they are doing gods bervice the speaker then graphically portrayed the rise and destruction st of nauvoo the of the saints another visit of thomay L baue there and the record he made of that visit we are serving a god who is leading us on to prosperity pro thohas not failed us during the past fifty 1 tim aimed tn the hand of ine lord in his dealings to his people he lias not forsaken israel but he has poured out his blessings upon us he has increased our streams he has made more fertile our fields of grain he has given us freedom and liberty he has multiplied his blessings upon us und for those reasons and for many others I 1 am willing to acknowledge the hand of god W H KING of fillmore next addressed the congregation he said I 1 am requested to occupy a few moments of your time this afternoon this is a position I 1 do not solicit but nevertheless I 1 feel like endeavoring to give a reason for the hope eliat is within me as all latter day saints be able to do the immortal principles of truth advocated by beaus have been restored in this day and god demands at our hands that we live up to them and do all we possibly can to spread them among the nations these principles are calculated to redeem the human family to raise them from mortality to immortality with such gloriod glo riou principles in our possession what kind of men should we be we find that infidelity is spreading through alie land that me world is not growing better but is growing worse what then can accomplish com the unit of the children of god christianity hns not done it liia been a failure in bringing these happa results the silvery orator of kobert angersoll soll has not accomplished it what then I 1 ask you will bring this much desired object about only in the revelation of god given in our day can we look for a solution of this query and upon the lit berday saints devolves the duty of heralding to the world the principles of salvation and of preparing the way for the second coining of christ if it was necessary in the days of jesus for a precursor to prepare the way before him is it not more necessary that such a thing should take place in this day tho latter day are the precursors of the messiah in aliis the dispensation of alio fullness of times they are raising the warning voice calling unon the people to repent for the daiy diy of gods judgment is nigh revelation is not a thing of the past the heavens aie not as seared brass over us god is the same yesterday today to day and forever and revelation is as vital a principle of redemption demp tion today to day as it ever was knowing all this what position should we occupy in the earth have wo alio gospel of the son of god at do we have the desire to do good and redeem alie world from its error and iniquity if we have not better will it be for us to go to our father and ask for hia spirit that we might have the power of our callings reeling upon us we are told that tin work of god will po onward that man can do nothing against us but for us that alie kingdom of god is establishes for the last time eliat the law shall gi forth from zion and the word of tin lord from jerusalem aliese are of the that have been mad to us that should stimulate us to renewed diligence and that cauff us to litt up our warning voices to the nations of the earth that should make us examine ourselves and realize what condition we arc placing ourselves in mormonism embraces all that is good and combines not only the salvation of ahn living but the redemption of the dead there should be DO drones in the hive of zion the honey is to be gathered and we are called to participate in thia labor if we do our duty faithfully the more of the spirit of tile lord will we have we need have no apprehension of the outcome of gods work truth cannot bo destroyed though crushed to earth it will sure ay iy rise again there may be times when the storm clouds hover around us when the sun is en shrouded in a pall of blackness when there would seem to be no power in heaven or earth to rescue the people from their seeming imminent danger but mormonism is destined to triumph while tho wicked and tho ungodly hyill meet destruction by the judgments of god we should do right consecrating all we have to the service of god and seeking eternal lives the choir sang the hymn zion stands with hills surrounded zion kept by power divine benediction ras pronounced by president jacob gates |
