Show SUNDAY SERVICES the good instructions given the saints yesterday SERMONS BY TWO SPEAKERS alie fear of god is the of wisdom if we loye him we will pieer his the usual sabbath services of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints were held at the meeting house yesterday elder C D glazier presiding the choir sang happy the man who finds the trace the of gods chosen race was offered bv bishop evan the choir sang yo children of our god ye saints of latter days the Sacrament was administered by alie bishopric of the first ward ELDER GEO COMEE addressed the meeting he desired that he might be gifted with words to impart unto the saints eliat might benefit all I 1 feel that your hearts after you have par taken of the sacrament are filled with joy our hearts are known to him if we have partaker partaken par taken of this sacrament sacrement Sa crement with an eyo single to his glory it is for each one of us upon that happy time when we first went down into the waters of baptism and gained a love of god if we had retained that love it is well with us but if we had lost that love then are we unfortunate I 1 believe my and sisters that if the time lias not come eliat it will come when the trials we will have to pass through will require a love of god we can not build temples unless we love to build temples we can not do gods work unless we love god jesus said to his apostles if you love me keep my commandments mand ments here is the key if we love god we will keep his commandment I 1 dont think that we should temples attend our meetings and do our duty simply for a reward we expect to obtain in the future I 1 am afraid it wo do these bilings simply for the reward we may obtain in the future we will fail in our object we should gain i peace and pleasure which we can enjoy right lacre it is promised to us as latter day saints that if we endure to i alie end we shall be saved it is not aliat we did yesterday what we have done today to day or what wo do tomor to mor row that will save us but it ia if we endure unto the end there are some who were valiant in alie days of the prophet joseph they have done and suffered much they have felt that they would never go back they would always be true to the pro were there any who could say wa heir future would be and yet n c them did fall y have received the aiu dhoest although many of them have en angels just as soon as they relied upon themselves they fell away we shall at some time another prove to god whether wo have this day partaker partaken par taken of those emblems in a pure spirit alie blessings of god can not bo enjoyed except by observance of his laws there are before mo today to day messengers who will bear to a fallen world glad tidings of the truth there is no time that a man feels so much blessed as when he is preaching the gospel I 1 think myself that it is necessary that we should understand cause and effect if we see a man who is gindina fault with his neighbor and he lias done nothing wrong himself we ask what lias he done that lie lose the light of the gospel he might have neglected his family prayers or lie may have addressed his heavenly father impatiently lie lias neglected liis duty in some way we are in a bad way when wo have not time to pray to our god we should consecrate al 1 that we have we shoals place all upon the altar and offer it for gods service we are blessed with sons and daughters and we should be careful eliat we set them a good example if through our neglect one of our children should stray we will be held responsible I 1 if we beheld those ragged paths of life which our children will have to travel we would take pains to instill into their eliat truth and spirit of gods we know not what temptations in life will beset them if we have done our duty to our children and some of them should stray away we can live in hopes that aliey will hi time like the prodigal son return unto us we deed not think that we can be saved in the kingdom of god in our own way for we can not there is but one way and eliat ie gods way mans ways are not as gods ways bignor J E BOOTH believed that when we assembled together on the sabbath day it was to talk about the gospel talk about our heavenly father about the sacrament and aboul the principles of the gospel I 1 do not mean to say that we should not do this on other days but on this day in particular we think of the things of god we have learned more of the gospel than any other people this is not because we are any brighter alian any kotlier people but it is because we have received light from heaven tit i pie who do not believe in any at all and they scout the idea of an adwise being but to us it is plain when wo learn what lie knows alien will the same be applied to us with us it certainly ia glory of god is intelligence wien wa have got all the arnth in the world that is tho gospel ho man can be saved in his ignorance but what if lie dies b store he has obtained a knowledge of the gospel here it comes in eliat angels trill be sent to preach the spirits in prison the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom and until they fact eliat they cannot get the gospel they may take and put a roof on some pillars but that does not constitute a house the gospel reaches everything and covers everything we do not claim to have a fullness of the gospel yet we have the in its perfection but we have not got all of the practical amen part yet the time is up the choir sang an anthem mighty jehovah accept our praises benediction was pronounced by elder C D glazier |