Show THE SUNDAY eloquent bernards made by elder atler St avner DUTY OF LATTER DAY SAINTS parents should guard their chitren from modern vices this is a gi cat mi sion lower of the usual sunday afternoon sarv were held in the houpo elder albert jones presiding the choir sang thee 0 3 hi alc prayer by elder M L pratt TJ ie choir sando what is the day ian s blanking bran king hailing alie future 0 freedom aid the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the second of salt lake was alio first spanker I 1 iian e much pleasure in accepting alie honored position to address you ft few words this it is a pleasure to me because there can be no dubiety as to the earnestness for which alie splints have mat together this afternoon there can he no other object than to worship god there is a principle embodied in tiie meeting together and partaking of alie sacrament that is well for us to re me niDer christ so loved humanity that lie went through ill of the agonies of death for tuam we are set to be a liblit in ho world and the saviors of mankind Nott we are to have our blood shed us did christ we arc to work for redemption iu another way and in aliis alsi christ lias set us alie example by his we are to alie true principles of feitli mother words that alir work of goa may be done on earth ag it is done in heaven for aliis we labor and not be carried away by alic sins of alie world we irive met persecution in alie past for alii i it may lie well for us to think eliy Q have become latter day sainta chosen as we liivi been from amona alie thousands of ho earth I 1 sec before me people aed latter day saints who leavo been gathered from amona thousands who have heard alie gospel and could not believe it is written as the sayings Joseph of smith that we have been chosen to ful fiill aliis mission while yet in the other world called to bo the saviors of men as alie lord says in a revelation it is more necessary to have feitli than for our blood to boak alie earth from this we f hould gaii power to resist the temptation of you have all read how satan took christ to alie tops of the mountain and offered him alie wealth of the world f lie would only him this is lapic il of the temptation we are thrown in we should then live so we can say as did jesus get thee behind me satan lion worship the lord thy god and him alone alion serve the gospel cannot be defended in a liast way by jokes or mirth As a minister told ingersoll alie gospel c annot bo defend edin the way inser soll attacks it we find eliat so soon as we advertise as a mormon we are lifted lii ted I 1 conversed a gentleman yesterday who had returned from a visit to hiis native state and lie said it was mostly lie politicians alio aroused ilio people alie cormons mormons Mor mons oh tile fearful that must come upon men for their condemnable acts when they and that they are not nj litin against men but against god we know not why we are thus chosen to be the of mankind but we know that alie rc st of mankind are labor iiii in darkness sill we should have 1 little love for the churches that aro doin alie bapst they can I 1 do not find it in my heart to but that alicy have a little truth if it were not for aliis the world would so to destruction while we are reci dins of the things that before alie world bogan we learn eliat satan was also in he council and lie knew aist what wis on he knows enst what the lord intends to do and lie works to thwart eliat the theory of prayer h also to sudy believe hat the elders who arc perse cuton on their mission can by prote ed nn heir mission I 1 believe eliat by feitli power can n given the elders lo 10 rebuke all spirits I 1 feel that you have iveli me your feitli this afternoon brethren and sister and I 1 would beseech you to live under inq in during the seven days of lie nook parents guard lynnr children convert them to ea of and honor here id i mission wide for ail of us may god add his and prepare us for events is my prayer amen alie pang and benediction was elder charles D glazier |