Show SUNDAY SERVICES elders brimhall and keeler address the saints OF GOD he is merciful and will help Vs to curry our if we arnst in hain the usual sabbath services of tle chinch cf of day j wa held at Mee int house on sunday irei john presiding the choir gang un aliat is ekht ll 11 1 I w raina r fre fr e lun ansi i lt craycr was ho bishop 1 I P R the choir sang H ionin Ic nin when boera of earth and liell arose the sacrament was by the bishopric of the second wan ELDEK H nas the first speaker he opened his remarks by asking the saints for an iu their faith and pr ryers if the lord can look down upon ua his limarl must rejoice to witness such a aa this what would be the feeling in our breasts if we as parents had requested that our children should niec t together at some hoar to discuss the family government ern ment and we could ilien stand and look in at one of the windows at the d hour and hear them singing praises and speaking of our goodness and a how would that make you and me fed would not our hearts be filled love would we not cepl like savins that there wag n blessing that we could tan that should no be heaped upon ri and I 1 think our father in heaven feels the same way at beholding us here and now oo 00 the other hand w here thorn are assemblages gods name is held in do you nt think HP is displeased now continuing this subject a little further suppose the one whom father iian set us here does not exactly suit us which would be best for us to get together in litte groups and find fault with our leaders or would it be better tor us to pray for our leader petition in his behalf our father in heaven would not fail to listen to our petitions any more alian our faglier here en earth would T that our children should be so trained that they will do as father and mother tells them to on the account of love and not on account of fe r we do as our father in heaven tells I 1 us because of our love for him and not because ve fear his vengence what man is god once ans what god is man may become if we so forward six hours and retrograde six hour we will make no advancement but if we advance six steps on the road and slip back one step we will be still five steps advanced and if we still persevere father will help us alie savior tells us to take no thought of tomorrow to morrow sufficient to the day is alie evil thereof As As 1 I 1 understand this remark it means take no thought of the trouble of tomorrow to morrow we are taking upon ourselves a greater burden than we can carry if we take on ourselves more than we can carry we cannot expect the lord to help us there are many burdens in the oath of life that we put on ourselves I 1 sometimes think that when we ask the lord to take these burdens from us we are left with them to show us that we ourselves have placed those burdens on ourselves how often do we it remarked by dif lerent people that they wished they were rid of some bad habits but these people have placed burdens on themselves but god is more merciful than we are he will strengthen us if wo call upon him the lord is at the he said that righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters cover the great deeps ELDER joa B keeler had been much interested in the remarks of brother brimhall the world wonder we are so tenacious of the principles of the gospel they cannot understand of course that we are actuated by the spirit of the goepel I 1 have investigated to some extent aliese various doctrines ot infidelity and I 1 find that they are built up from the imaginations of men and melt away before sunlight of the gospel af christ as the dew before the morning sun when we can see that aa a community we aie a blessed people we find the poor the and the bowed down all ovir the erth but the gospel of clorist is regenerating mankind the poor are being bocht out of the world and are being blocked tiie choir bane an anthem benediction was pronounced by david john |