Show talf allu al AT the house on sunday WILLIAM KINO and earl L maeser address the congregation church schools the usual sabbath service were held at the meeting house on Sr president david john presiding the choir sang slug to the great Jehova hs praise all praise to him belong prayer was offered by eller C D evans alio choir sans 0 god th eternal father who dwells amid the sky the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the ward elder william king recently from the sandwich islands addressed the con gre pation god is gathering together people from the various nations of the earth and has placed them here in the valleys of the mountains we are still sending missionaries abroad to the nations of the earth notwithstanding tho great hue and cry thai is raised against ua and there are still a few who aro em ins the dospel the world is constantly straying father away from alie teachings of the gospel many of them do not even believe in a gud there is no union among the of the world they are continually fighting figh tins one with another and are almost ready to destroy each other how necessary it is that we should be faithful and to retain the spirit of god and cultivate a spirit opinion in our midst ELDER K G MAESER bore bia keeli mony to tha remarks of the previous speaker and asked for the faith and of the while he might be them his was a special mission in the kingdom of god the history of the brigham young academy for the past fifteen years is before the people thousand s of families have been blessed through this institution it is not necessary therefore to speak of tins institution in order to solicit patronage as it would be filled with students 1 not a word was spoken in its behalf but I 1 desire that the young people should attend this academy that they might derive benefits from it it is necessary that we should all be preparing om selves for the great time that is coming before the savior came upon the earth wickedness was growing rapidly the nations of the earth were forgetting god it is the same today infidelity is increasing in the earth alie words of the ancient prophets in relation to these days are being fulfilled the world is rejecting the gospel and the words of the elders fall upon deaf ears but I 1 am not speaking to the world to day are we my br ethern and sisters prepared to ri ceide the word of god are our souls of that metal that will give alio true ring when touched by the finger of god these are questions to be answered by each one of ua when christ comes to reign on earth be may come and manifest himself in a different way from what we expect herod and his wise men expected that a great and mighty man would rise as king of the jews they simply had the letter of the law and not the spirit no angels appeared to them as thay did to the three poor shepherds you my brethren and sisters have been taught for years by the servants of god you I 1 should be ready to respond lord here am I 1 whenever ohp savior may come but it is to these young men and woman to whom a warning voice should he raised they should be taught to follow in our footsteps if they are worth following first to the fathers and mothers and then to the sons anil does this work of preparation belong when I 1 go along the streets of our beautiful city and see the young men of zion standing on the street corners painting the mark of slavery on their fore haada instead of placing there a of glory my heart pleads for abam when I 1 was going north last fall to visit the church schools I 1 was instructed by president woodruff to give a mission to the young men and young women to so shape their lives and the thoughts of their souls thai the blessings of god might oe shining examples in zion such a mission you can exercise baur influence by the fireside li reside among your companions wherever you may be if you seek 0 o do this your simple and influence will be blessed even as the loaves and fishes were and more good will insult alian resulted from the loaves and fishes your power and influence will increase god will bless your labors I 1 can be r testimony that he has done it in times ahat are passed when the academy started there were only twenty eight students in attendance and now there are several thousand attending the various church schools and aliis is only one branch the sunday sc hoce alic mutual improvement pro associations and the primacy associations or other brandies that receive benefits through church schools the nations of alio eartle mav hate their great universities but they do not have any schools that can eive religious and moral training such as ig given in the schools which are placed at our disposal the choir sang an antham was pronounced bv ant 11 H cluff |