Show senny sE SERVICES nicEs the choir sang from tile the mountain tops appearing prayer was kofl offered ered by elder evan si singing nain 0 god tte the eternal father who dwells amid tile the sky I 1 the sacrament was administered by the priesthood of the second ward ELDER ISAAC BLI LOCIE addressed tile ilia congregation he Ile said As to our present situation us as a peo people bevre vevre we ought to know whom wre fin and t the e position 0 s va vu oc occupy c among 1 m 0 n i ilie the cull children dren ciler n en T the h e aply bordin or 1 i n a I 1 few ew words showed joseph joseph S smith li that t t the h e t time th had a d e come 0 e daito when en israel s ml illia ilmo are r tie w which el i h had a d been scattered s c 0 t t e tor ages s would be ba again gattl garnered galner ered ed together all aud ay a great a t and marvelous work would come fo forth lr t li when all nations were ere controlled by governments one from a family and two from a city were were gathered together and made a great nation the elders began to read the scriptures come out of 0 her 0 yo my people again 1 I w will III ao before you and lead you out t from among the people and make you a great nation etc Thua they now see the prophecies fulfilled when ither jesus began to preach that tho the kingdom ot of bod was at handi hand the rulers of the nations opposed him so in tile the latter days the same jealousy is as aroused it seems that the true gospel has haa always been a stumbling ing block to the earthly powers that have ox existed isted they pervert the scriptures scripture 3 and their interpretation is called treason n we claim to be tile the people that were to come out from the world and build up zion they who were to have the spirit of of god upon them they are arc however hoever opposed by the world it was so with joseph ot ol old because of ills his e even v ea is when hen a child his hia brethren were jealous of and listed hated him joseph nevertheless became a strong and mighty man so with fill joseph smith li nith the modern prop prophet liet the tha world opposed and hated him and yet ills his mission was divine and shown to be ba i in 11 accordance with prophecy ilia his miss mission ion succeeded lit first a few received the message 01 ot life and they too were 0 opposed churco and persecuted As the church 1 which joseph was ivas instrumental in ili tho the hands handa of god of establishing on the earth grow grew and extended its influence 0 and late hate became greater gf Biter the followers have endured elmost every conceivable affliction at the hands not only of individuals but of local governments god says bays bring all my sons from afar to build up zion ile ie d that they shall walk ft alk in ins ilia flays ays do ills ilia works and establish peace and righteousness the world says politics must not go hand band I 1 iti n liana land with our religion and yet before the worlds were formed intelligent spirits must have been engaged in politics political tor for ne a learn that they voted and the mal majority brity triumphed in plied the rebellious bein being geast cast out wo we are not true men if we do not sue BUS ta our voices and our votes those v who ho have been nominated to represent the people in in political as aa well ft ell as aa reli religious alous I 1 capacities we e c should exercise our ivi leges under t the he laws of the tha land vila the one third of the hosu of heaven lost their rights and it will bo be a long tune time if ever before them they get thern them back we are to be tried in al all things even as abraham was tried it is impossible for us to anticipate the ways nays ana and moans means ako by which aich those trials will be brought st about it by faith we crossed the missouri r river ver leaving our homos homes in the states and it has been by faith that we ive have thus far maintained our standing in the church of christ may 0 anve o work for the liberty of zion continually choir sang an anthem benediction by bishop J E booth |