Show SI SERVICES I 1 the usual religious sery lees of tho the latter day saints held in tho the meeting house on sunday afternoon at 2 choir nang lionide m ua 0 thou great jehovah saints unto the promised lurid liim 11 by I 1 elder 11 ti S S jones C choir 1 I sang eang attain ilet wo meet around tile the of jesus out our re demIng lord the sacrament wits administered by th i bishopric of tile the fourth ward ili irvey 11 II cluff quoted the sayings of 0 paul in regard to no iran annii being able to serve bre two masters ile he inu must e t love lore one anil and inte hate tile other oilier to no man mail can an herve berve jod arid and mammon there is probably motis truth in this than limn wo ura are oftentimes aware of lt let us review oi 0 ir past experience I 1 and see how appi livable it able alls ta is is to us ilow II 11 iw of often ten has tile the spirit of 01 god left us in ili dark darkness nesi on account of neglecting our duties unit and letting our eyes byca become blind to the things of tile king kingdom doin I 1 without this light what hope IS there we wandar r oil it in a maze maie ol of obscurity t lie most unseemly and unsightly lv peo plo that can lie ile found upon the fuce of the tha whole biolo earth lavo if we liae have rot not the spirit of the light has become iliin dim der darkin ness Ha lias has set in and ami our bur fait faith h arid and confidence becomes unsettled through changes cli tinen that may take place in in tit alie e cho canik I 1 it mien men are ara taken from its iu fur fi like have expert en emidd j L n Ilyin in iha iho lose ions of our dear pr ee iden tJohn taylor tailor tile iden takes ot of the nihill mind 0 of I 1 t hie ile people I 1 1 in n legard to the tha future T hiie it 0 t lp iou dougha gha c oc e hirn e arm otho will vill butlo lie tle president of the church sull budi a t should not disturb tile equilibrium of the saints ti 1 ho 0 v Is in perfect lit in it its u an iz io a Joseph Sinith once on caBall salt is uon poll I 1 ilia bho alders of the twelve would mould loll 1011 the of tarrying forth the tha work so bo it is now TI the se ratilal ability now flow rolls dpn the shoulders of tile twelve for they possess tile the same power and authority us ai tile the first I 1 iret presidency inai asem tile hie power and pu tri m rests reata upon ilia uelva twelin to Y oll t the he work of god li enever alio id ot the church is culled hence until such times aa liia bis position position is filled by the tha power of f god od if tile candle of the lord was burning our brethren anti and sisters sis lera these thesa things alil iia would be plain unto llie ilia people we e often pursue a course that Is III di opposed to our own interests 0 ivo o tind find a feeling among the tha saints that is 18 darkening that indicates th alliry r y a are re attracted by the alia things ot of the world 0 j they are decover de coved away by degrees ia from the things of 0 god until finally anally they are left lit in this daj darkness kness they 1 hoy are found with those who a are re the lie bitt bitterest erest enemies enemies to the work of god tile the are not careylu c iraj ing out the principles alio lord gave unto tf the a apost ADust les es the iho principle of revelation be cultivated by the people that we may bo be able to behold the iho beauty or of tile the work of god and to magnify his flis name abe saints then become like a ciar lity sat but on it ft hill until fin tile time s I 1 all come colne when people shall say corne carries let go up to zion that we may inay learn of her ways nays at and lit that vv we a may walk in her paths patha 11 F for or the nobles and great men of the ilia earth will sea flee lit alie 10 glory lo r of got god and will want to part Is of f it the lord jord allows allona us ua to ss birr ni rr that we may develop in aase those principles that hint pertain unto anto salvation wo would be pie pleased ased to see our enemies cut off but let tit me e here remark that ills hig persecution is just as necessary to our salvation its as any it t is ia in the divine econ economy oiny of if jehovah otherwise the people would not develop to such an ox tent because persecution create to the persecuted it 11 spirit that aliat leads to the knowledge of tod it ir wo we had bad na no opposition i we would bo be dormant non active and non progressive if t the lie spirit ot of opposition poi tion hail had not arisen ariaen in ili the garden of eden there would have been no pro I 1 we WB are here vo value fame out or of the ilia world from tile the ignorant classes cla saes we doubtless knew but little we gat gathrid Kathe heid iod here brought with m nil fill e hall had on oil earth which was very verb limited ind and the lord lias has made liere here in ili these mountains the tha greatest people dwelling files face of it the ia earth not accor according to numbers mu noera but according to power p ower now who has secured us ua I 1 this 11 la our father and god lie ile lies has made us what weare we are in our salvation anti anil deliverance now cannot we behold tile tho salvation tile lord line wrought wron elit out for or us ua hero here in theio mountains no handful liand ful of people anywhere visa on the earth aro are spoken of 0 so much us we are arc and why is ia this it simply because the lord la fa working in our chaff belin lf as ile he has so said 1 I llo lie would then ought not the lattern latter N day saints to be more true to their ool god must I 1 not I 1 it t be tic bif that thero there are anro those among us who profess to hold tit llie hv pr who have doubts in their in minds as to mho ho should hold power lit in the church hurch i yet it Is so nr and it will ill be so until jesus christ will come coma to take the ilia reins of 0 government arid and rule and reign na as kins king nod loid upon I 1 the lie earth the 11 bes speaker then referred to the different re dis dispositions pot sitione of the sal saints lits some aro are all for the v ork and some aro are cold to its principles what li is the reason the house is not crowded to iti uttermost with will the saints title afternoon eliy simply because the of elc inputs tire aro not propitious arid and so it 9 in ili regard to alo work of goo goil it a either too loo hot or too ton cold we must poa uba the power of god unless ne lie do v 0 how low can we attain to kings and ti orthe position of a GOP gou wf we cannot it shows thero there Is no spark t I 1 de ilyin in auch persons persona no man can servo serve tw two cl materi masters n either lie he will wil hate the ono one and love the other or hold to the one arid and discard the other with us who profess the name of god it should always be ba yes yea but too MA many 11 N are re ready 1 I y to say yea yea and no nay Y nav nail for 1101 man many j are jostling JOS I 1 ali with th tile the devil we buet recollect t t newl that we 0 cannot serve erve two masters and that sooner or later we roust must and will adov our colors those who expect to keep their covenants cleanis cle anit is time for or them to look about themselves to see bee if they are willing to sacrifice ee r thine for alie aru euke it h plain tome that we me have thrown tile the power into tile the handa of 0 those who are it to the destruction of tile the work of boid then ought wo va not to take a different course comae most decidedly for wo we cannot serve the lord anil and serve sen a the devil let u ua a b be wite wise unil and lye ie are called upon to iby IV e I 1 yen ea let ua unsay say yea oa yea ioa antl and idy 13 it ar lessly it Is ia fr us ua to nul in alm policy tho lord pursues to et c I 1 c t or deliverance tile lord works in in way ilia wonders to 0 o perform and ami it la is f for r ns is to know iii mind and 11 nil nil ill at all times no matlue abatto lion how nn erious it may seem to thi hie ciatu ra ic eye lot let mi easa to be disunited let us u ev 0 to lo hinl imbt billi till one another let IM taso evil and I 1 or lor no out lile tible is so ao great a ahat til his li it iann Ip nn from nor own braill ren und ei eier n tr arri aih whai n tile aliey speak evil 0 01 us ono one to anellier an oilier cannot we ne see that 1 I 1 great t nut dral tit t lias has kone gone ou out I 1 01 iti OI our on account of if our amm an I 1 epro lesti speaking arul not knowing when it it was nas wisdom to say BAY I 1 no in regail to cur sickness sick nesa we should not run to physicians h yol alons at all times to cure disease b but pt rail 4 in the elders and let them per perform form the ordinances of 0 tho the church for the lord has prompted that the prayer of faith shall save the sick bick an and Trayer that lie ile would raise them up the choir sang an anthem benediction by emer elder isaac bullock |