Show tabernacle services bunday nov n 1881 singing opening prayer by eldor elder isnac isaac bullock sacrament nil ad ministered I 1 by the iho second ward bishopric bishop ie ELDER 1 D thou then tho the congregation an el dor der who occupies the poi position of before an assembly of providing ho bo be fulfilling ful filing hia big 1 I monta 1110 ItS RS ns a holder of tho the eternal ins n claim apon tho the in in of god abidin jn this manner nn all unlearned unlearn od mil ind nil all illiterate older may prove channel of edifying instruction to those who nho tire even eion more moie advanced in in the experiences of tho the church chui cli than ho be our conr god creat oil od the thol homens iLoni and earth eaith then he placed his chilain heio bore and gave garo them certain laws in in accordance with which to act como bomo of its are dill dili cory in observing even his fira law namely that of order r if wo we wore were always orderly we would bo be nt at our cur places of worship punctually many perhaps will bo be oven too late into when applying for entrance en at tho the gates of god ai wo aro are in ia our temporal affairs if we ft e ns as a people fail to magnify tho the callings CAl linga of tho the lord loid our condemnation will ft ill bo be of tho the so BO verest land kind sicco our blessings at are of tho the highest to live jive tho the life of a litter latter day saint demands tho the greatest caro care and the most constant co watchfulness that hat the true import of the various append agog ages to tho the gospel may be more properly understood some hardly our ever think thick of tho the nature of tho the sacrament hac or of tithing or of ordinances for tho the sick or tor for tho the dead tile the disregard tor for those these ordinances lend I 1 to greater carelessness and one ona slander his neighbor anil and another maligns maligas the authorities thus giving rise rise to tho the practice of backbiting back biting so BO serious serious in its results such a course brings down tho the displeasure of god as in in tho the caso case of loin lehi and his family of old when on oil the sea goa two of the boys became very rebellious ond and tho the compass ceased to work filling all with despair but tho the prayers pincers of lehi and his righteous sous BOBS wore were heard board and prosperity attended them so with this people persecution upon thorn them lias has been heavy yet they have bave spread from a little company into counties and territories and tho the samo same course of prosperity will nill attend them as s long ns as they merit it ELDER lELi Ert eum in instruction is is always accept able and to the audience audi eneo it matters little ittle through what channel it comes it it is known to to lo of god this people ale has been misrepresented before the world and made to appear as a deAl destitute tuto degraded and illiterate people tho the outsiders however aro are now awakening to their error and find tho the homes of the latter day saints to bo be desirable and hence they settle bottle down among us continually the report is is I 1 circulated that in utah tho the children are ara not educated and the great kindness of tho the people toward the tha Mormon sis shown in the eagerness of the former to send their ministers missionaries and teachers horo here to labor among our deluded children with tho the blessings of god in the future as wo we bravo enjoyed tho the samo same in tho the past wo we will bo be enabled to educate and roar the are placed under our cars care acceptably before our lord we need not associate with who profess to bo be our enemies i if vie no mind our own course they can bo be expected t to 0 mind theirs and ana when they desire to secure our children from us wo we canto can to advantage refer thorn them to the state of affairs in tho the large cities of the cho much boasted calstein cal stern regions gionis re there areto anre to bo be found hundreds of orphans cast off from parents without chances afforded them for an cation of any degree except escott that of the degrading nature as picked up on the streets and perhaps cs as many homeless ho women aro are to bo be found whose husbands are ara paupers haupers or drunkards and they are cast off on th morey morcy of that same bamo 6 adly element which makes itself so BO kind to us what compassion and substantial pity these people have they may well apply to those in their own midst we should trust in the lord for support porte ts wo we have enjoyed lie he sus BUB our elder brethren and sisters when they came here bore to labor for the he settling bottling of this land and lie iio will do tho the samo same for othes while enang engaged ed in the lino line of duty to those now our respect and reverence is duo for tho the M mana anner erin in which they thoy have havo sustained the persecutions and hardship of 0 the past I 1 hoy should now bo regarded as counselors ln lotho young oung aco vio plo serve seno as a tho the litno members of worling latter day d ay iy saints saint anil and chili is is work opened for nil all this work ft will ill mako make the gospel appear ii benr brighter sweeter and more moio precious ua to allcon all continually y and but tow few will ull bo be found who will exhibit less interest in in tile work n orl 0 of f god than when they flatt embraced abri the gospel singing B aimo nee diction by eider I 1 ider abos allman |