| Show 01 THE ing BOM J J GATES addresses the the sacrament arm capies the congregation at the meeting house on sunday was called to order b president A 0 smoot the choir sane ere ion the vail will rend la twin the alna descend with all his train prayer was offered by bishop J par johnson the chofe sang I 1 how will the saints to tell r and count their sufferings oer the sacrament was administered 05 the priesthood of the second ward anc the choir sang on that dark that solemn night PRESIDENT JACOB GATES addressee the congregation he cons ared tha it was a pleasure for latter 3 saints who love the trual to meet together and partake of the ac in of the b ken body and spilled blood of oar lord and this ordinance has been practiced by all christians but whether al have entered into it so as to partake ol that spirit which we are promised am to a realization of the truth is a ques tion I 1 believe not as they have atrayel in so many different directions are divided and subdivided and there i but bittle union among choso who pro fesa to be followers of christ th christian world so called I 1 belaev unite in one thing only and this is 1 crush out the church 61 jeans christ 0 latter day saints this show that there is but two great churco es in the world the church god and the church jofs it appears to me that as a people w are lacking in one thing we aboul contend more earnestly for the princ pies f the gosp el as laid down by tl prophet joseph and his sore chere is but one spirit that is pleasia to god and that is the spirit of the got pel I 1 am afraid that when the cr comes 10 lo the bridegroom cometh many of us will be found among tt foolish virgins we should so live our characters will stand out in bol relief from the world it matters nr what the world may think of us it will noc avail a great deal to be called latter day saints if wa do not live up to our calling it is a reproach in the world to be called latter day saints whether we are one or not and if we do not aliye up to these principles we will receive credit neither from god nor from the world our very thoughts will be mapped out and presented before ua on the judgment day there Torn it stands us in hand that even our thoughts should be pure and above reproach the lord has not required very much of us he has commenced with us aa a teacher commences with a child the teacher first teaches the letters and then simple words of ond or two and ar rr until the advanced sciences have been mastered god first requires reau ires us to master the principle of faith then re pen tance and wa are led down into the waters of baptism receiving the gift ol 01 the holy choat and so on to the higher principles of the gospel without receiving this gilt wo cannot be led into all t uth baptism without authority avails nothing and BO though the christ ian world may be excellent people and may teach moral doctrines still theia baptism goes for nothing my brethren and sisters I 1 feel thai we are eving in an important day and it behooves us to rise up and shake the dust from our shoulders there may b some things that w cannot understand but god is at the helm and be will gaid us safely all of these les chrt beset the path of the kingdom of god trill eventually result in the glorification of god may god help ui to bo latter day saints wi may wall steadily in the path of cruthi I 1 pleasure in bearing my testimony to tb truth of this work and I 1 have now h a some forty years of experience in thi gospel the choir abangan anthe jf ii i Bene dicon was pronounced babiah op myron tanner |
