Show THE SABBATH a abiu hj a 7 ftc it JL u ly lila egar fecil 11 deia B THE two eloquent discourses de temperance meetings m the evening elder M L pratt presided oyer the sabbath services at tho tabernacle yesterday the choir glorious things are buus of Z ion enochs city seen ot old elder J F gates offered the opening prayer the choir rendered the anthem 1 I will fear 0 evil the sacr sacrament anent wax administered by the priesthood of the first ward the choir eang a sacramental hy inn dr K G maeder was the first speaker he spoke as follows inasmuch as it has fallen to my lot to addrena you this afternoon I 1 depend upon your faith and prayers that tha huly spirit may rive me thoughts tu utter which faill be of benefit and help us to walk in the way of truth the gospel all truth as the heavens cov ers the earth bo duea the gospel circumscribe all truth all baa been revealed by our heavenly father soma by direct tion the of salvation has been re balod by our heavenly father to his servants who have dwelt upon the earth from time to time other truth is ako the natural elements around us this is not from a different beurce but baa a different way of reaching mankind and can be obtained and understood without revelation but the teaching the ay to obtain eternal hiie can anly be relieved reci eved through direct revelation this baa been recognized wherever inspired men have spoken in all aceb chun prophets and patriarchs patri achs have been upon the earth once a man approached the and asked what he should do to be saved the was corny ana follow me the young man told the that he must co and bury his father and the savior answered haia let tho dead bury the dead it matters not for whether man followed jesus or not but ane principle underlying the words of our babior aru worthy of considers tionne comprehend at once thes wards can not bo taken in chii literal christ came aith a mission given him from ahe world wan ho had no timeto in erine kakue meaningless words let ua see what the camor meant dead men are auch as lifts death ia a negative condition and 13 a lack of life he could not mean cal life because a mon physically would be unable to bury another who was also physically dead it mean aluther kind of life he said I 1 am the and the alle he must meant the life he was introducing s spiritual life a life in god a life in christ v life of a highe i nature than we eee around us in the man aud in all nature the savior introduced a new life immortal and nut sus septable cep table of a life with its own lawa and a life with its own blessing and promis dg he referred to fineu who were without this spiritual lite how can we distinguish this life aiom the life seen all around ue in the animal ad vegetable kingdom there is still a higher intellectual lite in man the corn inn work of gods creation towering high above all created things in intel powers subduing all the ele indents to his ser even this life dues not reach the spiritual life which the say aur emoke came to introduce the history of thy world is full af the achieve ments of men of genius and talent who have been forerunners in maus intel growth the savior did not come foi the purpose of giving intellect ual eminences he knew all ans and and all laws governing the ele ments of this world all these were known to god loni before the world was created but christ did not come to r teal these laws men can attain to ilcia knowledge by their own labors and by properly directing the talents god has given luem christ speaks of a new life and of the necessity of being born again are men towering aa high above their abl lows as the mountains tower above the mole hill in intellectual aud still they do not raach the condition necessary to obtain the spiritual life christ introduced no man can reason himself into this life and the of the world will noc enable man to obtain it the areat principle i thereto are repealed reye aled by dirocc revelation from on high and are au to any earth ly wisdom men can iff ivf this hichar knowledge embraces all other knowledge even as iu of the priesthood the man holding a high office can perform the duties of all lesser offices philosophers pools statesmen artists may be as ignorant of the gospel as the roost unlearned and there may be fineu who can not writs own names who are nearer the life christ came to introduce than the prentest prea test aiana the world has ever known there is also a moral life thera are man who shrink irom all ovil during all the good thea can following up all the bood precepts and examples they have received and shining lights of moral grandeur this is not th higher life which chrit introduced and invoked all mea to rt caire it has been said ahe children of thia own insua in their generation than the of light A man of tiia world tha knon ledge of thia can reach as far ay hei acqua iu ed with natural laws governing arts and scie neet and so in morality a man can reach a higl point of excellence but there is a limi to th of man and also to the amral greatness he is able to attain to it is limited by the times laws and coni under which men live A man may excell his fellow men but faa ii necessarily limited by honmau laws and vanhly conui tiona even aa a man may trayce all over the world bui however far he travels he can not travel away from the earth in the Creat life 0 irist to bin follower there ia no limit there ia none to av thus far shall thou eo and no faither rhia lite 15 in iia an duration and clience a disciple bouc ia that life makes slower growth ahn the children of the world we know that in nature the growth of tap oak requires many years while the Krow corn requires but a short time AB the life of tho oak is correspondingly long so the growth of the children of sight yeara are of slow growth ba cause their life ia destined to last throng all eternity the children of the world may attain great honor but in future generations ganv who arc now looked upon as philosophers and men of genius will be considered as children in the intellectual world ra aa the horld now looks some frao in the past were honored for their greatness and are cow forgotten the bilings ot goj arc ui slow growth things that are of thia world arc ol 01 growth do not be if yon acel you aie not baak aaa anch aa ou loyld like let anen roa and flourish and enjoy thir th ir glar aej let them earlcy a tl lule you rp ahin in or utai rr in in uku coit lenici nj i tad aud disposed dispi sed lur bour lack ol 01 no iggy of worldly mais tt rte arte ami mulct iau this ihen ithai vou have canine around aou delaying your in many regards ati daro not coin paie oui orives aitu the people of ahe arld in intel and nn ancial ability we are not the equals nf alita enera tiou all thia we ciul we can not dispute tois tuut many of them are better morally anan we are 1 nave found many men who my faith and think it a pity I 1 should believe this gospel and 1 kouw in many respects they aro better than 1 am hard as I 1 may try to lead a perfect life and baill I 1 know there arf something with me planted there by the almighty that will continue to grow forever and take me aiato iato iho presence of our heavenly father and 1 donld not exchange my condition fur theirs for all the world and its boners however impatient we sometimes be come of the lack of progress we discover in our lives let us remember ahe seeds of eternal lite is planted with us and it will deeo on browing pr owing do not be discouraged cou raged my brothers and sisters cast off the faintheartedness that comes from self contemplation and connnie in the path marked out for the iasinta and when the sciences will he follies in the eyes of the gods when you look down upon the earth as a sea of glass then you will discover you grown and made progress I 1 bear my testimony to christ jesus is the bearer of tha mee af eternal life may goda holy spirit bear testimony to tha truth of the words 1 have spoke elder W H king said brother prate desires me to occupy a few moments I 1 can testify to the biath of the worda we have heard god nas brought us here to developed a system of hie that will make us a distinct people we possess tle and weaknesses of the people of ohp world which we should labor to overcome god has brought us here to develop the characteristics of a spiritual life aud overcome the materialism that exists in the world to dav god has called us to a lo higher and a spiritual life tuis world has been governed so long by the philosophy oi man that the spiritual life has been lose sight of believe when we came here we have filled the requirement of tho lord in that respect but ire are not gathered out of babylon when we partake of the of the world and practise tide the evils that prevail there we are only gathered out when we lead purer and holier lives that the people who have not the gospel when we walk in the ways of ane world we are in the world no matter if thousands of miles from the place where we first heard the goabel we are called to be the regulators of the by introducing a spiritual lifs the phil ofphy of tub world has failed to braug perfection god desirus des irps it haa failed to teach people to their neighbor as themselves and to teach the ingher spiritual hiie to god alone can we lok for aid to guide us into that spiritual stale it ial for ua lo 10 attain to us for the second advent of chnat and god haa acain spoken and revealed his will to the children of men the world departed from the tea chinen of ottist they have the form but denv ibe power they mm with their lipa and dishonor him iu their acts we have been charged with being a material people ilia true wa cannot work and develop oar temporal resources and beyond all is the building up of that spiritual life bat will bring us in communion with god tha world may go on in the materialism that ia to day covering tho earth but our layes must be farent du if we carry out the principles we have advocated the gospel we have received means the development of the godlike powers within ua it teaches that the phillio phiea of the world are but stepping to the higher life taught by the gospel the world tells us we are fanatics finati cs add that it is imps i ble to solve tha infinite thai it is impossible to know god and that the development of a spiritual life is s myth and that all attention should be given tha development and improvement of the physical life the gospel means that we should bury deap in tha ground of our lives the beads of lives which will continue to grow aa the ayes advance and the cycles ot time roll on men spend their lives in studying u things but will act spend any time to investigate the forces within we aea in na anra the change in the seamona and the life and decay of the animal and able kingdoms and we should inquire where we came from our duties here nod our future destiny desti uy the gospel taus califa to call a halt in the materialism and a of today and teach the people to understand god which they are unable to do through the phi of this world W have a living feitli and sincerity and earnestness should mark our lives the dospel has been restored to that religion is a fact and not a fable and ia the chief atone upon which the safety of society rests it ia earnest and real and teaches as to build upon the rock of spiritual development france years apo tried to found a government upon the wisdoms of man and anarchy and destruction was the result thomas payne told alie fathers of the american government that it was necessary to base the government upon a foundation of faith in god generally as the world has progressed there are dangers lurking in society that will caubo any government not founded upon teachings of god to decay and be destroyed the choir rendered the anthem let the mountains shout for joy etc benediction by elder II 11 A auder eon |