Show I 1 assa fa 1151 4 SS Q SUNDAY my SN tle e xit the I 1 HOW IT IS DERIVED the Tho present an educational era remarks by elders gates and halliday 1 elder james E daniels presided over the services in tho the tabernacle sunday afternoon the choir sang harl hark I 1 listen to the trumpeters trum peters they sound for volunteers etc the opening prayer was offered by elder edward partridge tho choir sang 1 I saw a mighty angel fly to earth he be bent lis lia way etc the cod ef the fourth ward admi administered the sacrament and while lile it was being passed the choir bolz song a sacramental mental hymn elder jacob F gates was the beeaker se speaker eaker ho he felt it a great privilege lege leZe to be ea a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and to be perm permitted bitted to bear his testimony in the gospel of chist chiet he knew he said that joseph smith was a prophet of god and he was willing to rest his hope on this the work the prophet established is a wonderous wor derous work it seems strange eyen even to us we faai we are livine livina in one of the most important periods of the worlds history many of us do not realize the importance odthe of the gospel and the blessings bleE sings we w e enjoy many no doubt will live to s see ee the day when the gospel shall ahall triumph and the church shall be the head bead and front and not the tail the gospel teaches us this illo present time seems to toba be an educational cat ional stage of our history it will te ie demonstrated that ohp th gospel makes us all things the time will come when the world will ilsk lj k upon us in detill greater wonder than at present because of cur moral and intel intellectual letual advancement elder abram halladay expressed a fear in attempting to address the let ter day saints he bore his testimony and spoke of the authority of man to administer in the ordinances of god the priesthood of our church claim to have their commission direct from god when they administer baptism they say having been commissioned ot nt jesus christ etc what other denomination speaks with such authority he spoke of how bow the apostles of old receive eav ed their authority on the mount from heavenly beings who appeared in their tabernacles that same authority has bas been handed down to us it was restored to smith by bj peter jamea lames and john thus it has been handed down don n to us many haye have thereby been anointed kings and priests to the most high god what a privilege lege it is ia to have bonfe conferred up upon on us in our temples these great blessings and to know that we may if we live for it here rise up in the resurrection and inherit kingdoms and principalities the speaker speake r feared that many of the latter day saints were not 17 living iving to receive these blessings the many empty seats in the tabernacle denoted a lethargy in the hearts of the saints the choir sang gang the anthem I 1 I 1 for the strength of the hills we bless thee etc benediction was offered by elder M L pratt |