| Show aga bvm gnara ivr rk ON THE SABBATH what is a my my in testimony G A WARNING VOICE the saints breed to be more faithful in the gospel president pres Pre ident eident john presided at the tabernacle services eer vices on sunday the choir sang with joy we own thy servants servant sj lord thy mimi below etc was offered by elder albert jones the choir sang arise my soul arise shake off thy fears etc the sacrament wa administered by the priesthood of the second ward bishop callister addressed addre sed the saints he referred to the various calamities and plagues which had bad come upon the world and which had bad had their commencement men cement in zion it was none to soon that the command came to the saints to put their household in order that these calamities might be averted he urged the necessity of the saints living nearer to their god the kins kine dorn dom of god would be built up we might fall away but others would step forward and take our places greater efforts should be made in behalf of the children of zion they should be kept in good schools such BUCU as the B D Y academy and should be t numbs to attend places of worship arther than roaming the streets at night and spend ing the sabbath at pleasure resorts the saints who failed to instruct their children in the principles of the go gospel re would be held accountable for the sins of those children the speaker was also of the opinion that there were too many of the saints who failed to pay their tithing many also failed to attend their jast fast day meetings B be e believed indeed that the all ain of omission among the saints was greater gr eater than that of commission ane speaker referred to many of the blessings which were to be abt obtained a ined by fasting elder L J was the baxt ap speaker eaker his remark k however were very brief as he was waa suffering buffering as he be said eaid from a vary severe cold he boro bora a str strong anz testimony however to il ih truth of t the he gospel which he said uita just as dear to him tod today y a as a it e ever ve r ws vas dr karl G maeser spoke lie ila referred to a true living testimony 0 ibe divi ity of the great latter day it ork lt it could not be obtained he fie s sni aej by any process of study or reasoning amt loust come from our father in headd r ficen and blood did not reveal to t puter 1 rn r nat jesus was the christ but bilt the father who is ia in heaven and so all living moneys must mast be received thousands of people in the world every day say they believe in the mission of christ but such a belief is no more to be compared with a living testimony mouy than are the rays of a t tallow candle with the light of the midday sun fie the saying of the savior in relation to a fa fath faith th like unto a grain of mustard seed was s called attention to the savior did not call attention to this aeed on account of lits smallness but on cu account of certain inherent qualities oi of the seed when cst into the ground it t prows grows and in growing influences or flavors favors all the plants around it such S uch is a living testimony it influences all around that spirit is ia spread about among all in the vicinity A true child of god know no nod duty city it etisa is a privilege it is a tl blessing essing if there is a meeting he does not go be cause it id ia a duty gabut because it is a pleasure vou von cant keep him from the meeting eting living testimonies may be corroborated by many evidences every ever 7 time we hear a brother bear his hia testimony it if is a corroboration corro bration of our own but we cannot depend upon these testie monies alone but they can r strengthen then our own these corroborations are flowers by the way side which cheer us on these testimonies do not come upon us all at once but gradually grau ally like the dawning of a new day or like a river of water which begins with a small trickling st stream ream but gradually grows until it becomes a mighty boari roaring ng torrent in conclusion ion dr caefer urged his hia brethren aud and sisters to wore wora for the building up cp of a livin living testimony many any at tend their meetings mee tines partake of the sacrament pay tithes and offering and if a crucible teat beatis is to tobe be applied let it be applied to themselves but let all be charitable kind and fore bearing unto others this was the way to build up such a testimony president smoot made a few concluding remarks he had bad listened with p to tha former speakers he observed that the general tenor of thu ho deep thinkers of zion was waa that zion was not its as it should be at the last quarterly conference the presidency of the church indicated that there was wrong in zion wa are drifting towards what president cleveland cleveand told our representative he wished wis hed we vre were like them but we aro ara not cot of the tha world and we should not hands rith the world this stake of zion said the president was waa ret they were short in their titles aud and offerings they were short iii ia their temple donations anti tabernacle donations doaa tion S they were forgetting their vows and covenants covenant 3 find and were depending on their past records ile he was very sorry to see bee these things the lord had bad aban abundantly dantly blessed this thiis people but they were forgetting it the speaker ept aker felt solicitous for the peo pie of zions zion ile he had questioned him self if he had done his duty in ia raising a warning voice to the people he bad naked asked Idin self what his hia brethren had done doca the great majority of the elders of f the stake slake were not noi doing their duty they were engage engaged d in moneymaking and when they made it they kept it or spent rp nt it foolishly they ahey uso u so it in the me up building of zion the rhe president desired to waru the sainta in relation to these thill th iii ino i no in conclusion he urged the baines to t magnify their callings and if they had broken any of their covenants to reper repeat t and r reso elove ve to co better tile the choir L sang ang an anthem B pronounced by bt elder alb rt jones |
