Show 1 11 r R THURMAN speaks of his hi 8 M misa 81 sio ht ary alif I 1 e 0 W UNION umon OF THE SAI SAINTS nl TS religious Eeli gioTis Quest questions ians elder edmund edmand M dugdale briefly elder jas E daniels daniel a presided at the services in the sleeting meeting house yesterday the choir sang ean barkl I 1 listen to the trumpeters trum peters they sound bound for volunteers etc prayer was waa offered by elder george Mol meldrum drum the th choir eang behold the great redeemer die A broken law lav to satisfy etc the sacrament was administered by the priesthood of the first ward elder R 8 thurman Th nrman addressed the congregation cong re cation he had bad learned that it was as useless ta undertake to speak to the latter day upon th principles of the gopel e aspel unless he was wag I 1 blessed with the spirit of god the happiest moments of ef his life had been when he had bad felt that he be had bad with him the power of the divine god as a support in speaking to the latter day faints ile he felt inexpressible gratitude for being permitted to meet with the brethreN brethren and tid sisters in provo prove A year and a halt half ao a 0 o he be had bad been called on a He felt that he was illy prepa ed to do this work but he be went ta in fugill that with confidence in god and in tho tha cause he be represented lie ile had never had a moment of doubt as to the rightfulness of the mission and the truth of the ha gospel fio apel as aa taught by the latter laster day saints but bi hia 1 testimony had grown and become stronger st 1 and this afternoon ho knew that tho the plan of salvation as taught by the saints was true and the only means of obtain ienir salvation in the kingdom kindom of god this might appear str aage a and nd an wis uns support supported Pd testimony moar to those not of our faith but within tle the lids of the tha bible no other ether plan could be found he had bad faith in the gospel when he be left for his hia fia field id of labor but his hia ex derence as a missionary mise knary bad confirmed his hib faith in the gozal ile he had bad found that however divided we might le be in temporal or political affairs we were ivere united in ia the principles of the gosp I there is abao absolute luto unity nuitt i the proposition propos irions a that faith in n the lord jesus christ repentance of sin aud such as would cause the man or W woman ornan who repeated to strive to sin no more moie that baptism in compliance with the commandments J i of goat to enlighten the minds minda were wera all Dec essary to obtain salvation arnone amons the of other chui cht cats s jac he found a great variety of beliefs and division divi Fion r and disunion in regard to the fundamental of the gospel even among members odthe of the fame church the spirit of god unites the people in the bonds bonda of mye love and enables les thoss those who possess it to understand the vital Y ples of the gospel when bj aj found this difference of 0 opinion amen the members member of the church of england he be doubted that tb PY milre in possession of the spirit of however the litter latter day saints may differ in tern tem paral affairs they acme upon the savins principles of the gampol they be lieve in in a strict reading readick and construction of the word of god they believe alieve that the tha savior meant which ha said when he told his disciples sciples li to go into all the world and preach the gospel anti and that those arbo believed should be saved and those who did not believe should be damned and w when hen ile he told nicodemus that baptism wa arx necessary for salvat iw the spirit of goj god appella doubt find and d disunion 18 and is email voil voi 9 whispering to the heart the tha truths relating to the eternal life giving a deling feeling of f contentment tent ment and satisfaction indis and gives us ua the knowledge know edgo that tho the gospel goepel has baa been gi giten jen to us and that our salvation is assured if we holdout h old out tot to the heend end our oar t trin hopes aw aid 13 may ba blasted but as long as we do the duties de devolving Tolving upon via fl B have this thi hope with us through all the storms and vicissitudes vicissitude 8 oi liia when a missionary performs perform 8 his duties it it matters not how dark and his bis experience may may be this boy boly i i ch he be has received through obed once to tile the principles of the gospel nill aill cause him to leel taftt thu tho time h he spends in endeavoring to spread the ot it tho the gospe gospel I 1 ars are the happiest r n t of his life tie he had found this thia to lie be true in ia nis his own experience and it was wan a area areat t tes testimony to him of te le t e giulli of the gospel pel that this feeling was universal anion among 7 the miggion a r a although alt Lough they go g 0 forth leaving ani i eb they iove and add suffer fiti financial ancial lassa los s elder thurmand Thurm aad health ha I 1 nu nol been bee ll 11 good aud at tims times ho hall bad felt that 1 te e mf might bt be compelled to return home borne on account of ill health but he had alwi alwill alfray lv felt that lie he was in the hacks 0 of f the lord wk would dj al ail for the bot bat whatever lia he mission ruis sion had cost bim his bia experience wait waa worth more to him zhan ihan it had cost coat hit his hope prayer and desire WAS to live the life of a lat latter erda er da day y saint if WO we put implicit faith in alrod d he will enable uj to hold fist fast to atle tod loj of ef irn aal to obtain eternal liff lif wt V r taky become ambitious am for wealth popularity or other gordly advantages advantaged but bui whatever it may be let u us a not bc scottie ottie forgetful of the fact that alie kingdom of gui is moving movin c forwar dand they is ie 0 one n a way we cati can keep pace with it tid la is oi of god be the first n uon all 0 mccaa cas iua wo vo may differ di ar tl P 0 it questions quentio ns and business Dusi nees ni laatt att rs ra but upon of the cepel W we e must icat tie jr united it would be beneath the iha djup anity of nf a latter lator day saint who knoba the coipel la is true to bugle with aik brother about t bairs of lilt 1111 little import atice N Y is superior super hur to the b hope ope we hav ha rual life in the kingdom of go WO lite its is s bort t irid I 1 eternity enmity a the inot vf can hope to do d n this iff ife is isto to do food to our fellow men and ourselves or eternal lifo in tb the e kingdom of god life is too short for us ug to while away ali all our time to strive to tn obtain wealth that may Y be swept away by b y a breath we should strive to do good chod to those who are in d distress sl ress and spread the aia UP ty the ends of the earth ile he desired to are his hia son take a foreign miss mission be liebing the experience obtained on a mission to be the most valuable abla expert bace in a mans life U M was wa pleaded to ta have the privilege priTi lege oi of being it I 1 home with the saints he hoped the t h e remarks of elder tharman Thur roan would be treasured up a and n d put into practice and that wo we might gb t live i va the inea of lat ter day dav saints the choir sang eang earth with her ton tan thon thousand sand flowers air with all its beams and showers benediction was wa offered by elder 0 D glazier |