Show I 1 IJU I 1 OCAL LOCAL AFFA AFFAIR I 1 R so 1 thi the V services at the tabernacle VERAL SEVERAL BE COURT ITEMS verdict for defendant in in wilson case other notes it was a bright pleasant sabbath the first in many weeks and the people I 1 took advantage of it to move out of seclusion causion and inhale the summer warmed atmosphere the attendance at the tabernacle in the afternoon was wag considerably larger than usual president A 0 smoot presided president partridge addressed the congregation he commented upon tle the great amount of work accomplished by the tha latter day saints when joseph smith sought for the truth when mant mane kind had departed from the truth it seemed to be a fitting time for god to aga again in reveal his gospel to mad maa and amin again establish his church on earth ea th it was a small beginning but the church has grown crown until it has become a great power in the land it may seem to some of the aged brothers and sisters who have been in the church for scores of years and have led quiet unostentatious lives that they have not accod much but others can see the amount of work they have accomplished better ahin they themselves can and it is not a small amount the speaker spoke of the necessity of parents guiding their children in the right direction providing proper amusements for them at home and preventing their going to paloona and other dens of wickedness ile he did not be hieye and never had believed it necessary for young people to sow their wild oats parents should not beek to coerce their children into doing what is wanted of them but should rule them in a spirit of kindness explaining to them the i why a certain course should be taken elder brigham smoot spoke to the th saints the world today he be said was much the same as it was in 1900 years yeara ago in pauls day I 1 the spirit light but the letter kelleth kil leth P too much attention is ia p paid aid to the letter hence sects are multiplying even as aa they did in the days of paul sects take upon themselves the names of the r founders but thank god the latt day saints have taken upon the jr sib the name of christ the BB 3 elves but a few months before ra A ker had a mission to the south P from week hence elpe jea islands a other miss mission lav bo to start upon udon an pecia aly Sr in cna tills this time tim more es going to cou own interest he was be ba the tha amov w ge and he hoped it would it in cheh thady ana of his bis being more useful thay y work of aBal assisting sting in building up av god while he was eisent he hoped for an int interest orest in the faith and prayers of the saints sainta he closed his remarks by referring ferrine re to the gospel stream as an ever increasing one which would eventually flow into the kingdom of god and ana by exhorting the saints to be faithful in their religion and to lo continually look to their file leaders for guidance the services were closed with a beau anthem rendered by the choir |