Show 18 sermons ij eiders IS THE obedience to the revealed will of god inculcated the attendance at the services in the tabernacle sunday afternoon waa unusually email after the usual opening exercises IIO addressed the congregation he had prepared no subject on which to speak and must therefore depend solely upon the spirit of god he joined the church in its and was very intimately acquainted with the smith he had also known many of the great men of tha world but none of them seem to that intelligence that the prophet was blessed with they were lacking the spirit of god which shows man the path to pursue elder coray also considered the work commenced by this boy prophet very wonderful it commenced with six humble men and now there are representatives senta tives in it from every nation of the globe the horld ia now beginning to realize the divinity of the work of the latter day saints and many of the great men of the earth ara coming to ee the salt lake temple the speaker believed that the move of the industrial am iea was one of the hand dealings of god among the children of men lie bore a strong and faithful mony to the truth of the gospel and was positive that joserh smith was a prophet beeer and revelator rey elator ELDER WM H KING next addressed the congregation it was always a pleasure to him to hear aged men like elder coray bear such faithful testimony to the work of god true religion is the only thing that will elevate man to a moral character it is also a sacrifice because if a man be a true christian he must sacrifice many things for the benefit and comfort of others whenever god haa a et among the world he in rejected by the people and persecuted they will not accept the truth of the gospel but cling to the pleasures of the world but all temporal fade and pass away the only thing that will give roan true happiness Is the truth truth will sanctify man and make him a god eyen though he dwell among baarts we want the truth that cornea aiom the throne of godas it will destroy and cast down the falsehoods in the i arth many infidels say that if thera was a god and if he had given the truth of the gospel to his children then the would follow him ond the majority of the world would not be drifting away into sin and vice but this could not be as there are two powers at work in ane earth one ie working for the good of mankind and the other foe his destruction we have our free agency and can choose which way we will go truth only cornea to those who baek it and wo must not expect to gain it if we waste our time and do not improve our the truth of god ia worth all our time and we should sacrifice everything to bain it many men will not believe that there is a god because they cant haye evidence of him through either of the five senses but the speaker b lieveld and many great philosophers were acknowledging that there is a sixth sense that cannot bo deceived and which will point out what is the truth the principles been revealed through joseph smith are truths and though the world should die and i aes away these divine truths will still remain true religion will make us love our fellow men as ourselves ours elyes to work for one common cause and to fice all for troth when we loye and esteem the truth as we the spirit of ad will ever dwell with us to make us happy and to encourage us on to good borka |