| Show SUAY SERVICES elder aluir and bishop speak the services in the tabernacle sunday afternoon presided over by president edward partridge the choir sang the hymn from page prayer was offered by elder thaddius blufe from page elder B cluff jr was the first speaker and spoke first upon the tha prayer offered up when partaking of the s sacrament sc it is ia well he said that WO we meet together often and partake of the that we wa may remember god that we may mav take upon us the name ot the son and that we may keep the commandments which he has given us ne we came to this world elder cluff said eaid in accordance with the great word of hod th the e knowledge ot of our former exis existence was taken irom from us in order that we may do just as we pleased here we all have our free agency or choice of doing right or wrong but ant the great principle princ iole for which we were placed here was waa for the law of faith by which we can gala gain a knowle knowledge dete of god and that by keeping his commandments WO we can call orco more go to the presence of our maker if we wa have this friar the spirit of god will ba with us and in ia timea of trials and troubles will not forsake us but bat will protect us from the of the adversary it is necessary speaker said eaid that the saints be united and to do this we must loye love qua another and not abt always be tearing our neighbor down unity is is one of the foremost commandments of god we all have our weaknesses bat it is ia not proper fur for us ua to magnify each others othera weakness without a baying r vida an anything of the good qualities which the person may possess poss it if we do not love each other and if wo do nol noi assist each other how bow can wo we ask god to love and assist us the law of t thine speaker said eaid abound be taught to the youth of zion and the law should be observed in order to reap the reward promised the proper rearing of children speaker said eaid was a greet great mie mission sion the bh children ildren should be caled together of t to en and taught the principles of tte tie gospel and the ways of god it is as ag much iba duty of parents to teach their children as it is their duty to supply them with clothing clo lhing hin and if this is not dore doce we are not dot obeying the command mants of god gad elder joseph B kesler keeler was waa the next speaker the world ho he said faid differs from the latter day saints on their idea cf god they argue araus that god is a spirit without body parts or passion pas aion andallo and also say that if he ha were not such I 1 he could not dwell divell in the hearts of bf persons persone elder keeler referred to the passage of in genesis which speaks ot iod making makine man in his own image the christian christan world says say samathis this athis is bringing god down too law by saying that he is of the same image of all men but abo scripture cannot be distorted the bible gayo that god is a personage with wilb a body and we believe it the time will come if we keep the commandments given us that wo we will become much more to ane image of our father in heaven baayen just as jesus has become much like the father so eo will it te be with us if wo we live lire true lives A A god without body parts or pa sione eions speaker said could not bear our prayers could not tell what we wanted and could not see and hence it would be impossible ble for him to answer our prayers elder keeler considered it a wonderful blessing to mankind by god re vealine himself to the prophet joseph smith so that light be given the human family of the personality lity of the maker the choir sang an anthem and benediction edic tion was offered by elder albert jones |
