Show SmrSEVCS Eia rs D H Cannon and C TT Cll C Pen rose 1 atthe Tabernacle rteiiglous seKlccs were held In the T brale Salt Lake City Sunday March SO 1S33 commenc ing at 2 p m Counselor Jntph E Taylor presiding The choir and congregation sang the hymn beginning We thank Thee 0 God tore Prophet To cuMe ni In UICM lauer dora Prayer by Counselor John W Young The choir sang ApIa we meet and tha board i Jon oar redeeming Lori redeeig L I The Priesthood of the Fourteenth Ward officiate In lire administra ton of tile Sacrament ELDEB DAVID 1 CASSOX of St George was called to b the first speaker He said the Latter day Salnta were frequently referred tons being a peculiar Monk flso of their peculiarities is thrir belief that God has reveared Ills will In this age and his organized His orulze Hi Church and sent forth His Gospel for the salvation of mankind The Saints boIeve I in the principle of gathering and have mainly asem l bled In one locality This Is llty Thll regard e bf some a having a tendency hoetihe to t > Inlcrolof the people of the n Uon5 but any one who in vestigates the efTecta of this gather ti gther log selhl Sf tget can easily ace riy 6 tht there I no hcstility in It The people are collected to pple cleled i t gather that they may be better able f YtYd t to promulgate the Gospel db to i perform ordinance that they eon elder necessary for the living and for the dead ThIs spirit of the gathering lg one that cornea Upon aH who Join the Church even where e1 wher the principle has not been preached They uwlre to unite with the body or lbe Church and having done to the bond of union with their berth ren and sitters Is much ste I stronger mucl lnger than before they received the Gospel r pel in The Spirit of God Inspired those who obeyed the Gospel urns ouSD 10 uevDte mar energies to gather Imerles gth er with the Church and to press forward for-ward la a life of faith and purity I r there have been any who have been I baptized who have not been thus I Inspired It I because they have not been sincere in their professions and I in a comparatively brief time their course has given the eVithence of it The clouds teem t lower at times abut the Saints but there I I I no ron for us to b discouraged On the contrary there Is every reason I eer son for us to feel encouraged for the Lord I manifesting by the signs of tho times that lie is about to bring brDg to ps t the wondrou work of which He has spoken In connection with present conditions conneton witnessed the fulfilment nf mn n < the pre HcUons of His Prophetsaud I I expect to See many more though after the Prophet Joseph was mar tyred It appeared to many aa I Out the end of MormonIsm had I come But the Lord could not fail to filial His wordnd He raised I up men perform newtary duties Tho work Instead of being bin dered moved forward with Increased In-creased power I will 0 the same in tho outcome of the situa lion in which we 10W n Though we may b called upon to joss through narrow places npn there I a bright future before J us I The way I being prepared for the coming ot our Lordjersto to reign i m ix > ru 01 lOCUS ana King of kings I would all < those who king destroy the Saints to pause and consider pus ser the lessons of the past I God Uwllh usj the puny arm of flesh cab accomplish nothing that will hinder this work To me this Is the brightest day I have cvur seen In the history of the church I kuow that we have the Gospel of Christ the power of God unto ralvation May we life faithful and be entitled t tho reward of such I my prayer for all lrycr or1llei Sn CIIAS w IHNRCBE was tie next speaker He testified t the restoration of tbs Gospel In this dispensation The LatterJay Saints have a special mission In various ages and various nations Gosh has moved upon people to perform per-form mission rsd they have been ahlceslnglo mankind in fulfilling those missions We are called to b gaints to listen to His voice to fol fewihe Inspiration of I Spnt and labor for the ealvaticn the living and the deal We have received ceived the Got pel of the Kingdom c JrsUssald I olioulatbe preached In all the world before the end hold come He told of the tribulations which should come on the earth and I erth especially espe-cially of His second coming He said that In the latter das the Gope cf the kingdom should L preached In all the world and then should the end come We a called to preach this Gospel as a witness of His coming t reign on the earth Jesiuscntout Hb Apostles with a special mission to preach the Gospel Gos-pel t all nations They fulfilled that mission baptizing those who t > lee and laid hands on them that they might receive the Holy I Ghost But these Apostles were despisedand their testimony was received velvet but by few They were persecuted and put t death peal lug their testimony with their blood Darkness followed the rejection rejec-tion of the Gospel This I ret forth In the Gift thus chapters of the Revelations of Saint John We know by history what has ton aud we know what is the condition of the world today among all Chr tendom The professed cooed Christian world I divided a to doctrine and there are hundreds of different sects Even the dllrnt 1ct Eve Pope while claiming t hold thekeys oft P of-t deco not claim to be an Apos HJe and a revelator He dare not come with Thus faith the Lord He claims to b a bishop which Peter never way The Church of Jesus Christ differs from all others of today I not an organization like them but Is a restoration res-toration of Uie old Church it is the everlasting Gospel again revealed to man with alt its powers gifts ana blessings Joseph Smith did not organize it by the knowledge he had of the Scriptures but gave only that which God gave to him I Jetus Christ established the Church by His power it b protected and made Out of this triumphant Church will grow the Kingdom of G established es-tablished by His power and not by the power of man The Lord promised these who obey His Gospel that they will receive ceive a testimony of its truth antI will obtain the blessings that attend its reception The Saints received title Gospel and the testimony of the Holy Giot rented upon them They know that they have obeyed the will of G By the Holy Spirit they are united and labor together for the one great work No one I dependent on the other but the testimony comes to each Individu ally The gIf tat attended the Saint anciently also attended the Latterday Saints The lame are made t walk the deaf t hear the blind to fee the sick are healed and the Holy Ghost reels upon the Inl enabling them to bear persecution per-secution and t b faithful t p truth ThoProphet whom God had ra td up was slain in cold blood wheo under the fder pledged Wh protection of the State of IllinoIs He was tiot slhi for any wrong that he h1 committed but for the truths He taught The people were driven and they cmato thC where the h e been engaged In turning the desert Into a garden The lord calls His people to come out of the world The balnts have come out with this purpose pur-pose to walk in truth and righteousness righteous-ness There are whoa n8 The ar some who have followed the ways of Babylon But they have In the main followed their calling and a engaged in preparing for the coming of the Lord Jesus They have borne trials They havo stood poverty persecution Imprisonment aud adversities ad-versities They have t betnedwllh tho allurements of wealth and 1 seems t b the greatest tianpta tfon But the Church will raIn ID tact ami In the main they i Sfk5T an Kingdom of thJ and His rishteounaeas The trials wo hart had give U experiences that are necessary The tribnla Uons are to try us whvlhtr we trill I pursue tho ttraiglit and narrow path They are to qualify us to be come A part tr the greatest 0 ment In the Iltft gml history of the worto Sow I Is the Church of Christ t as It was organized anciently set n j lel bt up maintaIned and Inspired by Oxl Almighty Tho testimony of His servants I the testimony of Jesus and thelrword I Us word Whose rccelvctb the recilvclh Chr WhO Christ whose rejecteth theta relecteth Thtae servants of Uie Lord are In m m our midst Wo are asjockted in a a uc le work set uJ by God We should to wlln t L guided by good L eel There Is I nothing that Is co ercive or compulsory We are tot compelled to obey any particular command every soul I free But we are under covenant to obey the commands of Gel and I ob not do s He 1 not bound by the covenant Xo mailer boa great the danger nsp scent to be if wo fulfil onr nartRoi irllliiMi I u jo weapon formal i against Zion shall prosier Let us live by even po ti word of God Let us overcome our weaknesses and establish the Gospel In our hearts until we do not our own will but the will of ourFather as did oar Redeemer We Iw down before no titan but we acknowledge aliegiancb to God and His Son whom we expect to bo ourKlngand the King of the earth But we should receive god cups not I blindly but blndly bt knowingly for we have the right to know the will of God i We should abstain from all wrong that anIon and peace and love may C my be in our midst The Lord will bring us into many different clrcumStancis I toprbveus If we are worthy we will receive His blessings But if wo are not true we will go dawn to t U is our work to preach tho Gospel t all nations This has Gpl al natons Thi hs yet Ucn accomplished God will break G wi SCUM of the nations Iu plccef I and clear the way for the free publication I of tho Guftpel that the door cf the Kingdom may he thrown oru Wear We-ar ton t tha Try t e of the great tribulations which the iropuets nave tpoken of Tho Goa of heaven pken controversy with the nations and will humble them Zion will b built up the Zion of God the pUte In her The power and glory I oJ God will be upon her Jerusalem will be rebuilt and the predictions tf the prophets will be fulfilled In this generation These are 1 small tIng compared with the work of the redemption of the dead for the Gospel must go to them In tho spirit world and g ordinances tie performed for them on earth We are doing this in our temples and though there has I been n great deal accomplished I I but a beginning be-ginning compared to the vast amount yet to b done This work f Gods work and for those who stand by Him great In deed will I be the blessings in tt world and In the world to come dltkn We desire to be faithful I know I do t heart and soul are In Oils work for I know I I true Those who live by its precepts will b hOI t and true and virtuous and all thIng are good Those who are evil do not conform to the principles l prin-ciples othe Gospel The true Saint ias Joy and pleasure which come not to thoso who are unfaithful Unhappiness conies t those who work evil hit not to tbjo who walk In tho paths of rIghteous iere Those who obey the Gospel have with them the peace of God Let us realize our calling Let us not pattern after nt fo r evil bat let us follow onr special calling a d perform the Works of righteousness In all our lives The croaker testified to She divinity divin-ity of the Gospel revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith and prayed that the Lord would enable the Saints 1 to faithfully observe is precept The choir sang the hymn commencing com-mencing Zartbwlth be tea tic8i2a4 fiawer Air wii alJ itf beam and bowen L Preston Bouedicllon by Bichop Wm B |