Show 10 SUNDAY SERVICES Iposllos Grant and Thatcher arid Elder Hor an at tIne 3oran Tabernacle Religious services were held In the Tabernacle Salt Lako City Sun Jay Dec Dee 0th 1SS3 commencing cmmencng at 2 p m President Irldcnt Angus M Cannon presiding Angs M The choir Bang UorUUamte I trim angels In And duct the eoenm lay Prayer by Elder O G Workman The choir Ens Glory to Colon high Let hevea and earth reply riaucyeltonaiae The Priesthood of the First Ward officiated in the administration of the Sacrament ArosrU HEnEn j GRANT was called to address the rUc t lor congregation congrega-tion lie said tho Saints met together to-gether often t b otreethcnenI in the knowledge of the Gospel I was as natural t partake of spiritual food to keep the Saints united a i was to receive temporal food to sustain their hole They should go to meetings with an earnest prayer t L benefited to receive eouelhing that will give them strength t walk in the right path Sometimes we have a feeling t reject counsel and we g away feeling that we have not received any benefit But if we are keeping tire commandments command-ments of URI then all teachings in harmony with Uiose commandments command-ments n pleasant t u Sometimes Some-times when we have been doing wrong and rio a rebuke redo not like IU Xo mans in the pulpit has any right t direct his remarks t persons but he should speak on tho principles of lft as they an applicable to all i I an Elder does this by the light of the Holy Spirit he does not stop question who is Hit by his remarks nor dirt them at anv one Those whose faults are pointed out ire the ones who receive the mot benefit neft If they are wise The SaInts < hould tie to know ineir uuits and then seek for strength t overcome We all know we are nil far short of perfection perfec-tion I doubt whether there j a single indivIdual her who think he has kept the commiuduients of God as well as he knows how But if we strive continually we Will Increase crease in power t lo right Tire work of Gud is onward and there is no pover Uiat can prevent It It Is for us to say whether wo will keep pice with it through a tnbuLiUous Ve have been war of perecu tlon We have been warned that our liberties would b taken away and unless we have the light of the Spirit we will not be able t bear up under our trials But wit finaL spirit we can show our sincerity by suflenag for the testimony of Jesus Christ There is but one path of duty tho straight and narrow path I is the path of virtue of honor of faIhfullC t God and our fellow Because the letter day Saints are united and arc notsnaycd by eery wind of doctrine the world say we are guided by a few cunnln Ieatlcrs and that the mass do not think for them ls There is nothing that j more untrue thin such a ctite mont Tho history of the Saint the he to the claim gives te le clim Through all the suOerings of tine Saint all that has been asked of them t escape cape suffering has been that they relinquish their faith 2 > o people who hail not minds of their own would have suflenM the pins the Saints have whea they could have escaped sj easily Their cur e in this rpt ha been one of the strongest evidences of the truth of the nusion of Joseph Smith They were not promied beds of case hut they were given tine tame promise th tt Jesus gave His disciples tint they would suffer persecution and some of them woul I have It sacrifice their lives for the GosjnJ No reasonable rea-sonable Torn can look at the history his-tory of the SalnUand not give them credit for acting on individual knowledge and conviction fnea and relations have turned ngln them aud their names have beer cist out n evil Voud we allow this if we had not a sincere conic than of the truths of the Gospel I t fl i ll Would people with no force fO char actcr stand up against the world Would they submit ti Iting driven from homes and patIently biir ere ler euUoas for religions rake hey would not The Saints r united because they have l ta the LON by keeping Ilia commandmciiU ansi they have received His neti mony which makes them one whir Christ Han received of the testimony of Jesus Christ we should at all time be honest t Mrtu inns and upright Uiat men and I women seeing our good ilevda vrlll glorify God and seek to serve Him i There arc no words tint I mayo tire same cSectas I God like example May Ho help us to be faithful to Him in all things APOSTLE MOSES TiiATcmat was the next speaker Ho aid that when the Elders the n Fpeak by Holy Ghost they edify all who enjoy flirtS t flirt-S and the people rejoice in it gifts Never at any period in the hlstorj of the Chureh his I been mon necessary tohive the guidance of the Holy Ghost than at the present lime We are in a position that we have to walk largely by faith The conflict between darkness dark-ness and light is growing very intense in-tense When we a r Ier alone the mockery and scorn of the world make us when looking at tiling from a human standpoint fee very weak but when wo have the Holy Spirit and realize our duty and destiny fear is inannhshnrj and we cloud up and glorify God even for the tribulations we pass tbru hOur h-Our faculties ire strengthened bus b-us and spiritual strength conies by the closest tests Every eflbtof the ungoJh theentmics of human liberty will but aid in developing a clus of people tint will l > e worthy of their high and holj calllig The evidences of thrlftof courage of jrr sion are In our midst t day Ve may niak more rpM progress in the future because our increaeil wealth but honest men cannot fail to give the true meed of praise to the Mormon people forte for-te gnat work they hive already performed They are admitted to be moral temperate and Industrious attributes not 1J i csed by many who antagonize them and they will survive when their accusers and elintiercrs hive passed away Thodetiny of Utah in thIs nation j market out by Almighty and the day will come when herstrcugth will b welcomed by her sister com niouwcalths Her cannot roltmllh5 Ier destIny Cnnot be Interfered with The meisures now directed against us may in the near future prove to bo not an unmixed evil I remember the unjust rulings of JudgeHoward in Arizona which caused a number num-ber of residents of that Territory to winder t a foreign land where they Were almost on the verge of ftarvaUon 1 remember then In this condition through the Influence Influ-ence of American gentlemen an edict was issued that in fifteen days ffn I they were t leave tire State of Chi huahua Mexico where they then were This a regarded is a great I calamity inUieirdestitutecondition but it called the attention of the tle national authorities t their situation situa-tion The result was a great ble sIng s-Ing and today tire Mormon tlby ttl Ioron people peo-ple are looked upon as the most successful suc-cessful colonists that Mexico ha They were very pool when they went there but the prosperity perity which has attended them has been a marvel There I was a question in regard t a water supplybutan earthquake two years I ago solved that problem and greatly great-ly increased the quantity of water Where formerly vegetables could not b produced they now grow in abundance S wherever the Lot tcrilay Saints go tine blessings of God abide and sterility is turned into frultfulness Jf the pressure j s great ax t crowd sotco of us into Mexico on the south and Canada on the north the blessIngs of fine Lord will attend us there as well n here ThIS nation has reached the zenith of great glory and rower Tho progression in the rwer sciences n j unsurpassed renct nation was based upon the broad principles of human liberty These prm Iples are being tested There are questions arising in tine nation that will ciuse the Mormon question t sink into InMgnlficancc All eyes n upon Utah today but other issues are such the luf an looming up n te labor question race problems etc Political parlies may hive intrigue but the masses of the people are growing poorer and the few richer mere Issues must L met and dealt ant With and grave ones they arc ear e-ar today on tho highway to the enslavement of the masses o the people in the great wealth that j being amaared by monoi > oln > The fault j In Ute system and the day must come when a remedy must L rmcJ provided The Lord gave what we have anal it j not for us te say flint the producer small have compara Uvely nothing and the cmpr have uearlyalL Eminentfinauclcrs have dealt with these questions and have shown fine dangers of the present fnancia system Tire inequalities i in-equalities existing between capital capi-tal and labor must disaster Ll laor brine IL < ter unites Uie grinding force of monopolies mono-polies on the masses is put an end to 1 It is not anarchy or racialism flint calls fur this chingebut it jusUce which God will give t His children I fire present tabulations bring us t a poiUoa where wo will b just to our fellowbeings I think the reward will b greater than tine sacrifice Shy G bless us finaL we follow in His may folo li paths and reap the reward of the Ju L ELDER JOHN lIOfGAN was next called upon and made upn anl ntle brief reference t Ute application of Gospel principles t the temporal as I well as the spiritual needs of the people Tie tesUmony of this Gospel Gos-pel is evidence on every hand bv the condition of thu llls Her 95 per cent of the population dwell In their own home They hae been as a rule gathered here in poverty but through the blessings of the Gospel they have been made comparatively independent God has rtI given as a law to all brad Uiat n Po 00 u uuu by common consent or it is not a law unto Israel This law enfranchises enfran-chises fire great body of the people male and female and it rcquiies the sanction of tine whole people for a man to occupy the position of a leader among them Almost eel mm holds some portion of the Priesthood and has some power in shaping the l destiny tr the people There is no community on the whole earth here individuals individ-uals are given the memo liberty that is accorded In the Church of Jesus Christ of loaferday Saints In no other way could the people be united a they ar coming here a many of them hive dom from i stnugu lauds to cast their iota with more who I are scorned by the w orld such men and women cannot be Lund by the chains of tjrnnj A more I freedom loving people never lived nor lives now Uian these Latterda Saints Today the v accept pereeu flea and trial In the spirit of fortitude forti-tude and patience looking forth to the time when these seeds of their patriotism will bring forth fruit for the blClng aul fCum of mankind Their spiritual doctrines will b < the panacea to heal the nations rnlm latous wounds While we will go through tine valley of tine shadow through the furnace yet will wo come out mightier to do away with those things which blII i mankind Freedom Free-dom t man is one of our mottoes and in tints lanJ of liberty we haw through the blessings of God become be-come as a city eat on a hill who lrme I light cannot b hid I we are 1 faithful we will reap the reward May the day be ha teped when from British Columbiaon the north to Mexico on the south the Saints can unite in singing the grand p < alm Behold the Lnnl lenin brought deliverance to His children chil-dren The choir sng the anthem Ilcinoll I lirin you good iWinfV Bccedlctiou wasoirered by Elder Chain W IVnroM I |