Show t SUNDAY SEBYICES I Religious services were held In Tabernacle SaltXafce CttygjV day Jan 19th 1SSO Totomenclng at 2 p m Ceunselor Chare W J Penroae presitllng I fi3iciio5i sne I Sing to the r Jehoraha preSet 1 A prae h nU bIODP Prayer by Elder A H JUlelgh The choir sang a special hymn I hernia U tfriem swell Kterft Ana owai the jratefnl net I tetOer thooihta trtifBlibttrn To red itTtRdli II t > rtariao firmer accent tell ne sUlad e esa To Him who dIe f eara l qaell And tare from death and 00 The Priesthood of the Fourth I Ward officiated In the administration administra-tion of Sacrament APOSTLE JOHN W TVTLOB addressed the tMhrregatloh He cngUon presumed It was ttft V Jctt of all present 1 WekWtaow the way of llfcj In uthot words to seek to know the mind and will of our Heavenly Father concerning Ills children text here upon earth Taking up the Enter ye la a the strait gmte for I wide I the gate and broad ia the way thst leadeth to destruction and many hero bo which g In thereat IkeuuQ strait I the saD and narrow Is tho way wh4 l leadelh unto life and tei there b that find 1 The speaker said he had been led to quote this saying I of the Savior i order to remind his hearete onIe nearet that there i a way and a n eiS3 whereby men cau If saVtd 1 t they will but follow Ute path which has been laid out before them He was himself born and raised among the Latterday Saints He had been taught the Gospel understood under-stood by them from his Infancy and he did not believe in any doctrines which were notsuIetanUatedhy the Holy Scriptures i Dubtll some few of those pres ent that afternoon had come for the special purpose of witnessing the J J ceremonies In connection with the religious worfllp of the Latter > lay Saints There was a great lack of correct information among the peo uln at large even among those in this nation with regard to the Latterday nt their faith and practices The members of this Church formerly belonged to the various denominations of the day and were therefore familiar with the different doctrines taught thereby The reason he was a Mormon today was not because his father and mother were Mormons Mor-mons but because he was convinced con-vinced through the reading and studying of the holy Scripturegjtbat the doctrines entertained by the Latterday Saints were of God He believed In perfect religious liberty unto all men he further believed however that every man who belonged longed to any particular religious denomination should be able to give an Intelligent reason for the faith and hope which he exprersed concerning con-cerning eternal life I should b serious reflection among all professing Christmas a to how they can most surely enter in at the strait gate Yet after gte aer all it was not a difficult problem t solve for Isaiah speaking of the gospel said it was s plain and simple that a wa ring man though a fool might understand I under-stand 10 Apostle Taylor referred to the feast of Pentecostand pointed out that there were present on that occasion oc-casion devout men and women from many different nations and religious sects of that day S it was in our day We bad amongst us a multitude faiths such for instance in-stance as the Roman Catholics I the Methodists tho Baptists the Episcopalians the Campbellites thcSwedcnborgians and so on The Apostle Peter admenlshed the people to repent and b baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and the reception of the Holy Ghost but the 10Jy Gbot bt question tion naturally arose what is the Holy Ghost s that when we had received it we might be sure of Its possession He had been among many religioui denominations 1 and found them apparently extremely happy in efea belief ste they possessed pos-sessed the Holy Ghost and even the socalled poor deluded de-luded Mormons out pr t in the region of the Rocky Mountains claimed to have the Holy Ghost The Savior himself l had described what the Holy Ghost was and always would be Speaking unto the twelve Apostles He said When I am gone My Father will send you a Comforter who is the Holy Gboet who shall take of the things of the Father and reveal them unto you seemed then that He was a medium of revelation revealing the things of our Heavenly Father unto the children of men Paul said Prove all things hold fast that which I Rood That was the theme of the Latterday Saints He knew tat the Church and religion ligion ef God were established upon I the earth and would continue grow and increase and that our Lord and Savior would come and reign In righteousness amongst men The Lord appeared unto Joseph Smith I and app the odanad children of God had gone astray from the way of life and salvation commanded him to preach the Gospel unto all people and it was being rapidly carried throughout the whole world today among all nations kindreds and tongues In conclusion he urged the Latter Day Saints t live lives righteous men to b prayerful and serve God faithfully in all things and Hit abundantly blessings would rest upon thtm The choir sang the anthem Siac cm the Lord Goddard Benediction by Elder George |