Show SUNDAY SERVICES Ii cour e II Ipostlc Vlirani IL Camion IMi lous scrvicta were Iield in thuTabtmacle lake City Sun Jay Dec lath 1SS > commencIng at II m President Angels IL Cnunou presiding Tub choir and congregation sng Tlie tAI ot the preienl day IcquiTc the Sal to ate cud pu Trayer by RIoter Milanilo 1ratt Tho choir sng Genttr rmUe the tarred trtin For the Sabbath come again TIio Priesthood thcTncntytlrst VnrJ oniciatvtl in the administration administra-tion of the Sacrament AIOSTLl AIirAJI I CKNNON was called to address the congnga lon The Latterday Saints ho said occupy 1 very peculiar position posi-tion at the present day It tmHas though the wes of the whole world are upon them and that the efforts of men In every par of the earth where they are known are directed toward their overthrow I is astonishing as-tonishing that a handful of people like ourselves who have accepted i the Gospel should create moll great commotion among uiakind It is straugu in one cense and yet in another I Is not for tho Savior when here blow told Ills followers that they would arouse the enmity of the world and wciv to expect nothing noth-ing but hatred and cfMxutlou from thoo who did not fee and tether as they did Paul stated last In cutlou was a hcrltagoof the faithful it was predicted Indeed concerning the latterday work in which we arc engaged that it would meet with the niOft severe opposition Uiat men would conspire against It that combinations would b formed for Us destruction and that those who remained faithful mut cxj > cct to lie tried in the tires of atllictlon We arc the witiictees of the fulfil mcnt of these numerous prediction1 Although sofew in numbers and H weak in comparison with the rtrcugth of the world we have excited ex-cited the hostility of nation Combinations Com-binations still exist to bring about fll imssiMe the total annihilation of this stork ci God There is no In Ijulty to I slie I no sill to great to he laid at the door of the Jattcrday daititti livery calumny uttered concerning them appears to te 11n gladly reieived by the world ie have idle tales anil fahtu accusations to meet continually S it was with Jesus aud ills disciples lie found that the world a opposed to I h Him that the people whom lie came to bless and among whom lie I established His Church were thom > tho-m t bitter in their jcrsecutlon of Him and dually they succeeded In acconiplihlng His death upon the llpn cross He a accused of every thing wrong though His life was Ole of unexampled purity Killed with good deed He went among the meek and lowly and taught them the plan of light I nud salvation He ministered also to their temporal wants healed i their sick made the lame to walk unstopped the ears of that deaf loosened the tongue of the dumb and even raised the dead to lift Notxvitltstaudlng tlicye mani festations of Goda favor the people charged Him with doing these things by the pocr of Jleelzebnb the princeof devils He was accused among other things of trying to establish es-tablish I Kingdom ujoii the earth apportion Weil to that which then ex WeilHaving traced the course of events leading up to our SavIors crucifix ion the speaker remarked that these tame aecusatlomus folIoueilHLs = I te Paul and flint were accused by the Jews Fubeciniciitly of seeking to break down the government which already existed and establish the I Kingdom of Christ and for thl6 probably thin principal among thu I charges laid against them they arere cast lots prison They were accused of seeking i to turn the I world I I upside down to introduce new theories leI doctrines and new Ideas that were contrary to the customs cus-toms nnd Ionsestablished institutions institu-tions of the Itoinaus and of Rae habits of the Jews They were regarded garded as men deserving of the mot severe punishment and s met with death at the hands of those whom Uiey sought to blrsa It is no new thing therefore I I 10 fur mel to b accused of evil intents I and designs with regard to dalgl1 wih ar governments govern-ments and peoples The evils hlcli have been inflicted upon us as Latterday Saints r but a repetition repeti-tion of laoc which lon thl others have en dured and all the troubles through which we arc passing arc but the I fulfilment of that which has been I sx > kcn concerning the latterdav Zion Hut we Iwlieve that God Is I the Supreme Ituler of the universe that He should dictate to His people how they should live and act Iople I believu I that Ho mntmlo that itffnla I of men and nations that iul b with I His permission Imo nations are destroyed and others established L upon their ruins that Uiese various I rous changes will couUnuotooccurunder chaulC 1 ltinuctoorundr His direction and wiUi His unction until thclvlngdom of Godfor which lngom the disciples were taught to pray I < lahlihed upon the earth and that He nil use His own means for the accomplishment glorious pur IIa llwerulderwhlch men mny live in peace ali harmony one with I another wherein love will prevail I and control the actions of Jrl mel wherein justice will administered I and righteousness shall dwell AVe look for this time In Rae glorious future wo look for the establishment establish-ment on this earth of a thousand I nol of tranqullity and happiness I during which the Saints will b I free from peivcctitiocs amid trials Hut we do nut look for this people to tike up arms against any nation or to lie called upon to shed the blood of their fvllawmen We area are-a building people one called L of God to establish houses wherein the work of redemption for the living aud the dead maybe carried onand wherein great blessings may be received m The doctrine has been taught ever cIties I can rcracmlicr that tills government under w hlch we live I the most glorious extant that I was the only one under which the work or God clll Intro JxI establItued l1t lho list uldcr the prilons oflts God ghel Consthtuou we are eIablld with tIes awtetance and under the dlnctlpii of the Ixjrdtoestablish His Church upon thin earth to gaUiir thin jvople from the nations and to I prepare them for the fulfilment of every couciniliig sword Zion that has been spoken The men who laid than foundation stones of Rats republic were those who appreciated liberty having themselves suderwl under the hand of oppression They had been tried severely by the wrongs which Rae wrng mother country Inflicted upon them slid they fought for freedom In lucite early days many who had fled from Rue old world sought In these western blade amongst savages sav-ages n place where they might b free to worship God IkIng inspired of Him they founded fits clorlous I Constitution under which wcI live and which has brought E much prosperity to this nation Hut God has also said in His word that Hit nation which fights against Him shall not fl n l = prosper and lho e who oppose him will fail I in their endeavor Ho designed to establish upon this western hernIa phere the land of ZIoii bemi understand to b composed of Rio pure In her We ex poet Rant over this whole land will prevail a rule of peace right eousness and pc cusn justice and that men who live hero will have their hearts flc with thu love of these princi prncI ple When wicked men rule the people mourn and If they continue In their iniquity the I Lord c Nln in I His own due time remove liens and and call in their el place those who will b just and fearless in the administration of the laws When ever tbo people have hearkened re the voice of God in all ages I Racy Intro been pruBperoui but I I whenever they have rejected His I I I I counsels and turned away from His guidance then they have been upon hue shIftIng sands and had no sure foundation So I I with nations The nations that have prt > ret are those which lance administered ll lawaof God with jusUcoand equity who havo sought nooppresslon upon hue people who havo brought no evil Jple party or class We are called out of the word and expected to build up a church OTer which God Himself will reign of which Christ will b the head We are called to Inttlo for freedom not with earthly weapons but with the wisdom which comes from God Vo an called to cry down oppression oppres-sion wherever it Is 1 found I SI seek to establish perfect liberty upon tho earth erl Ii Having received persecution we mu tnt In turn become persecutors Wo mmt not seek to heap upon upn others the Iniquities under which we have sulTcred but live above well things and follow the admonition admoni-tion of Jf uIo torn our enemies and pruy for those who despltefully use us l wo oppress those who oppress us and revile thoso who revile worl re-vile ui we are no c thnti the Men may question what than Lord dO They may not be able to see lie wlom of ills course In the I treatment which ho allows His eoplc to endure or what oljcct Ho has In view In permitting certain events to transpire Ho does not reveal t man in every case lie pur i1 which Ho I seeking to accomplish ac-complish but If wo go to Him humbly hum-bly amid prayerfully He will strengthen us In the hour of trial and wo shall eventually sec the triumph of His work upon thee the-e uJn Tho choir Rang tho anthem TraUe jro the rather Glbbs IleucdicUon by Elder George |