Show SUNDAY SERVICES Religious services were lieu at the Tabernacle Bait LakeCitySun day April 20th 169 commencing at 2 pm Counselor Joseph EToy > Isr presiding The choir Bang ODBC we tail lore do Lord And let our toy be known Prayer by Elder Ao M Musscr The choir sang the hymn commencing com-mencing mecgeme bilker a t Veaiy tool Tt Jieitrimen lnner come The Priesthood of the Eighteenth Ward officiated in the administration administra-tion of the Sacrament IXOER CHARLES V 8TAYJK11 addrested the congregation I I always a source of gratification after an absents of several months oran or-an Elder t mingle again with the people in our mountain home Jple particularly par-ticularly r when he has been visiting visit-ing among those boar bo-ar not of our faith and has lean I deprived therefore of the privilege of hearing the insnired iMiriilnra and counsels of the pottles and Elders of the Church As I am about t leave shortly on a mission t the Northern States where I have been appointed t take charge tale may perhaps be my last opportunity for force months of here peaking t the Saints who awemble hereMy I recent viell to Ule city of Wash Intrtim wn pntlrflt tf f rm < < I nf1 0 w U UU character hence I have no special report to make to the brethren and sitters upon my return I desire upn rurD r ho weverto state that while in Washington Wash-ington I met with many gcnlil gentlemen gen-tlemen and intelligent ladles who took considerable interest in the affairs of Utah I was a pleasure indeed to me t have the opportunity oppor-tunity of converging with others upon tho condition of the people In these valleys and of explaining same matters which h not been made thoroughly clear to their minds regarding our position a Latterday Saints religiously and otherwise I Invariably found much friendhlp manifested for the frend manitll pioneers pion-eers of this portion of the country those who have to a large extent contributed to mike it what it I Wit ono exception and that was in the argument before the Supreme Court of the UnIted States in con nectlon with the Idaho test oath < liCVcr heard an unkind pretIoii nor even au insinuation regarding the Mormons during rllg Mora durng my stay in the east But I regret t say that there Is very little opportunity aObrdcd one in the course of a conversation con-versation t establish a belief In the great principles of our religion People Peo-ple care more about the worldlY a pects of Utah the prospect financial finan-cial advancement than for the fundamental fun-damental principles which haVe gathered together her 1 many people peo-ple from different parts of the n p forming tti I were I commonwealth common-wealth in the midst of the mountains moun-tains I I a matter of in dlderencu t the generality of people peo-ple whether baptism be performed by nbJ sprinkling they trouble very little In regard t Uie Deity except that in a general wav they believe that there is aGo wh Is the Supreme Kulcr of the unl verve and that all things are more or less controlled as well a created by this Invisible Power Still t b llcve that if any religion at all idt fJrm would attract the Worldlyminded today it Is that which proclaims that something has I received within the present generation fur they appear to utterhydesplac things which arc old The old prophtts have b littlo influence with this generation The spiritual marvels of the past do net attract a much attention as the scientific wonders of today And but little belief Iimani feted in the future except that whlc1 rosy b the restiltof scientific skillThe The misrepresentations which have gone forth couceruingus have more or less I turned away the heart of the i > eoile from our chef They fear that the I something deceptive decep-tive in thin doctrines of a > eope who are so much maligned dlkeU the Saints of old tI everywhere SICken SIC-ken against They item t ignore the fact which the Savior himself predicted as one of the signs of His i conlngthat hiS people should be lli i buk haled of nil nations fur HU sake They turns deaf r to anything in the shape of doctrine or the principles of the Gaspel as revealed through the modern Prophet nevertheless nev-ertheless they are willing and even anxious t know how we conduct our affairs how matters are regulated regulat-ed executively judicially and politically while some enquire rt 11 tivo t our domestic concerns Despite the various obstacles in the way there are opportunities both by precept and example to bilng the religion of the Latterslay Saints t the attention of the people to show them that Il is a practical religion ligion that I involves something mare than mere belief and that it requires a life of selfdenial of purity of be aud of righteousness righteous-ness of purpose become what the Lord has designed His people must be before they can receive the ful ness nf His glory I was exceedingly gratified to learn in conversation with bushiest men that the financial standing of the latterday Saints through their various Institutions was conflckruJ Xol antI that whenever they have had any dealing with us Individuals Individ-uals they trite always well treated One gentleman I well 1 remember state in the presence of quIte a company Uiat he had done business with the Latterday Saints for a numb years t the amount of many thousands of dollar and in case he bad received his I every c ba n < h money The some gentleman remarked marked that when he came into In-to tills community he M as surprised to find jieople of capital trusting I their i > oorer brethren to a considerable con-siderable amount although knowIng know-Ing that they had no property upon which to levy in the event of its being necessary enforce payment He expressed the opinion moreover more-over that he did tn belIeve lot fume could lie said of any other community com-munity in the United States 1 exhort the latterday Saints t continue in well doing In this r gird to be M prompt Ca possible lathe la-the payment of their debts and careful care-ful in all their public and private dealings t set that example before the world which shall cause mankind man-kind t realize there I something more in this Gospel called Mor monlsm than many in the world suppose Let men see that our r ligiun Is not A deception and a fraud that it is not intended hoodwink the people but ibat I is I religion designed of heaven to purify the heart anJ lives of the human race and to bring mankind into closer communion with God I rray that His Holy Spirit may rest down upon Zion that she may glow with that spirit of truth and righteousness by whIch the ear hill h-ill eventually be cleansed aud prepared pre-pared heart as a residence for the pure in wsiior ORSON r IVHITXEV was the next speaker I I no news I he said to the t great majority ort or-t e here assembled t hear that the Elders of Israel Eldcr brd do aot prepare their sermons beforehand It would bra strange Innovation IC this were the case We are called c u cIe upon Unexpectedly un-expectedly t deliver t the people those thos things with which we may b Inspired on the occasion We arise trdlng In that Spirit which ar pro Sprt cecds forth from the Father of lirfL from the fountain of all poweran Intelligence > t make manifest unto the children of cidrn men the things of God Th in a J te ting 1 theSpirifwhichlighteth everyman that cometh into th world m word is the light of the and whic 1ght Bin and of the moon and of the stars the light of Intelligence which I kIndle in the soul of every son and daughter of God and in everything that lives and moves and h a being beneath the broad canopy of heaven Such an ereence as this 1 l called by the Christian world G This 1 the being without body parts or passions which the Christian world I profess to worship and is thus described de-scribed by Pope I warm In the ten nfrabci in lb breeze Gltira trees In the itare and Uouonu m the LIre tbfebsh all lie eMend throughout extent lpr DDdndd oltle IrDL But this Is not God our Heavenly Father t the Latterday SainU We understand that there I I trinity In the Godhead which I composed of the ate Son and HolyGhost The father I a Being of tabernacle ei a man Perfect and exalted = cr KTit by HI obedience to the principles of truth and righteousness lie once dwelt in mortality He passed through the trials eta life similar to this He dwelt in mortal clay and conquered and subjected the flesh by obedience to the principles of the GOOII This is the secret and the only secret of His power intelligence intelli-gence and authority at the present time The Son is also a being of tabernacle In the express Image we are told of His Fathers iicrson I insomuch that when He was upon the earth In the meridian of time fo Hisdisclnes asked Him show unto them the Father he replied Have I been so lonir with von nm ye have not seen mZ He thai hath seen me hath seen thel Father We are told in Genesis that God mademan In His own Image But the Holy Ghost is a Being without tabernacle aud ai a spirit or essence extends throughout the immensity space It Is the minister of God who spoke In the beginning when Ills spirit moved Upon the face of the waters and slid Let there be llcbu and formed flu our 1 tem prafly as lie had before formed It spiritually Doubtless there is much concern ing the Holy Ghost or the Spirit 01 God which Is not understood by men because it has not been entire ly revealed But warn taught that it is the third Person the Trinity and the difference between it as a lrsonage and the Father and the Son is that the Holy Ghost does not have a Wocmacll3 nsurncled body of flesh nd bonef while the Fattier lIad the Son pottt3 ouch oodles Certainly It Is a reasonable doc trine one to commend itself to the Judgment and consideration of any intelligent thinkerlhatff is our r UcljJ Father and wu are Ills children we belong to tile tamo specie and while the Spirit of God in I one sense is that light which shines in the sun glows in the stars and blossoms in the trees lives through all life and gives to the diflereut tribes and families of men that measure of light whIrl they are exerted to live up to and by which theywill also be Judged at the last day when we consider God as a personage of tabernacle as our Heavenly Father in whose image we are created it is certainly reasonable to tliinkof Himasa man and of our mother in heaven as a woman If God made man and woman in Ills image and they are His children then men and women on the earth are in I this respect like unto God and are destined to become be-come more like Him as they advance ad-vance This opens to the view of the student stu-dent and thinker a glorious ids for thought and reflection It enables us to be patient in the midst of tribulation trib-ulation of trials and sorrows to evince that courage and fortitude which haydn every age been to pn vailing characteristic of tile Simla of God Why Because they were the children of light Unto them it was revealed that they were indeed offspring of God and that He whom thy worshipped was once as they were that He endured tat tho sake of education dci velopment and eventual lrflC thoU and exaltation all the Ills that flesh is heir to They could therefore gaze Ulella and culture with stoicism theiraflllctlons even when LIed to tile stake to be burnt for their opinions when immured in dun geonn dragged at the tails ot buries Unown to wild Ixrasts cr set fire to md used as torches to light the imperial im-perial gtrdcns of Home crucified sawn agjudcr erfcuteJ i loaded with calumny and opprobrium SIb ject to proscriptive and ptracuuve legislation I long as they kept the lJ tb1 faith and bore that iII which God kindled In their bosoms until death put an end to to their suffering It is this knowledge and the sustaining sus-taining power of the Holy Spirit which enables the Saints latter days to bear with fortitude and patience pa-tience the trials to which they are subjected They expect troubleaud they know that it is necessary Troubles and trials arc the ministers of God They teach us His truths they save our souls by whipping us into tIle path of duty and obedience ift from which w e are to prone to stray To fay that our trials are too numerous numer-ous or too severe is to imjiu n eternal wisdom to attempt to rejudge the ftoat ct i en rod Justice of an Allwife God of an Allmerciful Father aud to cast n I proachuponHimwhoholdslnthebcl I lowof Ills hand thede tlnltof I men and of nations who settcth up one andpulUth down another onl Ilig to theJuJgmeut and wisdom of I His omnipotent wIll who gives to the stars the orbits IInw which they I revolve who lets thin waves their bounds and controls the acts of men 1 and nation sufferingUicm togo 110 further iu their treatment of Ills I ptvple than will best culiserva His purpose When Satan afflicted Job hedid it with Gods permission and could not have done it without Job was a righteous man and the Lord declared him to be such which seemed to make Satan angry an-gry just as It does men sometimes some-times to hear others spoken well of and honored nail he desired to destroy him But lie failed because Job was faithful and patient and maintained hisjintegri ty Saul was jealous of David and persecuted him but David bore it latieutly forgave and returned good for evil aud came off more than conqueror He suffered no more than was necessary for his good neither will any man neither will any iope Wet Latterday Saints expect trouble We do not believe in going go-ing lialf way to meet it but we do believe iu preparing for it When we see the clouds gather and hear the thunder roll wu know enough to put on our overcoats and wraps if we walk out or to stay indoors from the inclemency i > f the weather Aud to when We see the clouds of persecution filling the horizon and hear afar off the thunder muttering aud bellowing presaging coming trials for us as a people wo know it is time to put on the armorof Godjtogirduiiour loins I and aro all the more diligent and faithful i I was asked once If 1 were a 5 simist because I said Uiat I had learned to expect trouble in this world I answered no I was au op toilet for a pessimist Ilevea that all that happens is for the worse while ail optimist holds that all k for the best I expect sorrow slid trouble here Gecatfee I know it Is inevitable in-evitable but I also regard It as ct sentlal and that it is fur the best good of those who suffer We are climbing the steep and twits prickly pathby which God nurialher wits exalted and Jesus our Eldic Brother arose to sit hewn at His right hand Iii is I the path which lie bas marked out for J and with bumble and pure hearts and desire to serve God and bless mankind we should walk that straight and narrow way which Kadetb unto I life eternal It is hard to discourage discour-age a people whi believe this who look upon life as only a link of an eternal chain who regard death asa as-a mere incident In their career a milestone on the gnat and eternal Journey We are not living for this world but for eternal life although sometimes it would seem that we are in no very great hurry to obtain It ItWe We often put the temporal first and the spiritual comes lagzing after There are Latterday Saints who allow their business to come between them and God There are men working today In their offices soree and houses when they slloul 1 be here partaking of the Sacrament fJ ftl nourishing their I spiritual life There are men deeply engrossed in the things of this world making idols of that which perlshetb when God has raid Thou halt worship the Lordihy God and Him only shalt thoueervc r Still I do not believe that these are the actions or feelings of the main body of the Latterday Saint I bilievothatwithaJlonrultaaBd wtakneeses weare trying to serve God and that there is a saving clement cle-ment In tie mUst of this people who have in their hearts firstly the spiritual and who place the temporal tempo-ral where bnlongsaiwaya secondary second-ary and who seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness We have only to gaze upon our Saviors example to tee what Is required at our bands We believe that society hereafter will be graded and clarified Just as H is here and yet not as it Is here There the rich will not reign over the poor because of wealth the Wealth of this world There tie powerful will not oppress the weak Uitre a man will not be considered greatest bccaun he tramples on his fellow and rides rampant over I their rights and liberties Bigness will not be cstecmadgreatnets in the Kingdom of Heaven and as for ty ranny and Injustice I fraud and g rlu rdtll wrong they will never enter there But there are degrees of glory to be Inherited by us all according to our works I pray that God may give us the Spirit and desire to hater for the Celestial Kingdom that we may thine as the sun of noonday that we may ascend to the uppermost realms to dwell among the most perfect the most pure the most righteous and fall nothing below The choir sang the anthem 0 Give Thaaks after which the con gregatlouwere Invited to u nlte wIUi the choir in singing the Doxology Elder Henry P Richards pronounced pro-nounced the benediction |