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Show 3.""""""""""H1 SCXDAY SERVICES. Religious services were held at the Tabernacle, Bait Lako City, Sunday, July 2?th, 1S9J, ccmrneuc-IpS ccmrneuc-IpS at 2 Jv. m., Cotlnvlor Charles V. Penrose presldlhr .h.tlioc''ral tcisfegation tang the hymn commencing: The time Is far spent-lucre is little re saining; To i ntui h jlsd tiiSinra by tea ana by Lud. Trayer by Elder Wm. L. Binder. Tiie choir Bang: How awed communion la on earth WMh tbote who'se realue i the birth. Tho Priesthood pf the Tenth 'anl o&clatrd 'a ls 'pdmin!tra-Ucn 'pdmin!tra-Ucn of the Sacrament. U.UER ORSON A. WOOLUn was called to aJdresi tlie congregation. congrega-tion. Hesaid the Latter-dny SalnU were engaged In the -vrirk of Ood in the rctlee3llnB or the human family. The religion of Jesus Chri't was a practical religion a religion which called far nlliati In our everyday lite, a religion that hauht lullueiio) all our doings. Whatever ojr px.ocatiou mtjhl be, tve shocili' it all limes be able to ask r Weahig of our Heavenly i'athtr upon all we do. It was onlv tlirouch obedience to Uie principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we could be saved and exalted in the celestial kingdom. We forgot the great promises which the Lonlhadmadeiousasa people in LhercvelaUous which he had given unto us from time to time. It seemed to him tliat we lacked faith in those promises, or that we did not desire to obtain them. Tlie speaker ex-hortfcd ex-hortfcd his iirarvm to juty rtrl-t obedience to Uio Word of Wisdom, and said that the Latter-day Saints werc-,m3ged In the work of God, wblcttfcad becu estalluhed for the last time, .nevcriiiofe lo Ic taken from the ecrtli or given to another people. msnor cikson t, wjhtm-i next fjs)ke. Iu the course of his remarks he said that among the first things told to the Piophet Joseph SmiUi by the angel of Uod in rela tion to Ulis work of the last days was that the Iord was about to commence In the earth a marvelous workanl a wouler, before which the wWom of the wle should i-erih and the understanding ot the prudent pru-dent should 1-e hid. Tlie angel quoted these words from cu ancient prophet, who had spoken them con- cernlng the great work which the laord jwriioscd to (perform in these days. When Joseph Smith went out into the woods to pray on that spring morning in the year 1820, and the Father and Uie Son dt-sceuded dt-sceuded from Heaven in a cloud of glory, according to hi testimony, nud opened this dispensation upon the world, that marvelous work and wonder was begun. It ci uld scarcely have been commenced com-menced in any more marvelous manner, and it is no wonder that Joseph Smith looking at things naturally u asdecmed nu audacious impo-tar or a madman, when at the ae of fourteen he declared; that God as a ni in had appeared and spoken to him, nud that, too, in the midst of a generation which had decided de-cided for itself that the heavens were closed, Uiat God no longer commuulcated with man, and that God Himself wasa Beingof such rt character that it would be difficult Indeed for Him tj so communicate in such a manner that man con! I understand Him. For at that time it was taught, as it Is taught nou by many sects, Uiat God was a Being without body, parts or passions pas-sions a spirit universally dilHi ed, but t 1th no lmrsonalltv. The s.eakcr next nftrrcd to the vi'it of the angel Moroni to the Prophet Joseph and to the subsequent subse-quent visitations of Johuthe itip-list, itip-list, and of Peter, James and John the conferring of the Aaronic and Melchiscdtk priesthoods upon the Prophet and Oliver Cowdery and thuvvork U'ey were commissioned by heaven to go forth and perform. -Mine came forward, ho said listened listen-ed to the Gopel which was proclaimed pro-claimed to tlitm. and received the blessings of God, while the great mass of the feople, as was the case today, stood aloof and regarded the claims of the Prophet and his confreres with cold coutemiit, o- cured ujwn them hot and hostile criticism Tens of thousands can today, hoa-cver, do clare that "Mormonism," as it is called, is divine, that it is Indeed the "marvelous work and wonder" which God promised ages ago that He would bring to pass iu these latter lat-ter days. The time has gone by if It ever was when men can say witli nnj show of reason that Uie liltei-Jay Saints are deceived and led astray by designing and scheming men. Ihe secret of the unity of tills topic, to-pic, of the emphasis ami .iurantu with which they claim these thiugs to be true, is that each man and woman lias received a testimony lor himself or herself Xorarethey cxclusiveln thelrfeellngsand views, for they turn with an ojen and generous hand to the people of the whole w orld and "ay, "If von will follow in the samopath and obey the same principles, you, too, may receive the same testimony " Some people say , "It Is presumptuous presump-tuous for y ou Mormons to claim that you can see more clearly than w e can, and that your rwiUon is the afe one." It may seem presump tuoua to tbem Joseph Smith's claim appeared presumptuous; but we can only say, In reply, "If jou will have faith enough in God to put these things toUielestforyour selves, and investigate them on their merits, you shall know as we do, tliat they arc tiue, and that what you call rresum-Uon, rresum-Uon, impudence, conceit, and, self-sufficiency is only Uiat natural zeal and dclre for your welfare which any child of God ought to feel and does feel for his fillow creatures who are in danger and need help. The natural man is an enemy of God. When we look at things naturally it means doubt, darkness and despair, but when we look at them spiritually it i light, hope, assurance. It is tht; prediction in our hearts of glory, triumph and overtiting life. We must not look down, w e must not take an earthly view of things. If we do wo will doubt every thing,unUl by e and bye we will doubt our very existence. The Greek philosophers vveut so fat as to do this, spoke of Uiings which were happening around them as things which seemed to be, and ecu Id not make any troitlvc assertion. asser-tion. 1 1 is Ibe spirit of this w orld w lilch causes men to doubt and deride spiritual things. Tbey who doubt that Joseph SmlUi'rccelveil visitation visita-tion from the Father and the Son. from the angels Peter, James and John; who doubt that he looked upon Uie glory of Uie celestial, terrestrial ter-restrial and telesUal worlds, the eternal destiny of all God's creatures who ate to be saved Iu varlaus degrees de-grees of glory, according to their works they who doubt tlioe thing, be they Saints or sinners, Geutilcs or Jews, are enshrouled by- the spirit of this world, which leads to darkness and despair. The reaton why there is so much dirkuep and dl-trurt in relation to spiritual things to some extent among us Latter-day Latter-day Saints so that w e instinctively doubt a thing for the reason that itisa little marvelous, is because that other prediction of Uie Prophet is being fulfilled, "Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the minis cf the people. But concerning con-cerning Zion he said, "Tbo I-ord shall arle upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee, and the Gentiles shall coaio to thy light and kings to the brightness of Uprising." Up-rising." Latter-day Saints, let us not doubt, but believe with nil our souls. Doubts are traitors; they never accomplish ac-complish anything. It is the msu and wom.n who have believed that have turned this world from Uie lie-ginnlng. lie-ginnlng. Tboy are the steam and the electricity of th human race those n ho !e-Ileve !e-Ileve and have Uie courasre of their convicUons, uo matter" tjou HnHHHHalLSSSaHs I they may be derided, denounced and despised flrho "Sflow- for themselves them-selves and luvo Uie coursgo to pracUce what Ciey know, and whose hearts rue llllei with a desire lo i! luhtiue and save the souIe of others Let Us Keep thl tire burning wliUra 0ad ha kludi-vl !ri cH'r rWrt JV "frj; Rise njr U dottlrt. Hold oh to the Iron rod. Believe in God, believe be-lieve in Joep& Smith, believe in our living PrcrheUand Apostles. Accept miracle?, revelations and all. Let the Gentiles laugh and mock as they may, it h not your place to Imitate tbem. Keep ycuir lam's trimmed and lairulng, for In such an bourns ye think not the Son of man comcUi tho greau-t marvil cf till. i The choir mug atl snl.h-ni, "Tho Eon- orthcatsJees-irxJ ' The closing j ny cr was oflerud by Patriarch John Smith. |