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Show 8UXDAY SKRVIlfA Itdtr II. It. Ilobrrla on tba Second (.omlng of Ilia Mnilati. lU-llgloiia tervlce. were held at the Talwrniclc, Halt Idke City, Munday, May Srd, Isill, commencing at Sp m , I'reel dent Angua M. (Jnntion priildlng. Tho choir nnl congregation aang tboliytnii comnienclugi Tk. epltll of II.) 1 lik. Are l lnrnl.al Th laiur dar .lory beglna 10 rem rank, 1'rayer wat birerod ly Ulder IMward Bteventon. Tba diolr aang tho hymn! Trerr-rla Iba aoal a ala'er iltalr, I llerad er uaaapnu.4. Tho rrleathood of Hie Klrat Ward ofllclalol lu tbeadmlnlatratloii of the Kacrament. ri iiKn 11. 11 norrim wat called lo a Idrcet to congregation. Ilaaall that among the many act. tie which were iiecullarly Hrlklmj lu the carter of the lord Je.ua Chrlat there wuaone which alwnyaniaduaneapeclal Impre-ralon uivn lila mlud. Thoiii-Krillouof Thoiii-Krillouof II waa recorded In Hit flmt lliaiterof tha Alt l,f the Apttl, from whlchlieroOMHl totea). llm curred tomu fnrly ilj 1 aft r Jeau. had 1W11 from the diad, durliiir which time, we were Informed, Ho hail been Inching Ilia ill-tlb of IIiIdim concerning the Kingdom rf heaven. Tbwnrdathoromluaioii of Ihat viry lniirtant era In 111 mliilatry, Ho gathereil thoae who belleveil on illm upon the .Mount of Ollvca, and they put to Minion that nccaalon thlt queatlon. "Will Thou nt till time rtaloro again the klngilom unto laraelt" To thla Jeau rcj liedi Illanntfiryniiio know lha time, or be entaon., whleti Uie t atber halli put In llloern power. Iluty ah.ll riwclra ixiwer, .liar that Iba Holy (lho.ll. come upon ynui and JoatialltM ailnpiHiH unlo me both In eruaalem, an I In all Judei, aul In hamarla, and unto llie uliannoat mrl of the earth. An I when lie bad er,ken theolblnff., wbllo they 11.1.1,1, I la wa. t.ki n upi an I a cloud rc-elred Illm out or llielr elgrit. An I nlillt tbov looked uwl'.i-llr lawanl heaven . lie went up. beholll twn men aloud by them In while apiMreh Hhlrh aUo ti. men of Oalllee, wb) aland V0 (razing up Into hiven qiifa Mine Jeau. whlrb la taken upfront you into heaven ah-ill o eonie In Ilka miiinera. ye li.ra aeon Illm b-i Iuio ln.vm.-Artal,7-ll.) It eeemed to him tbit among nil the prumlte. w lilrh tha lord had male unto thoee who believe In III name, there wa. not onu capxble of Klvlu t more comfort or more aatiatactlon to tba UhrUllan than Ihla. Itwaalookel u-7n a a glorlou. hope among tho privileged Haluta; ntid ha Mleved It waaaouvenjttaiiioiutlioae who hal Iniillilt faltli and confideiicu In the pmrnlaeaof llod. from time to time tn-Clirlittan m-tlon. m-tlon. thl. que-tiou of Hie r-fum of Ilia Mir.lah wa. aidlateil. rimiaweroHt for the ev, nt to occur. They ha I beeu In the paat. Ha ui by tha liowiila of Lit evening Ihat they were in tho invent; and he 1 returned that In the future other, wuui I arlao who woul I undirtaketo fix HieU.tuuf that great eveiitnotwllbatalidliig the fact that the lonl Jeau L'lirjat liailared thai It waa not for men to know tho lime, nor tha eeaaona, which Hod bad rererved unto HluiMdf, and which He woulj only reveal at HI. own good Hen-ute. Itut arl from any toiialJerallon of the lime when or the il-.ee where thl event waa In occur, ha U lleveu It to l the moat gl irlou hoe that Hie Dirla-tlali Dirla-tlali hal that lha lionl Jeau Ohrl.l, whooncumlubtered among men Inttia rle.li, would return to Ilia earth and blraalta-falu with HI pretence. Ha took It that no truth, no romlae, waaao frequently alluJod to In th wrlUng. or the Inatlred Apoatletat Ihla .uiilect of tha Mralali'a riturn, 1'artlcularly waa till, lha cum In the writing of tha Aio.Ha I'aul. In wilting wilt-ing to the Huliit. of Theaulonla he uaeil (hlalaligtliigtl lor If wa Iwlleiothtt Je aua did an 1 roae again, ei en u them alto which alei 11 In Jeau. will (lod bring Willi Mill. I or nil we aa) unto on br ilia word of Hie Imrd, that we which ale allv. an I remain unto the coining of the lirdkhall njt preient theni -vblaU.ra a.teep. Tor the !,ord hlrnaelr .ball tlaacoud fiom beaieu Willi a ahoul, with the voleo of Hie errtuntel. an I with the Iruinu nfllmll all I Hie dead In Vhrlal ahull rl.e II nt. Ihen wo whtcb arenllve.nl remain aball be cattcbt Ui Ingeihor with tluin In the rloill-.to meet the Inl In tbo atn aul ao ahall we tier lie with the Uird -(Iheual inlau Iv, It IM Now, l'aul tsmetlme. u-ed tha rile, of the churchea, and aald to Hum lu thecouraoof Ida Inatructlons "I give thla aa my Judgment." lie wat bonett enough to do that when not certain thai he waa prompted ly thu Inspiration Inspira-tion ot the Holy (Jhoet. Hut lu thla Inatauce ha vmi ha'lcally aald that what he now wrote waa "oy tho word of theliOrd." We might continue to nnd aiago after paasugo which emj hallcally eat fortli that the Iiord Jeaua Uhrlat woul I return to the earth, Wo gath- ml, loo, one other fai t from tht, reading read-ing of Iheae nut ,auagee that Ha would coma bi rewarlhle Halnta, lo Inaugurate, iloublliaa, the riwurreclloii from Hin dtad, and to nil,h the un-go'lly. un-go'lly. Thla ua. In hnrmony with what Jeaua Hlniaelt .all oven prtvloila to Ilia crilllrlxloii, when He declare! Hint Hin Inhabitant, of tha 1 arlh tliould "aeo tho Hou of Man coming In Ilia clouda of hi liven, to rtward evi ry mill nicordlng to lila work.,"aurroiiudod br Iheglor) oflll. rathir. Thraa Iwo trulht, then, he would have tho congregation ll.lliiclly remember that tho Ixinl Ji u. Clirl.l woul I inuie, and that Ho W011IJ1011111 to lulgmrnt. 1 run II10 language of Paulto II10 rhiiuloiilau.. It woul I atom that he expectel HI. Immediate coming Hint ho lull Itun to the Hlnt. In thoao ila). a. .oinu-thing .oinu-thing to which they might Ionic forward for-ward within tho fmmedlato future, itifirrliii tliereto ho aald to them, ' lliOMiolua who remain to aeo HI coming ahall bu caught up" a. If Hie uieut might poaaihly haiiptn with In the IIMIme of that gtntrjllon. He iriaumrd thit Paul wat Ml o euough lu Hie lliliigi of (11 to know when ho aald that no mm knew the day nor tho hour if CluM'a coming, thit ho dilnit aetk to groM Into tho fiituro an I penetrate pene-trate Hie deilgnanud urt- . of Hi I MhlililLln Ilia wlidomlulobtouriil nud wlthhel I from tho ohtl in 1 f men, but whllo Paul lliu iku w tho diy nor the hour tout bail been ait fur Unit glorloui ani- inn.-, ho did know that 83inu very Imioruut it int. would Iran.plre heforohan I. W hit one uf lhowilnirtantthliigawja wn mlglit barn from thla tame tpla'lo to the Tbeataloulan. HjIJ he to lha U' SJr-ji j llZZ3HgH Sow we beeli you, bratbren, br Hie coming of our I,nnl Je.ua Cbrlai, and by our R.lhcrlnr total her unto llim, TtiHl ye l-a not anon .baken In mln 1 1 r llroullvt, oelihrr by aplrll, nor hy wonl, nor by letter a. from ua, a. that the ibir of Lhrlal I. at banJ iMnn m.nileeelreyoii by anylneau.i for that day ahall not come, except there oome a felling away llrat, an I that man of aln bo reiputM, Hie mm of trillt!oni Who fipivMeth and einllilh htmacif atmie all that I. called Ural, or Hint I. worahippclieolhalhoa 0xt altletli in Ibeqemi leoraod, tbowlng blmaelflhat hel.lloil. lleiiiemlier ye not, that, whan I wat) el will, von, 1 told yon llioo thing? An I now ye know what withbnl Irtli Ihat He might 1,o revealed In III. lime. 1 or Iba mystery of Iniquity doth alron lr worki only b who now letteth will lei, nntll he li lakeu nut of ,lbe aar And thn ahall that wlcknt b re rcl,, whom tha Iinl ahall con.ume with tho anlrltnf HI. inotllh, an I ahall d'airo,, with tho brlglnneat of Ilia coming. com-ing. From thl language the eakcr aald ho galhin-d that Paul uuderatood very clearly that nrevlou. to tho fulfilment ful-filment uf Ihla glorlou tirondaa reaivcllng the return of the Mnulih Ihera would exlat a long night of aiolacy, In wbkh Hie jwiweriof dark-lua dark-lua would rrctlve the liomace nnd worship of the chlldrtuof nieujnatead of llie (lod of Hiaveu. He iloubtb-M knew that men wiaill tranigrratthe law. ot tbeUl, that they would changi Ita onllt ini-ea, brwik their covenant, ami kii p unto thoae leachera who woul I tnmarfiy their eir from tho truth. Ho knew tint ilamnabK hcreay would creep Inn the Church, defiling tbu (loajiel of life and salvation. salva-tion. Hence he bore rcnord that thit "ni)leryof Inl pjlly" wlnrli tliould I ring about thla Jeplorabln .lata of atTilra wat woiklng wen In hlallmo. and woull contluuo lo work until finally tbu glory of the (loapel ahould te cormiled by the valntra-dltlona valntra-dltlona of mm He anvr that that powir would I10I I tway until the IorU ahoul I coma and consume It by thu (lory and power of HI coining. Haw, romluled ofahothir thing which waa nlao to occur liefore Hie fulfilment ful-filment of tha gnat iroiulM, of Uhrlat'. second coming. It wat recorded lu the writing, of Mabel, I. "Heboid I will aen.l My tne.acnger.an I be ahall prepare Iho way before Me, an I the Iwnl. whom ye am,, shall aud lonly eomoto Hie temple, eron tho tnoaaoutrer of the covenant, whunya delight lli bell be-ll ! I, bo alinll coin, ealth tho laird of hou." It would nppeir, then, that btforo the I,onl ahould coma a messenger woul I "prere the war before" Illm. He (the saaker) might nave remarked, however, btforo alluding to thltjuit-ler, thltjuit-ler, thatthnOosptlof tho W,t Jc.ua Chrlat, which lial lieiu corruptml througii the great amatacy fon told by tin- Aiostlo Paul, woulj bo restored to the 1 nth again In all lit purity. Wa ha I the assurance of scripture that thl woul 1 be tin cau In tbo hour of our lord's coming to Judgm, nt. In the revelations of Ht. John wn won -old thai, among tba many glo-rloua glo-rloua vlaloua given to Illm on the lain ot I'otnio", he .aw nn angj Dying througli the inlilit of lieivru having tha evrrla.tlug tlosia I tu preach to Ham that dwell unti the earth to overy niUou kindred, tongue an I peoi le, aa) Ing with a loud volio "Tear Uod and glyo glory unto I Hut, for tbo hour of HI. Julginent baa come." Bo here w a proof -Millie that In theliourofXlod'. Judgment, eiery nation, kindred, longuu and .tlii would I without the everlasting Ooa-tiel; Ooa-tiel; or why the neeeaatly of restoring It bi Ihl i-o lo? Heme that wa nn event connected with the time In which tho Bon of (Ijd ahould come again to the pirth. Many biblical student and many commentator un the Holy Wonl maintained Ibat the iridlrlloii of Malachl, which ha bad Juai before read, vaa fulfllled when Jelm tha llapilst camufrum Iho wllderne.. of Judeft priqarlng the way for Iho coining of the Bon of Uod, by preaching Ilia uoo- trlnu of repentance and lua Ham for the remlailon of tlna. Ami truly Jehu waau meaaruger of the Lord,iu waa prei-arlng the way for the Bm of Man's comleg; ho waa a witness for Him, and teatilled that Ihla wo He who ahoul lglva repeutauco and re-nilialoii re-nilialoii of .lu unto the houao of Israel. Notwlthttandlng all that, liow-over, liow-over, Jobu did uot Hull fulfil tha tirm of tha irrdlctlon. I rem Ho won!, which ba (the Siker) ha I quoU el It woull epKar that when the lwrd JetiuUhrittshoul I come, following follow-ing thl metengi r w ho waa lo'q rejJira thu wa'"for Him, It waa going to lie aslrenaly dllllFtilt to abide that day; and the question wa. oaked, "Who aballttaud when Heappearelh?" He would 11 iw I lit thlt queatlotl to III. hearer Wut It illDlcult to abide tha day of the t omlng of tba Lord Jeaua Chrlat when Ha appeared among men lu the lle.li Wa. It dinicult In stand wheu Ha aprarcd then; Well, he thought uot. It seemed to him that the wloketl aud the ungodly lul no (articular dltltculty Inabldlng tbatday orataudlngwheiilleapptared. A. ho remembered It.tliry head Indignltlr. ution tha lonl Jetue Chnat, they rlllculed III. word., hounded Illm from pl.110 to ldaie, sought HI. life, finally ilraggt. Him berore their tribunals, Insulted him, wbl d and lieat Illm, contrary to tho Uw,an I "a. a lamb that It dumb before Ita shearera,"He opened not III mouth In IhOMiIa). After He hal 111 thu Inaulted before Iba Jewlali Hinhetlrlm, tho rabblo dragged Illm tlirougli tha street of Jerusalem to the Jlllgmeuteeatof I'llale, that Ilia sen-tenm sen-tenm ironoiinced upon Illm by tha Hauhedrlni might rici Ivo Hie n proval of tho Itoiuau governor; and when Piute woull have Kt Illm go. the rabble railed their lolce agalutt Illm, dilliJ Illm, nn I said, "Let HI. blood buupou 11 and upon our chlldrtn ufter lit." rben afttr Hie diath-warrant diath-warrant waa signed they ld His (roaauiainlllashoullira Ha bowetl Uueatfi tho weight a Heboro II along, nnl such a. Ilia aflllttloii that thu omen standing upon Iho tlrett wei t mil of iry lty lor lilt tuir.rlnga. Hewn led to the Jito ol execution ami fa-tenet upon tna cruaa between two thiol n, one of whom, Imiwnlteut In hla aull rings, reviled and ihallmu-eil Illm ti the uimlfeaUtloii of Hla liwcr: "You liavo .aved ulliers, titvu in aud wu will b Here " riiu urowd la low continued tu in ick Him nron In Hit nnguhth, the .oilier, pirlel lilt ridmeni, can lot. for Ht. venture, an I, In mockery ah iva the cron wat place 1 tnawnrJa, "rill It the King of Ilia Jo " Wat It dim cult (0 alnn I then: ws It dllllcillllu abl le Ills 1 re-em--; Why, no, Ilut when Ho ahoul 1 coma In ful-lllment ful-lllment it thla prediction, when lie ahoul I Come aa thoao two intwaonilere u ho tonl hy the dlaclplia while they watched the r odlng form of tho Hon of Uod going from tho larth, when Ho should com again lu llku mauuar a. 1 Ho ascended Intheglory of III rather, surrounded liy Hla angel., lo reward Hie rlghteoiia and tu ainlali the ungodly, ungod-ly, then Indeed, tie might abide Ills coming nnd stand when Ha tliould Pear. I timing again to Malachl, brra wa another erent Identified with this Ini-lorlant Ini-lorlant clrcumalanrei tioholJ, I will .en I you Illjah the rpiphrl before tho coining of tho great and drtat tful day of Hit Ir.l. Ami be shall turn the hearla nflbe falheralnlhe .till Iran an I Ilia bwrtof tho chll Ircn to Hialr raihera, leal I como au I ainlte the earth with n eurae. Ilocoullthlnkof no greater day of the lion! Je.ua than that. in tlinlSlh chapter cf Ileielitlons, In deactlMng a vision which ho hail, Ilia AOstt saM. An 1 after these thlngt I saw another angel eoino down from liearen, having great t-iaen and tbo earth wat llghtcnc-l wllh hla glory. And he cried mightily with a alrOng voice, aiylng. Ilabylou Ihe greel la fallen, la fallen, and la leooillo tba hal Itatloll of tlevlla, and the bol I of erery foul aplrlt, an I a cage ofetery uncis.11 aiel batrful bird. ' 1 or all nailoua bale drunk of tbo wine of II a wrath of her iWiilcathm, ant iho klnraof lha enrlhbsvecouinthtl nrtll-catl"ii nrtll-catl"ii wllh her, an I Iho meielianitnf the earth baie waxed rich through tbo abundance of her delicacies. Ani 1 1 eanlanother lolrofeom beavsn, sal tng, ciinio out of her. my people. Hist yebontit lautaktrsof her sins and Hist ye recite in tof her plague. lor her slut have reaahcl unto bcaren, an I (1 mI hath remembered her Inlqultlea. Itawaril her evi n aa she rewarded you, an I double unto her douhte according to berwmk.i In Iho cup which sho bath lllleil.nillolirrdoublo. How much sho bath glorified beraalf, ani lived dcllijou-ly, ao much lorinant and sorrow give ben for she ealth in her hc.ru I ait a queen, nnd am no widow, an I aliatl ate no sorrow. Therefore shall her plsgueaeoitia In ono ilar, death, an I mourning, aul famine! ell I she shall bo ItUerly burned with flrel fr strong Is the f,onl Hod who Judgcth her. Holt woull seem Ihat there were agiln aatoilalctl with Hits Judgment to ho executed upon tho world lha gathering gath-ering together of Uotl'a licople. The 1. ml knew the evil lulluencr. that man's surrounding had upon lilm.nn 1 how extremely dllllcult bu would find It to walk In lilt way. and kctiiHU commandment. The I'hrUtlan world doubllea. toileted to-ileted thoee proiheclea contained In boly writ couci ruing the secon I coming com-ing of CblUl; but ho In.l sometime wondernl whether It bad eipial faith In tho thing, which were a-eoclated therewith, lie feared lint. llo wlalie-l to lanr his testimony to Iba stranger. resent that afternoon In regard to thlt strange ani wonlerful thing which challenged Ihelrrurloelty, and which wa.driltivrly railed "Mor-luonlaiu" "Mor-luonlaiu" whlUiwaaa laughing-stock In the world', conversation, which wa enilr-i laeil of men that It wat Iba result of the fulfilment of some of thoie nventa which were to recede the J-nrd. coming. Thu speaker, hating dwelt I Hefty Uion tbo Inqioitant work irfurmed In our t mi let for Iho deal, remarked that the counted, n Ulwi-cii heaven nntl cnrtli wa still o?ii: lha veil grew Ihlnner and thinner at tho) ram luwml by; the teal In this work, 1 rrequeiilly condemned, wa not Incoming list, but would coiillmiu lo grow anJIncrenee. A gnat ileal waa larlnc dona by tha Wer-diy Bilut In the way of pr paring for the coming of the Hon of Man. therefore bi the stranger now present he would rvy, "Vhen you hrar the Morinona' derided and tfulr faltli ri llculul, when joueceeo-ralled L'hrlallans deny to u an liiherllanceln the House of Uod and tail ua out at btlng unworthy to bear the namo of Christ, tell them Ihat thl for,lr, whatever Hit lr Nulla may lie, whatevi r their falling., they are at lenal, luthtlr wtak way, leaking lo ireiAre for that coming whli h tin y Ullevo moat fervently la nl hand, I ringing truth, 'race, and rlshlcMiin-iawlth It. Let the Latter-day Halnta be cbetrrd by Ihesnrillectloua. lb day and lha hour In which thu Lord Jeau. Chrlat would coma wa a mailer t f perfect In-dlllerenco In-dlllerenco to blur, It wa tnough for him to lo auureil thai come It woul I. Dur part today, tomorrow, nntl kuncefoltli v a 1111 rely to U 1 relatreil and to 1 ri in other. It uatfor him, at lAtlrHlayBalntj, In gather b'gilhtr Hie righteous and I ring them to the vallfja of three mountain, to lio taught lu tho way of the- I,ord and to walk In Hla ways. Ha I Ibey not enough to comfort their heart nuil make Ihem strong? True, the cloud gathered thickly about them at lllilta. Their foe looked formidable, the heaven, setmed now and then un-pro un-pro lllous, and It looked a II the form arrayed agalnat them were sulllcUntto nierthrnw them. Hut they need not fear. Who could doubt while Uod' band waa at Ihe helm? Lttthtru wait a wlillo an! It would be even that truth would triumph, Juatlra would not be defeated. Ho who raid II woul 1 1 Id In the face of (lod. A. one of our modern wrltora had said, "Jus-tlcu "Jus-tlcu Is Immutable, immortal, and In-corrupt!! In-corrupt!! le; and though tba guilty glut should blase, It woul I rise aluva thocraikllngplle, wllh not a downy feather In It. creel ruflted. Thoee v,ll. .'?Vrr,rJ . ,hl "Mormonlam" woul I fall Into decoy and have nothing noth-ing left but It hlatory were doomed to dlaapnoliilmriii. Tlili wa. Ood. woikaud llecouldiuau.gr It, Mlglitthe Lortl bli and help them to grow In peace, In thobnowltdgo of lrulh,nul rotoeveu lo Ihatkeptlo aud mocker that the "Mormon." bad a ,rW ,0 n.P'aco III the christian bouao. hold. Tho sumo rijectnl by thoao would lw Uillder. would yet be known a lha bea I of the corner, Tha choir uug Uiuauthem: alhrllo'JT,c''1,''0,'''',0'l,'u',",l',, Tho benediction w prouounood by lllder W. (J, Dunbar, |
