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Show MMIAV SrilVllKS. ''fll Chirr John Mcliulaon SptaVt ot Ilia j5H liprrlencr liroail. ill Itellgloui ecrvlct a wero held at the K H Tabernacle, Halt Uae City, Hunday, ! Helcmbcrl1, 1801, commencing at 2 H p. m, 1'reililcnt Angui 31, C'auuon H lieeMliig. The choir ang: V teaoel iby leallaia B l'r)erwi olTrieU byllliler II. P. 'H The choir aangi I HR9 llailuiMtfizbinMiet 7Maailalmorili( I StH Tlio Prleethooet of the Twentieth I T H ward oniclatej In the aJmluUtratlou " H ortbeHacramenk Hp ri nru jomn .vitnui.w HI' addrre-ed Hie congregation. Follow- B Ing la a brief eynopalt ot Ida dlacourae. Ml It fall lu my lot londJrtaa tho largo mm aaae ml ly convene,! In thla Iiouae to engage lu the worrhlp of (led. I (JI Ucilre the faith and prayrri of thoae nil ireaent that I niayl4ikln unlaon ali wllh the Hjlrlt uf Clod. It la a little J over three moiitlia alncn I had the MK 1 rlvlli go of incetlng win, ihe Maintain i?P1 thla Lulling bavlugjuitretiiriiid from SmV avliitluilreat llrlinin, Itlicutloni Hl ary lor l-.Mrra who have liceu abroaJ rljm ou rilurnhig lo give an acc-junt cf , UB their ei-rleuceai In llm world. t (f' Oneul iheoljecl that look me abroi 1 wa lo obtain genealogical Information. H that would enable me to do n work i MB laming to the pilvutlon i f my rogenl- tor. The Journey uf the i-arty with whom I traveled nt rrlalid wna without rieclallntcreat, with one exception. Bm Oil Hie way to New Yulk we ilayrd a BH abort time nt Kauaai City, whh h la HM oulynihort illilancu from a iit of ' hlatnrlc Inlireat to Ihe Latter-day .i Halnta. Wo look occa-loil tu vlalt II, VHaV I eieak ol Iiidei-tudencr. Jackaoli I BB1 county, Mlawurl. In that tuwn I HM altuated the ai-ot of ground which waa 1 l.iluled.utty Hie linger of revilatlon na n place on which a holy temple li to Ui e ruled lu Hie uuo time ol the Idjrd. , 1 he,n-rvanU of t Jil, in acconUnca H nltlidlvlne commandment, dedicated tho ground for lhat aacred Jrioee, J riieiimple lot, which uccuple nu 1 elevate.1 imltlon lu a lively region, , wne.wlien wovl.lted It.rnverrd with I luxuriant graaa, au la number of tra, Tin re 1 nn It a amall wooden ilructure, HL rrrctial by meet known aa the lied- HHf llcklti The ille of thermal temple , or thefulilro uccuple an elevated .-a. lion nnd cuminanda a magnlfle-rnt view H or region ot ruiinlryorgreatleauty. HHj TliMe ere wuudeat hllla coveml Willi M thrllty irerr, while the gma.y alon.i HH nre clothed w llli rich verdure, relieved by Intel) fluweri. Al we alood nu thn lacred !t we could In lm- nglnatlonatleaat, nn the noble itrui H ture uf the future lu all lu mag- HJ iilltcencr. with lu promlaed illlar ! uf cloud ly day and pillar of fire by iilthl, while from llm H centre of lieaveuly Intelligence light HB wiaill radiate lo Illumine the HH whole earlh, when "Ihe law ahall go , BH forth ftom Ion and the woid of ''fBT the Iirl from Jeruaalem." The KHJ realization of them hopei, a theme of HHf prnjlieay, will, we anticipate, conio fi w Inu tho neceaaary workof prepara & lion la completed. We wero more lu HH lvrelelluihat eacred themo lcauo H we we re un a mlaaluii ou lhalf of our HHf fonfathei. A iiurailou, that haa lieen ,HH agitating the rellgloui world for iimu lime i f lale waa aolved by the I'roj het j Joaepli Hnilth oter fifty yrara ago. ilaw Thl U Hie ihi.-atlon to which I refer. IW1 la there a ihance of aalra. jM Hon fur the diaJ alter thla life? I ! IilbereanopiMrtunll) fur the count- lH leM million who have paurd to the 'HP bryoud who have no op-oitunlly to Kj earryoutthe command of Jcau lu HI thoinortaliilieri?" I do iiolray that Hi Jcwr JiHmlUi originate I the theory of H' miration lor the d.al That a work la 4H to be performed lu ht half of the dead H ua weil a the lltlug I revealed by the H . Hirlluiea. the aervanU nf (led gu ' SI ill alrtad and iruclalm the CJoai!. A p If r.iW reielvu the menage, have faith lu i " t lirlat and bU atonement, reent of , J IV thelralna, nrulapUzeJ by Humeral Hi i Ml jM for the leml-eluu nf them nud have ,1 , , . Iiauda laid iiu their bead that unlu it 'I D Hum may brlm-urledlhelloly Clhoii. ill, ' Hut Iho mnjorlly reject the revealed 1 H rhomno plan of rcJeni lion la ear '; i, H lied to II o Irlla of Ihoau who have '! JM UIe.1 without Akuowlrdge of II. The ', Ml aaaVer here ejuotnl from Hie lint I !H eilatlenf I'eter, 3d clnUr, loth verae, I I ame eplatle, 4th ebateratidi Hi verie. t : Alu rlrat Cur. I3tb ehater. ebowlng J H) that the Cloiel waa preached lode- I r Hi larled i IrlU and that the ot Ire I of . J jB thla Ulr waa to li ad them to reforroa I I Hi Hun; alo lhat ordlnancia were r Hl formed by the llvliu; lu Ulialfof the I ( OiaJ I tcrypartohheaoallilug HI rim ntlal to alvatlou. tho Lattur-day ' HI HalnU are engaged Iu a.rformlug a ! ; Hi vlcarl u w ork for tbelr progenitor.. H l'or thl reaaon they build temple lu M which theau holy rltci nre jierlurmed, ' HI nud trnt e rie eu nud Uud to obuiu the Hai lieceaeary data tu enable them Hi tu irforui thla labor Intelligent. $ Hai ly. ThU la, na wu uudcralnud HT II, tu fulfllnieilt ol the redlctlon , I HI, ol the 1'ionhet 3talncbl through whom ' i H Ihe lirildeclareil that before the great , H and ilrenlful day of the lArdihoulI I 9 HP come He would lend 1 lljah the $ v l'rophttluluriilheliearlaof Hie chll- V a driu lu the fatheta and the heart of "" J2H the father to the children, let Ho (SMt caiine and imltu the eiith with acuiae. r 'flH I lljah earno to Jo-vh Hmlth and ', Hk Oliver Cowdery,lu the I elllple creeled I I b H by the HalnU In KlrtUnd.nnloou- ? HI ferrediia)n thenitbekeyaundauthorl- n H ty lo un aud cutiducl the latter-day ' iu dlaiuallon lu Ihe dead, and unite lu J I VI uue cuiumon loud Hie hiirelilnthu j fiM I hyMcal and-l Irltllkl aphere. l.ldrr JPalaVtl Mihol.ou then iruceeded to ibow that "M kiiUtllullon one intelligent I ilug rep- Hf iiwentlng anJaitlngl r another ler- eam uieated tlie whole plan uf Chrlillaully, j Hi It wu ludieilthetaulaof tbeiyatem, II H Cbriat having died lu behalf of All I 1 mankind. I A, I The tpeaker laid he bid elalsrated J 1 (HIG upon tho thelnuot n plication of the 1 , Hal (loael tu thu condition uf thedtud I I' more Ihnu he Inteuded, but It wa ' I Hhi aaaoclated with the late vlalt lu the I HH! old world TliuBalnta would rhaw i il IHm: lelntoreatcd In IcArulug toniethliig i H, concerning the etudltlcii it the ml- . : HM iluiiury Held In (treat llrltalu. A I ' I jHA firmei ixerliniu ot alx yenralnthe ( , rt Hl uilulalry reudcredll caay to cotniitre f I aB liWa ?i "' elluatlon of the pait with the iljf M ptm nt, eapeclally n ojoorluiilty Hju- Ff wm nlreo, by annulment of Hi tut H Anoelle llrlnliam young, to Tl.lt fliOiBL 5 the field tlurlnir. the reiont ojiurn MWrmtSs In J.ngland. Among Ilia part nraf! whereoonferenceawere attended were HKHi'C Ulrralngliam, Nawcaatle dlilrlcl, IKaWJ Mine hi ttir dlatrlct ami Iiomlon. Tim jBlTliT 1 number, of the Church hml ureelly H"Ili-8 dwindle!, th oil memoere Having HHWRl! emlta(eil anil there brln( rorn.m HJlffSr llTrly few addllUine. 0n lr tri ch- mrmXX lott wne not conducted tu any eilent, H WSm Trieicopleelltiiraaa.unirl threaten. !? Inir Ktllluiln or wereciildlylnltrftreiit Ht j!WS t "' meeeaeo of tho Jo.tl. Latent vJH on .ome rcial occailon, euch a. con-HI con-HI fz ference, pi o le naee no hitd tnlnelu-Hkw tnlnelu-Hkw Hone to attend mcellnKa held In halla. Hi JIM When they IM drop In they jenerally HI 9EJ neeer relumed, lite exception, lo thla I )Jt rule lelni( few. In ooiiaiiUnre th Hi "ffi J.llere wne moitly driven to the Hi ,.fH only recourao lelt ilellterliu trade Hi!' 'II from dm r to door. They wolllldelleer Hi t antral many hundred, wltlioulliatlnn I J auoiporliinllyofconirirainit nllh the I, tjB people, many of whom tnetcd them I 'j ineolttitly anJ elanililf I Ilia ilooli In Hi '3,1 tlulr fte. Vet lli brethren ket K,X,n I ravely nn.dolua. what they conceHcd HRfJil tol lhalf d"W ln ohwrnlne thin p;3M ruiidltlaii II lia bean n qucetlon a to Hulll whethcrthe ration I. not now In lha mSBmil poaltlon 6f hating Hertol the UrJl fJStrtin "'I nrerana It la WllaYe.1 that It MtrwM take, lateral l.ld.re one year to make HtS ona convert, lint a fee of tho M tiara. UMfitX reported lln( thoeo of children HHiR "ho have Jual readied lha SBlal jeara of accountability or of peoile fln who hare been formerly connected HR'H with tha Church. 1'nforlunalely no HHTiW detailed renin! haa In Ilia t len M M kept nf lha lalnre of 1 Men formerly Hhiei In lha Held an I their .uciwanr. no irate! ""' '''a eanin rtrouud. In many In- , HjM itaiici with barren remit. It ai Kr 'SiHNB llkeptnwlnir, harrowln ami lantliii( M5f,E farm for a lonit rlo.i, wllh litllaur liff'ff tin crop an a return for the lalmr ei- fKda landed. Tha Prielilenl of lha Mia lB elon,AiliIHIelieni Vounir,remarkel liR M to tha eiaker Ihat ho could keep up Iml M tha work If tha bielhren at homo hi Hr -i 31 Ueelre.1, but If they wlahed lilin to KO 1 I! mar the Held and clow It up ha ! K j-3 llt.ti-1 ha twill I do It In about ona year, F'9?, A Rnoil work libelneilona In rettlfy. K Ifm lilt tha Church recorda In (Ircat lliit. HMtli ) Tlilawiu mala ncrry by lh Hn& i! frt 'n' "", name of many pla Kr ;j lit lieen rrpolled who lud ln dead IK foryaara, whlla othera ha I lelt tha MSi f, l hurcli or could not bafmin" I anywhere ; -J alter a diligent aaarch by Ihn fW ,1 l.ldera. Home of the brethren, kXj ! tttlnKthat addllloiia to tha Clittrrh HM v. ' ? wro acarc now ronirci HBii 1 with lhoamad In firmer year", were ll il Mkln; Iheraerleia Ilia iiietlon ae In H, el whether lha fault lay In llirm l.bler LHMlr V Mcholatn etaled. however, thlt, a a HI Vi whole, lha mMotiarlri now Ititha H fl field were a nnbla Ualy of men. They f d1! wera whole muled In tha woik, 0rat I .,1 , nl Intelligently and wera nceeiliiutly I ' jll Inilunllloua. They are rutin tha St. ? world. Thero la a ratelallon, howeter, f Willi h eaya Ihat when thoeeaent nut HaD) w"u lha dlTlna tllrmiea RO In a HVI !' ! Willi It and ho reject thtm, they arc Hi S not to KO attain to ihat man, and Ihat iaSaSi Vi the iaina roceea of wnrnlnir. proe I nit, and, when releclnl, ntririlliiir appllea aleu to Yllletrea anil cltlea, When title la done thay are to lay tha matter Morn the lioril In the way irrtcrlbeilanil learalheiuljntlu Ilia l'.lder Nlcholaou made aomo remarka about the vjeat ad Tancament made by the mother riitintry In thu matter of Inteltottual detelo ident, while there wa a data deuce of human aympathy and of nnrallly. He bore Icatlmony to the truth of Ilia (loaiial and axpreaMal him aelftothoirlrit Uiat Ilia op reclallou ' i4 of the home and aaaocfatloua of the Hal' M Halutaliadbrealncrcaeadliy hla vlalt HI i j abroad. HB 1 The choir aanir the anthem HIli j ' M(JaUirrail aaiala. Hlk. ' I lleneilklloti by Patriarch John HHp 'l Hrnltlt. |