OCR Text |
Show SUNDAY SKIN II hS. Llilrn ('. W. l'f nroin and II, (nniion tho Spcalcri attliaTabrrmcIa Icilcrdoy .tftcrnooti. Hellgloui lervlcea wcra held In tha TnUruicIe,Balt Lskot'lly, Sunday, April .tOlh, 189.1, i:Uer Angui M. Cannon, preildent of tho Htake, pro ilillng. Tho choir sang tbu hymn: "Elrth with bar ten th ui.sml Hewsr, Air, with all Its beson. and sosn." Prayer by I'.ldcr John I), T. McAllister. Mc-Allister. Hinging by tho choir: "Again wo meet aroun 1 tin. liosrj Of Jeina,onrrod4mliiKlrd ' Tbo l'rleslliood of tho Thirteenth Wordollli'laloJ 111 ndinlnlsterln tho BacramsnU II.DLH CltAHLIS M, I NHU3K addnesed thu meeting lie sild ho felt the great rosionilblllty devolving upon him at tills tttnu in lelug called toipcaktotbo largo congregation of people thi roassemhlod. In whatuvcr be might my ho doslrul t) bo guided bythoBpltltof tho Lor!. It Is not customary for the l.IJirs of this Church tn prrparo sermons bo'orrhaud lo ilellvir to thu people, nlthougli wo aru told In thu revelations loacijulre learning from all good books, and coutend for tho faith once delivered deliver-ed to the Ualuts. 1'allh la one of the greatest gifts of do I toman, Without faith wo aru Milt I. impossible to plcaioJIIm. It wasthelaltti mentioned lu thu It Ita chapter of Hebrews that prompted tho joung boy, Jeieph Buillb, to go and aik thu Lord which of all (ho religions was true. Much rollgloui excitement prevailed In tho nelgbbjthood where this youth IlvoJ, and the cry of "lot bore, and lot thero tiClitlnl" wunuch ns to coum hlmgrrnt alarm nnd anxiety rigurdlng his soul's salvstton. Whllo pondering over tills tie camu across a paesago In the New Tritainent that gavo him great hopu. Hu was reading IhuKplstlti of James, lit chater, beginning be-ginning at the Mil vine, wherein it la recorded: "If any of you lack for wisdom let lit 111 aix of Cod, that 6 1 ret h to all men liberally and upbraldetli nut, and It shall be given him." Thus thu boy 1'rophit wai led by reading this auage to go direct lo thu Lord, and in aniwer lo tils prayer tha Father aud thu Bon appeared to him. Having Implicit faith lu the promlsisof Uod, uuwintto Him and received of Hit grace. Additional revelations nud manifestations ware given to Ihu l'rophotfroui tluio to time, each mtstanger dellterlug thu keys, power and authority ponceed by him iu theagcsandillsirnsnlloniin which tbey lliod upon tbotarlli, Tnutloipol restored In this day by the powerof Uod Is the linn Uospel us enjoyed by Ihu une'ent Baluts. This Is the UoHiItht Jeiui Chrlit and Hit Apoitlestaught lu their day and time. Tula is "thu filth oncu nt)reit to tbo Baluts;" It is thu old Uoipel revived again, with all Its gilts and bleating!. Clad ha been morcllul to Ihepeoploof this ?e. Wo lmv received re-ceived thu glad menage aud rejoice greatly therein. TheLattsr-JaySalnta are a (JoJ. fearing (eople, u prayerful people, aud are tnleavorlug to llvu up 10 uvery rnjulrcnieut of tnu Oosf. They hellove in a Ood who hears and answers prayert; that Hu Is a personal Ood. They know that Ifo Is near at hand and not afir oil si some say. They bellevo In all the gilts unoyed by th pilrul'lve Church lu the gifts of faith, wisdom aud prophecy; in fact, In all the blessings possessed by Hi u icople of God In overy age when 1I had u people on the unrth. Our faith Is Inat spoken of in the scriptures aud is committed once moru to thu earth that thu believers thereof maybe of one filth and one mind, ns (lod lus commanded Ills people to bo. The world being full of strife and contention, conten-tion, as It Is today averywhiro in Christendom, Uod revealed anew Ills Uoipel, as formerly, when lie coin-rnuulcated coin-rnuulcated with His people by Ills own voice direct, or through lilt rrophets nnd Inspired meu raised by Him for this turpese. Not many lenple lu any ago have received tho won of Uod. Very few of the Inhabitants of the earth today have received Ihu glad tldlnga of great Joy. Many there are, no doubt, who Ullevo thu gosiiel taught by tbu Latter, day Balnta, which la tho truu gospel, but for fear of being persecuted or having their names cist out ns uvll they luu not received thu truth. Thu goil preached by our lildira will save and rt-dem all mun lu the presence pre-sence ot Uod If they will but ncilvu aud obey It. Tho cnolr sang Ihe antbomi Ilurinia," and alio the hjmn: Ths Spirit of 1.0 1 lus s ore 14 linrnloa, 1 h Liter daj 11 irjr beglna 10 cumo luith. Thecoiigligallou Joined lu singing tho hyiuu. TbeHacramsnt having been admin. Iittrtd, Thech ir sang the anthomt llsiitluiili." ILDI'lt AIIIIAIIAM 11. CANNON then addrutied thu cougregatlou. It la doultlei knon tu the Ltlter-day Saints, ho said, that President Wllford Wood tull his been ill for some time pail, owing to the great strain upon him during the dodloitlou of thu Bait Laku Temple. Ha Is today feeling ullo feeble, and hu desires thu Halnts to cxirclso their faith and oiler up their pro J in lu Ills belull. Tbu deling txlits, in somu quarters a hii'f, that l'reildent Wnooruil's work is now completed became of the dedication dedi-cation of toe Bait Laku Temple, hu having ixpreuod a gnat ileslru to so many, 011 Ulllerout occasions, tu bo present ul luoio crreinoulek, Tncro Is 110 reason, however, why lili i(u should not bo prolonged for many years lo oome, that tbu Latlei-day Baluts might bu blessed, as they have been lu tbu past.lbtough Ills coiiuirlinud gnat exterler.ee. iborofdre tho tl alr la Ihn' (hu Latter day Halnts 11101111! tail, If nice wiry, and exerclm their fait It nun oiler up their prayer, c mtlnuali y tint lie maybe l anil until be hai uccompllslu-d all that Uod designs him In do herein thn llcsh. In ollerlng the l.sntdlctlnn it Is hoped theBslntn will center thilr faith on this objeot and unllo their prayers for Ills recov-ery. recov-ery. Kldcr Abraham It, Cannon then pronounced the benediction. |