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Show hi MIU SHIMIrb. Ftilrr lllllard H ne amUpoilla .. II. tamioii at tlit1alriiaclr. ItcllgiouiMrvl rawere hell at the Tabernacle, Hall Lake Clly, Hunday, 1 ebruary 21, ISO.', commencing at 2 p. m , I'retldent Angut M. Cannon I retldlng. Tho choir ung lh hymn lieglnnlngf lliiklll.unl IbtlfameeKrat Tl y aontd for atluulrt ra. I'ri) er wat oflVred lyl.lder Wllltrd Young. The choir next iirg lh hymn: Coma itrareal tnM d.reti I mil datll, lirttltlittill tt la cearr OrtaaL The 1'rlrtthiwl or the Slit Wird oDIclateJ IntheaJialnUtrallonof the Lord'iHutjer. LLiiKintiu aiiu iwvn wat called to addreM the congregation. Hi- tahl the olje t for which lie) aeaeinbled together oil tuch occailoui at the reient at, i rlmarlly, that they might luirtake of the emblcmtof the body and blood of our Redeemer. e had Iceu commanded to do thlt In remembrance re-membrance of lllm, and htnee our mlndt thould te couceutraled ujion thoao holy nnllnancea In which we wero articl mil g There wero many outward tlgut and orJIuancea crtaln-lng crtaln-lng to the Uoepcl or talvatlon which had leeu revealed to ut In thrae daya, but there wta n t one of thote outward orllnaucet lhat did not have nu Inwtnl rrlndflo And tplrlt which vivified aud mule what otherwhu wodllK ucalaiid menoln-lut menoln-lut alive and full of tlgnlfleance. T hit wta (articular!) the caae wllh the ordinandi of tne tacran tnt. There wat a illicit la underlying thlt tlnglo act ol larlaktng of thu I real in rr-iiiemlrtncn rr-iiiemlrtncn or Hie liody aud of the water In rtmtinbtance of the bloolof our ltedeemer, anl In oue of hit eplatlee the Apontlul'aulict forth at tho reaaon why rnauy were tick nn 1 many had UU d among tho jvojle to whom he waa writing, that they ha I partaken of thlt holy ordinance without decerning de-cerning Chrlrt wlthcut dltccrnttg Hll Inaly In ihote emblemt of which theyiartook. It hid teen to Ihrm a drat anl meaning cm form, and the reeult i that Imttal or receiving I lr!atnga they were tho teclilcnti or thu 01 polite. Thctpeakerrefrrrinl to the doctrine known In thu ltomtn Catholic Church at tramuutanllatlon, which miaul, be i ild, lhat when the prlctt t renounced the bleating Ulan the brcailt became Itttnftheactualtiodyof Chlrti; and eo with the wit e, which It wnt l-lleved l-lleved Ucame acluall) Hit blood. Huch ndoclrlnuwot, of courte , without foundation lu fact. They were taught lnlhu(lot4l lo look upcu thrteiin bleuit ai uf h aacrcJ character: but ttlll to regard them only nt embirmt Much Indeed might be laid upon thlt tuijrct; but It waa all tummed up In the thoit declaration that he whoiar-took whoiar-took of Hutu embltmt unnorlblly, Inetrat of eating and drinking talvatlon talva-tlon ate and drank con lemnattoii unto hit own tout. He believed that thlt, in common with all furietc., which Uod had revealed, would be wrought out upon natural tlnclj let 1 I ter Dane ro'orrcd uj varlout other urdinancia In the Church, among thembaplltm for the temlttlonof tint and the laying un of I audi for the gilt ot the Holy Illicit. H believed the inlitake wat made by many who pro fetted (o be Latter day Halutt In thai they deiimled rather upun thu cut ward folia than uiion the Inward irlu clplc. We thoull tee to It tint we reeogulzed tho tplrlt In which thete ordlntncei were performed, eltu we were under condeinnttloii. In our advancement lu knowledge and undartlandlng wo were held lack u a very greet extent ly lulluentea lhat atirround u, and therefore 11 wat not nlwayi pottlt e for ut to undtrttand fully the ii Irltual It llueuce unite! thero wat tonielhtng or a toiuioril nature preeentej to ui whereby we might comprehend, forwe had been told that all tplrltual Ihlugt were made to that tcuiioral thlnet could for the time bclug trrmtnt them. Ihe (lotpel of Chrltt wat ma lu lalu unto all thctu who tought or attempted to t'u ly It. Chrltt wat the One to whom we niuet tool for ourah!tlu, He wat the One who had ccuie be-Iwceiiuiand be-Iwceiiuiand tin, who gave up Hit own llfuln orjerto redeem utfromthe efTecltof thu foil, aud hence Ihenecit ill) for our faith In Him; forby unothcr meant coul 1 we gain tho talvatlon an I exaltation to which wuatplred. Let ut not. then, amid the. inrct aud anxletletof the world, target the duly which weowed touur l.temal hather. Ma) ihuBililUfGudreatuouui,aud lntlreour hideri and all lhou who arultcel beforo ut to Instruct aud edlly ut, uuy Hit Bplrll rctt iintll iienilelii Ihu Church aud uut of It, that thote who have not yet Joined thu fold of Unlet may underttand their poiitlou and l Jed unto Him, and becona heln to the Itrningt which lie. hat r romlied to the faithful AlU-mXAIIIAllAU II.CANNOV wat thu next ataker. In thu couriu of hit reuurkt he inl 1 It woull be a I letted Ihlug for ut If we could I ractlce lu our llvei thu trutht which uod had revealed In Ihe to lott da)t for the ttlvt-Hon ttlvt-Hon of Hit children; but how few Ihure were oven among the beat ol thote who caltel thimaelveti Laller dayHalnti who could approxlruttn to a lifo of jurlty and holluett In Hit light It wnt tald that "many aro tallul, but fow aru choaen," anl our oiperlenie proved tout thu truth of thli Thctu hid been Ihoutandt of lertoiit who hal recelvud the ordlnauceiof lliegoa!il In thli age, and had fdleu away therefrom, It wat ttaled, lulecd, that thu number of thote who hid a.ittatlzrd frum thlt Church tlnce Itt organlzttlou wat t.rtaler tliau thote who were now lu ulu led lu It. 1 hough thlt might t e an exaggerate! itatimeut, yet certain It aat that cry many had turned aieay from thu truth. Hut thlt wat no new thing, fur we real In Ihoacrli turn that een In the daye of Jetui rnauy lott thu faith, lecamu dnrkeued In tin mind, an I the Hplrlt which wot given them through obedleucu to thuurdl naiKctuflliuUotptl wit withlrawn, leaving them lu darknett Of the Aidjitliiwho Iravelel with Jeiut aud iiiliiLleal under fit a dlnttlou one ol Ilium Ml into traut,retiloii, ami wot even guilty of betta)lug hit Mattir. Hieakligor Ihe groat anl growing Irtlru lu the uorll today for Ihe ac-cumulitl ac-cumulitl nornfilth, Aimtle Cannon wld the ioir ivhlch It ccull com until am nig men wat not tu budc im I, an I Ihu a tactaion of wealth In lull nttiuili;tul It uaithu great euoiueaith hiit wat thu root of II evil. At LMlerduy Haul, ur luaitj thould uot be tet upon thriulhliigi, fortheywere of the earth earthy, and wllh thoaii-lng thoaii-lng away of the world Ikey woull In dettroyed. Uurdealre ratkrr ihould be to Ity up In heaven thote tlorri ol Ireaturu "which neither moth nor ruit doth corrut t, an I where Ihlevet do not break through nor ileal " God held under Ilia control the rlchet of thlt earlh. In the mountalua which iur-round iur-round ut lay burled Inrihauttlble elorra of rulneiall, and God would In Hiaowiiduellmereveal them to the knowledge of Hit children, when their beam wero right before lllm and Ihey would uao that which He gave them for the Advancement oIHH cauie here uion Ihe earth. Hut tho greed for gain wai a ; anion which fow men could tubdue They found Hilt tplrlt exltllng In all , clattet of toclety, but when It took hold I of Latter-day Balntt It wtt a; t to make them forget the covenant Ihey had made wllh (lod. Wu thoull to live hat Ihe people uf line world might tte cur good workt and bu conttralned to give incrnllt for tlnce rlty of pure. God had teen eeerrinly to luar our Rrayert, tnd at wetomthl to wAlk In umlllty before lllm He would magnify mag-nify ui In th e)ca of tho eole, and they would )ttte led to acknowledge lhat thlt wat the Ion of our God. At Latter day Halntt we coul I'gtow In grace ami In thu wit lorn and knowleilcuof God, wecoulJ grow In wealth alto If we would lurtue the Lroi er courte. The l'rephet Joicph ad predicted aud none of hit I re Ulcllont thua far had ri maliied uuful-flllrd-that God would inakeol lit the rlchrtt tieonle on the fncu ot thn earth. Uut not to long at our heart! were tilled till-ed with covetomurtt. Uu wero living In a day of trial, when uvery tuau'a faith wullld I e letted lett-ed to the utlcrmoat How couTd wo atautl the ordeal? it wat only by tee k-lng k-lng the liord comlantly and earning out that which he had told ut lod tin theallalrtuf llle, boiling everything ullectuiilo lllm, ) leldliu; obedience tollltcommaudt lu nil thlngt. We ahould lo careful uot to dettroy tho tni.t which (iod had Impote'd upon us but bo faithful Inuvery nt;rcl,and Ho woull oiir out II It Holy Bplrltupou ualn inch imatuielhat men would teo our good worki, anil In Ihedayiof trouble which wero to come they would turn tbtlr eyee louward aud teek among thli peojle that refuge and tared) which were denied them among their own lu the lacot lu which they now dwelt. How hapiy wo ihoull twi In Ihe mldit of trial, how faithful when attacked ly the world.aud whtll fcnecutlon ran mountain! high, licking lick-ing to overwhelm ut, how comforted In thn knowledge that God wat at the heal of thlt work, and that whatever hni i -turd wtt with Hit permltalonand under Hit dlrocllou,r.r thu tlrenglli or I In p le aud the glory or Hit name lu Ihtte latter da)t Thu choir tang the anthem I nroM, 1 1 oilala teerttitltg. llemdlcllon by I Ider John Alford, |