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Show SIMI.W SKIIVICES. i Dl.coi.rii! en tlir lint I'rlnelplft of llie tln-ntl. Hellnleul ternce. were lieU at tli Tabern.cle, HttUiVClly, HJi.'I.y, Auaiiit Illi, 18M. commencing "A -o'clock p.m, I'rcildeut Annul M. Oaiinan pretlillni:. Tho cliolr untiis llio hymui Sotuj inn im tifrei axiom or ibereAlMilltnlilroir.. l'raverira. offered lyi:UtrUrRe jl. WIIci-. The choir nJ innlnMni no. Itm . ! aua. r l'' l1" '"'i- It hi 1 lor Ju' ltul1 ,a "' '" n 'flu Bacramiut w admlnlitereJ ly the Prleithood of the Klnt ward. AIVHTIG AMIA1IAM 11. CA.SW..I then addreiied tlio ctitigrecallon. The iIiVer iU ho nrote In tlio Ii0f llml ISiu Halnl wuuM KUilaln Mm In filth nil i'iy ' ,,oro 0oJ' "'"' wh,t '" ,houtd ny mlKbt bo illciitwl ty the Holy Hpltll. The ..alleriliy Hilnt who line lili rrllKlon la tit all tlmei In ,.lon of a leiUm-uy from heaven of HioOlvlullyof line wutk, wlutevi r tho tlnii. end ilrpunilini,- ruy u, in I II 1.1. hear, fn t l-foi. 0,.d, llewlll aid hlinii.ptiikiil llittlwli-monj llittlwli-monj And liumt.la thotuh It wy , lie will .onieiunei cute the wor.Ii tiiken to reach 11m licaru of thoic who ,'ro beiii.t wuJ uinve. Hm tJ fc fof llieniirlna end lurn 1 lie will. Fur "etflleve tl.n I ,rdl.ii.tw.ylle. tot '' wllllim to ih,;lv11'1. dnniD eiitli and reveal Hn will to Wb Jo not Ulli'tB llulrovclatloni mo Klveu to Ihow aleuo who ere mem hiii ofthM Church, thouuli wo mi Ulievo that thli i Ihoonly Church lhat prolciM-e to I ituldij by C3ii. tlniiout tevttetlou. tit) now thit Hcrltiiiet Ml'iitniJocoiiHii. ailly unit tint tho reveiatluni Ktvi; la inn o nto Jutt at Umllnnawl uectn.'r.ryfiirnin.itlonn lhoo Klveu In anoieiit limit. While wo ilu not In my miict relict tho llililr, lo Mirwvv.rtK.lhat (lot I.JujlMOi. tloormnUlnsliiiowiiHIiwIII luwai "orT'eVldttire of our fnlth In thltdoe Irlno li Iho Kih.rliii: ol llili oplo to tlirev Vklliyt. No "Ml twill have ilMiitiiein tos-ther linlm .liel hal iDtl need their heirta. It ll tan 111 tmioiiyof Ills ripirllthat hat moved too liierl.nl intn nuil women anil earned Himii ! lionwe, frlendi, relatltet, and nil tint m diar to llieni, In or. ilir to conio hire, wimu, ai Ihiy lileve, they ujuI I lie lauitlit more fully In Hi lam ol Hie l.orJ. II hie nol lwn toeeliinienceof nili.oilinii nor Uuliiceinc nu of a temporal ualiiro tntt liuvelrouhtii to thl uouulry, tiul It h. I If II hDIHJ ..u J filllll In the irimilKn of doJ. It Im ln the known-duo that lne am Hie latlir iliy. ioken of by I'ropliiti of oil .laya In which JuilgiiiaMi t to bo puari'doul uuu tho wic'.rd, prmloui to which (Jul ihouhl nitili aicilii turongh UUranti. Tho l.Ueri hare nouo forlh to preicli lloUi',i'l ai they were illrecliil by Iho Holy Hplrlt. Nor hao. liny taken the honor ol lhnn.Hvrv, Lut they hare, lii-tn railed oi Wai Aaron. Joe li Bmlih reoled rete. tllim irom on llhrh. tlore the Church u ornanlioJ. Ho wai a I rophrt, a iter aud a irauUtcr before IhuttVKlit, but though he hll threo llioivt loin Kills he wai not tlieieby au. IhorlleillolllablhhtheCbulchgbefire he w mpeiUlly orJalned co ill to. It wan only alter John tho llll,l, w ho held ilie auihorlly to l.i4lie for the rrioleelitu of ilm, had mtoruJ to him thee key.1, that ho received wwer towlmlnltterln IhliorJIutuce, Ani then It wai neci'Mary that he tln.uld leielTothelkeji of IhohlKher l'rliet. hood, held by 1'eUr, Jaanr, and John, by whkli he wai endowed wild power to lay the haudi on the tllevera for tho ret option of IhellulyHplrlt. Alter he had Lien Klveuthlipowir, he wai Intlruoled to organlia Hie Church ol which wo are lueinben. In the mmo minuer he calteu othrri to the uilulitry, Aid conferred on limn tho lame tiower lie had terelvod, and thiy went forth to the imloniot Ihe i anh, aud the evidence ol their divine olllllH li acell III the frulU of their work everywhere, where the Uuvl wai trenched. They were C4lled frunl thilr humble avMMIom, but a pjwir ruted on them that waa divine. Now, what lithe (ioipclf la It any tlilnit new. auythlnK itraiiite to lliblo rcaderi? No. It li the old, eMlhullliK Uoipel, ome prrirhed ly J rum and lilt Apoitlee. He lent Ihueoutto I reach to .Aery creature that ho who Ullevel uai ll baptized rhall lie lived and that he whodeeanot Ulleve hall be dammed, and varlcui nlll wire promised to thcito who ihould accettbe floppel of tho Kingdom. No argument li needod to com luco L'bilitlam that l'altli ! n'roiary to imvaUoti. 'lhlilia fuudnniuulal doc trine Im'd by all belleveri In Jemi. They admit that It li nccrmary to believe be-lieve Iil Ooil the 1'itbir, and lll Hon ua the Holy Hplrlt, but there It aRreit illUVreuce In the.oiln-loni the.oiln-loni of men conccrnlnir thn divluu Jl.luii. We believe that God It u ptrtonage end lhat He bai a real bojy and ana and lai'lont, unit we find nunierout pltcra In the Holy Hcrl turn In lonflrmallou of thli. Wo bellole thlt Jeiuicame III Iho ttelh, tuRercd and died, and rotenalu, and that the holy whli li wa laid III Ihe i?ravo woi the one which he rccelvid In the rniumcMon, thouuli Immortal and pure, aud that lie hat Iho name Imdy todiy. Wo 1 1 Move that tho. Holy (Jho.t It a ililtual pwtomgo who Haudi at the Father'- command and that a rtlon of tho Holy Hplrlt li Klven to every Hilut or every one who trie-to i r vu (lot. A portion of lull Hplrlt eullghlennevcry ( lion cnmlug lulo the world, Man tuay iirgln'i hi fallow Hit counsel ami eveutdrhu Him away by rontlnuil oppoiltto , but It U ntvulheleatlhe berltngo ol all tohavelllni. Thli It our faith ton orrnbig thtio iriM)n igct. WoalMthluklt iiecenary to hellevo all thut ff ol liyitoUM, TfTb crdrr of the Gnpel la lint, filth; tecond, reientann; third, Uy tlim, and fourth, tho laylni( en of li.ml. Then followi the uUitrordl riauciiQiid Uwa and comniandmiiitt iiecttaiiry for thoaalvatlou of man. HipentuncB h acknowledged among roengeuirully aa a correct prlnclfle. When any ono hut done wrong! holt exivcted toturn from Itanl do It no more. No death hH ripontaiite It accepted ur one latllng but fer n loom, nt and then uiilly forgotten, but I one which chttigct Ihe w hole toureo of man, Khuhatdone wrung be ore. Then cornea bipt im aud we tulleve in Ihe ordlDtuco ut C'hrl-t let ui uu cxtmple. llaitltui It tho Inimtrilou In water of thine who have reachej yeirt of ncciunlabhliy, who ciuec erolto faith and thow evidence nf re ieuUuce. It 1 an ordinance for lhoe who liavn Kriwn up and have do e wron of which thry repent. Tniuiih, ani not u Infanti, ihoull It Ui almloliletinl, In order that the ol J Itle may Iw hurlclani the ripeutnnt btllover rli ngaiii bi newtien of Jlfo. After Ihlt conitt the laylt tr on of liandt by thee whi have authority to do to, whereby the H ty UU"' t It i on-ferrel. on-ferrel. lie I. tl.eCio.tortir whi tkn nf Ihe Ihlngi ofdxl nod revialt to mnn, and give ii teithn my In our henrta. It It by Ihe tVOrlt that the lick nro healed and evu the Uea I tatted, If liecettiry, anil the glflt of tingtiee an I Inter iirelatlont, elu., am luipidel. Thli It the Hplrlt Je-ui inmlie.l olhonewho accepted lilt "on. It it the tiltno Hplrlt v. no hat been prorulrn I to thote who thill arm ttlie tedliu my given by Hit Fervent! In Ihlt age. Hire It tomeihlng lor Ihe werl I where by to toil tbla work, whether It la Irom (Ktlornot It li an Infallible loit. It It not eve i riocemry to receive every uriimuce ol the Onpel In urdrr bi rtctlte a Utllmony. there aro In iianect whtro Ox roveileJ Hit will be'ero baptlHtn, at lie did In (lornellut In tin lint time,, ur at He did to Paul wnowat a pertrcutor, but received a revuiiithm lulonnlng htm Hut he wilt rlglillng ufalll'l Jetlit, Hal he rejoc'od Ihlt Wltnlnf, he would hive been worthy of tlimnttl'ii, but he rcetod It and receive I a tetil-nnnyanJ tetil-nnnyanJ frm.i (hat iliy devoted nit (lie to the defenieol tho prlliclp'el ho ha I formerly oppntod. Tnn Minm In. Iluiony live. In thu liMrti nf nuny Halutt loitny, and it It in tlrotig that they are willing to taal.lcn all lor It. Thetui rlniofthe Hunt, wit re-fern re-fern d to b1 tho aa'.er n proofof thl. Whtt ereater evldenn can le gttin tnail the itcrlflivi fttkoloftho fundi of the Hjli.ti, mtny of whom havo lilt all In order to eive 0" if Tho lird hit ai'upted tunc olNrlngt brought by many of lllti'oop'e, Tli-lr I'ucrrlly hat tei n mtiilletteien lo thu wrrld, aud tbi Ir trillmony thill not Iw without lit meet on the chllJrtn of men, .Maiiypeople,whoarefAlrniliidel,anl yet do not tielleve In Oovl, won ier why the Htlntl hare alwaya Uellere-cuttd. Uellere-cuttd. rinrea-o virlom reiunm for Ihlt. It it itatel In the word of O tl Ihlt all thote, who derllebl live godly In Chtlit JetuiroiiitiullrriK.rtooui on. Chrlitplilnly lold Hit lollnaeri tint tiny raurteipecc toeuller pertecution and they found It ai the Mutir had predicted. They win op,jed every-aluri.. every-aluri.. Ilielr llvia wete IllleJ with trouble mil tluult they irali-l their tetllunny with their blo-.l. Thu wti Ihe Lite of all the Alioillel with one excel Hon. Per eerulloufolloae-l tliem until the l'rleit liool wattakeii awar and the Cliurcll removed from am mg tho children of mm. We are lold that In Ihlt a; nr.cciitlor.i were again Id le einct J. No amount uf rlvllliitlon It enough to make the world tolerato men people nt thu Ootl will make 111 nd iirreuti. J tepli Hmllli tullrred all mtnner of jieriecutlon during lilt brief but eventful career, aud at lut ho followed lilt iTudec,i4',ra 111 the apoitollo dignity and tealrd bit tettl niouy with hit blood. Huoh thlugt miy ba ix(ectelnilongat ixtili hat Inllueuce III tho world. Hut bleated aru they who luller Hirtecutlon for tho tike ol righteoutneii, for theru It a n lardlillupforllicm In the lelettlal glory, a teward ofwhloliuo one van rub them. uppoimon on account or rigmeoiii-nit rigmeoiii-nit it accompanied with bletehig,;but If perchance we tullcr on account or doing what It wrong, wurauit reciit. The culldreu of Itnil wtroiitnelluiet rublectet to lullerlngt on account of their bretklng (Jod'i commiudinenti. riilnlt ol the nuny yean Ihe eopiu had to wan Ier lu tho wildermei, while mott ol them died without itelng the I romliinl land. Kven Motui wai not lr.nllled to enter the hind, though he could ti o Itfroul the mountain. Homelrelancrt werereferrid tolllut. trallug the couflllon of tho ulKien pttiple whou they deviated from the word of the i,urd. Thty could not prevail agalott their enemln when wlikodneiiexltted agalnit them. The la-nker tald, If there wai tuih to lit) found ninoog tho HUntt, who trant-gnived trant-gnived Ihe lam of Hod, the whole leople woull perchaniohve totuQer. Kor tho preiervatlen of the whole leo-pie. leo-pie. It wat, therefore, necetary that we remove all evil that may be found among ua. If, to tome extent, wo littler itertooiitlou. we ihould learch o inelvet und in, If wu aru In any way thoiautoof It ourrelvet. Hut If we lufter fur tho sake of rlghteouineti, we are 1 letted, Many letkl to llvo at near Hod at tlieyciu and lo do their duly. When wo compare bur hlttory to that of ancient ttrael, we feel encouraged, but Uod expect! ut to bo uvcu more obedient thati they were, l'er what II roiul-ed for thct.ii latter dayt are gmur than any promlte tlul wai ever before given Thli It the dltpen-nation dltpen-nation of tho fulmii of timet, In which all tblngt thill ngiln bo reitoiml, C'hrltt will come, It la a day whou heatonli again opeued and men ore permitted tu tutiviirte with aiueli an I holy belngt. Nothing rrevrma ut from having urett liilelllgouco and onjo'llig the guldlnro of Iho Holy Hplrlt III every tiling, not only In our meellngi but In our dally libur; In .whatever we uudrruke lo do In our oIIIcm, our woikthop-t, or otlur plion ofboilliiit, to that wo In nil thing! can lloaa Iho children of (led ihould live. (led reipilrei illoh a colllte of the latter-day rialutt. If we Indulge In thuevlltol the world, (ioJ will nrot ui. When u m the ludlirerince wlili h ohirmlerlxM nuny pool li, It miketour heart bleed. The tptak-cr tptak-cr refetred ti tho central denucrAtloii of Ihe Habbath and aid ho friro.1 wu did not lurtlcl cleutlyundcrttaud Mint ChI rnpilrit of ut in regard tn Ihlt day. In the d;iyt of Mont, there wai a eeveru penalty for Ihe linn-mil m of the Hiolnth. Itrael could not oven citlirr food on lhalday And In thli ago, we have lieen commanded lo keep the day holy. Nit todolbUvwIII brluf conJemna-lion conJemna-lion ou Ihe trtn-jri't.or.. 1 he u again with regard lo profanity. How great It tha bin of u-dng thu uininul the Dotty lu viln. And what will bo thu punishment visited on thone w ho do It, et eiially II they are called l-itler-diyUilni.. Thero aro numeral! oilier thlagt, almoat too rtuoicrcua to uienlloti. There It for Inttanca the ute of tobacco, w hlcli Iho Iiord hat prehlbltul. (Jo I wllliall men nod woiutn tnao count, If thiy uuwnithlly partako uf the euihletiiH of Ihu Hord't aupper. l'roplawho have unkind f.-elltire In their hearli ocalntt their fellowinon ihould not lartalte of thoie holy cm blrmi,, lor lu an doing they bring ovli upon thim-olvri for llrao, an I for eurulty altj. It lithe duty olleicbtti to tot thlngt uf thli nature In order, and If they haJ the full power ol tho l'rletthood, they would aooimnllili thli and grait reiultt woull follow. I'cnroon urtli an I goo I will among men It thu ettence of the (lotrtl ol Joiuil'hrl.. Ill ilmlithertlablith-mentof ilmlithertlablith-mentof a h-lter era. In which Hid Hlrrielnhtll'idmlnlitrrjuitlceatnong men rill It hit e With lo tee e til I -he I, au I people who now do nut billow lu theUttpel will Jit hive to acknowledge It. The ttwiker tetllfiel that the etc! of the Almighty aru upon Hti tieepfe and lo Iho.o who apixil In lllm lu uiril or dl-lret-, He will lltten nu I autwer thi Ir pnter-, nnd when Hit idI thut hoi I rom-u itlluallou with lllm an I walk In Hit atht, Ihe ijlory of the l,'iM will he ettlldltliel un eirth, at hat ncin predicted by rropheta lu all ait,. The choir Ring the anthem: (IoJ l nireirnl aiw ai ia I bltit nt. lteiieillctlon by HWiop Holier lien nlon. |
