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Show SUMV. hrH-VIUS. lllrr John IKrif in ami tpi.llolhhr J hraiil til Ire. ilu (oiurigalliui. lullglout nnici wiru hi 11 at tho rut-uru ii It , Halt Lake Clly, Sundnj, June Id h, 1S0J, coimiiuHlug at " o'clock j.m, 1.1 Jer 11. P. Itlcharda I rt aiding. The ihulr sang tho hmii begin, iiln,: 1 or 1 Thou itiII httr nit vrl .a I prt, I kinroreierThl.e Projer wa.cirered ly l.ldtr Prlrao (' li mo. Th oholr aui rot greptlon sanei To it I. l U r .i.tur ,f 1 i if I i to wm. forla. The Sacrament waa admlnlttered Ly the I'rieathood of the l.lghteenth ward. 11 Dlill J0IIM MUlUltN waa the first speaker. He expnned hla i trnett dealre thai, during lhe time he waa led lo ocelli y that afti ruoon In add resting the Halnla, he might have an Interest lu their faith nud ra)ert au that he mldit Le I let-id with a porUnoftheH Irltof tho l.orJ to In struct iheru. He realized that none could know thoejilnrte uf Uod except by the Bi lilt of Ud and lhat It la neciary to be tndowed Willi Ihlt Kplrltwhen tfi.illiig lo tho Salnlauf Uoi. Ihu a-eaker now real a portion of the hook uf the Itevelntlon uf John, chapter xlv, o, 7t And I fcnw an titer ftngel Ily In the mi Ut r heaven having in evir atilug got el to prcai It unto lliem that dwell on the earth, ami lo 1 1 r na Ion, and kind red, and tongue and i"-o le, saying with a Ion 1 voice, V ear (led. and glvo glory lo lllni; for the lfiue til llujulif0tic ine'atidworal lilts tliat ma l liuai en, and atllt, and the si a, aud Ike fountain, nf waters. The rovelalor In I been told that the Lord wat about lo ahow him "thing, that wete and Ihlnga lliatahoul I pme to a," and among t'lo latter V ire this glorlout vision of au angel flying lu thu mhist of heaven, having Bit everlasting Uitp.l. AI the time when this vl.lon wa. spread before the Apostle John, the (o.iel had ten r reichod to that generation, by Jeaua tbil.t aud afierwardOy nit Apostle., by rievautlea and l.ldera. Ilhads.leil In the land, and churchea hal teen ektabllthed In var out placea. The Uoapel wat thpu extant on thn earth. Hut John saw that a lime woul 1 come wlicudt ahould no longer te ou earth but la taken away mid cou"cquetitly have lo Le restored hy a mighty angel. The speaker recogulieJ the fact that the great body of the Chilttlati world held lhat Hid Go, pel haa been on c.rtll luce the appearance of our Savior or even atnee the ilrtt t reaching of John the Hi) Hit, To thla It la a BUIllclant answer tu say that thore hat alwaya Loan truth ou earth. Th.re havu always been good men au 1 women, desiring desir-ing to do right as far at they unler aloud it. Many were even wilting to uller martyrdom for what they con al lered to be rlgut and fur the prlml clplea they held to Lu true, but the power and authority of the Uoape! havu not alwaia eiltteil among men, an I thla fact wa. admitted hy mani ot these men themselves. They declared that the scripture, weru completed an I that the voice of revelation had been silenced, never Vi bo beard aalu. Itoger Williams declare I that the true uhurili dIJ nol exist anywhere, LulJie pxpeited that 11 would lie agalu estah tithed and tht Chritt should come ant nlgu as King ot king aud lord nf lord. Many reformers have left similar ex rtssioii. un record at Hoger William., the founJer of the Haptitt deiiomtna tlon ou lilts coullnetit. Vet, these men were all moved upon hy the Hj Irlt of thu Lord. Tney were necessary lu the work of the Lord tu re are the way for lite llotpel wheu ll sltoull Lu rettoreil lu Its fulne-a nud power. Whin In the rovl deuce of Uod, Martin Lilbor steppe 1 forward as a re former, he did nit recogulxe the fact that he ahould be the Instrument ot hrlui, m about a revolution In human thought, Hie rllecu of which should go down through genaratlona for all time lo come. Ho hal hut a faint Idea of the grandeur ot the work he wntatwut tu commence. Hut to it wai. The Latter die Saint, aee In all suett mentheltitlrunieutalnlhehand.ofllia Almighty to reparu the nay for the cumlng of tuo mighty angel with the overlattlug Ui.jet, whlih ahould he I reached tu all nation, kindred, and touguea on the whole e trill. 1 lie apeaker then wlthel to rifer to a pu.tage III the Hook of Mormon. He had retenlly read au anounl puh. Iltted III lhe hewtpaiwrr, of the dls covaryofwhat ws. called prehlttorlo remalna In Wlkcontln, proving that there hal teen a highly civ.llied peoile ution thla continent, but the whole luie hal gone, no one know whither, leaving only the evIJencea of their elltteuce behind. The Hook of Mormon, the speaker aall, contain the history of these ancient iuple. It khnwa who lull! the cttlea and hl.li way., the rttlna of which .till rtmatu In various arts nt North utij South America. In the i refaoe tu till, volume we read the followlnr;! "And woilocl.rawltlt v,ord. ofsshnr nes, lhat au aukul of "! camo down trotii iieaeen ami no urougni un i lal l no rroourc)c, Ihul we Lihtld an 1 saw the late., an I tho ougrai hike Iheroou " Here la recorded the fullllment of the t ropheiy uttered centuries ago un thel.leol Palmoi. The Uo.iail hat .ulfered many chanke. during the pastagca until It nolonjir IheUntpel reached hy Jtau. Chritt. Now the time had come for" II. trituration. In accepting Ihno renewed revelation, revela-tion, from (1 vj. Htu Latlor day Sttnta hawlilltlwinkeeplnB lace with the plan, of Clod in Hla uralluka with Hla iinplo. It lathe world that It Itirglug behind. It I. with the world today at It was In thu lime o. Noali, It la with the wurllloJay aa It wat III the time ofiurStvlor, xhenlhey cried, Cru I fy 1 1 lei, crucify Him, and HI. blood Iwoveriisnudourihlllreii, It la with the wurll today aa It waa lu thollnieof J hu the llavvlalor, whu wat lent an exile to Patuioa for the ti.timmy he bore. The world It lagging It. hind. Nor la till. btrant,e, lu vliw of the hlHory ot the wurld In these matters, riuro I. a remarkable almllar-ll almllar-ll I etwieti theilrcumlance..iirrou 1 1-lug 1-lug the Saluta today and thote of former date. Hlitory rupenta Itself, History alao teaihes n hat the ri.ulta hive been of rijeillrj! tho menage if Uol. IlaveHeiirOfeotttieAlmlghty ever failed? Haa man prevailed Nev. NNuread the resultant man's failure to reingu'zo tho iwwerof his Makir In Hie legal da of the natlona that havu bteu haudid down from gtuiratloii to generation, In tho de. vmtilloiiaof nh la rummies and the ruins of (Hies, Chrht i roi In. led that a time would lome when (hero ahould not be It It a stone upon another In the mugiillhelit (emtio of lhe nit) of Jc rutalim. And It wat fulfilled to the vert Irtlir. At It haa It en I u timet gnou Ly, so It will he lu limit to come. ILrdJIvei. Hu rules the detllnloaof men end of nations. In nicellng tho principle! of the Oo.il, the Stlnta have accapted Hie teaihlngsoiJiiutLlirlit. They ltae artel teil the doitrlne of repentance, of butlsm,of laylugonnf lands aud of gathering The everlasting covunant ha. bteu renewed In llulr rultl.t. In acuptlng the principle, of the I Uoapel, tlluSilnlB havu had hut one I thought, aud that I. a dealre tu bring about the talratlon or thu human famll). No people have labored more a-.lduouily lhau the rjaluta to ave and redeem the human family. Our l.ldera have goon to the world, suUerlng all manner of contumely and ii-r.ecuil n, I ut faithfully tea UyluK that thla work It the work of Uod. Temples have Uen erected for the pur laja.nl having ordlnaucia iirformed for the deal. These Ihlnga lestlfy to the i arne.t doalro of tho HalnH lo rave mankind. That the Halnla have been mltuudiitlood Is not strange. The servants of the Lord havealwaja Loen maltreated by thewotll. lu I romulgatliig lhe prlncllet of theUo.al, the Halnla havu fullowtd the rulta laid down In lhe HII le nr.d In the revelation given In them day. TheHalnUarunot surprised at lhe situations with which they have found themetlvea surrounded from time to time. All these Ihlnga have been foreshadowel Ly Hla atrvauu. Not one movtment ha. Leen made but Ly the sanction of U tl and fur the good of Ills (Wjle. We have n Cljil who la not far away, Lut one who la living nud heating, to whom the chlltrenef men can gu and ask f.r aud obtain In formation. Nu onu need to be In doubt or falter and waver because uf any. thing lhat surround, ut. Thepurpoie of all I. that we Hull ho tried and re nlvo an experience which will be for .our good not only In Ihl life, but lu a life tu come. What wo do reaihta lelilnd lhe vill and haiau Influence over us for rood or for evil. Herewe aow, and as we aow we ahall reap. Aa wo build ao we shall Le In the Hie to come. Trio sneaker aald he w at aware that In the clriumttiucea now aurroundltig HieHalntt there werothinga, the ten dency uf which Mas to lead many astray from Ihu pure prltidle. of the (Jptl ant Induce them to look with allowance upon many thing which were formerly aehorrel. riiea pu-fanatloo pu-fanatloo of the HalbithVaa one of these thing. It ha heoom alruott a niaiila. the Hahbath la tho day when l0 le think they can go tu the lake, lo racea and all aorta of plea.uru resort. People who have ooveuanled with Uod In holy place violate thote coveuanlaand set Injurious exempli to the youth, watklng In furhld len pitlia. There are many thing, which Ihu tend to Wind the iyel of the unwary. Vet, whin wo slop and redact we rind that thla la the work of Uod whloh shall triumph In the eud, Itothwlthstandlng all vlolsslluJra. Thu Halnla knew Ihiao lhlnks, although al-though sometime they wavrr and ask, What ahall thn enl Le? I anawtr. It shall lo victory tu Uod and the Lamb. It ahall ho victory to lhe Halnla. It .hall be victory to the principles prin-ciples they have espoused, Their work shall not tie lu vain. The blood they have tried shall not Le In vsln. The end shall lie that the earth shall to redeemed. The human family fami-ly shall b lifted up and hold cunniiuulon with Oal, the lather, rejoice In Hla favur and mingle with the rigutcoui who shall return tu thuiatth, i.Men maycome and men may go; natlona may come nn 1 natlous may go, govormuenVt may came and go, but Mod' work la eternal, and aa yeun roll by It shall grow an I become Ntrongeronl struugirhy reason of It growth. The Saint, should, therefore, lie oneouragel and encourage oilier to do good aud bits lhe memiers nf the human family, seeking to lead litem to i in brace the rluclplea nf truth. Thn neaker now telerred to the slate of allatra among the natlona ot the earth, and atld, we can aee the neoes-slly neoes-slly for the establishing ot the work ol Uol to lighten up the hearts uf lueu and Lrlog harmony an I unity among thedlsiurbed ilcmenla llrau Lnao conipltelteJ, not by cursing, hut by olotlug to the truth as prohalme ajhy the Sou of Uod, aud this I. the work uf the Lttlerday Saints, from the luld.t of whniili .ball go forth and shine ui ou nil the earth. there are many things I) try our faith, Lut thtee are ton 'glliou u. for the wotk. N'u p-iwer . at that can overthrow tliotuwhouie willing to walk In the comuianJmeiita of ll id. I, tin be thankful thatwu llw In the lluiu when Uod lias establltbel Hla w oik; that w e are i irtaki ra of the hleas Inga connected therewith, ud may Uo I bio a ua lhat we may grow dally, until all Israel shall bo redeemed. A i)9. 1 1: iihiteii j, (irtA-iT was the next aker. Hewaa pleatid t0..,1"1.,r," li'", "ri-orliinlty of meetlni; with the Salnls. Hu rejolcoj In the many testluionlrahuhal of the dlvltt-Ily dlvltt-Ily uf this work. Hekuewot no Joy equsl to that of kei ping too comman 1 mentaofllod. It It the duty of all to obtain a teatlmouy, aud, having obtained ob-tained It, live o ai to continually keep It, We are v.rlou.ly commuted In every rested, aud havu vmrin it ... lions, but woshoul I alwavasie that we do nothing un which we tauuotaik C3 id's blrltlng. The speaker had rltltid several clllea In tho P.att and We.t an! hal found lieop e sur rlard In hear lint lhe "Mormons" bellevu lu tho Itlule, riio Idta has apreal that Hie Saint have rejected the lllule, when at a fact, we aiu Hie only onea who really do Lellevu In the.acrot recorl. Hinry Ward Heecher had lnve.t. gated nur faith and said -ubllily that If veople mutt ItellaVe In tho Hlbln alonu aa a guide of Ihelr faith, they w outd havu to become Mormons. The speaker twtitled lo Ihu divinity or thla work. Hi, had listened to those who had spoken In tongues and seen promises ilven hy the Spirit of Uol fui filled. He knew that the Uospel hai Leeu restored and lhat It waaahle to savuall whowmll llw In accordance with It. lhe Spirit olUod had Lien given and Ihu Hilnt na a r.eoi lo had ncrlved the divine gift, but thn onl ivity ti grow waa by bilng humble and faithful. Nonu need wunlir In tho dark, for we can all havu thu culdnnce neci atari to had ua right, Wociuuot ei oct that the world at lnrgu ahall no-cet no-cet thn testimony of the Uosiil, Lut wo shoull all strive to live i that, nt home or al road, wu give ire lit to the ciuto hi which we nru engaged, and h tour light shlue In ull uur worka and all iiinteraitlon. r.io iholr sang tho anthem, Tli. ra(liered Sslats. Heiitllctlou wns trouounccd Ly Apo.tle Abraham II, Caution. |
