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Show SUNDAY hKUYItKM. ltellgiouaacrvlcea were held at thu Tuternacle, Halt (aku City, Huuday, IXcember 27, lSfTl, coramenclugat 2 p. m., rrealdunt Angus M. Cannon irtlillng. Thu choir aing the hymn beginning: JlorUli awaWI Mithaox! Join. AalehiatUiaatln.a lr lVftYtT wa, oifcrtd by LlJer James 1. 1'rtexe. Tho choir next tang: Iltho.itl tba great Itf diemer die, AbroktaUw tgsiUif. ThflLikthoodoftIie Thirteenth ward otllclatid lu thoaluiluiitratlouofthe Lord's Hu pur. l-LUtil ANIUIMV KIUnALL aldrcMed the ongrugatlou His ro-marks ro-marks were devoted almuatuxcluilvely to the dutlea aud oldlgHtlona of tho Haliit. After referring to tho imny mercies whlrh God had vou Jinafi-d to thui.attfrMliyrialuti.Asa Jvoplej the j-fttkir boro teatlmony of his know), rdge that Uod live, tlmt He had re-vt'ilet re-vt'ilet lIlnu-rK In theeo the latter da) i, and that lie had again re.loied HI (lor-jil to the firth that kame (i xpel wlilc'i our l.urdJiaus Christ tamo tot nirvblliti lu the intrldlau oi time We wtru thus made the happy riolploiri of all the bhrMlnp wliloti wire (r-tm tj the foruierday tialnts. H hul proved to his own rut..rueli)ii it.. iiiati-Jo-i'tl wa true, audit uouriflvliev,u as Latter-day Halnla to enjoy hII the girta and biers i''i aiirUlh1ng theieto If wo but wnlked by faith. Itut we did not, aa weahould, avail ounrlvmof theprlvl Icgtaof thuOoaveIt,f Chllit. Instead of reaching out with (he hind or faith, seeking to grap the lnetlmahti blcwa. Inge which thu Iord had beitowed upou the LatteMay Halnts, he feared there were too mnuy amoig ui who clung rather to tho thlna of this world, to those fascination which wero utMiri the vi r fa re an I had no depth. We were now nmrlng the close of the old yiar, nud, as waa Uto custom of lopf .generally, he auprosed new reaolutlona Would be mado for the year which was about to dawn. Let them, however, not wait un til tho new )tnr began, but start In at onro w llh tho resolute deter mlnitloub) live butter Uvea than In tho I ant. As a icenwal rule he believed the LatteMlayHalnU were seeking to live near unto Uod, that they were willing to make aittflcea In thatdlrec tlon In orJtr to bring themselvt-a unto suljectlou to the Father 'a will, Hut there et remained a great deal ol rouru for Improvement Wo weie plactnl hero on tarth tint to gratify our own selfish desires, but lo do thoe thluga which at last would bring us to the eternal Kingdom, There was much work for tho Christian to do, anl hence we ahoJld not be Idle u moment of our time while In Uud'a service. Let our coiiataut eirort he directed towardauvercomlugtheweik netaes of the tleah and strive to bring others to a knowlrdge of the truo (Jod. Lldttr Kimball sitoko tion the Word ul Wisdom, exhorted hi hearera to follow strictly the teaching thtreln laid down for thi Ir guidance, and strongly urged the Haltit to aUUin from the use uf t-xi, co flee, tobacco, Intoxicating lluora, aud all such things having an Injur! rlouat fleet uion the body. Home people peo-ple ail J tiiiTo was not much harm In a limited Indulgence lu theae, but ho lusliUd that a good deal of harm lurked U hind thtm, and advocated a total abstinence from their use. He desired to warn hla brttbrrn of the.o elln. They khould U not an alight hcduudrra bushel, but aa rt light tt upon a hill, showing by their works a good example to all the world. He couufeled the young especially to read only good books, tvmlu ilng them that all truths belong to the Qofpel, and ex pressed an earniat hope that thu young men of ZIon would wholly abstain from Intoxicating drink, and thus aet atieXAiiipIatothoe nroundthem. All small defect! In our dally life ahoulJ txi starched after and remedied. Aa the many pebblea formtd the sea shore aud a the dro of water went to make up the ocean, so It was the small things lu thu dally life which contl(uted the characlerof a man or woman. The principle of faith waadwult upou brlitly, for without faith, aald the speaker, our works were aa dead. A reference waa made to tha subject of tithing. We should overcome our dliposlilon toward sellUhncte, and use the suUtauce which Uod hai glveu ia to benefit our Mlowcreaturand to suvtaln the Church and Kingdom of Christ. The promise was given us that If w would make aicrlflcen unto the Lord, our uieuurolu return would be runnlug uTt-r. Let the HalnU ay tlulr tithing and they wou Id tblesiscd of did. Many or them wure today trying to convince theruelvis that there waa no need for thein to do thla any longer, I llevlng that thu Church waa well olIJ othiranmed to think that If they dl.l contribute "Uncle Ham'1 would take It all nway ngtln, Jlut he remind, d thtm that trie prlucl) le In regard to the payment of tithing had not bevu chauged, and If ever the Church was lu med of thu HalnU paving thtlr boneat tithing It wa today Aa they werejuit about to enter ujion the new year, he thought It wll that they should have a few reminders a lu their temporal UutU. The Lord had lndttnl leeu merciful unto Hla (Kiople, and If we would live nearer unto Him His bleM.lnge would be btitowed upon us In proportion. Tho LUterday Halnts today needed the frequent fre-quent visits of the Ti iuIibm more than ever, and he truatvd that thla fact would uot bo lotd tight of lu the varhnie wards aud HUkei of Zloti. Huhlmlf bad derived much happlitss from the Uo'pOJto him It was all the world. Ihe sieaker urged the necetslly of regular family pravir, aud said that bnfere leaving our home., lu the morn lug ur lylug down to elvop at night we should kueel down and thank Uod for all HI murclos. lly night, white asleep, we required Ills protecting care, and for this we should ask before closing our ej ta upou the labors of the day. In conclusion heeutrtatud the Kalnta to Ilvo true lo their rvllg.cn, and (lol would give them, If they but ought for It at HI hand-, (he atrength nectMary to overcome tho wlckedut-aa and temptation of tin world, HIster llvlel)ean Allison sang the solo "Calvary;" after which the tholr rendered the Chrlstmasanthem "Won drrful Counautor." Thu benediction waa ironounied by KM it Ueorge (loddard. |