| Show 1 B H ROBERTS ELOQUENT TRIBUTE Masterful M Discourse Delivered at atT 1 i Tabernacle T Yesterday Afternoon t I PRES DEATH j I 1 I j nAT Mj Thau I fur It Ie VIII tIn the I heart of or Together The cervices In the Tabernacle yes yeN yesterday es esterday afternoon were presided over overby overby by Ly President Angus Ancus M were opened by Iy IJ the tho choir singing the hymn the Great Orent Redeemer Died Tho rho opening prayer was wee offered by hy Elder Thomas of London England which was followed followell by the singIng of ot tho the hymn Oh My Father The tho speaker was wan Elder 1 11 IL H IL Roberta whose discourse was wall listened to n with marked Interest Ho Ito prefaced he alII sermon by I reading an un extract from froni tho the letter of ot to tho the CorInth lan Ions l wherein Paul declare that he hall hal delivered the same name Gospel he heI I had received viz that Christ had been crucified burled und and us os Into heaven und mid many I 1 ing Paul testified that tIIt they lied hall seen Been Christ Chri after His Itie resurrection Paul further declareR If It there hero be no resurrection of the dead then tho the Gos Gospel Oo r pel Is JR vain end the tho Apostle and his lile companions are ort talHO witnessed of ot God Gad Elder Eider said mild that re wo are oro InG In the shadow of ol a II great grent sorrow Anti And In referring to President t JI I i lio ho said ald there thero are oro no political 4 partisans In II the assembled 11 I of ot tho the land and Ild there ther are oo no sectarian I I The general text Is ia the nations sorrow 1 and old It tt la Is appropriate that a 0 word ord of 1 sympathy ascend from tho the pul pulpit pulpIt pit lilt tha speaker wag wae IS occupying Thu speaker then mod made n a touching refer reference Care ence elce to that poor por lone lono woman upon whom this sorrow arrow most directly tulle folia tall in JI my soul MOUI I J pray that the healing vir virtues i tues tuce of Gotis Spirit shall fall lal upon her herand 1 and that tha In this thie affliction she he will vill wi ba ho with wih tho the thought that God od i wm WR good to her hn In giving her nn no arm armeo eo so strong on which to lean leati for tor lo 10 those these many years yearN i Elder Edel Roberts went vent on to gay lIay that ton ten days daya ago tho the President stood tOOd In Inthe Intha the tha ha full tul vigor of ot manhood and at ut tho the heights of at a glorious career carver Step by I step ho he worked his way wa up from one on 4 position of ot esteem and confidence In hil his fellow man until ho ha roso roco to the nacle surely his life le was woe a Il grand ewe KUC reeL cess ces When BUch B cl a n career IB Ia 11 arrested by a ii I bullet from an nn assassin n It renders It doubly pitiful Elder Roberts went vent wenton c on tn to explain tho thu Ihl circumstances of ot the killing of ot President Lincoln when tho tl j times linen produced abnormal men but for lor forth the tho th Killing hilling of ot President there j was wal no excuse ecu n I J cause causa some BOre BOreto i to doubt the tho existence of ot a n Providence 1 f 4 that overrules the destinies of ot men but ill rj tile the Saints should not rend read 1 Mich n a I lesson leson from the tho sail nail circum circumstance I I stance tance The Tho great central truth of ot Christianity IB Is tho the fatherhood of God Clod and the brotherhood of ot man mati Christ S was WIS sent into the world and died Iee on tho the cross to tel 1 teach the tho World that great til J truth Sometimes the politicians fur for furget get Jet the tM brotherhood of mon man lan and when ill t who cnn can summons together J er et I the tue hearts of at his people It I Is perhaps II better that ho he should do tin H I 1 even en at rt the I 1 sacrifice of ot his own on life So I doubt not continued the speaker that God ami could accomplish more 1010 In II the manner of ot his tile taking oft off oc than he ho could by b nil ni biN bis past career Elder Elter Ho Roberta erts went wenton on cm to describe the death scene ceno of ot tho the theIr President Ir and with wih much effect lie ho tho the last vorde Goodbye Goodbye all ni It I Is le I Gods we wa Ills Is will wi bo be done You wilt will wi I search the tha works of ot the unbeliever In vain exclaimed the tho speaker to ibid anything equal to that The Psalm of ot David was then quoted wherein the words appear What Is Isman I I Iman man that Thou art alt mindful of him nod the son eon of ot man that Thou him The speaker then went on to quote numerous passages of ol scripture In which were set forth tho the truth that man mun Is la tho the offspring of or God Clod anti also ailo that man existed prior to the creation of the world The doctrine of ot creaton tho the res resurrection re was Wa nl then taken up much stress It r being laid lall on the resurrection of Christ Tho The agnostic who vio says that life Is a n narrow bridge with wih one end test rest lag ing In mist and ani tho the other In darkness makes n it 1 mistake The revelations of God dispel tho the darkness and reveals man In his Isle Preexistent state stall being taught anti and developed They The also chow chowS S what ho be Hut Bul no tongue ton O ran can cn cantell tell tel to what whal height man might ml ht attain to Hut But to attain to the celestial celestal clury requires obedience to celestial law by b I every man be he king kin President or pauper But flut tho the Gospel Is everlasting and every man sometime 1011 where shall have an nn opportunity ty t of at coming In touch with wih It I and anti yielding to It I God Is 15 n 1 ilu respecter rc of ot persons and every ever man mail shall be rewarded for lor his hiM hi works ion Con on there will wi be an nn Infinite num number her ber of ot reward and glories given i t imen Imen men The rho speaker went on oti 01 to depIct the tho three glories clorea the celestial terrelt terrest t trial and of ot which the pun run moon and atari at rl respectively ore are typical cal The Tho glory of ot even the least lirOs ts tho the conception of ot man What Whal therefore can be said lall of tho the higher glories The It I right when ho he said sold Eye yo not seen seon seln nor tier ear elt It heard beard neither hath halh the heart of or man conceived tho the things thInKs which God has hal In tore More for tor those who love lovo Him and keep hoop Ills Is commandments Eider Robert concluded with wih an 11 eloquent appeal to the people to so No 10 order their theM lives tha thu they tIle tho Wilt receive the highest degree or of exultation The choir choir sang the hymn Rest nelt For Forthe Forthe Forthe the Weary und kOd Ind tho the benediction woe was wal pronounced by Eider Ider Henry W V |
