Show RELIGIOUS SERVICES at the salt lake tabernacle on february nth 1393 there was a somewhat large congregation grega gre gation tiou at the tabernacle on lait last sunday and a number of nent people were present the music was very good ELDER THOMAS HILL was the first speaker i after bleaking of the necessity of speakers pe akers having g divine inspiration b before e for e they can speak to a congregation of the latter day sa saints i n ts with any doaa power er lie he remark v the blessing tile th saints are enjoying in beina a able lc to as agi e emble on oil the sabbath day and unite with one another in in praising and worshiping the lor lord and renewing renewing 0 of their covenant with their god by partaking in t of tile the holy sacrament the sabbath day lie he said is anone which we put aside all our worldly cares and thoughts ca yield ourselves CS up to nf luence of higher spirit within ils and meet with 7 our fellow men in peace and happiness and the assembling of the latter day saints on oil thebe lays days when each man feels at peace with ili his brother is but a shadowing foreshadowing fore odthe of the greater and more bastin lasting 0 gathering thit that is to come in ill the other world for there all the honest will lie be brou brought h t together C and will be united for all time by the bonds of undying love whenever one partakes of the holy sacrament it should recall to his hig mind the time when the savior and liis his disciples were assembled together and beius broke the bread and gave it to liis his followers and also gave them the cup cult and directed that tile the ordinance should ever be ober observed ved in the true church to commemorate me liis his action in giving up his life for the redemption of mankind the meaning of the ordinance of the bac sacrament was also con niente I 1 on oil the speaker said that when t the ic saints partake of the consecrated bread and water the they pledge themselves to remember the lord qt it all times and to keep his commandment inand man dment ments put but it is too often true that when the saints go forth to their business during 7 the week they forget this folca n pledge n what does docs it meau to walk in the fOOt footsteps stells of if jesus lie ile was lium humble charitable and gentle M and his bis love for mankind was unbounded then to walk in liis his footsteps we must put away from us lis all evil speaking 0 and backbiting back biting and should eay of our neighbors th that at only that abich is gentle and kind we hould not judge I 1 too harshly of the faults we lind in in our associates but should aklo ul ll 11 I 1 ook look upon them AT with ith charity we ave should always speak the hie truth and ba honest and fair in all our dealings with men inen and we must also bo be patient under all our trials and follow the guidance of the spirit et eit god in all things it is well known that when tho savior left the earth he promised his hia disciples that god would send them the Comforter to counsel them thein at all times and strengthen in ill adversity this spirit was sent to the disciples according to th the 0 promise so made and it will be sent now to all who deserve to be pos lesaer hessed or of it it rests upon all who seeks to make their live I 1 in hor molly with tile the true gobbel and it I 1 behooves us to endeavor to possess sess this spirit for it will t guide in all circumstances showing us the true course to pursue when we are in the midst of tomp lations it vill rill give us strength e to remain true to ourselves and to our father in heaven it will keep us dean clean from the sins bins of the world and will ever give us a testimony of god and his son and through it though 0 we may be weak and my may have man many faults and many ianis mistakes we will be led away from error and led into everlasting truth tile the laicer day saints are required in all things to regulate 0 their lives by the e example of the lord and if we fulfill this thia requirement all the blessings of god will descend upon tipon us and the holy gost will be with in the midst of all trials we will feel great peace ill in the mida of sorrow we will have joy oy and will ever have love A 11 peculiar condition confronts tile the saints in these days when they cirit camo came to this country they did not bring with then the licis vice s of gottlic the world and their theire children hildren grew up by them and for cormany makiv years year th the children A were vere not expose exposed d to the e temptations offered in other communities but this has changed and a new order of iliin things s has been i inaugurated nauga rated temptations are arc to be met on oil every hand now and the greatest care must be exercised by parents or their children will become contaminated by the evil influences fluen ces that surround them and in this crisis it is is more necessary necess arv that the saints shall rely upon the holy ghost for guidance ui dance and strength parents enlist must be careful to instill into their children a kno knowledge w lede led e and love of the gospel and to make their homes veritable sanctuaries where the foundation may bo laid that shall give ive strength to the coming generations to resist the encroachments encroach ments of evil influences fluen ces ELDER josfpit 11 II DHAN DEAN was the last speaker after saying e f that hit if elders of the church will live in accordance to the divine divi lie laws they would be better prepared to fulfill their duties when called upon to do so and that the congregation should always as assist kist the speaker with their prayers and attention and should exercise exercise faith so that he who may address them will be enabled to aji forth that which is of bene benefit the elder spoke e of the great sacrifice that was made by the savior sa vier for man mail when lio lie offered up his life on oil calvary to cleanse inan mankind kind from the ori original 0 inal sin in colem m oration of this great reat sacrifice t ice the israelites followers of jesus in ancient times made offerings and observed the ordinance th that tha a had been beef I 1 taught by him and his disciples I 1 this ordinance of the sacrament is most holy and should be en engaged agad in only by those who are fitted only those are fitted who at arc 0 villing to take upon elves ves tile the name of jos jesus us others drink condemnation dem deni nation to their souls and so all sin should be made right and ill all bail bad abou thoughts ats should lie bs subdued before one partakes of this most moat holy ordinance if you have ill beelin feeling 0 against 0 your our brother conquer that feeling and become friendly with him of course it is sometimes impossible to reconcile our brother to us when there has been a quarrel between us I 1 kut ut we ave should make the attempt and if he refuge to accept our advances N we e then do as ii e are bidden by the church laws and call iu in another brother who has no in interest in the dispute to arbitrate the matter inthis if this does not satisfy we should go through tho other processes ordained for such gucci cases until we become reconciled with our brother or have exham exhausted eted all means to bring about such an ail end and when we have done all that we ave can call we are justified if we harbor no ill will it is hard it must lic be co confessed fesel to confess fault in such a 3 matter and to samue pride so that we ave can make inake the advances necessary but to be a saint one must bring himself into entire subjugation 0 J YOUNG |