Show tabernacle SERVICES elders david and ana amelias Aa rellus bluer and prest isaac smith i the afternoon services at the tabernacle last sunday well attended find and interesting tei te eating statistics of the indiana conference Confer anco the logan tabernacle choir was present in strength at services last afternoon and the singing was lias never more mora beautiful the large room with the exception of the galleries was comfortably filled with worshippers wor shippers after singing by the choir elder jackson offered prayer singing Sacia sacrament ment was wait adkins administered t ered by bv the lesser priesthood of the ath ward the first speaker was DAVID DA VID ROBERTS ROBERT who had recently returned from a mission to the northern Nort states he realized keenly the responsibility of occupying the position of ol 01 instructor to the latter day saints two years ago this month he left logan and was first assigned to labor in crawford county indiana the Nur northern thern states comeri e es thirteen and a half states divided int three othree conferences the peon sylvania indiana and iowa with general headquarters at council bluffs iowa in march 1894 was wait appointed to green and adjacent counties in illinois in january he was sent to st clair illinois where he stayed until march when he was again appointed to labor in indiana ills his final field was in jackson county with headquarters at murfreesboro elder roberts enjoyed his labors much god had blessed him with health and peace the experience peri ence gained he considered invaluable ile he met with considerable opposition but conditions are not nearly to go bad now as two years I 1 ago l when I 1 first arrived in the fi field sid there were but ten elders in the mission and there were scarcely any opportunities or openings tor for spreading the gospel now however there are 87 27 elders in the llie field tl and if every demand made upon t them em were filled it would require UIT 8 at least 40 moie to meet the up appointments ointments the be spirit of the p D ap is so changing that tile the missionaries s sion arles aries are now able to get before a etter better educated educate class of people thin than heretofore prejudice is gradually dying away two years yearb ago the ills pamphlets slid aud tr tracts acts published and distributed by the elders cost 3 per hundred sow now the same boma number dumber can be hail bad for 60 cents a and as a consequence there aie le now more tracts being distributed than ever the work is ia increasing and many are being baptized yet it seems like gleaning the fields after the harvester has gone over an elder must meet with every class in preaching the gospel it is a pleasure to bear testimony to the truth of this thib great and glorious work but there are man many delusive spirits abroad and many are led away into the bonds 0 of f satan when they thought they were embracing truth the speaker referred to the pe culler culiar manner or of worship and conduct of several sects among them the shakers whose religious rites he described as being chiefly no because of the confusion created their peculiar actions seemed to him to be anything rather than worship of god for ing instance tance a very common idea becomes pr prevalent evalen t that the devil is on 00 the premises and a child chases him around the house an old lady in the house catches the devil in her apron and ahe he forthwith foith with entries him out and dumps him in the yard then his satanic majesty gets into the cow and the people beat the poor cow shamefully to get him out it is simply ridiculous there are healers among the shakers to ile be just a common member of the sect it is necessary to be baptized once to 10 be a healer bealer however one must receive the ordinance of immersion twice the apostle paul perceived what would come even in the day when christ should come john the revelator Kev elator also saw the same thing false christs would arise and those calling themselves messen gers of the most high would deceive the very elect the power by which the magicians and sorcerers sorcerer wrought fought miracles equal to those of 1 the ter servants of god is again abroad in the land and manifestations of the llie same may maybe be met on every land hand people are led artilly an ay by these false powers and while they think ably are giving praise and I 1 worship to god they are but deluded by the outer surface show kofl of those whose doctrines will bot stand the test elder roberts roberta described a t isit sit I 1 made by him to indianapolis alie capital city of indiana there in the heart of the city stood a monument I 1 that arrested bis attention and caused many reflections to pass through hii big igind the shaft of bronze was erected in commemoration me of the soldiers and sailors who fell in the battle of the rebellion who took the field from their homes in that state the monument records the fai fa t thit that front from Indi indiana atis alone over gol soldiers diers enlisted and of these more than sacrificed their lives I 1 upon the altar of their country what untold misery and sorrow what rivers of blood and oceans of tears were caused by the effects of I 1 this war in this one stae alone I 1 to me this is something more than the hie soldiers Sol diera and sailors monument it is a monument to the truth of the words of joseph smith as ass a prophet of god the borrow sorrow and suffering buffering of the state of indiana and every other state of the union might have hae been saved had bad the warnings of the prophet joseph smith been listened tu lie ile predicted the war and told old where it would start ile he alio aho showed a way in which aich it might be averted lint but joseph smith the prophet of god was hissed and reviled revile cr spat upon and finally murdered in cold blood for claiming tobetha to be that which thich the hiery of his country proves that lie he was to me monument ir is a grand testimony of the truth of the gospel asked god to bless all and especially the missionaries in the name of jesus amen elder Aurelius Aure liua miner addressed the saints for a few fen moments speaking of his experience in the missionary field and referring in interestingly to the tha doctrines of f the gospel president isaac smith also spoke ills his remarks were of a an n explanatory nature the choir c h air sang a beautiful anthem and benediction was pronounced aed by elder hill |