Show tabernacle 1 was called to order at 2 p TO ili lul l sunday ul iday dec 28 1895 1805 b president issac isaac sm smith ith after eual opening exercises president smith announced that hereafter the administration of the tha sacrament could take place sunday en evenin edings s in the various s ward meetings instead of in the tabernacle in the afternoon as hereto ioie oie also that the afternoon meetings N hereafter ha be of shorter duration than has been customary elder J E hickman was the next speaker he desired that the tefol holy y spirit might dictate his bis remarks that those present might bo be fed on the spirit and from thence dis disseminate it among among those at home we e feed our da natural tural bodies three tines every lay day and if per chon chanc c but one meal per day is secured we eum complain plain and tell our duio that we are starving but how many tell their neighbors if they do cot get more thao than one spiritual meal a day I 1 might inight say a week for this purpose we are assembled hett here today the holy spirit builds us its up and makes us cs saints of the ecat high when I 1 contemplate the past and present I 1 arn am led to project the tha future some of us that are here today probably pio bably have bave not been fed spiritually for months we are hibernating spiritually just as certain animals bib but if lle g will wil only follow the example 3 of the atar e c and come out of our ho hole leonce once in ID a while 1 e there may may be ba chance for our souls soula yet vet 1 I 1 ho hf history hi tory of this people is the tha h iszory or of evry earry other people since ince t the lie roald began bean it his bas been aed thit one half of tle tha children of bioti would sleep at the tha orning oming of ji itil chaiet ohl of zion the words nf f the of the conling romin of i ho he saviour are re true awake put ol oi thine armor and prepare for the tha time is at hird hind the speaker i drew many striking parallels aiom the hi atory tory of ancient and modern israel illustrating ti similarity in disposition etcor tl tle te e I of ard in all aps agea Ilist orv itself A 11 mera ere synopsis of ohp apt similitude a pictured would not dot 0 do o him hica or his subject ji bite justice te suffice to eny the ti uth was waa brought 1 home borne to lo the listeners liate nera that whereat modern I israel irael rael wonders ancient israel could commit dineh p irb bieak breaches bi eaches elres or of faith avith their heavenly father offenses equally flagrant were ot of record of modern saints rider konns were list listened Pried to nith in inne inn rie e interest inte reet during the three quader iua s of an hour ho ha brolie abid all felt elf 1 1 they had been well wel I 1 paid for kacl din bilins the choir ren deice an all lisita ui sita addlen and im aia pronounced erl bv b v elder J W if de |