Show tabernacle SERVICES addresses by elders carlisle stew j art and anaL leishman sishman R agular gul r sunday afternoon ferid vices were it held in L gan tabernacle nac le sunday starch march 15 1896 at 2 president isaac smith presided the congregation li led hv bl the choir sang ang elder 0 C robbins offered prayer the choir sans sang a hymn elder J K E carlisle addressed the saints in substance as follows the more I 1 reflect upon the organization bation of the church the more I 1 realize the responsibility connected giitl it it I 1 I 1 believe the lord takes of the frailties of the flesh allt ph and upholds ilia servants with all their weakness and acknowledges knon leippes their labors thus are the elders magnified in the eyes of the world and become able tr to command respect the lord has his own way of choosing men for ilis his work As agin in the case of cho choking oring e a king I 1 from among the josse jesse the prophet passed by thoe that the wisdom of man would have chosen so the leaders of this church have been selected by inspiration of god and not by mans wisdom the world bould not have chosen such a man as the prophet for the great work he did he lord sustains his servants Ber eer when I 1 vote to sustain this wor work k it is not a form forin when I 1 vote to the officers of the church it is not ot a form it carries with it a 1 responsibility I 1 was once asked why a certain patriarch could enjoy the power of his hia calling who did not keep the word of wadom wirdo tn I 1 pondered on it and concluded that the man was in other respects a good man and humbly desired to fill his calling callina 0 for th these ese reasons the lord acknowledged his hia authority and followed his labors by his sealing spirit eldur elder J Z stwart stewart was the next speaker HP he said it is a wonder in in the mands of thinking mm men when they consider how an illiterate boy as was josph smith could introduce the mot perfect organization uron the face of the earth this is a testimony to ni luany any besides the latter day saints there are no people taught so thoroughly correct principles as are this people they enjoy the blessings of the lord only in proportion to their keeping his commandments mand ments great promises are made in connection with the word of wisdom they cannot be obtained without heeding that counsel so with other promises the blessings only can follow obedience the choir sang a hymn elder J A leishman said having faith in the gospel and faith in the priesthood and faith in the saints I 1 undertake what otherwise would be an impossible task that of attempting to teach this assembly because jesus is not d dwell welling among us on the earth mal makes es BO difference as to ilia his being the head bead of the church this church is not of man all that we do we do in the name of christ we cannot lose sight of this thid fundamental Irin principle ciple that christ is the head bead of the church ile he calls man to represent him upon the earth and puts upon them the priesthood A first presidency is organized to act in his name the they y are given help in spreading the gospel by the organization known as the twelve apostles they are not sufficient in themselves to carry the gospel to the world and they are given help in the organization of seventies so also the elders and all the various callin callings 0 is and organizations of the criesi priesthood are appointed as helps in the government of god go d and at stakes and wards are organized with all their officers it is our duty to maintain and support these officers each in his hie position says one have I 1 nothing to say about vie the man who is appointed to breide over me very little if we are willing to trust the lord we must accept his appointed servants servant 8 the lord has said ile he would not buffer any man to lead his people astray we all know this has been true in the past the presidents and apostles have tau taught ht nothing but good principles 1 I am not a believer in the doctrine of infallibility but I 1 believe the spirit of god is ie infallible one of tile the greatest works the saints have to do is the work for the dead there is not too much time to accomplish com this work the rhe prophet joeph said the saints could scarcely do it in the time allotted this dispensation is as much to the lead dead as to the living the lord has so fixed it that tha we cannot b be saved without our dead no 1 more than they can be saved without us it is for us to do our duty in this regard let us see to it that we keep the word of wadom and uphold our leaders every man is a sovereign in this church that does not prevent him from following the counsel of the prophets I 1 do not decry learning I 1 wish I 1 1 was a scholar and that we were all learned in the sciences but I 1 want to say learning is secondary to religion better go into the spirit world wibb a 0 of f god and a testimony that my sins are forgiven than possessed sed of al learning without such testimony benediction by bishop ballard ballar d |