| Show GUIDED BY Was Moro More Than Human Wisdom That Brought Saints Hither IT Pil WAS VAS A FOU LAND LANI o by 11 0 O I V 1111 or lit Ca It l 1 lOut Out hit by b Higher luau Tho The services service In Jn tho tito Tabernacle ilo yes yesterday yesterday es ester ter afternoon were oro presided l ed over oer hy by M Cannon They The tore opened by hy tho choir Hinging tine the hymn Our God Wo We to tu Thee Tho fino Invocation wan offered by b dent James of ot if tho tue Southwestern Southwell tern States mission and non the tue serviette w were wen ra continued by hy the choir tho the anthem anthom As A tine the Jews Krom Heaven Distilling Tho Tue solo oto part was by Miss Luella Ferrin Tho The speaker was wan BIshop 0 O V F 1 Whitney WhItney Whit Whitney ney whose vho u Interesting was waa listened to with much attention lIe He said BUIt ha ho was wan happy haplY tu to addresS the people when he ire assured l of or their faith ant and sympathy and tho tire of at the Holy 1101 that which takes of the tho th things of Oud and antI reveals them theta unto mortals that which Jesus Jostis called the tho Comforter and which was waR to lead leu Into all nil truth This have hlo partaken of ot that spirit The Tho name satire promises made matle to the tire former day clay Saints have been made to the tile Latter Iatter day da Saints To 10 the tile of this church It U inns has been sat said 1 Go Co ye ya Into all 1111 tho tue world etc ami arrI nu those signs hall I follow them that believe Mar has hIlS this been l eoll fulfilled Tins This Is no empty ty vaunt I 1 speak what I know leno and what thousands of ot others know who have embraced this work this everlasting which Is the tire name 1111 lit 0 today anti forever God Clod Is a tied of s now as ever over everand and we se promise who lire arc not irot of ot our faith that It If they thoy will vIll humble them themselves selves repent of ot their sins und arol bo be Imp hap baptized after tire the of ot Christs burial anti and a resurrection they re the tire Holy Ghost anti anI shall know for themselves S that we wo speak the truth Tire The mission of the tire Holy Bol huh Ghost IH is to brill men Into harmony with God I When President lre John l met tire the Prophet Joseph Smith after aft r having em om embraced braced tho tIre Gospel tho tire latter told him that ho Ito had received r the tire Holy II Db Ghost and am It might tell toll him hint to tu do lo things linings that his natural Judgment would not ap up approve prove but hut If H ho he would always alIIs heed Its ho ire would Invariably be bo led I d to do that which winch would be for his iris best good Bishop Whitney spoke of ot a monument that he ire had lund seen Been In San SlIn Francisco dur during durIng ing lag his recent visit to California the famous discoverer of ot gold frold He stated that only one nature name In that group of t bronzo bronze figures was W S a mm non Mormon ormon that lint It waa the picks and arid shovels of ot Mormon Battalion boys bOB that brought the tire gold golt to tire the surface lIe He was CA led leI to rolled ct upon the marvel marvelous ous way In which Gad Gael had forecast tho tine destiny of this people What would have become of the tho Saints had they thoy caught tho tire gold Hold fever of or 1849 ISH and antl gone gono gOlloto to California They Thoy would havo um been swallowed up III would have lost their Identity as a IL people or ci been Jean driven again from their possessions Verse Perse Persecution J cution had always kept them together like cuton sheep that huddle at the sight of ot ofa ota ofa a prowling wolf the Lord JonI had hall shown a n stern face Cace a it mailed hand Inand but It had over ever been raised In defense defenso of ot Ills HIs people and to carve carvo out for tor them thema thema a 1 glorious destiny Tire Tho speaker then referred to the tire con condition condition condition of oC this western country before the tire Saints Paints settled nettled here Ho lie told how the Prophet Joseph Smith predicted their exodus front from Illinois saying that they tiler would woul become n tI mighty ml ht people In Inthe Inthe inthe the midst of ot tire the Hocky Mountains The I Prophet himself organized an expedition tion lion to explore this region and oven oen set setout setout setout out In person to COllie canto here but re To returned turner turned and slain by his enemies TIns This country at that I time was so en forbidding that Colonel an nn old mountaineer bantered tire the pioneers arid and ani off offered red Young Youn a It thousand dollars for tor the tIre fIrst drat bushel hushel of ot wheat raised 1 III In Salt Lake valley all y Young said aid l the tire speaker took the tire Spirit of God as liS his guide Much had been said Bald about his native shrewdness his hla great Ireat wisdom anti and Intelligence and It had irad been a run aR sorted ported that ho Inc was perfectly familiar with the country ho ire was entering That lie ire was wise mind Intelligent Is true but It Is also true that he Ire hail had only a ft vague Idea of tire tho region Into winch which he was It vas th tt Spirit of God Clod that led him On hl Iris way hero ho Ire had visions which determined hie course courne Tire voyage of Samuel and iris hla Mormon colony on ott the chip Brooklyn from New York around Capo Horn to California where they established a printing press and published n a pioneer newspaper was next men mentioned Samuel then Iron struck across tim country met President Young rind and the pioneers and did alt all In iii his power to persuade them to go on onto onto to tire the Pacific coast Ho lie depleted depicted tire tho grassy slopes and fertile soil poll of that wonderful country of California but the ito Mormon leader could euid not b shaken In iris his purpose to establish iris his people In tire the valley of tire the Great Salt Lake In lit tire the midst of sand and arid and sage sagebrush brush of crickets grasshoppers and rattlesnakes He lit his staff Into the earth and wild said Hero we will the city and of our God Gnu rule said tire the speaker was moro titan than human wisdom It tire the Inspiration of tire the Almighty Tire Tho Bishop then told how the tho Saints had grown Brown In power pourer and wealth and nind had a mighty people In tire midst of th Mountains In ful fulfillment nf f tire the words vOris of their martyred Prophet while and iris hit cal col colony calony ony had ban gone to pieces He lie then do uses how of tire the numbers of tire tho Mormon Battalion after en enlisting en listing on ott tire the Missouri and marching In to California where they tirey were honor honorably ably discharged after serving the cd States In Its war against Mexico while working at fort now how Sacramento dug up the first gold and nd recorded the tho discovery In January ISIS an urn event that set the whole nation wild ex and revolutionized the commerce of tire the world was to tire the gold field Young advised iris his people to remain here sand and till tire the soil H It was not for gold that the Saints iran had come to the mountains It wits for God It was not irot for tire the dust duet of the earth but for tire Hie truths of heaven haven The youth of Israel today should beer hrar tins this In mind None I but an art earnest sincere people havo done dono tire the Mormon did In IMS 1613 the tho settlers hers her wore were nearly lag Inc anti h had 1 barely enough helter c I Kimball predicted that In a short time stat i would be sold In Salt Lake City cheap cheaper er or than In St Louts or Nw Nuu York Tho rho speaker vividly d th the condi conditions then made the prediction appear and In Incredible incredible credible to th these who It and yet within a few months It waa fulfilled to the tho very ery letter by tire the arrival of pf the gold hunters on orr way to California Theoe In lit to lighten their loads and their Journey throw throwaway away nr soul sold for a song tire tho valuable with h they had their wagons before arousing the thu plain Halt Bait LAke valley tire the half halfway way house of tire the nation the nucleus ot it civilization which lies radiated to build up Ui the tue states anti territories This riis was a marvelous work and a it God never nover did anything ex cx except upon natural principles but many of tIre tho principles natural to Him may bo be to us Tire The early visions of the Joseph Smith and time the restoration of tire the were depleted depicted with tint power Your You believe that time the sun stood still at the tho command of a Josh Joshua ua riot exclaimed tire the speaker addressing tire the You believe that tim tire the waters of tire tho lied Bed Sea divided at atthe time the command of a Moses hut but you carr can cannot Trot not believe hint God Clod spoke to Joseph Your You cannot believe this bo be because cause It Is new while tire tho other mir miracles acles arts are old Hut It Is true title whether you believe It or not hot It Is In also true that angels ordained him to tire the I Ithe time the burled history of tire the American con colt continent and restored tire the everlasting Gospel Cl Tire Tho speaker closed with a glowing portrayal of the tho Millennium the tho of pence peace this the titanic theme of prophet tongues and poet pens In hr all ages and tint which he declared It was tire the mission of Mor Mormonism monism to usher In InThe inTire Tire The choir smug sang tire tho anthem And It shall Conic Come to Pass Tire The benediction was wan pronounced by Either Clarence Cannon |
