Show TWO DAYS MEETINGS according to appointment tile the holdin two days meetings commenced this morning au august ast 9 ath tl 1873 at ten ton in tile tiie N new w Ta bernable tabernacle president brigha brigham M young presiding meeting was called to order by PRESIDENT B YOUNG youna the choir sang the time As nigh that happy time that great expected blessed day tile tiie opening prayer was offered ff ered by ELDER GEORGE Q CANNON see I 1 all creation joins to praise th eternal go flo it 1 was sung by the choir ELDER GEORGE Q CANNON cannan addressed the meeting he expressed the opinion that the circumstances surrounding the latter day saints at the present ti time mo required great effort and much faith on their part to enable them to be in a condition to render them pleasing to the lord were they tiley to abandon eve everything ry thin gels geis else eise e but the making of money the objects for which they had gathered here would be lost those who abandoned themselves entirely toa ton to a lustful feeling after riches would be sure to lose the spirit of the gospel had the lord chosen and gathered the rich to operate cooperate co with him to buildup his work such people would probably have imagined that it was their riches and influence that had accomplished the labor As it was god alone could and must have the honor of bringing about his purposes s he would show the world what he himself could accomplish in gathering a people together and directing their labors the lord haddis had his own way of accomplishing his purposes jesus had his owai own way of choosing his apostles and servants generally he did this independently of other considerations than that those whom he chose ha had d the love of the truth in their hearts hearm this was the tiie way ile he ae acted ted in selecting joseph smith as an instrument strument ment to usher in the last dispensation pensa ensa olsa tion he had bad made the elders eiders eiders elders of this church mighty not because of the birth or natural advantages of the latter but by the outpourings upon them of his holy spirit god had bad called his servants to labor for the amelioration of the condition of the inhabitants of the earth on every hand could be seen the most powerful evidences of the necessity for a reformat reformation loh lob the poor and oppressed of every nation were calling aloud foreman for emancipation ci from the evils in which they were enthralled the line between the rich and poor was becoming comin more marked and distine tive a remedy for this deplorable state of things buethe but the great t creator himself A stu study of the acknowledged attributes of the almighty should be su sufficient to convince the most skeptical sceptical that he had nothing to do with the organizing of as it existed today to day the latter da day y saints had before them the high privilege lege of assisting the lord in n the great work of reformation and they should never lever forget this important object of their gathering together the people of this territory were everywhere surrounded by the evidences of his favor and fostering care and they should therefore not forget him nor his work he had many times delivered his people when they had been overshadowed by the threatening clouds of adversity the sain saints ts had to build up tile the zion of god which was the chur church h kingdom and power of G god od wa and they had to teach the inhabitants of the earth that there was a people who had llad faith in god and who could accomplish mighty things through trusting in him if the saints manifested that they had faith in god by sending for the elders of the church to anoint their sick with oil and administer to them and abolished doctors these things would have their effect upon tile the people peaple of the world ia and they would engender fa faith falth I 1 itil II 11 ih the hearts of their children ELDER CANNON then spoke of the deplorable condition of the nations politically political y and the political and moral condi condl condition tiou tiow of utah also in deprecatory terms of the course taken by some of the representatives of tile tiie federal government whose duty was to be conservators conservatory conserva tors of the peace and of public morals but who had encouraged drunkenness debauchery and other dr crimes iines lines he alluded to the time when there were no drinking saloons brothels and other sinks of iniquity and abomination here and contrasted that state of things with what existed now the saints had to watch over the youth to seo see that they were not led into evil ways if the latter day saints became engrossed in the spirit of the world the lord would soon scourge them ELDER LORENZO SNOW was the next speaker he said serving the lord honestly and faithfully was a most delightful business it was a labor however in which some of us occasionally got discouraged and required to be de urged an incentive to faithfulness was a correct understanding of the nature of the future rewards in store for those who served the lord undividedly the lord was willing to show the nature of the future of tb the a just that a knowledge of it might act as an incentive to w barks of righteousness the obligations of the latter day saints instead of decreasing as they progressed in the work of the almighty kept constantly increasing and there was a necessity for a corresponding increase of knowledge and wisdom that those obligations might be faithfully and intelligently discharged the speaker next dwelt upon the restoration of the gospel in this age the ther gathering of the saints and 1 the object for which they were 1 gathered also of the sacrifices required by the lord and made 1 by y the saints he concluded by alluding to his recent tour in palestine and other countries PRESIDENT 11 YOUNG then delivered a brief but very P powerful gerful ful fui interesting and instructive hd address dress in which he showed with great plainness chatas that as tho the earth was the lords and the ful ness nesa thereof and that those who kept his commandments finally obtained oatt dued all in existence flaat was worth having riches honor lonor glory and exaltation anything n g that people could undergo for the ultimate attainment of those blessings could not be designated as sacrifice the choir sang I 1 will extol abee prayer by elder joseppi fsmith SATURDAY aug mig pm the choir sang praise ye the lordi my heart shall shail join in works BO pleasant plessant so divine prayer by elder WILFORD WOODRUFF come we that tove love wehe lehe the lod lord and let our joys be glown was sung by the choir PRESIDENT D II 11 WELLS wenis addressed the congregation ike yle he ile commenced by bearing testimony to the truth of the gospel received and practiced by the latter day saints the latter had been called to be workers coworkers co with the lord to accomplish his purposes and build up his kingdom on tile the earth the speaker explained why the inhabitants of the earth were required to leave the presence of the almighty and pass through a probation in this world those in whose hearts the principles of righteousness were embedded could not fail fall to be elevated in the scale of being life on this earth was a continual warfare for the saints yet those who practiced righteousness had pence peace in the present as well as the assurance of eternal peace in the world to come no person erson could possibly be in greater bondage than to be enslaved by his own passions aien nien men alen had heir their agency and could choos choose e the road to life and eternal riches or that that which led to misery and death the speaker showed the necessity of people living in such a way that their actions would bear the iho closest scrutiny he touched upon many points of interest to the lat ter day saints and exhorted them to conduct themselves in such auch a manner that they would not be ashamed to meet and greet their heavenly father himself president wells then predicted the final triumph of the kingdom of god and those who strove to impede its pro progress g r e would be destroyed he exhorted x h 0 r t all to live near to the L lord ord that they might realize the promises made to td the faithful rather bather than deny the faith latter day saints should be willing to sacrifice the life of the body many were willing to do this and to stand up in defense of the servants of god but were unable to live the principles of truth yet those who did not live acco according rd 1 ng to the laws of tile the gospel would suffer sunner loss many were anxious to receive the blessings to be obtained in the house of the lord and yet thought they could neglect other matt batt matters erv such as paying tithing ac but they would some time be undeceived if they did not repent he exhorted the people to pay their tithing and respond to the call of duty in all other respects it was not generally the poor who neglected to pay their tithing but rather ether those who had accumulated wealth the latter day saints sainta would be scourged urged if they did not wall walk in the way of the lord PRESIDENT GEORGE A SMITH stif announced that on saturday and sunday august and there would be two days meetings al at ogden the choir sang beautiful are thy towers prayer by elder F D RICHARDS i SE SECOND COND DAY ff sunday august loth alth ith loam the great and glorious gospel light sherd has 1 ushered herd forth unto my y ight sight was wm sung by the choir prayer by EIDER ELDER EI DER B YOUNG the choir sang 0 godl our help in azes past our hope for years to come PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG beli delivered ered an elaborate and instructive discourse he first spoke of the mission to arizona he did not desire to cast any reflections upon those who had gone south and returned but he desired that those of them who wished to do so should nt fit themselves out and accompany himself to the south this fall tile tiie object of the mission was to break new now ground and spread abroad which was the duty of the latter day saints if the saints would sanctify themselves zion would be built up but if they did not others would be chosen to do the work which must be accomplished the president then delineated the nature of what is sometimes denominated the one ma manpower n power powen P 11 showing that it originated in god and when people obeyed the revelations of god as given through those delegated with authority from the Almli almighty ilay lity it was the latter who was obeyed and not those so authorized to act for him what ia Is called the one man power kasnot was not confined to the latter day saints but people endeavored to carry it out all over the world the condition of the nations of the earth politically socially and religiously was next dwelt upon and in concluding president young bore a powerful testimony to the gospel of christ as revealed inthis hi this age of the world through 3 joseph sm smith the prophet ob epli ith the e choir hoir sang bang al ig the anthem who ia Is like unto thee theo prayer by EUER ruder ORSON PRATT AFTERNOON the jibe choir sang come com holy ghost your pour our hearts inspire J let jet ct us thino influence prove ELDER josepn JOSEPH F SMITH offered pm prayer er he died the great redeemer died wed and israels daughters wept around arounds was wag sung by the choir the sacrament of the lords supper was administered to the congregation PRESIDENT GEO A SM SMITH ITI I 1 addressed the congregation he read that portion of scripture which says this is my beloved son in whom I 1 iam lam alwer well weil pleased and then spoke of the nature of ot the tho ordinance or sacrament of the lords supper and the way in which it should be administered and par taken of he enumerated many of the advantages possessed by the tile latter day Sain tsin having special revelations from the almighty he next described the condition of the jews at the time the savior made his advent ad vent among them spoke of the effort of herod to destroy jesus by having the male maie chil chii children dien dlen destroyed dos troyed and stated that there was a place which was now pointed out to visitors to palestine as the tile spot where the bodies of the children slain by the command of herod were buried the speaker then traced the history of the lord fjord jesus from the time of the flight into egypt till the time the words word s of the text were uttered the necessity of the tile latter day saints being honest was next touched upon before partaking of the holy sacrament by which they showed they ever remembered the sacrifice of the son on of god they should submit themselves to a close self scrutiny to see whether they had lived so as to have the communion of the holy spirit the speaker read a revelation given through joseph smith jan 19 1841 as written in the book of doc and cov relating to the building of temples to the lord it being shown in the revelation that every people of god were commanded to do work of that nature the saints had been driven many times before coming to this territory but here they had remained many years and were likely to stay it was the will of the lord that the temple here should be built by the tithes and offerings of the pt peo people o president george A smith said lie had recently been loo looking king over some of the names of tithe payers in some of tho the wards and was much surprised at the neglect of this duty indicated on the part of brethren doing largo large business in this city the speaker was not individually concerned in regald to a man paying tithing but it was a matter of great concern to the man himself these matters should be duly considered by the saints when they partook of the sacrament Sacr dment if the build building I 1 g of the temple were hindered by the saints neglecting to do their part towards that work the lord would be displeased with them when the saints were hindered in this direction by their enemies the curse feil fell upon the latter at but when the work lagged on account of the negligence of the people themselves it was different it was then upon the sal sat saints ants on whom the indignation of the lord was wms visited As an illustration of this the history of the jews was cited it was clearly shown that those who would faithfully pay their tithing would be blessed and prospered if perso persons could not pay their tithing however without their hearts I 1 longing ong ing after the money they had bad bt better t er keep it as the lord did not want it thero there there would be a sufficient number willing to build the temple and anti those who did not aid in the work would not receive the blessings to be obtain edin the house of the lord there was a complaint from the sunday schools that a sufficient number of tew tex teachers chers did not attend them and the speaker would liae ilce to see the young men and women and all others who could do so to attend to tile tiie duty of teaching the children president smith then spoke of an inclination on the pa part rt of some young men among amone the saints to attend educational institutions abroad he wished home boint educational institutions encouraged and fostered he ire advised parents to take the juvenile instructor elor tor as it was an ex excellent excelled cellen celien t medium of instruction also to have in the families the DESERET NEWS in which were published the sermons of the servants of god he concluded by expressing a hope that the latter day saints would 3 in their aspirations to the almighty never forget the temple ELDER GEO Q CANNON followed and spoke on the nature of the authority of the holy priesthood and the reason why temples were necessary he enumerated the glorious promises of god to his people in this age of the worl dand the en encouraging coura ging prospects before the latter day saints the people were not sent here only to exist to eat drink sleep build houses ac there was a nobler purpose to be accomplished the 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