Show A suggestive circumstance THE occasion of the very able abie discourse delivered at the twelfth th ward assembly rooms last evening is suggestive of thought the crowd was so great that not only was every foot of sitting sp space ce but also the standing room was completely occupied while both the double doors at the front of the h hali hail all ali were thrown open and people stood upon the entrance steps for over two hours so great was the caw cag eagerness c aness manifested to hear the words of the speaker that before the tiie west door was opened one man procured a ladder with which to climb up to and listen the open transom the intensity of the interest of the tha congregation gation was further lurther exhibited by the thu exceptional tion a 1 order and stillness that prevailed although many of the people were sitting in cramp cramped ed and crowded positions as well weli as the disadvantage the large number were under who stood during the entire service there were several reasons for this remarkable interest among which are arc the prominent and authoritative position held by the speaker his well known ability and the tha nature of the thu subject whick is connected with one of the most conspicuous questions of the day of a national character the congregation was composed of people e of a variety of shades of op opinion in lon ion and if there were any persons at all who attended merely to gratify an idle curiosity they must have been numerically ra raa p peaple oie ote cie assembled for the purpose of obtaining g information orina upon a matter of great significance and they were satisfied as the speaker delivered a 11 lucid argument and presented a formidable formidably p array of facts sustaining the position lie lle assumed upon the ques question treated tiie the desire manifested by so many aple toh toP to listen to president cannons cannon s escourse Ts discourse course of last evening even inand dand jand a similar simlia r interest on former occasions of tile the same kind show plainly the great concern that is taken in some of the more prominent subjects connected with the church of jesus christ of latter day saints especially by the members or of the religious body as well as by those who are not associated with it this decided inclination 4 appears pears to point to the benefit to bd derived from the treatment of special subjects perhaps to a somewhat larger extent than heretofore although an extreme in that direct direction lon ion should be carefully avoided if a people are hungering anu and and thirsting after information in relation to certain questions the promise is that the they shall be filled as was the case last night i there is a command to the elders not to think beforehand what they shall say but to reflect upon the principles of truth and whatever is necessary to be spoken will be suggested by the spirit at the appropriate moment when it should be uttered although this lias has special reference to preaching to the world it also has an application at home but it does not appear that the spirit of this admonition would be departed f from rom for elders when invited to do so to reflect and otherwise prepare re the mind upon any subject win of interest especially if the spirit prompts the acceptation of such a request even in such cases an elder need not speak upon all or even any of the points which may have previously presented themselves to his mind but after preparation he could dismiss the matter before beginning his discourse and speak as he is led according to the inspiration of the spirit to select from the store of truth at command choosing and discarding according to the wisdom of the prompting influence the rule ruie in harmony with the injunction to the elders should never be departed from as there Is no edification as a result of cut and dried speeches that leave no room for the operation of the holy spirit whose function is by this process forestalled yet in a certain sense the revelation itself embodies an injunction for preparation pa ration without which there is but little little increase of intelli intelligence 9 ence the aim of the command Is against man by his own wisdom curtailing or shutting out the office ot the holy spirit without which all preaching is lifeless and but in these matters wo we must keep in mind the broad principle that whatsoever unto good s sot of god |