Show SUNDAY SERVICES arks u ks by bishop 0 V F whitney TUX alt t J ORD WE WB ARE MAKING AND BY WILL IB 19 JUDGED L AND christianity religious b tabernacle cices were held in the june ase 24 2 18 1 t lak city sunday p m euP at 2 presiding pre alding augus mcannon the choir and con aloa sang 0 jesus the giver of all our lives to thy honor bep vish ish to eni employ ploy prayer by elder 13 david avid 1 T the choir sang sane the evans how sweet communion ta on e L 1 with those dhove cheth H of water who the Spirit swei 1 receive in genial quick ni ng show the priesthood ot of the seventh wid WI officiated in the d administration of tf tk sacrament BISHOP 0 0 F was called to address the tion lion he said he be felt an unusual d at gree of diffidence in arising to speak to the congregation he did not say simply for the ahe purpose of an introne tion that he would have been contented to remain a listener he trusted that the god of heaven might aspea speak k that the souls of all might be fed and strengthened according to their needs in the good things of god there is more mare importance than many see seem in to imagine in coming here to worship it ii is one of the most important duties we have hare it is here we obtain spiritual refreshment and our souls are strengthened to perform the labors of the coming week here we buckle on more bore firmly the armor of righteousness and burnish those weapons with wath which we are to win toe the fight of faith this duty may mat seem insignificant but we cannot afford to overlook it little things in the aggregate make the things that are mighty drops ol of water form the ocean snowflakes snow flakes the avalanche grains of sand the continents of the earth we are required ired to take things as they come make the best of our circumstances and use all thin things gs wisely and with an eye single to t the he lory glory of god man la in his bis highest estate here is only a stew steward ardt or time he came into the world naked and naked he will go out oat of it and all he accumulates of earthly things he must mast leive leave behind when he departs all be can cab take is the education the experience that he came here to acquire it needs but a glance to convince usef us ef of the superior uy ity of spiritual things over the tern tem we may take with us those I 1 R marks that are made on the immortal spirit but we cannot take wealth or even this mortal body which must muse return to earth to be purified it must mast be sanctified the temp temporal orill by the spirit val aal before it is fit for our eternal abode god gives us intelligence and inspiration and with this lamp we are expected to avoid the snares andl and pit falls that lie on either the path leading to eternal life if we do not keep the flame of that lamp sufficiently bright to enable us to see the path we will have ourselves to blame if we stumble and fall god has kindled in every human heart a light sufficient to gl guide de and by that light will each soul be j judged dge A history is replete with instances of men and nations to whom god has given blessings and made them stewards and trustee of power and civilization if they have wisely used their powers and possessions blessed are they it if thoy they have not retribution has overtaken them no nation or individual ever abused its powers and advantages but retribution has followed jesus gave to his disciples a parable of a certain lord who called his servants and gave to one live five talent to another tw two to another one and aed went nto into a far country when he ri returned turned he called them to an account to those who had added to their talents he gave greater things bat he who had bad not improved upon that which he had received was condemned for a wicked and an unprofitable servant this is the history of the world in a nutshell this is what we are doing day by day either adding to the we have received or neglecting them no one will have it to say at the judgment seat father you gave me nota ing I 1 have nothing to render reader up all men have received a stewardship steward saip and will be held account accountable aole no min man can justify himself for failing to improve on the talent which god has given him be it little or 9 great god revealed to abraham things w which pertained to td the earth before it was created temporarily laings pertaining taini tig to mans spiritual existence by which it was shown that not only la is the parable of the lord and the stewards a type of time but that it also f ore shadows eternity they who wao kept their first estate have been bean added upon and their condition today is no luss logs an illustration of this principle than will be their future condition if taky are faithful we are working out in little things atie mystery of life we are making our own record with wilca we will be judged at the last day how many stitches are we dropping in our knitting how many pages of the book are we blotting that we ought rather to adorn president brigham young yang on more than one occasion endeavored to impress the people with this fact that they would receive only that for vf which aich they labored that there was no such taing as a deathbed death bed repentance that thai would enable a wicked man to obtain the same reward as a righteous man that the saints could not neglect their duties spiritual or temporal in tuis life and then suddenly I 1 y blossom into p perfection e refection and be w worthy 0 r thy ot of the soc society I 1 ety of the good and pure hereafter that if we did not nil fill up our measure in this world we must do it in the world to come we would be restrained there till we learned neglect to learn here some will shirk the trials of this life in order to have a good and easy time and say they will trust to the future thinking to be received there quite as well as those who have been faithful these will find fiad their error there is no favoritism with the almighty we will meet at his j augment seat our own record made by bur our own acts not like footprints in ia the snow or writing in the sand to be covered up or effaced but written with an iron pen and laid in the rock forever there is a reward awaiting us according to the merits or demerits of our lives once an aged elder was relating to me a dream which he had been told IV 7 another brother this brother beamed earned that he died and his spirit welt t to the world of spirits bethere he there at one with yh whom he had been se ac qu the aagut aind rd on earth a latter day saint the ne comer said this seems to be a nice country you son are in the reply was yes ayes but its nothing to te the country ove there mere he was asked why odid did noi go there then and was answered t at must tay y there till bis debt e this man iau it seems seem S had bad cwek oweata gre eal to ten men io outside the church and died without paying it div ha his hia in mev ey to hs family instead B he fo that the god go of justice teamed re ed choie t as well as here an and requited ved him away ay the uttermost jig before ore go on in I 1 0 toe the march are of progression Progress iona how ow many are there nere who re as this in man u did wha think taft the their r first duty is to themselves chedi ives a aH heir families and shut god kut of thes the S tion these hove have noc the fait bof abraham suppose he ud ad thou first of ills his family faintly bf have offered his own son P p 0 un altar al a no matter how the n I ex A of the almighty contravene our prate pr 1 r ri I 1 e actions and feldsh desires we must i obey them what god gad says tod fodel is the guide of the people not the Z T d letter of yesterday we can HN escape his wrath by acknowledging ledgin g hit I 1 hand in all thinks things and doing the thing t b in which he requires in the hour and an season thereof A mans first duty is to his god and not to bis family some stump speakers say first our country then our family leaving god od amill out of question I 1 god od first and then our fel lowman should be the motto written ov 09 the heart of every son and daughter of the almighty thomas paine said the world was his country to do good his religion that was a pretty good religion for an infidel apropos of this the fathers and mot mainers ners of israel should be on the alert lest their sons and daughters be overwhelmed by the waves of infidelity it seems as though satan were about to entrench his bis forces behind the breast work of atheism it is lamentable to see how ineffectual the great majority of christian ministers are against such a man as col ingersoll it is because they themselves are not standing upon the rock 1 would like to see a christian minister arise filled with the holy ghost acknowledging the gospel as here written in the bible and go forth to meet this man ingersoll geroll In I 1 know tat if he did so fh m the name of israels god I 1 this champion of unbelief would a i down before him as goliath before david truth troth cannot can not be worsted by error but when error meets error it is only a question as to who has the least of 0 it tor for he will be the stronger col ingersoll tells some truths and they ar are a battering ram against the walls wails of a false christianity but if christendom would base itself on true christianity instead of denying the holy ghost and the power of godliness it would come off more than conqueror Inger words and actions will be overruled for the glory of god and the wrath and blasphemy of man shall praise him col is only driving the christians nearer the truth causing them to forsake untenable ground and get back to the goo cUPId gospel they have abandoned heving many more are engaged in clearing away the debris debr of thelast the past to p prepare repa r e for far a structure of which the they y 11 little tt le dream I 1 am willing to honor all men who are honest and sincere in their views be they infidel or christian I 1 am glad to see that some ministers are returning towards the truth of the gospel and getting a little more hialit with which to meet the infidel not that aney will give the credit to mormonism even though they preach it how the world shouted when theodore parker burst forth from his pulpit one sabbath with an invocation to our father and mother in heaven marvelous Marv clous doctrine that we should havea mother there as well as a father wonderful tho thought lowthe how the world shouted in praise of the great mind that had given birth to it tat but why chev shout years before when sister ister eliza snow wrote her beautiful lul hymn to the eternal father and mother was it because it was only a mormon that had written it the world wondered ano praised when beecher declared there was no eternal never ending hell for the wicked but wondered and praised not when joseph smith taught the same doctrine fitly years deais before he too was only a mormon too insignificant a person to be noticed the jewel in the dust is despised and trampled on but pick it up and put it in a crown I 1 and the whole world is ready to tall fall down and worship it the latter day saints accept truth wherever found and prize and honor it as such mor imor moni monism is only a nickname for the gospel of jesus christ and from this standpoint the measure of truth which all allay systems atema have may be j eged u this i gospel the one unchangeable plan of salvation has haa been newly revealed and is being preached as a witness before the end comes all religions have a measure of truth but have not the truth io in ita falness ful ness no religion could long exist without some truth but when the falness of the gospel comes we are responsible whether or not we accept it may god bless you all may he give to all a living faith and keep his pe people 0 1 e in n the straight and narrow path fe leading di g to eternal life tile the choir sang the anthem mighty jehovah benediction by elder elias morris |