Show SUNDAY SERVICES religious services eirin in the tabernacle bernacle Taj sunday oct 14 1888 commenced at ai 2 p in president an aogus 9 us M cannon presiding the choir and congregation sang how firm a foundation ye saints of the lord Is laid tor your faith iq 14 his excellent word prayer by elder wm 0 dunbar the choir sang ye children of our god ye saints of latter days the priesthood of the second ward officiated in the administration of the Sag sacrament ELDER WM WINI G PHILLIPS vas v as the hit speaker he said he be was pleased to again meet with the saints atheme he read the and verses of pauls first epistle to the Romans where the Apostle declares that the gospel is the power of god unto salvation elder phillips had preached the gospel in other countries and was willing to preach it here because he knew of tile divine message he was proclaiming it was a question for all to con consider sideri whether they had bad put away their sins into the told of christ with all sincerity if not they certainly should take that important step the gospel taught to day clay was the same as that taught by john the baptist when he came in the wilderness of judea a the forerunner of jesus christ jesus came alter him and required of win dim that lie he ba baptize 1 him to fulfil fulfill all righteousness the testimony of heaven acknowledged me baptism of jesus and he went his church and m a 1 f 8 the power of god he se 1 e c ae he also directed to ape e gospel today the salte saffie message as that which jesus lesus and his hie servants proclaimed is carried to the nations 0 of the earth by the elders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints for two and a half 3 ears past the speaker had lieen been engaged in this missionary labor in a foreign r land he testified to the divine m mission is of joseph smith the great prophet of this age who was beloved and revered by the latter day saints wao through the message he taught had learned to worship god gd in an acceptable cep table manner elder phillips had while on itis his mia Siou the plia ann caples of truth at every opportunity in public and in private and had bad been greatly blessed of the lord he testified to the restoration of the gospel in this age as foretold by john toe the revelator and exhorted the people to obey its principles ELDER HENRY WALSH next addressed the congregation he wis was thankful to be again in the land of 1 zion after his missionary labors he said the world would be judged by the testimony of the servants of god who were preaching preach yng the gospel of the kingdom elder eider walsh related some of ills his missionary experiences in which the signs followed the believers and the gifts gifta of the spirit were made manifest the world e all pannee fawner ot evil against the saints but so had the lord and master been spoken against aga ilist falsely still he taught the plan of life and salvation and it was the duty of the tae elders to follow in the path marked out by him the saints are nut enemies to their lellow fellow beina bein but friends and are engaged in WOW warning them of the wrath t tj come As the judgments of the lord were poured out in the days of noali noah slid aid also upon the jews after christ was crucified cruci fled so would they come upon this generation who rejected the gospel TIA the second coming of the lord wasat was at hand band and the saints were engaged in the work preparatory for that great event they continue in the path they had chosen thorny though it may be till god said it was enough the world at large do not believe in the visitation of angels or in revelation and darkness is greatly increasing in their minds because they have rejected the truths of heaven it the saints will only be true to the cause they had espoused god would bring them off more than conquerors APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH addressed the congregation he was gratified gra tilled in hearing the elders report their labors in warning the world of the restoration of the gospel in the early history of the gourch the elders were instructed to go into all the world so far as possible and to send where they could not go eo and to teach faith in god and his son to preach repentance baptism for the remission of sins the laying on oh of hands bands for the gift of the holy ghost and to call sinners ners to repentance their commis sion was to those who knew not god i the brethren who have spoken this afternoon have also been engaged in this same labor wherever they had traveled they found not outside of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the gospel proclaimed in its purity jor or the organization or ordinances din ances of the church this was the experience of the thousands ot of the E Elders Iders who had bad gone from door to td door widd the message of truth the church of christ was not elsewhere among the children of men except among that people called by the world the deluded cormons mormons Mor mons 11 apostle smith said he felt like referring to the subject of marriage paul in writing to the corinthians decla declared that man was not without the woman nor woman without the man in the lord many believed that paul was opposed to marriage and while there may appear to those who do not reflect contradictions in his writing yet when we consider his sayings we find and this is not correct for he declared that forbidding to marry was a doctrine of devils hp he also taught that the re 1 lation ship of marriage was the most sacred that could be entered into by man and woman there tire are many among the catholics for instance who claim that man and womac can offer a mow acceptable offering than by obey law but in every instance where man ha IOU g bt to establish another system thaw than that which came in the union lof our float flast parents failure has resulted the reason for this is that god ged created that law in every fibre fabre of man kinds being wherever marriage has grown into disrepute the result has been disastrous but the blessings of the lord have been upon peoples who have fulfilled this grear law the saints have learned that the relationship of marriage to is gods decree and is eternal that without I 1 man and woman could not be in him there are in this country thousands aads of the young who should go forth and obey this liw of the most high this requirement rested upon them and should be carried out ac cording to the law of god this law which the almighty had bad given regarding this principle was wae as binding upon the saints sainta as was any other command of god the speaker teti testified fied that the teaching of the gospel will continue till every son and daughter of god will have tile the opportunity of receiving or rejecting it the choir sang 0 my father thou thon that bellest in the high and glorious place B wag pronounced by elder homer duncan |