| Show SUNDAY SERVICES fider elder wright and add apostle grant at the tabernacle Taber naele yesterday iday religious services were held in the tabernacle isalt ewt lake city sunday nov nor is 18 1683 commencing at ii pm president angus M cannon presiding the choir sang mug braue ye the lord I 1 tie good to reise raise your hearts and voice in ia his bla praise prayer by elder robert morris the choir and aad congregation sang I 1 know that my Rede enker lives what comfort this sweet sou Beate tenee aoe gives the priesthood of the seventh ward officiated in the administration of the sacrament KLIAS 8 W as called upon to t address the congregation he said bald he be was clefa to meet with the saints again bo havling ang been absent on a mission to the southern states for about twenty six months preaching the gospel it has been suggested to vae me that I 1 dwell upon my experience though my sufferings have been small compared to that of 91 many I 1 would not refer to my experiences but that like that of other other elders they are of in erest to the saints in travel ing without purse or scrip we have many ups and downs odd instance I 1 remember now is a little out of the usual run we had preached about halt a dozen times in a place to in tennessee having found there an honest soul who applied for baptism he told the people he be was going to be b baptized and invited theta to come we went and baptized it a and upon the banks of the stream confirmed him the crowd who had bad gathered gathe began to ridicule and make slighting alighting remarks but we remained quiet that to be the wisest course we returned to the house beuse and instructed the new member in his duties which were principally principally in regard to prayer we bad ad promised him that ft frayer I 1 he be did the will ot of the lord he be should know of the doctrine we retired early that night leaving the doors open tor for ventilation ti about midnight a band of sectarian ec tarlan ministers entered stealthily the the first we saw was a masked man with a lantern in one balm sad and a revolver ta la the other standing by our bed there were a number of others masked and armed in the she room we were commanded togo to go with them we hesitated in following such ouch a mob to the woods and one of ray my companions remarked that they were vitro a very prefer set a of i men to be engaged in such suca con temp ible tible business bo siness we a asked why they disturbed us I 1 instead dot of going to bed and testing resting F finally they seemed were sad and left alter after r 0 I 1 a g away a short distance tan oe e they tw fired fir off their guns we went to another part in our missionary labors and a row lew days after the lady of toe house wrote them censuring them for fer their improper loper conduct this caused them to threaten threaten us UR considerably and aben we re returned turied on september Sep temoer lat last lastee we found that the totally fatuity were consig 1 ably excited some of us were it la pressed with the idea that all was not well yet we retired for the nightie later on we were awakened by some one feeling for the latch the notee noise ceased and I 1 went to sleep again the next time I 1 awoke was when the people of the house bouse notified fied us ua that the mob were forcing their way into the house bouse A moment after a stentorian sten toRan voice shouted ear bar ren render derl this was from the leader of the mob armed to the ithe teeth we tried to reason but they would not and gave us to understand that we must mast obey his orders or be killed they even refused to permit us to clothe ourselves we were hustled bustled out of vie tae house and as we went we saw sawa a person who stood behind the door strike the man of the house with a club telling felling him to the floor and causing the blood to spurt irom an ugly wound in his head rad had lot the club struck the door casin ff would have killed hini hl caThe the mob then told him film that it he left the house they would kill turn they did this because toey wre afraid he would follow and endeavor to abst us we were mar marched blied a distance of about 40 rods through the mud mad and the slush slash during the whole time they blasphemed tiie the name of deity and cursed us we were halted baited under a large beech tree where we we were e ordered to be laid down in the mud d they took us however and weed us over a log saying we wont kill you limbs were caf ct from the tree and trimmed so that the inota stood up we told them we would meet the law for anything we had done and they replied ep lied we are law enough for you 39 elder wright then gave in detail an account of of the terrible beating ic chic which b the tour four elders were ejected the painful story has been related in the NEWS in brief the sneaker then gave in an account ftc Count of bis labors in other parts of the state and closed with a testimony of the divinity divin ity of what tho the world called mormonism and an exhortation to the saints to draw nearer to the lord J GRANT said he be rejoiced in listening to the testimonies of the elders the age saints are today spreading the gospel and performing a labor not appreciated by the world our lord and his laid down their lives and generations passed before their labors were appreciated toe the day will come when credit will be given ta to the saints abr the labors aney have performed peri pert ormed today they are looked on as degraded but bat in the time to come they will be known for what they are where is ia toe living jiving faith in the gospel goppel of christ outside of the church of jesus chiist of latter ater eky day saint it does not exist in a true form among in ong aay other people if the saints sainta wilt will sac sacrifice all things for tile the ive 1 jve of the gospel of christ god will oe de with them they have a living testimony and bear it to the world who will be judged by it I 1 rejoice in the knowledge that I 1 am eL elager aged in the work I 1 pray that I 1 may be falt liff and humble bumble and that the saints may be also it if there is ia ge n amongst tile the saints it is against the laws of god we have all truth there is no truth that we do not receive as in our religion reli ion the saints sainta are called bigoted but what people eople except the latter day saints guild build temples and use their time and means so BO freely tor for the salvat salvation loft of the living and the dead the saints know that christ has spoken and that the dead will rise therefore they will officiate lor for the dead the gospel will save gave all who will accept salvation all but the sons of perdition of whom there are comparatively few let us seek the truth and live F FO eo O that tue the world will see our good deeds and glorify god we have bait greater light than those who have not received the gospel then we should live above reproach in all things 1 ahe be choir sang the anthem T 0 give thanks unto the lord I 1 benediction by eider eder wm win M palmer |
