Show a 10 tj S sunday services religious services were held in the tabernacle bernacle ra salt lake City Bunday Sunday march 31 1889 commencing at 2 p in president angus M cannon presiding the choir and congregation sang 8 beet is ia the work my god my king to praise thy name give thanks and sing prayer by bishop wm thorn the choir sang 0 lord of 0 hosts I 1 we now invoke thy spirit most divine the priesthood of the fifth ward officiated boffl dated in the administration of the sacrament APOSTLE 3 JOHN HENRY HEN BY SMITH addressed the congregation he read from the doctrine and covenants the word of wisdom given ive u through joseph the seer at kirtland feb a and said mid I 1 do not know but the reading of this revelation given to the church so early as 1883 1833 may possibly startle some of our brethren and sisters into saying we e have ave heard ea this s re repeatedly and have been counseled counsel and adv advised so frequently in regard to this matter that we had hoped that at last this revelation touching upon the course of our procedure in regard to the maintenance of life and health might be laid upon the shelf for a season to me there is no revelation that carries with it greater force and purposes to accomplish more among the people of god than does this which in the beginning was given to us to commence to train us in self control and to prepare us more fully to accomplish com our mission and establish ourselves completely upon the rock of truth we may say that so far as the doctrine of faith was concerned when the gospel was restored in this age there was faith in the world there were hosts of men and women who were seeking to abide by the word of god the ordinances were also administered incorrectly it is true but there were many people who accepted them in sincerity there was no bracich in which some one had not endeavored endea v ored to bless and benefit his fellow be lugs inga but when the saints received the gospel covenant our father bern began to point out to them how ow they could avoid the pit pitfalls Is that lay a in the way 0 of erring humanity when we strove to keep ourselves free from the sins of the world our father gave us these words to protect us from the powers of the adversary the world had drifted from the moral law of the gospel and those who were called to teach were so frequently entangled in the meshes that they dared not take a stand against the evils of the day the gospel of christ was spiritualized spi ritualized and little did man comprehend its divine principles but we having taken upon n us u s the obligations of saints and a accepted a c the responsibilities thereof received a law in regard to the control of our appetites that would lead us to a condition to ful fil our obligations that we might regain the presence of our father this word of wisdom which I 1 have read is adapted to the capacity of the weakest of all saints and was given by byway way of revelation at a later time we were informed by the mouthpiece of god that this had now become a commandment to the latter day saints and they must look upon it as a law binding upon them as is every other law that god has revealed I 1 am a believer in practical religion my observation has been that without it the mission of man is a failure that whenever religion partakes of the spiritual element alone it is and will be a failure but where we combine coloine the practical elements with the spiritual it brings about the purpose for which religion was revealed the preparing of man for a labor of good among his follows fellows A dead faith is of no benefit to the human family this is the faith that is without works by the combination of the two we have a living faith it Is a part of our obligations to overcome false appetites and put away the traditions that have grown from the errors of our forefathers in the beginning man lived to a wonderful age by failing to live in accord with the laws of his being his life in mortality has been shortened to a remarkable extent it is today a necessity that something be done to remove the causes of this premature decay god has chosen us to engage in this great labor he has revealed to us means whereby we may avoid the dangers of disease and receive health and life in harmony with the decrees of god thys revelation to us Is 18 no idle talk in it the axe is laid at the root of the tree our father has requested us who are called to warn the world to flee from the wrath to come to go forth upon the ground of temperance and call mankind to a life of purity this is to be by their restraining appetites that tend to their injury and decay the world are pleased to call our faith degraded and to look upon us with contempt how little dobbey do they know of the purpose of our faith it may be looked upon as a little thing but its purpose is to make of man a priest and king in the world to come this is not a vain hope hom for those who have received this gospel understand by the testimony they have received that in doing the will of their father they receive the right to rule and reign as kings and priests unto god every son and daughter of our father is invited to receive of the imide prize if they but walk in the light the foundation esthe is the principle of faith oneff one of the requirements is the law of temperance which I 1 have read the inper averted word of god we are forbidden to use wine as it is not good neither meet in the sight of our father this command is given to the saints at a time when the he traffic in this tempting element spreads over the whole land need we inquire why our father placed his condemnation upon its use look upon the experience of mankind and is there any safety in the habitual use of this death dealing article I 1 say also that w so long as this revelation remains upon our statute books if we partake of these things we are on dangerous ground and will meet condemnation let us turn from such habits if we indulge in them and go forth with this standard of temperance that life and light may be in our midst as aa an evidence that god has sent us let us stand upon the high plane of self control and labor for the the benefit of the human family let us raise our voices and our actions in defense of the truth looking to the placing of man whore where he is designed to be instead of where many of ef them are on the he road to we find nery nerv chat knotner thing that is attacked by this word of wisdom is the use of tobacco oh says one we have heard that time and time again I 1 do not care if you have heard it a thousand times every man with a family every mother who is rearing a child should set their face against this de ath dealing drug with a firmness of will that cannot he be overthrown who can say what are the causes which lead to these nervous troubles which exist so frequently in households among eb children ildren broken feeble or a bundle of shattered nerves Is it father is it mother in the course that they have pursued who have led to this condition let L each man and each woman judge for themselves but I 1 am firmly established in the belief that nine tenths of the nervous troubles which prevail among children in all parts of our broad land as well as throughout the universe R aw traceable to this intemperate this improper this ungodly use of that weed that so belittles man that be b is powerless to govern and control his appetite in respect to this mat ter I 1 say woe betide the saints or of god in the accomplishment of the tn mission that has been assigned unto them if they lack the moral rectitude and physical strength and an power under the influence and dictation of god and in harmony with the promises made to thew them to obey his laws and keep his commandments mand ments if they are thus reek less in the use of these things thing fa and in the evil consequences and pain pail which they bring to their own homes shall we read these revelations to us and I 1 lay them on the shelf be e cause they y we give ve us practical in inspru tion asto as to the course we pursue cance can we rebuke the diseases disease san among us when they have been the result of a wilful neglect of Ws law man knows that the use of these forbidden things is injurious tobia to him 01 but he will continue to partake partain ol 01 them himself and give to his children broken health I 1 call as an apostle of the lord lor jesus christ in the fear of the judgment that will come upon the chu cb dren of our father for disobedience to his laws for a repentance from froin this wrongdoing wrong doing a turning curnin 9 frow from these diabolical evils that have beoo been engendered among us by the neglect upon our part and a turning to the of life as to w plain and simple rules the principles which pertain to mans well being here and april pa pare him to beina go nto into the world ae hero and a conqueror hims himself eif I 1 an bud also to prepare man for amter mastery I 1 I 1 action among the hosts of wickedness that he may lead his www fellow and beings in the way of repentance of their hearts the love god by the purity of his example I 1 know that I 1 cannot be success fully contradicted when I 1 say that many of the failures among the saints 0 o rebuke diseases axe are de be cause of the poison taken TA ev tion of the revelation of god us turn from these things and turn from the use of that whiz which god ha said is unfit for our system ia ehst a mormon for the reasoning reason to mormonism purposes to brive fa 10 man all good and exclude all that vs evil I 1 am a mormon 1 because bebau god has revealed tome to me that w will monism if ie true and that he ele w 1 I make of me a priest and king the eternal worlds if I 1 will but k beeg 02 th i his laws therefore when which we have received Is branae by y the world as untrue I 1 know that the world is ia mistaken my ony to is that there is a god in beav who will judge us all ever every one on of us will be rewarded ac accord A ing 8 to the deeds done in the body anone will receive that which they do 10 not earn and our actions in this life w will confront us at the bar of justice the choir sang the anthem HOW bow beautiful upon the mountains kene benediction diction was pronounced by counselor Voun D H wells sunday school union the reg regular alar meeting of the esta rs and teachers of the sunday spools dols of salt lake stake held in ab be fourteenth ward assembly tooms otist april annl 1 was well atte attended Z b D sabbath school workers nearly elal the olty schools and those of oton n north point and big cot attwood were represented stake superintendent Perin john C cutler the opening and closing singing were excellently rendered the fi first ward choir led by mother william colton prayer s offered by superintendent done of the eleventh ard after A the calling call ing of the roll elder ahn yon robertson Ro berteon of the first ward eai livered uv ered a very instructive address Q 1418 I 1 4 keeping the sabbath day holy atte began hy by quoting the command of ut the lord to moses requiring all aftel alto to strictly observe the sab aig day and which was given as all Q everlasting covenant with promise the speaker was of the eviction that if if the gospel re eale an anything thing more plainly than ft ger 94 her fat it was the fact that the aday ed day ay saints were of israel the low law of the lord concerning sabbath oab bath was equally binding the israel of today as ae upon the pile of god ot in n former ages th thai renewed aa had a aso also in n this ns ae re newe wo damand to observe the sab asua d day the teachers of sabbath 44 should use ube every effort to the tendency among the 4 to desecrate the sabbath and an example before the U n g that would lead them to n 0 r the lords day the A was of the opinion that sa 40 ame punishment uni inflicted in y a of moses would again be wd out to all who failed to obe 2 ave the sabbath day and keep it TV i e next exercise was by six hebb bers of the pint first ward theo ty ia W class who successively shiw n interesting te resting synopsis of the th aft ute of the first six chapters of Q book of mormon the exer holod were ore excellently rendered and fifa wat that the young men giving g M had read that portion of the fv of mormon attentively and to amr P baier or 11 thos mcintyre led the wat lon in singing we are homeward from the detune fe T Tune aue book r J A IEL mcallister of the v school chool missionaries was at speaker it appe appeared axed to h him judging from his observations in visiting the schools of salt lake stake that they were experimenting in the various methods in vague and trying to determine which were best so that the greatest good would result to the greatest number in the various ways of conducting schools and classes noticed by the speaker in his visits be he was reminded of the sects of christendom in one particular every school and nearly every class had ways of its own each striving to do all the good possible but all far from perfection the speaker mentioned some particularly good points ants met with in one school he visited the teacher made it a point never to directly answer a question asked by any member of his class but suggested that the rest of the class answer the questions in their own way and according to their own ideas the teacher then designated the correct answer this thia method taught each member of the class to think and reason for himself upon the principles of the gospel in one theological class he visited a subject was chosen and a male member of the class was called upon to deliver a short lecture anc and a young lady to read an original ea essay upon the subject or principle each lesson was continued till thoroughly understood by the class supt bupt niels gave a description of the first ward school and of the general plan of conducting the same congregation sang love at home george goddard felt to compliment all who had taken part in the evenings exercises he thought it a good idea foi the sunday school missionaries to gather up information of special interest and disseminate it amo among 41 the various schools of the stake and also to present them before the meeting i the choir sang around the throne of god the benediction was offered by b y elder joseph stay and the meeting adjourned for one month the twentieth ward school will furnish part of the pro gramme and singing exercises at the next meeting I 1 g the congregational pieces being beautiful zion and beautiful day from the union tune book jos JOB PA imy secy A new ward apostles george Q cannon and john W taylor also angus M cannon and charles W penrose of the presidency of the salt lake stake were present at the regular meeting of the saints in the nineteenth ward last evening march 31 the occasion was the taking of final action in the matter of dividing the ward named and giving a distinct organization to one of the divisions division to be known as the twenty second ward president angus M cannon explained the boundary line of the new ward which is as follows commencing at the corner of second north and second west streets thence north along second west to ninth north street thence west to sixth west street thence north to twelfth north street thence west to the south end of the hot springs springe lake thence northwesterly to the north boundary of ethan vetios ie tits farm on the jordan river biver thence south following the jordan river biver to second north street thence east to the place of beginning the rest of the ward will remain as the nineteenth with its present organization the matter of the boundary being placed before the people in the form of a motion the vote to accept of it as defined was unanimous the following were selected to constitute the bishopric of the twenty second ward alfred solomon bishop andrew S kimball first counselor john L second counselor these brethren were sustained by vote of the people for the positions named brother solomon was |