Show IRE aki a IOU S sunday services religious services were held iu in the tabernacle salt lake city sunday sanday feb ath 1890 commencing at 2 p in president angus M cannon presiding the choir and congregation sang do what is ia right the day dawn is breaking hailing a future of freedom and I 1 light ight angels above us are silent notes taking of every action do what is right prayer was offered by elder ellas elias morris the choir sang gently raise faise the sacred strain for the sabbaths Sab baths come again PRESIDENT MT WILFORD WOODRUFF said he was thankful for the privilege of meeting with so many of the latte rd saints upon that occasion he had not been able during the last four or five months to speak in public having been afflicted with a cold on his lungs one very peculiar fact was that god the creator ot heaven and earth and the inhabitants thereof bad always been an unpopular being with the world the gospel of jesus christ whenever taught by inspired men in any age had met with a great deal of opposition lon such had been the case in the whole history of the world from the time of father adam down to the present having shown from bible history how nations as well as individuals had been punished for disobedience to god ani his commandments president woodruff continued I 1 say to nil all israel and the whole world today that the god of heaven has set his hand to perform this work in which we are engaged he has raised up a pro prophet bet who organized this C church xu act in fulfilment fulfillment of the records of divine truth joseph smith was no more popular in the generation in which he lived neither are the apostles nor the latter day sainta as a body now than was christana christ Chri stand and his apostles in their day dav but the god or of heaven has d decreed creed certain things and those decrees he will carry out whether men believe or disbelieve he will establish his church he will establish his hission zion he will bring together his people the people have to be gathered from all nations under heaven or the bible will he be unfulfilled we are passing through a very peculiar culiar kind 0 of history we have had ad a peculiar history is ry all the days of our lives ever since we have been members of this church at least we shall probably continue to have until the coming comin of the son of man no man can be e godly true and a faithful witness of the lord jesus christ without suffering persecution erse and meeting with opposition this has been the history of the world in every age bp be faithful do what is right and lot let the consequences follow trust in the god of heaven he is watching over you the eyes of all the heavenly host are watch lag inn over you aaa people and also a over all the bohu wo 01 TUB lauon all nations under heaven will be held accountable for the deeds done in the body we likewise shall be held accountable for our acts and the course we pursue we have a long const future before us a long eternity we are here upon a mission but it is short compared with what lies before us on the other side of the vail let not your hearts be troubled believe in god keep his commandments and all will be well the lord will neither forsake yo you nor his kingdom but he will carry out all he has promised in the day and generation in chwe live have faith in him and in his hi promises ro promises your strength lies in the 0 god of heaven whatever you want go to him for it our prayers should ascend unto the ears of the lord day and night to sustain mis his church and work among this people there may be some strangers here today I 1 will repeat to all such what joseph smith has taught us tie he said if I 1 was ws emperor of the world and had bad control over all the human family I 1 would sustain every man woman and child in the enjoyment of their religion let it be what irmay it may 11 those have been our sentiments all the way through no ku man not dot even emperor or king no republic no government has a right to take away from any individual his agency in the enjoyment of hisae his religion why bemuse because men beget only their own children they do not beget their subjects they are res responsible to god and aad not to men every man woman and child all parties sects and denominations under heaven have a right to their religion whatever it may be we claim that same privilege as latter day saints we have done so all the way through and expect to do so as long as we live we have i a right to believe in god to believe in prophets in apostles in the gos goo pel I 1 which they taught in the revelations rations of god and their fulfilment fulfillment I 1 suppose we shall have an election tomorrow of course you know it is treason for an apostle for an elder or a prophet to refer to politics that is the way it is looked upon by the world but I 1 would say to the latter day saints those of you who go to the polls labor for peace do not create any disturbance and should any disturbance occur in this city let it be with somebody else do not let it be with the latter day saints we do d 0 not wish to take the rights of any man away spiritually temporally politically or in any other capacity every man has a right to vote as he pleases to pray as he pleases to believe in god if he pleases to renounce religion or to obey it because he is responsible to god and not to hii hid fellow men with regard to his ats abts any further than he be trespasses upon those around him I 1 say god bless you letus let us betrue be true M and faithful zion will arise the glory ory of god will rest upon her the S kingdom ingdon of god will be established upon earth we expect to ob eythe laws of our country until he comes whose right it is to reign we do not expect to set up any kingdom nor to turn tun aside from those laws at all we profess to belong to the spiritual kingdom KI egdom of god which will be built up and when christ comes he will be the king and will reign not only over merica america A but over all the earth great and mighty judgments await this generation and will overtake the people as a thief in the night where are the judges and the mobs that put to death joseph smith and others they are am in the spirit world where are the governors who have taken part in the matters of mormonism A great reat measure of them are in the spirit world we shall all follow them and meet with others who have also gone before on the other side of the vall vail when we come to judgment we shall be in another sphere we shall be where the laws of the land wherein we dwell today do not have jurisdiction and presidents rulers governors with ourselves will then have to give an account of the deeds done in the body let us be faithful to our country to our god to our religion and to those principles which god has revealed to us which we have received and which we know to be true APOSTLE SNOW SHOW said that fifty four years had elapsed since he became a member odthe of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints he embraced the principles of the gospel when a boy and from that time until the present resent he had endeavored to be faithful faithful in carrying out those principles which god had clearly revealed unto him although he had bad passed through some very singular scenes and been placed in positions requiring supernatural aid he had never had occasion to regret the course which he had taken as marked out to him by the 8 spirit arit of the most high axas As has been remarked by president woodruff god has always been unpopular with the world his dispensations have been sparsely received but it has always been the case that those who have observed faithfully the commandments of god and those principles which he has boa revealed for the ad salvation and glory of men have come out successfully cess fully so it has been in the past and so it will be in th the e future with those latter day saints who faithfully follow the dictates of the holy spirit and kee keeps Ps gods god commandments it matters not what obstacles may be placed in our path as a church as a body of people de or as individuals if we do our duty honestly and conscientiously we will succeed at the present time some of the people here in salt lake city seem to be considerably consid embly excited and bur bened den edwith with great anxieties it is not the first time that the latter day saints have been ph placed ced in circumstances of this nature at different periods since our history began these things have arisen we have found ourselves in the most critical condition the same as were the children of israel and naught but the power of the almighty could have opened a door of escape we talk sometimes of going back into jackson county and building that city but who will go there it will not be those who follow the example of the rebellious of whom we read in the camps camps of israel but those who are faithful and preserve a we pure ure record before israel israels Is god we need not be concerned it all lies within our individual selves all the difficulties that can be placed in our way today or tomorrow either us as a church or as individuals will not ranke make the word of god of no effect it will not prevent the latter day saints who are faithful in car ying out the purposes of the almighty from receiving those blessings which have been pointed out in the revelations given to us in the past we should not be guided directed or influenced by any any individual around us whatever his position may be against doing what our own conscience tells us ue is right we should be calm and cool in all our transactions and la in all the scenes through which we may maybe be called to pass all the obstacles which now present themselves will be removed from our P path th if we but continue true to god C we can afford to be calm and deliberate in the midst of our most severe persecutions trials and afric afflictions because we well know what will i be the outcome of our faithfulness and perseverance the latter day saints from the experience they have gained in the put past ought to know how to exercise patience do not become over excited at the same time we should be ambitious in the performance of our duties there is a vast amount of anxiety in the minds mind of the people as to what will be the results of tomor TOWS rows election it is something very important to us it cun concerns cerns our interests very materially but what is all this in comparison to having the knowledge that after these th things ing shall have passed away there remains for us such glorious prospects prospecto behind the vail the advantage or of enjoying those beautiful associations association which we have formed here on earth and dwelling in the presence of the holy and righteous where all tears shall be dried and where there shall shak be no more affliction or pain but where our bodies shall be glorified glo rifled and we shall enjoy all those blessings which have been so clearly pointed out to us in the revelations of god if we have this it does not matter so much what may occur tomorrow even though it may interest us we cannot always tell what will be the results of our actions today but this we can always tell that whatsoever those re suits may be if we do right and act conscientiously it will be well with us I 1 would like to avoid persecution it would be plowing to us not to be deprived of our rights of every vestige of our liberty but when I 1 embraced the gospel I 1 saw clearly that it was a gospel of sacrifice as it was with thearic the ancients who received it and therefore I 1 made up my mind to sacrifice every everything khz for it even my life if needs be god bless you and let we me again say that in every circum stance of persecution whenever our enemies anees seek to bring us into trouble be calm and act conscientiously and inwardly feel as you that sill all will yet be well APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH next addressed the congregation I 1 am pleased he said to have had bad the opportunity of listening to the remarks of president Woo woodruff druT when we look back and recognize the fact that he alone so to speak remains among us of those members of the council of the apostles who first went forth into the world to proclaim the faith that has brought us here together it is a matter of joy to hear after his long experience the testimony he bears that that which he received in the early times of the church still re mains mainis with him today I 1 was talking not very long ago with a gentleman who was formerly a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and who upon withdrawing from it united himself with what is known as the reorganized church speaking of the present head of that church he said that while regarding him as possessed of considerable ability as an organizer and leader something of a writer and an orator and while he was logical in his he be frequently lacked the spirit which characterized those early leaders who first brought to him the gospel of jesus christ and whose words and spirit sealed upon him and riveted on his soul the truth of that which joseph smith introduced among the children of men it was a singular admission coming from such a source were I 1 today to ask those who have embraced this gospel among the peoples people of the world what brought them to accept that which the world so derides the answer of every man woman and child who had received the impress of that spirit would be it was the testimony of jesus it was the assur assurance aDee that came to my own heart as the words fell from the lips of the man who uttered them that he was speaking by the inspiration of god for he opened up to me the scriptures as they have never been presented to me before though we live in this enlightened century centary when the christian religion as it is called has become the popular religion of the time are we enabled to say as christians christiana that the hydra headed monster crime hides bides himself from our sight As we look out and study the history of the human family he stands forth with his hia gaunt visage seeking the destruction of the sons and daughters of god as determinedly as he ever did before we may go io le among the various peoples of t the earth and we find drunkenness debauchery bau chery and other social evils stalking abroad and yet men shut their eyes to the conditions which exist around us to seek the repentance pen tance and reformation of mankind and attention to the interests of god is the mission which has been entrusted in this day to that people which the world calls mor ismor mow mono thank god we have the truth and there is no necessity for our doing auy any wrong our father has given to us that gem of gems we have dug in the mountains and found a treasure which we appreciate and we will utilize it in the interests of our fel fellowmen fellow meo seeking to benefit them if they will permit us if we are traitors as judas was traitorous our names will be blotted from the lambs book of life in these trying times vohen hen excitement cit ement runs high we should go to our heavenly father and in ko faith m and with patience perform the part assigned to us with that spirit of heroism which is abiding and should the result be other than we wished let us carry our load with our heads up for god rules over the nations and will assuredly accomplish his own purposes REBER J abatt in the course of his remarks said I 1 love the principles lea of truth and equity that we tave have embraced I 1 realize that when the latter day saint has a knowledge within his own breast of the principles of the gospel and he knows he is laboring for the advancement of mankind and the bettering of his condition it matters not what the world may say the latter day saints know that they are engaged in the work of god they stand as peter stood upon the rock of revelation the world has not revealed to them the principles of the gospel 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