Show sunday services religious services were held in the tabernacle salt laka lak city sunday march ath 1890 commencing at 2 p m counselor charles W penrose presiding the choir sang 0 jesus I 1 the giver of all we enjoy prayer by president thos E ricks of bannock stake the choir sang ye children of our god yo ye saints of latter days the priesthood of the eleventh ward officiated in the adminis administration tm of the sacrament arit ELDER HENRY HENBY W addressed the congregation in the course of his bis remarks lie said that we wb who profess to be the bisci discipio pit a of jesus christ claim to have accepted that order which he instituted and this Js is the dasting distinguishing als feature as aa I 1 understand bitof the people PIS who dwell in these mountains I 1 hold bold it to be beyond the possibility of doubt that nowhere is thereto there to be found such fidelity and devotion to the teachings of the lord jesus christ as that which exists among the members of the church which he has established in all ages of the world there have been philosophers who have been dissatisfied with the conditions which surrounded them in a religious sense from the time of the ancient prophets to that of the dispensation pensa nea tion on u ushered her in n by the prophet joseph ph smith in a philosophic sense from the days of plato and others to our own era wherein a famous author has pictured to himself the conditions requisite for the regeneration of society however much those of a worldly temperament may have realized the necessities for change and the powerless character of governments to lo control humanity it is worthy of remark that in the majority of cases aney have left out of view that human action which grows out of the influence of religious faith this I 1 how hold to be the strong point of th the e latter day saints they have al ways keenly realized the necessity for certain revolutionary processes in the arg organization miza tion of society as effected affected by individuals I 1 but they have further realized that there was no power adequate to this reconstruction and redemption save the method was of divine origin this constitutes the foundation of all the efforts which have been made i n the last few decades since jo joseph smith an announced nou need that the day of restitution had bad dawned upon the e earth since he promulgated the methods by which that revolution and re regeneration nera tiou should be accomplished shed 10 we have ac accepted apted as a community in the main the thoughts which lie he prese arese ted fed because they have been in harmony with the constitution of things because individually we realized within ourselves the inherent weakness of human nature we need not be discouraged when we feel that cur uro labor is great that there to is a vast amount of opposition around up ua that temptation tem tation has an influence over us aben when we realize our infirmities aud and weakness that adnot is not the time for discouragement or to believe that the of our zion is deferred our trials and difficulties should rather stimulate us to further action when we come to the house bouse of god we receive nourishment there I 1 is an accession to our strength a I 1 testifying tidying before god that we honor his son a testifying before the son that we are willing to keep his commandments having taken his name upon us in eating the bread and drinking the water which are the emblems of the body and blood of our lord and savior jesus christ we thereby acquire strength now new life is implanted within us by attention to the ordinances of the gospel by singing together the songs of zion anti and uniting in our petitions to the throne of grace I 1 pray that the lord will continue to inspire the latter day stints with his spirit that hu he will watch over us continually that we may stand shoulder to shoulder according as the necessities of the case may require in furtherance of the great cause in which we are engaged the choir sang the anthem how beautiful upon the mountains benediction by bishop P F kesler |