Show sunday services religious services were held iu in the tabernacle salt lake city sunday dev de 1889 commencing at 2 p m president angus A agus M cannon presiding the choir sang mortals awake I 1 with angels join jin and chant the solemn lay prayer by elder 0 G workman the choir sang glory to god on high let heaven and earth reply praise ye his name the rho priesthood of the first ward officiated in the administration of the sacrament APOSTLE HEBER J GRANT was called to address the congregation he said the saints met to gether often to t be strengthened in the knowledge of the gospel it was as natural to partake of spiritual food to keep the saints united as it was to receive temporal food to sustain their bodies they should go to meetings with an earnest prayer to be benefited to receive something that will give them strength to walk in the right path sometimes we have it a feeling to reject counsel and we go away feeling that we have not received any benefit but if we are keeping the commandments of god the then all teachings in harmony with those commandments are pleasant to us some times when we have been doing wrong anil and receive a awl rebuke we do not like it no man in the pulpit has any right to direct his remarks to persons but he should speak on the principles of life as they are applicable to all if an elder does this by the light of the holy spirit he does not stop to question who is hit by his remarks nor direct them at any one those whose faults are pointed pointe dout out are the ones who receive the most benefit if they are wise the saints sainte should strive to know their faults and then seek for strength to overcome OvIr overcome cOme we all know we are all far short of perfection I 1 doubt whether there is a single individual i here who thinks he has kept the commandments of god as well as he knows how but if we strive continually we will increase in power to do right the work of god is 18 onward and there is no power that can prevent it it is for us to say whether we will keep pace with it through all tribulations we have been warned of persecution we have been warned that our liberties would be taken away and a nd u unless u jew we have the light of the spirit we will not be able to bear up under our trials but with that spirit we can show our sincerity by suffering for the testimony of i jesus esua christ there is butt but one path of duty the straight and narrow path it is the path of virtue of honor of faithfulness to god and our fellow fallow men because the latter day saints are united and are not swayed by every wind of doctrine the world say we we guided by a few cu cunning anding leaders and that the mass do not think for themselves there is nothing that is more untrue than su such ch a statement the history of the salute saints gives the lie to the claim through all the sufferings Buffe rings of the saints all that has been asked of them to escape suffering buffering has been that they relinquish their faith no people who had not minds of their own would have suffered the pains the saints have when they could have escaped so easily their course in this respect has been one of the strongest evidences of the truth of the mission of joseph smith they not promised beds of ease but they were given the same pame promise that jesus gave his disciples that they would suffer persecution and some of them woul bouli have to sacrifice their lives for the gospel no reasonable person can look at the history of the saints and not give them credit for acting on individual knowledge and conviction friends and relations have turned against them and their names have beer beep cast out as evil would we allow this if we had not a sincere conviction of the truths of the gospel would people with no force of character stand up against the world would they submit 0 t being driven from homes and patiently be bear ar perse aft cautions cut ions lons for religions religion sake iq they h ey would not the saints are united because they have tested the lord by keeping his command and they have received his testimony which makes them one with christ having received of the testimony of jesus christ we should at all times be honest virtuous and upright that men and women seeing our good deeds will glorify gloria y god and seek to serve him there are no words that have the same deflect as a godlike god like fike example may he help us to be faithful to him in all things APOSTLE MOSES was the next speaker he said that when the elders speak by the holy ghost they edify all who enjoy that saints and the people rejoice in its gifts never at any period in the history of the church has it been more necessary to have the guidance of the holy ghost than at the present time we are in a position that we have to walk largely by faith the conflict between darkness and light is growing very intense when we are left alone the mockery and scorn of the world make us when looking at thi things from a human standpoint feel very weak but when we have the holy spirit and realize our duty and destiny fear is banished and we stand up and glorify god even for the tribulations we pass through our faculties are strengthened by use and spiritual strength comes by the closest tests every effort of the ungodly of the enemies of human liberty will but aid in develops deve developing lopi haf a class of people that will be worthy of their high and h holy oly c calling the evidences of thrift of courage L rage of progression are in our midst today we may make more rapid progress in the future because of our increased wealth but honest men cannot fall fail to give the true meed of praise to the mormon people for the great work they have already air ead y performed they are am admitted to be 1 moral temperate and industrious attributes oot possessed by many who antagonize them and they will survive when their accusers and slanderers slander ers have passed away the destiny of utah in this nation is marked out by the almighty and d the day will come whether strength will be welcomed by her sister commonwealths mon her destiny cannot be interfered with the measures now directed against us may in the near future prove to be not an unmixed evil I 1 remember the u unjust nj rulings of J judge howard in arizona which caused a number of teel residents dents of that territory to wander to a foreign land and where they were almost on the verge of starvation I 1 remember when in this condition through the influence of cc american gentlemen 1 I an edict was issued that in fifteen days they were to leave the state of chihuahua mexico where they then were this was regarded as a great calamity in their destitute condition but it called the attention of the national authorities to their situation the result was a great blessing and today the mormon people are looked upon as the most successful colonists that mexico has they were very pool when they went there but the prosperity which has attended them has been a marvel there was war a question in regard to a water wafer supply but an earthquake earthquake two years ago solved that problem and greatly increased the quantity of water where formerly vegetables could riot not be produced they now grow in abundance so wherever the lat ter day saints go the blessings of god abide and sterility is turned into fruitfulness if the pressure is so great as to crowd some of us into mexico on the south and canada on oil the north the blessings of the lord will attend us there as well as here this thin nation has reached the zenith of great glory and power the progression in the arts and sciences Is unsurpassed elsewhere our nation was based upon the broad principles of hu human liberty these principles are am wing being to tested ested there are ques questions tionA arising in the nation that will cause the mormon question to sink into insignificance all jeyes eyes are upon utah today but other issues are looming up such as the labor question race problems etc political parties may have intrigues but the masses of the people are growing poorer and the rew few richer these issues must be met and dealt with and grave ones they are we are today on the highway to the enslavement of the masses of the people in the great wealth that is being amassed by monopolies the fault Is in the system and the day must come when a remedy must be provided ded the lord gave what we eave have and it is not fot for us to tc say that the producer shall have comparatively nothing and the non producer producer have nearly all eminent financiers have dealt with these questions and have shown the dangers of the present financial system the inequalities ma existing between capital and labor must bring brine disaster unless the grinding force of mono noliea 0 lies on the masses is put an end to r it t to is not anarchy or socialism that calls for this change but it is justice injustice which god will give to his children if the present tribulations bring us to a position where we will be austoto our fellow beings I 1 think the reward will be greater than the sacrifice may god bless us that we may follow in his paths and reap the reward of the just ELDER JOHW MORGAN was next called upon and made brief reference to the application of ow gospel ea principles to the temporal as welt as the spiritual needs of the people the testimony of this gospel to is evidenced on every hand by the condition of the saints here 95 per cent of the population dwell in their own homes they have been as a rule gathered here in poverty but through the blessin blessings mag 8 of the gospel they have been made comparatively independent god has given as a law to all israel that everything in israel must be done by common COD consent sent or it is not a law unto israel this law enfranchises the great t body of the people male and fee female and it requires the sanction of the whole people for a man to 0 occupy cout y the position of a leader among them almost every man holds hold Is some portion of the priesthood and has some power in shaping the destiny of the people there is no comman community alty on the whole earth where individuals are given the same liberty that to is accorded in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints sainte in no other way could the people be united as they are coming here as many of them have done from lands to cast their lots with those who are scorned by the world such men and women cannot be bound by the chains of tyranny A more freedom loving people never lived nor lives now than these latter day saints today they accept persecution and trial in the spirit of fortitude and patience looking forth to the time when these seeds of their patriotism will bring forth fruit for the blessing aud and freedom of mankind their spiritual doctrines will be the panacea to heal the nat nations wounds while we will go through the valley of the shadow through the furnace yet will we come out mightier to do away with those things which bind mankind freedom to man is one of our mottoes and in this landof liberty we have through the blessings of god become as a city set on a hill whose light cannot be hid if we are faithful we will reap the reward may the day be hastened when from british columbia on the north to mexico on the south the saints can unite in singing the grand psalm s a 1 m behold the lord hath er brought 0 u deliverance to his children childred jap the choir sang the anthem behold I 1 bring you yon good tidings I 1 benediction was offered by elder chas W penrose |