Show sunday services Serl services ices religious services were held at the tabernacle salt lake city sunday nov 1890 commencing at 2 p ro president charles W penrose presiding the choir sang the hymn commencing Dg god moves in a mysterious way ray his wonders to perform prayer was offered by elder geo bywater by water the congregation joined with the choir in singing the hymn T the he spirit i cf 0 god liko like a fire is burning the ratter latter day glory begins to come forth the priesthood of the seventh ward officiated in the administering of the sacrament ELDER JOHN MORGAN was requested quested rc to address the congregation he felt lie he said the necessity of having the aid of the spirit in order that ho he might say may something in accordance with the will of our father in heaven we have come together to partake of the sacrament as an evidence that we remember him and testify that we wiil ill live according to the laws he has given us and also to testify to each other thal we entertain feelings of fraternity and are at peace with one another we also hereby signify that we will sustain those who have been placed at the head of the household oi of faith there could indeed be no greater privilege given to man than this it the latter day saints Sainta perchance appreciate this privilege less because the opportunity of enjoying it presents itself so often hut we should certainly try to call in our wandering thoughts and concentrate them upon the significance of these emblems and strive toli to live veso so that we may at last overcome all evil and finally stand among the redeemed ones as of our savior we recognize the impossibility to reach this by our own attainments without the spirit the endowment from on high he is as requisite now as he ever was for without him we grope as blind men in the dark not able to comply with or comprehend hend the plan of salvation when the mind is inspired the way to life is so plain that none need to err though he may not have much intelligence telli gence this view gives a key to the practice of the saints of calling an elder up to stand before a congregation aa the instrument of the holy ghost without immediate previous preparation the apost apostles lesof of our savior were not chosen of the learned men of the time but they were buchas were eminently fitted to proclaim the gospel without fear and without favor to anybody they could proclaim the necessity of repentance baptism and the gift of the holy spirit freely they had received and freely they gave and were therefore i effective preachers before the co common anmon people and all classes E even ven before kinge kingsland kin gsand and emperors they proclaimed that god EW was god and that his hirs son SOB was the savior they knew of but one path by which everybody must walk to roach reach eternal salvation he that believes and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth beli bell eveth not shall be damned this was the message there was no softening it to suit the notions of men one result of the proclamation of this message was a storm of persecution that raged round the L iders elders so BO that they were compelled to go from place to place yet notwithstanding all suffering suu rhe and even death they remained steadfast and proved themselves faithful to the end therefore from an insignificant be gi gk ining aning the principles spread out from kingdom to kingdom and its influence has been felt even down to our own age As a pebble dropped in mid ocean will stir the water so that the waves will go to the farthest shores so the principles of jesus christ chiist have been spreading in all directions one principle was enunciated by the angels on mt aft olivet who said maids this jesus shall so return as ye have seen him ascend 11 lie shall come back and establish a realm where all may dwell in love in unity and peace this principle has spread until every nation has its own legends about abou t it but all ali to ao similar as to prove a common origin some of the events to take place before the coming of that kingdom are mentioned to in the chapter of matthew among A mong other things are tribulations and wars and the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom to all the world the faith that controlled evil spirits and brought communication from heaven the gospel that declares the necessity of receiving the various spiritual gilts and declaring that every knee shall bend before god ind idu every tongue confess his name his gospel should be preached everywhere and these signs are the buds of the alg tree by them we may know that the summer the second coming of christ is near tho the lord also declares that an augel angel should come and that great commotions should take place this we ane w e see around us every day in the condition of the whole civilized world where there are no longer securities in anything these things should occur and as we see them we understand that the kingdom is nili nigil e in tn the book of mormon we find a solemn declaration that an angel came down and laid the message contained in that thac book before the world it has haa also been declared that etnere should be bd a place prepared for the lord loicl to I 1 lay ay his head when he would come god has hab for this purpose chosen hio hin servant joseph smith to V lay the foulad foundation atio u for that work every student 0 of f history may investigate and convince e himself of the truth of this for the events of history are clearly not the outcome of ehan chance e A luther a melanchton litou a knox knox have all been engaged in preparing the way for the acceptation of the principles of liberty which wiloh have been made the foundation of our divinely inspired constitution and the these events are all links in a chain which will ultimately lead to the establishment of the kingdom of christ we would be recreant it if we did not uphold such stich men as a luther knox franklin adams and others for they were all called to prepare the way in accordance with the divine purposes the priesthood has atoo been established and given not to EL a few favored ones onee but to the body of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints to fo that abie priesthood is in every sense of we me word a rule of the majority almost every individual in this vast tt congregation would if asked wy lay that they hold the priesthood if they belong to the church these them principles L c P ples ea beget in our minds a godlike fir k f feeling e 1 I 1 ng and a feeling of love to our follow fellow mens men both living and dead for we have near by us ua in the temple on philp thi block a testimony in stone to the world that we are willing to toll toil and labor that we may reach with the blessings of the gospel even our departed ones onea who are behind the veil this work will yo 0 o on the principles of the gospel will be proclaimed and the warnings given until the world sh I 1 h yield I 1 e id obedience or turn a 91 ae t be r eby sealing bealing their own co ni nation ta the 10 1 saints dare not trine trifle with theae things for they know that god will require this work to be done let the world do what they will avill let therefore us keep the faith that in the end it may be said bald to ue well done thou faithful servant enter thou in to the reward that i 13 prepared for you the choir and congregation kafig praise to the man who communed commo ned with jehovah jesus anointed that prophet and seer beer benediction was pronounced by I 1 apostle abraham cantou |