Show sunday services religious ligi oua services were held ut at the tabernacle salt lake city cily sunday bunday j june ne 1890 commena 8 at 2 p in counselor charles penrose presiding the rhe choir and congregation sang great reat lod god attend while zion sings the ne joy that from thy presence springs springe prayer grayer by elder george goddard ahe he choir sang the hymn com farewell all earthly honors I 1 bid you ail adieu the priesthood of the sixth ward aad officiated in the tiola on of the sacrament ELDER D M MI mcallister ALLISTER vius s called to address the ton on he said the latter day saints revered the bible as the wora of TOU and regarded its teachings as or of livine origin phe che lord has UBO given ons ona in the latter days ys aej the saints have these in idi tiou to what is contained in the breaud and hook of MO mormon ormon the latter latter day saints claim further that it iu the church are inspired men through whom god reveals his will 11 the saints bear testimony that at they are members of the church of 01 christ I 1 am otte one of that number and can n say that I 1 know that this s church is the church of jesus 1011 arist rist there are hundreds present today ay who have the same testimony the savior said by their fruits shall aall ye know them the saints aft clr prepared to meet this test it is aue ue that much evil is said of them W that they are misrepresented gut ut the evil that is attributed to thelca mem is ig not the fruit of their doctrines oc anea the teaching the church are arede the same as the lord jesus im eted to 0 the ue leopie when he and lla apostles administered unto men n the flesh desh the principles thus taught aught are calculated calculate ij to induce meu men lal women ta koput put away evil and to for the communion tom munion alid w blessings blessi of god when people tase aples their ts rare ar worthy of go goer and his sels gels and bring the blessings of the almighty the lord has signed designed to establish his kingdom on the earth and he will do it ivits to iab a people who are willing w serve him we have received receive I S gospel sod and if we fail it is beuse we have not heeded the inductions duct ions he tins hwe given it is not he e who mayeth lord lord who shall all enter into his rest but he that boeth th the will till of the facher I 1 8 know th that thi a large proportion of the ants auts are afe earnes ly striving to do that at are laboring to be worthy to assist in establishing ays gods kingdom ki adom on the ea eart rt i in the to days they are eagerly looking that ti time me when god will usher in 4 reign ign of righteousness on the jtb arth t wonder fonder sometimes if we rt alize fco we sho uld the blessi blessings rigs we enjoy 11 be being ng associated with willi this great ill if f we did so realize would i 0 out live closer to the lord than many of us are doing I 1 know that the saints are the beat people I 1 have met with but bat I 1 know ilao that it is possible foi t oi them to be still better we are not yet sufficiently sufficiently advanced in our conformity to the laws of the gospel to enjoy all the blessings that the lord has promised to those who faithfully serve him it is necessary for us to be more diligent in making the fruits of our lives acceptable to the lord I 1 haveko have po doubt that if we lived up to the light we have much of that which is now dow referred to as persecution would be averted about seven months ago I 1 returned from a tuis mission sion and I 1 cannot but contrast the great advantages and blessings we enjoy na IB these valleys with the misery and suffering in many cities which I 1 have visited vi the people here have had the blessings of the lord poured out upon them abundantly in temporal matters but this prosperity is only a small item compared with the mercies bestowed on us by the lord in a spiritual direction he has revealed to us the plan of salvation and there is no DO bongera longera doubt among amon the saints as to what the future will bring the saints realize that they will be rewarded for the deeds they perform according to our diligence in this life so shall our glory and blessing be hereafter god has opened the way of eternal life to all of his children child ren and we have learned with a certainty what we need to look forward to it is our earnest desire to he be worthy rf of that greater glory the presence of GOI god the eternal father this can only be by faithfulness to all of his I 1 ws let us be diligent in observing the will of the lord in all things let us be honest in all our dealings and let us love one another and work righteousness I 1 would ad advise vise those who are not members of the church to investigate the gospel for their own sakes and if they do so honestly they will receive the testimony te of which I 1 have spoken the lord will give to them the knowledge that this is his work if they but do his hia will I 1 testify that this is the work of the lord may his power be with those who seek to do his will that they may walk in the way to eternal life ELDER JOHN MORGAN was next called he read from matthew chapter ii verses 1 to 6 and testified that the latter day saints are engaged in the work of god we find that when jesus was born that event had an effect upon the ruler and wise men so much that they consulted together regarding it this coming of the messiah had been the theme of the prophets down through th the e ages up to that time no topic had been so thoroughly delineated by those inspired of god they had declared his birth his manner of life his rejection by his own and that his blood should be shed for the sins sine of the orld with all these teachings tearh aings ings it seems almost incredible that when he was born on earth when the signs promised appeared when he way was heralded by a mighty prophet when he fulfilled all the prophecies uon concerning verning him it seems almost incredible that he should be rejected by a people who claimed to lie be walking in the light of the word of god to israel but he was rejected ly by his own the teachers and preachers of the day cast him arm their synagogues though he performed many wonderful miracles with the record of his wondrous woud rous power yet ye he was crucified between two thieves when I 1 reflect on these things it causes me to think of the remark of an ex governor of this territory Perrl tory that it seemed an incredible thing that in this enlightened century acts of confiscation would be passed by our government it doubtless seemed an incredible thing to pilate that the multitude should demand christy Christs crucifixion or incredible to the liberal minded roman that followers of the lowly nazarene were subjected to the most horrible indignities yet history records that such was the fact the heritage of those who followed him was that they should suffer persecution that is the heritage of the saints today it is also the heritage of the followers of christ that they should shoud receive the greatest reward these things are not strange to the saints it is not strange to the mormon elder who has been hounded by mobs that his divine master was scourged urged and crucified and his saints subjected to persecution don christ the lord proved himself conqueror over all in that he overcame death and the grave and opened the way to the resurrection and th the P life af te r H i 8 re S urie C t I 1 on he entered into the prea presence ence of his father the angels promised when christ ascended that in ijo like manner would he again descend we have the fulfillment fulfilment of of this promise in the appearance appearance of the father and son to the boy prophet joseph smith christ opened the way for the establishment of his church and kingdom on the earth in this day gathering into this dispensation all the keys and powers of all other dispensa eions A mighty responsibility devolves upon the Latt latter erday day saints in this respect for the preparation of a people to receive the lord who will come in mighty power to take possession of the earth and redeem it from the curse when he will drive back the powers of darkness and usher in a millennium of rest and of righteousness when men will be brought into the light and fullness of the truth and the way be opened to life and salvation for all the sons and daughters of god when every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that jesus is the christ and when the kingdom of god will be established to stand for ever and men be freed from the shackles of darkness the world harbuta has but a brief time to see this fulfilled the word of the lord has gone forth and it will not return to him empty the latter day saints sainte are the standard bearers in this mighty work and herald the warning to all the world they are proclaiming immortal truths as did the mighty nazarene whose followers they are the youthful prophet joseph declared that ax was laid at the root of every tree that god had bad not planted and that prophecy has been fulfilled ghis Is but the ahe beginning the end is not yet tb the saints have the word of life they are the salt of the earth by which the nations shall be saved the lord has made known these se things and the work the latter day saints are engaged in is connected with the second coming or of the son of man hiis time it will not be as formerly when he had bad not a place to lay his heal but he will have a people prepared prep areil for him the lord has spoken in these days and we know it we have learned it just as peter learned learn ei I 1 that jesus was the christ the son of the living gud god the lorn lora declared d that he would build his church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it today we see seethe the fulfil fulfill ment of that declaration of peter to each individual member is given the knowledge of revelation and the gates of hell shall riot not prevail against the church we will teach these doctrines to our child children rein and our childrens children and they will observe them the opposition of men cannot stay the work of god latter day saints keep the faith the path of safety is in the line of duty walk in the straight and narrow way keep yourselves unspotted from the sins sin of the world and so shall you shine in the work of righteousness may god bless and aad strengthen you that in all things you may be faithful and keep the commandments of the lord your god the hoir choir c sang the anthem sing sin to the lord in joyful strain the closi closing rig prayer was offered by patriarch john smith |