| Show sunday services religious services were held at the Ja tabernacle bernacle salt lake city sunday november esth 1891 commencing at 2 ma president angus M cannon V dIng the choir sang the hymn commencing zion stands with hills surrounded zion kept by power divine prayer was offered by bishop wm JB 13 preston the choir sang aang igo he died I 1 the treat great redeemer died and israels daughters wept abouna around the priesthood of the sixth ward officiated elated in the administration of the sacrament ELDER GEORGE then addressed the congregation he asked aad the saints to su sustain stalin him by their faith and prayers in order that he might be able to speak in accordance with the abe will and mind of the lord fie e knew of no people who preferred ito be guided by the inspiration of the oly spirit in D the same way as the day saints do but in I 1 making king this statement he did not loh to be understood as saying dial there are no people who profess abot to be in need of that guidance but sue would say that the latter day faints ants who have received the cevela ithone ng of a new dispensation are under areat at obligation both to each other and ao god our father this age is noted for fat its indifference to divine revelations it itis isana an affa gein in which by the aid te kf ad god much light has been shed on ae a human race it is an age of indention there is a marching onward towards ards a more grand and magnificent and af of mans existence than has been werly dreamed of by human mind and this la is due to christianity but abis divine power has not obtained omina incy over the popular masses lt it has not helped them to role e their passions and con batol I 1 their vices although it has boand nd its way from century to century ato the people rolling on indestructible nd like its author unchangeable to the e existence and spread of these 1 I principles may be attributed the fact 51 feat men were in a measure prepared 11 te receive the gospel when restored 1 after an interval of 1260 years the speaker in reviewing the history of mankind remarked that always r abes principles of truth were ex some people were found willing to accept them with avidity they h ey have felt that the truths they received ived were not new to them they deemed med part of them something they had known previously but forgotten and when the priesthood L was waa restored they felt that the abe day had bad dawned the sacred a became plain to them inspiring their souls with the feeling that the word of god end en dureth u reth forever it has ceased to be a marvel to them way wh joseph smith should be called to do the work he be did because they feel that this gospel to Is the same which was orea shed in previous historic ages and that is in what was our eternal in es in a previous existence riffence we do not marvel at these things an aa those do who do not accept them as a eternal truths the speaker had often wondered at the dense ignorance and darkness that rule in this world of boasted science and intelligence telli gence there are but few thinking men or women who some time or other have not asked themselves the questions who am I 1 what am I 1 whither am I 1 going or the questions may have taken a more general form whence are all things and whither are they tending the fact that we exist this very instant to is a sure proof that we must have existed a previous instant and this reasoning takes us back to the origin of all things and leads us to the conclusion that we are the offspring of the supreme being a view which wh ich is corroborated by holy wr writ which declares ye are gods to whom the word of god came P many people have an idea that mans ua mission is twofold two fold f first rot temporal and second spiritual and that a broad line of demarcation is to be drawn between the two A man inspired of god has said fear god and keep his commandments command mand ments for that is the whole duty of man the labor comprehended in keeping bodis commandments to is evidently all that a man can do the fineis line is thus swept away those wao think that to give attention to temporal matters is not to kee keep p cods commandments are mistaken all things were first created spiritually and divine revelations inculcate to sers god in all things in agri agriculture cu itu re architect architecture u re the forming of governments the study of the sciences etc all things are included and there are no truths truth a nothing good goodof of which god is not the originator the speaker lid did not wish to depreciate anything of that which god has created we have received the falness of the gospel of jesus christ there was a longtime long time when the truth did not shit shii e but that period has passed but while it lasted men groped in traditional dit ional darkness inventing to themselves new systems of theology but without success and now the christian world is in confusion fulfilling the word of prophecy spoken concerning these things centar centuries NO ago the rhe speaker did not mention this so as to censure his fellow men or to find fault with them christ declares that this is the condemnation that men when the light had come preferred darkness to light because their deeds we were reevil evil people who are honestly striving to conform with the will of god according to the light they have will always have a certain measure of inspiration whereby they will be led onward they will never be left to go astray if they are willing to listen to the still small voice whispering in their soul the speaker felt grateful for living in an age and dispensation foretold by the prophets an age in which god has commenced to set up his government among the children of men we have lived to see the fall long ago of the great kingdoms which once were the centers of the civilization of the world the babylonian kingdom the medo the grecian powers fell the roman was divided and subdivided and the promise is given that la in the days of these them kingdoms god would establish a power that should stand aland for ever and ever this Is j glorious to contemplate to those who believe in his word we know the promises to be true what he said anciently of babylon nineveh tyre the cities of the plain came true every word there is if therefore abundant reason for the belief that what he has said concerning these last days will also come literally true in every particular the speaker expressed the hope that the saints of god might be able abe to live according to the light of inspiration that they might bed be directed right in all things and be preserved from falling failing into the pit where so aa many before them have perished he also hoped that we may be instrumental in the hands of god to fulfil fulfill his plans and designs and thus finally become of one heart and one mind and enter the kingdom of our got PRESIDENT ANGUS df CANNON was the next speaker referring to the prophecy by malachi Malac bi behold i will feud you elijah the prophet before the coment coming of the great areat and dreadful day of the lord ord and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the child renand the heart of the children to their fathers lest I 1 come and smite the tha earth with a curse the speaker said eaid this prophecy had been ful fulfilled tiled in our day god has revealed himself to joseph the prophet christ appeared and instructed him in divine things john the baptist was sent to confirm on the head of the youthful seer the priesthood which should never betaken betoken away until I 1 the sot a of if levi dorffer do offer an offer offering ilag unto the lord in righteousness then peter james and john appeared confirming the authority on him to preach the gospel in its falness and to administer in the ordinances thereof the prophet elijah came and restored the keys of turning the hearts of the children to the fa fathers and the fathers to the child ren parley P pratt ald eald E before his death that he never rejoiced in any principle so much as in he befell felt happy to think that he should enjoy the society of his father and moth mother gr and ancestors anew tors and his wife and children and enjoy the communion with god now we all have these privileges if we live in accordance cor dance with the light of the gospel goepel let our ears earn be open to the cries of the needy let us love the country god has given us as our inheritance and cherish and sustain our wives and families as parts of ours ourselves elvee remember that what riches we have we ought to hold only as stewards anti and glorify god in our hearts and souls we should not live as if there were no god in existence have not our fathers and mothers forsaken everything in order to come out here and serve god can we forget the promises made to ut uc there is not a man who has obtained a wife in the everlasting covenant who has not promised to educate his bis children in the fear of the lord can we then set an example before our children worthy of idolaters idol Ido aters latore all who have received divine instructions from god are in danger daigger if they forget the obligations those instructions involve every family has a head and the windows of heaven are open to his view that he may know the will and mind of the lord and be in a position poel tiou to bleu bless his wife and cedren children let them go wherever they may if the parents rents are faithful they will finally be restored and numbered among the glorified the choir sang aang the anthem unfold ye portela portals everl everlasting ting benediction was pronounced by patriarch john smith |
