Show sunday ces religious services were held to ID the tabernacle salt lake city sunday Febu 1893 elder angus M Can cannon nov president of the stake presiding the choir sa ea ig the hymn commencing god moves in a mysterious way his hie wonders to perform prayer by elder george B wallace the choir next sang bang the hymn commencing come thou glorious day of promise come and spread thy cheerful xay ray the priesthood of the sixth ward officiated in the ad ministration administration of the sacrament ELDER ELDEB ABRAHAM H CANNON was the speaker he expressed the hope that the spirit of thelded the lord might be present in the meeting to guide ale utterances and prompt us to diligence ce in th the a work of god it is ia a source ot of joy to the saints to reflect on the goodnow of goj that he in this age has again spoken to the ch children idren of MOD men proving himself to be a being not tar far off but near unto those these who call upon hn him it I 1 is also too gratifying that his favor is is not bestowed bee towed only upon a 8 few but that among all men those who love righteousness may have inspirations god iod lethe is he some game today yesterday and forever As in former ages he revealed himself me we believe he does in this age we believe that god spoke through his son bon in the beginning of our era and that the promises given at that time wert were fulfilled fulfill edi but we do not believe that gods godo word was COD confined filled to the mall country which jesus traversed there were people in other countries equally entitled to be taught by our kesi heavenly venly father and we have in fact a record proving that also the in habit ante of this hemisphere were by the son of god this record the book of mormon Mor monas as it is in called contains nothing contrary to the bible aej us it if possible more plainly that faita is necessary for salvation that baptism Is an essential ordinance of the gospel and that the reception of the holy groet follows wo WO we at are taught that josue jesus is the redeemer of we world that he as through adam all beso all shall through co Cis rist 11 live without the atonement of 0 cerut mankind must have remained in death but bait we do not believe that those two twe books contain all that god has revealed we hold that the descendants of the ton son tribes have aleo received the word of god and that their records will some borne time be brought to light as a testimony that god liven these Pe records cords it will then be found also agree fully with the records that have been en riven given to us the principles will be the same aa there is no other way by which men can be saved than by jesus Jee usand and his gospel this thia to isa a glorious glori oue thought the lord jord does not confine his bin revelations to one time or to one people the spirit of prophecy is one of fi the gifts to follow the believers and it has ban been the experience of Ws people that this gift is gevea bedole att this age se as anciently visions of the future have been opened to ut uc the lord has baa given us no dream dreama etc and still greater manifestations will be seen aaen among us in time to come as those who are born under the covenant grow up and the work is laid on their shoulders they will approach nearer their father lu iu acme respects thun than their parents have done because of their greater opportunities the speaker said it was wonderful to reflect on the fact that our mission aries who go out to the nations of the earth are guided by the spirit who sustains them in whatever circumstances they may come he was thankful for this divine gift by which new principles are brought to light and so mu h good is being accomplished in this age for we hold that it to is through god that everything good comes and we hail bail with delight all that is calculated to do good to men we desire everything that to is good and ennobling and if any among the world have greater wisdom than we have we desire them to come and teach us that we may benefit through their wisdom we expect that even greater things will be accomplished in our age than ever before the gospel will be preached to all nations the church will be built up in this country and we expect through the gospel to be of benefit to all men it is therefore for us to open our hearts and make room for all who will do right in the latter days many will come here not for the sake of the gospel but because there is peace in our valleys and because they desire to escape the turmoil of the world we should not loose our faith by mingling with those who do not believe as we do but we should do them good by the gospel if we cannot resist temptations because these exist we have not learnie the gospel lessons lemons right A latter day saint should be so pure that in the midst or of the impure he will be holy exemplifying the teachings of jesus in the midst of wickedness the choir sang an anthem and BID ELDER GODDARD announced that mr david tatum minister of the friends church chicago who has devoted twenty years of his bis life to the cause of temperance would give a lecture MR MB DAVID TATUM then spoke for about halt half an kour hour sad advocating vo earnestly and eloquently the cause of temperance tomp erane he emphasized the importance of combating the liquor traffic and all its associate evils so that temptation might be remove removed dout out of chii way of the young this la Is a work in which all good men and wo men notwithstanding creed should unite the choir sang the anthem lord of israel bear our prayer benediction by elder john smith smita |