Show RTE sunday services religious services were held in the tabernacle salt bait lake city sunday april 1893 elder bider angus M cannon president of the stake pro siding sidi int the choir sang the hymn earth with her ten thousand flowers air with all its beams and showers 1 prayer by elder eider john D T mcallister singing by the choir again we meet around the board or of jesus our redeeming lord 11 tue tae priesthood of the thirteenth word ward officiated official ed in administering the sacrament ELDER CHARLES W PENROSE addre addressed sped the meeting he said he felt the great responsibility devolving upon him at this time in laing called to speak to the large congregation of people there assembled in whatever he be might say may he be desired to be guided by the spirit of the lord it la ird not customary for the elders of this church to prepare sermons befort beforehand hand to deliver to the people although we are told in the be revelations to acquire learning from all good books and contend for the faith once delivered tu to the saints faith is one of the greatest gifts of go to man without faith we are to ti id it is impossible to please him it was the faith mentioned meLtion ed in the alth chapter of hebrews that prompted the young boy joseph smith to go and ask aek the lord which of all the religious religions was true much religious excitement prevailed in the neighborhood wh art this yuth youth lived and the cry of ilo lol I 1 here and lo 10 I 1 there is in christ massuch was such as to cause him great airrie and anxiety regarding his souls salvation while pondering over teim he came across a passage in the now new testament that gave him great hope he was reading the epistle of james lot chapter beginning at the ath verge verae wherein it is in recorded if any of you lack for wisdom let him ask of god bod that thai liveth to all men liberally and upbraid eth not and it shall be given him 01 thus the buy prophet was led by reading this passage to go direct to the lord and in answer to his bio prayer the father and the son appeared to him having implicit faith in the promises of god he went to him and received of his grace additional revelations and manifestations were given to the time to time euch each messenger mese enger delivering the keys power and authority possessed by him in the ages and dispensations in which they lived upon the earth the gospel restored in this day by the power of god to is the same gospel as enjoyed by the ancient saints tula tais Is the gospel that jesus jebus christ and his hia apostles taught in their day and time this is ia the faith once rot restored to the salata 1 it lot Is the old gospel revived again with all alj its gilta gifts and blessings god has baa been merciful merci lul to the people of this age we have received the glad message and rejoice greatly therein the latter day saints are a God fearing people a prayerful people and are endeavoring to live up to every requirement of th thai gospel they believe in a god who hears and answers prayers praye rc that he is a personal god they know that he Is near dear at hand nod not afar oft off as some say aay they believe la in all the gifts enjoyed by the primitive church in the gifts of faith wisdom and prophecy in fact in all the blessings possessed bythe by the people of god in every age when ht had a people on the earth our faith is that spoken cf in the scriptures anti and is in committed once more to the earth thattie that the beli believers evem thereof maybe may be of one faith and one mind as asgood goil ha baa a commanded his people to be tile the world being full of strife and cor conten iten tion as it is today everywhere jim in christendom god revealed anew his hia corpel lot del as formerly when he communicated munica ted with his people by his own voice direct or through his hia prophets and inspired men raised by him fur this purpose not many people in any ally age have received the word of god very few of the inhabitants of the earth today have received the glad tidings of great joy many there are no doubt who 0 believe the gospel taught by the latter day saints which is the true gospel but for fear of being persecuted or having their names cast out as evil they have not received the truth the gospel preached by our elders will hilj save arid and redeem all men in the presence sence of god if they will but rec receive elve and obey it the choir sang the anthem hosanna and also the hymn the spirit of god like a fire is bara burning the latter day glory begins to come forth rth the congregation congie gation joined in singing the hymn the sacrament having been administered ered the oh ch ir sang the anthem hallelujah ELDER ABRAHAM H CANNON then addressed the congregation it la is doubtless known to the latter latte rd da Y ria iuta he said that president wilford woodruff has been ill for some time past owing to the great strain him during the dedication of thewalt the salt Aalt lake he is if today feeling quite feeble and he desires the saints sainta to exercise their faith and offer up their prayers in his behalf the feeling exists in some gome quarters at least that Pre president eident woodruff work is now completed because of the dedication of the salt lake temple he be having expressed a great desire to so BO many on different occasions occasion LN to be present at those ceremonies there T here Is ia oo no reason however why his life should not be prolonged for many years yeara to cume that the latter day saints might be bles blessed as they have been in the past through his counsels a nd great experience therefore the desire to la that the latter day saints should fast f necessary and exercise their faith and offer afler up their prayers continually that he be maybe may be spared until be has baa all that god designs him to do here in ID the flesh in offering the benediction it la is hoped the saints will center their heir faith on this object and units unite their prayers for his ary elder abraham H cannon thea pronounced the benediction |