Show sunday services religious exercises were held in the jaberi ra bernacle acle salt dalt lake city cunday dun ilay juno june jtb 1893 elder josepn E tay lay lor presiding the choir sang the hymn commencing praise ye the lord my heart shall join in work so go pleasant so divine prayer was offered by elder A AM M musser the choir and congregation sang how firm a foundation ye saints sainta of the lord Is IB laid for your faith in his excellent word BIL HOP ORSON F was the speaker ane latter day 8 fia ints he said aid are spoken of as a peculiar ar people one ut of weir their peculiarities liari ties la is that their speakers are expected to rise when called upon and speak without premeditation such things is the lord way des den re to have placed before the people ghis does not mean without preparation or we believe lu in filling our ands with knowledge of useful things and then rely en cn the holy spirit to bring to our minds that which he chases we are also considered an original people some borne of our doctrines are even held to be blasphemous by other mety mec but wt w claim to put furth forth no DO new DOW teachings rho truths trutha we advocate have been bt en taught again anu and again by the loru aud and his hie inspired men the gospel was formulated from froin eter eternity nty and by it we believe worlds have already been redeemed and glorified till they theys bine in luster even as this planet beall do in the due time of the lord when it shall have fulfilled lib its the gospel la is an old ti bog indeed and will be in operation throughout th bout the a so of the he future god in the beginning paw caw tit nt to institute laws law whereby the adrita him might au ad vance towards perfection he arranged and formulated certain ples plea whereby the looser leeser might progress and become like himself for this reason reabon the earth wat wab formed a habitation for such intelli genneil then the question que atlon arose who should be sent bent to be a savior for the planet about to be formed one rose roee and said eaid send lend me and another caida aid send me the lord then select elect ed me and the other became angry and rebelled against the almighty which is ia the origin of the devil and his angels angela everything arranged adam was waa sent to tills world there was wa to be is a great difference between tiie privileges or oi the spirits who were deemed wormy of obtain g bodies through his filis lineage and those who were ore unworthy ot of this ihie privilege lucifer belongs to this latter class lie he was waa denied it because or ol hit hie rebellions rebellion when his plan of through coercion was not accepted the plan chosen was one which left all men and women their free agency hence lucifer and his angels were doomed to remain spirits and are now walking up and do doan 4 n the earth tempting people and seeking to break down the kingdom of god we hold that the lall fall of adam and eve was a necessary preliminary to the plan of redemption we do not anathematize father adam for falling failing for we believe that he fell that man might be and man is that he might bave joy adam had bad to believe in god repent be baptized and receive the holy ghear and having baylog dune done so rejoice in the redemption accomplished ulis bed shed there have been many dis dig ions but whether it be called mormonism niem today christianity yesterday and something elks eke at another time it is ia the same ilan of salvation enoch had haa it revealed to him and was glorified thereby it sounds like a fairy tale today tor lor some men to read af his city being taken up to heaven and they reject the scriptures in which it Is is in told but it would seem deem that our age is ia so full of 0 discoveries that it should not be difficult to believe in the possibility bAity of moving part of a world or a whole world by means known to the almighty the speaker referred to the history of Abr abrahham Abrah hm who was wag chosen to leave his hia own country and come to a foreign lands land as a preparation for the coming of tue the don bon of man the lord gave him remarkable promises which w re are all fulfilled after afat r he had nobly stood the tests to which he was waa submitted jesus jebus christ whose atonement wiped away the consequences ot of adama transgression was the seed through whom all the nations of the world should be blessed but the glad tidings lf if this work had to be proclaimed la ILL the world and hence the notions have been sprinkled with the blood of abraham for a wise purposes purpose making what seemed to be a curse a work won gerful blessing a seeming defeat defeat t a signal victory even christ chris tv when put to death was by many hought bought to have failed although he jud tula kulii them that he had to die and rise again it was first after he had bad bbown himself after his death and demonstrated that he had all power in heaven and on earth that his people understood that by a seeming calamity a great victory was achieved 00 go ye 11 he said into all the world and preach the gospel to every nation he that believeth bali beli eveth and is in baptized zek shall be saved 19 this gospel was the same that had bad been preached to adam by the angel of goo god the same gains which enoch otred and by which his city was translated tran dated into glory it was the same which enabled moses to speak to god face to face but which the people at as that time could not endure wherefore it was taken away for a future time which came who when jesus appeared the saints believe that they are the children of abraham and that the lord has revealed the sams same old gospel to be prea pros ebed to all men as a preparation for the inauguration of the grandest dispensation of all jc seph smith was one of the noble spirits set met apart for this work this is why we have assembled here and why there will always be a people found willing to izo eo where the lord sends teem to gi ther the scattered sheep of israel cur mission to is one of peace and good will to all men soon boon the grandest event of the she world will happen when the heareas shall burst and the lord be revealed for this we wish to prepare ourselves and all mankind the choir sang the anthem bcd of israel hear bear our prayer ap f benediction by elder john henry smith |