| Show RELIGIOUS sunday services religious services her vices were held at the ra tabernacle bernacle salt lake city sunday december 1892 commencing at 2 p m president angui M cannon presiding the choir sang the hymn beginning mortals mortal a awake I 1 with angels jo loin in and chant the solemn lay prayer by bishop wm win B preston presto a the choir sang the hymn jesus ones once of humble birth now in glory comes to earth the priesthood of the twenty first ward officiated in the administration oi the sacrament ELDER ELDEB JUNIUS F WELLS was the first speaker he desired he said to have the spirit of the lord to guide him in chatto what to say he rejoiced in the privilege ot of being io in the assemblies of the saints to hear the counsel ot or the servants of the lord and to partake of the emblems of the sacra meat he also rejoiced in the testimony he had of the truth of the gospel and felt elt to bow in humility and gratitude to god for having revealed this truth because he be believed truth was not known to the people of the goeld christendom is in without christianity ti in the christian world not withstanding all confessions to the contrary there to is not the same saine faith no as there was in the first farst church the beautiful teachings of christ are partly accepted by pallo but the right comprehension ot of his word and works is hardly found how many believe in the miraculous birth of beaus and accept his ministry as essential to salva salvation tiou men are willing to concede that christianity is a system with a mission in the worlds worl dae das other religious systems but beyond that very low few understand what that religious iou Is by the fruit fru it ye shall know them in this thia age the lord nas restored the gospel as it was in its primitive purity this we testily aud ask the world to judge of our testimony by the fruit produced the speaker mentioned the fact that in all ages from the fit first time a promise was given oi 01 a messiah the angel of the lord has been comm u ni 1 eating the mind an I 1 will of god to won men so also in this age glorious have been given through revelation joseph smith was toia that inai the lue had gone he received a sure testimony for it was given to him to see the face of god and hear the of the son of god there was no room for doubt there has never been given any surer testimony promises were also made unto him his future life was foretold when he was given to understand t that at he e should be the instrument to establish reestablish re the church on earth and he was given the authority necessary to t this work what has to say of bob such ministry such saab things thing as an ministering through angels is not even known to modern christianity not on only ay to joseph but to others have the heavens been open edi and ami today thousands can testify to the truth which juseph joseph proclaimed the speaker rejoiced in this testimony ind and this faith he could day that he knew that the lord lives and will i answer those who pray to him his countenance shines iu in favor on those who are willing to stand up for him in this age ot of idolatry ghere has bus never been a time in the history of this people of which it can be ba said more train thau now that the harvest is ripe and the laborers few fuere are many who do not believe our testimony that the lord has spoken but others there are who are willing aud and prepared to receive it it is therefore forvour our duty to warn aej declare the will of the lord it is our duty and also our privilege for no greater honor can be bestowed on a person than abat of being sent as a messenger of heaven to our fellow gaeu the lord has indeed favored zion when aben we see the power and strength visible among us as today we see gee how bow much we nave have for which to be thankful the speaker ha I 1 been bean led to re morning on the journey of the early saints with all the hardships they had to endure aud and tuen on the condition or the people today with their beautiful cities and towns and temples this should fill our hearts with gratitude may we realize the blessings we have received it to is bard to understand the magnitude of thele blessings but may we endeavor to do so no and serve Himl laith fully who is the giver of oil all the choir sang jesus I 1 my cross have taken APOSTLE ABRAHAM H CANNON was the next speaker he hoped ho hn said the spirit of jod god might rest upon him while ing before the congregation toe the testimony ol 01 elder wells he said Is important if true those who reject it are in danger and those who accept it have life eternal A similar testimony has been borne among the nations of the earth and as a result this people have gathered here the spirit of god which in the latter days was to be poured out upon all fl flesh ash has given us ua a testimony that the gos gospel el is true while some has been done by the way of preaching the gospel to every creature yet our labors have only just cow corn fenced many nations are yet with out the elders of the church we are told that all kindreds and nations and tongues must bear it how in we should be engaged in bearing our testimony lony that in the day of judgment men should be without couse it if they reject it every succeeding year shows however some advancement looking back on the year now soon boon passed we can see dee the progress made abere there have been difficulties and obstacles but these have not been 0 a nature to stop atop the onward course blessed ar are e they who are in such euch communion comma nion with wit h our heavenly father that they can bear the great oh ch inges that are still to come looking louki ngat at the early history of the church we wonder that many groat great me i apostatized for the most moat trivial causes apparently but we wust must re remember the church at that time was in small trials seemed great then just as am to children those things beott alsoe to be of great importance which I 1 cease to be considered so BO in after age 11 1 tula this is a day on which our oar hea hearts arts should melt in gratitude to god and b be filled with kindness kindne ks to our fellow raela we should have room for only one feeling glory to god in the highest highes tk for a savior to la born in this fact we should feel to expel all hard bard feeling 8 from our hearts and repent of all wrong doings mind and right what we possibly have do e wrong we should re niem mera rk her this day our situation and reflect on our past life have we doi e wrong f in any manner this day of all others 1 should move us to amend our it ways that the future may find us more closely attending to our duties than the past the aspel has done much for us it has ade v a brotherhood of us put us on an equal level in the sight of god the fact facto that the gospel of the king kingdo dora fia 1 isa preached to the poor should be a aati 6 mony to the world today as it was to i the bisci disciples plea of john the poor in the world are in a terrible condition and where can call they turn for sympathy and relief except among those who have accept accepted ed the gospel which teaches us ue to take care of the poor in the church there is no distinction such buob as aa exists in tile the world the poor la is as welcome an ag the rich the unlearned as the scholar yeta yet we cannot be saved in ignorance the gospel teaches us to advance joseph J osep h smith although an tutored youth when the lord loicl selected him as his me became one of the most moat learned men of the age aee thus thile it is 18 with the saints the gospel further teaches us to love one an other christ in defense of the temple felt righteous anger in his heart but in hit his feeling towards men man he showed a spirit of forgiveness this should teach us to be zealous about the honor of god at the same time we feel kindly towards those who 1 trespass against us this we are taught in the doctrine aud aad covenants the lord forgives whom he pleases but we are required to forgive all men IA we should not feet feel bitterness to toward W ar anybody gods justice to is tempered tem p ere with mercy if we could se see el ou our weaknesses we would at h haat ast be restrained from saying anything to hurt our fel the choir sang the anthem wonder ful counselor benediction by president george Q cannon |
