Show sunday services religious services were hold held in ID the tabernacle suit salt lake city sunday january 15 1893 elder angus M president of the stake presiding cannon non the choir sang the hymn beginning high on the mountain top A banner is unfurled prayer was offered by bishop albert W davis da via of centre ward the choir next sung sang the hymn how great the wisdom and the love that 1111 flud d the courts on high the priesthood of the first ward officiated in the administration of the pu sacrament B H ROBERTS wu was the speaker he said the task of addressing BO 60 vast a congregation was one irom from which a person would naturally shrink especially if he remembered bar that be was wa talking to a people well informed upon almost every principle connected with the gospel but under the influence of the holy spirit it was possible that the sainte who came together from time to time might receive a portion porfir 13 of meat in due season and find in the remarks of the elders instruction and encouragement which should enable them the better to per form the duties of life the blessings of ef the gospel were a constant theme 0 of f enjoyment to those who partake of the spirit thereof an ad j those who had bad received these blessings never became weary in recounting the and advantages and privileges and the inestimable joys which are secured to us through that system of truth which we had bad learned frum from the gospel of jesus christ it seemed exceedingly strange to him that at all men and women did not become infatuated wim it what blessing he be asked could be greater than the torgi forgiveness veness of sin through a living active faith in god and be thanked heaven that unpardonable sins were indeed roe that there were but few among his sons sone and daughters who were capable of so 80 far transgressing that they got beyond the hope of forgiveness or the desire for it the gift of the holy ghost was promised to all who received the gospel as directly to us in this day as to those these who hourd herd that same gospel in primitive 0 ve christian times the lord bad d j just ua tas as much to give to his obedient t child children r I 1 in this dispensation as to those who lived jived in the ancient days consequently those who obeyed the principles of the gospel were entitled 1 to the pos possession sealon of the holy spirit b h we were told should bring to the possessor those gifts which god ha b h committed unto him it should quicken the recollection and bring to mind the law of god in the hour that one hath bath need to remember it it was that spirit which brought evil a better cleansing than even the baptism ot of water it was the strength by which tho the should prevail over his bis weaknesses and imperfections until he stood as an approved son of god we came to take up the qualities of this spirit and considered what it did for man did we appreciate rightly the treasure which we had in it what was waa it not worth to the latter day what indeed would they take in exchange for it elder eider roberts roberta mentioned some of the hardships through which the saints passed in the early days of the church pictured the journey across the plains and the trials which they had bad since been called upon to undergo un ano asked was not thi the e possession ot this one great gitt gift of the holy spirit and the joy and happiness which it brought to them an ample reward for all their toll and would they not rather brave all the dangers over again than be deprived of it having once tasted the sweetness of its influence he thanked god that it had been his bis privilege to be reared among this people but he be never appreciated that blessing so much until he became acquainted with the world outside of these their settlements and their influence the speaker next adverted to the scenes of misery and wickedness which he had witnessed when moving about in ID the large cities of england and remarked that the sine gins of babylon which were being introduced among us today were making sad havoc in the midst of israel had such been always present with us to the extent as now this people would not have been so free from orime crime and sin as they wore were today we owed very much to the favorable conditions by which we had bad been surrounded hitherto for the purity of our community and the excellence of its morals the marriage relation was referred to by elder roberts as a most hallowed association it was one of gods eternal laws the law by which not only the race of man is perpetuated but he law that obtained in the celestial worlds sud the law by which the race of the gods to is perpetuated for ever instead of having as some persons would have it an unholy association it was one of the holiest hollest of all in I 1 n conclusion the speaker prayed that the saints might understand these thea grand truths and said that with these blessings running side by ride with them come corresponding re duties which must be rightly discharged the choir sang the anthem hallelujah the lord god omnipotent ym nipo benediction by bishop wm B preston |