Show sunday services Rel igims 8 services were held to in the tabernacle salt lake city sunday january 22 1893 elder joseph E taylor presiding the choir sang eang the hymn beginning bome ome all ye ve sons of zion and let us as praise the lord prayer wa offered by elder B R C badger too toe choir next gang dang the hymn prayer is the souls sincere desire uttered or unexpressed rhe of the gacond ward ogi officiated isted in the administration of the sacrament ELDER ELDEB JOSEPH NELSON wab called upun upon to addres the congre gation cation he sati he ae know knew ane lord Is ie always with his HIB people even in the past he haa bag always been watching wat chin over his hie zion with fatti fatherly erly care trials have come over the people ut of god in this age as in former days the speaker ret referred erred to the history of 01 J job ob who was waa a righteous ma ina in the ight bight of the lord yet the adver adversary advena bary rj was allowed to to tri try him in ill various ways until even his friends him to rebel against but job was stead steadfast fasE and the lord after awhile a while gave his faithful faith lul ervant RD an abundance of bles blessings aings fur for we bia faithfulness so bo the lord will do with the saints who are faithful faith lul they will have abundant blessings from jooa the almighty becan we can see gee this already coming alchi ugh what we have is 18 only a commencement of receiving what there is I 1 in a store fur for us ua it if we follow the history of the ancl ancient ut people of GO god d we flud find that trials trial have been out to his servants in larger measure than any we have had to receive abraham ih ib an custance lue tance ot of this thie the patriarch was even required to be willing to give up hla bills only of sacrifice abraham son on on the altar stood the atle test because he believed the lord could raise hla his son eon up irom from the dead and so lulof hr his promises and his faith was well reworded with blebs blabs ings inge ai abter ter he had stood this great test teat similar was the case daae with moss moats anu and the othe other prophets the son of qu gou had to encounter the evil one who met him and put various temptations in hi alu way but be remained steadfast ret rol using to yield to the tempter even when the kingdoms of the world were promised him as a reward for deviation from the path of righteousness allgood all good people are tried so we have hare had bad our trials and they are per hops hap not loot yet all over but if we only y remain faithful WO we will receive our bles blessings eings after having end urea in all things the lord has said he wil have a tried people we must musi be able to stand firm in all positions even in the ot wealth happy the person who is able to withstand in trials for blessings will surely follow some seem to have trials and hard bard shi hi s all through their life in most moat cases however they do not last vry very long jos is a day after night but in the case of those who seem to be tried for a lifetime there will surely be a day of glorious felo riou light hereafter the time will come when even the most tried one will find that the trials were for the best beat JOSEPH E TAYLOR was waa the next speaker he alluded to a remark by an eastern gentleman who had attended services vices in the tabernacle and expressed himself to the effect that be hardly knew but that he was in one of the churches of the sects of i he day there Is ie however a great difference between our church and the ahja sects 01 01 the world our organization la Is different as are the principles we hold bold and the source of authority we recognize joseph smith asked the lord fulch seu sec was the true church and received the startling ati answer ewer none of them all had bad gone astray the lord made manifest his will to joseph regarding hie mission he was from that instant of necessity an aggressive character in the world joseph built so to 10 house bouse for the people to come and dwell in a house much superior to the OLO ole thy previously occupied he old aid not simply tear down what they had he preached the truth and invited the world to accept it the christian world holds that the prevalent religions are to all intents and purposes correct the fact is however that although the principles of the gospel are in the bible yet the lord treated joseph the prophet as if the gospel had never before existed chis is consistent too for the loru lord will not hold the world of today re apon sible for the gospel that was revealed through adam arany or any of abe following prop prophets bets in order to make the world accountable today a revelation to this generation had to be given and therefore joseph was raised up to testify to the world what the father testified to him concerning jesus that deiv he iu the beloved of the father whom the world was under obligation to hear the elders of israel nave have not per haps always exhibited that degree of forbearance necessary to their calling it seems to them at times a wonder that the world refuses their testimony but remember the people at the time of jesus they entertainer entertain el such ideas and were so educated that the appearance of the mek and lowly J jesus esue wai contrary to all their expectations hence they rejected hm and had bad we been in the same circumstances we would probably tro bably not have acted much differently from what they did we say today that joseph smith waa we a great prophet of GOJ goi will the world believe it the elders of israel have besides always promised that tu those who honestly accept the gospel the lord will make the truth manifest there should therefore be no excuse for anybody not to believe our testimony the revolution that has taken place among the thinking men of the world lince the advent of joseph smith is very inguar ar the exposition of truth ladeby made by joseph is so simple so consistent si that its superiority commends itself to those whose minds are open to truth the saints have received a vast amount of knowledge on the principles of the gospel joseph taught faught the justice of god in the judg matits to be pronounced on the ungodly previous to his teachings we heard some of the most astonishing declarations concerning eternity and eternal punishment joseph explained the nature cf this punishment and yet that even to the wrongdoer wrong doer there is hope other doctrines might be mentioned the speaker referred to the notion held about election in the narrowest sence of the term god showed joseph the blessed truth that those who die in innocense shall inherit eternal life through the work of atonement accomplished by jesus none lie la predestined to eternal damnation another doctrine was referred to that of baptism the world had come to regard the of water on oa an infant as baptism compare with this the biblical and reli reasonable and logical teachings of joseph on this point joseph revealed anything detrimental to man it has been said his teachings were degrading but the fact is that his teachings were cal to lead those who accepted them and carried them out to eternal the gospel is given solely for we the spiritual advancement of the people we had bad wandered away from our father but through it we have recel received wed the holy spirit whose influence is for development and exaltation to bring us back to god by the gospel the wrongdoer will be redeemed if he wishes redo rede i eption the choir sang an anthem and bene diction was pronounced by elder abraham H cannon |