Show SUNDAY SERVICES Bellg icus service of the she church of jesus christ of latter day Salau Wets hold bold in the ibe tabernacle yesterday sunday at 2 pm elder joseph fi taylor of the stake pred presidency denoy presiding the choir and ahe ah hymn commencing oom coor come all ye bons bone of zion and let Us praise the lord prayer was offered by bishop H 17 a B clawson the choir sang all hail the glorious day elder eli 11 H pierce then addressed the condri referring to the custom among the latter day saints to call dupois the elders to speak without previous notice the speaker said it was sometimes quite an ordeal the saints expected to be instructed and led ed with the bread of lifts lift ont bese occasions and it was therefore necessary esuary Ary that the 06 speaker should depend only u pon the promises prom tees ot the lord boiled bo pled with the faith and pray en of tb hearers hearer an incident was related illustrating custom adopted by some preachers pr eaoben ot of other to deliver the mame ame written sermon time and again and nd the effects of this the N saints the speaker then said maid are r by some considered an exclusive people A young man was some time ago admonished by a dying father to repent and accept the gospel he re aused because he be thought the mor mons were too narrow minded in their view the speaker said this idea iaea was entirely wrong and referred in proof of this to the fact that preachers ot of other beliefs had bad been cordially assisted in their work in our midst to what they consider to be the truth although their doctrines often are BB as the saints think contrary to the teachings of the bible the labors of the rev bev dr mills in this city was specially alluded to he had here preached against future probation although christ himself solemnly declared that when he was lifted up he would draw all men unto him christ does not force people to accept the gospel but leaves them their free agency this policy ot of the son of god was accepted by the father lucifer rebelled against it and those who sided with him weri were denied the privilege of receiving bodies bodice while those who remained loyal to christ were rewarded by an opportunity to receive earthly tabernacles and will time be saved of john on this point is in that christ is the light that enlightened all men coming into the world our father in heaven is full ot of mercy and compassion and yet yat the mini ministers of the world tell us as that unless we accept the call when first offered all hope is gone forever how can that be reconciled to the statement about gods tender mer clet cleb of necessity there to is truth in all religious religions ligi li ous but there are also many errors in all that are not constantly receiving light irom from on high inasmuch as men always have been apt to rely too much on human wisdom abe doctrine of repentance la Is true so is that of baptism only the sectarians sect arians ariam have several ainas of baptism the saints are said to be condrac ed in their views because they hold that a man must be called as was aaron before becan be can administer a valid ordinance concerning the doctrine of salvation of the list dead the speaker said aid it was a principle taught by our lortt lorta and abd his apostles and again revealed in these latter days the fact that some do not believe it does not make it less trued true instead of calling the saints exclusive they are the only ones to say may that salvation la Is for this the whole human family the teachings of the apostle peter on this subject was quoted c proving the agreement between the teachings of inspired men in thle this age and former dispensa dispenza bione tione to the minds of latte rd saints there is however a vast difference between salvation sad and exaltation they do not say any that every everybody budy will hereafter he attain to the highest exalts exalta tion but they do believe that salvation will be given to all with very few exceptions on the principle that a all I 1 will have a chance as the antediluvians had of hearing bearing the gospel coipel again even it if they have rejected it once the baiato then holding a belief strictly in accordance with wilb th the scriptures cannot y be called narrow minded we dan dail calely lately leave to the unprejudiced in the world to judge for themselves upon this matter president george Q cannon occupied the remainder of the time and further explained the doctrine of ui bui versal salvation as ae qualified both in the ancient scriptures and in the revelations given through the prophet joseph he remarked that those who continue a life in ID sin bin will in vain hope to escape punishment the reward of 0 sin is in the word of bod said to be eternal damnation the preaching of the doctrine of universal salvation is ie in the book of mormon shown to be dangerous if set forth in such a way as to lead people to believe that repentance la Is inessential ines to salvation in the doctrine an covenants the subject is clearly explained repentance is the condition without which no one can escape a terrible punishment president cannon read the passage referred to and remarked that no human buman mind can conceive of the be terrors of we the bell reserved for of sio aaers who do not repent the speaker fu further rth er referred to the teaching ol of the scriptures on the subject of the first resurrection and events subsequent thereto the second resurrection and the fact that there are degrees in eternal punishments punish ish mento ments as in rewards and closed by solemnly impressing upon his big bearers the necessity of living pure lives and avoiding all that la is sinful in order to obtain mal salvation vadon hereafter the choir sang the anthem gathered saints benediction oy by elder abraham H cannon |