| Show SUNDAY SERVICES the usual services at the tabernacle sunday were well attended atteo oed and were presided over by president of the stake angus M cannon choir sang do we not know that solemn word that we are buried with the urd lord prayer was wars offered by elder C W Pe mebrose brose choir further inspirer of the ancient seers who wrote from I 1 1 bee the sacred page elder eider le role koie C J who will wil bartly leave home to take up a labor in the swiss and german mission mie sien was wae the first speaker he felt that hat it if say any one who ever occupied the pundit needed assistance from god it was he be and he be asked for the faith and prayers of those assembled he know knew that the gospel of jesus christ was waft true he had bad received such a mony the power of the priesthood was waa greater to the latter day saints than anything else that could be be towed awod upon mankind upon the earlb he fie was wae proud to bear the name of t a Latt erday saint and in obeal ones to a call that bad been made of him blin was wa going out oat into the nations ot of the earth to bear the testimony of the truth which he had received the of the elders among the people of 1 the earth would avail nothing were ft dt not lor for the spirit of god which ac their teaching A great exists between the teach lija of outside denominations and tome boie ot of the latter jay day salute saints the A doctrine of the saints was identical with that taught by jesus jesua christ himself it was revealed in these latter days bat all nations might be taught the word of gcoy gad in its purity by men med having authority to pronounce blessings upon the heads beada of those who yielded obedience unto his laws lawa and commandments in conclusion elder sn iw w bade the saints of utah fare well and hoped they would exercise their faith and prayers in his bis behalf elder alfred bidese res a recently returned missionary from australia was the next sp speaker ealier he felt pleased to stand aland up aud add bear his bis testimony to the truthfulness of the gospel or t the he plat of salvation as revealed from heaven in these latter daye day he hoped that all assembled had bad come together to be led fed for he be knew that ii they came with that object in view and strove tor for such a result they loulu nave have their desired gratified his labors 1 is australia had bad been a 9 burce s of joy and satisfaction to him the live of god had bad burned in his heart and when the time came to return home it was almost as much of a task to do that as it ad been to leave home he fie felt that his home was there having become so eo greatly attached to his bis labors in bring lug Ing souls soule Tb eresto ration ol of the gm gospel p ei ins iu these last days was about by revelation some wing which the different religious of the world did not t felie alieve vein in the taking of the gospel from the earth feces its return and it be restored through revelation through the instrument ins trumen aliby of toe the prophet joseph smith the gospel in all its ancient purity a au d holiness bad been revealed to those living in this thin dispensation modern revelation would inave nave to be believed iia ID before they not now of our faith could become recipients of the gospel which toe the latter day saints bad espoused and gained the blessings which lollo weLi obedience thereto the australian mission Is prospering the only drawback being a lack of elders to carry the glad tidings to the people of 01 that land bumbera of cities in that land had bad not been privileged with visits from mormon Li aries and unless such vh its were made to those cities the people residing ther therein efin would prejudices had bad teen been allayed there to au an alarming extent and the people of australia bad opened their hearts and their homes to the preaching of the doctrines af mormonism I 1 euer elder frank L beatie felt it a great privilege to stand up and bear his humble testimony to such a large con congress gregs lion don of latter day clay saints he had recently tilled filled a mission in the southern states a labor which be bad greatly enlo enjoyed when called to leave his bis home to 0 o go forth and explain the principles of the gospel to the people of tile the south he be bad rot coi a testimony of the work because he bad not up ap plied himself to it he knew now however tio wever that god lived jived and that he was a of those who would diligently Jill gently seek him he urged upon the parents to teach their children the principles of the gospel that they might know that the work wj was astrue true the saints should not only be bearers ere of the word but doors doers of it too it was waa absolutely feces sary for the saints to yield obedience to the instructions which were laid down to them from time to time by the authorities because the gospel of jesus christ was wag of divine origin and it was just as essential that we yield obedience to the laws laid down as it was for the followers of christ to yield obedience unto him in ancient ti the speaker was pleased to know that this church was preal prodded ded over by a prophet beer and revelator Bev dator who together with his counselors and the quorum of the twelve apostles were able to pronounce blessings upon the saints which would be poured out upon them in rich abundance it they would but yield to gau gous gaus s laws and commandments elder lder heber J grant in addressing the saints apse m bled stated that it was ever a source of by and satisfaction to him to listen to the humble bumble testimonies of returned elders the speaker realized that the assertion that the church of jesus christ of latter jay day saints was the only true one upon the face of the earth was a bold one but it was verily true when joseph smith inquired of god which was the true church he be met with the answer that none were recognized by him chis was sufficient to prove that they had bad all fallen away from the truth and that that church which had been organized by the prophet under the direction of god was the lie only authorized religious denomination existing upon the lace face of the earth today it parents desired their obil dren to possess a knowledge of the divinity of the work of god they must teach them the first principles of the gospel from their youth up such bach a testimony would not come to them unless noless they sought for it nothing muck much was without labor and unless the children of the saints were taught in the ways of the lord their knowledge of the gospel would he be vety very limited the book of doctrine and covenants required the parents to look atter after the spiritual welfare of their children childred and if they tailed failed to give heed unto that commandment the sin would rest upon their heads beads in oon cion elusion the speaker made an earnest appeal to the paren 8 to observe the he duties devolving apon them with respect to we the tj ti ing of their children that they mient be brought up in the fear and ut of the lott lord the choir sang sane ane anthem anti iem israels sons with one accord benediction was pronounced by elder henry P richards |
