Show SUNDAY SERVICES 11 president resident of the otake angus M cannon presided at the services la in the tab tabernacle roakle sunday af afternoon decem or COOK choir sang sane god moves in a mysterious way mis his wonders to perform prayer was offered by elder george M cannon choir sanz the hymn glorious thinks things are sung sang of zion enochs city seen of old john henry heary smith was wag the first drat speaker Bp eaker he had been privileged 0 late to take a visit through the various branches of the church lo in wyoming idaho and colorado and had bad good reason to believe that the d S tints in those districts were in as good condition spiritually as ae could possibly oe expected during the past year the people have raised very tory god crops crepe out they have found it extremely difficult to dispose ot of them to so any great au vantage advantage just at the present time tue people in dan luis valley are busily engaged in har harvest vesti a OR 9 weir grains the late season having hurt them somewhat out the thre shere are running and the people have had a very large urge crop but they are bec becoming ming acquainted with wilh the me fact that it is extremely hard to get gei prices for the products that they raise they foey are gutting getting along nicety nicely how r ver although it is ie quite bard for them to 10 got get the requisite clothing ilog needed in HUB cilia lu 1 clement season of the year lu in dan luis valley typhoid fever is rag aug iu to a great extent but there has been very few deaths from it although there mere bas baa been some very severe sick ness nese the spiritual condition of the saints there la Is good and many who in times post past have been indifferent to heir religion are now awaken rug to a sensibility of their duties before god and are renewing their covenants that they might be partakers par takers of his blessings I 1 elder heber J grant next addressed the congregation he said the saints should pay mote attention than they sometimes do to the rc requests quests of the elders for their faith and prayers it is quite essential hat they give heed beed to these requests la in order that the elders way may be blessed of the lord and be led to say wine some thing that will be beneficial unto those mose assembled some people go domeet to meet ing sod aud after going to their homes aviti ad getting into conversation with their neighbors find bud fault with the speaker because his remarks did not exactly suit them it would be better fur for this sort of people to stay at wine because it they can do nothing but find and ault bault with the remarks remark it will do them hem boore noore barm than good to go to meeting it is said that where much is given much is required and if it profi teth us as not to go to meeting then it will certainly redound to our condemnation the speaker then reverted to the principle of tithing the most faithful lithe payers among the saints of god are they whose incomes Inco are very small email anil and insignificant elder grant knew of saints whose annual incomes while they were be low the mars mark generally gener atly tried to bayan Y an honest tithing but when they exceeded their greed for got the better of them and they forgot their obligations to gd Q d entirely many of the saints fall beir elto fortunes through the death of some of their heir wealthy friend frienda frien df what good does it do them none bout whatever they gen orally spend it in foolishness and ana to in a few years when their money is gone they are miserable wretches they have I 1 st at the favor of god and are ten times worse off than when they were living the lives of humble bumble latter eatter day saints SRI a to what good to is done by hoarding boarding up money moneet it can cant it be taken with ithem them when they pass away no simply save it and put it in a box to loava leava to some 0 0 else and sometimes said the me speaker they save it to purchase pur tickets t agoto 1 go to the devil president joseph F smith followed his remarks being mainly on the priesthood Nest bood and the v lue jue of a membership in we the church of christ choir sang the anthem ant beao from afar lord benediction was pronounced by el bik der william C dunbar dun bar |