| Show SUNDAY SERVICES the usual afternoon services were held in the tabernacle sunday bunday with president of the stake blake angus M cannon presiding choir sana glory to god on high let heavin heaven and earth reply prayer idy by eller elder thomas A clawson choir further farther song sang the rising sun has chased the ut night ht and brought again the cheering tight abt elder Boun bounsou iou law laic ut ii the samoan misa wiss iun was the firby speaker he said be had bad been away from roua home or some time laboring Jabor ioK mainly in new now new zealand among too toe laoris maoris upon fini finishing Phing his bis labors in that portion of 0 the aru lords la vineyard he was appointed to journey toward the laud of palestine for many centuries the he country of Pale palestine has been barren aud un yielding nothing for the use of man whatever since hince however the visit of the apostles to that portion of the country a great change in the productiveness a of tue the Is land nd had bad taken yince place the city of Tib erias aa is well called a filthy place its filthy condition was very apparent to the speaker and ana he had been led to believe that it was he be most moat unclean place he be had bad ever een galilee to Is a town of beauty and luxuriance the flagrance of its pines andi and tropical fruits fills one with admiration mi ration for the city nazareth the town in which the Savior spent hla his childhood days was also visited the scriptures say 11 the sheep know the vace voice of their shepherd and follow him 9 this to is a saying baying which appears somewhat ome what ridiculous to us in this part of the country as aa the shepherds here as is well known have to drive their heir flocks but conditions are differentia different in wat that land jackals jackala and other wild animals abouaf there in great numbers working much havoc among the books the 1 be shepherd has only to go ut ui into the pasture and the sheep follow fallow him because they see in him a friend and a protector the land danof of palestine is ia being richly blessed and the way is opening up for the introduction of the gospel in that bat land elder heber J grant next occupied the pulpit the story of the be savior said be was something which never grew old in his bis heart the oftener he be bail bad the pleasure of hearing it the more he be loved it and the better he be liken liked it no latter day saint wha wh enjoys the true spirit of god will ovet ever become weary or hearing the life arid and wortis works of the savior will ever tire in hearing them reiterated time and again tuese these rocky booky mount mountains sins are inhabited by a people who have been brought together irom from different lands in of olea uttered of years ago god our heavenly father is directing this hia work a tact that should not be anon f forgotten by the deop people the prophecy bat one of a city and two of a family should be gathered together in the last days woo being mi fulfilled filled day by day Thou thousands bands of people have gathered into these valleys from european countries and other parts of the globe in fulfillment fulfilment ot of these prophecies the saints that chat have thus gathered together aria s and bear their testimonies m the effect that their conver conversion elon to the church caused moir kindred to go against them but do they regret the action taken by them thelam in embracing the principles of the 30 no they will get up and testily testify that god has blessed wern them end and they have had bad more real happi happiness new since they were members of the ane church than ever before in their lives the prophet joseph smith who did more for humankind than any man whoever who ever lived upon the earth with the exception of jeus christ is scoffed and spurned at by the world at large they term him an old man when but a were mere boy ho he suffered martyrdom at the hands of a lawless mob because he be dared say that god bad again spoken from the heavens the same argument that can be brought forth as to the divinity of the mission of jesus christ can be used with equal force as an to the divinity of the ibe mission of the prophet joseph smith the speaker dwelt forcibly upon the position of the latte rd saints and testified that ere long zion would arise and shine put on her garments of glory elory and be as a light set upon a hll bit I 1 reflecting its rays over all the world gonoir and c sang how firm arm a foundation ye ve saints ot of the lord Is I 1 laid aid for your faith in his excellent word after which the choir song eang an anthem and benediction was as pronounced by president george Q cannon |
