| Show SUNDAY SERVICES the services antho in the tabernacle hun jay day afternoon were presided over by president of the stake angus M can 1010 choir sang bang hark I 1 listen to the gentle strain oer hill and valley grove and plain prayer was wag offered uy by B E der hamill ton U park choir further smog sang great god indulge my humble claim thou art my hope my joy my rest fluor elder abranam abraham H cannon ad dressed the congregation he was ratified gratified at seeing huoh a ghou attendance and trusted that the lord lorda a spirit would be poured down in rich abundance the speaker wondered if the latter lattek day sal ate realized the kneat which devolved upon them as Sain balota tip he be feared that it if the actions of some of them were taken for an answer they would lead people to believe that very little that was given to the position they occupy lit in abe church abe speaker felt that bat faith amongst the saints was diminishing in the early history of the latter day work they who went down into the abe waters of baptism were lull of faita and devotion to gospel principles when sickness came into their midst they depended upon the he ministrations of the alders to make them whole whale today too much faith to la reposed la in doctors and god is very seldom thought of tae power to heal the sick la Is just as great in the church today as it ever was faith in god and ji hla is servant jo is the only essential element that is necessary to call iowia his hie blessings roe rhe elders of the church who make the study of medicine a profession should be men of god should exercise faith to in him and then success would c aown own their labors lo in their chosen avocation the knowledge and practice of medicine and surgery to Is but in its infancy new methods are being revealed to scientific humanity dally daily and if the elders of this church who take upon themselves the profession of a physician or sur eur would exercise faith in their maker they would be able hogains to gain a standard in their profession that is not known in the outside world the salute saints above all people on the face of the earth should be filled with the love of god enmity against their brethren or sisters should not be nurtured in their bosoms there is to much of the spirit of the gospel lacking in the bidet of the saints what was the condition of the be sainte when they were driven from they were lull full of love and charity for each other they were brethren and sisters fere in ver very deed the burdens and trials of one were the burdens and trials of another they worked to each others interest and what was the result ad G d was with them he poured out his holy spirit upon them and the were led to a place of refuge and gaiety from the dobbings mob bings which they had been subject to it if the saints would love their choir neighbors at as themselves as they did then they would do almost id 10 each lotheia behalf ani and would be blessed accordingly counsel should be ought alter after by members of the church to tf a greater extent than it is in the days of nauvoo the people would do nothing be ore are being counseled by those la in authority the only time lime that counsel in i i ow sought by the saino is in when they have got into trouble and difficulty this should not be the case if they would confer with those in authority before getti nig into trouble they hey would be better off on aud and escape a great many of the troi troubles libles and difficulties which they drift logo into through acting as they them themselves saw fit regardless of whether it was right or not closely allied with the principle of seeking counsel is that of obedience if aoud counsel is in sought it must be done with the intention of carrying out the evidence which Is received else appeals to those in authority ava ileth nothing there to Is too loo much disobedience in the homes of the saints sainte this to is generally caused through a lack of jedof on the be part of pok parent rente it is allowed when the children are and as they grow up that spirit grows grown with them until it gets such a firm hold upon them that the parents are astonished at their childrens le conduct the children of zion do not show that reverb reverence reve noe to the older elder people that they hey should they are too often heard board to say aay that they will not attend parties or gatherings w which h iota the older folks are invited to they have becom too intelligent tell igent in their heir own estimation to mingle with the old folka folk but the day will come when such auch conduct will have to te be a answered for elder cannon in referring rei erring to the duties of elders in the church felt that there were too many gadded the authority which they held the day was waa wuen elders who refused to go on missions mise ioos were told to go or be condemned today some of the elders are slow to act as they should for fear of public cut no figure with the saints they attend their duties and care nothing for public as 89 long as all they are doing what is ie choir sang the anthem I 1 lh awake my soul V iba aa a was pronounced by elder seymour B young |
