| Show SUNDAY SERVICES the presiding officer at the taber nacle services sunday afternoon was augua angus M cannon president of the sal aall t lake stake choir snug the hymn praise ye the lord my heart shall hall join in work so BO pleasant so divine prayer was waa offered by elder george I 1 A smith choir further pane how are thy servants blest 0 lord how sure Is their defense elder eugene M cannon who bad recently returned from the society lalande islands was waa the first speaker he said bald it was wae a great pleasure fure to him to take part with the sal sainte nta at home borne in their worship his hie appreciation of meeting with the saints and floteal ng to the inspiring sacred music was wag much buob greater because ol 01 0 his hie having been absent from home borne for forborne home time and mingling with a people who had bad not reached that degree of civilization to which we had attained in ID the church of jesus christ of latter day clay saints sainta the elders were given the lege of taking upon themselves the cespon si hilt aes ues ot of a mission it if they faithful falth tul unto the calling where unto they had been called god would bless blesa them to the extent that they would be able to do a good and noble work the saints believed that it was god who called the young men to take his hia work upon j in he had called the brethren from the work aboa the be store the farm and the he office they had gooe gone out willingly yielding yie laing obedience to the call anu bad been highly blessed in so BO dolog doing the speaker said that the people or of the society filanda were generally looked upon as aa a barbarous barba roua people and they were such to a certain extent but bui as ae time advanced they were taking on civilization tittle nitle by little anu and lousy toady some ot of them hem could teach the most moat civilized a lesson during elder cannon cannons Can nuna s absence he had bad labored on ebe society group and the he or lower archipelago here he found many good goodhe hearted arteo honest people some ome of whom were very in the religion which they had espoused at present the church membership in that portion of the locals vineyard numbered about one thousand souls and the work was waa still going on to a very encouraging extent years yeara ago the was wae first introduced among liast people jat at that ti time me a good many had embraced the worn work but at forward it was waa stopped in that land for a time with the result that those who had bad taken upon themselves the name of salute saints fell away it was just recently that the gospel bad been reintroduced there but clod bad been with the elders in their ministrations among the people and had bad blessed their labors exceedingly at the conclusion coo cluelon of elder cannola Can CaDt nona ions remarks he read a few versee vt from the scriptures in the tahitian tongue elder Mathoni hah thomas who had bad been laboring labor lug as aa a missionary jim in virginig virginia was the next speaker he said it gave him joy unspeakable to most meet with the saints in the grandee grand estL auditorium in the world the privileges which the saints were in the enjoyment of otten made him think that of all people upon the face of the earth the saints should ahou id be the most moat happy the gospel which had beau revealed in the latter days was the same lame gospel that christ himself instituted when he was upon the earth he gave unto the people the law and set bet tile instruments upon the tanh earth to administer that law jaw such a mode of procedure was waa natural and necessary neoe esary lo in governmental ern rn affairs legislators were chosen to make the law jaw and afterwards after warda officers were elected to see that those laws were carried out christ before his HIB crucifixion taught the law 0 so o earnestly to his apostles that when he was called to lay down his life they had those principles so BO thoroughly im bedded within them that they went forth ana spoke the be law jaw and further than that tuy wrote the he law jaw but bat it had bad been talon taken from the earth because of the wickedness wicked new tit the people until in this dispensa ton lon it had been again restored with a all the gi gifts its and blessings which fol lowed it anciently the living oracles of god were here upon the earth now as they bad been to in ancient times lout but notwithstanding this there were thousands and thousands upon his footstool who declared in emphatic terms that revelation in this dispensation was something which bod would not bestow the saints however had received the light fight aney bad been baptized into his uburth and bad had hands bands laid upon them tor for the reception of hla his holy spirit the law of god was the grandest gian dest law that had ever existed upon the earth it embraced everything that was good and true and obedience to it gave unto those who heeded it blessings bles singa which they would not be able to contain there was no excuse for the dar knessi in which whlor the nations of the eurth were now groping gro light had beena been esta b dished upon the earth and the gospel of jesus jurist christ was open for all who felt inclined to embrace it the church bad its prophets and d apostles its Tea obera chero and deacons and aad through these officers gods s work was being beio promulgated in the earth that all mankind might haves have a cnance and a privilege to become heirs to the blessings which fol lowed its obedience obedi enoe the gospel 0 of jesus cutlet christ wise was the most complete and beneficial organization that ovir ever did or ever would exist upon the earth its I 1 is principles were in exact accord with the word of 0 god sito contained in the book of books and its if doctrine embraced all ail truth and truth ruth would prevail its ita offer flag to the peo pie of the earth eaith was a boon to man kind and sooner or later those who had rejected it would learn that they had rejected aoda iod le word I 1 and his hie baying grace in the speaker flea that he knew that the church of he be was a member was waa the church of god he knew of the gifts and blessings following those who yielded obedience to it and felt that there would come a time aben the name of joseph joeeph smith would be revered and honored and when he would be counted as one of the greatest benefactors that ever lived jived upon the earth choir chair sang the anthem hallelujah benediction was pronounced by elder eider henry P richards |
