| Show SUNDAY SERVICES i in the absence of president angus M cannon the services bee vices at the taber nacle 0 8 c ae sunday afternoon wore were pro pre aided saied over by his hie first counselors coune elor rider elder jor jonesb eab E taylor the choir sang 0 god I 1 our help in ages past our hope for years to come prayer was waa offered by elder N V j jones ones the choir further sang aang hark I 1 listen to the trumpeters trum peters I 1 they soiled for volunteers elder joseph E taylor or at abe stake preel presidency dency was the first speaker cp eaker ite he sold bold that in to speak he be WM WA possessed ofte culiar while be hii spent a great parl pan or his lits life in ID the work of gid be realized that there were be ore are him men anil and W wc men who J bad buelt as many yeam to ia too toe v chur church ch and were equally as adu S versed in the law of god an a b be those these brethren and misters assem assembled blod together from sunday to sunday to to be fed spiritually and in their gatherings gathering together they acquainted with the drift of ibe sermons and could coom generally tell whether or not the speaker was waa actuated by tile the proper spirit there were also alao present per hope bapa people who were temporarily w in this city bad and the remaria which be might utter would no doubt seem rather peculiar to them especially li if they bad not heard beard the gospel expounded before I 1 toe the prophet joseph smith was waa the instrument in the hands handa of af tug he lord to in bringing his work before the peo pee pie of the earth in these latter daya dwyn he when but a mere youth was waa led to ask the lord to show him chiok bt the churches then extant was waa cirile track the result was waa that th the 1 e boy was favored with a vivi tati 0 n 1 from god the father and his hie son jobba jegu christ imagine the feelings ot of the thoth boy to receive a call from huab acob person personages aged they are boat beat told intha ia the prophet Prop beta a own words as ae pub publia Hobed bed la in a history of his bis life at this time joeeph was waa told that none of the then organized organ izea were true and was waa mode made the repository of heavenly aratha h re ceiling belving authority from god to pr prepare re himself tor for the areat work which tl 0 1 was to shoulder in about kb restoration of the aspel after floma j iw year beare preparatory during chico josella was waa by s tue trie father tur jugh tits this the authority to aim hie hia gospel to nations ot of the earth was wae given him toy the hol holy ly priesthood being contorted upon him bim after receiving reci elving that author ity he be established every fundan fundamental principle necessary necea aary to the adiv and redemption of too toe bureau falta lift upon the earth and before his ai nation not one particle 0 of f authority necessary to the complete establishment of the gospel of ch christ riot upon the earth was lacking ald although be passed away and took the authority which he be individually bad received with him yet it bad been conferred upon others wat bat it might be por abed for all time to come his hie work upon the earth was effective as lar jar as ae the establishment of the doepel wan concerned and its ushering forth in this dispensation told old i gainly the near dear approach of the winding wooding up scene the authority of god placed upon the earth at that time would always remain and se aa he himself had bad declared would never more be taken away nor given to another people joseph smith revealed many things in great plain plainness nets in fact nothing that he be advanced was at all ambiguous he made known mans pre existence and final ue stiny who that has resa read that beautiful hymn composed by sleter era eliza snow commencing jtb the words worda 10 0 my father thou that owel leet lest but has felt its inspiration taut but the ideas contained in fin that hamu did dia not originate with sister ellza eliza joseph had bad burst buret the veil and ancl revealed we the grand secret that we had a mother in heaven brethren and sisters let jut us prize as precious gifts th blessings we have received irom from god through his prophet joseph smith I 1 this priesthood it if lived up to would give to those who were re of it blessings untold and bring unto thom true joy and happiness butia but if they neglected tu to honor the authority given anen their path would soon become dark and aad they would eventually lall jell away into unbelief elder charles W penrose also of the stake presidency wae the next speaker he had been highly instructed and edified in to the remarks ul of the previous speaker and could voice be sentiment that apart irom from jesus christ the prophet joseph smith was the greatest prophet that ever lived upon the earth A peculiar condition condl llou of affairs with regard to re ligion existed upon the earth earlb at the abe present time some few were devout and nd earnest in their modes of worship ping goo god others ethers laid aside all religion entirely and paid their whole attention to worldly affairs in order to become wealthy and rich while others again disclaimed the existence of a deity and therefore paid ou no reverence whatever to co any particular form of religious truth this was the condition that existed upon the he earth at the abe present time religion being a secondary and minor consideration but god had bad established his work in the last days and he had uttered the edict to his servants to go into all the nations and preach sob the gospel to every creature he bad certain purposes in view and those purposes would be brought about notwithstanding the indifference olf manifested towards religion by the messes masses of el the people As sta stated jn the scriptures the time would come when every knee would bow and every tongue confess that thai jesus was the Cl chelst irist the principles that had bad been revealed to mankind in this thin dis die sensation pensa tion were glorious to contemplate they covered everything that was godly and heavenly and had bad been girou to the latter jay day saints that they might take advantage of them and gain all th there re was to gain by obedience n to the same bame they ibey were open to all who would obey his commandments command but to those who would not dot obey condemnation would come upon them because of their lav dinv log ing darkness rather than light the gospel would be proclaimed to the high and the low ot of the earth and throughout the palaces and of kings rulers and magistrates the message we wap repent and be baptized every one ol of you that in so ao doerig you might glorify the name of the father and come into contact with hla hip blessings blea ainge the sab both bath day should be kept holy and all of god gods goda s commandments revered and thou then all would be ba joy and peace upon the earth and god would come in his own due dub time to reign upon the earth as king ot kings and lord of lords choir and congregation bonu rogation gation sang aang how firm arm a foundation ye saints of the lord la Is laid for your faith in his excellent word benediction wise we pronounced by elder henry P richards |
