| Show THROUGH THE OF GOD at the closing meeting of the Y P 8 13 C E held bold in tho the first congregational gat ional church to this city sunday evening speakers ef nat loval oal and in ot al reputation addressed the urge jarufe assembly ofte of these was ira D sankey the in evau evan gilill etto work of ut mr D L moody and whose sweet are familiar to christiana la in every land another visa mr william shaw of boston the latter la is the national treasurer of the christian mr shaw opened his remarks by reference to the conference of the church of jesus christ day saints saint the speaker had been impressed by bi the vast multitudes hudes gathered in the tabernacle icle and the altiero bly hall and be left these places with the thought indis that af if one obe man could start a movement lik ilk mormonism without the power ot of gods god what cannot we do with the same industry and t be assistance 0 almighty goo god mr shaw placed himself on record antle the divine hand inthe in abe greatest religious movement of this age to what agency then does he ascribe this work for the salvation or of men we have often had bad occasion td to speak a kind word wad for the work of christian sod and will wil do so again because unlike the cen eo of mormonism Mormon rsm liotte r a day ay acknowledge the work of gd GA in all that baa a tendency to cooj boj and light and truth na no matter from what source oliree it flows flow As A to the prin aples of the gospel sod and the par purposes pose of the I 1 church they have been misunderstood and misrepresented before and they will the be so 0 o hereafter bok whatever cou clu aiona that fact act austil des are rather opposite to the be view expressed by mr shaw for if christ himself and his hie apostles and their work ork were to be judged by the opinion of a vast major ity of the great and dood men of their time christian today would have but little justification lor for their endeavors ende avore they would be worse off if possible than the cormons mormons Mor mona mons for was it not dot stated of the muster in chow they believe bellev 6 that bat his work who was perform performed 1 ed through the power of the evil one and that his associates were the outcaste of society I 1 the fact la Is that the existence of mormonism Mormon iBm today la Is an ocular demonstration to 10 the world whether men deny it or not of the she manifesta tion of divine power un on earth people se ee or profess to see bee the be finger fidger of the aln alir igney in the growth at of sile tent israel fr m one family to a great nation and in its ita deliverance from bond wre age and it its preservation ion ing log the efforts of the be mighty klog kingdoms dome oi of the world through mgt s tu to destroy i we trace race the work of providence in the howth of christianity from its in significant beginning to its ita coin chorques ques eithe pakan pagan reli religions gima with which it bame dame in contact but history has haa no more striking evidence of divin power than I 1 that furnished by abe iche results of the preaching of the be new doctrine J as aa it wap wac called by the youthful prophet joseph smith the organization to which mr ibbay belongs is no compari aoto that encountered countered eo no don to of men of and wealth to in all positions of life nursed and cared for it from the beginning fhe case cage of mormonism niam is different prom from the first like the work of our lord bord it wan wait everywhere contradicted religious Belig loua influences were brought ti t bear against it and then ben political its ite first exponents were low lew and apparently but poorly equipped colace to face the me world in opposition i yet they went out conquering all ob st aclee acles tte the work his has grown ie ia the like tf tf mighty oak that becomes the more firmly rooted the more it Is ie exposed to i the he rage of the elements so eo mormon lam ism today is more firmly than ever to say gay that abst this has come to pass pasa without the power ot oi hod to la tol to admit an impossibility mormonism niam ancient prophecy has hae been fulfilled preci precious prec ioui oum now new have been revealed and truths trutha ly known have again been declared through it if instrumentality have found peace and happiness ano and detert ebenal ai salvation and the lord bas bae solaced his seal meal syn on it by signs anu ano mighty wonders as in ancient days and od by preserving it and strengthen ig ide it from time to time mormonism should not dot be judged lightly the advice ad vice of Ga gamaliel mallel is still konti for it this work well not dot to take a stand on the opposite side |
