Show SUNDAY SERVICES the rei regular tular religious rali kious services mervie ft at the Taber odele sunday afternoon were oreal presided ded over by elder henry P Bleb akim choir sang gang praise yo ye the lord my heart shall join in work so BO pleasant so divine choir further sang hark I 1 ye i mortals 08 1 1 hist I 1 be still voices fro from hill I 1 eller J james atme 8 abbott la a missionary ato ako tko recently returned from now new zeland was the be first speaker upon arising be wai wag he sald brought to a lull of his weakness tot tor he be felt very keenly his inability to edify those woo who were assembled be was led and guide I 1 by the of the she lord first labored IQ in the ibe north dorth end of new zealand and after wards was removed to the mouth end I 1 where he be roma remained inea datil bir laboring among be laoris maoris lobe be h bad learned to love the because he had been blessed with a kh knowledge of the fact hereof the house bouee of IfA israel rael A great work has been and to ie au mission aru that of haired enmity aud prejudice chion jor gormerly merly existed wag waa last supplanted planted by the spirit of me gospel jo elder eider abbott had had much muc b joy in ii his bis missionary labors and felt hat st the time spent lubbe in the fied fled bad I 1 been one or of the happiest periods of hip bis life ile he felt pleased to think that he had been so greatly blessed bleared as to be sent bent to the nations of the earth and exhorted the young men to become familiar with gospel principles to the ena that they be enabled to take up the places left vacant by their fathers father and aged brethren when they were called to leave this mortal sphere in conclusion elder abbott by request made a few remarks in the maori tongue elder F A hammond president of the san ban juan stake next addressed the congregation the remarks of the preceding speaker had bad brought to his bis mind the time when be bad meta met a i now new zealander on abar board d a vessel veisel upon which be was traveling little did he think at that time swathe that he would be privileged to sit and listen to the testimony of elders who had returned home borne after having spent a low few promulgating the principles of WO life and salvation to the people of whose tribe that individual was a member the gospel however had to be preached to all nations of the earth jew and gentile bond and free and the speaker felt that goda purposes ur were quickly being established in the earth jesus had said unto alco nicodemus that unless udlea a R man we was born of water and of the spirit be could not enter into the kingdom of gou god this condition must be complied with by all those abbs 6 who desired deded to eatn to the blessings which god had pro promised mined unto his people and fr the tion llon of those who had not been privileged drici to live tu lii this dispensation temples had been erected and opened that a vicarious work might there be performed for them the speakers heart swelled with joy when he be looked back upon and pondered over the pod condition lUon of this part of the country when the pioneers arrived here as compared with wilb the conditions no now W existing the sits site upon which the city of bois baix lake Is ia now 1004 located too was at that time nothing but a barren wilderness coveted covered with sagebrush invested infested with grasshoppers grasshopper crickets keis anu ana other destructive insects to vind and inhabited kiy by a band I 1 of wild indians indiana it was waft any thing thine but a promising premising valley to look upon to a observer observe i r it appeared as though it would never be fit for the habitation of man but the saints camped here brother brigham advised them to till alil the ground serve the lord and look to him for blew bless lugs jug the saints did as they were bid they were loyal to the cause which they bad espoused and felt that obedience to counsel would bring them safely through true thy had bad many difficulties and privations to contend with wilb but the lord watched over them and brought them bem out victorious until today the state of utah Is looked upon by all who visit here as aa one of the most beautiful and promising sections of country to la the american union when the a speaker popo pondered pred over these thin f P he be felt that of all people upon the face t the earth the latter day saints 1 bould be the most thankful they had baa everything to be tot for the gospel was being prea preached cued in all parts of the earth and its ile principles were being embraced and the membership of the church increased and it would continue to increase until goda purposes were brought about on the earth elder theodore curtie curti in rising to speak felt to endorse the remarks oi 01 the preceding brethren he knew that they were true because his hia experience peri perle ence ince in she be church had given him that knowledge when the church was organized certain prophesies were uttered regarding its ita future most of which bad been literally ful filled since that time other predictions had been made concerning the work in which the saints were engaged and those which had not been fulfilled would be fulfilled in the lord lords s own due time the salute saints should put their trust truet in the lord and all would be well weli with them they should obey cou corneel nee and thus remain in the path of safety thelora the lord was sit at the helm of hie church and would steer the ship in a direction which would eventually land its ita passengers to a haven of true joy and happiness the speaker related many incidents connected with his early connection with the church anu ana closed by exhorting all to so conduct their lives as to merit the reward of an eternal salvation in gods celestial celesti aJ kingdom choir sang the anthem the nations bow to satan throne benediction was pronounced by elder wm B preston |