Show SUNDAY SERVICES elder joseph E taylor of the stake presidency Preal deney was waa the presiding officer at the tabernacle services eer vicea sunday afternoon march 21 1897 the choir chair sang aang the layen by mil behold the th great A broken law to blaty tl aty prayer was waa offered by elder wm win B 73 barton the choir chair sang the anthem from afar grabiona Grao Gra iona olous lord thou hast haet gathered thy floda elder james jamea T flashman addressed the abe congregation he began by referring to tho the covenants which the lat tor ter day saints made when they bee b bame ame members of the church they promised on going down into the vre of baptism to follow him through good food and through evil report it behooved them then to be ever on the jert alert to 0 o do his hia bidding and to testify to the world concerning the truth and divinity of the work in which they were enK aeed if the saints would set bet out in this manner and in hold old themselves in readiness new to obey god and keep his hie commandments they would be led through the spirit to concentrate their winds on the things thing of god and to look into the future and see bee the salvation and glory to which man kind could attain through walking lo in the straight and narrow path tb speaker read the words worda of alms alma in th the book of mormon wherein that servant errant showed bowed unto the people that which was waa required of them io in placing vesto in a to receive the falbert fat FaL beia berj blessings eringi bl the same lame declaration was wai made in our day mankind must be boru born agabia or of the water and of the spirit if they desired to liter enter into his kingdom the birth te referred forred to was the baptism of we he water snob RB as jesus christ had bad administered unto him by john the the savior said aid it should hould be dooe to fulfill all righteousness following this baptism came the laying on of hands hande through which the applicant for heavenly favors received the gift of the holy other who known as ai the comforter the receipt of this spirit opened up the way for or blessings to those who would thoms evvs TB to the wora wor of the ministry il and seek witta with sincere hearts to te serve erve gott in very deed it was waa in thin condition that bat the saints when assembling together woula seek eek to concentrate cen ean their minds mind on the purposes Bei of god bodi and thereby call down blessings blew loga on en their own beads through the speakers called upon to address addre them grain from time to time I 1 elder admonished admonia bed the to live UD III to the which they had bad entered lato ioto that by so a doing they might eventually reap we the reward promised unto all the faith ail elder george romney was wai the next gp esker he expressed great surprise at as being called upon to address the be saints out but like the preceding speaker he realized reali sed that shot it was his bai duty doty to respond to the call the sound 01 the she gospel found the speaker ft in the old country great britain and through his bla yielding obed obedience lODGe to the ame nama many had boon been pronounced upon him the was va calculated to make mankind better able to attend to all duties devolving upon them it was wai a gospel of parity a gospel which embra embraced cod that was wae doud and true sad and it if the saints applied themselves thereto with all diligence and full purpose of heart a membership in the church ol of christ would count for something mormonism Mormon lem was wae not a religion only for sunday sall adherence erenos to so no it W wax an everyday every day religion rod and a religion which exacted from its ita attention very every day of tbt h week W monah abu ah nod and year god alit W watching the of his people and aad was the them m to their just jait he hod had plated abe h proper at as abo bond bead of lift hie charia and through them his word flowed unto the saints from time to time the path of safety was wa that which dictated obedience to the priesthood of god for the father would never allow any one man or met let of men to lead his people astray elder eider romney bore testimony to the divinity of the work of god an aa engaged in by the be latter day saints he know knew that joseph joaeph smita was waa a prophet of goo god that brigham young was waa his bla legal suo successor cessor that john tylor taylor properly followed hims him and that woodruff was waa the mouthpiece of chil upon the earth today the abe priesthood was waa on the earth fora for a purpose and it behooved all mankind to pay deference to it god almighty had bad got bet his alb hand on oin the earth lor for the last lait time and he would see lee to it that his purposes eee were Blea pleadings dIngs had been promised to those who would obey him and keep his hi commandments comma nl me ante therefore mankind could oot not well offord afford to ignore the word of god and out them selves oft off from hla his favors elder Benis benjamin min gaddard iad dard was the closing speaker ep eaker he said aid he rejo rejoiced iced iu in the for he knew it to be the me plan of salvation Bal sai an ai revealed heaven his hia heart we waa made to well swell with joy when he fie gazed upon no 0 o many oi of the brethren anil and sisters i tere gathered together to 10 worship him who was waa we the agbor au nor of so 0 o many blessings bleming unto them the laiter day batata had bad been gathered from afar to unite with each other in building temples and attend to ordinances for the salvation of the human family an a well as aa to indulge in gereral wor unto the father of all thu this hymns ung sung by the latter day salute saints sold said thee were inspiring and lull full of meaning one of them how flow firm a foundation W wa specially especially significant in that it portrayed port ryd tile the strength of the work and contained resolutions as it were to cling to the rod of iron throughout all time and eternity the foundation of the church of christ was wai indeed firm it 19 was waa founded upon a rock M of by christ to the apostle poter the gospel had bad been res restored reato torea to so the earth tot for the bedells or of me human family goa himself speaking peaking from the heavens and giving instruction unto a mere boy as aa to use cation of chis ha church upon the earth forthe or the last las time tUme israel karael gasnow waa now being gathered irom the four quarters qu artera 0 the abe universe anil afi the e pries mood or of god was waa assorting itself to la on the bosom ol of those who were numbered among bilm mil chosen few elder eider doddard in conclusion pointed out the he manner in which we the saints should live lire to enjoy the lull jull blessings ot of the gospel and testified to bohli his know ledge of the divinity of the work he had bad tested it and knew that god bod was waa at its ite head bead to blew blesa chuse who yielded obedience obedie Doe choir sang bang the anthem glory to god our deliverer dU verr benediction was waa pronounced by elder arthur winter |