| Show SUNDAY SERVICES elder charles W penrose log of the stake presidency presided preel deil at the services in the tabernacle sunday after noon may 16 1897 the abolt vang rang the hymn zion stands with hills bills surrounded nr rounded zion kept by power divine prayer was offered by elder john B R murdock Mur dook further captain of israels israel host hoit and aej guide of all who rek nook the land above elder theodore a returned missionary from was in trod produced oed to the abe congregation as aa the first speaker HO he said aid be had bad be been on laboring for a little over two years lo in ibe be country of 18 weden where there were many good honest hearted POD people who were sincerely seeking becking to 10 do the will ot of god anti and keep his hi commandments toe the harvest was waa truly great but the abe laborers were tow lew as an sufficient elder elden to cover the field could not be secured the bindl haliena were that in future time a number ot or the swedish people woula become ol of the there was waa a class olaaf of people in sweden who were with their present religion because of the strite and ion which ft brought about and with those people the mormon missionaries were doing a goo boua A work trio B E dots dec were faithful lu in their labors labon and went forth trusting in la in this man maar or er their ministrations were bearing fruits even evea to the gathering out of the honest in heart in the tb outside world said aid me abe speaker it was wa a cause for wonderment why way the be balter day saint elders eldera traveled to 10 uch such distant lands to promulgate the gospel we have the gospel they say aud and have so no need of further lurther Leac hinge but when hold beld down to we tue teas hinge ul of christ they were found to be want wani log lu their to that being whom t they joy professed to believe in and worship they did not adbert to his principles principle and commandments commandment eg but bat thought that the exercise of faiths faith as aa hey called it was waa sufficient to show how their sincerity in following in his hi footsteps and bowing a loyalty to hla his gospel faith was wae not the only essential however there were other and ordinances that had to be b lived jived up to a great many of which the religious world of the day had no use for they were not telleta of their barbs although all of them were comprised in the gospel of jesus carlst lo in conclusion elder Tobi aion bore bare testimony to the divinity of ef the which the latter day saints were engaged and urged those not having baying a testimony to sincerely seek for one and they would receive it eldr elder david mckenzie McKe ozie was the next speaker ep eaker the latter day salute sainte bald he be were a people of very higa pro are ten Len sione they stood upon an exalted platform and aad when they assailed the rong lous world as aa having a religion with a form of godliness aud and denying the power thereof were they able to vindicate li it they bad done so oon iacued the speaker and were ready able and willing to do so BO again aad again whenever occasion required tuat that gospel restored to the earth through the boy prophet josoph smith had been shown be yond a doubt to be this the true gospel of jesus jebus chrict the restoration of the was part park sail and parcel of the great program do de viand before the creations of the earth jesus ome came an aa the great high and later would come as ae king of kingg and lord of lords to rule and reign a bbous nd years yean upon the earth the coming forth of the book of and its authenticity was waa to testified stilled to by twelve witnesses wit nerea who de as dared jt it to be a work entrusted entrust ea to earthly being by beavely masson gers gen facts were in all ages agea of the worlds history only through the credibility of witnesses and lo ID this way was wae the divinity of tue gue book ol of mormon attested to borne bolus of those bad fallen away from the church tut out never did they hey deny their testimonies to the divine coming forth of the book to which they bad been wit witnessed elder mckenzie McKe ozie bore a powerful testimony to the work of god an aa practiced by the latter day saints tho the restoration of the gospel awakened the human family and opposition sprang up on every side aide god had so 10 shaped to lo the earth however an aa to benefit his hia people and to cause his work to grow and prosper in spite pile of all opposition through the courtesy of madaras genevre johnstone blishok Bl ishop that ao complis hed lady tendered rendered in a highly pi essing manner the alu jerusalem alter after which the choir sang bang the anthem glory be to the lord our deliverer was waa pronounced by elder G 0 bywater by water |
