| Show SUNDAY SERVICES stake president angus ai M cannon presided over the services at the tabernacle sunday afternoon october 31 1897 the choir sang the anthem from afar gracious lord thou hast gathered thy flock prayer was offered by elder E D woolley the choir sang the hymn 0 my father thou that dwell est in the high and glorious place elder thomas adams a returned missionary from ireland addressed the congregation it seemed strange he said to be called upon to speak to such a large congregation after the experience which he had had in preaching the gospel to street audiences in the nations of the earth the speaker referred to the different interpretations put upon the scriptures by different religious denominations and cited a esse case in point showing the great necessity of bible students having the spirit of the lord in order to Tro properly perly determine the tha meaner of scriptural tural passages elder adams adam a dwelt at some length on obedience obedi enee and the reward following it and closed by bearing his testimony to the divinity of the gospel eider john IT akert who had been preaching the gosve gospel 1 in switzerland SwItz Arland was the next speaker he said he ha had been called by the authorities of the church to fill a mission and had done so feeling that it wigs was his duty so to do HP had had the privilege of preaching the gospel GORDA to ganv honest souls and believed the sed sown would reap a nice harvest in the lords own dm time he T TP had p envid his labors anel and noted with prida th tb growth and of the work in european countries elder andrew jenson next spoke tho th remarks of the preceding sneakers h b said hild had brought broi ight very vividly to hi his mind the various missionary fields in which the fl gospel was being promulgated by the mormon elders the tha preaching of the gospel to the nations of the parth was in direct of a ro roand command and made by jesus christ when he was ministering unto the people tt it was offered to all nations kindreds tongues and people thus showing the lord to be no re respecter of persons in opening up the way whereby they could receive salvation the elders of the church said the speaker went forth throughout the length and breadth of the earth decla ring that in this the nineteenth century the lori lord had raised up a prophet and that prophet joseph smith was born I 1 in n the united states of america this declaration when made to the people of asia especially round about pales tine and the toly holy I land was one that did not take well with the jewish peo pie they held the idea that prophets were only raised up in their own country where jesus christ had traveled and ministered unto the people forgetting the fact that god glod was no respecter of persons and that the gospel belonged to one people just as much as to any other elder jenson felt to thank god that the gospel had been restored and that its power was being felt in the earth re he was waa thankful for the prophets and apostles of the latter days whom he ha said wore blessed with the same au dhority as those of ancient times priesthood restored to the earth being exercised with effect for th its power many blessings had be been n stowed upon the people the latter day saints had had a knowledge boff the truth of the gospel revealed unto the th they knew it was of divine origin could testify to its goodness unto 0 t the fact of joseph smith having raised up as a prophet in this dis bation was one which would aphea appeal all reasonable minded persons TF he r itsek up among the anglo sa x who had a language which was und stood to some extent in all quarters the globe and the word of the li had gone out from that land to all eions kindreds tongues and people an fl cording to command of jesus the savior of the world the n of the earth had been bene fitted by i promulgation of the gospel and ma of the people had been shown the rt whereby they could gain a co coal salvation the choir sang the anthem god of israel hear our prayer i benediction was pronounced bishop william 13 preston |
