| Show SUNDAY SERVICES elder charles W penrose of the stake presidency presided over the services at the tabernacle sunday afternoon ter noon july 10 1898 the choir and congregation sang america prayer was offered by elder IE lenry henry P richards the choir sang the hymn 0 my father thou that dwell est in the high and glorious place elder edwin P F parry who r recently returned from laboring as a missionary in great britain was introduced as the first speaker elder parry related it as his experience that there was a great lack of faith among those professing christianity in the world such people made many claims that certain things and abec obedience fience to certain la laws and requirements were not necessary in the making of true christians in this said the speaker they showed their great weakness inasmuch as they demonstrated their unwillingness to yield obedience to all the requirements of the gospel notwithstanding the profession which they made as christians faith was only apparent through works without them there was as no faith manifest and a profession alone would avail nothing elder parry bore his testimony to the truthfulness of the gospel it embodied all that was good and would save those who would accept of it and obey its precepts the elders abroad were working diligently in proclaiming the principles of the gospel and in the european Eu robean mission conditions were improving and the way was gradually opening up for the spread of truth and righteousness elder charles E rose who had labored as a missionary in england was wab the next speaker he said he had spent some time in the newcastle conference where on his arrival a great indifference was manifest but latterly said the speaker conditions had im proved and the gospel was gm gradually dually finding its way into the hearts of the people elder rose had also labored in the liverpool office and had had much satisfaction in his work although he found that false and erroneous doctrines were very much in evidence among the people of the world and that this condition militated much against the spread of truth the gospel of jesus christ elder hyrum T cartwright whose lot had also been cast with the people of england next addressed the congregation gre gation his labors said he had been in the nottingham conference 1 the elders had met with much opposition but it had all been for the best and had only had the effect of scattering the gospel seed rather than trampling it under foot as desired by the lord was with his servants said the speaker and the humble missionaries were gaining friends on every hand and had been led to rejoice in the work in which they were engaged the gospel was true and being so it triumphed in the end despite the opposition lon that met it in every eabry land and clime ELDER SMITHS REMARKS elder john henry smith of the council of apostles was the next speaker his remarks being as follows it is not my thought my brethren and sisters and friends in the brief time that I 1 shall occupy to speak to you upon the questions of the gospel principles my mind to is rather inclined to rest upon the conditions attendant upon our country today the president of the great republic has request ed the religious peoples of the united f states when they shall AIM first assemble in their churches to send up their prayers to the giver of all good in thanksgiving and praise tor for his mercies extended to our nation in the midst of the trying situation in which we have been placed it must be apparent to every thinking man who shall examine the history of the past few months that the dispenser of all blessings god our father has had in view the interest and of his children of this land the president of this republic did everything he consistently could to restrain our nation and keep it from entering upon war diplomacy was resorted to appeals were made and everything done that could be consistently so far as he and his immediate advisers were to turn away the possibility of the tide of war breaking upon our shores or leading the sons of our soil to other lands there to engage in bloodshed and war but the conditions did not seem propitious for the accomplishment in a peaceful way of the breaking of the chains of the downtrodden people of cuba spain seemed bent upon the maintenance of her rule and while she had succeeded in times past in completely annihilating the millions of indians that had occupied that soil and had replaced the indian tribes with the sons and daughters of her own soil they in their love of the principles of liberty had sought to establish a government of their own that they might not be under the rule of spain politically or ecclesiastically but that they i might enjoy liberty such as aa is enjoyed but a few miles away their struggles and efforts are matters of history the sons of their own soil in some instances lent their hands in bringing about their liberties and in destroying the force and power of the spanish government upon that island but years went by and bloodshed turmoil and trouble continued to exist spain finable to bring into subjection her revolting colony and as a last resort men women and children were herded together and submitted to a species of starvation that caused a spirit of revolt to enter the breasts of every man woman and child upon the soil of abrica and the demand went forth that this condition of things must change prom from the conditions that have arisen in connection with the carrying out of the views entertained by the people of our soil the evidences seem to bear us out in the fact that god our father the arbiter of the de stines of all nations has performed miracles such as never have been witnessed in the worlds history before excepting possibly the hand dealings of god with a few whose record was made on this continent and whose deeds are recorded in what is known as the book of mormon where 2000 youths went forth to battle in the interests of their country and were miraculously preserved by the almighty we have seen two great fleets of our enemy destroyed with but one man killed on our side A superstitious people it seems to me would be aroused to an understanding of these conditions and to witness the tact fact that our people were preserved from death in thet the midst of a hall hail of shot and shell while their enemies were mown down and their ships were sunk in the sea my brothers and my sisters you will remember that from this platform in april a speaker said spain beware they that raise their hand against the great republic and fight against the land of joseph will tall fall their hopes will be broken and their armies will be destroyed st it was as the voice of god making the declaration of the conditions that would arise and that have i come to pass in our nations history within the past few days we do not rejoice in any sense in the woes boes al sufferings of the people of spain th have fought no doubt with the id that they must maintain their natt nation honor they were fighting for t maintenance of a dynasty not tor for t homes and fi resides of oppressed ax and women they were fighting to 1 the chains of the latter and to bt them more thoroughly but the fil flag the republic which god our patt permitted to be thrown to the bre bred has been unfurled over the gem of t isles that liberty may come to thal h downtrodden men and women a and adt t th the sunshine of prosperity and nd hoi may gladden their homes and flu sons and daughters have the bless cleasta of life and peace all honor to the president of th the S public all honor to the congress ba the united states who have suppa the means to accomplish this JIM 11 all honor to the administration J honor to those heroes who sinking t ships of a foreign country have baug u the drowning sailors by the hai hand W d drawn them aboard our boats boat shown kindness and consideration v the midst of the storms that were be ing upon their heads may th the e apt of liberty engendered beneath th the ft of the united states by the fathers father the tRe republic public grow and increase bound abound in the souls of all her sons lu daughters and may not only cuba cub a 1 belve the rights and liberties of fat men but may that spirit extend 1 til every flag throughout 1 world that respects not the pro prow eions of human liberty in the right worship god and obey his C commac 10 in ments as they may deem p probed r in the utilizing of their malezi talents t s to 6 cure to themselves the blessings a comforts odthe of the temporal life and have part in the control of the go covol ment where they reside shall lowered t may heavens peace abound am the people of our own land may tf not mot become heady and proul rw nor carried away with a false and I 1 ambition but walking by the justice and mercy guided by love 1 liberty for themselves and for th children as well as for the children childre other lands may the flag at the mab head maintained and sus oust iland a clean hands continue to float fr framl east and the west from the north the south the starry banner may f be the emblem of a love of the rial and never unfurled in the inhere interest wrongdoing or for the hurt or araj injury ana an of our fathers chilan children mt 1 my brothers and sisters I 1 prow pray 4 the spirit of light and knowledge 31 characterize the development growth of th the e power which god I 1 established upon this land of oy joada a land where the principles of etea truth were revealed a land wheres fathers fat h era of the republic unfurled lek flag of right fight to the a land I 1 has gorse bonfe forth first among the n nag of the earth with her promise to b the chains of tyranny and open doors that are closed to starving h deeds putting within their r reach k Us and clothing and offering th them e a MS among the free of the e earth IL may gods peace and blessing at upon our country may its am amb never be in the line of the pers perseo or hurt of man but under the of love for the betterment of the editions of all the human race rma may flaig flag float on and on until all u revere it as the emblem of hope ti and love charity and kind kindness neme shove all of liberty to te hie ss sons daughters of our god amen sister lizzle lizzie thomas edward an choir rendered in pleasing style fr tylel thou to ty thy judgment benediction was pronounced by andrew jenson jenann |
