Show SUNDAY SERVICES services at ai a t the tabernacle sunday afternoon oot oct 23 1898 were presided over by elder angus M dent of the stake the choda ch otar sang aang the hymn lord thou wilt hear me when I 1 pray I 1 am forever thine prayer was offered by elder william mclachlan lani the choir sang the anthem prom from sfa afar r gracious lord elder william H a returned missionary from great Brit britain aln was introduced trod teed to the congregation n as the first speaker he related briefly VI efly his experience in traveling in the norwich conference england and expressed his thankfulness for the opportunity afforded him his advice to the young men of zion was to prepare themselves tor for the ministry and take advantage of every privilege granted that when called into the mission field they would be able to expound the principles of the gospel as enunciated by jesus christ our savior when he was upon the earth the mormon had been clothed with authority to preach ahat gospel and therefore could go out confident of success cess as long as they put their dependence IV in god the flather father elder elijah welter weller next spoke H he e had labored as a missionary in the southern states and felt free in saying that the time spent preaching the gospel had been the happiest portion of his hia life conditions in the south said bald the speaker had materially changed ch in the past year or so the way was opening up for the spread of the gospel 1 and the demand for more mope elders was dally daily increasing there were opportunities never before known in that section of country and the humble elders laboring throughout the lend land were giving the kratse to god for preparing the way tor for the spread of his work elder weller bore a strong to the divinity of the work in which he waa engaged and exhorted all to acts of ness nes elder jessie jesse badger adger was the next sp speaker eaket for two years his lot had been cast with the people p eo of england and he too had experienced the same loy joy and satisfaction expressed by the preceding speakers true the time spent in the mission field was not all sunshine but the lord was wais blessing his hia servants and obstacles atles which jut at times seemed almost insurmountable had been cast aside to make room for the th spread of his message mee aage elder ider joshua selley a returned missionary from the eastern states nebel nex 11 addressed the congregation he said he had labored for the most moat part in the state of pennsylvania where the work of the lord was progressing and where three bo anches had bad been organized and were now in good running order without purse puree and scrip was the order in th that thai a t section and the were meeting with wath great success making friends on the right hand ban d on the left pen was CL a f field to labor in the people gene fenex raw were hospitable and could be debei d upon to treat the elders with oak courte and respect the speaker had a t teal mony of the gospel and felt to ad the young people of zion to live in adal ao dance with the instructions W calved from time tame to time elder angus M cannon president the stake was the dosing closing speaker heia said vt it gave him great alm pleasure sure to alte a ten to the and ot of the elders forty four years ago N 3 had been called into the mission fid 11 the call took him to the baste eastern quast and he labo labored in the states or conn i ti cut and Pennsyl pennsylvania vanda where he experienced the blessings of god to in behalf the saints were to be a people said the speaker they ther had inslfe aw be proved and their Hincer sincerity tty to 8 gowel tested and in this they waft many times shaken and brought toa to 0 A realization of the tact fact that th those ws would remain faithful falth full must n nece toj ily live near unto unito the lord 3 elder cannon cannion referred to the ea earial te experiences of the saints and d 1 caged the condition into which mai of the young people were driffin drifting behooved all to live righteous liv aves they would be blessed and even eventual exalted inobe in the kingdom of god it f t did not cleave unto the go gospel spirit of god would be wither withdrawn n them and they would toe be found ana those who had fallen by the w the principles and ardIn ordinances ances dif gospel were saving and far tea they were destined to save all v would olbey obey but god would not nol fi feell ter those who failed to laws and commandments which he I laid aad down fot for their guidance elder cannon spoke at same dorne tea on the manifestations of god unto peo people T e and the blessings attending who would live aright TX he gefen to tio in his owa own career in lal ddn astry proving these things 1 pointed nut the necessity of saints eatn tea ing their relillion reli glion ton the speaker to on the gurity in the observance vande word of wisdom and the great ference fer ennise exhibited nothings and concluded by I 1 blessings of god upon lidon an bibat might be found fo und walking in the duty the cheif choir sang the anthem hallelujah benediction was pronounced by henry P richards |