| Show SUNDAY 6 services at the tabernacle sunday afternoon oct 30 1898 were pre presided affied over by elder joseph E taylor aylor T of the stake presidency the ezoir sang the hymn 0 god our help in ages past our hope for years to come prayer was offered by elder arthur winter the choir further sang jesus once of humble birth now in glory cornea comes to earth elder joshua H paul who has just returned from a missionary sojourn in great britain was introduced to t the e we congregation as the first speaker he had labored in the scottish and birmingham conferences where it had been a pleasure to scatter the seeds of the gospel and as a general rule his lot had been east cast in pleasant places although the work was broken and fragmentary and at times it seemed almost vain rain and ineffective the speaker was not sorry however lor for the time spent in the mission field as his had been a happy experience laboring with a band of energetic young elders whose whole souls were in the gospel and whose examples did more to roll on the church and nd kingdom than anything else that could be brought to bear elder paul spent most of ills time in the birmingham coA conference terence england borland where he had learned to love wo sfa bl ders and those who had been ral rad od up to minister unto their wants HW mia slon sion had taught taug ht him much and especially that great truth that gods people were few in numbers and to a great extent were separated from the world and had not the enjoyment of its flavors favors this had impressed upon the speaker more than ever the fact that mormonism embraced all that was good and true and that the bahas of god were indeed a chosen and peculiar people and must needs suffer persecution tribulation and reproach toy floi the gospels sake the world knew not those who had been raised up to do good to call sinners to repentance the organization of society was against the people of god and the fact thit that his church was not popular bore out its divinity and genuineness in conclusion elder paul urged upon the young men the necessity of living righteous lives he exhorted thein to cultivate their talents as they were all useful in missionary work it waw waa essential that they seek after the lord in prayer and supplication and with his blessings nothing would be able in the carrying out of his bidding elder joseph E taylor here announced that elders platt lyman james L mcmurrin and henrys henryo W naisbitt Nals bitt who had been called to preside over the european mi mission silon would leave for that field on wednesday next the latter was introduced as the next speaker elder naisbitt began by stating that to enter upon missionary duty troa frown a human standpoint was not encouraging g but it depended on the faith po possessed i hessed by the missionary as do co whether or not his labors would be the lords work was to garthw in WOM of a city and two of a family and the elders were not expected to convert the whole world but to perform the duty devolving upon them preach the gospel and call sinners to repentance I 1 elder Nalo bitt referred to former experience per peri lence ence in great britain and stated that he had learned to love the gospel and to listen to and assist the laborers he was pleased to see the young man aaen take up their labors in the priesthood and had enjoyed the opposition enco enolus ln in the home missionary UK field knowing as he did that god was ever with his servants to bless and strengthen them it required experience it a training and the spirit of god gad t ta revolutionize lutlo lut ionize nize the world concerning spirl spiritual bual and the progression among the latter day saints WAs was brought aneo C about toy by the light of the spirit which WU was daily becoming stronger strong tr and tows effective the speaker again entered the missionary field well and knowl knowing that he represented the people of W bow he felt that the prayers odthe of the saints would ascend in his behalf as they saih in behalf of all the missionaries kea e knew the force of example was a fita fae tor in an spreading the gospel and white away alway would depend on the spirit of the lord to lead and guide him in tue the ministry president george Q cannon next spoke referring particularly to what was expected of the servants of the lord laboring as duty was to preach the gospel and whether they gathered any into the fold or not mattered not nak just so they warned the nations concerning that which was not necessary for their spiritual welfare ana exaltation the choir and congregation sang hac th p hymn h god moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform pet form benediction was waa pronounced h ther joseph E taylor |
