Show SUNDAY SERVICES the tabernacle services sunday afternoon were preel presided dod over by president of the stake angus M cannon choir ting sting the hymn softly beams the sacred dawning of the great millo millennial morn prayer was eff offered ered by elder bider ed bd ward choir sang what was witnessed in the heavens why an angel earthward bound elder lewis M cannon bishop of at the new cannon ward was the first speaker he said aid he arose through much surprise at being called upon lot yielded obedience to the call trusting in the spirit of the lord to guide and dictate the words which he should utter in the year 1887 the speaker ap ealker left his home for a mis into sion in switzerland and germany nd and as aa he hail had been asked to make ft a report of that thai mission although he had been home frum from that land sume seven be would respond to the best of his ability while abroad in that foreign land he labored mostly in get ger m many soy where a very good and honest peoples people for the most part reel resided ded in lite visitations among the she people be had bad been greatly impressed with the iset act that they were part of the house bouse of israel a portion of the lost tribes the work are we of israel by elder george reynolds bore out this belief lo in that it showed that tue ton ten tribes ha traveled to the north countries in a direction which would have taken theta them along through the german empire and northward to the scandinavian countries the mythologies tho logies of the people also went to show that they possessed blood and even the names of tie is countries in northern europe bad a significance attached to them which gave further strength to the belief thattie that the people residing in those countries were truly of the house boom of israel the german people as a whole caie very religious and ad although there existed some degree of i 0 infidelity fidelity among some lome of them that spirit came about because mainly of the unbelief that the abe world in general bail bad fallen into the gospel was arst introduced in germany in the year 1861 1851 and a year later the be book of mormon was translated the german language by elder george parker Dyker dy who bad former ly y been laboring to in the tb netherlands lands at that time opposition was encountered there in the preaching of mormonism but as ae time pawed passed on girt greater ater freedom was accorded the missionaries until today the mormon elders were able the gospel without fear of a very great degree of molestation or opposition elder cannon believed that future missionary work in germany would brinig about excellent results in the way of gathering up the honest to in heart anu ana hla his prayer that hat god would bless all the elders who bad takeo taken upon themselves we the work word of the ministry in foreign lands elder joseph A bottle who had recently returned from a mission to england was the next speaker elder battle states that it was not much of a aut surprise pries to him in occupying the position of a speakers speak eras he be had bad jolt before reaching meeting that be would be called upon to madreen the saints saint he responded cheerfully to the call knowing ull full well that it was wae his buty wat that obedi boce to those in authority would brinit bring its own result on the loth or march 1894 eder E der buttle butt ie it ifal it his home borne fur for orcar britain and upon arriving at the mission headquarters in liverpool he wits was assigned to take up u pa a labor with the people of leeds england here he be bad found a people who were not seeking tor for religious truths to any great extent true be had bad came in contact with many good kind hearted people but on the whole whom be met were satisfied with their membership in the shu robes of their heir fat fattier bere and nad bad no desire whatever to investigate anything else although this abla condition existed among the people the elders were not dis heartened but wey they will 1 angly went forth throughout the cari is oboe besand and villages sounding the gos GOB pel key note noto and making those who would listen to them acquainted with the fact that god had bad spoken from the heavens sad and had bad restored the gospel which john the revelator saw being F parried aried by the anuel anel while he be was upon upa a the isle isis of patmos those who would obey and give heed to the principles of mormonism would fall heirs to those blessings which the urd lord bad said would follow the believer it was the goepel of jesus christ and as an such would grow and flourish upon the earth while they who opposed it would be dealt with as the lord saw fit the speaker testified that he know knew the latter atter day saints were engaged in the work of god he be had proved its divinity by seeking for a los testimony of the work and he be knew that hat god was His childreD and would continue to bless them as long as a they strived to perve nerve him and keep hie 1118 commandments eler eleer david mckevzie was the cou coc eluding speaker me lie called the alien tion of visitors to the fact that the speakers beakers pe akers in the meetings or of the litter day saints gain were generally taken from the body of the assembly this mode of procedure was greatly beneficial to the elders la jim that it kept them awake and alive to the duties which were devolving upon them and made minute men of them so to speak the mem ore era of the church of jesus christ of luter latte rd day saints know knew what wits required of them and ana thin knowledge served as an impetus to their onward progression in the works of righteousness the speaker oco to read the hymn sang bang second secondly Jy by the choir lo la order that all might get a full understanding of the text contained therein it referred to the restoration ot of the gospel upon the earth anu ano showed that it was wag the same gospel purt portrayed rayed in a vision to john the revelator it was waa not a lew L ew gospel but was waa that which reigned upun upon the earth anciently but which had bad bast taken from the earth because of the wickedness and unbelief of the people eider cider mckenzie Mc Kenzle spoke of the tb feasts and ordinances believed in and practiced by the jewish people anest feasts casts aud and ordinances had been established during daring the days of our savior and were referred to in a work by rev grattan gionis in which the writer tave gave the interpretations sou ana nance of these feasts some of the reverend gentit mind ideas were in exact accord with the latter day work rod and be had bad given it that the was waa to be sounded ana would alter warde warda be followed by hosannah hosannas hos annas which were looked upon as ae topical t aleal of the greal millennium th sneakier sue akier i aiu aid that giua ark moving it was being preached to in power to la the nations ol 01 the earth and although much infidelity was waa extant on the earth there was a good reason fur its if existence a aud tid it due mainly to the conglomeration of religious customs and beliefs of the different religious deno denolius mius bione tione the speaker felt and gave it as ae his hie firm belief that more evidence concerning the deity and hla his attributes bad been given to the inhabitants of 01 the earth blocs bince the raising up of the prophet joseph smith tuan at any time lime since the gospel goeldel was taken from the earth he exhorted all to investigate the principles pite of truth assuring inena that lathey if they did aid so with lull jull purpose of heart god would give unto them a knowledge of its divinity choir sang the anthem hosanna Ho Banna benediction was pronounced by elder W C U dunbar |