| Show SUNDAY st SF elder angus M cannon president of the salt lake stake presided over the services at the tabernacle sunday afternoon may 8 1898 the ahe choir sang the hymn great ta Is the lord good to praise his high and holy name prayer was offered by elder arthur winter the choir and congregation sang god moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform elder orson F whitney addressed the congregation in commencing the speaker referred to the great responsibility of being a teacher even temporarily pora rily to the latter day saints in fact the duty of being a teacher of men in any ao ae of the world was a responsibility great in its magnitude moses jesus christ and joseph smith said the abe speaker were the three g greatest test teachers that had ever lived upon the earth and their teachings had lived and would live through the countless ages of eternity jesus christ was the great lawgiver law giver the personage whose visit to this earth was the insignia of greater and more glorious truths than had ever before been introduced moses was the great founder of jurisprudence because of the laws introduced by him while joseph smith although reviled and ridiculed had planted a tree which had borne fruit that indicated in all plainness the great good that he had accomplished jesus fiad bad truly said men did not gather grapes of thorns nor figs of thistles whistles es and this being the case no good achievement could be wrought out unless having a divine source or basis elder whitney dilated on the early day teachings of moses he also spoke of the instructions given by jesus jesua christ to those of his disciples when he spoke unto them as one having authority and not as the scribes and aad pharisees Pharis ees jesus came not to destroy that which already had been bull ded but as he had stated his mission was to fulfill he taught the people to love their enemies and to do all that could be done in endeavoring to become perfect even as the father himself was waa perfect there was a newness to these teachings which caused the people to open their eyes in wonderment for having been reared under the mosaic law they know knew nothing higher and therefore were hardly prepared for the new teachings of the savior his was a higher law and its purpose was the supplanting of that which had been in vogue for years before it helped mankind to attain that perfection desired de alred and was therefore as essential in the consummation of gods purposes as anything that had ever been introduced it taught the ushering in of peace on earth and good will to all men and in this vested the great significance and importance of christs mission speaking of the prophet joseph and his teachings eder whitney dwelt upon the similarity of them as com corn i pared with the words laid dawn by the savior the golden rule was a part of the gospel in this day as it was anciently and its violation brought out infliction of punishment as its strict keeping brought out the reward of eternal salvation follow me said the savior it if ye love me keep my commandments mand ments these teachings they were a vital part of the gospel and should be adhered to by all claiming allegiance to his name joseph smith in the inquisitiveness of a thoughtful boy was led to seek father in prayer his prayer waa w answered by a vison the father and son appeared unto him told him of the lack of ecclesiastical authority up on the earth and of th gospel which was to be brought abut in the due time of the lord the gospel was waa restored through the istra mentality ment allty of that boy and its restoration had brought out exactly the same teachings laid down by the savior during his earthly career its glory was incomprehensible its outcome godlike and heavenly mankind through obedience to its principles could become like unto god they attain a station of the highest exaltation a destiny which awaited all who would live tor for it the choir sang the anthem 0 father whose almighty power benediction was waa pronounced by elder brigham young of the council of apostles |
