Show SUNDAY SEIt VICES Religious Beli elous services in the tabernacle sunday february commenced at 2 pm high councilor H P r richards presiding the choir and congregation sang tle the spirit like a fire are isburn in f the labor day glory I 1 ry begins to come qi wh orth prayer was oje offered rad by elder elde guando pratt arst th the choir sang 0 god eternal father who dwells amid awid the sky the priesthood of athi I 1 the nineteenth ward wara officiated in the administration of 0 the sacrament 1 elder georgo george M k cannon was vias the first arst ti speaker me he said the latter day saints had bad embt embraced Aced the everlasting gospel everlasting because it was truth itself and existed from eternity to eternity it was not a system devised V by man but came from the al ig aby abw it existe I 1 dAin the wor world id th chete was apo power r its au atel i t ganv ny spec s but nhi V wt or od I 1 nud 1 p deceive cei ve it of often gift testified ed of having received the testimony of the holy ghost and of experiencing similar to those recorded ad as having bep keen jo dout upon the disc disciples iDles 0 U h day of pentecost mi stan the the kants ants 1 gave lave this mil mony to the world the h e larger part t maaland laige tailed to accept it it was urged bythe opponents ot of the mormons cormons Mor mons that the gospel they taught was only accented by the poor and unlearned that was the case with the teachings of the savior and from that class lie he selected elected his disciples john the bap had baptized jeeps and heard the e ony of the faa r that ile he ate ri uashti Ua 3 S 0 ill Aft afterward orward join ired wt I 1 wao wad he who wab promised nolad or of whether vh ether another should be looked for to this jesus made answer that thattie the be signs followed the believers and the poor had the gospel preached to I 1 t them em the goo gospel pei of christ cc comfit not to the rich ell alone but to all mankind and will bless all alike it if they obey it it was no evidence that a doctrine was wrong that burn d inep did no not ac accept pt it I 1 I 1 th wor it al au grea great a t r 14 2 1 hen n forth wre 0 op 1 0 sao tat wel werft X learne esus ga 6 C to all an appo opportunity to for salvation but compelled no man to accept the gospel this was something that men exercised their own free aKen Agen cyin crin Owing to prejudice few were willing to give a newly developed truth a fair trial but rather 0 opposed P posed it this had been repeatedly exeme exema gutted in ehg the worlds history i as uh U h 0 u a galleo ab sud d athy yIl ti lers tese t t men meli bad b d il a 0 degood dc good to those W fa 0 opposed theria abera socrates in his is desires to benefit mankind showed that he was willing to die lor for that which he knew was xue rue the saints should also aasc be faithful alif ul to the truth they aad received the elders went forth among the wo world ri d an and manifested ia a willingness to 1 lay ay down their lives ives if feces at ay tar 6 r we Q I 1 osheb in the wor world d the saints knew th the gifts f ts of the gospel ot of christ were with them this gospel was a also preached po 3 antry ofil A rawsa by bo e A i aland ad who at looked forba forward fd to e va ty for knew thai the gospel was the power of god unto salvation and this brought to them a satisfaction su superior brior to that given by ebina afley ey need ot f fear the aw inlew that truth would triumph god had been with them thein in the past abott they trusted to hta him in the tutt tre seeking to follow in their lives liver the example eikamp lj set toy by their lord and Sav tor bishop orsono Orson 3 whitney wis was the next speaker he read from isaiah HI verses 1 2 8 7 8 10 and il 11 kie Hs regarded 1 these a us very important passages bages in the holy scriptures Te referring ferrin f as ther atie T did to the present pt period and tile the circumstances by which the saints were surrounded the exhortation was one of strike aptness to the sainta god had sont sent into toe the world the everlasting gospel through which ahe were to b be re redeemed eeme from the bondage ot of sin min and dearil in purviance ance of his own designs and the predictions of his prophets he had commenced in this day flay a work destined to t accod this grand result lie he had called from the nations his bis covenant people the seed ot of abraham the children ot israel who had played in ift every age so important a part in the dealings 01 ol god w with iak tile the human family it was said to abraham a man of preeminent pre eminent faith integrity and righteousness righteous when his worth had been proven iu in thee and la in thy beed snail all the nations of thee the earth be bl blessed emeal some nave have opposed supposed opp that in the coming of the lord jesus this promise romise was entirely fulfilled he being flog the savior ol of the world find and dying that all men inen might iii inherit herit life eternal but the teachings of the suu son of god showed that ke he did not take unto himself all the mission of salvation he was not liot the only one sent to preach the gospel for which bich he died but he chose twelve others and sent them to it to all aalthe the world promising to be e with them end oa another occasion seventy were sent forth with the same in message es sage christ was not the only deac teacher er of the truth trap but he be delegated delegat bd some of his mission and authority to others even as moses aeed upon joshua a portion of his brior and authority on one occasion jesus said to his disciples lie je are the haltof salt of the earth carth but if the salt hath lost it its savor wherewithal shall it be salted thenceforth it is good for but to be east cast out and add trodden under foot of man let your light so shine that men seeing your good deeds maybe led to glorify your father which is in heaven brother cannon has already spoken of the necea necessity sity of those who preach the Gospel exemplifying its principles themselves it if we e preach truth we should be men of truth if we exalt the beauties of virtue and holiness we should reflect from the mirror of our lives and characters the glory and beauty of that which we praise if we preach salvation we must show that we are in a fair way 0 to o be saved ourselves we must show that the gospel is no iia myth but the power of god unto salvation in no noway way can we show the superiority of this system of religion over all others oters than by allowing it to bring forth in us the fruits to of righteousness and salvation if the tree was drieda dried up and n d ceased to bear these f fruits ugwa it was 1 only fit to be hewn down and ca cast at into thellie thel the fire lre we preach and believe that the gospel is the axe of truth laid at the root of every tree that bri ngeth forth not good deverr fru fruit t it be comes saints who expect to continue such to exemplify in their lives the principles they profess lest they follow the example of the jews and are rejected because they bring not forth the fruits of their professions this was a wort work ot of preparation on the shoulders of the saints is laid the grandest mission ever given to any people since the creation many people had bad been baen given missions mie of a preparatory character and men ano and na tion shave h hewn awn out the way for other men and nations and if an intelligent student of history had prosecuted his researches far enough and had carefully weighed the evidence jound found and if all history were known as 0 it Is IB known in the heavens where it exists as d a prophecy it would be seen that all tae the nations that have been all the great events that have transpired and all the great men that have come forth have bave fitted into each others lives as the sections of a piece of machinery parts of a magnificent whole tle the student would find that the past was all preparatory to the time of of the consummation of allt all things bings thelast the last act of the tragedy of time was known to the sprinta as the dispensation of the falness of times when all things in christ would be united and flow into one as the rivers avers into ocean the sun aun bad never dawned upun a work so magnificent ii t a future so sublime I 1 so that which was before the saints and for which they were pre preparing aring or should be with all their might might mind and strength and the wise use of all that god has given them this great event for which we were making ready was acus the t a coming to the earth of the loft bortl jesus christ the mission of the saints was wag the preparation of the world for the advent of I 1 its is redeemer who would reign as aa king of engs over all nations thia is oie e message of the gospel this 16 i tle the mission of the saints which makes thele their feet beautiful upon the mountains so as the bearers ot of glad tidings they preach the literal coming of jesus christ iu in this generation we tire letting up tap of the kingdom of god and they hey were the pioneers eis to prepare the people peo ale for the conein of the lord it had been needful forged for god to work in this dav he never brought to pass any great event involving the salvation tion of mankind without preparing pre parine thi the way men had always been forewarned of ef events affecting their eternal welfare ind and the history of the world was but a record of prophesies and their heir fulfilment fulfillment mankind wera warn warned 0 d of the deluge and the com coming I 1 of jesus in tile flesh god prepare prepared dg the wiy way for this latter event for for ages having planted a chosen nation so that christ should nod find faith the earth earty he came to his own but they received him not Hs his coming had beon been heralded for ages the jews would not cot receive him because he did not come as they thought he fie should he did not noi come as a steel clad warrior or a po powerful king or throb through gh the lineage of a herou herod or a caeser but he came as joseph the carpenters son sen grew up ug among the common people known and yet unrecognized by the generation in which he lived god had always prepared ared lor for events of this character leaving leaving the world without excuse if they rejected the truth in this mis day clay ot the second coming of the son of man god had bad raised up a prophet to prepare this genera generation tiow for the great things in store for them the greatest work decreed to come forth since earth had an existence it was the day of gods power not of the humiliation milia tion eft A christ the sun which set in blood in the meridian of time will rise acain to go down nomore no more forever no more will thia the son of god come as a man walking upon the earth to be persecuted and despised he will come as a king not as the lamb of god but as the lion of the tribe of judah to sit on the throne of his power and judge all men and nations for the use or abuse of the powers given to them he will come in glory a glory that would consume all flesh if the way were not made ready before him when god nas has communicated his will in person to man in any age it t has been necessary in order that the individual might not be destroyed to prepare him to look upon the lace face of god by prayer and lasting fasting and purity of life men were prepared for the ordeal moses in the mount was filled with the holy ghost that be might endure and abide abide in his prie presence sence and so great was the glory that his ia laa sli shone ne like an an angels gells and he had bad his f face with a veil when he c came c down among the people even so had a veil be been en dropped between the world an and d its maker lest in its fallen state it should be consumed the world would have to be prepared for the bursting ot 01 toe the heavens and the coming of the son boa of man in his glory are the saints losing the savor of righteousness or are they preparing to be saviors of men the pure pare in heart the zion of god the tower of strength olp 09 which mankind may lean for succor and protection have they come out from babylon this was not simply in in crossing the ocean or gathering up into these thebe mountains will will we stand with zion or fall with babylon it would depend on which side of the line ze we stand here no mans name would save him no mans lineage was a passport into gods kiNg dow no hypocritical profession would suffice we must stand on the rock and hav ing our own feet in a place of safety reach out the helping hand to others we could not stand in the qu quicksand I 1 cusand and ill t others from the mire of despair a air aik ana death hearing the sayings N of thi the lord and doing them wa building ng upon the rock obedience to every word that edeth forth from his mouth month he who kept n not atthe the sayings of the lord was likened to the foolish in man an who built his house 0 on a the sand and it fell A world was dying for the word of god the nations are perishing for the bread of life which in their ignorance they spurn ali a thing of naught in ff day when christian nations should be preparing for a rein reign of peace they are arming forwar for war it gastae was the duty of the saints to hold aloft the banner of the gospel to proclaim freedom and truth and call calf for the pure and patriotic to rally round the standard of right to return good for evil emil when cursed to return a blessings thus drawing the line lind between zion and babylon and showing tho the superiority of our gur faith and practice and while the world grope in darkness and wallow in iniquity those who are the saviors savior of men must practice purity and put down iniquity but hold out the ibe helping hand band to all men and lift them if they will be lifted out of the mire bf of sin and error upon the rock ol of righteousness and truth these were tile the alms aims of this people so falsified and misconstrued we were called traitors oat but if there was a people eople under the whole heavens that haab eave at heart the preservation of the principles underlying the american govern patent that people were the lat ter day saints they were learning to love libel liberty ty more and more because it was becoming conspicuous by its absence and god forbid that we should trample on others as we are being trum trampled pled on on the saints were preparing prep arinK to descue rescue the constitution ano and the liag flag when demagogues and traitors who were branding theu themselves salvda with eternal infamy would seek abek to destroy the principles upon P 0 which the government was 1 founded u ded there was need of men like joseph smith and Brig brigham hAin young and those who stand at the head bead of this work they are patriots in the true sense men who seek to extend freedom to all men not fiot curtail it and are preparing for the universal reign of peace love liberty and aquel rights toe Sainta Saints were bot the only ones who saw aw the necessity for a woi k of reform the sL speaker here read an excerpt from a t 1111 in h v a chri christian atia u minister anthe degradation of american 1 I it follows was as 0 O we want in this land ond nd I 1 shall live to see the day if ad god spares spare my life a few years longer we want a a pa party r y in this country first bf all re recognize aize w with ith unreserved heartiness as its dominant principle the presence of the eternal god in the affairs of in enand governments the trouble is we have no god in american politics we have a devil a cohort ot bad spirits the devil of office seeking the devil of fraud the devil of injustice the devil of wastefulness but no god we have plenty of gin ginand and plenty of 0 old d rye and plenty of schnapps and p plenty enty of congressional infamy in tainy and plenty of congressional outrage but no god 1 I am far from wanting to see a union of church churan and state in this country but I 1 would like to see a party that would woula |