Show SUNDAY SERVICES religious hellions Hel lions services were held in the Tabe tabernacle sunday may 22 1 1867 cha commencing at 2 p in president angus gus M cannon presiding the choir and congregation sang guide us 0 thou thon great jehovah sainte unto anto the promised prayer by elder william greenwood the choir chair sang jesu once of humble hamble birth i nw now in glory comes to earth the priesthood of the thirteenth ward vard officiated in the administration n I 1 of the sacrament APOSTLE JOHN W TAYLOR ahiras as called to address the pon U he said that he had just not returned aona 0 in uintah county where apostle I 1 ahn heury henry smith and himself bad J d a stake organization and abere i here there were from 1500 to 1890 1 isto the people had a good co coun un 1 b y there and were doing as well as it r 1 impossible possible in a newly settled dis 1 let ile the stake had been organized ath a president and two counselors II 11 Cau council selli and five or six wards president ent of the stake presided 0 XII all the saints in his stake no ater r what offices they may hold bold and his counselors and twelve rig high ft constituted the high council a was a tribunal to which those 9 had ban unable to settle their Qs atthe bishops courts could W L the presidency of the church 1 0 supervision of decisions in the jh councils if parties were not ald ad with the awards there courts were held with oatt expense to those en ak caged AL and did away with the ft in many cases of appealing to w the courts provided ded by the laws I 1 aws of the t MOB land as difficulties were amicably settled bettl in the manner advised bythe by the in speaking to his dis c jw les the decisions of these courts 0 ox arbitration usually settled matters on 94 an all equitable basis without the expense f legal litigation and ja WAY austice w done between te the speaker referred to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the church in 1680 1880 when all the various nations that had subjects as members of the church were represented in the tabernacle this work of carrying the gospel message to all the nations of the earth had bad been vigorously pushed by the latter day saints the elders were we re required to preach the gospel not only by their words but by their examples that hypocrisy could have no place in their midst these elders were called and set apart after the manner that jesus sent out his apostles in former days they were not permitted permitted ermit ted to receive salaries P for or their work but obeyed the saviors injunction freely ye have received freel freely give vre 99 they trusted to the hospitality hospitality of f the people among whom they labored traveling without purse or scrip those who received them and treated them atheni well were in the position of the persons spoken of by jesus when he said that those who received his disciples received him ai aud ad would in nowise lose their reward la in the chapter of matthew he h had ad declared that the world would be judged by the manner in which they had received or rejected his disciples and would be rewarded accordingly on one occasion the savior was 4 questioned by his disciples concerning the tall fall of the temple at jerusalem his second coming and the end of the world jesus iu ib answer said that the gospel of the kingdom should be preached in all the world for a witness before the end should come he also alao said to the jews that the gospel would be taken from them and given to a people who brought forth the works of righteousness paul faul and other prophets had also referred to the great apostasy apo stacy and the est estor oration atlon of the go gospel el before the icing kingdom dom of god should be finally established paul had further explained the organization of the church of christ and the powers its officers possesS possessed 4 bd and showed the necessity for them there were today to day many churches on the earth and it would be only natural to conclude that if any one of them was correct it would be the one whose organization was similar to that of the primitive church the scriptures declared that god had set certain officers in the church and no man had the right or power to change that church organization that other systems would be set up was foreseen by paul who said it any taught another gospel than that which he and his bis fellow disciples taught they would be accursed the world bad departed from the truth and as isaiah had said had bad tra transgressed ns gressed the laws changed the ordinances find and broken the everlasting covenant because the latter day saints endeavor to keep that everlasting covenant they were being persecuted in the primitive church the gifts of prophecy healing tongues etc were fruits of obedience to the gospel but today to day the processed fessel christian sects discarded and reviled at these things saying th they ey were done away and wh why were re th they e donnaway done away because the p people ea ae h bad a transgressed the laws of 0 god an and d it was only among those wh who 0 e enjoyed n 1 I e the holy spirit obe obedience then ce to the gospel that these gifts c could 0 uld exist the ordinance of baptism was one which christendom disregarded but the lord that except a man was born bom of the water and of the mpr spirit t he could not enter into the kingdom of heaven he realized the necessity of conforming to this ordinance and required john to baptize him the method was by immersion as the A apostles astles had de declared dared s typifying being cried buried with ca christ riot in baptism planted in the likeness of his death s and aid born again it was for the remission of ains as explained by peter on the day of pentecost when he answered to those who asked what the they should do to be saved repent an and y be baptized every one of you in the name of the lord jesus christ for the remission of your sins and you shall receive the gift of the holy ghost for the promise is unto you and to your child renand to all that are afar off even as many as the lord our oar god shall call this principle of the gift of the holy ghost promised by peter was little litte known in anthe bithe world holy men ot of old as they were moved on by the holy ghost ghent was declared by bv the apostle today to day the tian world were without this power without the gift of prophecy yet tho the holy ghost was necessary to the saints so necessary that the apostles went awu down to samaria to lay their hands on the people who had been baptized that they might receive it As paul had said there was but one lord one faith one baptism there was but one way to salvation and that was waa the way pointed out by the savior the inspiration of the holy ghost was necessary to guide mankind in the way of truth and must be received in ia the only way that it dt could be bestowed by the laying on of those having authority this authority could not be dispensed with As paul said no man this honor upon himself but he that is called of god as was aaron aaron had bad been called through revelation given ivea to moses this was the law of the lord and could not be avoided where today to day con can this authority be found with the gifts and powers of the holy ghost and the organization z which god bad set in the vani church r except in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints knot inot anywhere one infallible test for the truth of the gospel was laid down ty by the savior who declared that an adv v man who would do the will of the father should know of the doctrine the latter da day saint elders declared that the doe doctrines arly nes they taught were of god and promised in the name of the lord that those who obeyed them teem should receive a knowledge of their truth from heaven it was this testimony this knowledge that enabled the latter day saints to bear up under persecution the work callad mormonism I 1 was not headed by john taylor george geerge Q cannon or any other man but bythe by the godif god of heaven him self sel gelfand fand and would go on to triumph who shall hail abide the day of the coming of christ which is near at hand only the good the pure the noble T the he people should repent of all evil and be prepared for that great event judgment would commence at the house of the lord and the speaker prayed that the saints would be scourged urged until they became pure he had been taught the principles of the gospel among the latter day saints and had bad never heard advocated by the saints anything that was not virtuous and godlike the speaker referred to pleasure seeking and exhorted the latter day saints to keep their children from places where they would be contaminated they should not be permitted to mingle in promiscuous assemblies when children are taken to pleasure resorts they should be kept away away f from rom evil of every kind and if at any of these resorts evil examples were to be found neither they nor grown people should go there the people should be select in their assemblages and be honest and virtuous the spirit of god would then rest upon them and guide them aright the bishops of the wards would be held responsible if the sabbath schools or any other organization in their wards were permitted to i visit improper places and they should deal with every man who led the children astray in these matters the speaker exhorted the people to draw near to the lord to serve him in righteousness and put their trust in his almighty power the choir sang the anthem great is ia thy mercy lord benediction was pronounced by elder B F cummings jr |