Show SUNDAY SERVICES religious Reli sious services were held in the tabernacle taber aarle salt lake city sunday oct 16 1887 commeE cing at 2 p in president presade t angus M cannon presiding the choir and congregation sang sweet is the work my kiy god my king eing prayer by elder amos maycock laycoc of norta OL oden den the choir sab q the hymn ye yc children chil dien of our god the oi of the fourteenth ward officiated in the administration bithe cli the sacrament at APOSTLE JOHN W TAYLOR addressed addre sed tie the congregation he hoped tae tac congregation would sustain him by bv their faith and prayers pr aters that what he might inight be led to yay my might corn from the store houie houe ol of eternal truth the savior in what is known as the sermon on the mount said blessed Blus Bed are they which do hunger and thirst after rf ter righteousness r for dorthey they shall be filled the speaker desired to present D no 0 princia principle le or doctrine which was waa not true and a part of be bc gospel au ancient prophet said aid god will do nothing but kle he will reveal his secrets to his ier vanta the I prophets and another said if they speak not according accordi uR to the law aua the it is because there is no light in them 71 if it could be shown that the speaker entertained a doctrine which was incorrect he be would gladly relinquish it on being shown its untruthful ul character jude told the saints ainis io in his day to 11 contend contenO earnestly tot foia the balth once delivered to the saints tais is what the speaker desired to do today to day jesus declared that he ae camu came to f alfill and not to destroy the law and the prophets the speaker desired to call special al attention to this saying I 1 ol 01 jesus that it might be seen low how necessary it is that due value be placed upon tho the old TeS testament Lament scrip tildes faith ts the first principle of the gospel la in ancient times tle saints were hauht to io have faith in god godin in ills his gospel and in his priesthood tais was one of the birst arat principles taught by the savior lie ile laid his als hands upon some of uis his disciples and sent them boita two by tw 0 o to preach saying unto them go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature ile he that believeth beli eveth and is baptized zid shall be haveland have dand he be that helf eveth not shall sha be damned and aliee signs sifoa shall follow them that believe in ID my name hame shall they cast out devils devila still hhall speak with new tongues tazy dball take up serpents and it they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay jay hands ou on the sick and they shall recover atie savior commanded the disciples to take neither purse nor scrip nor two coats he assured them that i their heir heavenly father would provide lor for their choir wants and tom told them thein that they had bad received freely and com lauded theli to ave give freely lie ile also told thein heio l thal he that receive re ceneth th a righteous nn in the name of a rih righteous aetius man should receive sl a righteous kiaus reward thus the savior taught the principle of faith to his disciples as the first principle of salvation Is it the custon custom of the religious sects of the day to teach faith in thi this sway way the savior further told his disciples that when they should be brought before udes judges j ud es and rulers they should take no thought bought what they should it should be given them what they should say lie qualified them for the missionary work ile he placed upon them tor for he said unto them it is expedient for you yon that I 1 go away for if I 1 go nut not away the coin comforter will nut not come unta auto you yoa but if I 1 depart I 1 will send him unto you yon when he the spirit ot of truth is come he will guide you into all truth and he wilL show you things to come thus they were miraculously blessed and qualified ded to fill the mission given eiven them after seeing how bow the disciples were vere first taught faith and were afterwards qualified to preach the gospel it is proper we should see what gospel it was which they taulba one peculiar principle practiced by them preaching plea ching without money or price made it necessary for them to depend upon the hospitality of the people the savior told them that they would be taken before magistrates and rulers that god would open up their way bufore them thein and aid that tha t he would raise up ti lends friends unto them thus we find peter in one nation and paul 1 aa B another and other disciples in other nations preaching the gospel who entertained these men and provided food god and lodging for them it was the honest in heart concerning Conc co eining this class the speaker wished to repeat what the savior had bad sold said and he read lead from frem the aoth chapt tr r of matthew for I 1 was na an hungered hurkle red and ye gave roe me meat I 1 was thirsty and ye gave me drink 1 I was a stranger and ve e took ma m in 10 naked and ye clothed me I 1 and ye visited me I 1 wa in prison and ye e came unto me then shall the righteous answer him saying lord when saw aw we thee an hungered bung ered and f fed ed thee or thirsty and gave ave thee drink when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in or naked and clothed thee or when saw we thee sick or 01 in prison and hame came unto thee and the king dball answer and say bato them verily I 1 say pay unto you in asmuth as ye have bave doia doneit it unto ohe ol of tae tac least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me in regard to the penalty lor for rejecting vie fie servants ot of the lord the speaker read the rest of 0 the same chapter aid contin continued ded I 1 can say unto all you lan latter erday er day saints that when the servants ot of god have been traveling in foreign laud land and you have ministered to their wants when the savior comes in his glory you will receive the blessings which ile he promised to all such vat bat unto the household which rejects the servants of the lord bhagi be meted the judgments promised what what did the disciples preace prea cb after they had gone out into the world peter rives us a good example on one occasion when people from seventeen different nations were gathered disciples dici ples spoke in tongues so that every roan man inthe in the vast congregation heard beard the gospel in his own lans lang the hear hearers drs were pricked fl in their hearts and peter was asked what they must do ao to be saved he replied repent every one ot you and be baptized tor for the remission sion of sins andye and ye shall receive the gitt I 1 it of tile me holy ghost ifor ithe promise is unto you yon and to your children and to them that are afar off even as many as the lord our god shall call here we see that the promise was made that all wie would sincerely repent and be baptized should receive the gift of the holy ghost those who received this great gift should have all things brought to their the ir remembrance and things to come should be shown to them where do we find sues such blessings or such teachings as ELA these among the religious bodies of the day it is certain that in the days of the apostles such was the gospel taught to the baines and such were the blessings that attended d b believers e ll evers the reason why this gospel and its blessings are not now found among the churches of I 1 tie he day was given to the prophet joseph smith when he saw in vision the father and the yon son he was told that none of the sects taught or possessed the aspel dinits in its purity parity but that young man was subsequently made the instrument mentoe of bringing forth the gospel in its Is illness iness and purity A people who wa aorl aly inhabited this continent and who possessed a knowledge of the plan of salvation lett left a record written upon plates of gold this record joseph smith translated and it is now known as the book of mormon and it contains the falness ot 01 the gospel of carlst tn on one occasion soon fitter after the first publication of the book of mormon a speaker in a religious meeting g iu in new york state took a copy of the book in his hand and said 11 1 li hold old in my hand band a copy of joe smiths bible and I 1 prophesy that it will never go outside the state of new 11 the prophet was present and in response to his request was permitted to speak he 11 e said that he be desired to prophesy and did so by declaring that the book of mormon should go arth and become known in every state of the nand in every civilized nation of the earth this prediction has been fulfill fulfilled edt for that nook has been translated into sixteen different languages I 1 desire to say before closing my remarks that my iny testimony is id that it if any person will sincerely repent of his or her sins and come to an elder bider of israel and godown go clown with him aiato iato the waters ol of baptism the person so em the gospel shall receive a per oer bonal testimony and knowledge that it estrue la true I 1 would extend an invitation to all strangers who are here today to day to a spend p e n d 4 some time with some good lat te ter r d day ay saint aad abad examine the scriptures and investigate the teachings of this people tuat they may be enabled to und underhand erbland what we believe the speaker bore a powerful testimony to toe truth of the tea teachings c hl ings of the latter day saints of their divine origin sod their eternal nature IM Si consider theLi the lines fies 11 Bene benediction cUtion by elder 0 B shaw |