Show SUNDAY SERVICES the duties and destiny of ef the lat ter oay day saints religious services were held in althe e tabernacle salt lake city sundays sunday nov 27 1887 commencing at 2 p m president angus M cannon presiding the choir asang sana praise to god immortal praise i for the love that crowns crown sour our days prayer was offered by E eller I 1 a er jos as the choir and congregation sang mag arise my soul arise I 1 shake off thy gaiety fears the bishopric of the nineteenth ward officiated ju n the administration I 1 I 1 of the sa sacrament ELDER ABRAM H CANNON was called to address the ilie tion he felt to rely upon the promise of god that he would give his sera servants words of wisdom when tb they ey were e needed most of those assemble din Tabernacle bad obeyed the gospel of the lord lard jesus many of them had received the message massave in foreign h lands ana had gathered in obedience thereto tog that they might more fully learn the way to eternal life faia faith aad had been begotten in the hearts of the ie saints when they heard the divine message they beli believed eed th ih god the he eternal father tn in his son jesus christ and in the holy ghost they also believed in th the sto atonement doment ot christ and that atiat they had cammi committed at ed sin and that repentance repentant tan anu at ettas sion of sins was necessary for them they understood that they cerelo we relo a condition of probation eai earth h to prepare for the future hen ben they had repented of or thir sins they accepted the e of baptisto baptis rii and received of that eidl ardi nance only those wha had experienced this could realize be ane joy that came arthem and the t they received when they amed to these principles and had hod upon them for the gift of the J ghost they knew kiew they hs d entered the path th that atwould would bribri them eternal lifo life it was too frequently the case that those wio who obeyed the first principles of the gospel d did d not dot seek for iv u continuation of the blies blessings sings they had been permitted to enjoy that the holy ghost might be within them as a lieret to guide gulde them to certain victory unless the saints had this testimony continually with them they could not hope to olier overcame come evil the present presen was an age of remarkable scenes and the people did noti not dullY realize the inar marvelous work the almighty was bringing about the calill children ol ok israel never stiff eresso so greatly as just their deliverance but bu when the clouds louds were darkest thea the almighty I 1 was hastening their victory and it came in suon a nander Dan fler that their oppressors realized that there was a godin god in israel jesus was doely tried and tempted and when he overcame the placed before him by sat satan an the boil one fled and had no ho power over him his sufferings iff the flesh were so great that re he sweat drops of it blood and he prayed cap said OF father ather thy will be done 11 when ile be was deserted by all and vas taken to his bis death it was then his areat triumph came and he burst burse the bonds obeath omeath and opened the way of eternal life to all mankind it was only after he had bad been left all human help nad gone that GaN power was made manifest in him his triumph then though his hia disciples were slain aud and the priesthood taken irom from the earth would reach to all eternity his gospel ha had d again been restored in this the dispensation of the times timed the angel seen by john the revelator Reve laton had come arki and the gospel he be restored eed was being preached tied and would continue till every creature should hearit hear it times like hese though they try mens souls are not unus unusual daf among the saints there are ard some who express thenUs themselves elves iso as featro of the efforts of the wicked and they taisy ailts ask kahy why does not god come lort hand Vr brin into to us the relief we need and which he has promised the children of israel murmured against the lord in tha wilder ness notwithstanding the great miracles he had shown but god come from heaven to Appe appease adb their hunger and gave them their hearts desire in order that he might test them whether the they would serve him but scarcely 0 bad this event transpired when they again began befanto be ganto to murmur and continually even when hen upon the borders of the I 1 promised laud dilthey did they complain and falter they spoke against moses and wished that they had bad been permitted to the die in bondage the lord was I 1 wroth and said he would destroy 1 them but moses pleaded with goddad he decreed that none of those who canie came out of egypt should ent enter erthe the promised land except joshua and caleb caleb all through the history of the saints it was shown that thai in the times of trial satan had tempted them to ir and when they nad had dona so they could not net see by the eye of faith the workings of the almighty following in this course the Nep hites were destroyed st t rye aud and the reason the saints were in their present position was because oi of their forgetfulness in a rev leation given july bulj 1937 the lord said bald to we me latter day saints behold Tenge vengeance ance cometh 1 speedily upon the af odthe the a day g pi wrath a 9 day ot of burning a nay ot dt JO desolation ution of it weeping of mourning and of lamentation and as aa a whirlwind it shall apt come upon the face of the earth saith the aoi lord and upon my duse shall it begin and froni my house shall it go for h saith the alif lord 1 1 I 1 i ij first among those among you saith the L ha have av professed fessel to know my name An and dhave hae no not cnown i aue me and avd vas phemer hamed me in the midst of my gouse house s eiith itil the lord There therefore fote sect sea to it that ye trouble not concerning the affairs oi of my burch church in this place saith the lord lint but purity purify yur hearts before me and th then e go ye into all the world and pre preach reli my G goabel unto creature creature who has kio taos re ceryes it in 1834 on fishing ashing river the ro lord also K ave a revelation showing tp to the people nhat what ilig his willias will was and said Bei behold I 1 say you u sherb n ere abt tb not t tor the transgressions trans of 0 my n pao people speaking con ig ale cerni V TV the e church 4 h e aff 1 an and not individuals they might have been even now but behold they have hot learned to be obedient to the things whdeh I 1 required at tieu beir haitt bs ds but are bullof full ful lof of all manner of ey evil and do no not impart of geir su subi L tame as t ec sarata tp to the pooi gp r alq and afflicted agoti among them and ar are 1 not united according to the amion required by the ladof law of the celestial kingdom 1 1 ind and zion cannot be built up lip unless it ie be by y the ot the law IBM of the he celestial kingdom pt otherwise berwise I 1 cannot receive her hei unto myself and my people ople must needs be chasteney chastened chast ened until they learn arn obedience obed tence it it must needs be by the things which they this is i the word of the lord if I 1 f it had bad been loie for the faints to avld have beail fr from oppression at th anat t it not nat drible at th the P present if athe the people are ro in a proper con digon hb how w long would redemption ddn from zon 4 if the law laii of the celestia klag dona prevailed in their midst la it there ere was wag no aping ck in israeli e aw 4 their heir trials would van vanish irh as ak t the bew before the rising stin ann their would fear td t cope among a people with who whom m GodIsp gods power ower was wab so greatly manifest T people PIC could not say gay he hemas waa unjust in j withholding y holding fits deliverance deliver ancs if they tore were to shingle ip ingle with those thoad who P professed ro to be saints the judgments of god have commenced at ats is the faints alias had experienced x erlen ced oppression and tw atwould thy would conlu continue 6 to suf but ler elthey till they bad ad kith faith in him and till all they hadwal had was subject to him otren would they rind find that their deliverance hao had come these divests were abot far off the greatest trials triAl celd the greatest victories and there are many gra gray haired veterans vetrAn shere here today to day who wit will r witness the deliverance of zion and t the q freedom e of the pop people le of god for they Y would ion d torn to him but the saints aagha still have a great deal to pass through d of satin will be aroused to the utmost t against them oue one of the greatest influences for evi was the effort to lead the children of the the paths path of rectitude the older members of af the were comparatively fr from temptation in this having been grounded ground eA in their faith falth by the manije they had beheld of go goda Ps power but among the children I 1 who attended the sabbath schools are the he greatest efforts used to make mormonism unpopular and it to Is among their children that the saints hyill tebet cne ue of their greatest t 00 als ap n the midst of a civilization which ef frades mah mankind kind IV it is an evil against which the stints should sheild muster 1 all I their strength I 1 into the ole hearts af children liften ch a 14 moral courage that will them to stand by prinO principle Pd eveta though it brings death a morl courage that tp teaches aplies them io fear only god and trust implicitly in him I 1 the he I 1 of the samis saints are cabied cover cowards g s f for ir st standing aidIng by by tha religion of their fathers but anere were ere no i braver rave people 0 e han the latter day sa saints t 0 o braver ver marthias mart man hiat joseph smith ev ever erINed lived when he received a vis loil from was upon and ridiculed and but though only a boyhe boy be was not to be turned amidei but obeyed the commandments mand ments ok 0 god AU all through his life he be aga to meet the corn of an unbelieving generation ud and finally had to seal his testimony with his bis wood bood his follow ershadi suffered ered al AJI things that a people eg do od live j tuey they gathered an around dad the ce centre atra atae of af zion aad there homes et but they were whipped and gud and murdered again and again they driven and finaly built a efty city and temple at nauvoo while W there their and air prophet and patriarch were re murdered eg edof of the prejudice against them shortly hort y thereafter the were driven into the western wilds and theja Is bov redress were ian eed M ed won would id cowards have submit ted ta aj a this tar ar th their nothey would wol bave ye turned farnea their backs on it and succumbed to 0 the powers of evil bat the saints knew anew the god in whop whom they tri isted and ie hie wrought out adly eranee for fortham r them lie ift it required courage to w dio do iii as th the e latter day had done to dp do as they were doid gadday toady those who cold do this were to be overcome b by y any elution ep ution I 1 let those who think n 11 fhe saints sit ii 4 can tie be over comego to the houses of 64 those w who are re suffer suffering ng W and we gosp PA to je ej prayers of their wives an and tle ones theare litte like one of the sisters whose husband was i murdered for the truths bakland sake bake and who declared to thase who endeavored to turn tarn her from the gospel that with gods help the memory of her husband anahis and bis martyrdom would be kept green in the heartsol beart heart hla his children and they would be taught to devote ty their ir lives to the chuse cause in his hud had been sacrificed the saints are not suffering for themselves alone there are others who will be benefited in the struggle for human rights the saints believe this land is the only one where the church can be established i they believe ii lev e this government to be the best aud and most liberal in its inception upon the face off of the earth they believe that they will yet step form and lift up the constitution and saye save it from destruction thel tho believe t that at i in this government will willbe be established the kin kingdom kindom dom and government of god and they will keep these things in view there are glorious lo rious times awaiting them god has delivered them time and again and has blessed them in numb numberless erlest way prosperity had followed in their foot steps and the wants of the poor and needy are supplied perhaps not so fully as they should ace but they are approximating ito to that desirable end when none will suffer for the necessaries of life the day will come when the people of god will be united tem por arlly and spiritually ritually itu ally when all will have what they need and to spare and all things will work io together gether for the establishment of gods kingdom all the events that are occurring are doing something nothing toward this end those who icho labor among the youth of israel should use increased diligence to guide them aright they should teach them to walk in the light and if all the saints dobbis do this the power of god will rest upon the them and zion will arise and shine it is ge the privilege of the saints to know the will of the lord aney are not subject to any priesthood or man unless they know that that which they nave dave received is of god that they know it not because certain men mem havo have taught its lt but because the albig almighty clity has revealed it to them if they are living properly they know kaow that every step of the church is of god they should walk in the straight and narrow path that their lives might be approved of him it is futile to say that 6 mormonism will soon be a thing of the past it has been revealed to stay and will be established for all eternity and be ae power can check it it will oe presented to every sou son and daughter of god for their salvation or condemnations condemnation accor according accord ioK us as they accept or reject it Ther choir bang the anthem the lord loid will comfort zion Beile benediction diction was wag pronounced by elder jas H Anu anderson An aerson erson |