Show SUNDAY SERVICES bishop Whit whitneys discourse at the tabernacle the congregation at the tabernacle yesterday afternoon sunday nov was very large the weather was tine fine and people were present from all parts of the city the choir and congregation sang the opening hymn lord we c como come before thee now prayer was offered by elder robert morris the choir sang gang 0 lord of hosts we now in invoke oke the bishopric of the E ward officiated in the administration of the sacrament Sacra meat the congregation was addressed by BISHOP ORSON F WHITNEY he realized zed to some extent the responsibility lity of speaking to this people in the name of the lord the preaching of the gospel and exemplifying ite principles in our lives is the roost most important thing we have todo to do it is the highest ministry and greatest greatest honor that can be given to men in the flesh christ in speaking of peter the inan man whom he had chosen to stand at the head of the work on earth which ile he had established made as the test of love for him that he should feed the sheep of god and give unto them the bread of life the gospel is the perfect law of liberty for it is the design of the almighty that his children shall be free for this the american government way was founded on a land ot of liberty pre to ushering in the gospel lib artys perfect law A perfect liberty not only casts down tyrants irom their thrones and bursts the fetters of the slave but also delivers the mind from captivity opens the spiritual dan dungeons dispelling darkness and despair and ushering forth the prisoner of doubt and si sia a into the life and light of G gospel freedom the american patriots struck n not ot only for personal liberty but liberty for mankind and posterity erity only small souls lived and labored f for or themselves their immediate rela tives lives and for the present moment the peat p eat soul isas i as a mighty warrior or batt battling lim for human good and human i lights bights upon his helmet crest is written not me and mine but god and my fel lowman christ was such a warrior not his own will but the will of his father was his foremost thought tie welfare of the tae human family this is why the angels sang above his cradle glory to god in the highest and on earth peace good will toward men in him was made good the promise of the lord to abraham in thee and thy seed shall all tiie nations of the earth be blest in his hio veins flowed that precious blo odthe blood of israel with which god has sprinkled many nations for their salvation would it be too much to suppose that in the veins of every goo good and great mau mad inspired and raised up as aa a benefactor to his race lace there was to be found some of this blood of abraham with which all nations were to be blessed let that be as it may it is certain that tha all such soch soc h men are the lords instruments and that all men of every nation are and have ever been carrying out his purposes aud and fulfilling hi his great designs whether they were aware of it or not we are told we must acknowledge the hand of the lord in ia all things we hear much boasting nowadays concerning blood and lineage and some litter latter day saints seem prouder if they can trace their families back to some norman noble or robber baron some duke or lord or governor 1 than they appear to be of their ow own membership in the church charch of christ or of the blood of 01 israel in their veins there is a great deal of talk of blue blood and first fA milles etc even amoda the people of god the latter day clay saints are we not all of one blood tile blood of Abia Abra aam tiam are Aie we not all members of the one first family of the earth the family of out our father adam and above and be beyond yond all are we not the sons and daughters of god we and all tie te test rest of man mankind klad I 1 blood will tell its quality give it whatever name you may true nobility real greatness greata ess is not to sit upon a throne to wear a tigh head and a haughty mien nor does it consist in purple and gold and floe firke linen no more than humility consists in rags and dirt it will prove itself in humble bumble the highest in 10 very deeo deed will bethe humblest the king of kings thought it no disgrace to wash the feet of his bis humblest disciple for he came notto not to beminister be ministered edun unto but to minister he who would be great among you said he let him be your minister to minister is to serve if ye ve are the children of abraham the son SA of god said to the jews jaws ye will do the works of abraham what works works of faith and humility to acknowledge the hand of the lord i in fi all tui bilings ti lings and li live v e by every word woid that edeth forth for h from its his mouth had they done thi this 8 they never would t donld have put to death the son of god they would never have taken the dead letter and with it condemned the living oracle they ahey would have sacrificed their preconceived pie conceived notions and ideas and accepted the new revelation of gods will instead of pinning their faith to the dead writings of moses and the prophets only to be properly interpreted by the spirit which they rejected they were of the earth earthy their minds were materialized and la in their overweening desire for a teb temporal deliverance and the possession at earthly things they overlooked and ignored the greater deliverance offered them the spiritual freedom of the gospel the riches of eternal life I 1 the tests of faith are various adapted to all natures and conditions tue test applied to one man in the days of the savior was to sell all he had and give to the poor lie ile could not stand the test for le he idolized his wealth instead of worshiping god abrahams test was far greater reater gold old and silver would have geen been nothing to him be was touched in his kenderest ten derest spot where all will be tested the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link the wall that Is weakest will be the wall vall against which the battering ram of temptation will oe be directed abraham was required ared to offer up his bis only son and hard ard though the struggle must have been he made the sacrifice in his bis heart tho though beahe i h it was a not t re required ired for him to consummate the theace U act c T he stood ohp the test and aad became the father of the faithful i f ua he was a brave man riot not one wh who 0 did bot feel for lor many malay men are called brave lecause they nave no sense of danger dancer but a man who felt and suffered and yet like christ groaning in his hi agony of trial went forward and performed the will of god such in men en are the bravest of the brave they are men of giant souls the latter day saints though they have bare come through a gentile lineage have bave been told they are the children of abraham what is the test teat that they do the works of abraham live by every word of god keep his his nand in all things willing to lay their gaeir all upon the altar and sacrifice earth for be heaven ilven the temporal for the spiritual time for eternity it is hard to discourage a people who will do this who see in all things tho the hand of the lord over them for their good and his own glory with job 1 I know that my redeemer liveth and that he will stand at the latter day upon the earth and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my nesb flesh shall I 1 see god I 1 I 1 the saints have passed through worse wobbe see neathan scenes than the present they have been robbed and driven and oppressed and many have suffered even death for the Go gospels spells sake and their children will if thy they are the true issues of such noble doble fathers and mothers prove y in like manner only the chaff will be blown away the wheat will remain the children of the world will go back into the corla but the children of abraham will endure like him faithful f ul unto the end it matters not whether we be rich or poor bond or free in sorrow or in joy it if we know that god live said we are arc engaged in his cause and are true to our professions all that happens will be lor for our best beat good when the saints were stripped of all their earthly possessions and driven out of missouri heber C kirn kim ball an Av apostle ostle wrote to the church in id england be of good achler cheer brethren and sisters the was never in as good a condition as novi now they have lost all their earthly goods and are now ready to go torch forth and preach the gospel to a dylag dying world A people who hold such views cannot be discouraged not even by death it was governor lilburn W boggs an Ape american rican who issued the ediht edic tte 01 exterminate the mormons cormons Mor mons or drive arlve them from the state god be than that te saints agrenot are not of such a atef stripe of americans as abi this s man who could thus rob a h helpless and innocent people e expelling x p ell 1 americans from their their h homes 0 mes in a land of liberty for the sake of i their religion such men may say they are americans but they are freedoms freedom bastards they are not her sons let our motto be peace and good will to all men and out lives jives be spent in t abe e promotion of the principles of t the he G gospel 0 el the plan of salvation the perfect r law aw of liberty the choir sang an anthem and benediction was pronounced pronoun cad by elder henry harry P richards Ric barda |