Show RELIGIOUS sunday Servi services oes at the tabernacle services eer vices yesterday yeste day iday sunday aug after the usual preliminary exercises exerciser ELDER JOHN MORGAN of the premi presidency dency ot the seventies addressed the congregation he had been called to the stand he be said with previous preparation and wished to be led by the spirit of the lord to say something of mutual interest the lord has set apart one day of seven as a day of rest and of worship nature bears testimony to the necessity of keeping the sabbath day by demand ing rest from physical and mental toll and every saint who has any experience in the matter knows the value of that chat day isolation Isola tiou from the body of the saints and the holy ordinances has a tendency to weaken our faith it takes all ali the influences of the church to keep us from walking in forbidden lor bidden paths the purpose of 01 our gatherings to is therefore t that at we may be better fitted to live in accordance with the gospel to gain this end more knowledge and higher intelligence to is required than that which emanates from mortal man alone it takes the inspiration of the almighty the saints have in put past times often been surrounded by adverse circumstances some of which have had bad a tendency to retard their progress there has always been a conflict between light and darkness the salute saint have been misunderstood from froin the beginning and such condition Is likely to prevail until light has gained perfect victory which will be when christ comes again and people shall see eee eye boeye to eye it is certain that a culmination of the purposes of our heavenly father shall take place mankind was planted on this earth and has a varied history but the last events will according to all prophetic declarations be much more than tha n auy any preceding ones we are n now I 1 w living in a most important age one of which it has been said that the work will be cut short in righteousness when about halt half a century ago a few people poo ale arose and classed themselves as latter day saints few could believe that these should soon here be re allover all over the world but Buti it thas has come to paw pass and all so 80 rapidly that it has been difficult to follow the events though the leading ones were clearly told beforehand history has followed prophecy and our cate cafe to is parallel ballel with that of former saints their history was clearly out outlined linel eJ abe beforehand but they did not understand it till it had transpired and this applies equally to the future all ali la is foretold blessed Blet sed are they that fear him for they shall wals walk in peace forever foreve those who listen to gods voice and give hoed heed to the admonitions given shall have peace and all other blessings we have seen through a glass darkly to a large extent hence we have stumbled and reaped the reward of our shortcomings let us acknowledge this and feel a greater necessity in the future of being filled with the spirit than ever before because of the existing condition laa babylon bylon is preparing for its downfall we cin can see the writing on the wall anil and know its purport the recent insignificant quarrel between prance france and siam has baa demonstrated how bow little it takes to ignite the mine on which the world stands elands and how bow easy au an explosion may occur the world moves very rapidly now events follow each other swiftly concerning Coooer ning the present financial trouble the speaker observed that it may perhaps not last so long as some anticipate te but then he said are we prepared for the wave that may follow we have long lone been told tola that there shall be a famine not ot of f money but ot of bread some think this impossible with the present means of communication but what ot ol the condition recently reported from a neighboring 9 city where thousands had bad to be fed by the municipal authorities although there was grain in the city ot of now new york it would take but tout four days to exhaust all the supply of food there is should the means of communication be cut off the speaker said he be believed the saints ought to be prepared anti and make provisions cislo us for the season during which labor is always scarce it behooves every man that can give employment to do soto the laborers and it behooves these to act wisely and be satisfied eatla fled with such labor and wages as an can be provided during these times j the most prosperous ame t me here was when there was no money in circulation then the laborer could not spend his bis wages as soon as he got them he received something with which to build up his home and most of those who were here during that time are prosperous today we may have to come back to that time and if so it would be to our benefit and blessing then there are many young men who have prepared themselves for callings in which there is not much demand they are partially useless at the same time there are thousands of acres of land waiting for cultivation why not occupy them and obtain in dependence god requires of the saints wisdom in all such matters for he has given alved them a trust above all others othere he has given to them to regenerate the earth and make it fruitful from end to end we cannot succeed in our mission except by giving heed to the advice of god if we will do this the glory of zion shall rise above that of all nations but if we fall the fate of babylon shall surely overtake us the speaker concluded with an earnest appeal to the saints to heed the counsels of the almighty |