Show RELIGIOUS sunday services at the tabernacle services yester yeater day sanjay bun jay october lot after the usual preliminary exer olsee ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG of the counsel of the twelve first addressed the congregation speaking of the condl don of the ibe latter day saints he said raid he be could not understand why those should not be happy who have the spirit of 0 god influencing them ithem wn we have received the gospel and cannot be otherwise than happy even under adverse circumstances idu buch eh as aa formerly tor merly met the he saints they felt to thank god tor for everything much more under the present comparative prosperity we have the confidence that this people shall never lack jack for bread nur nor shall they be left without at man who shall have authority to say eay to them and to tho the world thus huith the ibe lord 41 4 with reverence reier euce rence to both personal and public matters it le in said anete is iii among us ua if au 00 this la because we have served a instead of iod god we must free ourselves from seeking wealth anil adu aggra ird zemen and tand tame and turn to everywhere the people are it in not in accor accordance Alaice w the ibe will wili of god too much has bag been allowed to go to waste people have run into debt to creditors who are both willing and able to ruin them this is in against the counsel given from time to time the speaker would r ot be under atod sto d aa a wis wishing tAing to unite churor and state although he would eay ay that the gospel of jesus includes everything that pertains to mang mana happiness in this life and the life to come if this Is ie not so ao who organized the earth and arraD arranged geu everything for the benefit of the inhabitants god bod did and not man and our cur business is 18 to use every tiling on earth with a view of learning all that is iggi g od and preparing ourselves for a higher state of existence hereafter there is ia an of knowledge and we should progress pro greeB throughout all eternity nor is there any knowledge except as it is ie revealed by god in any field in which the human mind oan can be engaged hence those who are true latter day sal ants understanding the gospel truly will be the befit beat farmers laborers doc tors lawyers law yere etc the reason why we have been gathered together to la that the lord shall find a prepared people when he comes come what do we learn then with regard to keeping the commandments ot of got we demand of our children to be obedient and to progress in learning but bug as to ourselves we often are too slow the speaker deplored that nominal members ot of the church sometime ft were heard beard to use me profane laD language guage as ag well as doing other things equally bad he auld only say taht such euch persons persona would have to make reparation some time profanation is ia flooding the country and the curee will reach us unless we be Muti cautious Oue the saints must rise up iq ia their might and overcome the evil if the people are united the evil minded adversaries will drill nut not be able to lo prevail in their Le farious plans and IscLe schemes mee this is ie a day to pray and to watch 1 ii is also a day of peace maintain it and keep the covenants you have made before goo god angels and men ELDER JOHN HENRY HENBY 15 SMITH BUITH of the council of twelve quoted the words ot of jame jamea which a awakened W ameled in the heart of joseph smith a desire to team learn what course to pursue in ILI regard to the salvation of men those words word he said mid should be read and studied by bv all they apply to us in all positions of life whether in consideration of spiritual or t temporal well being we should live so 80 that we can learn and in so doing we have to suffer more orless oless olese As AB a people we have passed through a series of experiences Ju lately we have been extensively engaged 11 in acquiring wealth our pieces of ground suddenly became valuable and we studied how bow to utilize ig circumstance for our own benefit some have maintained their faith UZI un der all while others have wan wandered dereA away forgetting the object that brought us here as it if life were for the purpose ot of gw g wealth gwenith pride took hold of our hearts heart it looked as if the world were before us and the race successful and so we forgot the responsibilities resting upon unon us with regard to the human race our duty is to carry the dospel to tho the world A and nd I 1 if f we ida neglect g 1 e ot that thai reanna the world will rest upon us u lo in the excitement of the race for the accumulation of wealth some have become so ao entangled that they can no 10 longer n ger leave their places of business and go to preach the goepel it beems that our father has brought before our minds the facts in regard to our condit condition lop it would be well if the feeling of that now exists in temporal matters would give us ua a foretaste of what will come when men shall ahall feel their hearts within thain m fall fail for fear of what shall come upon them the speaker felt to rejoice that the lord bus given us a faith so BO firm so ao sure sule that it need not be shaken n no matter abat may come let us reflect on the experience of the past two beare have we sought bought earthly means meang in or jer der to be able to help build up the kingdom of god or for SOMO other pur purpose post the gospel goepel came from god and on us rests rest the be responsibility of proclaiming it if we do not hot we will lose that bat which is of more value than all earthly jos possessions sessions |