Show sunday services religious services were held in the tabernacle sunday june 1889 commencing at 2 p in counselor n charles W penrose pro presiding siding the choir and congregation sang the great and glorious gospel light has ushered forth unto my sight prayer by elder arthur stayner the choir sang well sing all hail to jesus name honor and praise we give the priesthood of the seventeenth in the administration 77 sacrament ELDER SEYMOUR B YOUNG addressed the congregation he said the prayer of his heart was waa to be ready to give a reason for the hope that was born within him through obedience to the gospel it is not in elegant and flowery language where lie the principles that convince men of the truth the strongest testimonies are fr frequently bentiv couched in the simplest words e no MO man can comprehend the things of god save by the spirit of god for as the heavens are above the earth so are the ways of god higher than the ways of men one of the real sons that ingersoll Inge reoU advances for his disbelief in god is that he cannot comprehend him can he comprehend his own being his own condition does he understand the life and light that are upon him he came into the world as we did an infant infants are here but do they comprehend what hat they have come to would it be reasonable to say that because they do not understand their life and being they have no existence because we do not remember our former estate is that a 4 reason to say that there was no buell a condition because the infidel does not comp comprehend rehena the divine being is he justified in saying there is no such being such a proceeding may satisfy him but no one who has felt the spirit of divinity through obedience to the principles that bring that spirit unto us will be content in such an irrational condition that spirit is made manifest to to all seekers after truth and inspires ires those who rece receive v e it to further research for knowle knowledge d ge those who receive not the message of the gospel may be generally satisfied with the position in which they place themselves yet there comes to them a time when they are stirred to the depths of their inmost soul even the great infidel to whom I 1 have referred is at times not content with his own lack of faith this is manifest by his own words uttered wi on occasions that call forth the deep sympathies of the human heart the divine nature of man is the first and greatest of those that compose rose his being it is a part of the human man ml machinery machinery which belongs not dot to the mechanical portion but is the intelligence that controls and directs it is the cultivation of this spirit that fills us with the love of god and causes us to rise above the grosser things of earth without outtie the cultivation of the spirit of god that gives us life we cannot attain to the higher plane that leads us to nobler thoughts and actions there is an instinct within our own physical nature to sustain that physical condition but it needs more laore than the of this mechanical aecha nature to lead man to nobler desires and fill him with charity and love for all jesus conveyed ae y ed this idea in his parable of the good od samaritan he showed that oat me the one who had the spirit of oli charity arity who had the love of god was he who administered consolation ito to the afflicted who sought to do good to his lowman fellowman fel at a sacrifice to himself the great example which bich Vir we have of conformity to this divine principle is given in our saviors saviors avi ors life when he surrendered all his own wishes and desires in obedience to his fathers will the lord rd says icye ye love me ye will keep wi my 1 commandments his own n expression not my will bather gather but thine be done embraces braces obedience to all the principles wat that lead to salvation it is a pery fedt harmony with the spirit that light and life to all when on the day of pentecost ofal those who listened to the preaching of the A ok atles what ah 1 to inquired they should for station they were tri told i u to re repent a n t of f their sins and be zed this ahls repentance repentance la Is the for caking of sin they were promised that if they did so they would receive the holy ghost and it is written that about were added to the church of christ that day through obedience they obtained a knowledge that their sins were forgiven and that they were in harmony with the divine will we know that if we wish to retain our physical condition of health we must partake of food to sustain our physical nature it is equally necessary to feed our spiritual nature because we cannot see with our mortal eyes the supreme being or comprehend his divine attributes it does not prove there is no god in fact it is a proof to the contrary for when we seek to learn of his attributes and receive of hla his presence there comes to us a knowledge of his existence and power this knowledge cornea comes only enly through obedience to true principle nor does this obedience deprive us of our manhood it develops the man in every respect it makes of him a man that can stand before god and exercise the powers of the heavens who has power to rebuke the evil spirits to say to the angry waves be still and be obeyed who has faith that leads him to certain victory such men are not slaves but masters they obey the laws of truth and thereby become free because of their implicit obedience to truth the perfect law of liberty the spirit of obedience prompted us to listen to the testimony of the humble elder and opened to us the way t to 0 life the principles of the my gospel pel were made clear to us and as we rendered obedience thereunto we came to know god and jesus christ we thought it not too much to go down into the waters of baptism and by the baptism of the holy ghost that followed we comprehended ended more than had everdeen ever been thought of by us before this course brought us to a higher plane and made us better men and women it made us free and gave us new light and intelligence knowing the bondage we had escaped from we were anxious to impart what we had received to our fellow beings the spirit of christ rested u upon on us so that we desired to 20 do good to all men and lead them to the truth Such principles as these constitute the gospel they do not debase mankind but increase the desire and the power to do good they fill our souls with a determination to save and bless our fellow make them tree free from the bondage of sin such feelings are prompted by the spirit ht of god and who is there that can understand them that will not embrace them but the trouble with men is that they cannot be convinced of the things of God Godun unless leas they seek after him in faith those who confine themselves in the their ir own selfishness cannot a ne comprehend the things of god because they shut the light out from their own souls it is those alne who open their hearts to the truth that receive cei ve of the blessings of eternal life this is an act of our own agency god does not force us to receive of his gospel but if we violate his hie laws which are the laws of nature we must bear the result of our own actions there is no forcing men into obedience to the principles of the truth it is all free grace and all free will the apostles preached christ and him crucified and taught men to learn the divine love that prompted him to lay jay down his life for fallen hu inanity the promise that he makes is that he that en dureth to the end shall be saved we should learn to comprehend this principle we have tasted of the sweets of the gospel but we must learn to be faithful to the end to bear the scorn of our fellow men for the truths sake in this course comes the faith that brings us to salvation and will enable us to overcome all things the choir sang the anthem beautiful are thy towers benediction by elder elias morris dedication the ninth ward meeting house was dedicated to the service of god on an thursday june 20 it is a neat and well built structure of bric kand the interior is handsomely finished it presented a very tasteful and pleasing appearance on thursday evening the stand being nicely carpeted and adorned with a prof profusion udon of beautiful flowers after si singing ngin by the choir president wilford woodruff woodruff druff made some opening remarks on the dedication of all our works to the lord and president george Q cannon then of offered f ered the dedication prayer he also delivered a very instructive and encouraging address and was followed by presidents angus M cannon and C W penrose and bishop S A woolley the choir sang Jeru jerusalem my glorious home and president woodruff made some closing remarks of an interesting character and pronounced the benediction the services were full of life and Inter estand the saints of the ninth ward are entitled to credit for the york work they have performed A good commodious s school house on the adjoining school property will be the next labor requiring their particular attention Y L M 1 I A conference the Y L M 1 I A conference of the salt lake stake was held inthe assembly hall june 21 1889 president mary A freeze presiding seventeen associations were represented by their officers as being in an improved condition during the morning remarks were made by mrs adella eardley B W smith lillie and jane freeze on the mission of women the necessity of cultivating their minds arnds and faith in god goa by the spirit of f faith a ith n new e fields elds fi are opened to the possessor just dust as anew a new world is brought to view by the aid of the telescope the young will thereby be able to learn their true positions and the obligations they are under to serve the lord they spoke of the love mercy and forgiveness that is manifested by dur heavenly father toward us when we show the least desire to serve him after the opening exercises in the the afternoon mrs M Y dougal said a paper was about to be established lisi fed called the young ladies journal Tour naZ it is the wish of the first presidency that it should be a young ladies paper supported by them and hoped all would endorse the undertaking mrs susie Y gates having just returned from the sandwich islands felt it was a mission given her by her father president brigham young to be a writer for toe the you ag people she would occupy the position of editor and the lord having now 0 opened ened the way she was desirous of op beginning the necessity of such a paper had long been felt and it is the wish that all should subscribe she was followed by mrs maria holt dr maggie shipp mrs W east from arizona mrs E S taylor and mary A freeze all urging the support of the journal contributing to its pages and assisting the editor in every way possible do not say fail but success spoke of the necessity of bein being aej familiar with the constitution and government of our country study to make home what it should be seek good companions compani onsbe be cheer cheerful fui and enjoy legitimate pleasures she spoke against sunday and night excursions I 1 I 1 leave the vanities of the world alone seek to be intelligent companions to husbands and brothers expressed great pleasure leasure at the progress the young ladies C cesare are making aking in and at seeing such a desire manifested to understand the principles of the gospel mrs mary marup P young read an article from the desmet NEWS conference adjourned for three months st george stake quarterly conference was held at st george on saturday sunday and monday june and notwithstanding the busy season for outdoor out door labor the people largely attended from the wards of the stake all of the twenty one wards were represented we were favored by the presence and encouraged instructed and admonished moni shed by the practical teachings of apostles francis M lyman and john henry smith As visitors we had also the presence and administration of president jesse W crosby jr of the panguitch stake and of daniel of the presidency of the kanab stake the time of meeting was most profitably spent agent concise reports were made by the presidency of the stake each of the twenty one wards was briefly reported by bishop or other representative among the administrations of the word four apostolic addresses were delivered the authorities of the church general and stake were sustained by unanimous vote subjects dwelt upon the free agency of man word of wisdom progress of the work of the lord in the spread of the gospel and the increase of stakes wards and settlements of the th saints law of tithing administering of the sacrament of the lords supper necessity of family prayers morning and even ing as well as secret prayer prayers to be brief and adapted to the occasion brevity to be used in ordaining to the offices of the priesthood and in administering to the sick the duties of bishops and helps in government to faithfully labor in all forbearance long suffer ing and love to reclaim the reckless ani and wayward among us from the error of their ways education religious and secular and stake academy matters held place in the representative doings of conference during the course of the meetings several of che speakers bore testimony to the divinity of the work of the lord in which we are engaged JAMES G BLEAK stake clerk |