Show SUNDAY SERVICE there was a big atten attendant dan nt ll 11 i services in the tabernacle bast serl afternoon it having previously 1 li L announced that elder D B 11 II robert would address the meeting praz lent olcen N stohl stahl presided and elder roberts occupied all the time he fie chose tor for his subject the possibilities bili ties ol of man and he read from an interview that had been printed in which thomas A edison the great inventor gave some of his ideas relative to life then he be launched out on a sketch ot of the life of cecil rhodes the th ra colonizer of south africa pointing rg out the features and characteristics in h s life that had made him a great man compared edison and rhodes and stated that they agreed in that they ork vork v ed to perpetuate life the speaker then applied the same principle to the latter day saints and showed how a woman who may perhaps have lived in humble circumstances all her life and reared her family teaching them correct princ principles ples and setting them a worthy example little known by the world yet she Is a great personality and will surely be considered so BO by god the same Is true of the hie mon man in similar circumstances and v aben aca a person is hand in haul hand with god how much can he not the speaker then gave the principle a broader application so as to include all the professions from the great captains of industry down to the more humble professional men and explained how they could accomplish marvelous works it if they bend their efforts for god and ills his work and lay aside all selfishness men alen like edison and rhodes and the great men of the earth have had something enlightening their minds and assisting them but they have worked alborg lines that conformed to their own ideals and under their conception of things yet they have accomplished mighty things how much greater then can a man work who is backed up by the revelations of god coming to him every moment and lighting up his soul bout with intelli intelligence gene and directing his energy in the richt channels the lesson was a beautiful one and although the meeting continued for two hours and over elder roberts was listened to with rapt attention the musical numbers furnished by the choir were the anthem rouse 0 ye Al mortals arise my sou arise peace do bo still and the cause of truth M the prayers were offered by D 13 woodland and william lowe and the sacrament was administered by tho the bishopric of the second ward dur ing the passing of which john E baird read from the bilth chapter of corinthians |