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Show t CHItTSPEAKER I Takes Text From Epistle of I St. Paul to Romans ' I ELDER MINER ALSO SPEAKS I -SERMONS WERE FULL OF SOUND DOCTRINE AND FORCEFUL TESTIMONY. At tho Tabernacle services on Sun-H Sun-H day, Elder Joseph Howell was tho hlet speaker. After a few'prellraln-U few'prellraln-U arles In which he very modestly ns-H ns-H cured his hearers that ho would H , much rather he a listener than a H preacher, ho quoted tho passage of H scripture from tho Epistle ofSLFaul H to the Romans,. "I am not ashamedof H the Gospel of Chlrst for It Is the H power of God unto Salvation," and H delivered a very timely gospol ser- SB mon .Ho spoko of the beauties and H temporalities of-the Gospel, and do- H llvercd many fine eulogies on tho B life and mission of the Savior. In B speaking of the Savior ho said: "Tho B Savior In all his ministry seemed to B have that conscious , strength that B -needed no boasting. Wherever ho B went he possessed the power to im- B press his hearers with the truth and B divinity of His message.' B Ho argued that the gospel was not B such that It can be Imparted by one B to another ,and bring forth fruits, or IBfe oven kindle, conviction In tbchuman r breast without effort on the part of B the hearer. , It is no mysterious power B tnat w"l perform wonders for the In- B dividual without slncero Investigation B ald prayerful consideration, "Seok B &Dd y shall find. Knock and It shall B ' uo opened unto you," Were the ad'- B monitions of tho Savior ,aud those B. who havo become strong In the faith, B nn(l rlcn m manifestations of the, B spirit have learned that It comes on- H ly through honest "seeking," and ev- B cn "fasting und' prayer." "Upon the B faithful adherent of the gospel must B 'est the knowledge of the truth," B 8a'd tne speaker. "It will not do to B tako tne words of another, but It B must be absorbed and assimilated, so B tnat tho -testimony as to Its truth wilt H come from within each Individual B ' soul." B Elder Howell then related -an In- H ( tervlcw he had with the secretary of B tDe British embassy, Cord Kcdford, at H Washington, D. C, and another gentle- H man, a Mr. Gladstone, a son of tho B ml Premier Gladstone. It was at the IB time of the recent persecutions In Bj England, and on account of the nttl- B tudo ot 'he British Government on the B Mormon question Lord , Bedford had H been asked to make a report on con- H dltlons to his government. Tho British B Ambassador had become acquainted B with n nurabor of young -men from , B Utah and, said, "Congressman Howell B you need not be afraid ot any report I H I shall make. I havo talked with youi fl young moir; representatives of your m church, and a church that produces ' H such fruits. Is no church for us to be U afraid of." "Thus tho Latter-day v U Saints are becoming hotter and moro JJBI favorably known" said tho speakor. "Tho labors of our young men aro 1 H bringing foTlh good fruit, and they . H aio representing this people in a I H way that Is convincing, and producing IH conviction In tho hearts ot tho people H of tho world." V Tho speakor then touched upon the I Temporanco quostlon, and said that U tho "Lord Is working with othor fort I' ceo In tho earth." Ho referred to the fact that tho temperance question with 4 tne latter-day Saints was as old as Continued on Page 8.- ELDER HOWELL CHIEF SPEAKER Continued from page 1. he restoration of the Gospel. That it wns taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith, and that the Latter-day Saints had always taught, and been taught to abstain from the use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, etc. That during the past few years a great temperance wave had swept over the entire country, coun-try, and he was glad to know that In Utah tho people havo taken tho stand that where the Latter-day Saints are In tho majority they have evidenced by their votes that thoy are determined determin-ed to do away with tho liquor -traffic. '"The Latter-day Saints are and ought to be leaders In tho movement for temperance ,and better, cleaner llv- lnSv . He'urged his hearers to he at peace -with' each other, and knew of no pernio' In the world that ought to bo united together in tho bonds of fraternalism more strongly and securely se-curely than the Latter-day Saints. Tho different orders of the day claim strong bonds of fraternalism, but he didn't want anything stronger than tho bonds of union and fraternalism than tho gospel teaches. Tho speaker closed by paying a glowing tribute to the pioneers and the aged that le done so much to make things comfortable and pleas? ant for the prosent generation N'oth- lng gave him moro pleasure than to seo a man old. In tho service, with faltering fal-tering step ,and hair tinged with, silver, sil-ver, still working In tho ministry, striving nnd working for the salvation salva-tion of the race. Elder Aurellus Miner, an old resident resi-dent of Logan, but now a resident of Salt Lalce City, was tho next and last speaker. Elder Miner paid tho Btake a glowing compliment on the now organ, or-gan, and said that while ho lived In Salt Lake City," and henrd the large tabernaclo organ at that place frequently, fre-quently, yet he could not help but say that he liked the Logan Instrument the best. . Tho speaker then spoke nt length on the life of" Jesus, and showed tho mngnltude of his character as ho was subjected to Indignities before tho magistrates of tho day In which ho lived upon the earth. "The trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ," said tho speaker "was a violation of every lirlnclplo of right and Justice to which he wns entitled under tho criminal law of the Hebrews." Yet he was convicted, and bore his trials with God-like fortitude. Nothing short of the divinity he possessed, the magnitude magni-tude of his sublime soul, would have given him power to endure. The choir very beautifully rendered an anthem, and Elder Norman E. Lee of Urlgham City, late odltor of the Mlllenlal Star at Liverpool, England, pronounced the benediction. |