Show tabernacle NACLE SERVICES may the congregation was ballel to order by proa II errick the choir sang the hymn before Jehova hs glorious throne prayer was offered by critchelow and the hymn ariae was sung afar sacrament bad been administered ELDIK SAMUEL CANT addressed tho congregation lie craves the prayer of the audience that the spirit and power of god may be with him ue feels the apostle that he is not ashamed of the gospel of christ nor of his hope ho that believeth beli eveth has the power of god and the witness in him the speaker comes from a country where there is plenty of pro bession oc religion in former bearg tie worked as an evangelist in the i church but since he the privilege of hearing a true elder of christs gospel in he far kofl land ol 01 australi Ui ha has followed the true heavenly light our faith is the same aa was that of the early ages s wo reed in holy scripture about one law one faith and one baptism the pro clama tion of the gospel ia that of philip so we find all through history that faith repentance baptism and the laying on of bands are the chief and indispensable requisites for admission in the kingdom of god elder cant related the good anecdote of faith and work palling the boat to 51 lustrate the necessity of faith and work being combined for the obtaining of any result and success temporally and spiritually A good deal of confusion has been and still is reigning concerning religion in the world abroad ue knows jos smith to have been endowed by the principles and spirit of god we should let the world see good works from us to convince them that the power of god is manifested in tho church and kingdom there are many manifestations of the powers of the lord we must each of us get a testimony of the truth which will uphold us in the persecution we may be subjected toby the enemies of the kingdom of god but while satan is busy in trying to destroy the kings dom we douht not to b e idle either in sustaining it A good rule to keep our conduct godlike would be to ask god to bless all we intend to undertake unless we can ask the heavenly father for his blessings in what we are about dont let us doit this speaker was followed by C who first endorsed indorsed indor sed the remarks of elder cant our elders go abroad to all the countries of the world to gather in the pure in heart and these latter receive the heaven sent spirit to come up and unite with the saints asadon as they are cono averted 10 the truth this certainly shows a power and presence of the almighty as do those manifestations which attend the Saints among the wicked abroad all of us have no longer the same feeling of brotherhood that we had in the small branches out in the world we ought all to possess that spirit of con fit lenco which sa excellently described in an article of apostle moses i hatcher in the that useful and valuable publication of the YM M I A which ought to be in evry lankily lani ily the lack of mutual confidence jo one another i doing a treat deal of injury to ourselves our our friends and our neighbors by paralyzing the sacred 10 administering the holy ordinances din ances ilow can to be blessed in a ward capacity or as a stake if there are troubles jars and contentions in our ward or stake we wani to keep the channels of communication to our heavenly fountain head open and free ot obstructions or side outflows the spirit of back fault bindi act as such an obstruction to the free lion with he almighty much ill coaling foaling ia created by aime of the authorities neglecting to look after the people who come from far off meet with cold reception and in condei quence gradually fall off from heir with the church we ought to feel after cur neighbors impart them of tho stock of our experience and of the store of our earnings if they arc helpless and destitute we get in ft habit of lighting and for gettine our duties towards god and hia kingdom and the more substance gome accumulate around them the more reluctant they become to pay their ings and donations let us not be drones but working bees in the hive of deseret tane can expect fo share toe reward of the saints in the end athey fa il to da hilr share of tho work required for the ariy of the kingdom and he spreads ing of the gospel thousand citizens of oregon petition Jon greas for a resolution requesting the president to call an international ter convention of maritime nations tp arrange for a capal across the latham of carien |