Show B F SUNDAY may alay after the tile usual opening penin ox exercises the congregation was grm wd by b riep R on S CL who referred to the of ila having v the tile living spirit of god with ua ud when about to address a meeting of the latter day saints there id some sunie that J greater than that of man operating among this people god d haa has fulfilled his hig pro promises in fl and to tl anis people P and blessed us abundantly abundantly tole we V e are to secure for ourselves salvation and carry car r it to the ends of the world not got to gather goods wo hayo havo gathered here liere but to execute a design of the almighty in all our avocations and business pursuits we should keep the divine ivine principled principles lu iti mind never forg forgetting atin the things of god for the gilt edged e tinsel of the world the 11 speaker sp er illustrated the manner and d place ac where clod had found t the saints ain in the old country when his ills voice voice through the elders elden mouths proclaimed to them the everlasting ting gospel and caused them to accept the truth gladly and joyfully he ag also the reason remon why the one bIll embrace braces the gospel while another lenother rejects it paul may boef s y and apollon may water but it is god that the increase increase chegos the gospel lias has made us free and lias has made the country what it is is prosperous and rich and will continue to develop it ifko if wo have tile love of it it elder sh shaw closed with admont admonishing ailing the ille sa saints to hold fast to the truth once embraced embr aped the light owe pro pre nothing is made and gained outside of the gospel but everything imme wealth power ha happiness glory and ana life eternal ELDER LORIN PARR 11 followed follow ed with w ith an endorsement of t the I ie previous speakers remarks ho he continued the subject by pointing out how liow if ever a people had bad been particularly blessed by the bandoff hand of the lord it was ole latteau Lat latter teay day saints the speaker remembered and recounted how bow ili in 1832 when p mere boy he be came to embrace the gospel as revealed through h joseph jose smith the prophet of god through gh liis his maternal grandfather he had bad been prepared for the willing rece reception P of the glad tidings and had looked forward to the establishment of the true church of jesus christ in its original beauty and purity with all al its organizations and institutions tut ions elder farshad farr had ever since had bad a living testimony of the truth and had many experiences of the way in in which the spi goblo god operates he ile explainer also the various gifts of the spirit A specially great biasing blessing is the tile grit of discerning spir spirits i its whereby we can call tell whether a man spead by the prompting F of th eLord or the cunning nin gofman of man it is well for us to bo able to read individuals so as ft to tell what spirit they are from there Is a diffie difference rence between the holy ghost and the gift of the holy ghost the holy cepar ate personage f f tahe 10 father and tire son as as the father is different ironi son it is the office of the holy ghost to guide aide the minds of ofa eghte ous people prompting eing them atall times to right ive a deaf ba ear to these whisperings we e are r re aft to ourselves landfall and fall fiall into darkness with thankful fealin fe clinga clin a to the giver orall good elder farr fe described t blessings gs and bounties of these valleys of utah while way and fearon awful catastrophes are disturbing dist t b i D i ih tha he hearts arti of ot pap kind d abloff abroad the evils existing in in bur midat which wil ich need reformation oil we are in in the enjoy anent ent of harmony peace pe aad ind hap ball and our country isa paradise in comp comparison arpon with our surround j ings in various ts iiga ages of the worlds bistor history y god has hal raised up u his IM people and anid endowed e n do wed them with his gifta giffi in iii of tile vast deviations devia tiong of the christian Chrit idu sects of the theilan day from the pure pu gos I p principle in E ider r to the kiin kiting of the great brass toe peters bartile in the cathedral at rome which is a typical instance of the aberration of faith after blowing biow low the tile preaching deac h ing of the word is prohibited through |