| Show SERVICES SUNHAY dec 11 alk am the meeting was called to order by president resident 11 C F middleton after sin sinking b by the choir choi r and PT prayer ayer by elder r joseph seph hall the sacrament was administered by bishop fa farr and assistants alden bains mansan who has returned from fron a mission to denmark first addressed lie the meeting in b he ile said lie was pleased to be once more union among the people ill in utah after an tin abs absence ence of cial eighteen iteen months preaching the tile gospel Gosp efin in his native land he related much of his experience while laboring in the ministry which was interesting he ile had enjoyed tho the spirit S irit ot of his mission and was thankful to know that he lie had accomplished complis hed some good ho lie had ba baptized twenty four persons into ye the church sixty three had emigrated to utah from front tho the region where he lie had been laboring and many more will follow as soon as circumstances permit tho the people in scandinavia were very i ignorant of alic principles of mormonism and a great many of them had no desire to bo be aril enlightened ight on the su subject bitet ho he bare bore a strong testimony to the tile truth of tile great work which god is doing in tho the earth in the last days he ile exhorted all to be faithful and to ful fulfill fi I I every promise they make to their brethren either at home or abroad APOSTLE F D next addressed the meeting he ire had been much interested while listening to the remarks of elder madsen one of the greatest pleasures a man can enjoy is is to labor in in the ministry it is a labor of ilvo and a source of much joy since he lie last met with the saints in this place lie had been on oil through the southern settlements in company with president jolin john taylor and the other brethren who composed d tho the party they had traveled much visiting nearly all the wards wardi in tho the southern part of utah they had held from ono one to three meetings a day and had realized a great out pouring of the spirit of god on all fill occasions occasions and a great amount of valuable instructions had been given div to the saints who in every p t aco anxiously awaited the arrival odthe of the president and tho the brethren who were with him at st geor george c they remained three days dus giving instructions to the people and attending to ordinances in the temple of the lord the tile brethren found that the saints in that region enjoyed a 11 great outpouring of tho the spirit of the lord much more so eo than they did before the temple was erected there they are making great reat progress in the knowledge odthe of tho laws and ordinances of the house of god the people of st george and vicinity have generally heretofore depended on their grapa crops for the means to procure procure their but ohp they y are n now trying to raise their own n wheat beat and this year they have been successful the chief ob object act of the visit of the president and the brethren was to find out tho tile true condition and wanta wants of the saints in the south and impart to them such instructions i as their circumstances required the brethren generally enjoyed excellent health but some of the company were compelled to return home before lefore the president inconsequence bence of f sickness and death in their their families president george Q cannon returned for the purpose of proceeding to washington tonto to be present at alie of cong ress elder richards then spoke of the instability and of earthly riches and exhorted tile brethren to lay up for themselves treasures in heaven where thieves cannot break through and steal them ho ile spoke at length of the responsibility of those who arc are caned called to hold the priesthood he ile said it is given to them for the purpose of laboring to bring about righteous righteousness nm and truth and we should not rest at caso in zion but be diligent in our labors to acquire intelligence and the principles of eternal eterna life the gospel is an eternity of knowledge and the glory of god is intelligence and we should cultivate it that wo we may obtain that faith which will be to ns its what the anchor is to the ship it will hold us firmly to the truth but our fait falth will be according amount of knowledge we aduire acquire of god and his purposes he spoke PO ke of the nature of faith and repentance gave much other valuable instructions and closed his remarks by praying for the blessings s of the tile lord upon the people eople tile tho choir sang an anthem benediction by bishop samuel |
