| Show tabernacle SERVICES SUNDAY march 11 I I a in the tile congregation was called to ord C r by counselor F middleton the choir opened the services with wid singing i n g como yo that lovo love the lord r d which cieli was followed nt by prayer by elder joseph hall the eh choir 01 I r then sang an with all my powers of heart and tongue the tile sacrament was administered by bishop R and counsel couns cT E ELDER LDER ANSON CALL of davis county first addressed tho the meeting he ile had been with the tile church of jesus ch christ rist of lat ter day saints ever since the year 1830 30 and with it he lie had passed through persecution and suffered stiff ered much abr the gospels sake he ile had seen the hand band of the lord made manifest many times for the protection of his people and lie knew that in as much as the saints were faithful the lord would not forsake them he ile had bad full confidence in the ultimate triumph of this church for he lie knew it was the church of god the speaker related mail many interesting historical incidents y of this people from the time of their first organization to the present he had bad heard the servants of god prophesy many times cone concerning i the progress of this great work and anic had seen many of their predictions fulfilled ho he knew kaew that joseph smith was a prophet th that it lie was called of god to a great work in the last days and all who will receive hi his is message and bs be faithful in ill keeping the commands of the lord will abt obtain ain eternal life elder gall cal I I closed by praying that the blessin blessings of god may rest upon his people people and that they may be men ilien and women of integrity to the end of their career on earth PRESIDENT WM K 11 SMITH I of tho the davia davis county stake nest text addressed the tile meeting lie ile spoke at some length on oil the tile qualifications qualification s necessary to enable tho the E elders of israel to preach the gospel of jesus christ chrit by the power of god the world think that a good secular education is all that is requisite for this purpose but the servants of god enow know that this is not all that is essential for them to prosecute alio tb work of the ministry other are also ordination by those holding the priesthood from god these qualifications we find illustrated tr tl in the ili history stor y of christ who called on illiterate men on oil fi fishermen lier and laborer laborers to follow him they followed him min and heard him k as man never spoke and ind saw him do mighty and marvelous marv clous works heating alm sick and resurrecting tile dead they were with him by day and by night up to his Hi death and after ilia his re resurrection until his ascension then on oil the day of pentecost they recci received ved their qualification by tho the holy ghost descending unto them they they P prophesied ro and spoke in n new e w tongues through the power of god peter referred the incredulous multitude to the prophecy of joel jesus had to leave the apostles postles in order that the comforter comforte r could como come who partook of the tile things of tile father and showed them un unto to them without this qualification litif and i endowment from on ghigli upon lipo u P 41 the elders of israel lack the aca seal I of the holy and tand their words will be only the sounding of brass and find tinkling af f cymbals hence tho the elders iders E should carefully scan themselves to find whether they are possessed of that qualification and endowment dow ment E elder ider smith referred to the tile apostles of old how they called on oil the people to believe clieve be repent and be baptized in ord order c r that they might receive the gift of the tile holy ghost glist this gift we wc ought all to possess pose and our labor ou ought to begin right here at home with every member of tile church of jes jesus us christ of latter day saints tho tile sisters ag well as the brethren if we arc are possessed of the qualifications required of us in ill the gospel opel o pel covenant nc arc prepared for all till emergencies liches for the lord is with us u and 15 we ive need ask no odds of ill all hell bell the tile spirit of the fathers and mothers should animate the hearts of tho tile sons soils and daugh daughters teri the spirit of patriotism virtue and self sacrifice anthem by tho the choir and benediction bv by elder john crawford |
