Show nile SERVICES SUNDAY july 31 10 a the congregation was called to order by counselor L J herrick tile choir sang the hymn p great god attend while white zion sings L elder ider DM D M stuart called upon the lord in prayer and bithe hymn p 67 before Jehova hs glorious throne was delivered by the choir after the sacrament had been administered by the bishopric of the second ward ELDEK ELDER CHAS iv rEN gennose nosE addre ased the congregation remembering with pleasure the associations ho he had for long years enjoyed in egden ho ito gave the choir ere credit dit for its noticeable improvements which added materially to the im of the divine worship improvement improvement in all things is 13 marks the tile work of the lord the speaker speak erthen then read from front the doctrine and covenants a passage expressing res sing the idea that what theford aas has not appointed anted is not acceptable to him this ril i is a very important thing it is also comm common 01 i stise basc r rational A applying P I this to su sunday aday worship for for instance elder penrose illustrated the diver diversity pity of denominational nomi national organizations each claiming to be the church of christ the question acs tion was do all these various churches in the aggregate constitute the church of of christ does any single ingle is one make the church of christ or can we not rather sa say that neither of them is the chirck church of christ truth is eternal it can never be destroyed it is beginning less and endless it may be concealed for a time or revealed at another but it has an unceasing unvarying existence the speaker then showed how unreasonable it would be to assume that all these differing and discordant churches arc are tho the lords institutions the sincerity of tho the docs keople eople holding wrong principles acs not affect truth all things move according to eternal set rules and principles what right have people to establish all any y congregation of worshipers by themselves and arid place the name of god upon it this the speaker speaker answered by the instance of the methodist church which was established by john wesley a good man from the dead letter of the bible without any direct or indirect authority from the lord never from the day of creation to our day did god institute any ordinance of water on little children and call it baptism here the speaker emphatically emba ba ally denied that any of the exist existing churches possessed any authority au authority thorit from rom deity to minister in his is name if we ask have there been an any mn m n who did receive authority from on high to establish churches we wp can answer in the affirmative wo we read in the new testament of the transfiguration of christ wren he received H his luries priesthood chood or authority from moses and elias this same authority christ bestowed upon his a apostles p astles and disciples that what order is the law of the priesthood is shown strongly in the history of paul who had bad to be duly ordained and authorized to go about prea preaching ch the tile gospel peter was the great of the jews while paul was the t ie apostle of the gentiles but they did not have a paul pau P baptism and a peter baptism but christ baptism they did not preach each his own individual views and notions but the one gospel given by the lord wo we have the numerous religions ns of the day because they are the inventions in vent ions afman of man they have not been established by gods will and inspiration therefore they will all perish and pass away these clashing denominations make up one ma mass mas s of crude confusion if we want to find which and where the true church of christ is wo we have simply to take up the new testament where we can find distinct dist distinctly cly y the principles and rules of the church as ordained by the savior himself but even if a set of men S should hould get got together and pick out all the principles anal an forms of church in the scripture t u re making it tho the groundwork ivor of f a church organization that would not yet be tile church of christ unless he ile himself has mani manifested himself in it and has scaled his authority upon it the latter day dy saints have received each for him bim or herself a valid testimony that this church is the work and organization of the tile lord all the doings and ordinances of the church of the latter day saints are governed by the law of god if we want to be sanctified wo we must study the law of sanctification and obey it only by the obedience to the requirements quire ments of the law we can reap and realize the blessings and privileges promised with it the lord will only accept that which he ordains the churches of the world may bo be of some use they have dono done some good butchen but when men arc are dead and earth has passed away they and their influence are ere dead and dumb also but the church of jesus christ of latter day saints has the spirit and influence of the almighty with it god is in it and he ile leads leads his work on to victory and triumph notwithstanding il ding the machinations of the anemi enemies w the speaker then spoke of the law governing the relation of the sexes allowing showing that marriage is is ordained of god and marriaga must bo e contracted according to hia his dictates and precepts god sanctioned the first marriage contracted on earth the union of adam and andave eve which was for eternity as they then were immortal not ye yet A having broken tho tile law aw after the transgression god pronounced his cu carso M upon the woman and man and all the earth but inthe in the providence and econom economy of god the plan of salvation redeemed denied mankind from front the primitive curso curse through the sacrifice of jesus christ and now in th these m latter days we in the church of christ c enjoy jo thear alie great at and priceless privilege ege of celest celestial ial marriage a M union f for or ct eternity r anity the beauties ea and bliss of this were vividly depicted by elder penrose who also strongly exhorted the young brethren and sisters sister to ponder over the tile momentous importance ofa of a matrimonial union which endures unbroken beyond the vail which death places between time and eternity our business is to find out wit aliat at god appoints and then live by it by this we will obtain present peace and future exaltation tho the services were b brou rought glit to a close with an anthem glory be to the god of heaven by the choir and benediction by elder joseph parry |