Show tabernacle SERVICES su D ay april 11 am the large larg 0 congregation CO waa was called to order by president L W shurtliff A after it r the singing of the hymn sweet is 13 the work work my god my king president C F P middleton offered ed up prayer and the choir r sang another hymn come holy ghost our heart s inspire APOSTLE OEO GEO TEASDALE TEAt DALE was then introduced by apostle F D richards it had been several yeara ears tines he had visited ogden lut but he had the pleasure of knori knowing ng many friends here with not ft a few of whom he be had become acquainted in foreign lands ho ile had learned many years ago that this is not the work of man but that of f the father the work of the establishment of the kingdom of god on earth as pre predicted ducted by the prophets of old we have the honor of living in this the dispensation of tho the fullness of times when god is ushering in his righteousness the speaker then referred to the revelation of the lord to jrsn hyde and others doctrine and Cov covenants enano page and explained ita its purport and meaning the A apostle osife paul said mahtook man took tap the authority to preach the gospel unless he be was sent of god to ro the speaker speakers mind the great Mormon problem resolves itself into a simple question e tion was joseph smith sent of 9 god or not was it the wisdom of man or the inspiration of god that compiled the doctrine and covenant I 1 the world denounces us as ignorant they say the masses of ameled and stud influenced fluen flue ced by their priests there are very few men and women that daro dare to think for themselves irrespective of their popular traditions still there have been some who dared to embrace BO so unpopular unpopular and despised a doctrine as t that at of christ said that those who shall believe belleve will be saved and those who will not will be damned how is it that some accept the gospel while others reject it this the speaker explained by his missionary experience peri ence which generally shows that a few honest in heart one in a family will be influenced by tho the preach preaching of t the h e ellere elder teasdale re Tc as asdale d a e prepared by the grace of god wished to meditate for a short time on the fact that this is the only church of christ on earth he commenced by bv showing the inconsistent and ill cical conception of the deity ami and trinity entertained by the various christian denominations a being without without body parts and passions incomprehensible likewise the speaker referred to the everlasting lake of fire the bottomless pit where all the wicked went and to the doctrine of justification by faith these doctrines as the they concern our future happiness cervo close scrutinizing tin izing correct principles are eternal without begian beginning ing of d days ays or ending of yeara years the h god we ive believe in was seen by b y the prophet et joseph who declared him tolus joseph asked the son which of all the religions in the world was correct and he answered him that none was right and that their worship was a worship of lips the fear of god to the world is taught by the precept of man while the true principle principles of the gospel pre not tau taught lit by man but by the divine luttoroty lutto authority rity hero flere the speaker bore a faithful testimony testimony that he knew in hia his experience 0 of overt over thirty birty years y ears that joseph smith was sent of god a and nd that the elders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints are likewise sent of god our god is a being that has been seen and beard the being in whose image im i a e man was formed stephen the martyr saw him and his son at his right side I 1 and though ho he was stoned to death his testimony sealed by his blood stands on record today to day we know him hird the father of tho spirits cfall of all flesh and we must worship him in spirit and in in truth when we bow our kieca and say our father who art in heaven we must necessarily believe that 11 he e can and does hear and see us he of course has tender affections to his children as human fathers and mothers have e love joys for their ng tb this is a gratifying knowledge it is is pleasing to know that what whatever eyer wo we ask of in righteousness he will grant us as we as fathers will grant our c children hildren what they ask of ua us in n righteousness god is lovo love and he will bring about the eternal life and salvation of man and give give ua us light that we may glorify him ii im here ia is a foundation W or faith then we should believe in jesus christ and atonement can we look back upon our lives and say we are without sin have we an elixir to ward off death certainly not the th psalmist said well the fool hath aid said in his heart there is no god 1 and speaker endorsed jhb well if there is another existence rif aneter eter i n nal al life where is u it coming from save by tho the atonement death came into life by sin and life eter nallis secured by the atonement of christ who was without blemish who offered himself up tip to draw all men unto him again the next for us to do is to I 1 repent of our sius sins to ro repent includes to forsake our eina bius we weare are the lurda lords disciples dieci plea a only in as much as wo we follow his examples and commandments mand ments when we no keep our handa bands clean and our hearts pure when we nye turn away from our wickedness and lead lives of righteous nets we will be blessed and saved blessed Blesa cd and holy eaid said the beve reve lator is he that hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death bath hath no power but they shall b be priest priests of god and ant christ t and tw ap biall dial I 1 reign with him a it thousand biars years iva we hare the great privilege of bein being baptized buried in water and born into a newness of life on the condition that we forsake our evil ways and do righteousness and moreover we receive tho the gift of the holy ghost by having baving hands laid on us this is a priceless boon infinitely preferable to all the perishable riches of the world we cant ord to datile our hands or to defile our hearts considering the in inestimable blessings of the ho holy ghost we cant afford to do wickedly why dont the 1 elders commit adultery because the they n cant afford it they dare not I 1 we have too great a arize prize at stake to forfeit it by wickedness ness and ungodly doings we manifest our faith thith when rhen we are baptized and when we offer the lord one tenth of what he has als blessed ed us with the speaker before closing hia big interesting discourse earnestly admonished moni monis shed bed the saints to remain faithful for if they sow tho the seeds of righteousness they will reap the reward of righteousness and if they sow tho the seed seeds of unrighteousness they will most assuredly assured y reap the recompense thereof let us watch our own actions and leave the actions of our neighbors to be watched by themselves attending to our own affairs and making our individual Eal salvation sure our hope of salvation is in our unit unity y blessed is the man who has the in intelligence telli gence to under understand hia hits individual duty and perform it faithfully full ader elder teasdale again quoted revelation as 4 chero the principle of the first reu is laid down and pointed out the glorious hopes of the righteous and faithful to have a part and parcel with christ in the reign of t the he thousand years why do wo we obey the law of plural marriage just for the same some reason as we believe in the law of baptism because kis it is a commandment from godas we know for ourselves to a certainty our safety is in in our humility and our obedience marriage is honorable in all and plural marriage is just as honorable as single yea if it were not more foreso so why did god give this law to abraham it was the law odthe of the priesthood and arid ho he could not have been justified without it lt let us practise what we believe in and sustain our brethren in unfeigned affection the church is built upon the rock of revelation as the speaker could testify the meeting came to a close by the choir singing au an anthe mand benedi benediction acion by elder af W dalton |