Show tabernacle SUNDAY march 2 1884 ft 11 a in the congregation wa was called to order by president C F middleton the choir sing sang tho the hymn all to our redeeming lard prayer was offered by elder jos A west the choi rang when GOT gods own people stands in need the sacrament cut waa adminis OEO GEO T addressed tho the congregation kely rel Y ing upon the spirit of god he ramo came before the congregation to speak upon such things as should be for our mutual edification the fool hath bath eaid said there is no god cod but he liae W ise sabeth the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom it is that fear that has made the speaker love god lie ile took for his text tho the chapter of 1st ast cor con verse else what shall they do who are tire baptized for the dead if the dead rise not a at t all this ia is a singular expression to those who have not the spirit of god but to those who pois poi ess this it is plain god ia is tho the same today to day as ho he has ever been the first gospel sermon preached after the death odthe of tho mes messiah abah wag was repent every one of you and be baptized in the name of the lord jesus christ audya shall receive the gift of the holy ghost after the people had bad manifested a godly repentance they had bad the privilege eriv of baptism m and tho the gift of the holy efe y ghost this ia is the way of salvation one lardone Lor dorie god and father of all one fait fa bono ithone baptism bap tiam if this Is 13 the tile way of salvation how can it be obtained in any other way than by y the observation of these p principles r i ci I 1 god od has set in the all church u r 1 lt apostle pestles prophets evangelist and nd teachers and thia this id is the system you may may call it what you please that will vill lead to god who organized it to a man be bom born again ho lie can not enter into the kingdom King dont oford of god can false doctrine save us and prepare are us for lives no beetter better have no religion than follow we zue that leads to error no man mail takes upon himself the authority to preach cave save he be called of god as its was aaron so say the scriptures tures and we bedaro daro not change them when ahen we realize the position we occupy that we will be called to answer for ourT our faith aith and our hope before the tribunal of god we must understand that no man wan has more right to know concerning tho the religious du duties ties of any person than that per eon son himself lvery every man has a it right to receive receive revelations for himself their principles had been revealed to the speaker and he must bear testimony to them there must be continual conti contil pual lual revelation for the perfecting of tho the saints the world does not net believe this and hence they aro fulfilling the remarks that there nut must be lj a fallia falling anway before the great rent day dayo of fx god which awak was ushered I 1 in by the prophet joseph jo eph smith who revealed t the e gospel covenant I 1 and ushered in the falness of times I 1 tho the latter day saints are building I 1 temples that the dead may re i ceide the ordinances of the gospel gospel through the living joseph smith received the key to this work worl hb that it the heart hearts of the children might be turned to the fathers and the fathers father to the children christ went to tho the 61 spirit world to preach the gospel and the thief went with him they rhe did dill not go to the paradise 0 of f G god 0 all who have died without the knowledge of god will have a privilege pr i to be baptized by those who are now living who are worthy to bo be saviors upon mount zion these must be pure with clean hands and find hearts and tuch such who live up ul to abo law of tithing no others arc worthy tho the busin business of our lives i is s to work out our salvation for this purpose lie ile has brought us from the enda of the earth and woe be unto us as if we do not livo live up to the require requirements menta made of us by god godi tho the speaker had bad lived in the holy temple of god and he be bore his testimony ta 0 the principle afre de demotion demp tion by the gospel of tho the dead deff as well as the living how wo we who have been rained in the tile kingdom aland stand before the judgment seat of god with a knowledge that wo have loved darkness rather than light preferring wickedness egg to tho the purity of the doctrine of christ wo we stand in a perilous condition godhan god hu given us good and evaland ev evil iland and we must 91 be careful to exercise our good judgment that wo we be not overs over thrown by ev evil it all who now op posa us will have to ac acknowledge knowle 1 go that wo we were right when every knee shall bow and ayery tongue confess that jesus ia is christ we bear tho the hate and contumely of our enemies like lambs for we trust in god with whom wo arc are co opera tin ting to t establish a gospel light that sils shall 5 I 1 abdine in au till the tile world the choir sang au an anthem and the tile benediction was pronounced by elder joseph stanford |