Show tabernacle SERVICES SUNDAY july 15 the congregation was called to order b by y counselor N C flygare the choir sang a hymn after which prayer was offered up by bishop edwin stratford the choir next rendered another hymn and after the sacrament was administered by officers of the second ward wara tho he t meeting was addressed by APOSTLE enow W who felt well in having tho the privilege of standing before the saints in this stake of dzion zion andin and in bearing his testimony to the work of the son of god the iamb lamb of god came and was slain b by his own for the sins of tho world it had fallen to the lot of most of us to see and witness what is called the christian country and people professors of christianity people who have the title of this and who have libed and treasured hopes in the plan of salvation who have had bad standing advice and sayings in this matter and the nations who who have many tUf lil ferent Terent branches of the modern christian church many pr profess odess to believe in the atonement md and blood of christ of which there is a vast distinction between the now present systems of worship and the one ne which was handed down through he ages of wickedness and crime from rom the time of our father fathe r adam until it was taken for the wicked and they i divided and made war wat against t the saints and finally sank into nto idolatry and infidelity infidelity it I 1 say there is a vast distinction distinction of difre difference rence between the pro professed fesse a christian church and the principles wo we preach and practice jesus said he ie came to fill the jaw that through him all m afkind might have eternal life by obeying the principles belo belonging ae nging thereunto I 1 am not so well versed with modern modem judaism as with ancient which the prophets wh who lived and prophesied among the jewish nation have taught and chiew has been banded handed down abro through U gh the lineage of time they looked forward to the time of the messiah which extended back and had been revealed as far back as adam and his sons abel and cain who offered sacrifices by the commandment of god unto the father abel the younger and the one to efrer oner the first unto god goa did PO so believing in the words of god full of sincerity and truth he brought a lamb and offered ered it unto god and while the smoke as bended into heaven he lie rejoiced and gave praises to god on the ether other band hall cain the tiller of the soil who brou brought I 1 ll 11 t forth fruits from the earth may made an offering unto god in mockery for the praise and aggrandizement of his own self and not for the honor and love of god for which such things are ordained the lamb offered ed up by y abel the shedding shed shedding diny of its blood in in sacrifice to god to keep beep in memory the prine i pies ples and words of god is also with us as wo we eat cat and drink the bread and water in memory of him who was slain as a ransom for the world in order that the word of go god might bo be fulfilled now what cain did offer up he did grudgingly and in his wrath he lie was tempted by satan who is always on the alert to further wickedness and took liis his revenge on his brother abel while he was among his flock and killed him what his motives could have been the speaker leaves for anyone to judge but we trace pages of history down from that generation until now and we find satan always ready to help the tile wicked in his cunning ways I 1 to wage war against the saints of the mast t high god has arranged everything for his people eople p in order that they might all offer sacrifices unto H him im althou gli some were so p poor or they could not afford to offer a bullock yet they caught two doves and offered unto god which was accepted of god because it was the best they could K do god has given his holy prophets power to spread and del iver principles of everlasting truth unto alis his children in all ages of tha world but not out of charity I 1 f but because of their r faith and obedience the vicarious doctrine is set forth in all these sacrifices that is the doctrine of redemption of the human fa family mily through the atone mend of the lamb in the revelations st john say saw the lamb representing the le son of godas it was slain before the foundations of the world this seems a peculiar thing the pa fi ther thet had pre prepared for hi children childe ill his i s F sou on who would be sent apt in the ibe meridian of time that this was revealed in the heavens in the coun cil of eternity before the world was and that this great and glorious truth should be brought forth in the last days the doves kiich were offered as a sacrifice a 9 posses possessed ed the characteristics of being gentle and loving and harmless harn iless because of these qualities they say that it was the holy ghost which rested upon the savior iii m tho form of a dove or as some have it in the likens of a dove when he ile was baptized of john in the tile river jordan not only waa wai this oller ed up from d day ay to caybut t on important occa ta t adaa isi sious if a child was born into tin the world the mother was ras to bring hei her c child hild to the priest and offer cices unto god at certain times when the 0 chief hief priest priest was in the th holy of hollos holies in the ali e sanctum saw sane tomm there pas was a ii he e goat prepared for the occasion upon whose head the chief priest laid his hands and put the ains sins of the people and he lie was then borno borne into tho the wilderness to make his escape and thus bear aw away of tho the people aw now all these were figures and types and illustrations of the docx doo trine of the redemption cf mankind aud and when the time came that the redeemer should appear upon the earth in the meridian of times he sent his messenger to prepare the way before him who was john the baptist and he when thirty years old began hegan to testify of the son of god who would come and take away the sins of the world he cried unto the people repent ye for forthe the kingdom of heaven is at hand repent and bo be baptized every one of you and wash away your sins ho he preached the gospel of re repentance p ent and baptism for the remission remission of sins and it was while he was thus preaching that the savior came and was baptized of john who testified of him as coming and slid baptizing them with fire and the hoty holy ghost it was the pr preparatory ory gospel which john was wits preaching preparing the way for him who would come and baptize the people with firo and the holy ghosal and as there are three to bear witness in heaven the father the son and the holy ghost so there are three upon the earth the water the spirit and the blood by which the atonement is is effected and the sins washed away now these are ordinances which are necessary for the perfecting of the body w which ich require require a certain amount of the faith or it would advance us nothing faith is the first principle rin ciple of the plan of salvation anait and it is is impossible for these blessings to be given without faith and as the apostle has it that it is is im impossible to please god without faith for he is a of all who diligently serve him it is the moving principle of all action and power by fly which all things are accomplished in the world and by which the tile god of eternity works towards his children and without this faith wo we could accod accomplish lish nothing the farmer would not waste his seed in the ground without an expectation of reaping and we are promised a seed time aa as well as a harvest and it is with th this 13 assurance and faith by which vib we aie are rewarded in the harvest time it was by faith the elements were called together to be united in the formation of worlds now when philip preached the gospel gopel in samaria and peter Jame jamesland sand john came caule to preach with them to be b baptized a A the holy ghost fell upon james and john while it did not upon simon he was told by his disciples he be was in the bonds of iniquity what he had done was for policy and with a wicked motive because he lie desired to lead ile people op it was for the self angrand iz ement not for the glory glor ot of G god d and ho he was ignorant of cheso 10 principles cap les I 1 suppose in in all ages and among all classes there has been more or less of this class and what shall I 1 call them goats running running among the sheep or worse than that devour ing wolves keeping aloni along with the flock as beaste beasts of prey show me a man with faith and no works and I 1 will vill show yon one of f no use show me a man with and no faith and it ava ileth him nothing verily verily I 1 say unto you faith without works is dead even as the bod body y without the spirit is dead lead now bring to mind tho tile vicarious doctrines of the salvation of a binau a believer in jesus ghrist and slid you will be saved an and d t they hey called upon the people to come to jesus aud ac re know knowledg lege CL him and profess faith and they think they will be saved tho the speaker referred to anany vicarious vicarious principles ples practised practiced bythe by alie out outside ida elements H he a also referred to th the yashin anoint ings and the subject ot of being baptized for our dead lead that it was necessary to have and exercise faith when we arc baptized in lath alie da s of ohnah noah the earth ya iya baptized bap ted and purified by water the wicked were swept the face thereof and aho only sk afien few souls remained he ile s spoke olt bof of many grat great and ana glorious things pertaining to our religion and closed hia moat i interesting n dis course by invoking the blea bigings siuga of the almighty upon ilia children that they might how their faith by their good works and arid work their wa way wk back to the presence of him IV who hy 0 life u unto nto all mankind who blesses the poor aa as well as the tile rich and who will iu iii the end call his ilia worthy children back to hia his presence the tile choir then sang an all and the he meeting ato brought to a B benediction pronounced by y apale q franklin D richards |