Show TA tabernacle SERVICES S SUNDAY july 29 2011 11 a m the tile congregation was called to order by bishop R singing by the choir page 61 my god tho the spring of all my joys prayer was offered kofl ered by T TJ J stev aas the choir next sail sang hymn page when gods own people stands in need during tho the administration of the th e sacrament ent D II 11 PEERY s to spoke ke of the blessings we as latter day y saints enjoy he ife wag was not feeling very well as he had bad been very sickly lor for a month he was thinking and trying to draw a contrast between tho the attendance of the circus where from five to ten and people assembled and in salt lake wherefrom to were expended by the industrious people eople in order to sec the big show ile he did not believe that the people cared so much for such things as they do for the holy and heavenly principles which tend to elevate and make a person noble if there is one here who came with any other moriye than to receive the in chions as they are offered by the servants of god or to better his ilia condition b by y coming to the humble and honest of gods people if there them is one with these wicked motives he is in a woeful condition it is the duty of those with children to train them from being led away by those things which are foreign to what we come for perhaps there will be a horse or foot race and there will we bee see all classes ten times more than we see here to our meetings many go to disreputable places even too many who are being led away from lie the eternal principles which tend to build them on ft a more firm foundation which cannot fall the speaker was pleased with the remarks of a certain bishop who has a large family when everyone elee else was going to the tile circus he told his folks to stop and work and instead of it costing them one dollar to go he gave them two to stop at horae bome that they might put it to some better use today to day we are the most prosperous people upon the footstool of jehovah how many are there here bore today to day and how many were last sunday vilo have bountiful bouti ful bomea h 0 mea of their own to live in carriages to ride in and beautiful crops of grain and nd every luxury the heart could amsire desire and thousands are here with the blessings surrounding them who had they stopped back in the east or the old country would never have owned a foot of land but would have had bad to rent and labor all their lives to obtain a living but today to day through the blessings of the almighty they are prospered they have come here years ago and through the advice and counsels of brigham young president john taylor and others from god I 1 they havo have become wealthy and a great ecat many arc are full ot of pride although those thos e who come I 1 here bere iere as a beneral beneral tiling thing are the poorest class clam in in the world as it is only the humble who will receive the gospel the speaker has heard rich men talk and say even though they knew 1 mormonism was true and from god they would rather die and go to hell than join the Mor mormon mons 9 pt it is not those who have the most property and riches that will join us and it is eniy only by some great trouble and ca calamities itis they will bo be brought to this kingdom kingdo tn when he li e was hack back to his native u ati ve country cou n try he h e could not but think of the contract contrast of those people and ours in 1880 out of 2400 botera there were only about one sixth who had homes of their own at the same time ho he happened to have a statistical report with him got up by elder mercer which showed t that at ninety five out of every hero here had beautiful homes of their own and it is by tho the blessings of god that we have them and not as some say by their industry we should attribute this much to god who ia is willing to help us at all times the sabbath schools and primaries are I 1 building around the young a powerful protection from outside elements and nowhere nor at any time haa has any people been more ars prosperous crous than we now arc are the ge speaker invoked the blessings of the tile almighty upon the congregation that they might live pure and holy lives that in the end they may bo be found spotless and worthy worth ga of fan an abode in the presence of god ELDER F A banow would much rather have kept hia ilia seat and listened to the remarks of brother Brether peery but he felt well for the blessings and privilege of standing before the sainta saints 0 of god he ile did not esteem the things of this world as the principles of the gospel god has revealed his secrets to I 1 his lis servants the and cried unto the people to repent of thir sins in the meridian of times john the baptist went forth crying unto the pea people jo to repent their sim for the Kingdom of gad god u is at sit hand band and now in the dianea cation of the fullness of times has god ralpd up a prophet who the age of fourteen began to preach the word of god unto the inhabitants of the earth warning them of the calamities which would surely come upon the wicked ho he has spoken unto his people and warned them of the evils and also to prepare for his second coming he will not come again as the babe cradled in the manger at bethle gembut in the full stature of a man to take vengeance upon the wicked and rule as 11 king kino of f kings and lord of lords 11 when the earth will be cleansed and purified fitted for the dwelling of pure and heavenly weaven spirita spirits the speaker referred to the many blessings and from the band hand of the enemies god has raised a warning voice to this nation and woe unto him who has sinned against the holy ghost for him there is no eternal pleased to have his name classed among the latter day saints and honed hoped and prayed that god would bless and inspire the hearts of the young to do his will at all times that they might set an example worthy of imitation that when we have finished out our labor hero here we may have a claim to the home above where god G od and his an angels gim Is who are singing praises unto him are living in in peace and a paradise of love and union he invoked the blessings on all the people of god everywhere that they might have the came same blessings and carry the same influence the choir sang the anthem the lord will comfort zion benediction by bishop B C critchlow |