Show TI tabernacle JACLE SERVICES SUNDAY may 13 the meeting was called to order by president aj L IV sq shurtliff ifT after the opening hymn by the choir prayer was offered CY b by bishop BOP edwin stratford the sacrament m t waa was administered by the officers of the F fourth ward PRESIDENT N C FLYGARE first addressed the assembly 11 he said gaid we meet on a sabbath morn iian ing in this tabernacle to worship lp G god because we are commanded b by him to da do so that we may ma reflect on the better things of life we e are as yet children but t ut we are being instructed in the durpos purposes es of god concerning us NY a arc are hereon hero on a mission for this purpose cherl in of the old world we learned come some things pertaining to our duties we listened to the voice of the servants of the lord who were sent to preach to us the words of life we obeyed the ardi adne nance of baptism for the tile remission of sin and received the holy ghost bv by the laying on of hands we then gathered to zion where we can learn anore how to become perfect men aud women this is the purpose of our probation on the earth we are here to t be tried and emd tempted that we ma may v have an op opportunity ort unity to combat and overcome il the e evil pro of our natures that we ve ma may y more fl fully u ily en enjoy 0 dy the blessings and favor of our heavenly aveney father we have great privileges no people ever had greater privileges than the latter day saints enjoy enjo oy we live in tho the da days ys of apostles fiand aind prophets a day when the It li Heavens bave been opened and angels have live appeared appeared to men and div given them nut authority arity and power to preach the gospel and administer its ordinances to all who will obey them wo we have listened to their testimony testimony and this isoby is why we have been gat gathered I 1 alered to this place it is necessary that we should be instructed ted continually in the things sf tf god and haye our minds in in a measure weaned from the thin things of the world it is for this purpose we have met here this morning our time oa on earth is is short and therefore it is of great importance to us that we improve it as mile much as p possible 0 isible to learn the object of our probation here and to know how to acquire an inheritance in the kingdom of god the speaker felt that the greatest labor of life with him wa was in trying to overcome his weaknesses the trials and temptations that beset him he had succeeded in ia eoma some w measure and hoped to bo be able to continue until he had overcome thim all As this is an individual 01 for all the people of god he prayed that all might have the spirit of the lo 10 lord rd to enable them to accomplish t these h ese important objects president F flygare 1 then referred to the great work ork that has to be done in pio proclaiming claiming the gospel to the nation nations gathering israel and judah building temples etc before the ICing kingdom dorn of godlis god is fully established on the earth he spoke of f his visit to logon logan M in company presidents 0 Shurtliff and mid bleton where they attended the cache stake conference on oil the previous sunday he ile was much pleased to see tee the spirit of enterprise among the people there as wag was evinced in building the Temple and other public edifices for worship and other purposes in this stake we are assisting to erect the temple at t salt lake gity city thi thid is a duty SAbind ingon all the latter day saints as in those holy places they expect to receive blessings blemings which cannot ba bo obtained in any ether other places place president flygare concluded by praying that aly all may be able to do their part in the great work that they may receive their reward in the kingdon of god goa PRESIDENT PRESIDE 0 r F MIDDLE rox TO W as the next speaker he desired the spirit of the lord es especially on that occasion as he anew knew that without it he would be unable to hi instruct an and a edify the people of god when the elders of this thia church are filled with thia this spirit they become bold and powerful in defending the great work of god this was the greatest work that was ever committed to toman man on the earth he ile believed that the great majority of the people are try trying in to i ate its importance this tag th epe ak re masaid said waa wu evidenced by the bless gs of the lord that attend at berid them in iii all their operations one rations in i providing comfortable home homes in these valleys and surrounding themselves wi with th the bless blessings in gs and and comforts com forta of life it ia is also evidenced in the willing with which they labor in in assisting to build tabernacles temples etc for the services of god president Pre middleton then reviewed the history cf of the latter day the time they first entered catered the country in in adversity and their former conditions with that of the present time when they have comfortable homes pleasant lessant surroundings imal arc are t hessed with pence peace and nd pan plenty indeed with tive wealth it 11 but we camo came hero here to build up the kingdom of god to keep keel ili i commandments mand ments all and not to accumulate we wealth althalone alone he ile was pleased plan cd to gay elay the people for the tile most part biad listened to the counsels of if the servants V of god they have rc remained main ed here have subdued and cultivated the earth and theford bo hai 3 blessed their labord labon they have built up aland and beautified the co country what bik that when a str stranger auger comes adiong us if ho he has wealth he be can find mean by which to employ it profi profitably tabi I 1 the tile people eople of the world know that the tord lord lias ble zed z this people the they know that as well as we do and they thet take cognizance of it lie he next glanced at the rapid 1 progress ro gress made during el tile past half century in education art ams the invention of agricultural and other labor caving machinery ac and the heble blessing savina they ev can be made to be to humanity human ity when han wisely d 1 reeled president middleton aloo alao poke fioke on the subject ofin arriage of the tile importance people seeking suitable ui table companions and enteria entering ang into wedlock with sincerity and purity of he heart artand and being behm sealed t to 0 each other by those who have tile authority to them I 1 for or time tinie and eternity he ile exhorted them to r remember the dobli obligations they assume at the altar aal and to be faithful and true to the covenants made in the house of the god 0 1 tobe to be guided by the counsel of th the 11 servants of god to strive sl rive earnestly and ever to keep or they will go astray he ile exhorted the elders and all other others to keep heep the word of wilom not ta to in indulge in the ue tuie of tobacco by IT ch chewing w i smoking or in any other form neither to practise di inking drinking intoxicants in hi saloons or any other places lie ile hali eved tile f elders lder 9 of this church chuch should place themselves in a position to be te able to preach without hesitation every principle irin ciple and every doctrine that aas has been revealed to and is believed in a by this church and the only way va ila in which they willbe able oble to braer pi pr each and set them thein forth fi 13 is for tapin to pi practise aclise them then which I 1 he be prayed god to enable thein to do L r IV y made a afew few closing remarks in which he lie endorsed all all that had becu been said by the other speakers he ile a bloke oke briefly of tl their I 1 air visit t to the tile conference at ahau lie he was much pleased to learn how near the temple at that place was approaching compie completion tion he ile thought if some sonic of the tile people in this stake were nver to subscribe a little money to help to finish it the they would make a good investment especially as some soine of them might yet desire to cibit and find receive some of the blessings which arc are to be administered therein in he said the latter day saints in this stake will in a short binic have an opportunity to assist in building t a it ile new tabernacle one that will be sufficiently large to accommodate all who desire to bo be present when the leading authorities and elders visit us to instruct us in the things pertaining to our best interests ts he ile clo closed ed willi with a prayer chilt god would alc bless s all and help thein to be faithful to the end of their lives the choir then gan sang 0 omy my father thou that dwell ost pst I 1 in thy high and glorious glori oua place the services with benediction b by y Wius lov fair |