Show 4 SUNDAY may 6 meeting was called to order by bishop E stratford the choir sang auf the hymn oil on page sweet ig is thy work IN loik my god and king etc prayer by elder frederick garner hymn on page let those who would be gage saints indeed etc sacrament havin having been administered by officers odthe odthe fourth ward eldell THOMAS EMMETT who has just returned from a MIS mission to england addressed the congregation gre gation he wu was glad to see his ili friends this morning he felt feltwell well exee except t that his djs feet were a little sore ke and he could nt stand long 11 he was no preacher and as brother smith used tod to advise vise the elders to preach short sermons and make short prayers he tried to carry out that counsel he spoke of his being called last september to go to E england ng to preach the gospel and of the difficulties there in getting the people to listen to the testimony of the elders of israel As soon as they le earned they were mormons cormons they would W turn away in in consequence cf df which the elders had frequently to resort to strategy to get a hearing the speaker stated that the Saints of that were ere very poor and many of them felt as though they were neglected some would ii inquire re of him iche if he knew such a brother alther yes 1 I wonder iwonder why he dont Urit vr ehe itebe promised faithfully he be would and has nit done so this deflect neglect on the part of the saints leaves i eaves an impression that lette letter eare rs are not allowed to come from this country elder emmett asserted that if the elders would exert themselves one half as much as they have to do to make their living iving they could help them to utah it had bad grieved the speaker to see little children suffer for want of bread he thanked god that he lie wenton that miss mission sion it was a 1 izod school especially for the young men they can gain ga n an experience peri ence they could not get otherwise wise ho he finally gavenis gave hiis tiis testimony that joseph smith wasa was a prophet odthe most high god and closed his remarks by exhort exhorting ipg the saints writs to io diligence and praying god 0 4 O bless all israel i ELDER THOMAS DOXEY iff I 1 next nat arose he expressed himself pleased p I 1 ease d that he was an elder in israel and that the gospel was again restored to man he also expressed much pleasure in hearing the testimony of elder E emmett m m ett as he be ever felt interested in the th e work of god realizing no person could become ac acquainted fainted with the gospel and aud its blessings b except he receive the spirit of god there never was Z il dispensation of the gospel iry gayen ento to roan man without his spirit accompanying the same god has i but one way of making himself known to man men may think they can gan find out the things of god of themselves but this ia is a great mistake they never will wil I 1 nor ever can this is the age of which the prophets wrote and spoke latter day saints know that the work of god is onward elder doxey referred to the confusion that exists in tho the world and compared that with the t he peace and quietude of the saints in these mountains he also compared the condition of the people twenty years ago with their condi condition tio n today as represented byeller by elder emmett when speaking of the moral status of the english people they are going backwards and the saints are going forward the people who live in tre the mountains if they look back can see that they are on the improvement no set of men can get t 1 along without the spirit of god ge before fore he sat down he lie would say he rejoiced inthe in the work of god and t that at he be had bad the privilege of being an elder in israel and enjo enjoying I 1 y i th the associations with the saints they 7 have a work to perform it is committed to their care the work will not stand still the sayings of the prophets will be fulfilled BISHOP arose ho he did net not know if all took the counsel of john henry smith of making abort short prayers he spoke of hig his experience in long prayers while whiles a presbyterian and and showed very plainly to 16 the ilie understanding of all present the power powe of prayer the propriety of both long and short prayer also the folly of long prayers in in public assemblies particularly when there were many children present but on the lother hand band ho he portrayed the blessing to bo be enjoyed in entering in secret clo closets bets shutting the thedoor doors sand and pouring r in out our souls before god aghen when we pray let us pray with t that int spirit that tt gives ll 11 s life the spirit that fills peace in the h e hearts of the young people bishop ns further spoke of the benedith th derived in attending conferences to partake of the droppings of the sanctuary if iane we wish to be instructed in the things of god we must come and hear for ourselves then we get the spi of these ese instructions which will vill feed feet the soul the speaker referred to iha indifference of the gen tiles int not receiving i n the gos manifested mani feste in in the fact gathering only one of a family and two of a spity city heal go so gave some very wise counsel which ghou should hibe be beard heard to bo be fully appreciated which was listened to bt by an ip appreciative precia tive audience and C closed ased by invoking a blessing upon israel anthem by the choir and benediction by bishop W farley |