Show SU SUNDAY iday dec 13 1884 0 president middleton Middle too called thi the ine meeting eting to order when the usual biaua open opening irig str services vices were e gone through and prayer was offered ered by bish bisbon 0 window farr the thet sacrament Sa cramen of the lords supper waa was then ad ministered after which the meeting by THOMAS TUOMAS DOXEY abo said it had fallen to bia his lot tc to weak fiew afternoon but he be had no particular subject to talk about we were living in times fraught with great events and we had been called as la li to take part in the great drama of life and what part we had taken was vas best known to ourselves we had left the lands of our nati nativity vii y nut and I 1 cas cast t our lot with the people keople of god go d and we wo had come new hera not to 1 be e drones but to be active in the things pertaining to the buildt building up of the tile King kingdom dorA of god if we were really actave in the I 1 work ork of the lord we were ture sure to find a blessing bleesing we havo have fot got to pass through a of experience peri ence in this church and ihn was necessary before we could take hold of the great position which we arc are destined to occupy i the speaker exhorted the brethren to continue faithful in in the good work which god gild had commenced ifo ile urged upon the saints generally to look well to the ismall duties oi of life ae as these were the main thin things which affected them thew wind t the he great events which were about to such as the tile coelln coming of christ and the destra destruction c 0 ot the wicked never mind these they will all come along in the duo due time of the lord it was wits the little duties that affected the latter day saints give attention IQ ta them magn magnify I 1 if y your calling and land everything t I 1 ling aou would tur d work r k right and leave t the great events in the hands of god elden THOMAS J testified to the work of the lord the more he lie studied the principles if re of life and salvation the more ho he was satisfied with them 1 he je knew that the counsel given by elder doxey waa was true and of the right kind lie ile knew that to be active in ill the work of the lord was where I 1 there was the lacast danger sanne of iiii friends who had donea lone a great deal of work in this church and anti realized that their father in heaven was well pleased with them became car careless elem and soon lost the spirit of the lord this was a leason to us u for while the spirit odthe of the lord was with us we felt that we 1 I 1 wanted to be doing something g i for 0 r the great work the reason wl why ay iy we left our native lands was to obtain more blessings to learn the ways of the lord more perle perfectly Y which could not be acqua acqui acquired ri while bi 1 we remained in the nations of the earth I 1 c F anuiL vroN 1 said bro doxcy doxey had remarked 4 that the work we were engaged in was a school and he lie had bad been reflecting eting whether we had bad been good students whether we were following out those things which we learn in school we find that those who go to school for that pur purpose ose generally become good scholars scholars and the people look to those to become I 1 their leaders they arc are sou sought ait alter alu to bocc occupy u p jbf positions asi t 1 0 n s 0 of f a alibel high and re responsible quoin si c 1 i a r ac te r to become members of councils leeila ture sand even to go to Con congress greEs to assist in enacting laws for the general good on the contrary those who will not learn who will noi not attend and submit to the rules of the school but absent themselves become I 1 useless in in society and have to endure hard bard labor as its they have not acquired sufficient knowledge to even good mechanics the time has been when farmers thought it was not po possible to learn farming from books but that was now done any awny with they now study chemistry and so become good farmers the speaker then made the application of these remarks to 00 kingdom of god as when we e bc be come members of that kingdom we study the principles af ofalie tile church the organization of the priesthood and all the duties of life in connect tion therewith while we arc are in this school it is necessary that ne ise obey the tile school schoolmaster waster those for that are over ua us in ill the goabel and that we learn our lea la sons eons well and then when we fiego go into society we can benefit those with whom we wo anocia te breet middleton waa nm pleased to know that our young elders elden were pr preparing ng in the stud study y of languages ua es fur for missi missionary nary work BO tho when sen the they entered entered the field to which they were appointed they could go to work ut tit once and benefit thode to whom they were cent sent he urged the people to study the revelations Keve lations that had been riven given to the tile church in the book of doctrine and anti there was ever every thin ofin of in these revelations revel which napolen if studied as they ought to be 11 would tend to make us healthy wealthy and wise aud having baving thu thus studied them we ought to be condi teut nut and af pf practise them the speaker here intimated that ww ly ni n i conversant con venant witha with 4 when some years ago abou a brother the church was in the habit fas fat t as the revelations were given to tho the saint saints s of teaching them to his children and as these children 1 grew up lip and were married n they in in like wa manner tiner followed the custom in making their offie pring acquainted lye quain a iu led ted with the tile grand principles there r unfolded kulil they at tit length became as household words to succeeding generations in speaking of consistency the speaker condemned llie tile practice of men who eldera elders holding the holy priesthood Priest bood aud addicted to I 1 liquor or while under the influence of t the same standing manding in the elrett and ad in saloon saloons and in loud tonea tones diar declaring g joint they would do d 0 for ti this is wark thia this scemer d ve very inconsistent to him he lie had lind riet learned trued while in this school to be bo obedient to tho rules and lawa laws of thai school and he lie trusted hat lint they who hold field high positions positions would be con consistent sistena in honoring I 1 ion rin their calling and thus become anotle noble patterns put terna to the nock flock the choir then sang an anthero anthem and bishop Alc pronounced th tho benediction |