Show tabernacle SERVICES I 1 SUNDAY aug 24 1884 11 am the congregation was called to order by president 0 F middleton and the choir sang gHow san how beautie ous ure are their feet prayer was offered ed by elder it M burch and the choir eang sang should you feel inclined to censure tho the sacrament N was as administered elden D 11 addressed the congregation realizing that it was a d hard task fo for r I 1 him ain to add address ressa a congregation of bain saints q t s jt it was several months since he lie ba had met with the saints 1 haying traveled thousand of miles t to 0 the east enjoying himself much id iii his journey y Rez regarding ardina reli religious ious lopick t q people co were very reticent thousands have lost tho the faith their fathers had bad and are wandering far from the path of god in strange contrast with former furmer doings when no man was consi considered derea worthy to hold a political office unless he lie believed in the bible the speaker could not do himself justice io day without referring to the air atrocious ocious mur dera ders committed two weeks ago in iii tennessee a state that was formerly great and bad had produced three thred presidents of th united stales why was this crime coin committed bitted firno fr no other reason than that the arguments of the elders preaching the bible gospel bearing the everlasting truth to the world could not be biz met ino in any other way by y the wic wicked 1 ked W men on who did tho the terrible deed in the speakers experience no one outside of tho the latter day saints could answer satisfactorily the question What shall ball we do to be sa savel vei our mis missionaries sion i aries an all ewer this plain question and it ecta the world against them for this reason among others our brethren were cruelly but their blood will be the growth of the churchard Church aud their names will be honored among the saints forever as of men ohof were willi willing tig to lay lav down their lives for thesa kc of ake the truth of the go gospel apel of christ APOSTLE FRANKLIN D niC HARrS addressed the congregation this is a day dai of mourning but the to hope we have of the future is ii tb tho b baan tn that heals our and buoys us kip ip to battle with the powers of evil the hope that we shall meet in a better home shining with the light of god strengthens us for the battles of life and nd the knowledge of the gospel which we cosce should maka us tie live lives of purity before god that we be not ed from the favor ot the lord our mission ia is to do good to the cot comfort 1 those who mourn and lind ask all tho e bleA blessings gnp of god upon the sick in all our trials we e should never let ourselves purs elyes go outside of the desire of god to his decrees de creca saying father thy will be done doie there are things which are better than life to die did in the favor of god is better than to live in his disfavor they who lose their lives for the gospe 5 sake shall gain in the world to come life everlasting our mai mar byred only those whom we benow now mostly rein remember awber bu but t all who have lost their lives for tho the gospels sake have gained for themselves crowns of eternal glo glory w which 11 i c 1 1 we wo might inight envy let us who w rf 10 1 are permitted to enjoy the com comfort forfi of life remember so to conduct our live lim that no man shall rise and conde condemn ninus us for our coldhearted cold hearted ness upon the tile earth but so that god m may a yau aay whatsoever ye have done dona to one of these that have ye alsol als odone dode to me enter into my ily r rest es t a and nd receive my I 1 blessings that the spirit of peace might di us aright to the end was the speakers desire def cire i the thor choir sang an rint anthem bern and the meeting was adjourned ad burned till 2 p in prayer hy by bisop bishop E stratford |