Show JT lii iff T r sept 2 1885 affif tabernacle yesterday with prayer by eidet J the by ELDER WILLIAM f who sai jilt had beba a t 0 himat times respond toj calls mado on him he has neer tired of the gospel th at the truth will stand through all ages it is evident that we are all actuated by the same spirit and wo ha as under its influenced 7 we areli a day when man has presumed to measure arms with his A laker consequently aliis dispensation is far different from any other preceding nenod jesus came to earth and took himself mortality durins ans bought continually arid finally be was cruci fled he his death a number of men and cave them authority to preach the gospel and they went forth as of the coming of the son of man had been foretold by the ancient prophets but still when ho came he was not his own The same cause will produce anae effect in all ages of the world and con evently we may expect to see tho aime condition of things in existence in this day the gospel has been restored through the prophet joseph and the work it amon e all nations has commenced thousands of the honest in heart have been gathered here are we not highly blessed in being permitted toive herein this dispensation we are and we should aland up and fill our mission bravely and fearlessly it has been predicted that spiritual darkness shall cover ahe earth and what is the cause because they have broken the eyer lasting covenant and have instituted laws and ordinances of their own making the work performed by the elders of israel bo a testimony unto u a of the truthfulness of the message they bear they have gone forth without purse and scrip and have preached the gospel they were not blessed in many cases with college educations but have re the Bpi god tokiye tog iYe them utterance we who eliav e listened to their headlines lead lines and have obeyed some of aba commandments of god are now looking forward to the second wining of the son of man in power and in glory we have been told there was a time coming when the latter day saints would be tried to the core the beeaker knows the time is biear at hand when we will be tried as eold is tried and purified we should seek to keep ourselves spotless and become as a light upon a hill the funeral sermon of mormonism has been preached on numerous occasions but yet today to day we commando the atten lion world god will boi Wilh us and will fight our battles if we will only remain steadfast and true we cannot afford to sell our birthright for a mess of pottage we must hold to our principles and show ourselves true servants of god i had i been pleased t with the reinaria rei narka 1 of the pr eklous speaker question we should all consider are we living as closely to our god as we should do e have covenanted that we have repented olour elna according to abe apostle true repentance consists in ceasing to do that which is evil and doing that which is good in fact a repentance which needs be repented of cje are alF weak but are we to meet our god have we kept ourselves tedor have wo par taken to a great extent of the evil in es if we have given way to the we ak nesses of the llesh we must reform and bring ourselves within the requirements of the almighty we mut of course expect abe adversary to use every effort to turn ua from our purpose aa toon as we determine to keep the commands of god and work righteousness we must do our duties and obey the commands of god if we wish to see ahns t ai his comina aud ihen obtain alie blessings promised by god to his faithful servants the choir sang anthem with excellent effect and the benediction was pronounced by elder J W P volker |