Show j iw 7 tabernacle NACLE SERVICES it ir jr iii II i 1 addresses af I 1 il deri af i A AW st the congre congregation aaion iu in the taber nacio on sunday was called to order by president CV middleton the choir eang sang tho the hymn glorious things are eung sung of zion the opening prayer was offered by elder barnard white the choir sang a the hymn commencing ill praise my maker while ive breath and the sacrament anc of the lords supper was administered administer eil by officers of the fourth ward ELDER Z addressed the congregation the latter day sainte saints have gathered to 1 gether in fulfilment fulfillment of a prophecy uttered several hundred years tears ago when the gosp gospel ea found the individual members of the church they were scattered in various land lands and they bad had been brought up among various traditions the speaker thought that many of the youth of zion do not realize how greatly the latter day saints are blessed above other inhabitants of the earth the ancient prophets understood the work which god would accomplish in these days many of them hoped to eee see the 9 great reat work V ork of god but they died without the sight we however know that in our day god baa has spoken from tho the heavens therefore these fore we are greatly blessed god has required ue us to serve him with all our might mind and strela strength gab and love our brother as our self wa we probably do not perform all that is is required of ui us still we have not been asked to isake make so great a sacrifice as a tho the yeung young man who asked christ what he should do to bo be saved was he waa was required to sell all bad and give unto the po p we have not yet been tried to this extent it is true that the saints sacrifice their homes when they leave their native lands aud and come to zion but god bag has prospered them here in their prosperity however forgotten god this is a common trait of humanity when all is well and our surroundings are pleasant and prosperity attends our undertakings we are apt to disremember jehova jehovah while in time times of affliction and per se cution we are arc humble and acknowledge the batia of god in all things the lord has revealed unto us many commandments and some of them have been tb obeyed eyed one great thing we should strive to overcome we should be careful that no division exists among us we must be united in all things in the world wo we find class distinct distinctions iOnI the wealthy man will turn from an application for alms from a poorer brother with scorn while be he the rich man revels in luxury this condition of thing alaf exist exists to to too great rent an extent among the saints if if we were more united in temporal matters than ive we are wo we would have greater strength still persecution must coletor come for gode servants have bortold it the speaker desired that the lord would help us to become united and to 6 keep his coa commandments mand ments ailder ELDER JOB JOS A WEST rejoiced in the gospel of jesus christ to him there is nothing so I 1 valuable in life as hil his knowledge of the truth of tho the gospel he realizes that in some respects the path of the latter day saints is a thorny one and he be ie is therefore solicitous at times as to hie his own ability to walk in that path in every age ad efthem world the saints of god have suffered from the enmity of mankind many matiy of them haye have suffered nobly and have fought the good fight wealth brings minos case ease and I 1 luxury uku ry and case ease and luxury brings vice vice these evil evils have preceded eded the fall of nearly every nation that has fallen this principle ia is just as true in its application to tho the latter day saints as in its application to the world surround the sainte saints with every luxury and it is highly probable that they will forget forge t those which draw them nearer to god godi the experience of the past shows that as man s surrounding surroundings become more luxurious bis his conception of and reverence to god d decrease e a in a L corresponding correspond in g degree class distinctions abo should uld not bo be recognized among the latter day saints A man who is jiving fully i up to the principles of truth will not recognize them they are ano t hor evil result of we wealth iab and it seems that now the day has come when a sifting must occur and those who are not willing to place their all upon the altar alter must be cast out itis necessary that by the power of the priesthood which we have received that we maintain in 1 the pie wo we have espouse e i 1 he the onslaught of the energy enemy N what will be tho the consequences of ketus the law of god what liae has been een the consequence conee quence in tho the past the prophet daniel was a loyal joyal and honest citizen and WAS full of fidelity to country yet ho he was the subject of an oppressive law a law that interfered with his rever reverence enci he preferred however to tto keep the law of god and history says that D daniels aniels god did not forsake him and rendered to him in bis his hour of deepest trial we find ve very U few today to day who aro willing to sacrifice any principle of their faith A on n the other band hand under adverse circuns circumstances the faith of the latter day saints has been strengthened and they have become more mors united we cannot repudiate the principles inci of our god given give 4 WE faith M if daniel had promised tu to obey the law be probably would have been permitted to po go free but would be he not thea them have merited the condemnation of god As servility servant ilits of god we cannot afford to compromise one principle we are hi his children and it is ho ile who ie Is hold ing a controversy with tho the nations not us many of those who are as with thir work have given frequent exhibitions of their loyalty and patriotism to country yet they recognize that god has a prior right to their adherence I 1 evil designing men desire that the latter day dav saints shall compromise 0 om ise their allegiance to god bevy they desire that the young people of tho the saints of god shall be become come like them steeped in wickedness of the blackest hue the cry of morality is raised but the crusade ii is against god and sod hie his people let us not for forget however that we arc are on the side of right the speaker prayed that god would en able all to preserve their integrity in in the tile cause of truth the choir ren rendered dired an anthem and the benediction was pronounced by elder A C brown |