Show tabernacle SERVICES elder joseph interesting address the congregation in the tabernacle on sunday was called to order by president ident C F middleton the choir eang sang hymn on the opening prayer was offered by 11 U the choir again aaen bang sang and aid the cm em beems 8 odthe of the last aupper supper were administered by officers of the third ward airry began a very interesting discourse b by y saying that be hi was pleased to have the ilia op opportunity ort unity of once more meet ine log wig the saint saints and addressing addre saing them on the thi principle of the be holy gospel which he had bad embraced about forty years ago themore the more he examined into its principle principles the more beauty be conid could see in it and the aleater necessity for man to do good to hie hia fellow man the apostle peter in his time taught the people to regard certain principles says sarahe be add to your faith virtue the speaker wae was w well aware that men might profess to have faith in the gospel but if they lacked virtue be was also well aware that it would profit them noth nothing ing itaman if a man ift 1 not truly virtuous no matter how faithful bo be maybe may be he will fall ahert short of his expectations in the kingdom Kiner tom of god aben a man becomes corrupt sn in his 1 morals his faith can profit him buttery but very little we have many examples of creat great men such for instance as darid david king of israel whom god got eaid said wae was a man aftel his own heart he ile was a man full fall of integrity thero there seemed nothing too mach for him to do for the kingdom of god but we find as soon as he ceased to be virtuous he be wae was rejected by the almighty hence the necessity of adding to faith virtue for without them we will not be able to accod what we expect but will be like david and ba be rejected as be he was rejected virtue is a principle which will bare have a tendency to lead men to god the Apor apostle itle did not stop br here but told them to add to their virtue knowledge it is highly necessary that he the L taints of god should add to their faith virtue and knowledge for we are told that man cannot be saved in the kingdom Kingi loin of god unless he has them it lc was said in a revelation overt 1 to joseph smith that in is the glory of god or in other words knowledge is the glory of god and knowledge ia Is power we are also told in the book of covenants that even joseph smith who possessed many more facilities than ordinary men for obtaining knowledge was required to seek knowledge from all good books that be he might come in possession cot not only of the laws of god but the laws of in men ea it is the duty of the latter day saints saint to study not only the scripture but history and sod science that they may obtain possession of these things for kny cledge is power norbid not apostle stop atop here says he lie again add to your knowledge patience patience is an important ingredient in these days and a vast amount of it is necessary the i speaker never knew the value of pa i tience until recently the tile savior aid said in lit pat patience lence possess your soule soul again add these th ese things to your faith falth adorn yo stir r faith falth with those glomba uit principles patience and temperance ie la there no necessity among the saints of god for temper anaf the man inan that imbibes intoxicating liquor io ii in tle the path which would lead ahn out of the kingdom of god many faithful men haye have been brought to premature graves grara by this habit the apostle was very en emphatic 12 alle upon the thee te principle principles I 1 in a his d day Y they are principles which if we could live up to them would bring the millennium right here with ue us and the millennium will never come until ke we adopt and practice them for uron unon thein our salvation is predicated by way of the speaker said the more he be examined into the gospel the more glorious it appeared to him we are in the bands hands of bod and if it we would live up to his requirements quire ments he ile would blees bless us and we would be enabled to build up zion zion is the pure in heart and if we 11 are re pure in heart we vie will be pure in action these are the principles joseph joeeph smith sought to establish three these are principles that brigham young and john ta 0 aed sed their whole energies to sustain su and we will w ill never see the deliverance delivers bce of this peo pie until we adopt thes principles and live up to them the tilt ja was fur for the kingdom of goan nd d the grea greatest tesi desire of hie his heart was t to r remain 0 f faithful and steadfast t to ibe a end and prayed god that he be to t pother gether with all goda Gods children child ren might remain faithful to ape the end of their days the meeting wae was then then addressed addre sied fur a short lime by bishop whittier of morgan who pleasure asure at meeting with the saints in this stake and anti indorsed the remarks of brother parry taft speaker said that one of th oldest commands that we have Is that which requires us to assemble together on the sabbath day to be taught in the principle principles of the gospel and be strengthened in our faith in regard to the principle of re pente pen tence nce he lie remarked that it was absolutely sol necessary in order to receive a forgiveness of fin and the gift of the holy ghost it was bis his pinion opinion that many persons entered the church for the purpose of gaining gainin z some particular end nd which they had in view to satisfy merely a present desire and to t this I 1 lit end received baptism without repenting of their sins and consequently never received the holy asa as a consequence I 1 have live soon fallen away after Aou touching ching briefly upon the necessity of properly instructing t the he young and alluding luning ai to the aid rendered in this direction abrou through 1 tb the medium of the sunday schools schools the s speaker eaker brought his remark remarks to a close the choir salig an anthem and benediction was by bishop rio |