Show at n THE tabernacle 6 KM key A 1 J bailey preaches a congregational sermon TO 10 A 1 URGE LIEGE MD AID MICE ne he choie chose for bis his text the feast of rent least aal aul the th reception of the holy by the apostles rev A J bailey preached sunday afternoon in the ogden tabernacle to a large audience occasion was auspin auspicious c ious from the fact that this is the fi first r at time in the history of ogden that tb at a of any other faith than that of the people who built the house has spoken to a mormon audience at the regular afternoon ear vices vice 8 after the usual opening ceredon nies singing and prayer and the administration of the sacrament b by the priesthood of the fifth I fifth ward wary apostle F 1 D richards introduced sir mr bailey in a lew few earnest words mr bailey on taking the pulpit eaid said in substance I 1 wish to eay say to this audience that many thanks are due president shurtliff and his counsellors coun for the th a courtesy by which I 1 stand before you this afternoon and to apostle richards for the kind introduction be baa has given me I 1 will speak to you as to my own cople people I 1 have planned for an ad address r a 89 such as I 1 would deliver on a similar occasion I 1 will take tor for my text tax acts 1 18 8 but ye shall receive power after that the holy ghost is come upon you and ye e shall be witnesses unto me both T in jerusalem and in all judea judes and in samana samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth this was a divine promise such buch as gave to them hope and inspired them with the surety and confidence which has been felt by the people of god in all ages and in all places this was the promise of christ recorded as the parting words to his ilia disciples it was after his ilia crucifixion after lie he had bad been on the cross after be he had been bee n in the grave after he ile bad had broken th the e bands of death he ile came back to give unto them the power of reeser and the hope of eternal life this was but a renewal of former promises pron in conversation with his ilia dt sciples he had said that when he ile went away he ile would send them another comforter that should abide with them forever even the spirit of truth this is the same as the holy ghost he ile had also bald said 10 lo I 1 am with you even unto the end of the world by this he ile meant that the comforter or the holy ghost should be with them and through its communion he ile would be with tham at that time his ilia work was finished the atonement was completed complete dHo ile had been elain slain as the great sacrifice for ein sin he ile eald said while on the cross it is finished and from the interprets ot of the subsequent history of christ and the labors of his ills disciples we learn that all that was necessary for the redemption of malind bad been completed he ile said he was the lamb slain from before the foundation of the world and the lord himself declared this is to my beloved son in whom I 1 am well pleased there remained a no other sacrifice for sin the th 6 redemption was complete all th that t was necessary for every man was to come to god through the assurance of faith all power needed for hie his disciples through all ages had been given to him and he ile bad had power to give it to others before this time holy men of old a sk as they were moved by the holy ghost they were divinely led in the government and the organization of the people he came here to let us know of the father and accept him the forces for aggressive work had at once to be organized with the completion of christs work a change took place the shedding of blood and the sacrifice of beasts was done away with until that time the priest had been the mediator between man and god he attended to the offerings go and the lings lingo going bat but once a year into the holiest hollest of holies when christs work was finished the veil was rent in twain to show that these sacrifices were no longer needed every man could approach app roa ch the mercy seat himself and be bis his own mediator there was no one between to carry the message of the repentant einner to god under the new now dispensation the forces were to organized under the leadership of the hot holy y spirit we find that they were so led after the ascension of the savior separate me barnabas Barna baa and baal saul for the work whereunto where anto I 1 have called them said as ld the lord to the apostles through the spirit again the apostle declares for it seemed good to the 1101 holy Y ghost and to ua us throughout the subsequent history we find athla power felt yoa you may ask what is meant by the holy spirit I 1 cannot describe it inform in form or quantity or quality we eay say of god the father the son and the holy ghost we speak of a trinity we cannot attempt to explain why these three personages should be one but we believe thia this to belong to the mathematics ot of heaven and which we will understand borne 0 a time the holy ghost is the third person of this trinity aa As the other two it ia Is a personage in enaa enoe its presence ia Is euch such a power as one feels when in the company of a good man of strong will when we read the works of great men we feel it by our rea reason nd by its it effect and application we read of the great heroes of the nations on the fi field 6 id of marathon miltiades Milt lades said follow me and the victory was won and the civilization of the greek nation was saved at the battle of waterloo the iron duke thrice sent word to the wavering ranks tell them to stand firm and they stood and saved the civilization civilization of that time in oar our own time there is a place where we must stand firm and BO so all along the line in the ele the holy ghost is i the leader of the great forces marshaled against I 1 sin and prompts the work not by audible voice but by the thought admonishing the soldiers to stand firm and they stand we do not know all the operations of the spirit but we know some of them if it you ask me how to secure the power of the spirit I 1 would say bay open your heart in prayer comi commune laune with god on your knees in perfect amu assurance ance of thour the truth of uis his word and he ile will lend lead an ear and anew answer er your petition this is to not fiction but bat a acta divine power lending strength to the work I 1 do not say that the world can understand this but we can feeland feel and know the power as it moves Us a and lad can comprehend it though we may 7 not be able to explain it we mw know it not by any signs or tricks or plans laus borne some resort to this method wey they pray to god to learn their duty and how to be guided and after having baving thus expressed their desire t they h i enthat aek that as they open the bible t they hy 7 shall hall by chance tarn tun it on a passage that will serve as an answer to their rayer no doubt their prayer ia is crayer card at times but you can never depend on it in that way there la is too much a matter of chance in each such a way and the lord ia is not always on your thoughts god leads ua us in his ilia own way and in the right to those who trust him As A god unfolds the truth vuth and we bee see it today to day and tomorrow BO so we know day by day ol 01 the divine plan and will not all that we would perhaps know I 1 but some of it in ills his own way he aids aide us to bear our burdens ue ile does not always perform miracles to show us II 11 is aid only once do we read of the empty barrel being filled with meal and the empty bottle with oil when jacob was wes at starving arving in his land he did not ask god for bread but hearing bearing that there was corn in egypt be he cent sent his sons there and trusted in god to send them back in aa safety fety and with food we can see what he could not see bee at that lime time the divine plan of placing the children of israel in a school for the purpose of showing them his ilia might in bringing them out of bondage sometimes god leads good men bythe by the strength of their convictions he guides them step by stop in infancy and then lights a lamp to their feet by ilia his holy word whereby they themselves can see the step they ought to take in their lives the word of god is a light to our path and ala a lamp MP to our feet but I 1 let at us return to the process of organization before christ left his ills disciples he ile told them bat but tarry ye in jerusalem until ye yo be endued ensued with power from on high that donld be until the holy ghost descended and gave them divine power for the work he ile said the kingdom was not of this world he ile proposed to conquer tho the world with his love and sent ills disciples out to preach the gospel of peace in compliance with his ills command the apostles tarried at jerusalem until the time of pentecost this was the greatest jewish feast and the people gathered from all parti parts odthe of the country to jerusalem the jews did not then have their own government but were governed by the romans they were a strong and a turbulent people eople and the romans feared outbreaks breake at this feast they were always afraid that the jews when gathered together in strong bodies would talk of their wrongs and finally rise to throw off the roman yoke the apostles were gathered in the temple when suddenly ily there appeared un unto to the populace cloven tongues as of fire and it sat oat upon each of them they were endued ensued with power and peter who just before that time denied the knowledge of his master mister because of fear arose and with power and converted people to the he belief that they had actually crucified and slain the boa son of god they cried ried 0 out ut what shall we do to be saved 11 peter arose in their midst and nd eaid laid repent ye and be converted d and nd believe on the lord jesua jesus chmidt and ye shall be saved and accepted the word it was a most memorable day and forms one of the brightest pages of history yet pilate was not alarmed at this demonstration he ile bad had heard the savior declare that this ki egdom wa was s not of the world and be he rested on that assurance by following peter and the apostles there was no fear of an uprising and an attempt to throw off the government of theroman the roman empire many difficulties and troubles arose after this day the apostles apost lea learned day by day the ahe necessity of divine guidance almost at the beginning there were all kinds of and counterfeits of religion all were set against the new now way only the strong confidence in god gave strength at that time only god can hold us as steady when we hear 10 lo there and 10 ilo lo here is christ the world will look at the people in order to tell which is the church of jesus christ inthey if they find those who are pious and true and upright they say that ia Is the religion we want if the people is found to be treacherous and false they will say that they will have nothing to do with the religion that does not make of them better men and women we find it such in this city what do we know of buddhism or of the d doctrines OC of islam except BO so far as we have the history of the people who have espoused those faiths we love the light from heaven better than that from asia because it works better batter it is eaid said that if it you think of buddha you will be like him so a christian may s eay I 1 if y you 0 a think of christ you will wil I 1 ale be lik like e him we want the power that not riot only helps in this world but carries us safely to the gates of pearl and the streets of gold it if we follow the divine power wa we will reach a divine end we do not know the tricks from the mysteries of darkness I 1 am told that there are men who claim that by a certain mysterious incantation they can bring messages from the dead that they had messages from george washington messages that were mis george washington could apell 11 once it be he ia is going backward where he lie is and is not aware of the needs ot of the people ol 01 thia this land we can do without the messages from him I 1 do not accept such things unless they come with the evidence that they are from god and that a man may know by the divine power that is the power I 1 trust and lore love and it will eland a ard by me at the throne of god oar our religion ought to develop ua us round and fall develop all the good in man that our children may be taught gods ways and not stray from the truth this ia is the power that comes to us when our bearis hearts are cleansed from bin sin gods people today have ai an many man enemies as they ever did in eg early days they were P put u t t to 0 death but it only took the d divine ain power to make them strong to day there are snares laid for our feet and those of our children to turn us away from the truth it takes the divine power to escape these snares for they are besetting us along lifes path while satan is going about as a roaring lion seeking whom be may devour the future of utah depends on the fidelity of her people the morals of a community never rise above the churches or the religions of that community except in rare cases the religious people of this territory will be responsible for the morals existing in the denoner territory er t y we stand firm to bring it to purity parity and perfection and we need divine power whatsoever things are true whatsoever things are honest aba whatsoever things are just whatsoever t things hinge are pure puro whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever whatsoever things are of good r report we seek alter after these things therefore let us have our loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness and our feet shod oath righteousness righteous w with a preparation of the gospel of peace 11 it is a such an armor amor we need and a confident faith la in god finally we need this in the life to como come where we will be received into ilia presence rosaries where there is no sin BO no antomina abomination no shadow no pain no sorrow but all happiness lie ile who hath bath this hope puri fieth himself even as christ is pure let lt us as BO live that 0 I 1 we will feel at home when w we a ig net at there and be able to know our savior through long and sweet communion with him when we meet him there in all ilia glory john the revelator reve Kev elator ia 1 ar saw the new now jerusalem coming d down ont out of heaven it was a beautiful vision I 1 feel that be he saw the joye joys the happiness the glory of god G od BO so that it seemed to him as it if heaven had indeed descended unto earth I 1 wish to see for the tile people of utah the brightness of gods glory revealed as men walk in the E bun itin of righteousness those who trust god are the pure of heart and they stand firm for the truth leaving a golden pathway lined with every sweet virtue by and by the things of earth will pass away the clods of the valley will cover us but we sleep in the sweet anticipation of the dawn of the resurrection daniel says that some will awake to bhame shame and contempt but some to elory glory and happiness 0 may we so live that we may ba found found among the happy in the morning of redemption the choir sang the anthem 0 0 I 1 give thanks unto the lord and benediction ws was offered by br Bishop T J stevens |