Show CHURCH SERVICES rov jeffreys sermon shipwreck bishop leonard at the episcopal services at and Tabor anacle largo congregations and eloquent characterized hie vicca at all the churches yesterday the favorable weather graciously smiled upon the day when tho hearts of men are un voluntarily litof towards the almighty and a large turnout and the peace of worship was the result Ke vOW luck preached upon the subject of tho heart at the dwelling place of god temples in all ages have been erected to represent the abiding place of god the finest most elaborate most expensive structures possible to rear leavo been considered but fitting tabernacles for the deity yet when all alio and skill and all ingenuity of man has been exhausted lie structure ie crude and imperfect in comparison with the organism of man whose body god intended for his own temple how important then eliat we make our hearts fit abiding place for the spirit of god the sermon was beautiful in thought and suggestive to hearers of their duty in the mutter of living near to the god who abides in every heart it was in line with the soulful practical sermons eliat mr luck prea clies and that make alio path of christian duty plain AT THE 1 whatever alie weather and without need of special attraction the mormon tabernacle is always well attended at the 2 sunday orvices cr vices yesterday was no exception and the largo congregation gre gation listened attentively to a discourse by elder charles welch the speaker earnestly expounded the gospel as interpreted hy the church 0 jesus christ of latter day saint making all clear regarding alio rites of hap tim and marriage and ably justified alie belief of the saints in alio ruling of prophets in latter days elder welch exhorted his hearers to study alio scriptures in proper spirit and leaving found the light of the coipel to walk therein kielion leonard of salt lake occupied alie pulpit at alie episcopal church last owning and took for ills subject conic to me all ye that labor and are laden and 1 will give you rest alie verinon elicited ane following thoughts that clorist docs not invite any one with a particular invitation but bays all may come man writes liis lifes lii story by the deeds of avery day life how much does lie regret if there is A blot upon alie page lie who breaks the law in one particular offends in all our characters should not bo marred a single blot sin is an enormous thine in it we offend the majesty of hiah heaven men think it is a terrible thing to break alio law of alio land but look epou breaking the law of god as a light matter there is an escape from sin that et accepting the word of clorist in the text come to me all yo that labor and are heavy laden and I 1 will giro you rest religion Ee ligion is the plainest and most commonsense common sense thing that can be conceived we can accept it or reject it as we will is no compulsion it lies within our jovn lower and wo alone are responsible for our action now at tilis season of lent let ua read again the words of christ to come unto him and receive alie rosy burden and light which he offers METHODIST tin dis roure at alio methodist last evening was a continuation of alie sermon of the previous sunday evening leaving tor its tl e great shipwreck when the icv jeffrey took for his text the loth arso of the first chapter of apostle pauls fiant epistle to timothy 1 I folding faith and a good which some have put aft ay concerning feitli have wreck the reverend gentleman stated eliat when lie got into tills subject it grew so atiat lie was unable to do austice to it in one evening hence would conclude in alie topic last evening he referred especially to the sinking of alio magni alicent ship victoria and to alie disaster which befell alio good chip elbe and from these unfortunate occurrences drew logical conclusions and made applications to the good ship faith stating that ho would trace glicr career from alie laying 01 the keel until she went down or on the other hand until elio arrived at a distant port took liis audience through a shipyard detailed the building ot alio shin the care that is exercised in all departments of alio work 5 then traced alie construction of the ship faith whose keel is laid in alie home and family circle and the care that is be stowed in alie construction of this vessel tho speaker delineated in beautiful forcible language and will great attention to detail alio laun cliine of a great ship together with the ceremonies attendant thereto related liis personal impression at alie launching of a great chip which lie viewed in boston harbor quoted beautiful poem on the launching of the ship she starts she ehe brems to eel the thrill of life along glicr 1 traced her career in service as a passenger vessel for many tripe until at last there comes a day alien the captain and crew flushed with the success of voyages made without accident become careless and in an evil hour forsake their posts of duty tor the pleasure of the cabin the ship strikes on a rock and ettli her freight of humanity and wealth goes to the bottom the pastor then proceeded to make direct application of his theme to alie chip ot faith admonishing ills hearers eliat some of them would wake up on the judgment day and would be told eliat they biad failed in their duty when on alio stormy eca of life and instead of anchoring irately in tho harlair harl Kir they dragged others down to destruction and then tracing alie life of the christain in his work under favorable the speaker concluded by hearers to guard against derelicts to follow alio precepts laid down by christain parents and see to it aliat they are ort the way to peace and quiet and closed with expressed regrets that lie had not time in which to do prolific a subject full justice |