The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-11
TABERNACLE SERVICES.

tCuuUdy were Op6H6u W tAS S'i''-'
singing the hymn beginning:
Ye Gentle nations, cease your strife, etc
Prayer by Bishop E. D. WoOlley.
Choir:
Ye children of our God, etc.
ELDER HENRY W. NAIsBmT ad-
dressed tee congregation, remarking
that the Sabbath, which was instituted
by divine appointment, and bad
been handed down from the begin
ming, was Tot merely intended as a
dag OF rest-a time for the cessation
of secular labors; but was intended al
q time for cultivat ng snd improving
the mind in certain things of a
spiritual or religious nature. In the
human mind there was disposition
to worship, to do homage 10 some
thing higher than man. fhis is the
foundation upon which all religious
organizations stand. There was 8
time-Wn2teVer may be the ideas of
to-day-Rhen there vac special care
and provision for the development
and culture of the religious senti-
meu.s of the human mind. This wss
SO IN the days of Jesus aud his in
mediGts predecessors. TIE syttsm
for educating this higher sentiment
Ras the gospel, called the gospel of
God, or the gospel of Jesus Christ, the
Savior. Here In the mountains Whs
q people who believed In Jesus, who
believed he %aV divine leader who
came upon the earth for u purpose.
They revere him. In ali nations
there we're great and illustrious men,
whose memories are respected and
honored. The saints, when they
meet together, and parGake Of the
sacrament, do 90 in memory of Jesus
Christ. Ia ancient times there was
church organized by Jesus Christ.
There are those who ssy he organ
lied no church, established no creed;
but there was al organization, which
was called the church OF God. The
membsrs Of it were called Christians.
No mater how or when the name OF
Christ was given, il implied feslty to
Christ. There were many religions
to-day, ell having their systems, but
the speaker asked IL they were simply
to perpeiuate the doctrines of their
founders, or did they sup
plsment, aud follow up the principles
and systems of Jesus Christ? In the
latter case, they we're divine, In their
origin, and in their purposes, but if
hey simply Instructed 10 tne rules
aid down By man, they were not
Irvine in their origin, and not to be
Jbeyed in their commands and doc
Tines by the human family. Ether |
.aey we're divine or they were not
lIvine. II they were divine they !
would have the ancient order, rules, |
ties and ceremonies. The Latter dsy |
Saints assumed that the religions OF |
he world were established by men,
while their religion was given by GOD, |
md that it was the only system by |
7hieh man could be saved TIE |
ants had received tho gospel, net |
on man; it did not originate in the |
.ounsels Of the church, nor il the
eisdom Of the leaders. 1t was Of |
i.y:ne origin, and given through the !
Iiviue representative OF God upon the |
.aIth, Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith
nay have been dsspised, abused and |
ejected by thousands By reason OF |
be gospel, but that did not make it /
al=e.- If it did, the same might be
aid Of Jesus and bis gospel in the
meridian OF time. He was charged
With all maunsr of deception, sub
eCted to matreatmGnt, whipped and /
couTgtd; but those things did not /
)rove that the gospel that he taught
Fss false. No one could deny that
he church to-day was not q fac
imile IN all things .! the ancient
hurch. Ii was the same in eYery
especi, and was not thst fact a good
eason for asking how it obtained its
Il has all the forms
hat Jesus established, and the came
esults followed it chat followed the |
yttem prscticed by the ancient
Christians. The saints had accepted !
he sncient gospel in its entirety. and
had brought together thousands
rom other countries and churches,
Who had came here TO receive the
,e1ef,s OF the G0d-given institution
i system. These people can give an
intelligent reason for their belief
-he gospel carries with it convincing |
roof OF its divinity, the power to |
eDonstrate lite truth; but in order TO .
ro7e it one must accept the gospel |
Id ITS doctrines in their entirety sad /
must believe in then. Having re-
ei7ed the gospel and pct it in |
ralt;ce, one would know that il was
3od givsn and not instituted and |
rganiz5d by men.
at the close of Elder NAisbitl's |
iscouree. which occupied something |
yer an boar 10 delivery, tae choir |
a0g an anthem, and Elder G. ". !
'eurose pronounced q benediction.