The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-30
SUNDAY SERVICES.


PREsIDEET GEORGE @. CANNON ad.
dressed the congregation. He said il
% was the privilege OF the LalteF-day
10 Saints, when they assemble, to have
te the presence and inspiration of the
ID holy spirit, to bring those things to
le their attention which are suited 10
their circumstances. He never arose
to speak to 9 congregation without
feeling that he wanted 20 say some
o thing that would make ali Of his
u hearers feel that they we're benefited.
lie knew that this could only be done
through the power of Gods holy
spirit. Il could not be done BY man
without the Lord g aid. II is impossible
for q human being 70 comprehend
!. the spiritual wants Of bis fellow crea-
lures. It was the peculiar province
: .of God to administer to the wants OF
men. Some here might be suffering
l 10 spirit. might be yielding to tempta-
, ton and entering path which leads
. to destruction, some who needed the
) spirit of the Almighty, TO enable them
to throw OF their fears and avoid
destruction. There Was only one
being who sees into the hearts and
, penetrales the thoughts, comprehend
7 lag the feelings that prompt men to
} act, and that enc was God. 1t was
our privilege to receive from God |
: that food necessary to satisfy our |
r spiritual natures, and stop that hun
ger OF the heart. This constitutes the
Igreat difference between the Church |
OF Jesus Christ, and other churches.
10 other churches ministers prepare |
discourses which they deliver to their
bearers. They bring to bear their |
wisdom, and exhibit their learning,
and in that way they administer what
is called the gospel. The world would
not be satisfied if the gospel we're not
preached to it in that manner. 1t
had built colleges for educating men
to do that service. The world aieo
paid its preachers according to their
popularity. The Lord, in organizing
the Church of Christ, had adopted an
entirely different system, and the
world derides that system as non
sense. The idea Of selecting men to
teach who had never studied theology
in the universities, was Iidiculed in
the world. But God wasdetermined
to acquire glory to himself. and that I
man should not glory in bis fellow Z
man; therefore he called mentogo forth {
putting their trust in him, and call {
upon their fellow men 70 repent of I
their sins and believe in God when he [
would confer upon them the Holy t
Ghost. He told his servants that he {
would constantly be with them; and I
tor the first time in many centuries,
men went forth called as was Aaron.
They we're not learned, nor were they
trained in the skill of man, but they =
bad the word OF God, as it lad been
revealed to them, in simplicity.
They declared it to the world, not
always dramatically, not always gov
erned by the rules of elocutiou, but it
was the truth in simple form, and
carried with it conviction to the
hearts OF men. The world had been .
taught, reproved and warned accord
ing to the circumstances which sur u
rounded them. There had also been
this peculiarly attending the preach
ing OF the gospel-the elders had not
failed TO reach the hearts Ct the O
people, and 70 gather out from The 8
various communities some souls who
had rejoiced in tbs truth, and the
promise OF eternal life. The truths
hal strangely familiar sound 10 the
honest. There was a sweetness about
tbs testimony, an sttrsctiveness 5
which they could MT resist. The t
voice was that of the true shepherd,
and il was recognized as soon sc it /,
was heard, Thousands had been try {
ing to find the old Lsth which the b
Savior and apostles trod; they had I
prayed for it night and day. There 7
seemed to have been q preparatory !
spir t preceding the establishment |
OF the gospel. There was an inquiry :
throughout Christendom, and 9 feel
ing OF dissatisfaction with the teach [
ings OF the ministers OF the day. The {
elders found in almost every state r
and county in the United States, in I
Canada, and in the old world, a peo- /
pie anxiuusly praying for their arri- {
val, without knowing why they :
prayed. These people when they I
heard the voice. felt that il was the
voice of the true shepherd. They
only feared that it was too good to be
true, that they could live to see the
fulfllment OF their expectations. This
was Ihs almost universal feeling OF
she people, who from one end OF the
territory to the other, will to-day bear
testimony to the fact. The elders
had gone forth accompanied by the
power OF God. No power of man
could have done what has been &C
complished. The spirit o. God shec-
ted what man could not have done.
! II had filled the hearts OF the people
with the truth, and caused them to
| leave homes, friends and relatives
and come to tbs place which God
bad designated as the place OF gather
ing of those who believed in him. As
soon as one embraced the gospel, the
spirit impelled him to want 10 come
TO Zion. The love of home and kin
ldred and associations all faded IN
view OF the great commsnd which
God has given for them to gather out
of Babylon. The Latter day Saints
had been hocking from various lands
from the beginning, feeling that there
vas no place for them away from the
body of the church. They were not
lconteuted anywhere until they
/ reached Zion. The love of home, OF
kindred and OF country was dwarfed |
by the greater love for God, and his
doctrines. The saints leave fathers,
] mothers, brothers, sisters and life
J long friends, and come to q strange
8 land, where they have warmer love
1 for their iellow-believers In Christ
/. The gospel begeIs love for brethren.
love greater than the love OF
II kindred, or the love of woman, or the
: love of wealth, greater than any other
u love. Ii VA, the love OF God. None
l. of the results that had heen brought
about by the gospel could be claimed
by any man. All was due 10 God, to
whom alone should the glory and
/, praise be given. Men were his
e agents, but God overruled and con.
e lro!led all things for the glorifcation
% of bis name. It would make no
- difference il any man or number OF
- men should withdraw from the
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