The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-27
TABERNACLE SERVICES.

OSS~H az - y SloCAI Tue OuOi4 e4D6'h
the hymn opening
All you that love, etc.
Prayer by President II. S. Eldredge
Choir:
We here approach tiny table, Lord, etc
The congregation was addressed b
Apostle G. q. Rich, who asked
the prayers OF his bearer.
that be might talk for their benefit,
| as well as his own. He felt IL at the
Lord would answer prsyers, ii they
were Offered up to him with an eye
single to his glory. he felt that it
was great favor taat the people had
the privilege Of meeting together so
often for the purpose OF learning the
principles OF the Lords kingdom and
bearing instructions thai lead 10
salvation. The first duty and labor
OF q man was to seAk aftsr the king
dom Of 6OJ. The things of this
world were liable to pass away and
perish, but the things OF God were
everlasting. The saints had the
Bible from which to learn ofGod, but
they also bad :he Book of Mormon,
which had been revealed to them in
this generation by God, through
Joseph Smith. They also had the
Doctrine and Covenants, contsining
the commands and instructions otthe
LoTd, as spoken to Joseph Smith.
Everything that God had said in these
books was true and vas OfImport-
| a ~ - =
nothing that he did not mean. 1t |
Yves important that all Of his cnm-
msnds should be obeyed. The Lord !
knew a1d mp5sheuded what was
good Tor his people. and hence ne
revealed his commands and iuslruc-
tons from time 10 time as they we're |
needed. II would not do for the
saints 10 pass by lightly or fnd fault
With the principles that God had |
revealed for the salvation Of man; for |
If they did so find fault they would
bring down upon their heads the
Judgment ST the Lord. The Lord
Judged men according to their works.
The speaker urged the people 10 live
IN unity. The Lord commanded that
his people should become as one.
They must get rid OF their il!-feeling
ard wlckedness, and wrong-doing,
and impertectj0ns, aDd folllas before
they could become as God had COM
msnded them TO be. The saints
could bear testimony that the princj-
pies OF the gospel as revealed by God,
were true. They were designed and
had for their object tae bene6tting
and salvation OF man. Ibis becoming
as one was work that ali must
engage in, AID it was the duty of all
to labor to thai end, and they must
labor faithfully or they would fail
he asked If the Lat.er-dsy Saints
could afford TO disobey any OF Gods
commands and thus cast sway the
blessings promised by the Lord for
faithiulness? He thought net; tut
that everything must be done as
commanded and all the benefits re- ]
ceived. Il was the duty Of the SANTA
to carry out the instructions given by
tho Lord, from tiuIe 10 Time, IL every
particular. One of these instructions !
was to build certain temples, wherein /
work was to be performed for the
living and the dead. These temples {
should be erected in tho time com
mapded. There was certain work
that must be done in the flesh; il this
be 60! done while the opportunity ex-
listed, the saints would be sorry when
they had passed away.
Elder G. w. Penrose was the
next speaker. He said the Latter.
day Saints we're often accused by the
world OF being a delnded people. He
was thinking to-day of the many
Christian preachers who were then
standing up in their pulPits, telling
their hesrers that all that was neces-
saTy to be saved was to believe in
Jesus Christ. He thought this the
sreatest delusion. The sayiHgs OF
Jesus Christ and his servante, as
recorded in the Scriptures, did not
teach that belief was al that was
neediul. He taught that it was
necessary to perform certain acts, as
veil as have faith in the Saviour.
Through the shedding Of ChTisrs
blood, mankind might be redeemed
from the effects of the original sin
Internationally, but from actual sin
only conditionallY. Jesus came to take
away the sin of the world, from the
time OF Adam, who had transgressedr
and thus brought the penalty OF
death on all. mankind. Every one
must be judged according to his acts
in the flesh. Christ's desth did not
remove blsme from living man. but
all must be judged by what they have
done. Ali must give an account OF
their acts, according to their light,
and their privileges tor obtaining
light while OF earth. Suppose per
son vino had broken the laws OF God
and man, and shed the blood Of g
fellow man. and been condemned to
death; the Christian minister tells the |
criminal that ell be has to do is 20 |
believe in Christ and be will go |
direct before the Father, and without |
shame. This was not according 10 |
Gods gospel which says, mo muir
| derer hath eternal lie abiding IN
/ him" The gospel as revealed By
God, was plain. The trouble ia the
world was that men Who were not
sent by God, preached snd attempted
to instruct. They taught the non
sense that murderer, VINO processes
belief and faith in Christ, would be
| purified in heart and saved. When
| Jesus Christ arose from the dead, and
| sent out his apostles, he commanded
them to preach the gospel to all the
world that they might be saved. First
was faith in Jesus Christ, and then
came repentance, and afterwards
baptism; not by sprinkling, or max
ing a Cross over them, but buryiDg
them in the water that they might
| come forth with new life, washed
clean from their sins. Even Christ
had TO be baptized in the river Jordan,
and all must be baptized for the re-
mission of sins. The water itself does
not wash away sin. but there must be
also faith and belief in Christ, and the
ordinance must be performed by one
a authorized by God to bapi'Ze IN the
J name of the father, the son aud tue
bolv ehcst. Did God ever tell the
ChTistisn minister 20 sprinkle a little
water on the tabe snd il 1t baptism
in the name Of the Holy Trinity? No.
There had been no communicable
het0len God and nan for many Gen.
turies. heuce 90 one could aaye been
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