The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-15
SUNDAY SERVICES.

The choir sang the hymn CON
n mencing:
Behold the crest Radeemer died, etc.
4 APOSTLE WnFoRD WOODRUFF
y addressed the congregation. II
) read the 10th section, Doctrine an,
r Covenants, concerning what haC
occurred after the dedication of tn,
Kirkland Temple, and the NANTES
tatiOnS there appearing. The eldel
delivered discourse on the ordi
nances of the gospel, and the extent
iof the different prieSthoods. the
duties, powers and privileges OF
each. When man was confirmed
the holy ghost should be conferred
/, upon him, and not the gifts of the
holy ghost. The holy ghost
was the testimony of the
Father and Son, to enlighten their
minds. The gifts of the holy ghost
were the power to speak in tongues,
to cast out devils, etc. There was
a vast difference between the two.
One might be obtained by a baptism
of the spirit, but the other could
only be received by a baptism of
water and of the spirit. All the priest
hoods had been conferred upon
Joseph Smith by those who held
them, and through Joseph they had
been given to others and were held
by the church. The gospel of Christ
was cheap-it was obtainable with
out price-it was not sold. The
elders travelled many miles and
preached the gospel without purse
or scrip. They conferred the priest
hood man without cost to him. In
himself no man had power to ad-
minister in the ordinances of the
gospel, but as ministers of God the
elders could confer the priesthood,
and the gifts that follow an accep-
lance of the gospel. The Savior
held all the priesthoods, and minis
tered in them. Christ held a Singu-
lar position in the world, his mis-
sion being to redeem the world, to
make reparatiOn for The origi-l
nal sin, and save mankind. Mol
other man held so singular
a mission. His work was not yet
ended. He would come forth in the
first resurrection, in the clouds of
heaven, and hold the evil one shut
up for l 900 years, the millennium, or
period of rest. He would set upl
his throne in Jerusalem, and reign
for 1000 years, during which tenn
pies would be built and the work of |
redeeming the dead be performed. |
Then would be all peace and happi-
ness, the wicked having no influence
upon the earth. When the work |
shall be finished at the end of the
millennium, and the devil be again
let loose, Michael would gather the
hosts of heaven and overcome the
devil and cast him and his followers
down to the place that has been pre-
pared for them. Then the earth
would be perfect, and Christ would
present it to the Father. One thing
that the Lord required of his saints
was to build temples and do what
they could in the flesh tow ards re-
deeming the dead and preparing for
the coming of the Messiah and the
final winding up scene. The
earth belonged to the Lord,
and must be prepared for
his children to dwell upon,
when the devil should have no
power over it or them. This had
been ordained before the organiza-
ton of the world, as had also been
the kingdom of God. The saints
were Gods people, and he was with
them, watching over and protecting
them against the opposition of
The speaker had no fears
concerning the Lords kingdom; his
only fears were that men might lose
the spirit and fall away from the
truth. The work, however, would
go ahead, no matter who apostati-
zed and left the church. God held
the destinies of his people in his
hand, as he did the deStinies of all
peoples on earth. Individuals
could not change what had been
1ecreed. Gods kingdom was eter-
nal and everlasting, and opposition
and oppression could not blot it out
Or stay its progress. But the saints
must look to themselves and see
that they did not fall by the way
side. They should be faithful in
their duties, and hasten the compile
lion of the temples in which work
for the redemption of the dead
could be performed, and when they
went before the Lord they 3
could make a good report,
and after this life could claim those
Of their relatives who had gone be- |
fore them without the opportunity
of receiving the gospel Of salvation Ii
while in the flesh. There was al
great work to be done in order to ]
redeem the dead, as there were two
in the spirit world to be saved to
Ine on the earth, and it required as
much to redeem the spirit of one
who had gone before as it did to
save one who is alive.
APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH
followed Elder Woodruff. He said
ne was probably as much a con-
Terted Latter-day Saint as any per-
son on earth. For long time he
had studied the religious OrganiZa-
ions of the world with a desire to
become acquainted with the faiths
which led religious societies to-
yether. He wanted to learn which I
If the many organizations possessed ,
he truth. One book that he had
'ead gave the histories of G, 0 organ !
cations and systems, included in !
which was history of the estab-
ishment of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. He
found that each possessed some por-
ion of the gospel, but none had it
IN its entirety and purity. Each
built upon one pillar. One had one
another claimed an
other, and so on through all
The long list. But when
ne read what Joseph Smith
lad said that all men were response
Die for their own sins and be judged
Dy their acts, it made a strong i'm
preston npOn his mind. Finally
ne had examined the doctrines of
his cousins, the sons of Joseph
Smith. He attended their meetings
and read their books, in order TO
ind if they had the truth. Alex
ander Smith, before leaving the city
some years ago, asked the speaker
what he thought of the principles
they taught, whereupon he Chel
speaker said he thought the Joseph
ties had the chaff and the church in
Utah the kernel. 1t was duty
that the saints owed to themselves
to study the gospel and understand
is principles and doctrines. They
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