The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-30
SUNDAY SERVICES.

| viz OAO OOS lunluS
How are thy servants blest! o, Lord,
How sure Is their defence!
Eternal wisdom is their guide,
Their help, Omnipotence
Prayer by Bishop a. c. Pyper
The choir sang the hymn cQmmenc-
ing:
. Lord of hosts, we now invoke, etc.
PRESIDENT MILFORD WOODRUFF
| addressed the congregation, saying
the longer he lived the more he felt
the need of the spirit of God to as
sist him in his public teachings and
all labors of life. If the world
ever needed in any genera
tiOns prophets and revelations
II especially needed them. in
this. The nearer a people or any
man got to the Lord the more light
and knowledge did he obtain, and
the further from the Lord that
man or a nation strayed, the less
did they require the blessings of
God. The more revelations that a
prophet received the more does he
need to maintain him in the work of
the Lord. Joseph Smith had been
visited by angels from God, who in
structed him in the establishment
OF the gospel work in this day and
dispensation. He received his au-
thority from Jesus Christ, and his
testament, as contained in the Doc
trine and Covenants" which was
caaIo6 with h;1 l,1O0d xuoe h;rJi-o
upon all mankind. Joseph Smith
could not have led the people with
out revelation from God, nor could
any other man. except by rev.
elation. The Lord had never
had a people that was guided and
directed by inspired prophets. The
dealings of God with men in every
age was by immediate revelation
from heaven. How little do the in
habitants of the world know about
God and Jesus Christ. and the great
and eternal truths of heaven! They
were mysteries to the world.
Hence the people needed revelation
from God to guide and direct them
Alright In the great work that the
Lord had called them to perform.
This was an important work, being
the spreading of the gospel TO ths
nations Of the earth. as a warning
before the wrath of God descends
upon mankind. The elders had
been proclaiming the gospel for
fifty years, and as a result of their
labors here was territory inhabited
by people from all nations. The
simple preaching Of the elders could
not have brought this people here.
had it not been for the blessings of
the Lord upon their teachings, filling
the hearts of their hearers with
conviction of the truth of the gospel.
The mission of the saints was to all
the world, TO the Gentiles first, and
then to the house of Israel, until all
were made acquainted with the
everlasting gospel. This work had
been foreseen and fOretOld by the
ancient prophets. whose predictions
would all be fulfilled literally. The
kingdom of God was going to roll
on and no power could stay it.
There is, never was and never will
be but one gospel, and that was the
gospel which Christ taught and
which the Latter-day Saints were
now teaching to inhabitants of the
earth. They wanted all to hear it
and were anxious that all should be
saved, which could only be through
obedience to the gospel.
BISHOP 0. F. WHITNEY was the
next speaker. He said there was no
question of so much Importance as
that of salvation. This life was as
nothing, as compared with eternal
life. If there was but one way by
which one could be saved, it should
be the object and aim Of mankind
to find that way and walk therein.
The saints claimed that they had
the only way, which was the true
and everlasting gospel of Christ,
and the only gospel that was au-
thorized by the Savior to be
preached. It would stand the test
Of comparison with the gospel
preached anciently, being identical
with that taught by the Savior
eighteen centuries Ogo. The saints
believe in revelation from heaven,
and that there was always a neces-
sity to be fed continually with the
bread of life. Revelation was the
foundation of the church of God.
The Savior had reference to revela-
ton when he said to Peter that upon
that rock would he build his church.
Christ did not mean that Peter was
the rock, for if he had the fOunda-
ton would have been unstable. If
God simply revealed his will to our
forefathers 1880 years ago he would
be partial if he would not reveal
himself to his children of to-day.
There can be buv one people, one
church of Christ, and it should be
the study of all to learn what was
that gospel. The saints believe that
the first principle of the gospel was
faith, the great moving force, by
which all things were accomplished.
1t was the foundation of the gospel.
The next principle was repentance
of sins, and the going down into the
water for the remission of those |
sins. Baptism by INNER
sion, and at the hands of |
some one having authority to
perform the ceremony, the saints |
believe, was necessary for the wash |