The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-13
SUNDAY SERVICES.

NJNJ ma aOHa Ivy presence springs
10 spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds thousand dsys of mirth
Prayer by Elder T. A. Mitchell.
Choir sang the hymn on page 4O2:
How dark and dismal was the day
APOSTLE ERAsTUs SNOW arose:
: The first thing presenting itself to
e my mind are the words of the
Savior, in administering the bread
aud wine. He said this was a new
: covenant of his blood. l believe one
of the evangelistS has written that
he said, this is new testament in
my blood" the word testament being
used here anonymously with COW
enant. The old Jewish biblical
record is known by the Christian as
the Old Testament, and the doc
trines of Christ as the New Tesla
ment; or, the old and new cove
nantS. But the ChristiOn people
have somewhat crude ideas of what
constitutes the old and the new COW
enant. AS Latter-day Saints we
call 1t the new and the everlasting
/ covenant. Paul writes about it con-
siderably, eXpOunding TO the people |
of his day as best he could, cOnsid- |
ering the darkness of their mind, |
/ to enable them to discern |
between the new and old |
commandments. He refers to |
Abraham and his sons, as a figure
to illustrate it, and speaks of Ish-
mael, the son Of Hagar, the bond
woman, us the likeness of the old
covenant; and to Isaac, the child of
promise, born of Sarah the free
woman, as the new covenant and the
dawn of liberty. Paul wished the
Jewish people of his time to lay
aside the old covenant, and to cleave
to the new and perfect law OF
liberty as they had done to the law
of Moses OF the law Of carnal COM
mandments. He showed under the
old covenant that there was no re-
mission of sins without the shed
ding of bloOd-that of lambs and
other beasts and birds; this was the
law of sacrifice, which was first
given to father Adam, and lit was
practiced by Cain and Abel. This I
law was explained to Adam by the !
angel. When Adam and Eve had
been turned out Of the garden of ,
Eden, Adam heard a voice which ;
him to build up an altar
and offer a sacrifice. Adam did so,
and to the question Of the angel, he
said he did not know why he should
offer up a sacrifice, but he had :
been commanded and did so. The :
angel then explained to Adam
the law of eternal salvation, which I
should be accomplished through the
sacrifice Of Christ, who should come l
in the meridian of time. Hence the
saving, he was sacrificed as a lamb ;
on the altar. Adam was instructed i
to teach these things TO his children, d"
which he did, and they had their
eyes opened 10y the holy ghost, until 7,
they rejOiced and felt TO thank God j
even for their transgreSsiOns. And
they learned that their tranSgreSSIOn
was not an unmitigated evil. So
Ong as Adam and his children en-
ioyed the holy ghost and the light of !
ruth, and offered up their sacrifices I
IN faith, so long they enjoyed free
ION and peace, the remission of sins Y
through the blood of the lamb that -
vas to be shed; and they looked
IpOn the sacrifices they made merely 7,
Is a type Of the great sacrifice that :,
vas vet to be made for the salvation .,
II mankind. Their annual sacrifices =,
we're no more to them than is the T
)artaking of the bread and water to !,
Is. We receive these things as re- -
to teach it to our children, =
hat when they take the bread and =
he water they may know of
What it is the emblem. When
Noses. was called to lead the
sraelites out of Egypt, God de-
igned to make them a nation that
hOuld be. free indeed through Christ 81
Jesus, if they would receive liberty; =,
md The plans of salvation and the
Derfect law OF freedom was taught o
o them, but they were too hard s.
Iearted and too ignorant to receive II
hem. Moses was reared up for the ID
purpose of performing his part in i
he world, his mother knowing the IL
estiny of her son, and he becoming "
f age, also knew it, and preferred y
0 90 forth and leave PharaOh'S W
OuSehOld and be known and 9
uffer with the children Of Israel. p
loses went abroad to witness the I5
OnditiOn Of his people. He was W
rieYed to the heart with the suffer 8
lgs, servitudes and oppression, and
hiding an Egyptian master unjustly
buSe one Of his people, he slew the
Master. The next day he saw a Il
uarrel between two of his breth- al
Ell and in endavoTing to make s
eace between them, the one that
vas in the wrong, asked If Moses
would kill him as he had done the
Egyptian the day before. Moses
hen had his eyes opened, and he =,
aW that his brethren knew him "
.ot, and that the time for their de- al
iverance had not come. So he fled G
or forty years. At the end s.
f that time God appeared al
o Moses and told him to go
ack to Egypt to deliver
he children of Israel from Pharaoh
nd his host. Pharaoh and his peo- D
lie were warned and instructed, and -
ct they rebelled against God, until II
t the last effort to hold Israel i'll
Ondage, they persisted at the Red
ea, while the children Of Israel D
we're led through the water. Here E
) an exemplifcation of the prin- al
iple of baptism for the deliverance ii
rom sin; and it shows the doctrine
f Christ is a means to life to those
hat receive and an end to death
o those who reject it. By all these
neans God endeavOred to enlighten
he mind of his people by figures as 9
veil as by simple truths. These e.
essons did the Lord aim to instruct 81
he children of Israel in his plans d
md wishes. But we turn to see b
whether the world received these re- S,
citations. The Scriptures will tell W
Is that a few did receive and under b
tand these things, and were saved. Ct
Gut a great many had their minds b
losed and their hearts so yelled, n
hat the ceremonial laws given them "
" Moses were but slightly under Il
food and the veil that was over the
emple was but a likeness Of the
reil over their hearts. Therefore,
Iod gave unto them the law of car r
lal commandments because of their v
Inbelief; and a part of it was bond /
zoe. and under it a man should be I
,-,,,ielaI anI ~ was on owe for an / i