The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-05-25
SUNDAY SERVICES.


{ And let our joys be known;
Join in . song with sweet accord,
And worthip At his throne.
Prayer by Elder A. NJ. Musser.
The choir sang:
Arise, my soul srise,
Shake OF thy guilty fears
The bleeding sacrifice
In my behslf appears;
Before the throne my surety stands
Ny name is written on his hands.
ELDER DAVID C. DUNBAR, lately
returned from a mission to Great
Britain, addressed the congregation.
He said that he felt joy in being
once more at home and with those
whom he knew to be his friends.
Before going on his mission he had,
to q certain degree, informed his
mind as to the nature of the ever
lasting gospel, and had learned
something of the contrast between
it and what the Christian world
calls the gospel. Elder Dunbar said
the early part Of his mission Gin
southern state) was more than
ordinarily embarrassing from the
fact that he was in a region
| where there were no Latter-day
Saints, and where the people !
knew nothing of the MormOns ex-
cept what they had read in the news
papers, which reports were usually |
circulated by the enemies of the |
saints. He and his associates held |
meetings in some of the public halls, |
oDd q fouy of tho manila criripo, haad
to their words, they were soon |
enabled to organize a branch of |
the church. The JOY attending |
that event more than repaid HIM for |
the embarrassment and adversely |
which frequently surrounded him.
When he crossed the ocean to Great /
Britain he found himself among |
people entirely different from those |
with whom he had lab0red in this |
country. His first efforts were to
investigate the religious sects of
ChristendOm, so as to show the con-
trast between them and the doc
trines of the Latter-day Saints He
learned that in the religious socie-
ties of the world there were tumult,
diScord and disSenSion, the cause for
which he found in the fact that the
people were in about the position
that the Jews were when John the
Baptist came forth prOclaiming the
kingdom of heaven at hand-there
was no prophet to lead them with in
structiOn from heaven. AS con-
sequence there was clashing Of
opinion in religious matters. Men
were advancing new ideas, and
bringing forth new premises; con-
tlict was abroad on every hand. The
contrast between the sects and
Zion, where there were peace and
union, was striking, especially TO one
who had been reared among the
saints. In the world there was a
growing sentiment in regard to OBJ
tanning salvation. Many people
were becoming liberal in their views
and finding good people in all
denominations they say it matters
not to which a person belongs so long
as he lives honestly and uprightly
in society, and believes in the
Lord Jesus. When he heard
that belief in Jesus was all
that was necessary to obtain sal
walton, he said he would be saved,
for he believed in Christ. But he
had shown the easy-going Chris
tians that if belief in Jesus was
alone necessary, there would be no
need for the suffering and hardships
which the early refOrmers had
undergone. The Catholics believed
in the Savior, but they had departed ;
from the ancient order of the ,
church, hence there had been a
breaking away from them. The
AOrmOns also believed in Jesus, but
the world would not admit that
they could be saved. He had forced ]
people at times to the conclusion
that something besides belief was !
necessary. But another difficulty
was sometimes encountered by the s
elders. They found in the world
people who had made religion
study, and who were familiar with
the Bible. These had established
systems nearly approaching that
taught by Jesus, and which system
the elders had been sent out to ;
preach. In these cases the elders
had to show that the others had no /
authority to administer in the ]
gospel, though they may /
have fair knowledge of
what the gospel should be. He had
found in his ministry that frequent
ly the testimony of an earnest,
honest man would go further to-
wards convincing than all the rea-
soning and sophistry that could
be employed. He had seen the
testimony Of the weak and
illiterate most successful in con-
Vincing the honest in heart. In
regard to the foreign mission Elder
Dunbar had heard it said there were
too many elders in the field, but he
thought not. There was plenty of |
room for PROSECUTING. The elders
were lifting up their voices to a
mere fraction of the people in the
countries visited by them, and were
visiting but small portion Of the
globe. They were, however, going
to new sections. In England and
Scotland the speaker had found
scarcely a town in which the people
knew nothing of the gospel, and |
who had not some friends in Utah.
Here and there, however, the elders
will find some who are honest
III 06dTG anu WHO have uOJ |
heard the sound of the gospel.
There were difficulties in getting at
the people and imparting to them
a knowledge of the principles that
had been revealed for the benefit of
mankind. Elder Dunbar said his
missionary experience had benefited
him, and he had reason to be-
lieve helped others, in giving
them a knowledge of the great work
of salvation.
ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON followed
with brief discourse, in which he
heartily endorsed the remarks of
Elder Dunbar in regard to the large
number of people in the world who
were waiting to hear the glad
sound of the gospel, and
to enjoy its blessings as the
saints were doing. In connection
with the work of preaching the Cos
pei one thing had appeared strange
to him. 1t had been prophesied of
old that God would set his hand to
accomplish a great and marvellous
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