The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-07
SUNDAY SERVICES.

AT ID0 SERVICES III lIl6 1dUC111oNie
on Sunday afternoon the opening
hymn was the one beginning:
Ere long the vail will rend in twain,
The King descend with all his train;
The earth shall shake with awful fright,
And all creation feel his might.
Prayer by Elder 81. P. Richards.
The choir sang the hymn begin
ming:
Twas on that dark. that solemn night,
When powers of hell and earth arose
Against the on, e'en Gods delight,
And friends betrayed him to his foes
BISHOP THOMAS TAYLOR first adj
dressed the congregation. He said
he was sensible from his observation
and research, that God had sent
messengers to earth in these latter
days, that his children might learn
of his ways and walk in his paths.
The messages sent by him were sim
liar to those which he had formerly
given to the earth. Those COM
munications were that God required
his sons and daughters to cultivate
faith in him, that they should for
sake their sins, in thought and ac-
ton, loving and assisting each other
and thinking and doing the best
they could for their fellows. This
was the commencement of heaven,
and all should be willing to
employ their talents and means
to bring about good feeling and
better the condition Of mankind.
The saints were blamed because they
were united. If they were to carry
out the principles revealed to them
they would be more united than
ever, having implicit confidence Ia
each other in all their dealings and
associations. If people believe IN
the same gospel, they should be uni
ted. seeking each others welfare,
and using every means to benefit
each other spiritually and temper
ally, living together in harmony and
love. God had always required this
state of things of his people, and he
required it to-day. Jesus com
manded his followers to be as one
not alone IN the prayer meeting, but
in all their associations and deal
ings. If they would do this they
could meet each other in confidence
and pleasure at all times. If people
carried out Gods will they would be
united in all things, Only the lg-
Eorant and unWise would do other
wise, totally disobeying the com
mands of the Lord. Nothing gives
greater pleasure to the intellectual
mind than to feel that all about him
are his friends. 1t made him feel
that there was heaven upon earth
The Gospel was peace on earth
good will to man" and those who
believed and practiced it had great
happiness. If the people were
to receive the message that God re-
veals, they would be anxious to
carry it to others that they also
might enjoy its peaceful influence
and blessings. They would want to
extend those blessings to every ma
ton, kindred, tongue and people
Thus it had been with the saints
They had cheerfully gone forth to
the natl rs with the heavenly mes
sage. Some Of the honest in heart
had accepted this message, AMI be
ing filled with its influence, had
gathered here where they could as
Sociate with those VINO were good
and pure and YirtuouS.
BISHOP o. F. WHITNEY followed
He said the saints did not as they
should do, always live up to the doc
trineS of the gospel, but they were
their profession, and should be the
guide of their conduet'thrOugh life
The MormonS had been so NAL
'igned and traduced that those
who visited the territory, were
constantly expressing surprise that
the saints believe in anything that
lis good and pure, or calculated to
benefit mankind, that they rever-
enced the Deity and believed in
Jesus Christ. Itseemed almost i'm
possible that the doctrines which
the saints preach should reach the
ends of the earth, and sound in the
ears of all men. The gospel which
the Savior preached had been re-
stored to the earth, and was now
Being preached as witness to the
world, as had been foretold by John
the Revelator. The saints faith and
religion embraced the same prin.
ciples as taught in ancient days
that the human family, through
Adam, had been placed under con;
demnation, and that God had de-
vised plan by which every sou,
could be saved everlastingly. The
Savior laid down his life for the sal
walton OF the human family. But
he instituted laws which must be
obeyed III order to obtain salvation
One of those laws was that he who
believed and was baptized should
be saved, and those who re-
iected should be damned, certain
signs to follow those who believed
Christ commanded his disciples tC
preach that gospel to all peoples,
Afterwards the Holy Ghost was
conferred upon the disciples who
thereafter spoke in tongues, thereby
astonishing the people who heard
them. Some of the astoRished
people were pricked in their hearts
at the spectacle, and they cried out
Men and brethren, what shall We
do to be saved?" and Peter told them