The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-22
SUNDAY SERVICES.

The opening hymn OF the SeIflO0
4 in the Assembly Hall on Sunda,.
: afternoon, was the one beginning:
Lord, we come before thee low,
At thy feet we humbly bow;
Do not thou our suit disdain;
Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain?
Prayer by Elder H. P. Richards.
The choir sang the hymn begin
ming;
We here approach thy table, Lo-d, stc
APOSTLE ERAsTUs SNOW address
sed the congregation. He had just
returned to Salt Lake after an alb
sence of three or four months travel
ing in Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona, visiting the colonies of
Latter-day Saints. He always eS-
teemed it a great privilege after an
absence to return to the peaceful
valleys of Utah, where there was an
influence or feeling that could not be
found elsewhere. Here spirit ami
mates he people governed their ac-
tiOns, built them up, kept them to-
gether and made them what they are
All might not be able to comprehend
this feeling as he did, though he
wished that all could, and be able to
between the influences
which surround the saint and the
sinner. The contrast was great
between the two, the extremes being
as widely separated as heaven and
hell. In the regions recently visi-
ted by him, worldly minded men
predominated. Their god was gold,
they were hunting for precious
scrambling for wealth,
striving to oYerreach each other, and
giving loose rein to all the groSSer
passions of man. 1t was the teSti-
nony of nearly every elder who re-
.urned from abroad that the con-
lrast between the influence there |
md here was great. The spirit at |
home was so much better than the |
,ther, that they were able to speak |
positively as to the divinity of the |
work in which they were engaged.
Upon returning to Utah, the elder
eels that the atmosphere even was
letter; a peaceful influence and |
pirit surrounds the people, and so
marked was this, that in entering it /
rom the outside, one felt as il he
lad escaped from prison to full free
ON. Elder Snow had comfort and
i'll ministering to the
aintS he had met on his travels.
lie found among some of the colo
les desire to learn more of the
oSpel, and to live more in accord
nee with Gods will. In some col
MES he found many who had as
to better their worldly con-
ition. They knew little of the Cos
ell, and seemingly cared less. The
Ospel food upon which they had
cen fed had been very much di-
tied. AS a consequence they were
different. Apostle Snow here re-
.rred to the parable Of the sOwer,
; related in st. Luke, and said it
ehOoved all to apply this parable to
There may be excuse
)r those who received the seed on
ony ground. They lacked depth
soil. They were without much
and had little faculty for
)taining knowledge. They lacked
)ility, stability, understanding and
)wer of body and mind to bring
nth much fruit. So good an eX-
lse could not be offered for those
no received the seed among
Orns. 1t was neglect which made {;
em fail to pluck up the thOrns
Id evil growth that checked the
ain and prevented it from matur-
G. All should ask themselves
neither they were allowing the '
eciOus seed to be chOked, while
e rank seed was attracting the
rength of the soil. There was 1
,od hope for those who received
e seed on good ground and
punished it with care. The Lord |
Ould reward all according to their q
Ork. There were in the world [
rtain classes of religious people t
ho tell us that works are nothing, t
1t that all was in faith. There d
ere others who set value upon t
cir works; but the people of God, /
no were taught from on high. be- e
we'd in the works that grew from t
it'll; that is, that the work that L
not come from faith had no L
in it. In his travels 7
found many people who were ?
ithful in living their religion. T
icy were not worshiping Nam o
On, but were prosperous, making \
mes for their families and eStab- 6
hing righteous communities. p
me who had gone from Utah had Il
lde it manifest that they were not +
the saints. While here they were S
.e tares growing among the wheat, ?
d so nearly assimilating the grain f
at they were by some mistaken /
r wheat; but away from here they e
d shown their true character. v
ley were cursing and swearing, [
eking after the wealth of the v
)rld, and showing much bitterness p
heart. Elder Snow eXhorted the '
ints to be careful concerning the I
sociates of their sons and daugh- +
IS, seeing that their companions P
re not those who were unrighteOus b
d whose interests were not in the il
spell. The time was near when
e Lord would judge his people ac- /
riding to their works, gathering b
e wheat and burning up the chat,
d all should be prepared for the /
y of judgment.
PRESIDENT GEORGE @. CANNON
lowed with short address. He