The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-12
SUNDAY SERVICES.

menced by singing the hymn or
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Lord, we come before thee now
At thy feet We humbly bow,
Do not thou our suit disdsin;
Shall ne seek, the Lord, in vain?
Prayer by Bishop John Sharp
The choir sang the hymn:
We here approach thy table, Lord,
At thy command through chosen men,
Oh may each heart, with one accord,
Thy rpirit feel, inspiring them.
This beautiful Sabbath day we coma
To drink this cup, TO eat this bread;
In memory ofthe days to come,
When we shsll set with our great
Head.
APOSTLE MILFORD WOODRUFF
spoke: He directed attention to a
few chapters of Paul's Epistles t.
the Ephesians. The few rses
which l have read constitute the
doctrine taught by every prophet
since the world began. These doc
trines are given for the perfection
of the saints and for tEe edifying of
the ministry AS Latter-day Sain Is
we believe there never has been
but one gospel, one Christ, one Lord
and one church, and that there
never will be but one church; and
this gospel is the same as taught
by Adam. by Noah, and by
all others. L am ready TO say
there never was true church
without it had apostles, prophets,
revelation, baptism and the HOLY
Ghost. These are principles we
have ever believed, and which we
still believe in. There cannot be a
church without the things set forth
in the eplstles of Paul, which have
just read tOyou. Paul speaks of a
great many important events which
are to be felt among all peoples and
over all countries. What necesSity
was there for AN angel to fly
through the heavens, as Paul saws
there would, proclaiming the ever
lasting gospel? Because the people
had deparated from it. Had the
gospel still been upon the earth, the
of this angel would have
been unnecessary. Paul saw very
clearly what won d take place. He
saw that Christ had come to the
Jews and that they had rejected
him. He saw that the chosen peo-
pie had departed from the faith.
When Christ came to the Jews, he
his church, and it was
with apostles AMI helps, under the
same basis as | have given here.
The Savior himself was a high
priest, and the church was COM
posed Of disciples who could talk in
tongues, who possessed the gifts
of the Holy Ghost and who could
work miracles, and the like. When
the gospel went to the GentiIes, it
went with all it graces and gifts.
and Paul warned the Gentjles
against falling into the same unbe-
lief as the Jews. Now, we all
know that there had been no church
for centuries, until an angel, fiying
through the heavens, announced the
everlasting gospel to the Prophet
Joseph Smith. And this is
our position on the earth.
and If l were to preach any
other than this gospel / would
stand condemned. By preaching we
have promulgated these PRINCIPLES.
and gathered together the people /
see before me and the 10000 scat
tered through these once desert
wastes. l will here remark that God
has chosen his disciples and his
servants from the weak things eff
,he earth; the illerate persons of the
world. So far as the sciences are
concerned, Joseph Smith himself
was but a boy when he was called
upon by the Lord. By these princi-
pies the people of this territory have
been drawn together, by them thew
Oave been inspired, and by these
principles they have preached
10 the world, built up Zion
and by them God has backed us mo.
We are living in an important time
in the dlspensation of the fullness
If times. We are fulfilling the
of the ancient prOpbets
lay by day.
1t has been said we are polyg-
and should be swept from
he face Of the earth. What was
he matter with us when we were
in Missouri, when orr
lomes were burned and we were
AIRED and feathered. Then it was
'evelation. l tell you that if we
we're to give up polygamy, the per-
ecutlon would be the same: it will
10 the same until we give up all the
principles that are dear to us. We
'annot give them up. These prin-
'iples cannot be killed, they cannot
,e burned, they cannot be drowned
hey cannot be imprisoned. They are
.ternal, ana they must survive.
This is our religion; we NAV have
% die for it; but L would not give
much for religion that man
would not die for. The speaker
made reference to the doctrine of
plural marriage and read from the
Doctrine and Covenants the revela-
Ion regarding it; and explained its
eason at some length.
ELDER Jos. E. TAYLOR next
poke; The speaker had many
thoughts and reflections while
Istenlng to the remarks of Apostle
Woodruff. We occupy singular
POSITION among the nanrIo 81 a.