The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-06
SUNDAY. SERVICES.

Ehe choir sang the hymn on page
+ 60, lord Of Eo;sis, we nov invoke
Tl,y spirit N St divine,
Te5clespse @pr beSftsswkI lelwe psrtake
The broken bread and vine. -
<PkEsffDEST JoSRPH &. PA4r.eeRs
addressed the congregation referring
to 'the reAuest of the eld4rS in laris-
ing to- have an interest in the
faIth and prayers SofF tlls lcongregas
ton III ORDER that they might speak
iHstrpctivel y7 alIll EilHpNd EinfoTma-
ton. He said the majority of the
congregatlOrl had probably come
from distant nations, Having re-
eeiyed the testineny tof the gospel
IN their native countries, and come
up to the land. 5fZieh tobe. taught.
in the law OF God, to five IN accord
-ance with that4aws to have the COM
partnership Of those Who Believe as
they do, and, to receive ordinance
pertaining to tie future life. Many
of them had made sacrifices for this
purpose. They Had leftihofne, lrela4
ltives and friends and made. other
sacrifices in sOTdere to-9 cemel .ab
here and serve the Lord. Their re-
ligion is paramount with them, a.
Latter-day Saint being entirely de-
voted to the. service Of the GoYdf
The members of the congregation
had had equal opportunities with
the speaker to learn Of the gospel of
Christ, and yet he stood before them
as teacher Of the law of God. No
one of himself could teach the
things of God, but he must have
the inspiration of the II ly GhoStin
order to instruct. His nefghbGlsS'
personal opinions were of IS mEch
value as his own. In this respect
all men stand upon the same pane.
But when one spoke Of the things Of
God through the inspiration of the
Lord, every sone who rejected his
words would stand under acundem-
nation fornot receiving the testi-
mony. The elder asked if the
saints were gaining knowledge of
God and his purpsses-it they knew
more "a of Him than. they did
in distant Lands? They pro
fesstd mOrs than any. other
people Oh + earEh, ~ and they
ShOuldEbe consistent with their pre-
tension. 1t was because the saints
knew more of God and his designs
than others that they had come out
of the world, and they possessed too
much understanding TO return TO
the evils they had left ins BABYLON.
If they should return to them ii
would be at their great peril. They
were threatened, but would not for
get the influence surrounding, Their
trust is in God. If they feared He
would forsake then1y they were not
living their religion, They were
few in numbers and weak, but they
had set QUITO Serve 'GOdy TO keep
His commandments, build up his
church, and, redeem His Zion on
earth, without Reconsideration of the
conditions intervening. God eX-
poets them to turn neither to the
right nor the left; norge backward,
and if they eb9y Himitfe win stand
by them. In time the world will
know that God revealed himself to
Joseph Smith and others, and gave
them authority to- act. for him
on earth. 1.-The saints are row
compelled to exercise faith La gift
from God, wiiicR, however, needed
nouriSffing; when it would sustain
them against. whatever, might arise. |
The people of, the world, measured |
their existence. by this life, asking
only. tAe qualification of worldly |
passion te-day, but the saints were
striving for etetnaf pleasures. Thei
grand difficulty with the world is
that it could not talk With God, |
because. it would compel linn to |
come down SO the grOSsn6SS Of th6t
mortal, whereas he talked to hisI
own creation the Spirit, and asked |
that to control the flesh and sanctify
it before him, when he would re-
turn ID from the grave S6tnes of
the saints, pretty good men and |
women, wanted everything rea-
soned out to them, as Themasdid4n
regard to- the resurrection of -theE
Savior. The elder said the inspira- |
ti0n that comes from tue possession |
OIz- bllO HWY 4~O0OOb I'D 6uC- pd1OOO /
guide for the 1atter-day Saint =
President Taylor followed the |
above. He sssaidI the saints oceu-
pied "a peculiar c ipositionS on /
the earth &C and before a - tile
Almighty a.a andoa&nsthe a5 ,hoEys
angels. z94TheyB Hads9beeu scalled to |
peTformfVa ,1R0I K upon earth iii the
interests and 1fuftiferance 70 E the
principles of ,eternaf truth They. |
were called upon TO, estap lIsh 5the1
cburcalof God = to ady oeate the pTin-J
ciples3 Oh, tGHfh and Virtue and
honor, to- fLaIn a -nucleuSGaFOupd
which the good and .Gvirtuous of
can aygathen;eoEto make
known the principles which God,
at various times, had revealed to
his saints for the salvation Of man
kind. They were operating differ
emily from the, course pursued by |
gen rall r. y The gospel is
everlasting, existing - before the
world was, andit will continue after
the world has passed gaWay.d Its
ordinances and cpTiReipleS are differs
emit fromthose of the world. While
the men of the world were looking
only to this life, the saints, through
the Inspiration Of God. were learnS