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

Inc cnOr sang Ine hymn on page
4O2:
+ 60. lord 81 Eos2, we nov invoke
T,,y spirit m st divine, =
Toclespse @pr EeAFtsswkllegwe psrtake
Ihe brok en- bread and vine.
<PREsfDE&T JosERa &. RAaLeR
addressed the congregation referring
to Tie REQUEST Of ttid eldSrs in }arisI
ing to- have an interest i'm the
faIth and prayers teff tl85 fcoHgregas
ton III order lhat they might speak
instrpctively aud siippsl finforma
ton. He said the hajOfity of the
cqngregatb9 fad probably come
from distant nations, Having re-
eeiyedSthe testimony tOf the gospel
i IN their native countries, and come
up to the Land. SfsZion toZbe. taught
I'm the law Of God. TO five IN accord
anee with that laws to have the coma
partnership Of those who Believe as
! they do, and to qeceiYes ordinanc@
/ pertaining to thefutdFe life. Mary
fof them had made sacrifices for this
purpose. They had leftihonBe, SfelaH
ktives and friends, and made. other
sacrifices in 3orders too cemel ap
here and serve the Lord. Their re-
/ ligion lis paramount with them, a
Latter-day Saint being entirely de-
| voted to the service Of the Eofds
The members Of the congregation
had lad 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 30 instruct. His nefghb0Es'
personal opinions were Of IS macb
value as his own In this respect
all men stand upon the same pane.
But when one spoke of the things Of
I God through the inSpiratioh- of the
! Lord, every, ,ope who rejected his
words would stand under .cUDdem-
nation for'not receiving the testi-
mOny. The elder asked if the
saints we're gaining knowledge of
: God and his purpsses-it they knew
more IA of Him than they did
in distant Lands? They pro
feSst d mOrs "a than any other
peOplea on [ ear h, u and they
should sbe 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 theS possessed too
much understanding TO return 70
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, lTheiI
trust is iB God. If they feared BE
would fOrsake then1y they were not
living their religiOB.-They were
. few in numbers and weak, but they
had set Quito. serve GOdy TO keeL
His cornmahdments, build up his
church, and, redeem His Zion or
: earth, without reconsideration of the
, conditions intervening. God ex
poets them to turn neither to the
right nor the left; norge baclCwasd
and If they'Obey Himitfe viii stant
by them. In time the world viii
know that God revealed himself to
Joseph Smith and others, and gave
them authority to- act for hin
on earth. s+Dhe saints sarei nov
compelled to exercise faith La gif
from God, 'wiiicRs however, needed
nourisiiing, when it would sustain
them against. whatever Nigh arise
The people of the world, measureC
their .eXistepce. by this life, asking
only the qualification of worldly
# passion ste-hays but the saints #erl
striving f0r; etetnaf pleasures Thl
a grand difficulty with the world il
: chat it could not talk. With. God
because it would compel linn t,
\ come down TO the grossneSs Of Thu
mortal, whereas he talked to hil
own creation, the Spirit, and asket
that TO control the flesh and Sanctif,
. it before HIN, when he would re
= turn ~ from the grave S6f1esb
the saints, pretty good men AM
women, wanted everything -rea
v soned out to them, as Themas-didH
# regard to the Resurrection, of-tb
{ RSavi0r. The elder said the inspira
q EtiOn that comes from the possession
I Eoflthe Holy soGh0st lis the safes
guide for the katter-day Saint =
& 4 PRESIDENT Taylor followed tn
! above. 4 He yssaidl the7 saints ocer
pied "a sKe0uliar position O
the earth &C andsiia before a. 18th
Almighty Ia andoEsS-tl1e ni hob
angels. se4TheyB hads1beelI ecallea t
perform ga ,lROi X upon eaFth III th
interests and sfuftfferance 81 tn
- PRINCIPLES Of eternal truth The
were called upon to estap llsh stn
churcalO OF Cod ! To- adv oeat q the priI
cipleS of tfRth and Virtue ~ an
honor, to- fsallF a. nNcl euSraFOuD
which the good and .Svirtuous Q
In mankind can avgathen;ao to- max
IN knownothe principles (which Goo
at various times, had revealed t
( This saints for the salvation OF mar
Ikind. They were operating ditfel
q entity from the, course pursued ,
mankind snerally 81 The gospel
everlasting existing before tn
;, world was, audit will continue ate
the world has passed ,Rway.M 1T
,; ordinances and principles are diffel
l. ent fromthose of the world hi
le the men of the world were loOkin
L only to this life, the saints, thr0ug
i i u.