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


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Lord, we come before thee now
At thy feet we humbly bow,
Do not thou our suit disdAin;
Shall We 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 spirit feel, inspiring them.
This beautiful Sabbath day we coma
To drink this cup, to eat this bread;
In memory of the 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 to
the Ephesians. The few V rses
which 1 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 fhe edifying Of
the ministry. AS Latter-day Saints
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 to you 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 says
there would, proclaiming the ever
lasting gospel? Because the people
had deparated from it. Had the
gospel still been upon the earth, the
mission of this angel would have
been unnecessary. Paul saw very
clearly what wOu 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
organized his church, and it was
with apostles and helps, under the
same basis as l 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 Gentiles, it
went with all it graces and gifts.
and Paul warned the Gentiles
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, flying
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 1 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 Of
the earth; the illerate persons of the
world. So far as the sciences are
concerned, Joseph Smith himself
was but boy when he was called
upon by the Lord. By these princi.
pies the people of this territory have
been drawn together, by them they
bave been inspired, and by these
principles they have preached
to the world, built up Zior
and by them God has backed US up
We are living in an important time
in the dispensation of the fullness
of times. We are fulfilling the
prophesies of the ancient prophets
day by day.
It has been said we are polyg.
amists; and should be swept from
the face of the earth. What was
the matter with us when we were
mobbed in Missouri, when oul
homes were burned and we were
tarred and feathered. Then it was
revelation. I tell you that if we
were to give up polygamy, the per.
secution would be the same; it will
be the same until we give up all the
principles that are dear to us. We
cannot give thena up. These prin.
ciples cannot be killed, they cannot
be burned, they cannot be drowned
they cannot be imprisoned. They are
eternal, ana they must survive
This is our religion; we may have
to die for it; but L would not give
much for q religion that mar
would not die for. The speaker
made reference to the doctrine o.
plural marriage and read from the
Doctrine and Covenants the revela
ton regarding it; and explained it.
reason at some length.
ELDER Jos. E. TAYLOR mex
Ispoke. The speaker had many
thoughts and reflections while
listening to the remarks of Apostle
| Woodruff. We occupy a singular
position among the people of the