The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-14


Come, ttou 81 orious day of promise,
Come and pre- sd thy cheerful ray,
Wheu the scat g. ed sheep Of Israel
Shall no longer 20 astrsy;
When hosannas,
With united voice they'll cry.
Prayer by Elder George;Reynolds.
The choir sang the hymn com
How great the wisdom and the love,
That filed the urts on high,
And sent the Savior from above,
To suffer, bleed aud die!
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR adj
dressed the congregation. He said
the saints were disirous of knowing
the mind and will of God, and then
obey. 1t had given him some pleas
ure during his late travels among
the people to find that spirit among
the saints. The latter had been
gathered from the nations under
the influences of the new and ever
lasting gospel, and the guidance of
the Cattle. They call this the Zion,
and themselves the saints of the
Most High. To be saint means to
be pure, holy, upright and virtuoHs,
and they assumed to be so They
came here to learn the laws of God,
and walk in his ways; they profess
to be the church of God. Sometimes
the question occurred to him, how
near do they live up to their pro-
LESSONS? Only he that deeth
is righteous. Jesus
had commanded his followers not
to love the world, nor the things of ,
the world, for if they did so the
love of the Father would not be in
him. The saints had been called to
perform a peculiar work in this dis
pensation of the fullness of time.
It was proper that they should try
to comprehend all the duties devolv-
ing upon them. They differ from
the world in many respects, some
times they were apt to be too cen
serious of the world; whereas they
were not the judges of the world.
They are the children of God, as
we're also all the people of the earth,
who had been ma of one blood
Ali men had certain claims upon
the Heavenly Father who was the
God and Father of the spirits of all
flesh. No matter how wicked men
may be, they will generally respect
and honor good and honest and
virtuous man. Outside of the Cos
pei, in the different ages. there had
been very good influences in the
world. There had been men who
had striYen to know the will of God
and do it and put away evil, yet
there was great difference between
that feeling and what is
called in the scriptures the
Holy Ghost. Luther, Melancthon,
Wesley Knox and others had
been anxious to do away with evil
and benefit their fellow men; but
neither of them restored the gospel
of Christ, nor did they understand
the scriptures alike. Their ideas
were confused in regard to doc.
5Tines and ordinances, and such was
the case to-day in. the world. 1t
is Babylon. The refOrmers were
not wicked men. They were bene-
factors of mankind and did good.
When Jesus came there were vari-
Gus sects and systems of religion,
and they were told that there was
but one faith, one God who was
ABOVE all. The fact that there WeIe
many systems in the world which
were unlike, puzzled Joseph Smith,
and he prayed to the Lord to know
which was right, and was told that
none of them was right. All were
groping in the dark, desiring to do
good so far as they knew, but they
couldnot come to a knowledge of God
without the gospel. Now the saints
of God in every age, had had light and
revelation from God, and in this con-
sisted the difference between them
and the would. AncieItly Christ told
those who asked what they should
do to be saved, that they should
repent and be baptized for the re-
mission of sin, and they should re.
ceive the gilt of the Holy Ghost.
Certain signs were to follow those
who believed and accepted the
gospel, as the Savior taught it to
his disciples. Those who received
the spirit Of the Holy Ghost were
also to be led into all truth, to be
made to see and comprehend alike,
and to be made acquainted with
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The same promise is made to the
world to-day by the elders who
preach the gospel. The saints in
this day were told to go forth and
proclaim the gospel to all the world,
as the saints had been commanded
in former days. And they were
obeying the command, hundreds of
the elders being engaged in the
missionary field. They go forth in
the name of Israel's God, to pro-
claim the words of life eternal, and
they return rejoicing, bringing their
sheaves with them. They were dill.
gent, earnest and faithful, and they
we're not responsible whether
the message they bore was received
or rejected by those to whom it was
presented. The elders performed
their duty, and the result was left
in the hands OF the Lord. The
saints were building up the Zion,
the Kingdom, the Church of God,
and He would be their instructor
and guide in the work. There were
people here from many of the ma
tons of the world, and they were
united by the spirit of the Lord,