The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-25
SUNDAY SERVICES.

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At the Tabernacle, on Sunday sf-
ternoon, che opening hymn was the
one beginning; ss-s ana
4 Great 10 the Lordi tits good toiprAise
His high and holy nRme;5 : u H.
la Wellst1sy the Iaints IN latter days
; His wondFouB love proclaiml 81 &
"a Prayer by Bishop H. B! Glawson.
The choir sang the hymn com
mencIng: 49,, ,
80 Dome follow me- the Savior .ssid;
Then letps in His footsteps tread,
z rtbus alone can We be one ~
WITH Gods own Low d. begotten Een,
ELDERJP. F. Goss addressed the
congregation briefly. He had re-
Gently returned from a tWo-years'
mission in Europe, chiefly in SwitzA
ealand, and gave short account of
his labors there. He felt that he
had reen prospered in the mission
airy field. He had been prosecuted
some, but generally had enjoyed
himself. l's.la. rms
ELDER G.. W. PENRosE next ad-
dressed the congregation. Hehsaid
| many supposed there was a spirit of
| tyranny by which the members of
the. church were coerced against
their wills, but this was not, the
case, as people would understand if
they would take the trouble to in
Yestigate. There was. q a spirit
which bound the saints together
and caused them TO obey
the gospel and perform any
duty to which they were assigned.
They know the gospel and therefore
are ready to do whatever they may
be asked to do by thOsein authority.
This willingness applied both to
temporal and spiritual labors. Some
cannot understand how it is the
saints are So firmly united, unless
there be some terrorism that holds
them together. The only terrorism.
or bondage that exists is the bond
age of conscience. Absolute liberty
of action prevails, no coercion being
exercised. Their, religion teaches
them that good brings reward and
evil is followed by punishment.
hence if a saint fails to perform any
duty he feels that punishment will
follow. The saints claim that their
gospel came direct from heaven
heavenly beings coming to earth
and ordaining men to the priesthood
and authority which they possessed.
The authority to administer in the
name of the Lord is held only in the
saints church, as it was the only
organization that had derived its
powers and priesthood from God.
The priesthood that the sainGs had
is th5 same as THAT held by the
ancient prophets and apostles and
had been received in the same man
ner. Jesus had conferred bis
authority upon his apostles, and
they in time upon others. The
apostles were put to death and the
gospel was taken from the earth,
the world going astray; but in this
age the Lord had restored the
authority apd priesthood to the |
earth, comforting upon men the |
power to work in his name. The
priesthood have no authority to |
coer3e, but to convince by reason, I
etc. While it is the rule of the
saints to act together in temporal |
as we'll as spiritual matters, there
was no coercion in it, each being at |
liberty to vote or act as he pre-
ferred: at the same time the spirit |
of the priesthood led them to think
and act together. 1t was claimed
the church leaders interfered in
auencing and controlling political
conventions and elections; this is |
not true, but if it were, it would be
all right, the church authorities
having the same privilege that 9TH
ers had to exercise their influence |
in such matters. The saints think |
that religion should have much to
do with political affairs, as with all |
other matters, temporal as well as |
spiritual; not that religion should |
coerce one to vote or abstain from |
voting, but its beneficial influence |
should be employed for the good of |
the community. The elder said the |
only burden that existed in Utah
was that which had been forced;upen |
the people by the general govern
ment In comforting upon an APP
pointed governor an absolute legis- |
lative veto, in providing courts that |
nullifed laws enacted in the interest
of temperance and morality. The
creed of the saints was liberty to
all and that was what they were
striving for, and what they proposed
to work for.
The choir sang an anthem and
Elder e. Morris pronounced the