The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-17
SUNDAY SERVICES.

ny tue cnolr singing the hymn COM
mencing:
Our God, we raise to thee
Thanks or thy blessings free
We here enjoy
In this far western land:
true and chosen band,
Led hither by thy hand,
Would sing for joy.
PresIdent Joseph Z. Taylor Of
fered the opening prayer, when the
choir sang the hymn commencing:
Arise, nv soul. arise,
Shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice
In my behalf appears;
Before the throne my surely stands,
My name is written on his hands.
ELDER JOSEPH II. FELT
addressed the congregation, com
mencing by saying it was entirely
unexpected by him to be called upon
to speak for a short time, but be did
80 trusting on the Lord, and desir-
ing an interest in the prayers and
faith Of his brethren and sisters. He
did not say so for form S
sake, for through experience
he had realized that God
would sustain and bless those who
relied on him. There We're many
instances, he said, where his fellow
laborers mad visited in the old lands
OF the earth and spoken to assem-
blages for the first time who had
been led to speak differently from
their previous thoughts, by the spirit
Of God. 1t was the practice Of the
ancient apostles, and was also the
practice OF the missionaries Of the
Mormon church now, TO trust in
God for words that might benefit
the nearer. The latter were going
out from time to time, and preach
nag to the honest in heart of all
lands, tie rich, the poor, the un>
learned ant tie educated, and may
be found en- the isles Of the ses,
withou: purse or scrip, walking
from house to house. the same as
wien the Saw or was on the earth
and what was their testimony
wha5 their experience? They ties
tlfy that God, their Father in
heaven, had sustained, protected
and blessed them, loosened their
tongues and brought to Their re
membrane things they did not be-
| fore think of. What was the mes
sage they bore? That God had
again set his hand to establish his
work; that the ssme gospel, with its
faith in the Lord J esus Christ, bap-
tlsm by Immersion and laying on
OF hands, etc., was restored to the
earth; that the plan Of salvation as
ran. 'ght by Jesus and his apostles
rsa 4. pounded by the missionaries
o<fIe La tter-dsy SAINTS. The world
ddTs 20 IN man 3e G.n S9ff y" to p5feac6
t. goapel?" No. When the
the said: $50 ye into all
Savior ID, and preach the gos1
the wG> ~ creature" he was
pei to ~. is eleven apostles,
addressing n The world that they
ad the claim a. that command,
I'D authority fS0ilA, he signs which
YaNs erroneous. DID no rendered
we're promised th.se " hts OF the
bedtsnee to this reluilsans, 'ons OF
he various sects Ct IA 'eptGssa n:,S =: 9
hey did not, and noa wlshs.@ .as -sSe
he assertion that 5Hs %or0 aai !
ecessary now, the ea 0 1o,'n as the
hey woulGbs enjoyed'ae. 'ong aS s md
.ord had a people on thea LIZ Iva an
here were thousands who, I Lo sjol,
eyed them, who had seen !. ';,@ of
called, witnessed the rests0 ~ +be
Ight to the blind, hearing, o. mo
eaf and soundness to the L tbe
heSe were testimonies that ~
cts t the Latter~day Saints We ::
cceptahle before God. The orgsfa
alton OF the Churchof Jesus Chris.
Latter-day Saints was preciselYl
ne same as that Of the fOrmer.day Is
ANTS. AS Paul had said, "And God Iir
ath set some in the church,, first b
postles, secOndarjly prophets, a
lirdJy teachers, after that miracles, r
len gifts Of healings, helps, gov <
diVersittes Of tongues" .
had the Mormon Church been or (
Direct revelation was be a
EYED In, and as the ancient apostles t,
Id prophets were believed in, so y
ere the apostles and prophets of O
le present day. Jesus came "not |
do away with, but to fulfil the :.
vs." and every promise CT the a
ord, from the first OF Genesis to a
le last Of Revelations, would be Ii
Titled; some were yet uDfulfIled. Il
'cause they referred to the latter G,
'ys. p who had come and was O
vIle9 oy all men in his day, who b
IS the Son Of Sod, who was cruel. o.
d, buried and arose from the dead. II
I'd revealed to Joseph Smith his "
spell, with all its priesthood, gifts, b
dlnances, principles and plan of tt
lVation. O9e OF the first princi- 81
IS was baptism. By some it was al
gued that this ordinance 81
uld be administered by ty
or pouring on of al
ater; but the mode of i'm mersion ii
IS plainly exemplifed when Nico. 20
mus went to Jesus ana the latter iii
d, "Verily, verify. l say unto nj
&c, eX .ept a man be born again, NJ
cannot zee the kingdom of Cod FIR
lese emphatic words Of the Savior A
ere conclusive, else why could he in
t have said, believe on me. be al
rinkled or poured upOn. and that w