The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-15
SUNDAY SERVICES.

The services in the Assembly
Hall, on Sunday afternoon, were
opened by the choir singing the
hymn beginning,
Der the gloomy hills of darkness
Prayer BY Joseph e. Taylor.
The choir sang the hymn COM
mencing:
o Lord of hosts, we now awake
PRESIDENT w. B. PRESTON, of
Cache, addressed the congregation.
He was glad to be associated with the
people OF God who had been gathered
from the nations of the earth to build
up the Zion of the Lord. In order to
successfully perform work, they
must overcome their evil passions
and must obey the laws of the gospel
OF Christ. They had come here for
the purpose OF receiving the instruc"
tons Of the Lord and walk in obedi-
encs to his commands. Their prayer
should be to know what they can do
to assist in the establishment OF the
kingdom of God. They should live
holy and pure lives, observing the laws
which God had given them for the
government ofhis people; they should
show that they are the children of
God by their daily work in life, prov-
ing that ey had a better religion
than the world had; they should be
united 10 their efforts to do Gods
service. The saints are a coed peos
pie. and the religion in which they
believe ia true. being enacted from
God. who had established his gospel
upon the earth, from which it would
never be taken. He desired to live
to see the time when there will be
universal peace in the world.
APOSTLE GEORGE TEAsDALE next
addressed the congregation, likewise
bearing his testimony to the truth OF
what the world called Mormonism.
The world had never been able to
prove the testimony OF Joseph Smith
was false. that Maroni did not give
Joseph the golden plates of the Book
OF Mormon, that John did not confer
the Aaronic Priesthood on Joseph,
etc. The saints declared to the world
that God had restored His gospel to
earth and they invited mankind to
accept the gospel; they prove the
correctness of the gospel by the Bible.
The church OF Ohriet had an organi.
cation like unto that OF the Savior
when he was on the earth, not &C.
cording to the man-made churches of
cbristendom. The saints believe men
have the right to receive inspiration
from God for their edification and
guidance. Jesus commanded His
disciples to preach certain doctrines,
as repentance and baptism for the re-
mission of sins, and promising saliva
ton to believers; and these doctrines
were being taught by the saints in
this age. Why should there be so
much fault found with the saints?
The same might be asked in refer
ence to Christ and his apostles. Why
did not the latter, when they found
the doctrines which they taught were
unpopular and offensive, give them
up, and go with the masses? Rather
than surrender their belief they suff-
cred persecution and death because
they knew they had the true people,
just as the Saints know they have the
gospel of Christ. They never f1inched
from their testimony; and no more
did Joseph Smith ami his associates
the testimonies. The
apostle quoted from st. John, the
predictions concerning the establish
ment CT the gospel on the earth in
the last days. the gospel having been
taken from the earth it became nec-
essary to restore it, and it had been
restored just as had been foretold by
the ancient prophets. II was the
same gospel in every particular that
had formerly been upon the earth,
and belief in it was followed by re-
suits like those that had been prom
ised to believers anciently. The
apostle spoke at considerable length,
and quoted freely from the Bible and
Book CT Mormon to prove the divinity
Of the gospel believed in by the saints,
and to show that it had been regu-
Isrly received through Joseph Smith.
He said it was the only word of saliva.
ton, it being necessary for all to walk
therein in order to be saved. In CON-
clusion he exhoIted the saints to be
faithful to the gospel, living good and
holy lives, thereby obtaining the
great reward that awaited the faith.
ful. They had no occasion to fear
The opposition of the world. for God
would protect them as long as they
obeyed him and kept his covenants.
The choir sang an anthem and