The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-15
SUNDAY SERVICES.

day afternoon last were begun by
the choir singing the hymn c,m
mencing:
OsThou, at whose supreme Command,
The hostS CT da.knes fly,
Upheld By whose eternal hand,
Thy Saints can dare or die.
Elder Snelgrove prayed, and The
services were further continued by
the choir singing the hymn:
Jesus, once of humble birth,
Now in glory comes TO earth;
Once he suffered grief and pail,
Now he comes to earth to reign.
PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH Cd
dressed the congregation. He said
thai in attempting to speak he felt
very dependent on the Lord for
what he should say. In preaching
the gospel OF Jesus Christ it was
necessary that men should enjoy the
influence and light OF the Holy
Spirit. He and the Latter day
Saints professed to have received,
by revelation, the plan of life and
salvation, which was instituted be-
fore the foundations of the earth
were laid. They had learned By
reading the Scriptures and becom :
ing acc uainted with the will OF God,
that the Gospel reaches not only
into the future, bat also into the
past. In the beginning the Lord
revealed to Adam the law OF sacri-
flee, which was handed down from
him until the coming of Christ. All
men looked forward to his coming
and offered sacrifices emblematic TO
the advent of the Savior. The
ordinances of the gospel were taught
the people before Jesus came, in all
plainness and power, SO that every
soul inclined to receive the same
enjoyed the privilege of salva-
ton before the Savior came
into the world The same
gospel which Jesus himself taught
was preached from generation to
generation, from the time of Adam
and since before the foundation of
the world, and this great plan was
devised by God Almighty, the God
and Father OF all; he knew what
was necessary for his children and
what was right for their redemp-
ton. He believed in The pre-ex-
istence Of the spirit; he was begot.
ten Of the Father, living spirit, in
the form and likeness of God. This
was the form and character OF Jesus,
who was from before the foundation
of the world; he was designated
as the Redeemer long before he ap'
peared. The self.ame gospel
preached by the Latter day Saints,
the same power, priesthood, truth
aud ordinances were possessed by
those in the days of Adam; they
reach back to the beginning and will
continue forever. Jesus came, &C.
complished his earthly mission, and
| afterwards went and preached TO the
spirits in prison. After his resur
rection he bestowed the keys and
authority on his disciples, together
with the gift of the Holy Chest
which he declared should be tbs
Comforter, and he commissioned
them to go forth and preach the
gospel. When it was taught tina
Chrlst's mission was accomplished
when he died on the cross it wa;
not true; when he cried, "It is fin
ished," he simply meant that hi
sufferings were at an end. Hi
labors were confined to
narrow limit and had but small
beginning up to the time of hi
: cruciGxion. The object of man.
existence upon the earth was tina
he should die and be redeemed, tina
he might become an immortal be
ing, exalted as Christ Is exalted, ant
enjoy all the blessings which he en-
joyed on the earth throughout al
the ages of eternity. The spiri
without the body was not perfect
The object OF mans being was t,
become like God. All who livet
prior to the coming Of Jesus Chris
were affected the same az those WIZ
lived afterward; children were, ant
those who died before attaining year
of accountability would be save d
! for Of such Is the kingdom of heaven
From eneSthird to one.half of al
born die before they reach the age O
accountability, and they return t.
God, pure and spotless. Only thos
who died in sin will 60 to prison ant
be confined until they pay thei
debt. All will receive salvation
except the sons Of perdition. Few
will Ge exalted, and that few will b
those who receive the fulness O
the gospel and abide in the law O
God. Al will be saved. What
ever they receive will b
tangible and whether the,
be Christian or heather, iltelligen
or ignorant, white or black, they viii
all De resurrected from the dead, 70
Gas death has come upon US, with
4 out any effort of our own, go vii
the resurrection be upon all alike.
President Smith said If he wer
preaching something that had BEEF
handed d)wn from his forefathers
would be different, but the informs
ton he was possessed of had bee
obtained direct from the fouotai
r head. The patr'archs OF old ha
constant communion with God, bu
4 tho 1uorld hn1iovnd thiS oammuni