The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-18
SUNDAY SERVICES.

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Guide us, o thou great jehovah.
Saints unto The pr, nlsed iaidi
| We are weak tut tnou srl able;
Hold US WITH my p ,weii4l haLG.
Holy spirn,
Feed US till the Savior comes.
Prayer by President IL. S. Ell
dredge.
The choir sarg tie hymn CONS
mencing:
Jesus, once OF humb birth,
Now in glory comes 10 earth;
Once he suffered grief and pain,
Now he comes on earth 10 reign.
ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON al
dressed the ccngrt gait Ii. lie sad
that if Christian were asked who
Jesus Christ was he would reply,
the Sun uf GJJ, or the SecOod per-
sun In the firmly Through Joseph
Smith. one If CnrisL's grea EST pro-
t,heiS, All t..- fUunaer IF His
church on earth in tie latter GbS 5,
aud His char cterielics; also
through the divine revelations to
joseph Smith, haJ me much Info :.
nation ncernipg humani y, ~
whence man had come. why he
WAS here, aid SD on. all Of wDich
Was known hy US before We CAM
from the world OF spirits. Through
Smith had come interesting know
ledge of the conflict in heaven,
through which one-third of he
hosts wee cast tut for rebe lion {.
The elder re erred to the Of
fers Of the Sun Of GJd and of
Luci>er, to save and redee ~ man
kind, and eaid that enc was q
proposition TO save man from Fin
and the other an offer to cave him
in sin. The tffer of the Redeemtr
was accepted, Lucifer was cast out
from Heaven, and man was given
his free agency to act in the matter
of obtaining salvation. These things
had been revealed through the
prophet, through whose agency bad
been removed the stumbling blocks
in the way of many Christian peo-
pie in the plan of salvation. especi-
ally with reference to the little un-
derstood doctrine Of election and
Decentralization which had been eX
planned and simpIitied by Joseph
Smith. This was doctiine OF the
Saints, though not in the sense that
the world interpreted it, for the lat
ter applied It in such a manner rs
to destroy mans free agency and
put the responsibility upon God fer
the actions Of men. The Lord all
lowed to s]l freedom OF seton, per-
uniting each to work out his own
saliva ion or bring about his rejec>
tion thus, one might live righteous
~ or wickedlg, according as he pre-
ferred, Goa Lot interfering yet
knowing what woaId be the conduct
Of the individual. Jesus was elected
in Heaven to perform u certain
work On earth for the salvation of
mankind, and Jeremiah was er-
dained before his birth TO the labor
which be was sent 10 do. In tn
courts Of heaven men we're elected
for the performance of certain Ia
bOrs on earth, spe cial work being
assigned to esch because Of their
respective adaptability. Jesus
was elected to be the savior of
the world, and was predestined to
be like His Father and to be glori-
fed by HIM. 1t was predes.ined
that Judas should sell his Ma ter,
not that he Was obliged to be a
trai or, but he chose to be wicked,
while his brethren preferred light
eousness and it was theref re pre-.
ordained that they should be faith
full to Christ. It had been said that
God knows all things, having fore
of the most trifling acts
and silent thoughts of mankind.
This is true. SINE thought this
foreknowledge would destroy the
free agency Of man, but it would
not, for fore knowledge by any
spirit could not influence the indi-
v dual. The elder referred to the
promised return to earth of Christ,
which was shortly to occur. How
ever, before the coming, great
events must trsnspire, among them
being the gathering the Jews and
the rebuilding If Jerusalem. The !
great bojy of the Hebrews now
laughed at the idea of the fulflImeat
of the prediction. Nevertheless,
there were iudicst ons that prepare
tons were being made looking to
that end. the gathering having al |
resdy set in though upon q |
sms II scale only. Another sign was
the persecution Of The Jews IN Eu-
rope. The Saints were accused of |
b.ing contrac ed aid exclusive in |
their views and prsctices, but the
accusation "a true neither in theory
nor fact. Their 'ffo-ts embraced |
the whole humsn family, t, all of |
whom they We're presc.sing the gos-
pei of salvation, for God had said |
that all must hear i. and have an
opp rtunity to en- race IT as the way |
to salvation. M II Ons had lever
beard the gosp /, and the idea O.
condemniDg them for not accepting |
something of which they knew
was ref. ctiOn u on God.
ultimately all mankind, except the |
sons o. psrdition. will q saved in |
some degrse G. glo,y. The excep-
tons are ihO-e " no sin against the
Hoy Goost. Tbere is much work
yet to be done on earth. Christ did
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