The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-20
/ SUNDAY SERVICES

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Sunday aiternoonHla last were begun
by the choir singing the hymn COM
mencing: ~
With joy we own thy servants, Lord,
IL y ministers below
Ordained 10 spresd thy truth abroad
That all thy name may know.
Prayer by Elder E. B. Trip.
The choir sang the hymn, The
first lines of which read: f,
He died! the Great Redeemer died,
And lsrsePs daughters wept AROUND;
A solemn darkness yelled the sky;
A sudden embliDg shook The ground.
ELDER HENRY W. NAIsBFrr
occupied the stand during the
greater 7 art of the time. He said
that in standing before the congre.
cation he hoped TO be actusted and
inspired by the Spirit of God. There
was in connection with the gospel
of Jesus Christ a never falling fotin.
tain of reflection and of remark
with reference to the necessities of
mankind. The gospel was the
theme of prophecy, and those of the
past delighted to Rpeak of the mar
velous things which should be re-
vealed in the latter days. Those
familiar with the Bible would re~
member some Of the prophecies, one
Of which referred to- the kingdom
resembling o stone cut out of the
mountain without hands, which
should roll until it filed the
whole earth. The. term stone
seemed "a familiar one with
the ancient prophets when
re'erring to the kingdom Of God.
Christ was designated, as the foun
dation stJne; the prophet Isaiah
said: "Behold lay in Zion for a
foundation stone, a precious corner
stone, sure foundation; he that
believeth shall not make chsste.Y
Jesus was that precious corner stone,
as was recorded in the New Tesla
ment, where it was also said that
'upon Whosomever this stone should
fall would be ground to powder, and
whoefer should fall upon it should
be broken" The prophets empbat-
ically declared that in the last days
the works wouli be manifest and
the various opponents of the church
would be broken. All familiar with
the colonization of America would
remember that those who first came
here fed from the tyranny of the
Old World, to seek a place where
they could worship God ccording
to the die ates OF their own con-
SCIENCES. 1t Is now over fifty years,
continued the speaker, since the or
ganization of the Church of Jesus
Christ Of Latter-day Saints; wheo
the boy-prophet, Joseph Smith, first
announced himself as the agent of
God on the earth; when he first
brought out the B OK of Mormon
when he was told not to ally him
self with any OF the prevailing sects
of that time. When he first made
known the fact that he had CON-
muned with angels, the ruling spirit
began to manifest opposition; but
on the sixth day OF April,
1880, the church was organized with
six members; converts were added;
missionaries went forth and
preached from village to village,
from town TO town and from city to
city, proclaimipg the truths of the
gospel. The discussions which fol.
lowed indicated thst the people had
fallen from the primitive church and
gone astray. The assertions OF .the
elders, together with the convincing
proofs they had, aroused feeling of
hatred smong the ministers and
divines of the numerous sets, and
they comb ned to hinder the pro-
gress and growth of the Latter-dsy
Saints. But the work coUtinued to
grow; from the UUited States it
vent to Europe and spread among
the islands of the sea. When the
missionaries arrived in the Old
World, and found the ancient ira
ditions, customs and superstitions,
they also found thesame contention
and strifeamong the religious sects;
they found the same spirit of hat,
red and opposition to fight against.
But they did not find among the
learned theologians any who could
successfully cope with than and
overthrow the doctrines which they
promulgated there YVES power and
support on their side which was
omnipetent against their puny .ef-
forts. The world to day has adopted
more of Mormonism, in consequence
of the preaching of the elders of the
Latter day Ssints, than they will
admit. Asths church grew the OPP
positisn increased in che several
states where branches of it were or
ganized. In Missouri, especially,
there was a very strong feeling
against the Saints, csus ed partly by
the fear Of the Epeople thereof. who
were shareholders, and the princi,
Piles Of the gospel embraced freedom
for all. They were charged with all
eorts OF crimes, Of tampering with
slaves and of beng traitors to the
government; their prosecutors in
crtas ed in number, and the Saints
were compelled to fiee and create
Few towns and settlements
elsewhere, Those familiar with
the early history of the
church will remember how fha