The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-07

said we wanted no utilization with such
people. We wanted TO be true 10 our
covenants and our God. We have no
i'll toward those erring people; we will
treat them well and return good for evil,
and be such men as make our word our
everlasting bond. Feed the hungry and
clothe the naked, but partake not of
their iniquities. God bless you. Amen.
The audience joined with the choir in
singing,
The spirit of God like FIRE is burning.
Benediction by Elder l. j. Nuttall
Adjourned till 10 am. Tuesday.
The Priesthood meeting held in the
Tabernacle on Sunday evening conyen-
ed at seven O'Clock.
Choir sang
Jesus Mighty King in Zion"
After prayer by Bishop VIM. B. Pres
ton, the choir sang
''How are Thy Servants Biest, o
Lord"
President John Taylor said: 1 am
pleased to have the opportunity OF
meeting with the brethren here this eve
ming. The members of the Priesthood
are very numerous among the Latter
day Saints. We read in the scriptures
of their being kingdom of priests.
This is in the Bible that all christendom
profess to believe in We believe that
God has spoken, that the heavens have
been opened, and holy angels have min
istered unto men, and that the Gospel
OF life has been revealed to men: aSSo-
ciated with this Gospel are two priest
hoods, that of the Aarontc, after Aaron,
and that of Melchesidec, after
the Son of God. This Gospel
has been revealed for the express pur-
pose of sending it TO every nation,
kindred, tongue people of every
cline, race and color, so Christ COM
manded His disciples. We have received
world and preach the gospel to every
creature" Not the opinions of men,
but that gospel which leads men into
communication with heaven. shows
them things that are past and reveals
unto them things that are come. 1t
behoOyes Us that are engaged III this
gospel, TO comprehend our position,
and our relation TO the kingdom OF God,
to the peoples that are now on the earth,
those that have passed away, and of the
etermities to come. These are very i'm
portant items. We are not here TO carry
out any ideas or notions of our
own. We are here as Jesus
was, not to do our own will but to do
the will OF the Father who sent US.
Having been baptized by immersion,
and received the Holy Ghost by laying
on of hands, we are no longer strangers,
but have been adopted into the fold and
family of God God is the father of our
spirits, God has designs concerning this
earth and the inhabitants thereof, hence
He sent His son Christ as the mediator.
At the creation the world was pro-
nounced good. In the garden OF Eden
everything existed that could tend to
make it beautiful, graced by the pres
ence of Adam and Eve. Satan was per-
mitted to obtain admission and intro
duced sin, it being necessary that man
should know good and evil to
realize the bitter and the sweet.
Satan was cast out of heaven
for rebellion and is permitted to
tempt and prosecute men with evil, that
thew may have the opportunity Of
choosing between good and evil, OF using
their own free agency. The result of
the fall of Adam and Eve resulted in
their being expelled from the Garden OF
Eden, and death the penalty of sin, was
thus introduced into the world. But as
in adam all Hie, so in Christ shall
all be made alive" Christ was the
lamb slain before the foundation Of the
world Christ came, suffered and died.
But He arose from the dead after three
days, having power to lay down his body
and power to take it up again. Adam
and Eve and all their posterity had TO
die, but they have not power to raise up
their bodies, only through the redemp-
ton of Jesus Christ, whereby the pow
ers of the resurrection viii come to pass.
Adam and Eve rejoiced exceedingly be
cause of the knowledge of good and
evil they obtained, and were commanded
to call upon God in the name of His
Son, through whom they should receive
forgiveness, through His atonement for
the sins of all the world. Christ Of
fered. Himself for the transgressiOns of
the whole world, and through Him
mankind will receive eternal glories
that would otherwise have been beyond
their reach. Here are different degrees
of glory, just as one star differed from
another. Some will come forth in the
first resurrection, while others Will re-
main in death until the expiration of
another thousand years, when occurs
the second resurrection. Those that be-
ieve in and keep the commandments of
Jesus NnIIoL VIII cllJOJ LIS pin ll4dl
eternal quickening which viii bring
them forth in the first resurrection;
which those who do not keep His COM
nandments cannot enjoy. The
fruits of the spirit of the evil |
1ne are lying decei lness, IN !
hatred, debauchery !
and all kinds of wickedness. The spirit !
If God gives US peace and love with and |
or all men and mankind. God so loved |
he world that He gave his only begot- |
ten son, that whosOever believed in Him |
might not perish but have eternal life !!
This was the love of God towards the |
world. The Son of God suffered ignOm- !
ny and death to bless the world. On /
he cross He said, Father, il it il pos /
'ible remove this cup; but nevertheless |
lot my viii but thy Will be done. But |
t was not possible, God had designed it |
md His purposes have TO be fulfilled /
straight Is the way and narrow is the /
,ate to eternal life and few there be that
% in thereat. But broad is the road,
md wide is the gate that leadetb /
o destruction, and many go
n thereat. There are great many
Kings that the world do not understand
md there are also a great many things
hat the saints do not now know any
hing OF. But we have been promised
hat God shall reveal in these last days
many things which have been hidden
lp for ages. The people of the world
would try to prevent this, although we