The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-13
SUNDAY SERVICES.

The afternoon services IN the Iap
ernacle Sunday were opened Dy
the choir singing the hymn com
mencing:
Praise the Lerd! lis good to rsiss
Your hearts and voices in His pl slse;
His nature and HE works invite
To make this duty our delight.
Prayer by President Horace S
Eldredge.
The choir sang another hymn:
o Lord Of Hosts we now invoke
Thy spirit most divine,
To cleanse our hearts while we psrtske
The broken bread. and wine.
The sacrament was administered
by the priesthood of the First Ward.
ELDER CHARLES w. STAYNER
said although UNEXPECTEDLY called
before you this afteIn on, it Is
source of qualification to give ex-
preston to my views, and bear a
testimony to the truth of the work
in which we are engaged. The Cos
pei has gathered many people from
different countries to U tab who can
bear the same testimony. Previous
to their becoming members of the
church they were connected with
various other religious societies anO
imbibed q prejudice against the
truth, which had to be removed by
the operations of the Spirit OF God.
Relying i'm plicitly on the scriptures.
they were led to investigate, and to
"prove all things; hold fast to that
which is good" That portion of
divinity given by the Creator to
every person, on their birth into
this world, caused them to fearlessly
investigate until by baptism they
became members of the Church,
receiving the Holy Ghost by laying
On of hands. These first steps led
them Oh to a further publication
of their lives, Graduating all selfish
meas from their actions, and after
experiences OF twenty, thirty and
forty years, some more, some less,
we are enabled to continue our
testimony, that Joseph Smith was
indeed true prophet of God. And
the same authority that Joseph
Smith held has been conferred upon
his successors, and President john
Taylor is new the presiding leader
of our Church. I have been sur.
prised to find in my travels the
large amount of ignorance existing
among the nations of the world, in
reference to the principles of our
belief, Notwithstanding the publ
cations that have been issued and
our constant efforts to make them
known. Some have the idea that
we place our Savior Jesus Christ as
secondary persOnsge of our faith ;
and when our missionaries have
declared to the contrary, 1t has been
disputed, saying their assertions
were not representative of the true
faith of the Mormons. Some
have even disputed our right to
preach from the Bible, because that
we did not believe in 1t, while the
facts ara that the Latter-day Saints
are alone In placing implicit COZ.
f1dence In and having entire belief
In the words of the Holy Bible. The
Savior said, Gle that heareth thet Q
sayings of mine and doeth them
not, shall be likened unto a foolish
man which built his house upon the
sand and the rain descended. and
the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house and il
fell, and great was the fall of it.
But says the Savior, whatsoever
heare.h theee sayings of mine, and
doeth them, l will iken Rnte
wise man, which built his hodse
upon rock, etc., and it fell not, for
it was founded on a rock" How
beautifully this illustrated the
necessity Of not only faith bat obedi-
ence to the sacred word Of God. No
person can make the scripture "Of
any private inteFpre tation," it must
be accepted literally as it reads. Not
only faith, but baptism by INNER
SIGN, being "buried ia the water"
as taught by the Savior, are funda-
mental principles OF the Latter
day Saints. Yet when we present
them to the world, the protesting
Christians reject them as being un
necessary. And this Notwithstanding
that this principle Of baptism is so
definitely affirmed in the Bible as a
necessity, and that the command to
the disciples was, SEQ We into all
the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be
damned" The ministry Of the dis.
ciples commissioned by the Savior
was based upon the principles of
"Repent and be baptized every one
of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission OF your sins, and
ye shsIlireceive the gift of the Holy
Ghost. For the promise is unto you