The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-16
SUNDAY SERVICE.
Discourses by Elder S. B. Young
and Apostle Jno. w, Taylor.

Sweetly may the blessed Spirit,
On each faithful bosom shine,
May we ever grace inherit,
Lord we seek boon divine
The opening prayer was offered by
Elder Henry P. Richards, and the choir
sang another hymn:
Ye children of our God,
We saints of latter days,
Sur ,und the table OF the Lord,
And join to sing His praise.
The priesthood of the Ninth Ward at
tended to the administration of the Sac
rament.
ELDER SEYMOUR B. YOUNG addressed
the congregation and said, The Savior
when on earth uttered these words ::
The foxes have holes, and the birds OF
the air have nests but the Son OF man
hath not where to lay his head" The
theme that has occupied my mind of
late and for some time past, has been
the erection of temples. In the fifth
chapter of the first book of kings we read
| about Solomon's temple, aud how God
commanded him to build it to His Holy
name. In the succeeding chapter are
| given the dimensions and details of the
inner building &c. and of its dedication
to God who keepeth covenants with His
children. This temple was destroyed
| by NebuchadneZZar and afterwards re-
paired and rebuilt several times. lastly
by Herod few years previous to the
advent of our Savior Jesus Christ. 1t
was evidently this temple IN which the
Savior scourged the money changers
with whip of cords and reprimanded
| them for using the temple of Code for
such purpose. Since the destruction
of the temple at Jerusalem, no such
| building has been erected and dedicated
to the name of Israels God, until those
erected by the Latter Day Saints since
the year 1888 There are many large
buildings cathedrals &c. such as St.
Peters at Rome, ST. Pauls in London
and others but all have been named
after and dedicated to ancient Saints
and Apostles. 1t seems somewhat sing
ular, that it had never occurred to any
religious person to erect and dedicate a
building or temple to the name OF l.
rael's God, as an abiding place for Him.
But such was the case in fulilment Oh
the Savior worCs, that the Son Of man
had not where TO lay His head. God
commanded Joseph Smith, by revelation
TO erect such a temple at Kirkland and
another one at Nauvoc.
God accepted these buildings, built to
His name, and acknowledged and accep-
ted them by His manifestations and
power. The prosecutions and driving
Of the Saints, illuminated IN the destruC-
ton OF. these buildings az Kirkland and
Nauvoo, and DELAYED further building
of temples until 1876 when the one at s.. !
George was completed and dedicated. |
he temple at Logan was completed and
dedicated last year 1884. Another tenn
pie is nearing completion at Manti and |
the temple in this city is progressing !
making in all four temples now erected |
and building in Utah Territory The |
dimensions OF the one in this city are
length 1SS feet, width IS feet, and |
heighth to the square Of the roof 90feet. |
1t will have six towers. three at the east |
and three at the west end. much higher !
than the main building. the eastern ones |
being the highest. These temples are as !
an abiding place for the most High God |
and His Holy messengers, and a sacred |
place in which to at; end to the baptisl: 9
Tor the dead, marriages for time anu
eternity. and other sacred ordinances.
The time Is expected to come, when it
will become necessary to build temple
in every stake of Zion, SO great will be
the work of the baptism for the redemp-
II these temples, has been revealed to
the Latter Day Saints through their
prophet Joseph Smith, who was enabled
by divine power so receive them and
also to translate the Book OF Mormon 4,
from the engraVen plates delivered to
him by an angel. These facts were tes-
.ifed to by witnesses who saw, and
heard the voices of the heavenly mes .
'engers, and were permitted TO handle !
he engraven plates, as witness unto |
he world of their truth. These three :
witnesses all subsequently apostatized !
rom the church, two of them are dead, :
he other one now lives in Missouri, bur
continued to assert that their testimony 4
5 true. although antagonistic TO this C
hurch. The truth of that which they
lad witnessed cannot be effaced from
heir memories, hence they maintain
heir testimony of the truth of the Book !
( Mormon. Ihel0ve OF trdth was what I
Joseph Smith to declare to s
he world that God had revealed Him. !
sif to him and restored the Gospel with T
II its gifts and blessings. God respects =
nd honors such men and although sur
1unded by enemies nothing can daunt
hem. God directs them in their
forts to bless and benefit their fellow
len. The elders of this church are to-
ay continuing in these labors, and RELY
pom Col to sustain them.
APOSTLE JOHN w. TAYLOR said while
;tening to elder Yonng he was reminded
the saying of the apostle Peter "The
st hath suffered for the unjust" re-
rring to the experience of Jesus Christ.
ur Savior was put to death in the flesh.
1t quickened by the Spirit He went to
each to the spirits in prison, that they 2
light receive the Gospel, and be baptis. "a
into it. This ordinance has to be
tended TO on this earth. by proxy.
,Ece baptism for the dead, which has ux
be attended 10 IN the temples that u
i've been spoken OF, Jesus Christ posi-
Tely declared that no one can enter
TO the kingdom of God without being
ptised. The priesthood of the power
God has not been on this earth since
e death of Jesus and His apostles,
It'll it was restored to Joseph Smith in IN
csc days. Consequently millions of
imam beings have lived and died on =
is earth during those centuries with
t hearing the Gospel or having an OPP
rtunity to attend TO its ordinances. m,
lie restora ion of the Gospel hascaused Sa
E hearts of the children to turn unto bls
cir fathers, that they may labor for inc
)se in the spirit world. This is ex- In