The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-26
Sunday Afternoons Meeting
in the Tabernacle.
TWO SPEAKERS IN THE STAND.
Apostle John w. Taylor and Presi-
dent Abraham II. Cannon Ad-
dress the Congregation.

ing the hymn:
Praise We the Lerdl It's good to raise
Your hearts and voices in his praise.
Elder George 6. Bywater offered the
opening prayer.
The choir sang another hymn:
Twas on that dark, that solemn night,
When powers OF eartn and hell arose.
The Sacrament was admin stored by
the priesthood of the Fourteenth Ward.
ELDER ABRAHAM H. CANNON addressed
the congregation and said the Latter
day Saints have been gathered to the
valleys of Utah under peculiar cireum-
stances. Claiming to have belief in the
everlasting gospel, which has been re-
vealed to Joseph Smith, the prophet, we
claim the right for each member of
this church to enjoy continued reve-
lation. 1t is because we have belief in
this principle that we are enabled to
withstand the trials that beset US. The
youth, Joseph Smith, received the visi-
tation of angels, and in reply to his
request as to which of the existing re-
igious sects was acknowledged by God
as His church, was told to
hold himself aloof from all of
them and prepare himself for the
truths which were subsequently revealed
to him. The Holy Scriptures do not
tell us that the canon of Scriptures is
full. but on the contrary describe to US
how that the ancient prophets wrote
and spoke as they were moved upon by
ho Iolr frff IF cd
that God communicated His mind and
will unto them. The Bible is record
of the sayings and doings of Gods
people who dwelt on the eastern hemis-
pbere. In like manner is the Book of
Mormon-which was revealed by God to
the prophet Joseph Smith-a record of
the people of God who dwelt on this
western hemisphere. One record corro-
borates and substantiates the other
The true and everlasting gospel is the
same to-day as it was in ancient days
An observance of its principles is what
unites together the Latter-day Saints,
and gives them a hope that reaches
beyond this life. The circumstances of
to-day are welcomed by the faithful,
and only the fulfilmeft of what has
been predicted by orr prophets and
apostles that would come to purify u.s.
APOSTLE JOHN w. TAYLOR said it had
been his privilege and pleasure to have
accompanied Delegate John 7. Game
and John Q. Cannon TO Washington, to
lay before the President of the
United States the petition of the |
of their wrongs. They arrived !
home Saturday evening, and he would |
leave 1t to Delegate Game to report the |
results of their trip on some future con-
venient occasion. The assertion that |
we know this to be the church and king |
dom of God is of vastly more import |
ance than most people generally appre-
ciate. To-day is the anniversary of the
day observed by the religious world IN
of the Day of Pente-
cost. The anxious inquiry on that
day was made of the hpos-
ties, as recorded in the New Testament,
Men and brethren, what shall we do to
be saved?" All those who desire to
know what is the belief of the
Latter-day Saints. should note well
the answer of the Apostle Peter:
Repent, every one of you, and be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ,
for the remission of your sins, and We
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost"
And to show that this was not confined
TO the people of that day, the next verse
says: This promise is unto you and
your children, and to all that are afar
IF, even as many as the Lord, our God
proven the truth of this promise, and
renee they testify of the things they do
NOW Jesus questioned Peter" Whom
10 We say that 1 ann" Peter answered.
Thou art the Christ, the Son of God"
eSus answered: Blessed art thou, for
lesh and blood hath not revealed this
into thee, but my Father, which art in
The Latter-day Saints know
hat flesh and blood cannot reveal the
Kings of God unto men. The Holy
ihOst or Comforter, is the only power
which can reveal unto men the will and
of God. That Holy Spirit is
he only power that can reveal the
Kings of God unto men. and without it
len are i'll ignorance. Jesus.said, IF
e viii do the will of my Father, We
hall know whether l speak of Him or
f myself" The testimony of Jesus
'hrist is the spirit of prophecy, so says
he Bible. The gifts and blessings of
be gospel as promised by the Savior
nd His apostles, are not to-day enjoyed {
v the so-called religious denona- {
nation of to-day, outside of the Latter {
ay Saints church. The character of
hese gifts and blessings are clearly de- s
cribed by the Apostle Paul in the New {
testament, by their fruits shall We
no, them" Where will you find these {
fits end blessings enjoyed to-day? No
here but in the church of Jesus Christ
{ Latter-day Saints. The Savior ac- |
used the Scribes and Pharisees that {
ley drew near Him with their lips, but {
leir hearts were far from Him, and that S
ley taught the doctrines of men. The s
1-called Christians of our day are {
milarly situated, hence the people of ]
ne world are now tossed about by every !
ind and doctrine, and led into error
V men who lie in wait to deceive. The
rophet Hosea said that in the last days
lere should be famine for the word
( God. And that famine exists to-day
it'll the people of the world. The prin-
piles believed in by the Latter-day
ANTS are not new, but the same as ad- 6
Ocated by the Lord Jesus Christ. The !
ANTS have gathered together from I
early every nation, in obedience to
lese principles; and the circum-
.ances of to-day are the fultilment of
re predicted signs of the second COM
ig Of the Son of Man. our Lord and
syior Jesus Christ. Those who are