The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02
We CHILDREN of our God,
We Saints OF latter days,
Surround the table ofour Lord,
And join TO sing His praise.

The Sacrament was administered by
the priesthood of the Twentieth Ward.
ELDER GEoReE G. BywATER addressed
the congregation and said: In the pro-
videnoes of Almighty God, we have
been permitted to once more assemble
IN His worship, and to partake of the
Sacrament which was Instituted by
Jesus when on this earth. The bread is
broken emblematical of His erucifxion
and the wine in token of His blood
which was spilled. On that memorable
occasion when he taught this ordinance
to His disciples, He said: "I say unto
you, will not drink henceforth of this
fruit of the vine, until that day when
drink it anew with you in my Fathers
kingdom The disciples received doc
trines and principles from the Son of
God, the Redeemer of the world, who
spake as man never spake, and in whom
was found no guile. The disciples were
selected by divine wisdom and entrust-
ed with a divine mission, upon which
rested the salvation of the world. The
world was then not devoid of schools of
philosophy aad religious organizations
The Jews boosted OF their learning and
of their progenitors, and had every ad-
vantage that education and position
could give unto them. They had rea-
son to be proud of their ancestors.
Yet with these advantages. they never
thelesS became recreant and departed
from the covenants of their fathers.
When the Savior came in the meridian
of time, He came to the people who
were descendants of Israel. HE came
unto His own, but His own received
Him not" They expected their Shiloh
to come and release them from their
subsection unto the Romans. They ex-
pected Him to be born liking of the
Jews; but through sin had come trans
erosion and they had changed the or
dinances and broken their everlasting
covenants. The Jewish people have
demonstrated to the world that righte-
business exalteth a people, while sin
bringeth disgrace and disintegration
The Savior found them apoState and de
generated from the belief of their fore
fathers. Having in his possession the
keys of the knowledge of eternal life.
He organized HIS church on the found
alton of apostles and prophets. pastors
and teachers, establishing His govern
.ment upon the earth. He called and
ordained His disciples authorizing them
to preach the gospel to all the world, To
every nation, kindred, tongue and PEG
pie. The history of His labors and thai
of His disciples is recorded in the Holy
Bible to be read both by the believer
and the unbelieYer. TODAY we are re
minded of these things by our meetjug
together and partaking of the Sacra
ment in commemoratiOn of His suffer
ings and death. We believe in His go--
Del and proclaim to the world faith.
repentance, baptism for the remission
Of sins, and laying on of hands for ttu
reception of the Holy Ghost. We IL
seTt in all honesty that this is the d.
pensation OF the fullness of times, az,
refer the world as a proof thereof
that Holy Bible in which they claim
have belief. The principles we belle
in are those taught by the Savior Il
His disciples and which He declared 8
evangelize the whole world. The am
tasY which prevailed after the death 81
His disciples delayed that reign
which will yet be brOuEif
about. The professed Christians OF ls
day have a form OF goodness, but la
the power thereof The love of mar
has waxed SO cold. that the necessity -.
the gifts and blessings of the gospel j.
denied by Christendom. We offer =
the world a restoration of The true 4 4
everlasting gospel. given by the minis
tratiOn OF an angel 10 Joseph Smi "a
upon whom was conferred the divine
TO again establish the church
and kingdom of God among the cl3
dren of men. The keys and powers .of
the priesthood have been conferred
upon elders of this church. We are GO
ing forth from village to vii
lage, and from town to town.
and to all nations declaring the tidings
which we have received. We affirm
that we know of what we speak, and
willingly compare our faith and doe
trines with the Bible. Nevertheless We
are everywhere eYilly spoken of and told
by the Christian world that we must re
nounce our belief and faith. or we can
not live with them. We respectfully
decline to do so, and must accept the
literal to US of the divine
will. We are simple minded enough to /.
believe in the words of the Lord, hay
ing testimony that he has again re-
vealed Himself unto man. We offer
this to the world, believing that all men
and women will be judged according to I
their deeds done IN the Body. or this |
life. We regard much in the Christian /
world as being good, but having receiY- Z
ed a fullness of the everias ing gospel, /
we rely upon God to sustain US in that /
testimony we bear Of His truths. We |
know that Jesus Christ viii soon come I
again TO reign as king over all the earth /!
and take vengeance on all those that do /
and know not Him.
The choir sang the anthem . will ]
Praise Thee and Elder Hamilton G. I
Park pronounced the benedictIon.
1o-vonz- nahiIitatad Man.