The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-04

ferred at some length to the belief OF
the scots of the world IN the nonenity
of God and proceeded to explain the
attributes possessed by the Almighty
His love and His anger. If He had a
finger to write the ten commandments,
He certainly had an arm, a chest, and
so on forming a complete body of parts,
By some of the professedly learned
men of the day God was described as an
indescribable being sitting on a topless
throne; He was without form-was
imaginary, as some one had described a
nothing: a footless stocking without a
leg. Jesus, We are told, was in the ex-
press image of His Father, and He had
body, parts and passions. The faith of
the Latter-day Saints was next referred
to, the Lord spoken of having been
described as being meant by zone Lord,
one faith and Que baptism" The Saints
believed in God, the Son and Holy
Ghost that the same gospel taught by
Jesus was again among the children of
men,; that the priesthood was once
more in existence. He asked what was
order to escape the condemnation
promised to those who reject it? He
next explained the officers in the true
church of God: "for the working of the
ministry, the edifying Of the body of
Christ, and the perfecting of the Saints,
until all come to the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto a
measure of the stature of Christ" The
officers were placed in the church for a
purpose, as explained in the next verse.
THAT henceforth we be no more child
rem, tossed to and fro, and carried about
with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men. and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive"
The effects of the gospel was the saliva
ton and redemption of mankind. Elder
Taylor read a few verses in reference to
the workings of the Holy Ghost and the
fruits of obedience to the requirements
and ordinances of the gospel. The
gifts enjoyed by those who had lived
faithfully and done according to the
teachings of the New Testament. He
dwelt some time on the gift OF prophesy
the ridicule manifested by the people
OF the world, but which was enjoyed by
all who thoroughly, steadfastly and
implicitly lived up to the privileges of
the gospel. The medium of revelation
was also referred to as one of the beliefs
of the Latter-day Saints, by means of
which the mind and will of God was to
DS hAAOh 44OAA LII W "a II oOOGo
of the world, while they professed to
have the Holy Ghost, denied all of these
gifts. The gifts spoken of by Paul were
read from the New Testament and each
one commented on. He referred to
many of the o~bservances of the Latter
day Saints of the fast day worship,
which were being neglected, and coun-
seled a more general observance OF these
meetings by the people. He realized
that there was a degenerating in this re-
spect among the Saints. He advocated
the keeping of all the commandments
of God. He would rejoice to see the
same zeal as was manifested by the Jews,
who religiously lived up to what they
protested, and telt to thank God that
there were men on the earth who did
practice what they preached. Live
your religion, he continued, keep the
commandments of God; if you do not
enjoy the gifts and blessings promised
the faithful, repent and do your first
works over again. "If We were of the
world the world would love you," said
Jesus. and the same remark would APP
ply to the Latter-day Saints. They
should expect %tribulation and persecu-
ton; it was a natural following of
obedience to the gospel of Christ. Fear
not the world, heed not the wicked;
pray tor them; pray for your enemies,
n be not afraid of the Vaccinations
of the world.
Choir sang an anthem.
Benediction by Elder Thomas E.
| jeremy,