The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-09
- THE TABERNACLE.
Religious Services on Sunday
Ae'' Afternoon Last.
rrDre sArsBIrr N THE sFAND-
.tDlscourse on the frinoi
An Eioe r.se Gospel SIS laughs by
the Latter-dsy Saints

rbs choir sang the hymn
Asthe dew from Heaven SaNyssep uis.--
Gently on the grass deso
Opening prayer by Elder "lilA'n p
Barton. ..h- bvun.
.m,ctsd Saint, to Christ draw near s
2iniSS svjor,s gracious promise near
The priesthood of the sixteenth
~ attended TO the administration oil
sacr.msnt of the Lords supper
rrnrn HENRY w. NAIsBiTr addressed
AZ congregation and said, there is
~ that interests Latter-day Saints
- much as the enumeration OF the
PRINCIPLES they profess to have received
and it would seem that there is no one
.nbisct on which so little is correctly
understood by the world, considering
the length of time that these principles
L.vo been presented to them. The
nnount OF ignorance in regard TO the
1attar-day Saints, seems discredltable.
Gsrsngers visiting Utah, are surprised
hen fold that we believe the Bible;
80 when further told that we believe
IN the atonement of the Lord Jesus
Christ and adopt the principles He
fouobt II seems to be treated with in
creSulity. Most of the world
seem 20 imagine that our mar
T;ege relation, is the only distinctive
feature of the Latter-day Saints,
and that we are Ignorant of the gen
sraIly accepted ideas of religion. The
contrary is the case, for the converts to
Hormonism have tested and tried the
religions of to day in their native coun-
tries understand the many beliefs and
ienets held out by the professors of
religion and have accepted the prin-
cinleS they now believe in as the result
of proving that which was taught them.
In fact instead OF the La ter-day Saints
being ignorant as is generally supposed.
thew are informed and understand and
know in what they believe, while the
assumed intelligent people of the world
occupv the position of being ignorant in
regard to the truths of the work of God.
Those who meet with our missionary
elders. those who will visit our Sunday
schools, and make enquiries, can attest
the truth of this assertion. The people
of the world seem disposed to accept all
the stories and improbable fabrications
that are circulated by the enemies of
truth. The Latter-day Saints are pre-
pared to substantiate all the principles
they advocate, by the Holy Bible and
to always give a reason for the hope
that is in them. The rel gion of the
Latter-day Saints is calculated to bene-
fit and bless mankind both here and
hereafter. The religious world concede
that the fountain of inspiration from
God was opened in the days of Christ,
1900 years ago, but are not willing to
admit that it exists to-day. They admit
the sayings and doings OF the Savior and
His apostles, the miracles and divine
evidences of their authority, to have
been so recorded, the results of the
power of the spirit of inspiration and
necessary for that day. And yet they
deny the necessity for such to exist and
to be experienced to-day, and vet the
fact is that the world to-day stands in
greater need of such divine power and
inspiration than it did then. 1t is true
that much time and labor is spent 10
educate men as ministers of the gospel
III the various sectS of to-day. Yet
they do not claim to have. nor do they
possess, the power and divine &C.
acknowledgement that existed in the
primitive church i'll the days of the
Savior. Men will now admit the funda-
mental principles of faith, repentance
and baptism, and make religious OBJ
servance of them. But they do not
possess or claim to enjoy the divine
spirit of inspiration, that brings to true
believers the gifts and blessings of the
true gospel of Jesus Christ. In fact
they deny the necessity of the believer
enjoying and possessing that divine
spirit, which, among other gifts, i'm
parts by revelation the mind and will
OF God to His servants on earth. The
reason Of this is obyious-men have
wandered away from the truth and
lost the true faith in God. PauI
the apostle, commanded his fol,
lowers to teach not their own ideas
and opinions and doctrines. but
to teach only that which the shirt of
inspiration of revelation showed unfo
them. If men deny this TO-DAY. and re-
pudiate other principles taught by the
Savior, We cannot help it. If men think
proper to deny the truths of religion.
science, philosophy, or politics. we can
not help it. The subject of baptism now
adays Is administered in several ways-
IN contradiction to the scriptural teach |
ings that 1t should be by immersion, in |
the likeness of a burial. and q |
rlslng TO a newness of life. And so |
with other things, men have assumed |
10 change ordinances to suit their own
ideas. They have changed the officers NJ |
organization, so that the reEoio,,x CO. |
cletes OF to-day do not believe That the
onurch OF God requires apostles. pro- |
Phets, pastors and teachers, helms and
governments. the same as existed in the
primitive church. Hence, TO-DAY we
have diverse religions, all claiming tn |
6elleve In Christ, and at the same time
qlnerlng from the principles and plan
he taught. Each one is endeayoring to
perpetuate and establish its own ideas
ana their ministers are found to ne
pre- ching for money and diyining for
nlre. AS a contrast to this. so-called
MOI nonism is to-day advocating and
seeking to establish the self-same prin-
ciples as taught by our Lord and
SAVIOR Jesus Christ, as recorded in the
holy Bible. God revealed the true and
everlasting gospel in these the last DAYS
20 Joseph Smith, a young man, who in
his anxiety to discover the truth. was
aonored by God, who revealed 10 him
his divine will. Are the Latter-dav
SAINTS, therefore, better than other
men, only as they live Alright before
700, IN consequence of having obeyed
bis gospelP They know that God
spoke to Joseph Smith, for no man can
10 the things of God Inlase ba 10 an