The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-18

With tho who'ye realizedthe birth.
The Sacrament was administered by
the priesthood Of the Fourteenth Ward.
ELDER VIM. H. KING (of Fillmore) ad-
dressed the congregation and said: We
meet together to worship God and
receive instructions in the plan of Eter-
nal Life. 1t is fitting that the people
should meet together, 10 receive a re-
newal of the Spirit of God. We have
covenanted with God to build up His
kingdom and obey His laws, and the
world are determined to oppose us in
our endeavorS. The Latter-day Saints
to-day occupy an anomalous position.
Very few offer them succer or give them
sympathy. They are engaged in work
that is of The utmost importance and
which has been founded by God. The
Latter-day Saints do not rely upon man,
they are not hoping for worldly ac-
knowledgement or success. THROUGH
out the Christian world discussions are
extant, discord, hatred and malice are
controlling mankind. Hence the neces-
sity of the gospel plan of salvation to
bring peace and love unto all, that
everyone may love their neighbors as
themselves. The kingdom of God
designs to give the greatest of liberty
and freedom to all. Men have sought
to establish 4 government that would
bring true happiness unto mankind, one
that would unite them, and establish
reign of righteousness. Christendom
considered themselves to be an advance
upon paganiSm. But Utopian Lave been
their hopes and aspirations. God Is
merciful and just, and the failure of
II co. r, f<,f l,o foo ~
that they have endeavored to do with
out Cod. They have broken covenants
and changed the ordinances. God does
not desire the misery and destruction of
humanity. No! He would rather they
would be blessed and prospered. Man
made governments have and will fail,
because men in their haste have over
looked God and His precepts. He has
designed plan whereby mankind may
obtain eternal life, has given laws for
the government of man. If we regard
the Scripture as the word of God, we
can learn the way of life as taught to
Adam. The first record of the gospel,
wherein it shows the wisdom, love and
mercy of God, who III His infinite love
provided plan whereby mankind might
be redeemed from transgreSsioN. The
Scriptures exemplify in the history of
the many prophets and patriarchs, the
constant endeavors to teach humanity
the lesson OF the laws of God The
gospel that brought about such perfect
results with Enoch and his brethren,
will certainly produce the same condi-
tiouS with all others of mankind, if its
laws and doctrines are adhered to. The
departure of man from the ways of God
has given way to the philosophers of
man, bringing them into condition OF
despotism and misery. The opposition
o. mankind aided by numerical strength,
has continued to be eXerted in all ages
against those who have been struggling
to maintain the truth. The birth of
Jesus Christ, our Savior, upon this
earth His life and atonement, all seem
absurd to the skeptic and atheist.
Nevertheless it was The plan that God
had designed whereby redemption
should be obtained, Christ giving him
self ransom for the whole world. In
Him the broken law was satisfied. His
death and suferings satisfied the i'm
mutable law and gave unto mankind
| the opportunity of obtaining endless
lives. Men are inclined to ignore ordi
nanceS and ceremonies, which are neces-
sary to show our obedience unto the
( requirements of the gospel, and to wit
:
and ceremonies in and of themselves
have no efficacy. We partake of the
| Sacrament as being typical of the BODY
and blood of Christ, in remembrance of
Him. Men were determined to over
throw the kingdom of God, when Christ
organized it on earth. Satan did not
fail 10 inspire mankind to opposition,
reallsing full well that his power would
diminish with the progress of the gospel
among mankind. The government
directed by God can alone bring happi-
ness and salvation unto mankind. The
gospel makes all men equal, holds all in
the same platform, united in peace and
love. No true liberty or happiness can
be enjoyed .other than through fine
gospel of Jesus Christ. The efforts of
good aud noble men, who have labored
to bring about the unificatiol. of man
kind have proved futile and exempliied
the truth OF this fact. We may look in
vain for the success of bringing men to
''see eye to eye other than than by the
gospel OF God. In vain we shall antici-
pate the millennium of brotherly love, if
we ignore the predictions of God and His
servants. The unfaverable circumstan-
ces that surround the Latter day Saints
cannot cause them toforget God. The
world may forget the promises of God
and what He proposes to do but the
Saints cannot, must not. These THINGS
may seem idle to the rest of man Kind
the world may continue to oppose the
truth, but the Saints although in the
minority viii continue to believer in God
Their faith is not based upon aDv man
Joseph Smith, Brigham Young. or Jobn
Taylor. No, it is based upon the Scrin-
lures, and DIV ne revelations given tn
the servants of God in these the last
days. If our position is vulnerable Lei
those who oppose us show us sometime
better, higher. nobler or having more
truth. Let our history. our actions the
fruits Of our belief speak for themselves
If we are not entitled to be recognized
as the people of God, who is? Let fhe
wise Christian remember that If we are
not inspired of God, our system will
soon come to naught; if God is with ms
and acknowledges US we shall continne
to prosper. The copdition offhe RELIC
ious world, s rile and dissension, ignoT-
ance and unbelief in the ways of God
caused Joseph Smith to enquire as tn
the ways OF life. God called and inspired
Joseph Smith, that bis gospel plan
might be again revealed. to man., The
sbsence of Gods authority on earth