The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-15

0.rGod, we raise to thee
lhshks for thy blessings free,
We here enjoy, etc,
Prayer was offered by Elder T. V.
Williams.
Singing on page %:
o Jesus! the giver
OF al we enjoy,
Our lives to thy honor
We wish to employ
The Sacrament of the Lords supper
was administered by the priesthood q
the Nineteenth Ward.
ELDER ELIAS s. WRIGHT said it had
fallen to his lot to address the audience
or short time. 1t was the largest as
sembly of people he had every attempted
To edlfy from the pulpit, ana he desired,
therefore, to solicit the sympathy of the
audience and the exercise OF faith anu
ravers i'm his behalf that ne might be
enabled to Impart words of comfort anu
.uotrucIUn 10 The assent bed Saints
.-he SPEAKER read from the words of The
Apostle Paul found in the 4th chaptef
AOIlllLnldl> ;.
which he esteemed to be particulars,
APPROPRIATE IOr the Consideration OF IN
sam : at the present time. In il were
shown the motives which actuated tn.
servants of God in the DAYS of tn
apostles. 1t was then seen. as in ever,
age, that it is not always the maiorIt,
that is right in regard, to matter
OF religion. God has always revealed
Himself in manner which pleased HUI
u, MS OaI.4Ls anu 10 the uhuerst anulnp
of His people. Jesus Christ was MOI
popular among the people, but he IN
,rdoueed a system OF trn h In mo al,
and religion and established a prie5G
hood for the administration of TN
ordinances thereof. That priesthoo
we know, was taken from the earth Il,
the purity of that religion was lost a lr
We nave, therefore, reason TO look foI
and believe IN revelation an the divIne
interposition of the power of God in o 4
own LAY. me world is wont 10 give
religion credit for nothing but motive>
of lust; whereas, the Latter-day Saints
are actuated by the pursuit of prInci
pies. The Scriptures say HE who
-, eks to save his life snail lose H.
Looking at the actions OF the Latter
day Saints in this light We can sense The
sincerity of their motives. The religion
of the Latter-day Saints certainly ought
TO be as much entitled to investigation
as that of any other people or denomi-
nation. OF all the revelations and pro
CARNATIONS proiessed to be from God TO
ChiS people, not one has failed. The
Saints OF COO have every reason TO hope
or the victory and TO relOlce in he
promises of the Almighty to them. The
Oatter-uay Saints endure many sacIih
C5> Tor tie truth as they believe it to De-
They send missionaries to almost every
nation ON the earth for their eulighten-
.hent. They eXtebd a helping hanu for
he amellOratIOn Of the poor and lgnor
ant. President Brigham Young was 4
1rvat friend to the caus of education
and devoted much means and attention
- promote its Interests, as l. proudly
demonstrated ny noble monuments thai
we can observe to day. The speaker
would say TO the world, ii he cOulu
investigate the doctrines protested b,
the Latter day Saints. The time viii
come when you may not have tn
privilege. The speaker bore les iimonV
10 the uugh OF This Work, and prayed
[ at the LAJter-day Saints might be iE-
,pired with courage and strength u
n-actce these principles anu endure to
the end.
ELDER GEe. 6, BYwATER said opposi-
ton TO the principles of human progress
has become a cTysCaliZed fact in til,
line of human history. Eighteen huu-
bred years ago and over occurred
great and momentous event which has
never been parallelled for its PECULIAR
ties or its importance in the history of
= h,r ho -, IL.
Jesus Christ. The wise men of the ea,;
VI re directed by celestial manifesto
Ton TO travel TO the place of his birth
To pay homage 10 him. II
of this event were
.hAuS 4AuU WI 10 the learned OF Athens
aud the great seats of literature OF
the world; neither did 1t occur in the
house OF kings or MOBILES. but III the
insls nifcant town of Bethlehem, Judea.
Heavenly manifestations were made to
Zacharias and others of the humble
Of the Lord, and not to the
learned Or the respected expositors of
doctrine and ecclesiastical principles.
the IN ,ther and the reputed
father of this child were descended from
the royal line of David, they were cot
III any way for their ranks
Or social position. The minds of the
thinking classes of the world were
awakened when Jesus Christ COM
menced mis- mission as a reformer
among men; and it is admitted by the
learned that to the practice
Of principles enunciated by him is due
the civilization of the age in which We
are now living. Although it might be
considered a deep question by some, the
earnest worker in the line of human
thought could discover rational causes
for the system of opposition which was
manifested in such intensified form,
against this Jesus of Nazareth. NJ, n
who held in high regard the writings
the prophets and the law of ancient
Israel were not his foremost su pporters.
Why did they not sing praises in his
name and rejoice IN his mission of
truth and good will to men2 Why
could not they discover the fulfllment
Of the promises of the holy prophets in
whom they believed? True it was that
blindness, in part, had happened unto
Israel. jesus gave to his disciples a
mission to the whole world with such a
commission that whosoeYer would
believe on their words should be saved |
md WhoseeYer did not believe should I
De damned. 1t is a mistaken idea that I
he christian TeIioiO0 was fully eStab- /