The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-29
TABERNACLE SERVICES.
Elder Arthur Stayner's Discourse
on Sunday Afternoon.

After the preliminary exercises Of
singing. and prayer BY Elder Edward
sneigroYe, at the Tabernacle, on Sun
day afternoon last, Dob
ELDER ARIHUR STAYSER was called
upon and began an address to the as
sembiage by reading from the Book Of
Nephi the following passages:
an the light and life OF the word. lam
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end. And re shall oder up unto m no more
the shec dina of blood yea our sacri fees and
your burnt offerings shall be done away. for
I viii aecep; none OF your sacrifices and
burnt Of, rings; and ye shall offer for a sac
rince unto me q broken heart ana q contrite
spirit And whose cometh unto me with a
broken heart and con.rtte spirit, him Will
baptiEe vi IRE and with the Holy Ghost.
faith In me al the time Of their cow ersion.
were baptized With IRE and with the Holy
Ghost, and they knew it not
In commenting upon the quotation,
Elder StaYner remarked that the pres
ent time-the Christmas season
brought TO mind the mission and labors
OF the Savior. The redemption ofZion,
he believed, would be more speedily
brought about by the Saints living &C
cording to the teachings of Jesus and
observing the words of the passages be
had read. IL behooved those who
claimed to be Latter-day Saints to put
away sin and selishness and TO put
their trust in God. The prosecutions
visited upon the people were necessary
to turn their hearts toward The Al
mighty, who had warned His children
to beware of pride. II they bad fol-
lowed after the god Mammon, il was
time now for them 10 cease their course.
The cleansing Of Zion would be com
plete, and the Lord had begun the purifi.
cation. The gathering OF the Saints from
the four quarters Of the globe and from
the isles OF the sea was not, Elder
Stayner said, accidental; it was part of
the designs Of the Almighty on the
great end OF all. They had been called
by the gospel TO come out OF Baby on.
Each individual member of the church
should consider the responsibility he or
she had shouldered, and they should
see TO 1t that they were living up to
that responsibility, for they would GER
tainly be required TO render an account
Of the deeds done in the flesh. In the !
spreading Of the principles Of salvation
and IN the great work of the redemp- |
ton oil mankind. the Iatter-day Saints |
bad been enlisted, aud they had been |
required to let their light so shine th1.I /
The world might see their good works. |
The speaker counseled honesty !
and uprightness in everyday life, |
md impressed upon his hearers |
the command Of Jehovah, TO |
oye their enemies; to obey Gods |
avs. He neyt referred to the revela
ion given TO President Taylor, and said |
The necessity Tor that revelation inoi- |
,ated that the Saints were not living in |
accordance with the mind and will of |
The Lord. In that revelation the |
Saints were required to put away covet- |
BUSINESS, pride and self-Will before they |
could be recognized by the Almighty. |
The purifying of the individual was re- |
Ierred to By the speaker: and instances
Of holy men in ancient days fasting and l
praying IN order to be kept in the path |
Of rectitude. Fast and pray" he 1
1rged, THAT you may receive the bene- |
its of so doing" 1t was q mistaken |
dea, he continued, for people 70 think |
here were no blessings except wealth |
they possessed came from |
Sod; temporal as well as spiritual |
blessings would be theirs who purified 1
and lived Alright. Wealth |
through covetousness |
YOU'D not prove = blessing TO anyone. |
Elder Stayner remarked that the /
order in the redemption of the Zion of |
he latter-days would be, first, spiritual |
and then temporal, and would follow |
obedience TO the celestial ordinances.
all who would be numbered among the \
must purify themselves. for |
none would be redeemed in his sins. |
The redemption Of Zion would occur /
when his children were righteous. In /
he exAorted all 70 faithful !
ness, urged upon those who wished to 4
,nioy that influence and peace which 1
from heaven TO fast ana pray 4
and be thoroughly repentsnt.
The choir sang the anthem, Comfort |
fe Ny People" and Elder Jesse w.
Fox, Jr., pronounced the bfnediction.