The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-29

the singing by the choir oil the hymn
commencing:
o. Jesusl the gIver
Of ali we enjoy.
Our lives TO tbs honor
Ne wish 20 emp oys
With praises lnceseing
We'll slug OF Thy names
Thy coodn,ss increasing.
Thylgve We II pr. claim.
Prayer BY Elder Shaw. OF Paradise.
Singing by the choir of the hymn:
oGld n eternal ? .ther.
Nh0dwells amid the skyl
In Jesus. uzm wessk zee
To bless aud sanctify.
II we are pure before thee.
Ibis br ad sni cup OF wine,
That We may all emember
That of ring SO diSine.
Bishop q. r. WHITsEY, on arising
said lie did so more from n sense of duty
than of pleasure. There was pleasure
afforded in standing upIn defense of the
principles of salvation, but there was q
Iimidity, also, which arose from con-
temptation Of the vastness of the sab
ject aud individual weakness. He did
not arise in his own strength. but IN
thai OF his Father. he could say, with
one OF old, that he was not ashamed OF
the gospel of Christ. for il was the power
of God unto salvation unto all who be-
lieved and obeyed. We wer led TO in
quire. he remarked, what is the gospel?
How live so as to reap the reward prom
ised to those who remain faithful. rs
understood the gospel 10 be a code Of
laws or series OF principles which led
upward and onward; they were liEened
unto a ladder thrown between heaven
and earth, which. if climbed, round By
round, would lead into the presence
Of God, the eternal Father. He
would use the term. brethren
aud sisters" in addressing the COD
gregation, realizing that 1t was one
which comprehended all The sons ana
daughters of our common Father.
The gospel of Christ rs not the power
of salvation unto those who do not
manifest their faith by their works.
The gospel taught Us to love all man
kind. IL was and had been the mission
of the Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints to mini.ter for the salvation
Of the human family, and. in doing 80.
to suffer persecution. and sometimes
death. The Saints felt interested in the
salvation of their fellow-creatures. and
they who slandered them and ascribed
any other motives TO them than good
will to all mankind either did not
know them or else maligned them. The
gospel was not simply belief alone. II
belief alone would save any then the
very demons, the sons of perdition,
would be subjects for salvation: for
they believed that Jesus was the Christ
aud they trembled because of their be
lief. They believed, yet did net keep
His commandments. They who would
destroy, if they could, those who differed
from them in religion, are not manifest
ing the principles OF the gospel of
Christ. No; no more than the devils in
hell; he would that the world could see
the inconsistency of the attitude Of
many so-called Christians in regard To
the Latter-day Saints. He that says he
loves God and hates his brother is s
liar, and the truth is not IN him. They
who do not practice charity and love
their feilow.men, do not truly believe
in the teachings OF the Savior.
Faith is the fundamental principle or
groundwork of salvation, for without it
Il is impossible TO please God or accom-
plish anything. 1t is the tree upon
which grows the fruit Of life aud saliva
ton: and there is nothing that lives and
moves on the earth, in the water or in
the air, under the laws of God. but
manifests the grand principle of filth.
No man can say. truthfully, that he i
utterly without il, and il becomes
everyone's duty TO cultivate it. TIL s is
world where we are required to walls
by faith; We are no longer in the pres
ence of the Father; the brightness OF
our spirits is yelled by mortality; We
do not see q we are seen or know as
we are known; we are roaming through
the dark valley of the shadow of death,
with nothing but the light rev called from
God toguide US on to eternity. There
was q time when we basked in the sun
light OF His countenance, IIurtured by
the side of our father and mother in
heaven, when we knew things bet
ter than we do now. There we walked
by sight; here We walk bv faith
Here is a grand chance to show
the integrity OF our souls. Those whs
walked by faith aud did not demand
miracles were to be considered
Eorthiest. When Jesus was resurrected
and showed himself to his disciples.
one Of them was absent, and said: Il
cannot believe, unless ] see the uarks
OF the nails in his hands and feel OF the
wound in his side" The Savior had
compassion upon Thomas and appeared
70 him. and be was then melted bv the
great testimony he had received and
knelt down and cried, 20 Lord. NV
Cod j. be was a good man. but weak
ana doubling, less blessed in believing
because he had seen. than he would
have been Il believing without seeing.
We manifest mole integrity IN serving
God IL darkness, as II were. amid trials
and persecution, than in the midst Of
light and prosperity. A beautiful
example is given in the Scriptures.
when the syrian army surrounded the
city Of DOtban, and the people within
the walls felt fearful in consequence.
The servant Of Elisha the prophet was
one Of the fearful souls, but the prophet
prayed for him and in vision ne saw
the armies Of heaven coming to the
rescue. But would be not have mani
tested greater faith il he had trusted
IN God without seeing what he did I?
We are told that there was q test
made in heaven among the children Of
God, when Lucifer raised the standard
OF rebellion and took with him one
third of the spirits begotten there.
TwO-thirds Of the spiritual population