The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-01


Tabernacle on Sunday afternoon, High
Councillor Elias Morris presiding.
The choir and congregation sang:
1.-THE Spirit of God Like Fire is Burning :
Prayer was offered by Elder Edward
Sneigrove.
The choir thea sang:
Il Know That Ny Redeeiaer Lye:h."
The Sacrament was administered Big
the eriestho I'd of the Twelfth Ward.
ELDER AgTHUs sTAYEER,
who arose 70 address tie congregation
| read from the Book Of Doctrines snd
| Covenants the following passhee,
which applied 10 certain per
ton Of the Latter day Sain IS.
! Let them repent of all their
sins, and OF all their covetion5 desires
before me, saith the Lord. Tor what is
property to me? SAITH the Lord for have
| not the fowls of heaven anu tina fish
OF the sea and the b asss OF lac fn,unt-
! aips2 Have not made the earth? Do
| not hold the dsstiuies OF sli the arm es
OF the nations of the earth? Therefore
will uoE make solitary places to bud
anu blossom and IN hrDg focih Ia
abundance, saIta thu Lord.
! Although this ~aS epOEen liz q revela-
ton TO Joseph SmI b hfty years ago 1T is
true with regard Co the peepie to-day.
| The spectacle which tins people pre-
sents 10 che world TO dag is eertalply
peculiar aud without . parallel IN
| modern times Here Is All org aniza tion
les. than sixty years ulu founded
UPON the revelations or the Lord
through his servant Joseph Smith,
an Dlilersie bog, Wnum He
raised up to do His work in the
latter day. The hsman mind would
very readily suggest thas the LORD
should have revealed His will t1ruGgis
some Weli-eseabliEhed cnurGh, sum9
popular channel, in order 10 pYoniuigats
the doctrines of the gospel which He
desired 10 lay before the human family
IN the latter days, There ere many
churches with well educated preRcnees,
who can speak with grace aud eIo-
quence, Naturally, therefore, 'he qaes-
ton might be asked, lis thars not
plenty Of material npOn tins earth to-
day through @Vnich God could con- anu
nlcste the truths OF His gospel Whica
have been concealed from the human
family for several centuEies?' 10 the
human mind 1t would SEEM that G,en OF
lesrOing should be used as Instruments
ID Gods hand for communicating the
diEtle mest age 10 mauk,nd. Oculu
sHch nos reason on lh9 principles of
trpth aud cluthe them in the alOsl re-
speG;able garments, putting forth their
saltaut points vita words OF eloqaeuGs
oil - o., IF VII, p h.,
human heart Is capahie2 Could
they tno$ take those truths and
hprl them With veneeful force III
tbs heads Of their eneHoies in Theology?
But God did not select sueh men. He
perferreG TO send His psoIiGst Through
the lineage aUd unCkr circumstances
similar 10 these OF Hig son jesus Christ
in the'sa0st humble capacity Of life
There :Eas no college eoUcation in the
boy of fifteen Years. IN him w:.s no
worldly ecuGilion. Ia him was no uu-
AerstaudIng OF the wG-l6'S sciences.
hera was as crude ana sntutt red &
9afnd as Is was possible to bags upon
the ear.l. But tho Lard chose 30 intro
CAGE Ills gospel III an humble manner
&tthe tt1sle that Joseph Smith received
the heavenly n IS 4$sa, II would have
heen impossible for hia, ef als own
saaent aud ability, TO Lave written up
record OF the notable event, Had he
not been inspired of God, it wonid have
been on .inpossioiiity for hirD 10 trans
La 70 from the plates. It is not aimed
by the LstteT-day Saints that Joseph
Smjth w&s IN and OF himself learned
ard talented He received power
through the Inspiration OF Almighty
God. Therein lay the secret of his
strength, which brought about such
great results.
Tao amount Of persecutio1, vituper-
alton. anG abuse which he's Eeen heaped !
upon this Church, together with the |
physica, dangers through which 1t nag |
passed, makes mp & record which |
no other people of the latter times cau.s
show. The principles of the gospel |
teach Us. however, that We should
cherissa no hard feelings against those |
" no psrseeute us, although they cause
our leaders to be absent from US by |
foFoe of circumstances. Here liz a |
people. niaRy honored members of
whom are la prison for conscience sake.
Here is a people Iwho see Their property /
taken away from them BY power
which they have no disposition 10 re-
3ist; but With eGiet resignation they
1Jltt LOT IRS Outcome designed De tbs
Almighty. Ia q revelation given in az
,aEly day through the prophet Joseph
smith, the Lord said, II give not unto
'oG that yon shall live after The manner
II the world" Therefore, we should not
eek 100 much after the things of this
ife. Che way of the world is 20 act
elfshs 10 grasp all they can, aud if they
4nnoG acquire means honestly, they ,
VII cry 20 acquire them anyhow. This
may seem good one in .he
" of The oridiy- minded-each r,au 5
,eking 70 advance his Dwn interests
I'D The interests of has own family. It'll '
loald not be so with the Latter day
aiuts. They should not live after the 0
tanner of the world. And it seems as y
tbs Father has Intended that they g
lall not. He has given Us nothing 0
accomplish but what we are !,
pie TO accomplish. When Hell q
res man th9 mission of upholdine a
lie banner of righteousness, sustainingI a
% principles of purity. suppressing s.
pride sud sel6shness. He :.
aces BIN in circumstances that will Q.
srmit him to carry out such a mission. q
is sindnesa on the part of curl A
.sv eniy Father 10 arouse within us al
ifit of repentance. Not mary yearst .
- the Lord in a revelation civar, x