The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-17
AT THE TABERNACLE,
Divine Services Held on Sun
day Last.
ELDER NICHOLSON'S ADDRESS,
apostle John Henry Smiths Sermon
A Great Many Strangers
IN Attendance.

Divine services were held at the Tai
ernacle on Sunday afternoon.
. The choir and congregation sang:
Great God, attend while Zion sings
Prayer was offered by Elder JOSEF
Horne.
The choir then sang:
How sweet communion is on earth.
The sacrament was administered b.
the Priesthood of the Tenth Ward.
ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON,
who arose to address the congregation
said IN substance, ut has fall en- to M,
lot, this afternoon, to address the larg,
audience that has assembled here Ii
endeaVoring to perform this duty
trust l shall not only have the atten
ton but the sympathy and faith of the
congregation. L hope that shall be in
possession OF the spirit of God to direct
me IN the thoughts of my mind and
give ne faculty OF expression. Whatever
may say must necessarily be
| NNSShNN AACA1 WIG o0oA0pOiuG VI a LdIU6T-
day Saint. The people who are so
designated are misunderstood by the
world at large. The cause of this mis-
| understanding is chiefly owing to their
having been so widely misrepresented
by false reports concerning their char.
meter and the doctrines which thew
have embraced. In almost every in
stance the conceptions formed by peo-
pie at a distance concerning this people
are very far apart from he true condi-
ton OF things; and when strangers
who comehere find that we are like the
rest OF mankind, sensitive mortals with
the tralltles that belong to mortality.
but only with limited share of the
vices thereof, they are filled with aston.
1shment. They behold, when thew come
into our midst, what has been accom-
pllshed by those who have settled in
this region. They see cities and vii
lagos populated by a happy, compare.
lively contented, peaceful, honest and
maral people. A large number of yisi-
tors come here with liberal minds. |
with minds open to receive cor
rect Impressions, with minds of their !
own, independent of statements that
may vary with the facts. Th5re are
others who come here filed up with so
much prejudice that they wear preiI- |
diced spectacles while they remain, and |
retain them after they depart. They |
are Somewhat like the Irishman who |
landed on the shores of this country, at
the port O. New York He was met By
a citizen of this republic soon after his
arrival. This citizen asked him this
question, Patrick, what are your pol
itics?" what are moi politics." be
said; "haYe you got a government
here?" "Oh, yes, we have a govern
ment." Then Dim agiu' it; that is
moi politics" This is about the atti.
Jude that is assumed by a great many
people regarding anything that has the
,sint of so called Mormonism attached
o it.
1t is interesting to study the in
1uences that have brought the Latter
lay Saints here and the purpose of their
coming. This can be explained on the
)Isis Of their religious views, regarding
which there is much misunderstanding.
The fundamental principle of our re
igion is an acceptance of the atonement
If our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;
md not only this, but it is the dlty of
Ill who take upon them His name to
ollow Him through good and through
evil report. And 1t falls to our
OF TO follow Him through q
great deal of evil report, not 50
much good report being circulated
about US. But the inquirer may say,
Is it not true that the Lat:e--day
Saints believe in apostles, in prophets,
and in revelations from God; and is
lot this a dark superstition? 1t is
rue that We so believe; but we hold
that it is not dark superstition. If it
De the case, then were the Lord Jesus
himself and HIS apostles whom He or
iained under His own hands in dark
and benightei condition. It is true
hat the religious world at large called
Christians repudiate these inspired
)ffic-rs and direct communication from
heaven. Now | would Tx to ask how
/ protesting Christian gains correct
lnders tandlng of his religious position?
How does he know that he is serving
ioa? Where does he get the lnforma
ion if he possesses it? Does he obtain
{ from some other man or class of
men? If he does, where did they get
t! 1t Is said that 10 man can truly
say that Jesus is the CHI is: except by
he Holy Ghost which is the spirit OF
re relation; and if Il g churches possess
he Holy Ghost, they would be in ON
WIFI OUu. Jesus ulmSelI
aid to his apostles: at is needful that
[ go away; but if go, 1 will send you
The Comforter and he will teach you
all things whatsoever l have command
ed you, and will show you things to
come" If things to come are shown,
the Gift of prophecy exists, for the gift
of prophecy is to understand coming
events by the power of the Holy Ghost.
1t is stated, as rule, that all the in
all the knowledge that man
obtains is through the medium of his
five senses. But it comes to be largely
recognized that there is another power
than the five senses in man. The evil
iences of its existence are beyond
doubt, and some philosophers call this
the sixth sense. 1t is that intuitive
power, that mental grasp. by which
man can understand and know the ex-
stence of his Maker, and to perceive
.hings that are spiritual. This was the
power that enabled the Savior, when
ooking upon the people who sur
.ound, d him, to perceive the thoughts
If their hearts. And all His servants
mbued with the same power and spirit
lad this faculty, or, in other words the
spirit of God operating upon the spirit
If man. Hence BONES the wide slate
nent, There is spirit in man, and