The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-06

Tabernacle on Sunday afternoon.
The choir sang:
Praise ye the Lord my heart shall Join
In work so pleasant, so divine,
NOW while the flesh is my abode
AND when my soul ascends to God.
Elder Robert Campbell offered prayer.
The choir and congregation then
sang:
The Spirit of God like fire is burning!
ELDER JAMES OSWALD
was the first speaker. He felt his weak.
ness In standing before an assembly OF
Latter-day Saints, and, in such q posi-
ton, man must be in possession of
the Spirit of God. In 1885, the speaker
left his home to go on mission to the
Sandwich Islands. While there he en-
deavored to learn the language of the
hatiVes and to instruct them in the
principles of the gospel. He felt that
the Spirit of the Lord was with him in
his Iators, and he had the privilege
of bsptizing several into the Church.
The Saints there were attentive to their
spiritual duties and would even neglect
their bodily comforts in order to sttend
their meeting and be instructed in the
ways of life. Elder Oswald testified to
having enjoyed his mission. In closing
his remarks, he desired the Lord to
bless the SAINTS and that they might be
enabled to do their duty.
ELDER E. G. WOOIFY
also spoke. The Latter-day Saints
have a peculiar mission to perform.
They are different from the people of
the world, and this ought to be the
case, If they are dutiful. We should be
the best people on the earth, and from
his own experience abroad in the world
he was led to believe that the Lat
ter day Saints are the best people.
While some are failing to live up to that
standard of righteousness which is re-
quired Of them, there are many who
are trying to serve God with all their
heart and mind and to build His King
dom upon the earth. The obi ct
of the Latter-day Saints is to estab-
lish kingdom of righteousness. It
IS theI etore necessary for them to gather
from the four corners of the earth that
they may be taught in the WAYS of
God. The preparation for the second
coming of the Savior could not be &C
complished if the Saints located them
selves in different parts of the earth,
They must necessarily be gathered
from all nations and thus form them
selves into neuclus which should
grow and eventually triumph over all
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should be the case, and this kingdom
will spread into other Territories,
States, and nations. If the Saints will
be united and faithful in all their
duties, no power on earth can stay this
work.
The speaker desired the Lord to bless
His people. They need this, for there
are evil influences at work against
them. He prayed that the divine bless
ing should attend them, and that peo-
pie should be prepared for the coming
of the Lord.
Apostle Heber J. Grant was pleased to
meet with the Latter-day Saints. He
realized it responsible position to in
struct the people in spiritual things. To
do this man must have the spirit of
the gospel. The people of the world do
not understand us. Many come into
our midst and go away again,
knowing little of our faith. They
hear evil reports and they go away en-
Pertaining erroneous views regarding
the Latter-day Saints. The Savior him
self was misrepresented and suffered as
a malefactor. 1t matters not how much
we are misrepresented, but it is an i'm
portant matter that we attend to our
duties. The truth was opposed by the
OF mankind in past ages; and,
according to the Scriptures, there are
few who tread tE e narrow path that leads
to life eternal, but many are iourneying
on the broad way that leadeth 80 des-
truction.
The Latter-day Saints are self-sacri-
fcing people. They believe in a univer-
sal salvation which extends not only to
the living, but also to the dead. They
are spending millions of dollars in erect
ing temples and performing a work for
their dead ancestors. 1t is evident from
the Holy Scriptures that a vicarious
work was performed in the days of the
first apostles; and it had been predicted
that the hearts of the fathers would be
turned to the children, and the hearts
OF the children to the fathers.
The Lord will require no more at our
hands than We are able to perform;
but many of the trials and tribulations
we pass through might be LISTENED, if
we were more faithful to our duties.
We should so order our lives as to have
a conscience void of offense before all
men. Better have this than be hypo-
critic, having all men praise US. The
day will yet come when the people of
the world will know that the Latter day
Saints are virtuous and righteous
people.
The speaker also referred to various
prophecies which had been uttered re-
garding the history of this people, and
the action which the United states gov
eminent should take against them.
To-day some of these predictions
are being fulfilled. The Lord
works upon natural principles, and
He told Joseph Smith that every
blessing We receive in this life is
dictated upon the observance of GER
tain principle. We can perform our du-
ties whether the people of the world
believe us or not. Tne opposing eff
forts of our enemies cannot hinder US
to enjoy the blessings of our Heavenly
Father
1t behooves Us to be humble, prayer
ful and dllipent in the performance of