The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-25
AN INTERESTING DISCOURSE


Have Go ,nmanded.
Divine services were held in the Tab
ernacle on Sunday afternoon.
The choir and congregation sang:
Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
10 praise Thy name give thanks and sing
| Ito show Thy love by morning light
Ana talk of all Thy trcths at night.
Prayer was offered by Elder 3. N,
Alfred.
How great the wisdom and the love,
That tilld the courts on high
ELDER JOHN NIoHo1 SON,
wno arose TO speak, said in substance
have been Unexpectedly invited to ap-
pear on this stand and address the
audience which has come together for
the purpose OF taking part in the Wor
ship of God. | desire that the congre-
CATION will assist nae by giving me no,
only their attention but also theiI
sympathy and the exercise of their
faith while l occupy my present posi-
ton.
One of the immediate performances
for which this audience has come to-
gether IS to commemorate the death
and sutterlngs of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, who is the captain OF
our salvation. In partaking of this.
the disciples of Christ should be in a
prepared condition for it, lest thew par
take of it unworthily and eat and
drink condemnation unto themselves
There should be no unkipd FEELINGS
| towards any human being in the heat
OF anyone who participates in this
ordinance: and this should especially
be the case towards those who belong
to the household of faith, members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
dav Saints. $500
we are, so to speak. within a few
hours OF the anniversary of one of the
greatest events in the history of this
planet-th3 birth of Jesus Christ, of
whom 1t is spoken that God so loved
the world that He gave His only be-
cotton Son, that whosoever should be-
iieve on Him might not perish, but
have everlasting life. To believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ is a principle
that is more comprehensive than is
generally conceived. This is suggested
by the word of the Lord Himself,
when He said, referring to those who
protessed His name, "In vain yeeaIl
me Lord, Lord, and do not the things
which l have commanded" Again He
said: IF We love me, keep nv com
Then how shall we olive
expression to the love that animates ms
towards the Savior of the world! Rv
seeking TO understand His will concern
Ing US, what are His commandments
and giving obedience to them. Doing
His will is doing the Will of His Father
for He, in His meekness and hunnilitvYl
announced that He came not to do His
own will, but the will of the Father
who sent Him. So should we seek to
do His will that we may be accepted of |
Him and also of the Father.
When Jesus sent His servants into
the world, He said unto them: go We |
into all the world and preach the gospel |
to every creature. He that believeth |
and is baptized shall be saved; but he |
that hslieveth not shall be damned. "
He a. said: He that receiveth Won
receive me, and whatsoever receiyeth
me, rece1veth my Father" And those
who rejected them, rejected Him and |
the Father. The principle, thus re-
naming the same, extended upwards
to the heavens. and reached to the
eternal Father OF our spirits.
It is believed by Christian people
everywhere that esus was the propitia-
ton for sin, and that the resurrection
and the life have been brought about
the atonement. And there is
another event besides that to which 7
have alluded. that is anticipated bv
Chris tians; that is the appear.
ance of Jesus Christ in another capac-
lty to establish the government of God
upon earth, that wickedness NAV be
banished and that all strife and ami
mostly may disappear like the morn
ing sun, that the knowledge of God
may ill the whole earth. Then no man
shall say to his neighbor: KNOW We
the Lord, for all shall know Him from
the greatest to the least.n Jesus pre-
dicted the temperance of himself
when He would come in His glory, and
explained ii to His disciples. When
they approached Him on the Mount of
Olives, they asked of Him what should
be the sign OF His coming and the end
Of the world? By the end of the world I
is meant the end of the rule of wicked.
ness, the end of strife and animosity.
In the twenty-fourth chapter of Mat
thew is contained description of the
signs that should precede this glorious
sYent. Therein there is delineated the
condition in which the world at large
would be. There is one Significant
'ign which was given. and that was the
Iign of the restoration of the fitness of
he everlasting gospel; for said He,
And this gospel of the kingdom shall
De preached in all the world for a wit
hess, and then shall the end come"
It is interesting to inquire what is
meant by the gospel of the kingdom.
II meant assuredly that same gospel
hat He Himself proclaimed when He
ook upon himself mortality, and de-
dared that He was sent of His Father. +,
or The cry went forth preparatory to
upon His ministry among the
people. Behold the kingdom of
heaven is at hand"
1t was announced in those primitive
lines that all men should have faith in
Tod and believe in the atonement of
Ills Son, and that faith should be active
n its character and not inactive; for a
aith that is not filled with activity is
lot qualified, but Is dead to all intents
md purposes. But there are in this
lay protesting Christians who pro-