The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-07
AT THE TABERNACLE.
Elder J. L. Talnlage Addresses
the Congregation.
fHE SUPREME BEIsG's POWER

The RssuIts of Prayer The Ss~ssuI-
mat,'s Reverence for niety--sslt-
Improvement q DutF.
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Attic opening o; the services held IN
thu Tah2rnsc!e on Sunday sitsr ooon
the choir and congregation sang the
hymn:
Re hank Thee, Q .r,rd fer prophet.
10 guide as Ill t6Sse IGtser days.
Prayer was offered by Elder Joseph
Horne.
The choir then Gang:
Behold the greet Rndeemer die,
a broken law to satisfy.
ELDER J Il. TALHAGK, who arose TO
| al req .be congregation stl in sub
'tAncs. In responding 70 the call o
the president this afternoon, ! place
great reliance upcn your faith and
prayers snd on the promise which our
Heavenly Father hath nade unto those
who will epdeavor to speak In His Lam
and in His cause. dagire his Assist
anee, fully Deli-Eu &, 1r,ia Ia expert
eace whica ! have RI Telals6 by
men VINO hGv SEA" many wears IL
tae In!nls;r, 81 i" r'y OWN come
what limited exI erierce in tn 3 church
Gaas tAe prayers OF the Saints have.
Great etftot ana lAtl.sICu. O.iore the
throne OF Goa r, epl al 70 this call
from g. ease OF duty Ioo5lin.2 upon 1t as
ore OK tES .:b9 -acte cs1lIs o, Ottr rCfes-
SIGH IS Lstlef Gay : AUS, Llat all
;hgss who d az lnb tries thoud and
ci,.iln d StAnai"e ia l." ahaICb or God,
thcuid b. ~ ii! times wi'jing 10 bear
ther testimony az His oaihts. : stand
before you without ~ srRrsg a sermon
Or se,eciiLg o text, Bat hi ing called
Upor 10 magnify my lce, vt ;, ZACH I
Gln proud az BIZ eiuef ia taH ohlIl ca of
God. | feel thai. if your fsish and
pray ers be exsI Gist d in MY genaIf there
Is no reason why our ~ be: Should not
grant the fulhilIneut OF His prom ise in
giving, evan to tie JFeaAxnf, words of
instruction lur II saints.
We have met or sacred anu holy
purpose, TO worship God according to
the pattern which We believe l. accept
a0le before Him. We bAYe met also to
engage IN the sacred ceremony, simple
III IIeeti, YET Of very graf import anu
nearing i'll the sight of God-t0 par
take of hreod and water, a process
which. under otaer circumstances,
would attract but little. if any. etten-
ton. Yet chat Father, whom We have
met 10 worship this afternoon, has de-
claTed that because sCms nave par
taken of these emhems unworthily,
Decorating things tcas are hoy, they
suff1r punishment. That bread has
be 80 blessed. tast water has been sane
titled. or will he, if We partske OF it for
the puTpose of renewing the
covenants We nave made, and
sesin declare our tntsll:cn OF
serviDg Hin. That it is 8
sacred and awful invocation to speak
IL the narno oil 'na Deity Iacst be re-
garCed oy es~TyG:.G, e. ca the most
ske1tical ai1C. < as, 81 DC ~ thing
Of & teRt In oort,Jt1 sHetI' Ing. 1t ia
part of ones l;kIUa. i oeLeVe, 20
maze himself sCq ain:e j VII b the a
tuTe and the a2'iibl:FSo, lis God, and
Our Father MSS declared unto us
amongst her hinge tbat lie. is jeal-
Gus God, Jealous o. His ~ me-, jealous
OF lis authority, jes'"rs ii His posi-
ton, euH tbeL dt Nj Ajt s.sertly sub
NIT To- lis cesetrs :0r f things that
have been sa; Gifted 10 His Use. II is
cust1.Hkr? WILL rs 3; CARA wtC4
greal awe, + Dot iuctced win reverence,
mCn Who y clothed with some
earthly ait nari:Y. an officer OF the
law is respected 1.CAt.se re has tue
right TO at i rGwe ana pcyer
greater ia lis owa and greater tbsn
ours. An officer e ,..;s government
performs bis t tficia' dntits 10 the Rame
of ne peotIa Gt thu drilled States. An
OH Ger OF III English gov, Tumsnt acts
IN the name d Als sGveZ9 gu, and when
he uses !h4s name pg0gLe b2T VIII
reverenc 8ai fnbMi.siop To b; words
and wishes. If one should come
, amongst us here as 40 an bassaCur from
some fOraign nation, we would look up
to him rs u nan o. couSequ noe and
importan g. And f. t M SAL. e, pEciaily
to the young 040. G-U lI-s yoans Wo-
men, SIS it not o. praGier iDl ort that
men shall aGt art oNEsl rs il ths name OF
the great King 81 kjr..s ~. IiGYC OF lords
invoking tina powers Of heaven in their
official acts?" Have We not men
amongst US by the hundreds who are
Standing as ambassadors from lhe
courts Of heaven with authority con-
ferred upon Enem TO act in the name Of
God. It seems to US a common thing,
because it is thing OF great frequency
10 Us, to heaI His name used silent
token OF author ty. uur elders preach
il His name: and think at times that
some of us do Got realize the meaning,
the force, and the import attached to
that simple name. l have understood
fron the experiences Of travellers in the
far east that the Merchandising in
some parts are especially careful that
they 90 lot show iryeyereGce TO the
neme OF deity. If Mue Ulman takes
ny piece of paper that has been
thrown aside. he vsly carefully
examines It to see if tbs name u deity
be thera; and il he finds ii thers, ne
oouats It q lucky Day when he found
that piece CT paper, Aid il it be
written or printed IL some
language with ? which be is IN
ACQUAINTED BE lays it away
Tor fear it shorld bear upon its surface
tue name of the Greater. That may
be- REGARDED ss eG.iema; hnt far better
would ii bs L; We 6ould adopt that
extreme rather shan fall into the habit
of showing irfegel ence Ia the 1aule IF
Deity. He is jealous of that pams; he
has been, and will b9 jealous Of II.
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