Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-02

NouBf0D services were held .
the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City
Sunday, Nov. s0th, 1890, commenc
Ing ct 2 p. m, President Charlie
Penrose presiding.
The choir Gang the hymn com
mencing:
j. God moves IN a Mysterious way
HIS wonders to perform
Prayer was offered by Elder Geo
Bywater.
The congregation Joined with the
choir In singing the hymn:
The Spirit Of God. like Gre. is burning,
The iaster-day glory begins to conc forth
The Priesthood of the Seventh
Wand ofiicIated In the administer.
ing Of The Sacrament.
ELDER JOHN MORGAN
was requested TO address the congre.
cation. He felt, he said, the neces-
sity Of having the aid Of the Spirit
in order that he might say some
thing in accordance with the win of
our Father in heaven. We have
come together to partake Of the Sa-
crament as an evidence that We
remember Him and testify that We
will live according to the laws He
has given us, and also To testify to
each ,other that WE entertain
feelings of fraternity and are
at peace with one another. We
also hereby signify that We will
sustain those who fave been placed
at the he'd of the household of
faith. There could, indeed, be no
greater privilege given to man than
this.
The Latter-day Sainte, perchance,
appreciate this privilege less, be-
cause the opportunity of enjoying
IL presents itself so often. But we
should certainly try TO call in our
wandering thoughts and concent-
rate them upon the significance Of
these emblems and strive to live SO
that We may at last overcome all
evil and, finally, stand among the
redeemed ones Of our Savior. We
Recognize the impossibility to reach
this by our own attachments, with
out the Spirit. the endowment from
on high. He is rs requisite now
as He ever was, for without Him
We groop as blind men in the dark,
not able to comply with or compre-
bend the plan of salvation. When
the mind is inspired, the way to life
Is 70 plain that none need to err.
though he may not have much in
telligence. This view gives a key
70 the practice Of the Saints Of call
ing an Elder up to stand before a
congregation as the instrument Of
the Holy Ghost, without immediate,
previous preparation.
The apostles Of our Savior were
not chosen Of the learned men of
the time, but they were such rs were
eminently fitted to proclaim the Cos
pei without fear and without favor
to anybody. They could proclaim
the necessity uf repentance, bar-
tism and the gift Of the Holy Spirit.
Freely they had received and freely
they gave, and were, therefore, efiec-
tive preachers before the common
people and all elssscs. Even before
kings and emperors they proclaimed
that God was God and that His Son |
was the Savior. They knew Of but |
one path, by which every body must |
walk to reach eternal sslvation: |
He that believes and 1. baptized |
shall be saved, but he that believeth
mt akro III has "a ~ al - rhfa H..
message. There was no softening it
to suit the notions Of men.
One result Of the proclamation Of |
this message was n storm Of persecu.
tion that ragged round the Elders, 50
that they were compelled TO 20 from
place to place; yet, notwithstanding
all suffering and even death, they |
remained steaifast and proved |
themselves faithful to the end. |
Therefore. from an insignificant be-
ginning, the principles spread out
from kingdom to kingdom and its
influence has been felt even down |
to our own age. AS pebble,
dropped in mid-ocean, will Stir the |
water so that the waves will go to |
the farthest shores, so the principles
of Jesus Christ have been spreading
In all directions.
One principle was enunciated by |
the angels on Mt Olivet, who said:
"This Jesus shall so return rs We |
have seen him ascend"
He shall come beck and establish |
realm where all may dwell in
love, in unity and peace. This
principle has spread until every |
nation has its own lecenis about it,
but al 50 similar rs to prove n COM
mou origin. Some of the events to |
take place before the coming of that |
kingdom are mentioned in the 2i.h |
chapter OF Matthew. Am5ng other |
things are tribulati0ns and wars,
anu the preaching of the Gospel Of
the kingdom 10 all the world. The !
faith that controlled evil spirits, and
brought communication from /
heaven; the Gospel that declares
the necessity OF receiving the vari-
Gus spiritual gifts and declaring that
every knee shall bend before God
asd every tongue confess His n1-.ic.
His Gospel should be preached |
and these signs are the
buds of the fig tree; by them We 1
may know that the summer, the
second coming Of Christ is near.
The Lord also declares that an \
angel should come and that great
connections should take place. This
We see around US every day in the \
condition of the whole civilized
world, where there are no longer
securities in anything. These things
should occur, and rs we see them,
we understand that the kingdom is
nigh.
In the Book OF Mormon we find a
solemn declaration that an angel
came down and laid the message
in that book before the
world. II has also been declared
that there should be a place pre-
pared for the Lord to lay his head
when He would come. God has
for this purpose chosen His servant
Joseph Smith to lay the foundation
for thst work. Every student Of
history may investigate and CON-
vince himself Of the truth Of this.
For the events of history are. clear
IL, not the outcome Of chance. \
Luther, a Melanchton, a Knox,
have all been engaged in preparing
the way for the acceptation Of the
Of liberty which have
been made the foundation of our
inspired constitution, and
these events are all links In a chain
which viii ultimately lead to the
Of the kingdom Of
Christ. We would be recreant IL
We did not uphold such men as
Luther, Knox, Franklin, Adams and
others. For they were all called to
prepare the way.
In accordance with the divine
purposes. the Priesthood has also
been established, and given.
not to q few favored ones, but to the
body of the Church Of Jesus Christ
~ u,ffar Aav SANTA that shsS I