Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
SUNDAY SERVICES.

Religious services were held il
the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sun
lay, March 9th, 1899, commencin;
at 2 p. M, Counselor Charles w
Penrcse presiding.
The choir sang:
o. Jesssi the Giyer
OF all we enjoy.
Prayer by President Thos. E
Kicks, Of Bannock Stake.
The choir sang:
re children OF our God,
Ne Saints OF latter DAYS.
The Priesthood of the Eleventh
Ward officiated in the administra
ton of the Sacrament.
ELDER HENRY W. EAIsBTTT
addressed the congregation. In tn,
course Of his remarks he said thai
We who profess to be the disciples Of
Jesus Christ claim TO have accepted
that order which He instituted; and
this is the distinguishing feature,
as understand ii, of the people who
dwell in these mountains. / hold
it 10 be beyond the possibility Of
doubt that nowhere Is there TO be
found such fidelity and devotion TO
the teachings Of the Lord Jesus
Christ as that which exists among
the members of the Church which
He has established.
In all ages of the world there
have been philosophers who have
been dissatisfied with the conditions
which surrounded them-in a re
ligious sense from the time OF the
ancient prophets TO that Of the dis
pensation ushered in by the Prophet
Joseph Smith; in n philOsophic
sense, from the days Of Plato and
others TO our own era, wherein &
famous author has pictured to him
self the conditions requisite for the
regeneration Of society. However
much those Of a worldly tempera-
ment may have realized the neces-
sites for change and the powerless
character of governments 20 control
humanity, it is worthy OF remark
that, in the majority OF cases, they
have left out of view that human
action which grows cut Of the in
fiueace Of religious faith. This ]
hol to be the strong point Of the
Latter-day Saints. They have al
ways keenly realized the necessity
for certain revolutionary processes
in the organization Of society rs
effected by individuals;b but they have
further realized that there was no
power adequate to this reconstruc-
ton and redemption save the
method was OF divine origin. This
constitutes the foundation OF all the
efforts which have been made in
the last few decades, since Joseph
smith announced that the day Of
restitution had dawned upon the
earth, since he promulgated the
methods by which that revolution
and regeneration should lie accom-
plished. We have accepted rs a
community, IN the main, the
thoughts which he presented, be-
cause they have been in harmony
with the constitution Of things, he
cause Individually We realized with
in ourselves the inherent weakness
of human nature.
We need not be discouraged when
we feel that cur labor is great, that
there is 4 vast amount OF opposition
around us, that temptation has ala
influence over us. When We real
lie our infirmities and weakness,
that il not the time for discourage
ment or 10 believe that the estab-
lishment Of our Zion is deferred.
Our trials and difficulties SHOULD
rather stimulate us to further ac-
tion.
When we come to the house OF
God we receive nourishment. There
is an accession to our strength, a
testifying before God that we honor
His Son, a testifying before the Son
that We are willing 10 keep His
commandments. Having taken
His name upon us in eating the
bread and drinking the water,
which are the emblems Of the body
and blood Of cur Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, We thereby acquire
strength. New life is implanted
within us by attention 10 the ordin-
ances Of the Gospel, by singing to-
gether the songs Of Zion, and unit
ing in our petitions to the Throne o.
grace.
Iprsy that the Lord will continue
TO inspire the Lstter-day Saints with
His Spirit, that He will watch over
us continually, that We may stand
shoulder to shoulder, according as
the necessities Of the case may re-
quire, in furtherance Of the great
cause in which We are engaged.
The choir sang the anthem:
"Hov beautiful upon the mountsinr"
Benediction by Bishop F. Kesler.