Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-09

presiding.
The choir and congregation sang
the hymn commencing:
Arise, o glorious Zion.
Thou Joy Of latter days.
Prayer was offered by Patriarch
Joseph Horne.
The choir sang:
sweeily may the blessed spirit
On each faithful bosom shine.
The Priesthood Of the Third
Ward OBLIGATED in the admin-
istration of the Sacrament.
ELDER JACOB GATES
was called to address the congrega-
ton. He said the principles God
has revealed for the benefit of
mankind should be sought after, be-
cause all men had an interest there
in. They should seek 10 receive
the Holy Spirit, TO be guided into
all truth. Paul SAYS that the Gospel
is the power Of God unto salvation.
| Faith is its foundation, for without
this il Is impossible to please God.
Faith is inspired by hearing the word
Of God, taught by thoseauthOrizOd by
the powers Of heaven. II we can re-
ceive and exercise faith, II brings us
| knowledge and opens the door 10
salvation. The people, on the day Of
/ Pentecost, inquired Of Peter what
they should DO. They had mani
tested faith, and were instructed TO
repent and be baptized. Upon doing
this they were TO receive the Holy
Chest, and this promise was 10 all
whom Col should call. In the alb
sence Of this Spirit no man can find
ont God. This Spirit should lead
them to all truth; it should take
them forward, step by step, and
should bear record Of the Father and
the Son, whom TO know is life eter-
nal. This promise is within the
reach Of all vino will receive the
light.
This Holy Ghost is received
through form and an ordinance
the laying on OF the hands Of a man
Of God authorized for the purpose.
Ii may seem strange 10 some to
speak of a man being thus
authorized, but it was just such
men who bestowed Il ancienuy,
and none others. Today this gift Is
bestowed by men who are authorized
OF God to establish His work in this
the disyrns ,tion Of the fulness OF
times. When Paul went 10 Ephesus
he found people who had been hap
tized but their baptism was unau-
thOrizei, 50 Paul had to baptize
them. Ii they had been baptized
, by those having authority he would
have done as his fellow servants did
with the people Of Samaria when
they received the Gospel: he would |
have conferred upon them the Holy |
Ghost. Paul says no man taketh |
this hOn1r-thc authority Of the 1
Priesthood except he be called Of /
God rs was Aaron, who was called 1
Of the Almighty, through Moses. |
The same principle was followed in |
the days OF the Apostles, who held |
the Holy Priesthood, which is after |
the order Of an endless life. By |
virtue OF that Priesthood they |
preached, baptized, laid on hands,
and performed their duties Rs
followers Of the Lord Jesus. |
They were opposed by the |
world, who loved darkness |
rather than light, just as they do to-
day. II the people repent Of their |
evil deeds We are authorized TO
blptiZe them, and 20 perform the |
ordinances OF the Gospel. bear re-
cord that those who follow this /
course, doing the will Of the Father. |
will receive knowledge Of the |
truth of the Gospel. Strait is the |
gate and narrow is the path that 1
leads to eternal life. a great many |
seem TO think that they can come
around the corner and get in az the |
gate. But they will find this a
roundabout way, and will have 10
walk the narrow path II they ever
do get into the Kingdom Of God.
1t is over sixty years since this
church was organized. We have
been commanded to warn the people
Of the judgments b come, and we
have done so. The judgments Of
the Almighty will be poured out
upon those who are wicked, and He
Will prepare the way for rule Of
righteousness. We 10 not say that
those who differ from US will be
consigned 10 an eternal hell, with
out any hope Of receiving the truth.
Jesus went and preached 10 the
splits in prison, that they might
receive Of the Gospel, live accord
ing to God in the spirit, and be
judged according TO men in the
flesh. This Gospel plan embraces
all those who will receive salvation.
The time viii come when the Lord
will labor with mankind till every
knee shall bow and every tongue
confess that Jesus is the Christ.
They will also know that Joseph
Smith was called Of God.
/ know this to be the work OF Je-
hovah, and that Joseph Smith was
His Prophet. Many young people
here seem 10 wonder whether their
fathers are mistaken. | testify that
we are engaged In the work OF God,
and that He will establish it. The
Saints have been driven from their
homes heretofore, but they will
never be driven from these valleys.
We may have p great deal of trouble
but the Lord will maintain US for
the establishment Of His purposes.
May God bless us and save all who
love the truth.
ELDER EDWARD STEVENSON
was the next speaker. He quoted
from the Twenty-fOurth chapter Of
respecting the destruction
Of the Temple at Jerusalem, the
signs of Christ's coming, and the
end Of the world. These three ques-
tons were distinctly answered by
the Lord, when lie predicted that
The Temple would be destroyed;
those who heard Him were filled
with grief, because the people set :
great store by that magnificent
structure. But the words Of Jesus
were literally fulfilled, and not n
stone Of the Temple was left ON an !
other. The Lord promised that
hose who kept His laws should be
and thuse who did not
should be CURSED. The people OF
Jerusalem realized the effects Of this
principle, for when they worked
they were blessed, but =
when they rejected their Savior,
terrible judgments came upon them. s
They were scattered aud peeled, as {
me Lord hal declared. 7
With reganl TO the signs OF the
coming Of the Son Of Man, Jesus i
Predicted great desolatiOns as occur 4
ing prior TO that event. He said
hat in the generation in which
hose signs should be given there
hould be fulfilled the promise Of the s
'oming Of the Lord. IL should be /
Is in the DAYS Of Noah. that the in =