Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-24
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Elder d. II. Roberts Occupies The
Stand at the Tabernacle.

The choir sang the hymn COM
mencing:
lnspirer Of the Ancient seers,
Who wrote from Thee the sacred page.
Prayer by Elder Elias Morris.
The choir sang the hymn:
Glory TO God on high,
Let heaven and earth reply.
Praise ye HIS name.
| The Priesthood Of the Thirteenth
Wand officiated in the administra-
ton Of the Sacrament.
ELDER Z. II. ROBERTS
was the speaker. After a few pref-
atory remarks, he said that tn.
work in which the Latter-day
Saints are engaged is truly a uoble
one, calculated to inspire great
thoughts within men and 10 I'm
1heir lives with noble deeds. IL i
agre2t work-in the eycsof all those
VINO become acquainted with ititisa
marvellous work. Il was 20 STYLED
Ny The Almighty before the Church
was organized. In number OF the
early revelations that were given 10
the Prophet Joseph previous 10 its
organization you viii ind this SEN
tence! "a great and marvellous
work Is about to 90 forth among tie |
children Of men," and somewhere.
In those revelations is added
this other expression: Glow great Z
ye know not" The angel Moroni 4
had visited sCseph Smi h a nuIub-r l
OF times and finally committed L. |
him the ancient record Of the Ne /
phites, which he was then engaged |
in TRANSMITTING. To tie PROPHET /
Joseph AMI few others who were 4
Intimate with him at this time
among them Hyrum Smith. David |
Whitmcr and Martin Harris-these
revelations were given. a short
time after this, we are informed /
John the Baptist, acting under the
presidency Of Peter, James and /
John, visited Joseph Smith and
Oliver COwdery, and placing his
hands upon their heads he conferred
upon them the Aaronic Priesthood, |
which gave them the right 20
preach repentance 90 this generation
ami baptiZe those who would repeut.
for the remission Of their sins.
In the same year the three !
ancient apostles, Peter, James. ana
John, who held the keys Of the pre-
sideucy Of the priesthood when
they were upon the earth, visited
the great prophet of this dispersal
ton and bestowed upon him the
apostleship, which gave him the
right not only Ia administer in
preaching repentance and baptism
for the remission Of sins, h,it which
mace him Q minister OF the suirit |
also. He had now the authority 10
lay CT hands for the reception Of
the Holy Ghost; he had received /
the right to Ordain men to the
higher priesthood, 70 0rdaiu them
High Priests and Elders, Seventies
and Apostles, to organize and build
up the church on the earth. They
went forth declaring these glgd
tidings, administering in these
and their hearts Were |
SO inspired that thpv not only felt the
influence Of the Spirit Of God within
themselves, hut others likewise felt I
its powerOperating upon them, until
their hearts were tcGChei with Ie-
lief; conviction entered their souls
and they Oieyed the message Of God. I
Y ct after all this-which was more .
than even the advanced thinkers Of
that day had Gu-ed hope fo--thp
work which the Lord lad promised /
to establish was still IN Is infancy
and mad not begun 10 unfold It's
wonders, its height or its depth.
In the year lS2j the Prophet be-
gan 10 speak to the Church about or
yaniZing and o-dlinin- Apostles ana
and 70 81 these quorum (
men who had demonstrated thtii
faith by their works were called. II
seems to me that from the timy
these QuOrums were organized. the
spirit ia the Church re-
ceived an increased imletus. They
succeeded ia preaching the GOSPEL
in nearly all the States II the Amgri-
ran Union; a number Of them went {
into Canada,and from there the work
spread 10 England and the surround
ing countries. Missionaries have 4,
visited almost all the nations Of The
earth. Neither the frozen north nor
the burning south was too much for
their faith and zeal. Everyw
they went they received souls FOR
their hire, and the Church rapidly
increased in numbers rs It increlseE
in faith. Still the greatness Of thu
work was not wholly untolded, after
the Church was thus so mpletely
oflicered with an inspired Priest
hood.
When the Kirkland Temple was
and there was n place
where heavenly messengers might
visit the Church Of Christ on the
earth, they came with the KEYS OF
their various Lispens8tioEs. E.liah
came, Esaias came, the Savior him
self visited them and told them Of
His acceptance Of the house they
had erected TO His holy name: and ]
yet for a season it would seem that
the mission which these angels hIt
come to fulfil was not apparent. {
but by and bye it became 50; for =
great light burst in upon the under ,
standing OF men, and through the &
keys Of power and Priesthood Ie- :
stored 10y the Prophet Elijah we be-
came aware Of the fact that the
Gospel OF Christ was rot confined 90 :
the brief periOd Of time in which ,
this earth should continue it, tenn
poral existence, but that in succeed
ing ages, and CternilieS, il God viii
the strength and power q The Cos {
pei OF Christ and its saving iuilu- Z
ences would Ice operating among the
children Of our Father and or God I
suddenly became aware of the a.,
fact that there was no longer need {
for Us u have any particular ankle ,
ty concerning tbe fathers WHO hal I
perished on the earth when the
GOSPEL was not here-that the arm
Of Gods Justice was long enough
10 reach the Pagan nations tia. had I
been bowing down To images oi 3
wool and stone: for through tie
keys Of the Priesthood revealed by Z
that heavenly messenger we learned !
that the spirit Of men who had {
passed behind the veil were taught
the principles Of eterRal truth, We're
there instructed in the Gospel Of
Jesus Christ. After the ancien. Z !
Prophets and Apostles and men o. 6
God had passed behind the veil ,
they did not sit down suniucly All
do nothing more for the salvation
Of the children OF our father. We I
learn that the keys ani authority OF
the priesthood which they held here O
they still held there, and we're min {
for the salvation Of their {
fellow men. We learn TO he CO i
labOhers with them. that We
could build temples TO the {
name OF God, and that here Z
We could attend to the temp '
oral work OF being baptized for those I
who had passed away without the J
knowledge of the rospt-I. | wan. 10 Z