Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-20
SUNDAY SERVICES.

! Prayer by Elder A. II. Raleigh.
The choir sang a special hymn:
II human kindaess meets return,
And owns the grateful tiei
IfteHoer thoughts within as burn
To seei friend Is nigh
o, rhaI. hot warmer accents tell
Inc Kratitudew we owe
To Him who died our fears to quen.
And save from death and voef
The Priesthood of the Fourth
Ward offieiated In the admlnistra.
ton Of the Sacrament.
APOSTLE JOHN W. TAYLOR
addressed the congregation. he
presumed II was the esject Of all
present 70 seek 30 know the way of
lhei in other words, to seek to know
the mind and will Of our Heavenly
Father concerning His children
here upon earth. Taking up the
text:
"Enier ye in al the strait gate: for
wide is the gate and broad is the way
that leadeth to destruction, aud many
mere be which go in thereof
Because strait lie the gate and narrow
is the way which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it,"
The speaker said he had been led
to quote this saying Of the Savior in
order to remind his heareis TINT
there is a way and a nse-ss whereby
men eau lie saved If they will but
follow the path which has been laid
out before them.
He was himself born and raised
among the Latter-day Saints. He
had been taught the Gospel as under
stood by them from his infancy, and
he did not believe in any doctrines
which were not sutStantiatedb by the
Holy Scriptures
Doubtless some few Of those pres
ent that afternoon had come for the
special purpose Of witnessing the
ceremonies in connection with the
religious wcrc,lip Of the Latter-iay
Saints, There was a great lack of
correct information among the peo-
ole at iarge-even among those in
this Dation-with regard to the
Latter-day Saints, their faith and
practices. The members Of this
Church formerly belonged TO
the various denominations Of
the day, and were therefore
familiar with the different doctrines
taught thereby. The reason he was
a Mormon" today was not because
his father and mother were "Mor- |
mons" but because he was con-
WINGED, through the reading and
studying Of the holy Scriptures, that |
the doctrines entertained by the |
Latter-day Saints were Of God. He !
believed in perfect religious liberty |
unto all men; he further believed, |
however, that every man who be-
longed TO any particular religious
denomination should be able TO give
an intelligent reason for the faith
and hope which he expressed con-
corning eternal life.
1t should be a serious reflection /
among all protesting Christians as
to how they can most surely enter
in at the strait gate. Yet after
all it was not a difficult problem TO
solve; for Isaiah, speaking OF the /
gospel, said 1t was so plain and
simple that n wa airing man,
though fool, might under
stand it. Apostle Taylor referred to
the feast Of Pentecost, and pointed out
thas there were present on that &C.
casion devout men and women
from many different nations and
religious sects of that day. So it
was in our day. We had amongst
US a multitude ofiaiths, such, for in
stance, as the Roman Catholics,
the Methodists, the Baptists, the
Episcopalians, the Campbellites,
the SwedenbOrgians, and so on.
The Apostle Peter admsnished
the people to repent and be baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission Of sins and the reception
Of the Holy Ghost; but the ques-
ton naturally arose what Is the
Holy Ghost, so that when we had
received it We might he sure Of its
He had been among
many religious denominations and
found them apparently extremely
happy in the belief that they pos
sessed the Holy Ghost; and
even the so-called poor de-
luded "MormOns'' out west in
the region of the Rocky Mountains
claimed to have the Holy Ghost.
The Savior himself had described
what the Holy Ghost was and always
would be. Speaking unto the
twelve Apostles He said, "When l
am gone My Father will send you a
Comforter, who is the Holy Ghost,
who shall take of the things of
.he Father, and reveal them unto
you." 1t seemed, then, that He was
\ medium of revelation, revealing
he things Of our Heavenly Father
into the children of men. Paul
aid, prove all things, hold fast
hat which is good" That was the
heme Of the Latter-day Saints
He knew tsst the Church and re-
igion Of God were established upon
he earth and would continue 10
grow and increase and that our
Lord and Savior would come and
reign in righteousness amongst
men. The Lord appeared unto
Joseph Smith and said that the
children Of God had gone astray
rom the way of life and salvation.
He commanded him TO preach the
Gospel unto all people, and it was
being rapidly carried throughout
he whole world today, among all
kindreds and tongues.
In conclusion he urged the Latter
Day Saints TO live lives Of righteous
men, to be prayerful and serve God
in all things and His
blessings would rest upon them
abundantly.
The choir sang the anthem: |
Sing unto the Lord"