Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-05
SUNDAY SERVICES.

Religious services were held at
the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sun
Jay, May 9Th, 1890, commencing
at p. m, Counselor Joseph L.
Taylor presiding.
The choir and congregation sang
the hymn commencing:
From all that dwell below the skies
let the Creators praise arse.
Prayer by Bishop orson F. Whit
ney.
The choir sang:
Ne children OF our God.
We Saints OF latter days.
The Priesthood Of the Twentieth
Ward officiated in the administra-
ton Of the Sacrament.
ELDER ELI il. PIERCE
took as his text the first two lines of
the sacramental hymn, aye children
of our God, !, etc, and gave an ad-
dress ofupwarjs Of an hours duration
this being his first appearance as a
speaker in the Tabernacls. He re-
ferTed, in the outset, to the practice
OF calling upon the chosen speakers
Unexpectedly. Hencethey bad no
means OF preparing a discourse be-
I forehand, and what they uttered
was presumed to be dictated 10y the
Spirit of God. Proceeding to
show why il was necessary for n
Church distinctively named after the
Redeemer himself-the Chur h OF
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
I 20 be established in these latter days,
he pointed out that the Christian
world had fallen into error and
gone astray. They had ignored
many Of the forms and formalities
Of the ancient church and therefor
substituted doctrines which were not
in keeping with Gods holy word
the Bible. They had dispensed
with many of the offices Of the an
cient Church, discarded many Of
the ordinances, among them reve-
4 lstion, which was the life Of the
Church, and that upon which de
pended its growth Gifts and bless
ings Characteristic Of the former-day
Saints, had also been done away
with as being no lorger needed,
thereby breaking the everlasting
covenant. In their stead they had
instituted ceremonies aud doctrines
foreign to the teachings Of the for
mer day Saints.
The speaker adverted to the doc
trine Of damnation-eterna punish
ment by fire and brimstoDe-erro-
neously taught by sectarian denomi-
nations, and which in .he past, he
said, had perhaps done more
towards driving people TO infid:lity
than any other doctrine preached 10y
the religious world. Elder Pierce
next argued against the teaching OF
the doctrine of salvation at the
elevent hour,h and cited the case Of
a murderer, whose so-called repent.
ance at the last moment was gener.
ally accepted by the world as q
guarantee Of his eternal salvation.
No matter what his past life might
have been, yet while not considered
fit TO live among respectable mortals
in this life, he was deemed fit, after
confessing his sins in the prison
cell or upon the scaffald, to dwell
with celestial beings in heaven.
This doctrine of repentance at the
eleventh hour had promoted infidel-
ity to an alarming exteut.
The Bible was supplemented by
the Book of Mormon, which, while
cOntradicting no Bible doctrine,
formed strong collsteral proof Of the
Bible, and was more easily compre-
hended by the people.
The Latter-day Saints, though
few in numbers, took n more active
interest in looking up the genealogy
Of their progenitors than any other
religious denomination, in order
that they might officiate for the
dead in their Temples. The speaker
touched upon the great work which
was being carried on by the Elders
in the mission field throughout
the wide world, and the persecu-
tons which they were always ready
and willing to bear for the Gospels
sake. He prayed that the Latter
day Saints would continue charit
able toward all mankind, and that
their lives would always be devoted
TO the winning of souls to Christ.
Slgnor Ferrario sang a solo, after
which the choir rendered the an
them, so be joyful"
Apostle Abraham II. Cannon