Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-15
SUNDAY SERVICES.
An Interesting Discourse Abort the
Coming Of Christ.

Religious services were held al
= the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City,
Sunday, Dec. 18th, 1855, ccr,nienc
Ing at . p. M, President Charlie:
g w. Penso-- presiding.
: The choi. sang:
Il How are thy servants Lies'. O LORD.
How sure Is their defense.
Prayer by Elder Robert Morris.
The ct,oir aud congregation sang:
=, NOW let rs rriliee in the day OF salvation.
No ionger Is st-Ansers on earth need we
roam
The Priesthood of the Ninth
Wari otiiciated in the administra.
, ton Of the Sacrament.
: ELDER CHARLES W. PENRos.
saii since c. ming into tine stand he
had b=en requested to address the
congregation. He hoped to have
, the faith aud prayers OF those pres
, ent, that he might be ahie to touch
upon such subjects IS would edify
anu instruc. them.
The Gospel OK Jesus Christ, he
! said, contains a great many truths.
therefore the Elders need never tie
at less for a subject to spesa upon.
, Tho Gospel is message OF glad It'd
!ngs and embraces everything that is
true, whether it pertains to body or
sIn:ii; everything thst tends to en-
noble anu eAalt. IL brings the gift
OF that Spirit which, accounting To
The prOm'ss given TO the first dis
cipies OF oar Lord, is to lead into ali
truth This IL the Office of the
Hoiy Splrit and light TO the mind
Is the result III Its operations By
It's AID We may see eye 70 eye anu
the things OF God trccme measur-
ably pam TO us, But to have the
ii:l benefit OF this Spirit, rs con-
gregdtlon it l. necessary that our
minds shall be directed into one
channeL When this Spirit Was
poured oat upon the disciples il
great power on the day Of scnteeost
!: was because they were together
i0aSh one 0ccOrd in one place. They
We're ali uniIei. Therefore they
We're prepared 10 receive this gr.at
manifestation. So must We be
united and cast a.ite our cares and
everything that will distract our
attention.
The Spirit OF God is one of
quie;ude and calmness and peace.
When disturbances occur in wor-
SHIPPING congregations they may
seem to be a small matter.
yet they affect the assembly
Is 4 whole. 1t is therefore neces-
sary 10 be quiet and to direct our
thoughts ~ the speaker AMI follow
him closely in his remarks. This is
a great help to both the speaker anu
the hearers.
When the whole congregation
turn their attention to the servant
vi Cod who is called to address
4 them, there is an influence that
yUes with this that mssee il easy
Tor the speaker aud beneficial TO tine |
! hearers.
One o. the topics OF the times is /!
az old subject revived that |
VI the second coming OF the Bori. |
There has been hell, recently. in \
the east large assembly of diviues |
Tor The purpose OF discussing this |
IN liter. After Jesus Christ left the |
earth, the subject was agitated |
among the leauing Elter. Of the
Church. They expected Him Ia
Return very socn, not 10 suffer and /
die as at his first coming, but to
reign rs King of kings: TO bring
reward 20 those who had suffered for
His sake, and to fulfil the rrccic-
tons relating 10 Nes.iah which had
not already been fulfilled. They ex-
pectet He would come TO subdue all
nations that would not serve Him
ami that He would make His Apos-
ties princes TO reign over the House
OF Israel. But tins did not take
place in their day. Their minds
were evidently not enlightened as
20 the time for these events.
They had asked the Lord after
His resurrection IL He would at that
time restore the Kingdom to Israel,
hut He had told them that il vas
not Ter them to know the times and
the SEASONS which the Father hal
reserved in His own power. He had
t,ld them before HIS death thst the
hour or His coming was rot known
10 Him, nor to the angels, but only
10 the Father. To John, on Patmos, d,
He declared that He would com. {
IN clouds and that every eye should |
see S;in, aud they also who had {
pierced Ham; but de did not reveal S
ihe time when this should take
place; only the fact that He would I
certainly come. This fact was pro-
claimed by His followers and 1t will 7
oe fulfilled IN every particular in .
the due time OF the Lord.
Peter told the people to whom he :
wrote that ''the Lord is not slack v
concerning his promise as some a
men count sickness - He r.- ];
minded them that zone day Is with =
the Lord y q thousand years, and q 4
In usand years Is one day. What
seems TO lie an immense period 10 o
Us Is only as the twinklins of an c
eye to Him who stands in the midst n
u eternity aud beholds everything o
- II :, a. il was and as it will b-,
who's course is one eternal round "
aud who never changes. <
RAUL, also. when he had received r
more light upon this subject than at Il
inst, wrote b the Tn-ssalonians: g
'Bs not soon shaken ia mind, or lie I
rOubled, neither by spirit, nor by $.
9ord, nor by letter as from us, rs u
hat the DAY of Christ IL at hand. II
1e. M man deceive you by any p
means; for that day shall not come. =
kept there come n falling away y
irst.D Il
At first they looked upon the n
ecUnd advent Of Christ rs immedi- 4
ts, and this encouraged them ia ei
1ei- work 10 preach the GOSPEL Y
nuer many adverse circumstances. IN
iut after they had been laboring for u
long time, AMI had become better IN
ciuainted with the operations of Cd
Ne spirit, they were enabled to look II
'rwaTi and see many of the events re
nat would intervene before His al
'ming, ana, among Others. the great c'
D1=iasy that was 10 take place. The GO
.ct remained n fact, although they ui
und out that they had miscalcu- IN
tel the time. Let this be a warn IN
g 10 the Latter-day Saints. they o.
50 have been told 10 look forward "a
the coming OF Christ, but have thi
. been told the day nor the hour. Is
en are proEe TO add to or to take I'M
way from the Word OF God although 90
ey are expressly warned not to do an
in the following words Of tine Rev pc
alton by John: ''if any man shall .
III Unto these things, God shall add VI
lto him The plaques that are writ "
u in this book. And if any man sh;
all take away from the words Of acc
e book Of this prophecy, God shall PR
sc away his part out o: the book OF
life, etc" an
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