Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-09
SUNDAY SERVICES.


NONcnuef otuf iN'if c'hih'hNihs ~"
y. m, President Angus NJ. Cannon
presiding.
The choir sang the hymn commenc:
ing;
ZION stands with hdls surrounded
Zion Kept by power divine
Prayer was offered by Bishop VIM.
b. Preston.
The choir sang
lie diedi the Great Rsdeomor died.
And 1sraers daughters wopt around.
Tho Priesthood Of the Sixth Ward
ofiiclated IN the administration Of the
Sacrament.
ELDER uEoRoE BYwATER
then addressed the congregation. lie
asked the Saints to sustain him by
their faith and prayers In order that be
might bc able to speak In accordance
with tho will and mind OF the Lord.
He knew Of no people who preferred
10 be guided by the inspiration Of the
Holy Spirit In the same way n the
I.atter-lay Saints do. But In
making this statement he did not
wish 10 b. understood rs saying
that there arc no people who profess
not 10 be In need Of that guidance. but
he would say that the Latter.day
Saints who have received the reyela.
lions OF a new dispsnsati0E are under
great obligation both 10 each other aud
10 God, our Father. This age Ia noted
for its Indifference 10 divine revela.
tlons. II II an age In which by the aid
OF God much light ha. been shed on
the human race. IL Ia an age OF In.
ventIon. There Ia n marching onward
towards. n more grand and magnificent
end Uf name existence than ha. been
formerly dreamed Of by human mind.
Aud this Ia due 10 Christianity. Hut
this divine power has not obtained
dominaucy over the popular masses.
IL has not helped them TO
rule their PASSIONS, and con-
troll their Vices, although has
found ID way from century 10 century
10 the people, rolling on indcstruotlhle
aud, like its Author, Interchangeable.
To the existence and spread OF these
principles may be attributed the Tact
that men were, In n measure, prepared
10 receive the Gospel when restored
after an interval Of 1900 years.
tory Of mankind remarked that always
whsa principles OF truth were ex.
pounded, some people were found
willing TO accept them with avidity.
They have felt that the truths they
received were not new 10 them. They
seemed part Of theu-somothing they
had known previously, but lorgetten
ngnin. And when the Priesthood
was restored, they felt that
the, day had dawnrd. Tho sacred
records became plain 10 them, Inspiring
their souls with the fosling that the
word OF God endur.th forever.
IL has ceased 10 be a marvel 10 them,
why Joseph Smith should he called 10
do The work he did, because they feel
that this Gospel IL the samc which was
prca shed, In previous historic ages, and
tnat II " what was our eternal in-
heritance In previous existence.
Honce We do not marvel Mt these
thiny-, M those do who 10 not accept
them Ne eternal truths. The speaker
had often wondered nj the dense
Ignorance and darkness that rule In
this world u boas,ed science and In
lelllgence.
There are but few thinking mon OF
women who some time or other have
MOI hNNu wv HAtF~
tions, Who am ~ What am
4? Whittier am going? Or
tie questions may have taken a mora
general form, Whence srr all thlngsand
whittier are they tending? The fact
that we exist this very instant IL n sure
proof that We must have existed a
previous instant, and this reasoning
takes Us hack 10 the origin Of all thingr
aud leads IA 10 the conclusion that We
arc the offspring 81 the supreme
Being, n view which IA cotroborated by
Holy Writ, which declares, eye are
gods, 10 whom the word OF God came"
Many people have nm Idea that mans
mission ~ twO.fOld-firrt temporal, aud
second spiritual; aud that u broad line
Of demarcation In 10 be drawn between
the two. A man inspired Of God has
saidi "Fear God and keep His con.
inandmenls, for that IL the whole duty
OF man, The labor comprehended Ia
keeping Gods commandments ~ evil
IDENTIFY all that man can do. The
line Is thus swept away. Those who
think that TO give attention 10 temporal
matters IL not To keep God'r command
ment are mistaken. All things were
first created spiritually, aud divine
revelations inculcate TO serve God In
all things-ln agficulture,ar architecture,
the forming Of governments, III, study
Of the sciences, etc. All things are In
cluded, and there ARE no truths, nothing
good OF which God ia not the origina.
tor.
The speaker did not wish 10 depre.
ciate anything OF that which God has
created. We have received the fulncss
Of the Gospel Of Jesus Christ. There
was long time when tho truth did
not shine. But that period has passed.
But while Il lasted men CROPPED In ira
ditional darkness, iuveuting TO them
selves new systems Of theology, but
without success, and now the
Christian world Ia In confusion, full
filling the word Of prophecy, spoken
concerning thcse things centuries hgo.
The speaker did not mention this, 20 rs
10 censuro his fellow men or 10 find
fault with them. Christ declares that
this " the condemnation that men.
when the light mad come, preferred
darkness 10 Hight, because their deeds
were evil. People who are honestly
striving To conform with the will OF
God, according 10 tn. light they have,
will always have oertsin measure Of
inspiration whereby they will be- led
onward. They win never DO left to
NO Rslray, II they are willing 10 listen
10 the STILL small voice whispering In
their souls. .a-.
Tho speaker felt grateful for living In
an age ana dispensstion foretoli by the
prophets--an AGE In which God has
commenced 10 set up His govern.
ment among tbs children OF mon.
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