Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-16
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Counselor Charles ". Pcnrose on the
Subject Of the Sacrament.

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Tabernacle. Salt lake City, Sunday,
November 49, 1891, commencing Mt 2
y. m. President Angus NJ. Cannon
presiding.
The choir sang the hymn beginnings
uod moves In q mysterious way.
Hts wonders 10 perform.
Prayer was offered by Bishop Isaac
Barton.
The choir next sang the hymn
Behold.ihe great Redeemsf die.
A broken las 10 sattfy.
The Priesthood Of the seventh ward
OBLIGATED In the administration Of the
Lords Supper.
COUNSELOR cBARIrs W. rENRosE
said that having been called upon to nd
dress the Saints he felt the need OF the
Holy Spirit TO assist him, particularly
~ no subject specially presented
itsel. TO HE mind. The servants u the
Lord In this Church were expected 10
be ready nj any time when required 10
administer In the ordinances Of the
LORDS house, or 10 perform any duty
which might be necessary. IL might
seem an easy task for per-
son not unaccustomed 10 pub
lie speaking 10 arise before a con
gregstion and address them, but this
was not the experience generally Of the
servants Of God In this Church, be-
cause they did not prepare their dis
courses, but depended upon the inspir.
IA hat
the Lord, In making this requirement
OF His servants, desired that they
should learn how 10 exercise faith,
faith being an essential principle of
the Gospel Of Jesus Christ. without
faith II was impossible TO please God.
This faith, which was essential 10 sal
walton, was not merely u simple assest
to certain facts and doctrines; tut u
was nm active principle In the human
foul. II was something 10 DO exer.
ciscd, something practical, and the
Lord wanted this people 10 be a people
Of faith, 20 that they might be able to
approach unto Him, receive His
blessings and powe-, and labor for the
salvation OF mankind.
They had met that afternoon, ms was
customary with the Latier-day Saints,
10 partAke Of tho emblsms Of this body
and blood OF Jesus Christ cur lledeemer,
In fulfllment u His commandments.
They read In the New Testament OF
the Instructions which the Lord gave
to the Church In early times Ia regard
to this matter, and also In the Book Of
Mormon M 10 the instructions which
lie gave 10 His servan, ON this CONT.
nent when He visited them after His
resurrection. In both Instances lie
made plain 10 His people the doctrine
Of observing and partaking Of the
Sacrament - 10 eat bread In re-,
mcmbrancc Of His body and drink
wine In remembrance u His
blood. But IN the days In which
We lived the Lord, In renewing the
Gospel, In sending back TO the earth
the doctrines and ordinances that had
hcen Loaf from among the children Of
men, gave TO His people u special com.
manimcnt In relation IN this. He taid
tina, His people should come M to Hl'
house on His holy day, offer up theft
vows to the Most High. The Latter
day Saints did this every week. n,
did not know whether any other
Christian denomination partook Of the
Sacrament as often n that; hut the Lat
tcr-day Saints had been commanded
as vas the Ease In the primitive Chris
tian Church, TO come together on the
sabbath day "to break bread"
There was renewal Of spiritual IN,
in partnklng of the Sacrament. Jesui
had saidi "He that partaketh not u
my flesh aud drinketh not Of my bloOt
hath no life ia him;" hut although h,
used the terms "'Thisls Ny tieshn nnl
"rhls IL My blood" lie did not " ish Il
convey tho idea literally. lie spok,
figuralively In this NJ 10 often did
and as was the custom among thl
people 10 which he belonged, as vel
as other Oriental nations.
One very populous church IL
Christondom took the words OF Chris
literally, and when Il admin!s'ere,
the sacrament the superstition wa.
that the members were actually eat
Ing Of the body and drinking Of Ia,
blood OF Christ. This was called tn
doctrine OF characterization; tina
was TO say, tho bread was transiorme,
into the body Of Jesus Christ. |
would, however, require very grea
stretch OF faith TO believ, that. In IL,
Episcopal Church different doctrin
pfevailed--consub. dissemination instead o
trsnsubstsntlation. IL was n distinc
tlOn win FOnit ulutftHCc. Wntfth
the Catholic Idea was tina
the bread was actually TRANSFORMED
into the body OF Christ, the doctrine o
tho Church Of England-or Episcopa
church, Ms II was called In America
WAS that the body or personality o
Christ was present In the bread. Til
understanding Of the Lstter.day Saint
was Vt variance with either Of thes
two theoriee. They uuderstood tn
bread 10 beA representation OF the bod,
OF the Savior, aud the wine IN the cup
when blessed, was a representation 0
His blood 'hhod for the remission O
sins"
The object In partaking Of the Sacra
ment was not only that we might hav
our minds turned TO the past-to IN
sufieriDgH OF JesusChrlst for our sakcs-
but that our thoughts might be led {
the fulure-thnt We might look for n
coming; for Jesus had said that as ofte
IA W. did this we showed forth Hi
death until He comes. In partakin
Of these sacred emblems we not onl
witnessed that we believed In III
death and suffering, In tbs shedding
His blood ~ a sacrifice for our sins, an
that We were willing TO keep His con
mandmeuts, but that We were loOlkin
forward to His second comlng-not .
the babe Of bethlehem, not TO be sacr
feed for the sins VI the world, not |
bo despised and rejected Of men; but /
come In the clouds Of heaven "wit
power and great glory" and reign .
King Of kings and Lord Of Lords, to"sul
due all things unto Himself aud %