Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-02
SUNDAY SERVICES.


u. NJ, fftHiuthN hhbNs W. tehhoh
presiding.
The choir and congregation sang IN o
hymn commencing.
Sweet IL the work, my God. my King.
Topraise Thy name. Eiye thanks aud sing.
Prayer was offered by Bishop Elias
Morris
The choir next sang the hymn;
jesus, once Of humble birth.
Now In gory comes to earth.
The Priesthood OF the Fifih ward
OBLIGATED la the administration Of the
Lofd's Supper.
APOSTLE ABRAHAM ~. CANNON
was the speaker. lie said he realized
that his efforts to instruct the Saints
that afternoon would DO ia vain unless
he WINS guided and prompted by the
Spirit Of God. The words Of an Elder
might he pleasing to the ear and his
ideas brilliant, bat unless accompanied
by that Spirit those words would fall 10
touch the hearts Of the people. while
they might give comfort and perhaps
instruct, they would not carry With
them that conviction which the aim.
plest words presented by the humblust
speaker would N inspired Of God.
Among other things thoy prayed that
the Lord would open the way
whereby those OF their faith
who were still scattered among the ma.
lions Of the earth might DO gathered to
these mountain valleys and become
with them emitted people. Other
aect- did not preach the gathering Of
their converts 10 any special locality,
being satisfied TO convert people 10
their particular doctrine and leave
them In the place where they found
them, surrounded by their friends, en-.
gaging In the same pursuits which
they followed when the word OF 1od,
~ II was called, was preached TO them,
In this, however, as In many other
things, the battcr.dAy Saints differed
from the rest Of the world. They be-
leved that God would In the latter
days gather His chosen people from
all the nations Of the earth. Those
who received the truth would need no
argument 10 convince them Of the me-
ce,sity for this gathering; for with the
reception Of the Gospel the spirit Of
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them, aud however distant they might
10 from the land which they knew
9od had appointed as the dwelling
place Of His people, they would still be
anxious 10 forsake their native home
and come 10 Zion.
The Gospel brought TO the children
u men not only spiritual salvation
that salvation which belonged 10 the
other side OF the veil-but u would
also help them Temporarily; AMI they
believed that this gathering was de-
signed by God M means 81 preserving
them--of protecting them from the
eoourget, from the Judgments OF various
kinds which were to be poured out
upon the earth Ia great measure.
How necessary II was that mankind,
wherever they were, should make
themselves familiar with the plan OF
salvation which God had established
upon the earth. The Latter-day Saint.
who lived Ia these mountain valleys
claimed that God had given unto them
the truth; they claimed that Joseph
smith was the humble instrument In
the hands Of God IN restoring this
Gospel 10 the children Of men, and that
II would yet be preached In every land
that all should hear II aud
have the privilege Of accept
ing or rejecting II, hs seemed
best unto them. Those who received II
would have the knowledge Of IT, divin.
lily; the truth would bs made plain 10
them, aud the Spirit Of God would bear
testimony TO them that that which
they had received was indeed the Cos
pei Of life aud salvation. What whs
the Gospel That which Jesus Hin.
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faith In the Lord Jesus Christ, faith
that Jesus died for tue sins OF the world,
faith that through His death atonement
was made for the original sin, and that
through that atonement all men were
relieved from the effects Of the fall Of
Adam. Through His death and resur.
Tection life had been restored 10 the
children Of men. These who had
lived righteous lives aud kept tho com.
mandment- OF God would live never
again TO die, while those who had re-
Iected the truth, the sous OF pordition,
would receive the sentence Of u second
death.
Having spoken Of those having tho
authority TO administer Ia God's holy
ordinances, Apostle Cannon remarked
that " we were baptized thousand
times by men possessing no such
authority from God, who had received
no calling except that which came
from within, all would be In vain, aud
their work would DO unacceptable In
the sight Of the Lord. We must have
constant testimony Of the Spirit
within Us 10 enable Us 10 withstand the
trials and tflbulations 10 which We
were subjected here In the flesh, or In
the day We looked not for II temptation
would overcome us and We would fall
again into darkness aud unbeliof. The
only way Ia which We could retain
the spirit Of the Gospel aud the testi.
mony Of IL divinity was by doing the
work which Christ commanded His
disciples TO do when on earth.
A most important work devolvlng
upon the l.atter-day Saints was the
building Of temples, tor the salvation Of
those who had died without the truth.
They believed that unless they per.
formed certain work within
those temIles they with their
dead would be- rejected VI God.
The living must work for
the salvation " those who had passed
away; the latter must work for their
own redemption. They In the spirit
world could hear the truth, their spirits
could repent; hut they could not be-
baptized for the remission OF their own
Sins. Their bodies lay In mother earth;
they had mouldered and turned TO
dust; but their offspring, the children
whom God gave them, were expected
H. remember their parents. The hearts
~ ihOsa WIN we'd lauay should bs I'm.