Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-29
SUNDAY SERVICES.
49,. Iobn Wells ond seymour II.
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u-,o,s services were held IN tue
.,,.cle. salt Lske CITY, Aug. -
~, commenciog ut . p. M; Presi-
~ A sgus NJ. Cannon preelding.
gen. a. choir and congregation sang the
,sn,n commencing
.,.,,,pe brightness Of ziona glad morning
~ ~" he LANDS that IN darkness have lam
W PRAYER was offered by Bishop Robt'
Morris. .
Tbe choir next Gang the hymn
"a win her ten thousand nowora'
Ar, with all IA beams and showers
m. Priesthood OF the Fourth Ward
.,a,lulsiered the ordinance Of tho
sacrament.
ELDER JOHN WELLS
r,s the frat speaker. He felt, he said,
n. weakness In attempting TO address
,he ya,, congregation before him, anu
.s,ealized the rrsponsi bilitics Of the
...I,l,n he held. lie therefore desired
he sympathy and prayers Of his
s,,,,rs that he might bo able 10 shy
,oms,hlng to benefit them.
the saints have much for which
10 10 grateful. We live In an
ase Of which ancient Apostles and
n,oph,t. have spoken. They lived
mi dled without an opportunity TO zee
.aJ hear what We have, by the grace
n Cjod, been permitted 10 partake oi.
Noy aid they have the aame glorious
sone Nc We have. They know tuat tue
di,f.nsetlona IN which they lived
would be but temporary, but we nave
me uromise that the Gospel has now
bsen restored nsvur more to oe taken
swav from the earth. Seeing thit,
We should be anxious 10 learn the
lhlngs that belong 10 the Kingdom Ui
tjod. We are sometimes apt TO forget
oufduties IN thls regard.
The Gospel I. broad In its scope aud
can cover all emergencies that car arise
IN Inc world. Herein IL IL peculiarly.
Human societies ARE gunetally formed
forour purpose alone, while the Gospel
embraces all that ~ good anu noble.
Thespeaher rolcrgd 70 an evil ton-
dency existing among the Saints, 10
eopy tue world IN i,s various vices,
ani said, We cannot afford 10 follow
M world In such thiugs. We have
many and vastly important duties 10
penirm. When We see SAINTS use
iotacco Or liquor aud psrtaku IN sun
day excursions, ETC., we may wei ask,
What has the Gospel done Tor suCh2
xvii practices arc bad examples 10 set
fot the rislng generation. We should
ali live NO a. TO act n worthy example Ia
imllhie lot those who are around W.
We came out from Babylon, not 10
bring ~ vires with us, but Ia order to
le free rom them aud 10 carry
out with great zcnl the work
of the Lori. hut this cannot
he done except We I've u pure,
righteous life. The genius Of the
Gospel Is contrary 10 all bad habits.
We must therefore look TO these things
and, II possible, conquer them among
the people. Evil habits do not COME
all 1t once but riow gradually, and u
isthereiOte all the mOfu surprising that
they should be so prominent ~
they At present are.
The spenker was thankful that ho
NNi ue'h l''.A''t,N " 49, ""
anu lhat nus heaiI "h' openeu 70 uh,
detslanl II. ihefe Wa no Whlpotal
inuucements lhaI hau u.eh heIu OUT 20
MN 10 COME mere but 'le hccepVanoe
i we uospel carieu we utsto WIN "
iof MN 10 ne win INC SAINTS,
kneW thht Joseph w" prophet oi
uoi that nus WORK Is lhs WotN o.
lhe Lofl' re nopou hlu ptAyeu
mat 'hs saints might an remain lAi.h'
uI IA INC uospel shu iecolNo the 'e'
Nhu OF ue ialth'ui'
ELDER SEYMOUR Il. YOUNG
was the next speaker i'eier'lhg "
the Unitarian conference held In Sail
Lake City some time aro, he said.
Ths,a war. ,,a,y dip.,.nt smaller.
P'seu'' having various Iue"s Oh 'h'
plan Of salvation. Among Thorn was
one Latter.day Saint Elder, and when
he was called uuou 10 sneak he said
something like this. that our God had
obtained Hia exaited condition OF
supreme kuovledge and intelligence
from lower condition somoibiny llle
that Uf His children ON tho earth nj IN.
Present time. There had been nm nd.
vance. AT lhs conference, there was a
reverend gentleman who replied some.
what llke this: Though this gentle.
man (referrIng TO the Elder OF our
Churchl may think he knows some.
thing about the intelligence Of the
Almighty, vet he (the reverend gentle.
mani could not except Inc doctrine of
the Mormon Elder, Yet, ms Jar as true
sympathy for mankind had been ex.
piessed, and the desire for ali good
10 come 10 the human race. he could
Advance ,yl,h a., &c., s,,,,aIar -