Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-01
SUNDAY SERVICES.


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dent Angus NJ. Cannon presiding.
The choir sang the hymn;
How arc Tny Servants ulest, o. Lordi
How suro IL their defense
Prayer by Elder Aurolius Miner.
Tho choir sang the hymn beginning:
Though dccn'nIHr trials throns your way,
Press on, press on, 30 Saints Of cod.
Tho Priesthood Of the rweniy.thitd
Ward administered In tho ordinance
OF the Sacrament.
unrH u. n. ROBERTS
addressed the congregation. lie said
that the Gospel Of Jesus Christ was
very fruitful IN subject matter, aud
the currcn. history oi the worId-with
which We might make Ourselves nc.
quniuiei through the medium Of
the prtm every dny -- brought
forth new evidence that tho world was
really M need q the Gospel "a. a pana.
Cpn Tor these ills with which mankind
was afflicted, aud which, In truth,
offered the only remedy for the evils
oi which men complained. The other
DAY noted bubble speaker made the
as.uftiOu that over tho counters Of the
IA 900 saloOus Ia the United States
there Ias,ed last year, IN round mum.
beers, ~ ,5Ui, 100000; anu when W. were
confronted with facts Of that kind, II
s,rmrd 10 him pretty clear proof that
The world was Ia need OF that part Of
the Gospel known 10 the Latier.day
Saints az the Word Of Wisdom. THIS
direct word OF the Lord was that wine
and strong drinks were not good Tor
tho children OF men. But this WINS not
the only item out OF The very long list
OF evil that the Gospel VI jesus Christ
would eventually cure.
OF late We had had many maniicata.
tlous OF very serious disease IN the
body polite OF the United States. The
speaker here refufreI 10 the lab1r
troubles In Idaho and Peunsylvn.
MIA, md taid that these were
symptoms OF the great disease
which was feafohiug out the
vitnls Of one OF the HTandest Slate.
that had been brought into existence
Ia modern times. III there was one
thing more than another for which our
age would he accounted remarkable II
was, pcthsps, the rapid accumulation
VI wealth in tue hauls Of the few.
| The fortunes Of many Of the private
citizens OF ths United Stitns far uut-
stripped tho wealth possessed by
princes anu kings in former times.
| Many Of these vast possessions had
been obtained within this past quarter
" century; AMI this wealth brought
| power with II, n we had seen by re-
/ cent cvents In PonuHylvania-suCh
| power that iis possesaor- might rass by
| ihe constituted authority of the Sta q
aud employ what WINS equivalent 10 an
armed 6oldiery Of itself, and by such
force guard that which they had ne.
cumulated. On tue other hand, the
massss--men who were compelled TO
earn their livelihood by the sweat Of
| their hrOw-wefe 10 be observed or
ganiziug iuto labor societies aud
creating n bond Of sympathy.
that they might not bs completely
at the mercy Of this aggregated wealth.
On their part was seen q very unwiso
disposition b. resort to violence In order
| TO Teaist what they conceived TO be n
pressure of capital upon labor, and un.
less some fortunate Circumstance
/ should arise to restrain both these
forces In the resistance VI each other,
this generation was promised con-
! llltk WIN AAN kIthN ifNNlllbh VI
/ a quarter OF century ago would be, by
| comparison, summer breeze 10 a
| Tempest. The people who were thus
arraying Themselves on either side had
need OF the Gospel Of Jesus Christ.
| This great conflict between capital and
labor confronted the statesmen Of our
age and sorely perpltxed their wisdom.
10 had been beyond the power Of the
philosopher 10 grapple with II, 10 far,
or TO give us any Ineligible solution
Of the problem presented.
Those who had already undertaken
In other countries, France and
| England, 10 cope with the
difficulty had failed In the
accomplishment OF their good de-
sigus. They seemed 10 have forgotten
that II WINS world that had gone
wrong, ami that IL would require the
wisdom Of n God 10 set 1t Tight-that
/ these problems were too much for
| human effort. Tho socialists and
communists would settle the difficulty
by changing conditions, They be-
lieved that al the evils which exist
had grown out OF our social conditions,
nnd that II these were changed the
result would he changed also, making
the world n not absolutely good at
least much better.
In his humble opiniou, these men
working rom the outside, through
their organizations, had begun ut the
wrong enu; no believed that the
! Gospel promised 10 be much more
successful, for the reason that while II
| did not entirely ignore the influence
! Of conditions upon the children Of men,
it realized this fact that one must begin