Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-24
SUNDAY SERVICES.
,.,.,,soce OF the Dlspeusa,lon In
' which We Live.

oO~ '..s n. M, President Angus Nj
CANON presiding. ..,.
u.w arc Thy servants blost, o Lordi
Itow sure 10 their dcfenfol
PRAYER was offered by Elder W.
c. DUNBAR -,
The choir sang tho hymn'
Behold tho Great redecmer do,
A broken law to satisfy.
Tho Priesthood OF the Thirteonth
ward OBLIGATED in the administration
n the Sacrament.
ELDER WILLARD DONE
r.s then called upon 10 address the
,o,sreeation. He said, In substance,
,s.tit was to him serious duty to
s,l,e before a congregation Of the
saints and address them upon their
suties, and he trusted that no might
be guided by the Spirit Of God and DO
lad 10 offer such remarks as might BIO
beueticial to the audience and pleasing
10 God. Ho wished that the spirit Of
,evelation and truth might actunte
him md dwell In the hearts OF the
hearers, that there might DO unity OF
thought and feelings.
THO Gospel contains all tho princi-
n,ea OF truth that exist on the earth,
rom whatever source they may seem
IN nave omannted, oven from seeming
iy unworthy sources. For truth comes,
a. We hold, In all instances originally
from God. II We compare the dispen-
satiops In which we live with former
opes. when the Gospel was preached
and the servants OF God were active In
Inc administration OF tho ordinances
thereof, we find that we are living
under q dispetsntion OF the greatest
Importance. We are told TO spread the
Gospel among all tho nations OF the
earth, that people may DO judged nc
cordlng 10 how they receive II.
In tho dispe nBation Of Adam, work
had to DO carried out different from ours'
That was the dispensation OF The foun'
ditlon Of the work Off Lord ON EARTH
Adam was the progonitor and was
called upon to point out TO his Descent
anita the coming Of the Savior, tho Re
deemer from sin and doath. This
dispensstion was followed by others
The iIspensatlon OF Enoch wns very
important, but his work was confined
more especially 10 the people OF tht
CITY which bears his name. Noal
was told to preach repentance TO the
generation In his age, as means o
escaping tho coming destruction. W.
nro told that only seven received hi
testimony.
In the dlspensntIon Of Abraham, he
was told 10 leave his country ant
frlendB with all tho idolatrOus inilu
.rces by which he was surrounded ant
and worship God In land 10 b'
given TO him. He did 30 and his worl
lad q Widespread influence Throughout
the ages.
In tho dispensation Of Moses, hi
mission was restricted 10 ono people
He led Israel out OF Egypt and ATTIC
forty years they reached the promiset
land, aud founded nation which hh
given TO the world several sacred rec
ords and the lineage through which
the Messiah came.
In the dIspensation OF Christ, He wa
given His special mission to perform
but 1t was restricted to the descend
ants OF Abraham, US far as His per
sonal work was concerned. He ex
pressed this In His answer to Syrc
pbnnioisn woman who asked Him /
perform miracle for the benefit o
her child, whom He said, II was no
meet 10 tax, the bread from the child
rem and give It 20 tho "dOgs." Aftc
the death OF Christ, however, the dii
clples, were told to go out into all til
world, but even their mission was llul
iled. And we know that the power
and gifts OF the Priesthood were 500
taken away from the earth.
In this respect our dispensntion di
iers from all preceding ones, for tn
bonefits OF II are 10 be extended to oil
both living and dead, and the work ha
been established nevor to be- ovei
thrown. The work performed In tn
Temples Is not restricted TO those liz
ing on the earth, but 1t In done in ord,
that all may have mn opportunity
receive tho Gospel or reject II. In til
age, therefore, the work Of all dispensi
tionB IL contaminated. This IL III
promise given 10 us. Nor shall tn
Gospel again be taken away from III
earth, but 1t shall remain, until n
Rhall have had an opportunity OF r.
ceiving or rejecting It. For what I'll
Lord has promised Ia true and will [
fulfilled In every detail. The speak'
illustrated his remarks upon this sui
ject by saying that when we look at
tree We can SOC the stem, the branche
the leaves, tho fruits, ETC., but not u
roots, by which tho very life Of the tr,
issustained. So with this dispensntio
What we see Ia tho iruitnge but Il
roots penetrate all the former uispe
fatlons. 1t is but the development, Il
result OF thom.
II Ia great work, We have to d
nnd the question ig Shall We DO will
Ing and able TO do II? We know no
valliantly our predecessors have fougl
for 1t during prosecutions o! variol
Einde, but do we also understand Il
magnitude OF our duties, md do v
teach our children In order that the
whom the responsibility shall be In
upon them, shall be able TO underial
them? Do our children understaI
the principles Of the Gospel? This
aquestiUn which requires immedia
answer. The age OF man upon ear
IL limited TO three score ami ten yea
Few live beyond this and therefore Il
generation that now has charge OF d
Church OF God must soon pass awi
and tho children win take their plac'
This requires all the attention VI Il
parents. Our glory and power hereaft
shall depend In u certain degree up,
our fsithiulness in this matter. Up
the parents rests tho duty OF preparil
the children for the duties they hn
TO perform. And II through tho la