Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-05
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Instructive Discourses by APOSTLE Abra.
ham n. cannon and Elder
John Morgan.

vl,,ious services were held at the
rabernaclc, salt Lake City, Sunday,
January 3rd, 1892, commencing at
- M. President Angus NJ. Cannon
presiding.
The choir sang the hymn commence
ing:
p,,,.e ye tho lord my heart shall JOIN
In work 90 pleasant. so divine
PRAYER was offered by Elder Joseph
q. Kingsbury'
The choir and congregation sang
como,etu, anew our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year,
.ud nsver stand still tiii the Master appear.
TheprIes,hood Of Observation-Disclosures
onlciated ia the administration OF tue
Sacrament.
APOSTLE ABRAHAM II. CANNON
addressed the congregation. lie
r,.,a,ed his remarks by stating that
\. would ask our Father In heaven to
sugv,st 10 his mind such things ~ IL
would please Him to have brought be-
t,ta ,his audience. 70 obtain this as
.i.,.rce. Il would only be necessary to
.ss,,Is. the duties and privileges OF the
prIr.thood which IN in'the Church.
I'M Lori has Indeed chosen the
,,saL things OF the earth In order to
,,connilsh great aud mighty things III
,nss. latter days, and 10 men aud
,,onen. who earnestly lnbOr for tue
s.lyation Of their iellowmen, He often
,hoNs their weaknesses, aud through
These KEEPS Them from cruug, Tor
thty are made to realize that what
yood they can accomplish In not by
tbsir own wisdom, but through the in-
telllgencc God gives them. IL is a re
matl,able fact that when men bo ONE
nroud and naughty, the Lord humbles
and chnstises them, aud brings thcm
In n condition where they VIII honor
Him Aud give him the glory for what
they may do for the benefit Of man
kind.
Paul urges the Saints In his day to
be careful when they thought they
stood, lest they should fali. ho pres
snts before them the many causes
which lead to failure In connection
with the work Vt God ON earth, snow
ing them how necessary u was 10 i've
10 accordance with the Hospoli u they
would endure 10 the end.
The greatest men in the kingdOm
of ODD weIo not those on whom the
eyes Of everybody were nrned Ia al-
mir.tIou and Of whose greatness their
frllpwmen always spoke. God never
looked among tue great men Of the
world, but among tho humble, when
hr would call some ono 10 be
an instrument in His hands
Tor the accomplishment Of His
purposes IN the earth. An instructive
instance Of this Il the cali OI Moses, the
great leader aud law glvrr Of Israel, to
whom God gave such miraculous
power manifest among the Egyptians.
lie became shepherd Ia the land Of
INDIAN and there the divine call
reached him while attending TO his
daily, humble duties Of life. lie almost
refused 10 comply with the call, having
several excuses, uutil the Lord grew
angry with him for his unwilnngncss
10 obey. Finally, God gave him n
Spokesman, his Dt)tner, aud the two
received wonderful manifestations u
the power " the Almighty. Yet Their.
came Day OF weakness which they
could not overcome. They were lifted
up ia their hearts and neglected ~ act
according 10 tue word u the Lord.
Moses smOte the rock with his ataif ia.
stead Of speaking 10 II, for which disc.
hedience he was not permitted TO enter
the promised land, although lie Oh.
talned view OF II from altar.
In every age ia which God has had
work to perform, He has show the
world, n they would not close their
eyes to the TACT, that He Is able to
accomplish II by the aid Of many OF
few or without any human help at all.
When Gideon received "a command IL
deliver lsracl from their enemies,
there came with him $4,000 mon, but
the Lord saii that was too many. II
Israel obtained deliverRnce by 90 large
an army, they might say that theiI
own hand had saved them. Gideon,
therefore, proclaimed that all who had
not faith enough In the w0rk could 70.
turn home, whereupon $4,000 with
drew. SIN 700 many were lett. They
were put 10 another test, 10y which the
number wa, reduced 20 300. BY thos,
the people obtained a glorious deliver.
ancu, ana the honor for II was ascribed
10 the Lord. Those who are great IN
their own estimation, God bring,
down, aud sometimes lie exalts those
VIM NV nAhhli III blutl hnhN Aif ulNN
use them. brrat men must be In the
depths Of humility, lest people should
glory In ilesh aud not IN God alone.
Perhaps no more striking example oil
this principle has been recorded than
that Ot Nebuchadnrz1ar, who was a
great king, man ON whom the Spirit
nf GO1 rested Ia n great degree, al
times, AMI whose power extended over
almost every nation under heaven
Yet, In fuliillment Of n prophecy de
llyured, he was nbasod aud went ouI
among the beasts of the field, eating
grass as oxen. But when hs hal
Iassod seven years In this condition
he humblel himself and lifted up hi,
voice unto Cod, who again exalted
him. Then ne was led to aoknowl
edge that Jehovah IN the Lord indeed
who rules the destiny OF nations ~ IL,
governs the heavens where He reign,
supreme. The suffering WAS brought
uDon him 10y tho mercy OF Oul
Father In heaven and was
means whereby n glorious end WA
gained.
There are numerous examples OF MOI
who have become strong, seemingly
able to endure all things, through
having first learnt how feeble m0rlali
are. Even the disciples Of Jesus
whom we might expect 10 find strong
In faith, were ut one time no weal
that they deserted and denied thpi
Master IA His greatest trial. Peter
to whom II had been revealed that Jesu
was the Christ and not merely on,