Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-23

The choir sang the hymn beginning;
Come all We sons Of Zion
And let US praise the Lord.
Prayer was offered by Elder H. q.
Badger.
The choir next sang the hymu'
Prayer il the souls sincere DESIRE
uttered or uneNprcssed.
The Priesthood OF the Second Ward
OBLIGATED in the administration Of the
Sacrament.
ELDER JOSEPH NELSON
was called upon to address the congre'
cation, He said he knew the Lord IL
always with His people. Even In the
past He has always been watching
over His Zion with fatherly care.
Trials have CONS over thc people OF
God in this age as in former days.
The speaker referred to the history OF
Job, who was righteous msn
in the eight OF the Lord,
yet the adversary was allowed
TO try him In various ways, until even
his friends advised him 10 rebel against
God. But Job was steadfast anu tue
Lord, after a while, gave his faithful
servant an abundance OF blessings Tor
his .aithfulnese. So the Lord Will do
with the Saints who are faithful. They
will have abundant blessings from the
Almighty. We can SEQ this already
coming, although what We have il
only 4 commencement OF receiving
what there Ia In store for us.
IL we follow the history OF the
ancient people OF God, We mud that
trials have been mseted out to
His servants In larger measure
than any we have had TO re-.
ceive. Abraham Ii an instance OF
this. The patriarch was even required
to DO willing TO give up his only
son on the altar Of sacrifice. Abraham
stood the test, because he believed tho
Lord could raiee his son up from the
dead anu so iulni His promises. And
his faith was well rewarded with bless
ings alter he had stood this great test.
Similar was the case with Moses anu
the other prophets.
The Son OF God had to encounter
the evil one who met Him and put
various temptations In his way. But
no remained steadfAst, refusing 10
yield TO the temptcr, even when the
Kingdoms OF the world were promised
him as reward for deviation from the
path Of righteousness.
All good people are tried. SO We
have had our trials. and they are per
haps not yet oil over. But II We only
remain faithful, we will receive our
blessings after having endured In all
things. The Lord has said He will
have . tried people. We must DO able
to stand nrm In all positions, even In
the possession Of wealth. Happy the
prreon who 10 able to Withstand In
trials, for blessings will surely follow.
Some seem to have trials and hard
shi, = all through their life. In most
cases, however, they DO not last very
long. There 10 . day after night. But,
10 the case OF those who seem to BE-
tried for . lifetime, theirs will surely bt
n DAY Of glorious light hereafter. The
tims will come when even the mosl
tried one will find that the trials were
for the best.
ELDER JOSEPH y. TAYLOR
was the next speaker. He alluded to q
had attended services In the Taber-
nacle and expressed himself, to the II.
feet that he hardly knew but that he
was In one Of the churches Of the sec's
OF the day.
There Is, however, great differences
between our Church and the scots o.
the world. Our organic atom IA ditier-
ent, ~ are the principles We hold anG
the source OF authority we recognize.
Joseph Smith asked the Lord which
500, was the true church, and received
the startling answer: None OF them.
All had gone astray. The Lore
made manifest His will to Joseph re-
garding his mission. He was from tina
instant OF necessity an aggressiv,
character In the world. Joseph built, =,
10 speak,a house for tho people TO com,
and dwell ina house much superior
to the one they previously occupied
He did not simply tear down whn
they had. He preached the truth and
invited the world to accept 1t.
The Christian world holds that tn,
prevalent religions are TO all intent
and purposes correct. Tho fact 10
however, that although the principles
OF the Gospel are In the Bible, yet tn
Lord treated Joseph the Prophet as
the Gospel had never before existed
This Is consistent, too, for the Lorl
Will HUI uuiu tut Wotiu W tuuuy ~
sponsible for the Gospel that was re
vosled through Adam or any OF tn
following prophets. In order TO max
the world accountable today,
revelation to this generation ha
to be given, and therefor
Joseph was raised up to tes,if.
TO the world what the Father testifle,
to him concerning Jesus, that He
the beloyed of the Father, whom tn
world was under obligation TO hear.
The Elders OF Israel have not pei
haps always exhibited that degree {
forbearance necessary TO their calling
1t seems TO them at times n wonde
that the world refuses their testimony
But remember the people ut the time {
Jesus. They entertained such idea
and were 10 educated that the appeal
auos OF the meek and lowly Jesus wa
contrary TO all their expectation
Hence they r. jected III m. Aud ha
we been In the same circumstance,
we would probably not have acts
much differently nom what they die
We say today that Joseph Smlt
was great Prophet OF GoJ. WIN tn
world believe II? The Elders OF Isra
have besides always promised that
those who honestly accept the Gosp'
the Lord will make the truth nRniies
There should therefore be- no excus
for anybody not to believe our test
mOuy.
The revolution that has taken pla,
among the thinking men OF the wOrl