Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-13
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Elder Orson I. Whitney the Speaker
at the Tabernacle Vest erday.

siding.
This choir aud congregation sEng the
hymn commencing:
Rcdccmer OF Israel,
Oar only delight.
Prayer by Elder George Goddard.
The choir next sang tho hymn com.
mepcing:
Though dccpning trials throns your way.
Prota on, press on. 70 Saints OF Oodl
rhe Priesthood OF the Fifth Ward
OBLIGATED In tue administration OF the
Sacrament.
ELDER oRsoS =. WHITNEY
was the speaker. lie quoted tho words
Of the Prophet jeremiah when called
hy the Llri 10 iuifl the duties Of his
missiOn--"Ahl Lord Cod, | cannot
speak, for l am "a child.o Ana the
Lord said unto him, essay not am n
child, tor thou shalt 40 TO those 10
whomsoevor will send thee; anu the
words that give unto thee tnou shalt
speak unto hOm. BE not dismayed by
their faces, Tor have made thee this
day defensive city,n etc.
Some Of the feelings which Jere.
miah felt and some OF the trcpidation
which he experienced were doubtless
the experience OF any Elder who
was callol upon suddenly, without
reconciliation, 10 address congrega-
ton like the One ptelent. HIS only
consolation would be in the thought
thatif God called him TO perform duty
lie would also equip him Tor that uuty.
One could only speak tFath by the
spirit OF truth, which loalcth unto
truth. But this spirit was promised 10
the disciples OF Christ. We under
stood that the light Of God was In
every soul that comelh into tic world,
that VII men live, move and have their
being because they have the Spirit
OF the Lord. This promise
OF our Savior referred 10 "A special GIT
Of the Spii 1t did not refer merely to
"that light which ligh,eth overy
man that CUmeth into the
world;" for those disciples He
had chosen out OF the world,
and lie was 10 give them another
| Comforter, something that would take
| His plnce, that would comfort aud
guide them when lie should be- absen,
Ia petson from them. THE endowment
which was 10 quality His disciples ~
| 20 forth and preach tho Wort OF power
| was the gift Ol the Holy Ghost, with.
out which their words would have
been spoken In vain.
The speaker gave Instances OF
the herOism Of which men arc
capable when transformed by the
| power OF the Holy GhUst, and OF
b A Ia, IA
| n lett 10 themseivas. Some might
such spirit? IL not tho
possesses SUN oi.ut IN this llie?" And
many, supposlng this, trusted In their
own Judgment anu intelligeuce, aud
acknowledged no higher power-noth-
ing superior TO themselves. such men
or such women were deceived every
day OF their lives by hollow shows, by
vanities aud appearances, by false
seeming that appeared to DO true. We
were too prone 10 Judge men by the
number OF dollars they possessed, 10y
their houses and lands, by the siz, OF
their bank accounts. But God diu no,
do 70. His Spirit penetrated beneath
the outside crust. We had need OF
tn spun W bhoW us Ant
| things OF this life, 10 reveal
to us the truth, to giveus warning
messages, lest we run into trans anu
pit-ialls aud make fatal plumbers and
mistakes. Time who assembled the
heights OF the Spirit were nbOve the
mis,s and clouds, and saw further aud
more clearly things that siretched even
beyond the horizon OF time. Why
thon should mankind scoTniully regard
the claim OF Ons or more men W no had
made n study OF religion, who by
godiiness Of life and by fasting nnu
prayer, and by struggling to conquer
toli, had gained ascendancy over tils an
and stood upon the mountain height,
looking down upon the worlu? Tines,
things were promised unto those who
became the disciples OF the Lord, wh1
believed and DID not doubt. she thai
doubtoth Is damned" The men who
bad believed, from the creation down
were those VINO hau turned the world
under God Himself, they who had bees
persecuted aud despisei, and who's,
nam, haj been cnst out az evil. God
had been with brave men from the be
ginning, mud because they believed
they had moved the world. The or
iinance OF baptism which was requireu
OF VA was synbnlical OF death anC
resurrection; when we were immersed
IN the water We typlfied tho death OF
the past, the death OF sin, and were
buried with Christ in baptism. Tn,
Lalter.dny Saints did not claim thai
they could grasp infinity, for, MS tn,
Apostle said, awe now aee through o
glass dsikly;" but We knew the truth
In part; and IL was something even "a
know part instead Of guessing at II
aud having u mere opinion.
The spirit OF truth told the Latter.
day Saints, among other things, that
they came from the presence OF their
Father In heaven, that they were be.
gotten sons and daughters unto God In
the spirit world, aud had been sent
down here TO undergo aud pass through
certain experiences OF pain anu SORROW,
notwithstanding tho belief OF some
that God Is not In theso things. The
speaker marvelei how such people,
calling themselves Christians and be.
levers In Jesus Christ, could think
and teach thus. We knew we would
meet calamity when We came here.
some peT-onH were always murmurinr
and complaining because this lile was
not an endless acene VI Joy; they
wanted all the sweets ana none Of
the Oitters. They sought pleasure and
gave themselves up to the worship OF
IL, because they deceived themselves
with the idea that GOd had no use for
suffering; aud 20 they thought 1t was
their uuiy to shrink every trial and
sacrifice. II thing gave them PAIN
they thought II came from below, aud
II II gave them pleasure they accepted
1t rs u blessing from God. But GOD was
| ~. ......n.. l.IIuunII nnrEnll uilN a-nln,