Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-13

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v.vistusrolo &C IN the day Of salvation.
Soioueer as strangers on earth need We roam
p,.yor by Elder Robert Morris.
The choir sang
while of these cmblema We partahc,
In Jesus name aud for Iiis sake.
totus remember aud be euro
our hearts arc clean and pare.
Thu Priesthood OF the Ninth Ward
,c,alei in the administration Of the
SACRAMENT.
ELDER BRIGHAM YoUNd
-. the frat speaker. He said (;
p,,thren and sisters and Lalter'day
sslnls. for this opportunity Ieel most
hateful TO my Cod. have long"d Tor
Ia eome. 1 stand here this alter
noon, sishuy in the fear Of man,
Greatly in the fear OF God. For the
nl,a,ufc Of locking into your faces once
more / an very thankful
Granger m n strange land loasuA
D., .pnfrcinte his home AMI frleult.
Many changes nave occurred lhs last
TOO ,enfs nnd u halt curing winch
incl have been absent from your
midst, aud It does mu good to be with
van again. IL produces Il hupplntat--
Iot oil AN external character buI-hucl
Ia comes from the nvHrt whero bDu
has planted II anu rom where u eau
uOt be- wftslcd by man. Oar Elders
ara s.nt out today without any great
hone oil converting tho world. MOI
many converts are mhue tOlhy as
COMPARED win tho WORK uOnr In that
sireetion wears ago. Yet lew choice
splrits etill accept tho ttu'h.
A klndlier spirit IL now being Kim
dlpi IN tho hearts OF honest men TO-
wards US as individuals ard aH peO'
nir. Tine GOspel oil thO son Of God
slreums cri es the univeIe the crra-
uons OF God everywhere, God nns
not removed from his people, his arm
IA not shortened, neither aces lie sleep.
The social, reIigious aud politicni
cnangea OF this people are very h0lice-
able out there Is NO diminuliOn In
their faith. | can testify 10 tho Tact
that the Church Is increasing In
dimension and that the Kingdom Of
Coo IL nigh unto us. i know II ~ the
spift OF GOd.
According to statement male by
the preaiuent Of our Churcn, ono gOOd
sermon In the enrly days OF our EXIT
ruce, on the hTat principles vi the
Guspei, would convert hundreds. Now
Il requires hundreds OF gOOd Hefmous
TO pattially convert ono person.
/ have known OF 5000 invitations
being Issued In the mtsiOD field " the
iubiIc to attend our meetings with but
single response.
Euemies are OF use. We need them.
They keep us from sinking into ia.
signlflcauce. The scOurge must bo
applied or we deviate from the right.
Sometimes | have said la my heart,
"Hud 10 thanked for We could MT nave
succeeded without opposition"
have never despairtd In the past; DO
not feel A. would be muio In tins pres
ent. speut i've years III the mini5lry
from 1862 to 1867. The field was full
Of missionaries. became well
acquainted with them. Daring my
last few years OF missionary wOFN /
never met one OF them. What " the
reason? 1 cannot account Tor II. Thoat
who 40 on missions tOuny are inexperi'
enccd. Yet there IN satisfaction IN the
knowledge that in "A fow months they
prepare themselves 80 they are more
Than n match for the ministers VINO
preach a gospel.
Ia conclusion the speaker said he
was pleased with all that ho had seen
and heard since his return aud thought
ths Lstter-uAy Saints hal ust coca
sion for thnnkfulness anu encourage
ment,
ELDER O. W. PENRosE
next spoke. He said that IL was al
ways refreshing to lirten to the testi-
mOny Of returned missionaries. lie
had Travelled goOa deal IN the Ola
MOfld where Elder Brigham Young
had been laboring and he knew that II
took more work, patience anu zenl to.
Jay than formerly. AT first II was II
new doctrine 10 them, but nov IL le
old anu those who preached II are no
longer regarded AS curiositie..
The Gospel OF Jesus Christ cOmpre-
hended everything that was good,
praisewOr,hy and beautiful. IL the
Christian world had anything that
the LaIter.day Saints did not possess
they would readily accept II US II was
In reality part OF MOrmonism. IL
there was anything In science or any
branch OF learning that was elovating
and admirable IL was embraced In
Mormonism because Mormonlsin com.
pretended all that was desirable, oil
truth, 1t wss Truths magnet. The
Chrislinn world us rule would not no.
oep THAT which was not specifically set
forth In their adopted cTeels aud ar
tces OF faith. Faith In Jeeus Christ
was the sum total Of their religions.
That faith was oil right 10 far as Il
went but II was simply the letter A OF
the Gospel ALPHABET. There were other
letters other requirements which were
unrecognlze and Impractical by them.
simple assent TO particular i1ea
would not Insure the purpose. They
must have real, existent, tangible |
living faith coupled with works. The
Gospel OF jesus Christ was sent into |
we world 10 make men and women
Ike HIM. 10 preach this the Elders
were sent into tho world. This was
not generation OF faith. IL was one VI |
tkepiic,sm ana doubt. IL had not that |
chlldllke faith OF which the Savior |
spoke anu which He taught. rhis |
was day Of warning ana not OF many |
NoTus. 1t was Jay when the In. |
haOltants OF the earth were being |
called upon to repent, obey and gather
% place Of safety. A day when they |
we're being warned that God WA. |
about 10 enter into controversy with |
lhe nations and sweep the |
earth with u besOm OF destruction. The |
messengers who carry this warning |
NOfd 10 theii fellow men became nun.
XIV, weary and iootsore but they forgot |
melr fluctuations by renson Of the
conviction and knoyled0, Tim, III,