Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-26
SUNDAY SERVICES.

The choir sang:
Author OF faith. eternal word.
Wh1tc lpuit oltuca The active Games
Fauh, ltots finisuer and Ludi
Today ns ytsigriay the samo
Pfay " was Offered BY Elder Barlow
Ferguson.
Singing by the c7oir
GLORY 10 God onh'sh
lot heaven uuI uHT.u reply
Praise ye bis name.
Bishop Wuiam IS. Preston addressed
the meeting. Ito reloicei Ibe G,s'
pei u Jesus Christ revealed from
heaven again Tor the salvatIou Of msn'
kini. Tue Prophet Iseph smith wa
the humble instrument b. the haniH ol
Cod Ol bringing TO pass His pifp0''s
Tor the feut mptiou VI the liyins ahu
the uead. As "a peope We shuuil re-
ilico exceedingly tor the great FttNl-
eyes anu blessings We otlly through
Obedience to the principles OF tfutn,
and II We do not % lice ~ We shyuIi
do We Ourselves arc % blame our
minds in too mnny instances are 90
taken up with the things % this life that
very many VI w seem 60 forget VIM
We are, nud tue object OF our coming
here ~ these valleys M obedience g.
the revelation! "BabylOn the great is
fallen, IL fallen. Come 0ut 81 nor, my
people, that ~ be not part.EUfH % hrf
slus, aui tuat sc receive not ~ hrt
pnguts.n We arc now 90 m Ntd up
vita Babylon anu the world thai %
seems that We are pnrtoi tue w.rii'
anl appear 20 have forgotten tnt great
txsmpls OF ihe LuTd Jusus tnrst
wherein lie saii ice HIS dal; 81 have
chosen yu out % the world" We
have patterned 90 much ait. the Wuilu
and adopted tluif VS. Auu iUrmtu ns'
tlclatIuu anu entered iutu business
with the w0rld 10 that extent inst
when BABY lon does ialI, ns viii surrey
come ~ pass in tue uuU time ui tht
Lori, u We DO not fail win her W.
will DO greatly shaken UP uuleFs We
Ioraaku hur anu her wayF.
Arc We magnifyiug our calllngs in
the Prirsthu0d2 Ale We maguiiyiug
our CalliugH ~ servants ui tuu Mos
Htgb2 Ale W. keeping HI c1mmtu Do
munls tuat We may IA Vol Claim OIL tht
blessings lTjmiseu iu the Cooper
not then it h. time We were Joins thls.
it Il within our reach 10 obtain etctuai
life 10 the celestial kiuguum OF uuf
Heavenly Father, uut Su eau ouiy o.
tain unio tnis IN the LIr4's appoiulr4
way. itisouf great puviicse 10 rtlIJ
every blessing which our Heavenly
Father has In store Tor the iaitIiuL
We eau 10 live ne 10 enjoy tue giit Oi
faith 10 that degree that We eau feuuku
the destroyer when 10 CONES into our
families aud ho will SIAM fuhuktui
that We eau have latin aud power g.
febuke the destroyer OF our cfopsi our
htrjs and our hUcAs. That u oug |
right, not a. our own power anI /
strength but through tue power OF thr |
Priesthood; and We can uGvfti tie /
authority aud nave Huch falth aui sucn /
pJWef tnat the elements Will Obuy usas
they utd toe sefyautHof Coz IN ancient |
times when necessary Tor our g0Od anu
tbs glory Of the Lord.
How macy Ol IA can bear testimony |
todAy OF tho power OF GOd IN the
healing Of tue sick Aud the cast
log out OF evil spirlts2 Hundreds auu
tnuusnuus Of tho Lattet.day SAINTS
have seen this with their own eyes.
The manifestation anu power OF dOd |
attending this people Arv marvellous. |
Hlsgreai rs--gls,ss nave been COntnu.
ally with us, anu Will increase as W.
live for them. II IL the privilege Of |
the Lattsr.day Saints to engage Ia the
building up anu establishing the Zion |
Of our Gol upon the EARN.
The speaker saiI that no regretted
very much thatthe blessings OF tue Cos.
pol were not enjoyed by all the people,
Tor the reason mat very many tfcAtuu
lightly the commands OF dOd, Aud |
cons, queutly were not In possession OF |
the kIi,s, promises anu bluasiug pTodl. i
GATED on tue faithful observance Of Ht |
laws.
There are, he said, hundreds aud |
Thousands Ut persons claiming 10 DO |
Lattst-uay saints who do NOT Keep uuu
OF tho very least commnndH-ulhiug,
neither observe the tAHt.day held every
month, IL has been proven by the
records that " every member oil Tie
Church would fast one day iu the
month, 10 the extent only VI ono msal,
anu give that amount 10 the Blsnup,
there would bo IoUi Tor all tue p14r h.
Zion anu 10 spare.
DO all our people attend 90 prayers
morning aud evening, aud onttup
secret pfayeu? We grotx pectel 90 Il
this. lisa requirement OI the Gospel
with q promise. La tact there are no
commandments OF tins Lord but what
are accompanied by promises a-u
blessings.
How many teach their ohildton IN
their infancy 10 pray gud follow the
ways oil the LORI from their youth uI2 !
We are told " train our children Ia the |
way that they should 20 aud that they |
Will not depart thereir1m when they |
arc OLD, Jul-ing from luu evidence |
u - many departing from the /
truth, they must not have uyen trained /
10 walk IN the ways VI the |
Lord from their childhood up. When /
they go Out 90 the world Tor themselves
they soon depart from tnr ui.h, 90 /,
evident In many caste, Tho uryakuF /
a. one simple rule Ur VuuCiplu leads Ua /
10 the violation OF tue higher com.
mande, n tho tiut wrongs g.o uul
Tepentel Of, AMI tuus step Wy Hol aut
loses the iaith entirely.
HepOrun frequently come in showing
very many M tho different wards who
should pay uthing, uutthcy DO not pay /
any. Th0y are memteTs of The Clurcn, !
many " them have been uIla under /
the covenant auI urs ubirs On the
great blessings Of the Gospel or uisvI
through obrdie CO tut they .Utfet tue
blessings through tuelr acls,
This law Is one Of the very least, % |
not the lssst In The Church. There vi.