Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-03
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Elder q. W Penrose and President
Woodruff the sp 'akrrs at the
Tab rnaclp Yesterday.

Religious services OF the Church Of
Jesus Christ Of Lpttsr.dsy Saints were
held yesterday Sunday, November 2,
1894, beginning at 2 pm, Elder Angus
NJ. Cannon, Stake president, presiding.
Tue choir sang the hymn commenc-
ing;
All hail the glorious day
Prayer wss offered Uy Elder Chas.
Livingston, after " hioh the choir sang
the hymn the Grst line OF which ls A.
followG
Come thou glorious day Of promise.
Elder q. w. PonrJse VA, called
upon to nd ltess the congregation. He
said In brief that it was a ble,sei priv.
ilege the Latter.day Saints bad to az.
semble under such circumstances AM
worship Him " no had IN this age re-
vealed ~ much unto mankind.
There were a great many things
that must OF necessity be done In order
TO prepare W. 10 enter into the klngd m
OF GOD. The IDEA that faith alone
would bring salvation to the human
family was a mistAke--a fatal mistake.
Works, too, were necessary. Thu faith
that does not include obedience " not
n saving faith. It's not the faith that
Jesus Chtitt taught. John tue Divine
testified that Jesus was the true light
anu ndmonished mankind 10 follow
Him. Those who believe on HIM
obtain power TO become sons Of Coz.
In ono sense We are hll the IONS aud
daughters u God. He l. tue Father ot
the spirits Of all mankind, the Father
OF Jesus Chnst who was our ulusr
brothet the First born, but IN the
hrsh lie was tie Only Begollen. We
who dwell on the earth In the latter
days, those who nave lived on tue
earth In former days-all were with
God IN the beginning. According %
the book OF JOB We were with Hin
when the foundations VI tho earth
were laid and shouted aud tAnE to-
gether Tor JOY, and jesus, our elder
brother wns tue Lamb Hlaiu from
before tue foundation " the
world 10 answer for our tfauegressious.
In the course OF time His spirit came
10 this earth auu was born Of the
ANAlN hANls AnAh was hNWNNNNf NNA
the birth that Jesus referred 10 when
He told certain wise man Of the
Jows that man must BIZ born again
In order 10 be saved. There vac nut
one way 10 obtain salvation, All must
walk that way in order 10 be saved.
Straight IA the gate anu narrow is the
way that leads unto salvation was a
doctrine that Jesus taught. Tue Gospel
Ia A. IL
was taught AZ different Stages OF the
WORLDS history prior 10 thAt-ln Abra.
hams time Hud even earlier tnan that.
rno plan OF adoption was eternal. II
was undcrslood by Adam anu enabled
him 10 become a sou Of Coz Ia spirit
nal sense, Ne no was naturally n sou Of
God. That plsn was taught 10 Nico.
demus, i,was taught To tue Apostles
Of Jesus when they were sent inl0 the
world TO teach all nations. They
preached faith, repentance and bap.
tism, buryiny tho people In water, as
Paul said. Then the Haly Ghost
descended upon them aud they
received power 10 become the
sous ana daughters OF God.
The pattern was ret by Jesus
anu followed by His Apostles.
All must hear Of IL. Thousands OF
millions Of human beings had passed
away from mortality without hearing
the Gospel Ia the nesh. Hut It's
principles and saving methods were no
numerous and expansive that they too,
could b. saved. This Of course was
contradictory 10 the views OF many
preachers but II was nevertheless true.
The Gospel In due time would DO
taughtt3 every nation anu creature
who had ever lived upon tho earth.
Every knee would bow and every
tongue confess that jesus was the
Chfiti. some would feouivo tho Cos.
pei In the nran, others In tue suifit aud
some would reject II In the Il Oh anu
others would DO 90 IN the Hpifit. Bap
tism belongs to this Wsfld, Except a
man DO born OF water aud the upITit, he
o0utd not enter the Kingdom u heaven.
That was not the doctrine OF modern
Christianity but Il was Chfsps doc
trlno.
The speaker then referred to the
saving power Of the Gospel through
the system OF baptism for tue dead anu
explained briefly some OF the great
blessings whicn would follow there
from. The apostasy from the print.
tive Church was y inted out aud the
awful results cOTrObOfated by quota.
lions from scripture aud secular his.
terry. la conclusion Elder PenfOse
testified that the long night OF spiritual
darkness which had prevailed through
many agos hau been broken up anu a
food Of light aud truth was rushing Ia
although mankind WAS not ready ~ "A
unit 10 receive the same. Why nulg
Because such principles hal ever b,eu
unpOpular But tboy would yoG oou-
quet and those VINO would CONF under
subsection 10 them would DO exalted
thereby.
PRECEDENT wmFORD WOODRUFF.
President WilfYTd Woodruff said
that the words spoken by Elder Peu-
rose were true anu tuat no wisusd 10
tvHtiiy " their correctness. lie ollseI
with the prayer lhst the Littef'duy
Saints would DO able ~ 0Umprenv Il
tne great work duvolving upon lhou,
Tue chair sang the anthem!
LIT up your heads, o. 80 hngsi
The bpneIiotion was pronounced by
Patriarch John smith.