The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-23

Although 40 specific TSISIeHCe Wd'
made yesterday at the tabernacl,
services to ex-Apostle Moses Thatcher
the deposed ecclesiast in reality fur
nished the text for both of the sermons
The speakers were Apostle Heber j
Grant ana President George Q. Cannon
The address OF Mr.. Grant had a direct
bearing on the recent exploitation in
the Thatcher case.
The text of Apostle Grants sermon
was faith, and the essentially of its
being yoked with the performance OF
good works. Faith, he said. was of no
avail when standing alone, and when
unaccompanied by good deeds, it could
not endure. The failure to do the Will
of God brought down upon the offender
judgment and wrath. Judgment had
always been melted out 10 disobedient
children. Yet that judgment, he con-
! tinued, in itself signified the love of
God for the chastised one.
Many saints" he said, referring di-
rectly TO the Thatcher affair, have
taken exception to q certain action re-
Gently taken by certain Of the authori-
ties. That action has been looked upon
by some of the Saints as being to a
certain extent unwarranted. In reply
to this, l viii simply say that if the
Latter-day Saints will keep the Lord S
commandments they will understand
these things as they happen. and will
not ind it difficult to observe the wis
dom of them.
THE people, he continued, by fail
ing to diligently discharge the duties
which devolve upon them lose the
spirit OF God. Joseph Smith said that
when a man neglected any one duty ne
was taking the first step to apostacy.
People must be known by the fruits
they bring forth. A man who fails to
keep the commandments of God de-
prives himself of the privileges of the
priesthood. But if he discharges his
duties, there is no man or set III men
who can deprive him of that authority.
No matter how much of the spirit of
God a man may have had, if he does
not obey the Lords will, that light will
be taken from him. The testimony that
Jesus is the Christ can only be kept
when it is built upon the rock of good
works.
THE more knowledge we have, the
more abundantly we have been blessed
of God, the more testimonies we have
of the divinity of Joseph Smiths mis-
sion, the greater is our responsibility
before God. He demands great things
of those whom he has chosen
Joseph Smith gave us a sign by
which we may know the voice of the
true shepherd and that is to always re-
main with the majority"
Apostle Grant then quoted from
revelation to Joseph Smith. given at
Commerce, in which he made reference
TO those who became renegade to the
faith:
20, We twelve and all of the Saints.
profit by this my key; that in all your
trials. troubles. temptations, Affections,
bonds, Imprisonment and death, see to
it that you do not betray, even that
you do not betray Jesus Christ; that
you do not betray the brethren; that
you do not betray the revelations of
God, whether in the Bible. Book Of
Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants
Yea, in all your kicking and
fioundering see that you do not this
thing lest you do down to hell. All
other sins are not to be compared with
SHINING against the Holy Ghost and
proving traitor to your brethren. 1
mysteries of God. Know that
the man who arises up against the
finding fault with the
church, saying they are out Of the way
and he himself is righteous, then know
aSSuredly that that man is on the high
road to apostacy; and unless he repents
will aDOstacise, as the Lord lives
PRESIDENT cannon only spoke FOR a
few moments and made but one refer
ence TO the late breach in the apostles
quorum.
Attempts" he said, have been made
to weaken the power and authority of
the priesthood. The apostles were
placed in the church, as Paul explains,
in order that men might not be carried
about by every wind of doctrine or be
deceived by the cunning craftiness of
men. The people who neglect that
and seek to lessen it are car
ried about in that manner. Men say
Il is wrong to obey the priesthood I
say that the world will not be saved
unless it is saved by the authority and
The priesthood of God. We may as we'll
ook that squarely in the face.
The doctrine seems now becoming
almost unpopular among the Latter
lay Saints. God restored the priest
mood for certain definite purposes. The |
purpose was not to Cypress nor to bind |
L heavy yoke upon the people. The /
Latter-dayS Saints know it was not |
It was established to save men,
President Cannon concluded with a
reference to the trials endured by the |
Latter-day Saints and the Lords good |
ness to the people.
The demand for Ayers Hair Vigor in
such widely separated regions as South |
America, Spain, Australia and India /
has kept pace with the home consump- /
ton, which goes to show that these