Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-21
SERVICES AT
THE TABERNACLE.
Congregation is Addressed by
Elders Walter Wallace and
Ephraim Jensen.
CHURCH WORK IN GERMANY
Elder Jensen Speaks on the Power
And influence Of Thought-Prcst
Cannon's Testimony.

The speakers at he Tabernacle yes
terday afternoon were Elders Walter A .
Wallace and Ephraim Jensen. The
former reported the condition of the
work in Germany, while the latter
spoke on the power OF thought and the
influence thereof on the lives OF indl-
viduas President Angus NJ. Cannon
presided and also made few closing
remarks.
The choir sang the hymn:
Glory to God on high,
Let heaven and eartn reply
Praise ye His name.
Prayer was offered by Elder Joseph
Keddlngton.
The choir and congregation sang:
Praise to the man who communed with
Jehovah.
Jesus anolnted that Prophet and
and Seer,
Elder Walter A. Wallace, lately re-
turned from mission to Germany,
was the FIRST speaker. He said there
never had been a time when he did
not know that the Gospel was true,
but to him 1t was truer today than ii
had ever been. for he had seen its
effects among the people. In Ger
many, said Elder Wallace. there was
not the same freedom today that there
mad Deen for the government OF Prus-
STA had taken action against the Elders,
due largely to the hostile attitude Of the
clergy In that land But the mission
aries were not daunted, by any means
The opposition brought to bear against
them had only tended to strengthen
them and fiji them with a greater de-
Temptation to do their duty. Despite
untoward circumstances, Elder Wal.
lace assured his hearers that a good
work was being done in Germany and
many honest-hearted people were be-
Ing brought into the fold,
The speaker expressed his gratitude
to God for the privilege that mad been
afforded him, He felt thankful to the
people OF Germany for their hospitall-
~, and returned home with desire
to do right and to pursue the work OF
the ministry among his fellows AS
Jesus came to earth to save and benefit
human kind, so the Mormon" mission
aries go abroad to present the same
principles of salvation and while their
message is greatly misunderstood in
the world, the leaven of the Gospel IL
working among the people and Is be-
ing felt for good wherever the mes
sage is introduced. Elder Wallace
closed by bearing an earnest testimony
TO the divinity of the latter-day work
Elder Ephraim Jensen next spoke He
began by reading from the 9Th chapter
of Galatians, beginning with the 10th
verse. He said he had been led to re-
fleet upon these passages from a con-
versation had with a gentleman day
or two ago, at which time he was
asked the question, What one thing do
the people Of Salt Lake need the most?"
In answer to the question the speaker
said, THE Holy Ghost" for he felt that
there was a lack Of this gift among the
people of this city. They We're not,
thought the speaker, sufficiently pure
In heart. They permitted the lusts OF
the flesh to predominant and their car
nal relations to overcome the spiritual
part of their beings. Isaiah declared,
Let the wicked forsake his ways and
the unrighteous man his thoughts" an
admonition which seemed to apply with
greater force today than ever. Elder
Jensen expressed the conviction that
more attention should be paid to the
mind than to the body, for IL the mind
were properly directed, the body would
not be so subject to carnal appetites
and desires.
The speaker pleaded for purity of
thought, for in this more than in any
thing else, perhaps, was the solution of
the problem, What one thing do the
people of Salt Lake need the most?"
In this connection Elder Jensen pic
tured n vision he had had concerning
the manner in which men drew around
them influences of their own kind. and
which caused them 10 do things they
knew they should not do, He believed
with all his heart that as a man think
eth so he is, and that according to his
thoughts so his acts are If he was
pure in heart he would receive a funess
Of the Holy Ghost, which would lead
and guide him into all truth and make
his conduct worthy of emulation by his
fellows. If on the other hand his
thoughts were impure il such thoughts
We're not banlshed they would eventual.
ly lay him low and rob him Of his ex-
altatlon
President Angus NJ. Cannon bore tes-
tlmony to the truth OF the remarks
made, after which the choir sang the
anthem, 20 come and let us sing unto
the Lord" and the benedictlon was pro-
nounced by Elder William Smith Of