The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06


act in temporal as well as spiritual
capacity, giving advice and comfort, who
are the fathers OF the people and one OF
whose chief duties is to care for the needs
OF the poor.
"A stranger" said Apostle Clawson.
would have found this body moving as
solid phaianx, with no disorder and an
entire absence OF the spirit of stubborn
ness Seventy years of training have in
spired them with the spirit which is un-
conquerable. the spirit that fired the heart
of Joseph Smith, the spirit that fired the
heart of Brigham Young when he led his
people Into the Wilds of the Rocky noun
tains and there established great and
fIourishing community, the spirit that
fired the heart of John Taylor. the cham
pion of truth; the spirit that fired the
heart of MILFORD Woodruff, the great
missionary; the spirit that fired the heart
OF Lorenzo Snow. who also carried the
gospel to all the earth: the spirit which
fired the heart of the present leader of
the church. who has lived to see the happy
elimination of his efforts to free the
church from debt"
Apostle Clawson asked a blessing on all
the leaders and on all the saints.
Latter-day Saints Grow Better.
Apostle Hyrum NJ Smith. in his ad-
dress. declared that all should keep the
commandments, and that while all do not
strong desire on the part of the Latter
day Saints to live up to the letter and
the spirit of the commandments
Each year the people are growing bet
ter, however, said Apostle Smith. They
are keeping the commandments a little
more fully and keeping within the cove
nants.
This congregation is in evidence that
the people want TO hear the word of God
! through His servants. 1t is truth We love
and truth we seek. No men are better
acquainted with the truth than are the
constituted authorities of the church.
I'VE rejoice in the general faithfulness
of the people of Zion, and | would advise
the Latter-day Saints 10 continue follow
ing the servants of the Lord. No one has
ever gone astray who has followed the
presidency and the authorities. Follow
them and you Will do right and will do
as the Lord wishes you to do"
Administering the Sacrament.
1t is my pleasure to travel from place
to place in the performance of my duties
| in connection with the church work.. said
Apostle George Albert Smith. and every
where I see an increase in the sacrament
meetings. Some become Indifferent and
neglect the sacrament of the Lords Sup
per. but this should not be. Each Sabbath
day we are to meet and partake of the
| body and the blood of the risen Lord.
! There is grave danger when We partake
| of the emblem unworthiy. so our hearts
should be pure and our minds Invested OF
unclean thought.
The importance of the administra ton
of the sacrament is indicated in the Bible
/ and the Book of Mormon. The sacrament
does not literally mean the blood and
/ body OF the Lord. as some believe, but
/ i'm the Doctrine and Covenants the In
structions are that the priest shall kneel
and pray In the presence of the church,
! but it does not say that the church also
shall lIneel The sacrament should never
| he taken with gloved hand. and the right
/ hand should be the one TO take it
! In closing. Apostle Smith said that ii is
/ easy TO love one another if all are worthy
| to partakesOf the sacrament
How to Build Well.
! Apostle George Z. Richards said he was
! in hearty accord with what has been said
! By the speakers who preceded him. The
speaker compared the building of the
/ Mormon church with the building of a
/ fine new home. He said that there must
: be plan TO be followed and that if there
are many working on different sides and
/ on different plans, there is bound to be
| confusion. a builder might give the de-
/ tails of a part Of the work to some of
| his wOrkmen, but he would not give all
/ Of the details TO all of them. So IL is
| with the Great Architect. The greatest
/ plan of the Great Architect has been
/ pointed out to the prophets and apostles
! Of the church. God gives his workmen
details TO carry out, each for himself.
! ''MOrmonism, said Mr.. Richards.
/ while it is a misnOmer. is a cOmprehen-
| sive term. 1t is the great plan of the
| Creator. is MoTmonism II is the only
plan. If there were others. there would
/ be confusion, which there is not. Nor
/ mOnism is the biggest thing in the world.
] Ii is bigger than anything and everything
combined. Where MOrmOnism is there is
/ the law by which the world is to be
/ Judged. The foundation of this work is
| the revelation divine Jesus said Upon
| this rock (the rock of revelation) l build
my church, and the gates of hell shall
| not prevail against it The waves have
/ I,.11 l.
/ ism thrlves best in adversely. When our
| enemies kick MormOnism. they kick it ND
/ hill. We are sure OF the destiny of the
| Mormon church. We are sure that Joseph
/ Smith was the prophet of God. We have
I testimony upon testimony"
The Pit and the Ladder.
Orson F. Whitney was the first of the
in thu tabernacle. Apostle Whitney's ad-
| dress was doctrinal He declared that re-
! Gently he had heard a story Of con-
versatiOn between two Christian clergy
men. One of them asked of the other:
! why is II that your chapel is always
filled and that people love to hear you
! preach?" The other replied: 1t is be-
/ cause l tell the people that if they dc
certain things they will be saved, while
you tell them that if they do not do GER
tain things they will be damned
| Apostle Whitney urged that II was the
purpose of the gospel to exhaust every
| means to save The doctrine of the
gospel he said. is all for salvation and
none for damnation. But damnatiOn will
follow the failure of a man to make use
of the means offered him.
| IF a man were In a pit, although he be
I a strong man, bat the sides of the Dit
were so impossible that they Knocked his
| efforts to escape, and suddenly there was
1 extended to him a ladder from above
/ that would be the means of his saliva
ton. But il the ladder were rejected
and the man in the pit refused to climt
out. 1t would be worse than If no means
of escape had been extended to him al
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