Tune—Hosanna.
Now let us rejoice in the day of salvation, No longer as strangers on earth need we roam; Good tidings are sounding to us and each nation, And shortly the hour of redemption will come; When all that was promised the Saints will be given, And none will molest them from morn until even, And earth will appear as the Garden of Eden, And Jesus will say to all Israel, Come home.
We'll love one another, and never dissemble, But cease to do evil, and ever be one; And while the ungodly are fearing and tremble, We'll watch for the day when the Savior will come: When all that was promised the Saints will be given, And none will molest them from morn until even, And earth will appear as the Garden of Eden, And Jesus will say to all Israel, Come home.
In faith we'll rely on the arm of Jehovah To guide through these last days of trouble and gloom; And, after the scourges and harvest are over, We'll rise with the just when the Savior doth come. Then all that was promised the Saints will be given, And they will be crowned as the angels of heaven, And earth will appear as the garden of Eden, And Christ and His people will ever be one.[[3]]
After an intermission of twenty minutes, during which time the congregation kept their seats, the services of the day were resumed by singing "Adam-ondi-Ahman:"
This earth was once a garden place, With all her glories common; And men did live a holy race, And worship Jesus face to face, In Adam-ondi-Ahman.
We read that Enoch walked with God, Above the power of Mammon; While Zion spread herself abroad, And Saints and angels sang aloud, In Adam-ondi-Ahman.
Her land was good and greatly blest, Beyond old Israel's Canaan; Her fame was known from east to west; Her peace was great and pure the rest Of Adam-ondi-Ahman.
Hosanna to such days to come—The Savior's second coming, When all the earth in glorious bloom Affords the Saints a holy home, Like Adam-ondi-Ahman.[[4]]
Presidency of Church and Twelve Apostles Sustained as Prophets, Seers and Revelators.
I then made a short address, and called upon the several quorums, and all the congregation of Saints, to acknowledge the Presidency as Prophets and Seers, and uphold them by their prayers. They all covenanted to do so, by rising.
I then called upon the quorums and congregation of Saints to acknowledge the Twelve Apostles, who were present, as Prophets, Seers, Revelators, and special witnesses to all the nations of the earth, holding the keys of the kingdom, to unlock it, or cause it to be done, among them, and uphold them by their prayers, which they assented to by rising.
The Seventies Sustained as Apostles and Special Witnesses.
I next called upon the quorums and congregation of Saints to acknowledge the presidents of Seventies, who act as their representatives, as Apostles and special witnesses to the nations, to assist the Twelve in opening the Gospel kingdom among all people, and to uphold them by their prayers, which they did by rising.
High Councils and Bishoprics Sustained.