Show promised blessings conditional in 11 revising the life lie of joseph published in in this paper the question so of ten asked by the saints dented itself to wit what shall we do with th these ese pom prom promises ses there are no conditions in in the blessings given to the twelve they were blessed to do a great work even to the coming of christ and several have haae apos tat zed how shall we account for these failures 9 all blessings Lles sings promised by the priesthood which has come down from the heavens are conditional condition alno na matter whether expressed or implied conditions are often s spoken in in blessings which are not written and for a good reason the church has not always been blessed with ready writers they could not write all that was spoken and being obliged to leave a part unwritten the writers have left that portion which they truly understood to be universally acknowledged by the P priesthood estwood 3 namely that faitha faithfulness kilness on the part of the receiver receiver of blessings was requisite to ensure the bless promised let lat any min m in wao has the truth 4 ach abiding in in him i read ead all ws we e have published in in this paper and he will see the conditions in in president Cow derys communication muni cation to parley P pratt and that these conditions we e necessary for him to observe ve or else he was vi as liable to lose his crown and his office be taken and given to another and the same conditions were wei e equally applicable to all the quorum of the twelve apostles Apos lles whether expressed or not they were imbed 1 to all anji and whether written or not it mattei tt er eQ hey kc y e 7 I 1 1 I 1 ere n not oi t spoken y 7 bae aad this is is fb the e cas casc TOw all 1 gs through gh the priesthood to all saints s except the e decrees of I 1 the father made manifest through by special revelation with which the p has very little to do and conse jaen eed e themselves I 1 no trouble cone ernide it towy will lure l I 1 ure e to know it when it comes 1 I 1 1 I 1 many have wondered wo why then their friends have boea been cut off and laid in in their flaves graves fc aves when it was baidin said in their patriarchal bless blessing ing i they should live to the corning coming of christ if they continued faithful but this brings us particularly to the principle of faith which is is largely treated of in in the doctrine and covenants and to which we refer the saints for information for I 1 the present alich wi ch read and be wise wise |