Show DISCOURSE A tha Davis Blake Conforonce Farmlnirton Saturday Sp d at le tllv r umber 7lh IBBS by PRESIDENT WILFORD WOORUFF LRroRTuD nY AIlTWI WtNTnR1 = = = = = = when we were knew Jlo athe we tow little we knew when we acre yon arrived to girls and when we and OIIlod 1II111bOC goys and the Spirit of God led us Iilh In the rvllllon 01 God t obans sectarian world till tand the and oat tw loin 10 knew what Uy be ore us ho6n1e we coner boa d Ito P u rpos e of God COBCt ning us la testimony 10 the truth of the bur daynewelistened iris I to this forenoon d day and In very Important Well a geoetatioa We live In Hie midst ol Im to lIorkl ol Ood and e little pedant th nd manhoodlthat knew In early yoUlh < i and manhood ale al-e ourselves bad been preserved the spirit world lor seven thousand yean lo lund In the nb In t the t last dy to be mil ledo God lo t labor f In ills vineyard Church Nevertheless build lib and to up truths The Lord has less these lie reverie illS bind ln any age or tlc 0ij to perform a work unless Ho has MtpsrtJ an element to carry out that aotk Thai Is l our condition as Latter day Saints In my youth I attended Sibbath school under Dr 1orlcra treat minister but the cry moment I began 10 rood the scriptures and learn shat uln them that very moment there has a spirit told me that that Church and Gospel that lead I of lathe New Testa rnent eie not on the earth I never bd a minister acknowledge the necessity neces-sity of the works that followed the leach fogs ol the Savior and Ills Apostles Nothing would make them angry quicker than lo tell them that these were the works of God and would be again established on the earth The elrrrr would be Immediately stirred up II they heard of any one advocating these things a thing which I frequently did In my early manhood I felt that I could cot join any church unless I could find one that taught those principles wnlch I read ol lathe New Testament church that enjoyed the time glfuand blessings that the Savior and Ills Apostles possessed pos-sessed That was not alone my condition condi-tion but It was the condition of many roes who lived In those lays As I hId h-Id God had an element prepared who had been ordained of Him to stand in the fiesta In the commencement of Ills = Church I on the earth In fists dispensation and this element the Lord has Fathered together In order to build up Zion lo warn the world and to prepare lor the coming of Ihe Son of Man Urother George Q Cannon spoke tills forenoon on the subject i ol revelation When the Church was organlied nobody professed lo rave revelation It was not bellecd in They had the Illblf and they did 1 heLuli not want any more revelation that I will say 10 ye men of Israel the Lord 13 hofn eoH never had a church In any ago of the world that lie did nut give revelation to and never ulll have Thli Church could not live twentylour hours without reve lation II belongs the Irleslhood and to the Gospel Christ Urolher Cannon spoke about the temptation ol the evil one There never was a people on the earth whom Ihe devil was more anxious lo tempt and lo I destroy than those who bear the Holy Illesthood If anybody supposes that the First I Presidency and the Apostles and leading men ol Israel are not limo lid I they are mistaken II t Jesus Christ was tempted of the devil for forty days J r C r r and nights do you suppose ha would pass by all these apostles and prophets rVar J r We ore nil ol us tempted and tried day by day Them Is nu people thai the arch enemy Lucifer Is I more at war against than them Lalter day Saints dwelling In the valleys ol the mountains Wcall havo to fight against this power and shall have lu until He conies whoso light It L > to rem n with the keys ot death and hell and binds SIn and sets a seal upon him In my rellectlons sometimes I Icel that the Latterday Saints do not comprehend our poslllouanil chic ilanger h1Jd ire we are In through being continually t1 tempted and tried lor thereto I a > owcr constantly labeling wlili us to draw us away front our duvet and irons the com mndmnll or line lord The God of heaven holds me responsible as the 1rcsldcnt of this Church holding the keys of the Gospel ol Christ while 1 dwell In the Mesh Can I live without revelation Can my counselois and these Apostles live without revcla I Hour They would not lhOL fit to lead this Cnurch one day without the revelations uf God 101 somewhat > acquainted with the Lord 1 am somewhat some-what acquainted with Ills ways and with tins Splrll anaIknow that God hlinsell His Son Jesus Christ and all the peeves ol the eternal and everlasting Priesthood are enerdscd over carrying out Ihe great purposes of God upon the earth Iriese reflations In the lllble the Hook ol Mormon and the lloolcuf Dxlrloe 1 and Covenants have got lo be fulfilled and u without we yield ouneU as Elders of Israel to this work us do cot magnify our calling before the Lord We hive revealed to us In the Dlble the promises I that were made to Joseph who was separated mom I his brethren hondw lo Iphralm and Manasseh Their blessings bless-ings were lo prevail to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills We today are In that very country We have been i led here by the power of God and that I too bv men who were governed and controlled by revelation Now II there Is anything on earth the devil wants hits to hedge up Ihe way for the fulfilment cf these revelations and prophecies It Is In the hands of this people to carry out these purposes of God as revealed r unto us < 1fr we doll do-ll Yes we will do It Why 2 Iltcause tll the Lords word will always be fulfilled i All that has been said with regard lo gathering the people In 7lon and what was to transpire In Ziou has been fulfilled ful-filled so far and not one word will fail 1 want the Istter day Saints In understand under-stand this You are here upon a mission mis-sion Siam I So was Joseph Smith Every one thai has been born Into tits Church had the privilege ol coming hero and receiving Urn blessings I ol Ihis Church and ofihe Temples f our GIf G-If we do not tecclve them It Is our fault and not the Lords I have been strongly exercised In my mind In looking at the signs ol the times and what taking clf the I earth eT think of what the bixlor said lolhelhar tees Vc can discern the face of the sky but can yc not discern I the I signs ol the llmcsfbo In feel I to say lo tlieLatter diy Saints Can we not discern the sirns of tine times When I look at tie wick I ednes 01 mn and te lellll power thin devil ha urong the ehlldna or mn Ifeel as lhough I it should stir Is up to t 1111I righteousness 1 and to Ile work of rll Lord I havo referred to the fOCI thai I was twenty years ol age before there wan a murder committed > n mum New Inland Stales A man killed his wile In New Haven Connecticut ant 1 It shocked all New KngUd Old men and women and young men and mild ens wept over Mi Idea I of a mother being committed in the New England States I low > s it today It takes columns col-umns of every LC spaper published i to doftv r rIfS f record the murders and sucid that are commuted each twentylour hot rs People are killing themielvcs to pay their debts or for some other mason And tins Is Increasing all line lime Now my brethren and sulers this terrible rush to death that Is In the world means something What Is the meaning of It hl Jhafdel mn Why line Lord said lo Joseph Smith sUtylhrce years ago Ikhold venly 1 sap unto you the angels arc erning unro the tort day and nrht I who ii readr and wlllloeo his sent faith no rup down dlr 1 this fluids hum the Lord aalth unto hirers pluck not up I the sores oliil rims Uid Is yet leniicr < ror veniy I your 1lIh II uk lest you destroy llio wheat alao alaortieiefore let tlw wheat and hares crow together I till Ibo Fewest h fully ripe then is slur nit gtlher out the wheat from among bo tarn and Her the gathering ol the wheat behold and lol nha tares acs bound In bundles and the field to malncth la W burned Do Ihe latterday Saints comprehend this I Thin of the great changes that are taking place In the world of this dreadlus loss ol life and also of virtue ol the terrible cyclones laying waste I whole clues fires devastating towns and village earthquakes storms and Judge ments ol every kind What is the meaning I mean-Ing ol all this Why these messengers That have Men walling In heaven for n 1 long time holding In their hands Ihe I sharp sickles have I gone forth In the i earth and made a avl beginning and they never willceateuntll Ihls tccnels wound up If you want to know what Is I com ing l lo pass I In the earth I read the rave lations ol I St John as well as tho e In I the Hook ol Mormon and Book of Doctrine and Covenants Satan Is busy lie knows that his power will be curtilled unless he can stop this progress of the r 1 r work ol God and he Is laboring all Iho I lime to try and draw away the sons ink daughters Zlonlroomthe iiatholrtctl I Hide and duly Whenever 1 half dozen faders gather together to preach this gospel torero you will find time enemy working hard against them Urolher Cannon also spoke about the first Presidency I t ol the Church Now the world Is I terribly afraid that lira Presidency ofthlS Church shill say something some-thing lo somebody about politics and even some of time i Elders of Israel appear very much alrald that they will Ret none counsel on these things Wnit ate they thinking about Politics should never turn the heart of any man bearing Ihe Holy 1riesthxod from his brethren or from the cause ol God Let him en Joy his politics and vole for whom he choosrs but let ad 1 men sop throwing 1 Ihs Tilth and slime and pursuing a coutse wnercln God hlnr and the angels ro ashamed ol linen It makes no dills once tome alma I a man pal tics In IK hose right to enjoy his own pcllca I Ideas but II let this people J mama I that they are Ic ecr day IWwl and ft held reponILI before God for time coirse Ih tYepnnuelook We loud look at these things as they arc We > IU In our Lands the keys ol tae kingdom and Clod mill ho dm rcvoniltlc or lle I use wj make of tu power witch He has entrusUd to 10 If we do our duty wo shall irev We hue revelation Mill us TIM th leaders < f this Cujrili I clnce the eath ol lr111 Prophet pose h Ynh Inane not written many tvefatlons Joseph orrllh fort brought forth the Hook ol Dtcinnc and Cov ants and It Is I a grand volume ol revelation one of the most glorious rot cords ever given I of Ood lo man online earth Dull I want to sat that bother J llrlgliam Young did not live without rvclition He always had revelation with him He could not labor without it he could not preach or do the will ol God without in Nor can any man thai occupies thai position The Lord would permit I no man lo stand at the hcadcf ibis Church unless he I was governed and controlled by revelation We are feeble instrumentsweak Worms ol the dllll t but God has chosen weak things ol the earth to conlound the wine I and to build up His Zion and lie gives us revelation and makes known unto us Ills mind and will We time great labor upon us at the present lime In cairylng out the purp ca uj lime Lord with regard lo Ills work amen f the sons and daughters ol Adam I rejoice that have lived to see what I have Ire I lolce 1 that I came to these valleys w IS 1 President Young We found a barren desert What did the Spirit of God say lo him lie I was urged to not nb top 1 here C nll but go on lo California No said Iirotirer Ilrother Young I am going ID slay right 1 here ltolo I am going I tu build a city here I am going to build a temple I here I am going to build a country here1 What did he say that I by ly the power ol revelation and he fulfilled It air He performed a great work He laid Ihe r II i ml foundations of this great and glorious I temple here and He have lived to dedicate dedi-cate It IInlo God We have power today to go Into four temples and attend to ordinances of the house of tiod for the living and for Ihe dead Yes we arc opening the prison doors In the spirit world lo thousands and thousands of our lathers households Thus we are saviors upon Mount Zinc whom lire Lord has raised up In these 1 fait days lo redeem the dead an I give them a place t And standing In their fathers house I hose who were drowned In fie oars ol Noah were shut I up In prison rar lung lime and Christ while His body lay hi time tomb went and 1 pre ched lo Ihev spirits In prison that 11 they might I live according ac-cording to God In the spirit and be Judge according lo men In the flesh So Joseph Smith and llyrun Smith r vlJ David fatten and I others who have laid l down their lives hot the Gospels sake Nave gone to the spirits In prison sod labored there and you and I recalled upon lo attend lo to duty of Ihe teed tee-d cm flan of our liud 1 while we dull her in tuna Cali This Is our work 1 feel thankful for the blessings we asa as-a people enjoy It requires that we shall lie huuble Wo wan to renem her our pray I era There shoud be a great deal of priylng In Israel not pibllc prajers alon but Iterv man would go trio his cm set and there nil upon God and ask Him lo sulaln 7ini sustain he residency ol th Church art the T else AK > VCI with all men who bear the Holy Irothod in the earth Upon tae shoulders of these men drvuwa the duly to go forth and warn Mill I generation II of the Judgments which arc tojine let our umbers are law compared wlk 1 lha fourteen hundred millions ol people tint dwell In the fl aim Therefore do not be afraid ol jelling counsel runt the presiding authorities In the Church They will not counsel you v long They know better thus lo do that They am antlous lor this poplIn popl-In be united We have received the ordinances of the house ol God and have entered Into covenant lo build up Zion and that Is what We should live for Fur Ilell I you the Gild of heaven requires this at our hands The devil has no power lo overthrow the purposes of God The Lord Is above him ro and he cannot go beyond whit the Lord permits per-mits lliethren and sisters this Is the Way I feel today Eighteen hundred years have raised away from the lime the Apolle of Clinst were put tu death and Ih Iriealhood was taken home lo God and remained there unlll Ile gore IIlu Joseph Smith who was tailed up lo land at the head ool this dispensation Jesus said to Joseph Smith and thoie I illl Elders For ibou art called lo prune my tlncyaM nh a niljnly pruning yta eras for fit lash tma They wen comnvanded to gu > ut and elr glo tc warn the world and lo preach the Gospel Gos-pel so that their garments might be l nnlf clean af mime blood of rtr men This Is orr calling I with we were better Han we ore and that we had 1 more of I die position lo do what the Lord rquire of UI huh we are poor weak men Yet there are those among us that would go lo death rather than break these commandments com-mandments or God which Ilotucr Cannon Can-non referred lo And well they might It pays no man to sir Thcro Is no salvation or glory In ul I but there Is onln IIOrr sorrow In II If yu occupied l lime I IKHltlon IIJII 1 do you wool f he I there some of this sorrow Is I manifest We hear occasionally of men going a tra aid witness Ihe sorrow that come upon them when Ilielr eves ale opened lo understand their condign They would give everything they possess on uirh if fir I not fleJ CII yin day Is I past and they have lo softer lor II I nm anslous myself that ol lire Lattar day Saints will try to keep t the taut while their hive upon lire ears Or hives ore short here even If we live lo bo one hundred yeses old 1 compared with the great eternity before us The dead are there whoi 4e have redeemed and we Tilalnly d not want to pusue A < Ors iherrby we wall forltlt Ihe honor be longing lo us connected with their sal I yahoo It docs not pay lor any mat to lose his faith In God or to dis toO of Mme Priesthood i which I lie holds 1 I but we should pursue lucli a cuuuo That when tfiros eIln IIIfi lI we rit throigi we will be lullsfird wlit usrtaes Wo are In the midst ol a world I as al IM l and temptation It Is a couitant warfare with us It was with hRe Savior lie I vas tempted all tlnoLzh IS Ife sod Us Is an exampe for us r el Certainly I we have I never pan cd Ihioueh more than the Savior did oar as noels Ilu He through nil Ids blue iciinil rue and fsllhlul to Ill I Kajicr ai to Ills I callm as the Svloo the wurd lie praycda great deal and He mourned mourn-ed before Ihe Lord over the sins of Iho world Today He main our mldil He Is I our advocate with l Ihe Inlher He Is I watcilng aver ui and 1U will do all that lie can for our kalvatlon We have everything to encourage us When you think of eternal hie when you think of Ihe heavenly liottt when you think ol those that have gone he lore us awaltinz the final resurrection ol the dead and the coming ol the Son of Man to wind up the scene and enter into His glory what It l there that can tempt any man to depart Irons the Gospel Gos-pel of Curb There Is nothing worse than for a man to yield to sin after he has embraced the Gospel We should labor I against sin and temptation I believe this is I all I want lo say lo you 101 I glad to meet with you I do not attend meetings a great deal lint lam at my desk every dayIn the week about 9 oclock cicept I Saturday and when lire end ol the week comes YI lens l-ens weary In body and need real I always a ioy myself however among the Intcr day Saints In their conferences con-ferences when I do attend I have traveled many years In this Church Many ol our fatherstirothcis and sisters have paiscd oil We are left huts shall soon follow them I pray God lhil d He will glee us power as tune I servants I and Saints lo mt unify our calling and I I weft uprljhlly before Him that we may be saved In the kingdom of God fix I loutsake Amen |