Show DISCOURSE DEUTXKED DT PRESIDES WILFORD WOODRUFF AT THE Gtncral Conference AeW In the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle Salt Laic Oily Sunday morning Apnl 6 1S90 RFroiiTFi > nv ARTIIUH visim I feel that every her In this congregation should 0 filled with gratitude to God for the blessings we enjoy this morning that 8 many of us hive tho privilege of meetibg In this Tabernacle In peace and quietude t worship God I want t say t this large assembly assem-bly that tire President of the Church or his Counselor or the Twelve Apt or any oilier man who dwelN Iu the flesh h has no power in and of himself to instruct or edify the Lattcrdnj Salute he can emily do 8 by the poneraud blessings of Almighty God In this respect I am as weak a the least member of tills Chuixh and Kingdom Wearer all dependent upon the Lord and I feel this morning that I stand iu need not only of the faith and prayers of the Latterday Saints but of the blessings of God and the Holy Spirit to assist me to declare unto the Latterday Saints te word cf the Lord I will say another thing Tire Saint of God in corny ag of thu world prophet apostles and nero lators hae been iu such a position that they hae had no chance l lifted up In the pride of their ircaiL I ar t boast of their power and strength t do the work tof God among the children or men Everyman Every-man who was acquainted with Joseph Jo-seph Smith and those who followed him knows full will that this Ia their condition while they dwelt among us Josef Smith Ia a humble man lie was ole of the weak instruments in lire hands of God He was raised l up iu tide last dispensation and fulness of times to lay the foundation of this great Church on tire earth Ho it as taught by the administration auelsfrom heaven He knew full well that his strength lay In God and not In himself him-self That is our condition at the present time We have no chance to b lifted up In tires pride of our hearts with n an to tire position we occupy I the PreslJent of tho Church or cither of Ills Couplers of of the Apostles or any other man feels In his heat tht God cannot do without him ansi that he l especially Important in order t crryon the work of the Lord he stands upon slippery ground I hen Joseph Smith say that Other Cowdcrj who Mas the second Apostle in thin Church said l ll rII to him If I leave this Church it will fall Said hi Oliver you try IL Oliver Iciest t He fell but thu Kingdom of God did not I hove been l acquainted with other Apostles In my day and time who felt that tho Lord could not do without tbem but the Lord got along with His work about them I say to all men Jew and Gentile great and small rich and poor that the Lord Almlghtj ha i osver within with-in HImelf aud is not dependent upon any man t carry on His work but when He dors call men to ilo His work they hare t trust in Him I marvel today iu my own mind why I stand before you n the President Presi-dent of the Cnurch of Jesus Christ of Latterda Saint I hare been associated with hmo forty Apostles In my day and time Twenty four of them two quorums ire today In the spirit world There l a quorum of oung men many of them the sons ot Apostles who have passed away with us today Well when I look at this and see that I am still in the midst of Israel and realize that I have been called to this position I marvel at I Cut it 1 the business of the Lord and not of man It l lot a position that I hae sought On the other hand the eternal truth of this responsibil its stares me In the c c I know that I am responsible for the position I that I hold today to the God of heaven who I line cirosen me as are these apostles before me and the tens of thousands of Elders of Israel who now dwell In the flesh on the earth I attendee1 a Priesthood meeting her last evening with quite a number oC those bearing the Priesthood I look upon the responsibility of these 1 > upn being very great We have been called upon in this day t receive the Priesthood and t go forth and preach the Gospel of Jesus Je-sus Christ t tills generation the Gentiles first and then t the Hcac of Israel This has been my lot I has been the lot of the Apostles and many yea thousand of the leaders of the Tatter day nt We liave been called upon to preach the Gospel of Christ to this ceuera ton ana t warn them of the judgments judg-ments which are t come Them has been a great deal said at this conference We have hal strong testimonies borne bj the Elder of 1ruel w ho ha e addressed us I remarked at the commencement commence-ment of this conference there were I comparativel few Ildr I then = I ldr concerning our position rind revelation revela-tion I remarked that Moses gave revelations to Israel We have tile Bible the stick of Judati containing contain-ing the law of God through Moses and through the aocicut prophets and patriarchs I has been handed down t us through the thousands of years that nre past and gone While I libraries like the library of Alexandria Alexan-dria which was destroyed In an Arab chief and took day and days I t burn i being one of the largest ever gathered together in the world I have perished the JJiblo has been preserved unto us and we have I t read I gives unto us the law of God given to the ancients Hut them has been no change In that law so far as the gospel is concerned con-cerned from i day until tll8 The Bible the Old and tire New Testament gives unto us the law whereby wo may lie exalted and go back again into tho presence of Got and dwell with Him for ever and over It gives unto the I gle us course we should pursue in order 10 receive a part In tire first resurrection thai we may come forth clothed with glory immortality aud eternal life i also gives us the history not only of what is passed with the Jews but p of what is to come to para Then we have the I Book of Mormon t stick of Joseph in the hands ol Ephraim that A written upnu this continent by apostles Ujl prophets It contains among other things the teaching of Jesus Christ when he appeared after lib resurrection rection app and glori otis body aid taught the gospel her Those revelations contain a great many principles They sown sow-n us tire final wIndingup scene r the situation ol great Babylon and judgments that were t come top to-p in the last days before the coming com-ing of the bou of Man We have heal he-al the Book of Doctrine and Co eiiantu which you have in your houses and which you can read This code of revelation revela-tion was given through tt mouth of the gen JoenliKmlih by the Ucla and Tbummim and otherwise That book contains some of Ihe mot glorious and midst sublime rovulatlaiis God evergave to man I shows unto us what le before us what awaits this nation and the nations of the earth and what i at thedoor ofhe Inhabitants of the earth These things are clear they are pointed they are strung and they arc the revelations i of G and they will b fulfilled whether men bclicvu It or IOt Now with regard to present reve lation President Young le us a great many years He led us t these ey He was a man ol GoJ filled wit revelation His teachings were attended by the Inspirations of Almighty God He I rl the foun datlon of the building of this whole Territory He governed and controlled con-trolled this Tabernacle we are in the Temple we a building and other Temple that we have built I In i this Territory and In all his counscisthe word of tho Lord was 7 ont with him He bad hut few revelations ton that were written and pub llshed t the world But we had the word IheLord through him day by day The same with Preside Taylor We have already got a I sid before this code of revelation which we can read every day and which I I rentable for doctrine for reproof for correction for In I slruction t guide u in the way DC life i from day to day anil from yea t year while we dwell in the liesir When the Apostles and Elders of Israel are called to teach you when they are called t go abroad and to teach tho Inhabitants of the earth e1 theyare commanded of the Lord to speak as they are moved upon by moe sp the Holy Greet and when a mal speaks as he I moved upon by to Holy Ghost it is the word of the Lord I lethe mind of the Lord i li I the will of tErn Lordit Isbcripturc It Is Dies power of God unto salvation unto every one that believe Ifw do not hive the Holy Ghost we hao no buir t teach But w hen lire Elders of Israel do teach you by the Holy Ghost you have use revel tons of God to you We hive the e revelations lying before us for our guIdance day by day a well as lists living oracle I would ray t the President oC the United States t the Congress of the United totates t the Cabinet and to all tires Inhabitants of th laud a well as t all tire na turns of the earth klng emperors princes and people do not worry about there Latterday Salute f would say to all nations under heaven it these people are not the people l of God If tine work has not been established by Dod Almlght they will fall of themsvhes the will 0 swept from the f Ir oft earth by the judgments of Go when Great Babylon falls But IC they are of God wHat canvou do about I What can the nations oC the earth d9 about Have tlit na tlonsforgotten tint there Is a God In Iraer Have they forgotten Ilia there 1 a God who crt the lien vcns and earthand that netl eras and controls all thete things I Ho has set His hind to perform tbb work there is no power on lire fix bk sr l reI IC of the earth or In hell that I can dir stroy It because Jehovah holds I In I His own hands He holds our des tiny and thetlf tlnyof all the worl I In His hands But the great din I eerily with this nation and with ni nations n a It his Uen In every I age thuy do not acknowledge time I hind of God In ary of these things I You see It in the history llt whole world nnd In the dealin of God with men and cities ant ua tion from the creation of the world I have referred to thC thing b for In m remarks Whenever a nation Is ripened hi ItinuHy the Lord raisesupprophetsaiid I Inspire men and thy are lutCrl t onr that nation and when they hav warned thu people and given unt ht II them the word of the Lord tlia worti will not fall unfulfilled We have before us great many intti C of the dealings of God with Den Wo have a filr example in Babylon the Great King 2Cebuciadnczza surrounded with the elty wallxa hun drcdfrUhlghand wide enough for several chariot t ride abreast upon the top thereofwUu brazen gatesam with a power to defy all but God l at dtne n himself what did he ray rile not this great Babylon that I hav built for the house of the kintdo by tire might of my power nnd f or the honor of my majesty The prophet might liae told Xe ucliadntzztr the God of heave had proclaimed n man before lie was born that n cold cunic and tko that great city and destroy It rulerCj r was named by ties lx > rd tfore he I was born through the moth of the prophet and when the time canto 1 1 J d Ip as King Belshazzarand hisprinc were feasting and drinking wines out of the cups that had l > ce n brought from the temple at Jesuit lena he I > ok o sion ol the city aud carried olTtlic treasures rho arm of C > rus turned the river out oUt course and walked In under the w alls of the city Belshazza was taken prisoner nnd slain noel the city went Into tho hands oC people they were not looking Cr What did Cyrus do when he took I the city oC 1hblon 1 ito took tIre riches cattle horses and prone rt there wan Iu that city and offered thru 11 sacrifice t the great God I This Is the course tint a heathen Mug took and underttaudfrom history that Cyrus pursued thIs cur all his life Whenever he took a city he went and ollcred sacrifice to the great God tho God of heaven You may trace thb through the whole hlttory of the word until thu present hour and you will find that that God who sits enthroned on high has governed and controlled Ml throe things lie will do thin names today lnrat ime God has set His hind to roll the volume of revelations contained In thews records rec-ords of divine truth which portray the winding up scene of the work and Kingdom of God in the last dispensation nnd fulness of time Our Heavenly Richer called Ills servint Joseph Smith lie hid the foundation of this Church and Kingdom nnd he organized the Church with prophet apostles pastors teacher gifts and graces for the perfecting of the Stint for the work of the mimstryanJ for the edifying of tire icily of Christ until u e all conio to the perfect statUre of man In Christ Jcsu In fulfilment if the revelations of God Ournutn Leers are en it is true but the pea J r vleof God sefways were few huescry ago or tire world oh after preachius 1JO I jKirt whllo bullJIng tho ark only mccccded In having light wills out of all the Inhabitants of the earth Tlie rest were destroyed tiy the flood and they were chut up In prison an J there visited by Jesus Christ the Son of the living God Wile his body br In the tomb three days His spirit went t preacl t those spirits trot were in prison that they might h judged accord lug t men In thcllesli The work of the Lord always has been an up trill sofaraslaborlngomong 1 ho children I of men Is concerned I Hut there is i oo person hcr believe I In the Bible can deny that the Lon has proclaimed that In the latter daysiie would set His hand to buildup build-up His Church and Klmrdom Ho would gather together His people and He would seal an angel 11ing lh through the midst I of i hcaveUjhavin theevrriastln Gospel to preach unto un-to every nation kindred tongue and people under the whole heavens heav-ens crying whir a loud voice Fear J i God and give glory to Him for the hour of ills judgment I come This was the proclamation of the angel of God who delivered the Gospel Gos-pel of Christ t Joscj Smith The hour of His judgment is come S say vc Wu have been called upon upn to warn the nations We have been I called l to co forth without purse or Irlp Wo have had to travel abroad swim rivers wades swamps travel foot ant visit the nations on Cot an Dtons of the earth in various ways to preach the Gospel unto them We have been obliged to do this for wo have been called to do I whether we were popular or unpopular I we had not done this we would have been condemned the Lord would have cut us off and rlc upn people that would perform His work These thousands of Elders gathered out from the nations of the earth upon whose shoulders rests this Priesthood hood a the Instruments In the hands of Almighty G and are called t go forth t warn thiagrenerrotion and their testimony will rise up judgment against L generation and condemn theuiand I declare it in the nameof JesusthrUt as an Apostle the Lamb of God In this day and age of the world I say there I not a nation under hea von there Is not I king a prince or n president or any other man who las < ow er over the sons of men but should give unto their subjects the prIvIlege of wonhlj Ing God accord log to the dictates of their own consciences con-sciences These subjects are the creatures of God they are the children chil-dren of God They are placed here on the earth and are responsible t God Himself for their religion for theIr faith and for their worship They ore not responsible to worp tl rr or kings or president or governors who rule over them Every man I response1 I fir the course ho pursues before the Lord And God will bless no king n > em peror and no president who will not give unto Ills subjects the rights and privileges In their relationship to WW Godlrnlch tho Father Himself has given unto them Whenever these subjects deprived thcirrighta those who preside over the are ier omIde We are here upon a mission This 1 not our horn This U not the place where we expect t dwell forever for-ever Wuare going Into the spirit world I have been associated with the Church for 57 years I was lntlmatevwllli the Prophet J Joseph Smith and the that laid ire foundation of this Church who were martyred for the word of mryr God and testimony of Jesus They today are in the spirit world ming ling h with the God where they can for their brethren plead or brthrn So too shall we g in our day and lime In view of this can I atTuhl t net the gosu k 1 or to turn away from that which the Lord hat required h-at my hands because It does not suit the world I cannot I have got t meet roy acts brforo the throne of God and N have tills nation and all the Inhabitants of ho earth They will undertaud then that there Is apowcrabovo themand that Is tire God of heaven t men inure got t appear at the judgment scatof Christ And when men shed the blood of the righteous because they follow the words of the Lord they have t pay for IL JCo man ran shed tire Hood of the righteous without I costing him something I va so In the days cf Jesus Christ No man was more unpopular on the taco of the earth unpplr erl than Je us Christ n as from the day He was born until He ascended Into heaven All Jerusalem was against Him Time Jews weje against UIm The Gentiles Were agaiut Him in a great meanlre They cried out against Him and anus Him of ever tiling that was wrong and lon very han t find some accusation against Him whereby they might put Him to urli istruethattlitfJeutilejudKo who her the testimony against Jesus told time Jews I find no fault In this man and he washed his hand saying irf ant innocent of the blood of this just person see you t IL AH right mid they his blood tic on us and on our children child-ren How little did those Jews know what I would cost them to shed Ihe Wood of Jesus Christ Well might UnsEen of God nhile on the Cross cry out Father forgive for-give them for they know not what tiny do btrangu language for a I nun that was expiring on the crorol I Why did Ito ray this He knew i what would b the result t the Jewish nation for the next two thousand years Whenever the nation na-tion of tho earth have taken n stand agaInst tlc Gospel of Gimlet I or the liile of God they hive hal to 11 the bill I ha cost some I thiiii to shed the blood M L 1 cf Joseph I SaiiUinml > Hyrum Smith and the I price is not fully paid e I While the world look upon us asa as-a strange people wimilte they have I no filth In us or iu our teachings and while they mace no faith In tIre JIlbie which theyprofr w to believe lee iu still their unbelief will not make the truths of God without effect The inhabitants of the iirth know not what awaits them The Lord I going t cut short Ills work in righteousness l He did uot no tlech would 0 faa As I hive I said before we have been called I to warn this generation tijion g l mwaf ng r How was It when Ste first went to New York to Philadelphia Phila-delphia lo Boston t and to t > o various states of hIre Union Wv went there and found hundreds of I people who were ready t receive the Gospel of Christ We organized t churches throughout the United I Slates north and south more especially espe-cially in thu northern and qilddle stales At thai lime there wu not I the feeling that there I h today There were a great many who we re willing t open their yes to see theIr ears to hear and their hcarU t understand under-stand Tho Lord told Joseph Smith I that Ho had set His hand to prune I 1 vineyard once more for thu lat tme and Hu commanded him and I others to go forth aud warn this S generation to gather out the honest I aud Ilk of the earth and to prepare pre-pare for the day of JIN Judgment And In one lilice in I this book of IXxtrlno aud Co enanU In explaining explain-ing the parable of the lieit and the tarts the Lord says Behold verily I say that the field was tire world and tImer Apostle were the sewers of the seed and after they haM fallen oslcei > the great persecutor of the church tho apcttate the whore even Babylon thai maketh all nations na-tions t drink of her cup in whO hearts tire enemy even Satan tit telli to reign 1 behold he sunctu the tan wherefore thu tires choke the wheat and drive tire church into the wilderness But behold in the last layK even now whllo the lord is iKglnnlng to bring forth the word i J r and the blade In l springing upnnd n yd tender Beholl verily I say unt you the angels are crying unto un-to the Lord day and nUlit who are ready snd waiting to lie sent forth t reap down the Held but the Lord said unto them pluck not up the ares while the blade Is yet tender for verily your faith is weak lest you destroy the wheat al o Do tIre InILbltn DC the earth r illze tho judgments thai hang over heir heads They do not no mote tun the people did In tine days of I Noah in tIre days of It and In the lays of the Jews when they put to doth limo Messiah You have embraced tires Gospel HOI came you t be githcred hereIn In these valleys the mountains isc this once barren desert Whcr did you come from You cam rom England from Norway front Snedcu from the various nations of t hu earth and from the UI i isles of lire sm Hoxv was It that you came here You rcly An Elder oC Israel called I heard him nreach Iu told me If I would repent ofm Iu I should rcccje the gift of the holy Ghost I I believed hIm ire i I-re nt forth and was baptized 1 had muds laid upon me for the reception oC the Holy Ghost aud I did receive he Holy GliOt There was no deception de-ception about thl I was moved ton to gather with thu Saints of II i nt Cub God to the mountains of Israel that I might stand with them and b audit in the things of the Kingdon fGoJ thatlmUht stand in holy Jices while tho judgments of GO vere llurI forth In tho earth That U why you ore her We nlzht have preached t you till we tad been D old as Metbusaleh and IC the Almighty had not backed up the testimony of these Elders of frail Utah today would be a b ren a desert a wo found It as far a tire latterday Saints are concerned con-cerned i This is the work of Gok and we ore called upon to labor no matter what may appear around us ocVhat icnecutions wo may Lc called upon to pats throng This Is the great last Kingdom of our God that Daniel saw I I the ZIon of G that Kalah saw I U tIme Church of J tW Chrbt that the ISevelator Joirn saw Tire angel of God has come and delivered his message in ulfilmcnt of the commandments of God and the cry hiss been Prepare Pre-pare yo for the coming of the Son r man behold the day of Gods judg ment 1 come This Is the proclamation procla-mation to the whole word today Jew and Gentile And this 1 why we are her We have been o her by the Inspiration and power of G and weJiavo come her t ful fill I the volume of the book of the vclatlonsofGod t the inhabitants or the earth ThereforeI snylet not yunr hearts b troubled Iyour Bathers good jjeasure to give you > ho Kingdom These Latterday amta a where they should l wIere the Lord has called them and If we do our duty If rre OnUlr unite together and keep tires commandments of God all will b well In ZIon The Lord ha said Verily I say unto you that I the Lord will contend with Zion and plead with her strong one and chasten her until she overcomes ands and-s clean before me for she shall note > not-e removed out of her place I lire rmove Lord have spoken It We Lace got t do right and keep the com mnndmenta of God I wu dont we shall b chastened there is no cte oubt about that But while the world are looking for the destruction cf this Church they will lock t vain They do not realize tint the Judgment j of God a being rr clalmed by sword and by fire and that the Lord Is pleading with all flesh The sword Is bathed in hen H will fall upon Idumea and the world and who Is I able t eland the judgments of the Almighty Al-mighty Those who a striving for our overthrow if they have not faith today In this and in God they will have faith whenever they come toD r to judgment for the whole of them have got lo go to judgment and they will l Judge according t their des done In the body Brethren and sister let us look at these Ihlngs a they are We are under great ponglblty In every dispensation God has called men and placed them as watchmen on the walls of ZIon He told Ezeklel uI have l eel thro a watchman unto un-to the houu of Israel therefore there-fore thou salt hear the word at my mputh and warn them from me Whert I oy unto the wicked 0 wicked Dan thou shall surely die if thou tieel nol freak to warn the wicked from his way that wicked man hal die In hL iniquity iniqui-ty but his blood will I require at nbeU WI Urine hand Nevertheless I If thou warn thewicked of his way t turn away from I i lie do not turn from his way he shall die In liLt iniquity in-iquity but thou hast delivered thy soul We have been called upon upn t warn this generation We have tried to do it In our weak way I have for the last fifty feven years of my life So have thec brethren her We have traveled thousands of miles without purse or scrip We have lifted up our voices and prcnchea the Gospel of ChrLl to tills dlperuatloii iite are also called brethren and Uteri to i rfomi some work In our day and time that no other dlspen fcalioU Of men have been called to do Wo have belIES called c rear temples aud logo into tfio c tmples and redeem our dead It takes as much t save dead mail a I does a living one I the dead have not her tho Gcspcl the Lord Is not going t send them to hell liecauv they have not received It TheIr The-Ir Is the Father of all He Is merciful t all and He n HI save all except time sons of perdition Everyman Every-man will have glory Our Liberal Lib-eral friend her will have n glory A man will have a celestial glor I he abides the law of the celestial kingdom he will have a terrestrial glory I ho abides the law of the terrestrial kingdom he will have a telcstial glory If he abide the law of the teltttial kingdom That Is the law of God unto U8 Brethren and sister I I have de flrcd to know thee truth from tire day I was a child I read the Bible In m > boyhood I attended Sabbath rchool under old Dr Porter and Dr Jaws I red In this New Testament Testa-ment about Jesus Christ I read of f n hat kind of a Gospel He Land L-and what kind of a man Hu was 1 read about tin Apostles aud of the power they had how they laid hand I Upon he tick anti they recovered they could cast out deslie and in some Intancvs raised thedcad In my boyhood I longed thai d might llvcon tliu earth fi could find a servant of God an inspired man who would tech me Ill principles princi-ples that I rend of in the New Testament Testa-ment Tho Lord promised me In fulfilment of my prayer that I should live to see thai diy I have lived to see IL Tlio Lord has called a people from the nations of the earth from every sect party and = denomination I receive the fulness I of the everlasting Gospel There it ltlnfl buloncGopel There never was bu ll ono Gospel there never will bu bu one ljol r people have I toen born In thelle li1have lived and bae I gone to the gravewhoneversawth faceofaproplietlnthelrllvc leer sawn man that was called of God nnd had pver t ItmInlter In one oCho ordinances of the liens of God Will God condemn them Ucau > I they did not receive the Gorier Not at nil They are in the spirit world ourfatlitrs We are calk upon a saviors on Mount ZIon while time kingdom is tire Lords In I tho latter days t co forth and redeem re-deem our dead Wu hold in our hands time keys and power of their redemj lion by attend ing t the ordnances ord-nances of Go for them It Is a u olk that the Lord has blessed us ultl I think God for this privilege I Is I one of the blessings lhal thi Latter day Saints enjoy When go Into I the spirit world I expect to meet amy father my mothers my relative I have been in the Temple of the loa I have received endow men foroer thrcoMhousaml of them on my fathers and my mothers tide all thai I could get accvs to I do not want t go into the spirit worlt to meet these people ann have thei I siy to me You liad power to enter Into the c Temples togct reikmptlo for me but you lnvu not done IL Iny this timings t heart Bu not afraid willi regard to the work only serve Go and trut Iu Him You cannot scrvu man nor make lies your arm for your salvation IC war w-ar saved I n e are delivered I see hive redemption It will b by the power of the God of Israel He sent His Son into the world to Isy down His life for the redemption of the children of men I feel to thank God that I hav this privilege of bearing my tU merry to tho vork I know it Is i true I knoi Joseph bmlth was ouo of tire greatest prophets that God ever raUeil up iu the earth save Jesus Christ Joseph Smith holds the keys of this great and lat dispensation and fulness of times he will hold lho u keys to tho endless end-less I ages of eternity I lo scaled iris testimony with hi blood Anti IC 1 wo have t do the same what of I Thoupand and thousands of the children of nnl Den lay down theIr I live In going to war for tho sake of worldly honor isa 11 t more for a man lo laY down Ms lift for lire gopcPs sake than 11 is fur him to iGa J has II down for some ether cause I say no I makes no difference what we are called to through wht ar ele t Ins trugh If we are united and do our duly all will be well I w ant salvation when I get through I want to go where Heavenly Father and theSavlo ar if I can I want to g where the Apt and Prophets are who have borne the heat and burden oC the day In thclrgeneralions Mosec Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel DanIel and all the ProplieU and Patriarch whose testimonies we liac In the Bible ai well a three who dweltln this land 11 lear my testimony that this 1 the Kingdom of God As to persecution perse-cution all men who live godly In Chrht Jesus suffer persccu ton Why this combination by priest and people agalst Joseph Smith an Illiterate boy as soon as lie a administered to by thu angels an-gels of God Why did he wade Iu I vhf dtloh J0 waters up to the day of bin death Why did he pass through ferty or fifty vcxalicus lawsuits Because ho was 1 servant of God and warned the Inhabitants of the earths of judgments that were to come So it h been with all who have followed him If this people were not e people of God you would not sec a combination of the nhabluintaof the earth for our do ructlon Are theso latterday Saints all the sinners there a In tie world J they ar I tel you inhabitants of the earth are In I good condition But it is not so Ir taut Wu sin enough It Is true perhaps too much we are guilty of a good many things probably that we ought to repent of J have no doubt here should be a reformation among us in some thing are do not pray as much as we ought Let but we are not so dw as the world call us by any means The Presidency the Vposlle and these Elders of Israel ur hearts sold beunuled together Ve sol labor with each other and for each other and for the benefit of the children of God Ve hae tried to do that in a measure 1 believe tnt ear e-ar weak I however we will do our duty all will be well I pray God t bit Ihrsu Latter aySaJnts I know He will hIt us I we walk uprightly before Him Ve will conquer we will I overcome Zion will arise and flourish it will 1 tand n appointed of the Lord tel te-l will gathered they h will stand In holy places while the udgmenlsof God are manifest In lie earth I say to the Latterday Saints and t the world watch te signs of the times watch the change that a going t take place I tell tt glns you tlst thunders tbat Jghtng t hat ehquae that storms tat tc ycionedi Ulat pestilence anti that famine are gathered togctherln th hetven h of heaven ami the angels of God are ready lo go forth when G nc the testimony of the elder o IsraelIs Israel-Is closed Messengers will visit the earth that they cannot mob that they cannot destroy because they are the angels of God These are eternal truths written like page o living fire upon these records of Almighty God and finery will have their fulfillment Prepare your elveforthothlrgs that await UP They are sure to come No rawer can stay the hand of tie Almighty I God bless us and give us inspiration lisht and truth that wu may be prepared pre-pared for that which l to come for Christs sake Amen |