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Show DISCOURSE ncurcaiii r PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF, At Ltoan Catf.c Stale Conference), Sunday iljriung, August 3rd,lS90. I have a few Uioughtsand reflections reflec-tions which I would like to present to the Latter-day Saints who compose com-pose this conference; but in order to do it, I need the help and assistance of the riplrlt of HaJ, as docs every man whj attempts to teach the people. The subject tint I hive u'omuy mind is, union among Uie Litter-Jay Litter-Jay Sit at. Tiie Savior said to His A jostles anciently, and to the Apostles In our day: I say unto you, be one; and If ye are not one ye are not mine." "I and my Fath-rareone." There Is a principle prin-ciple c-mnectsd with this that I think Is very Initportaut to us as a people an J as a Church here ou the earth. With all the divisions, anl all the discontent, and the luarrellngs anl opjosttlon among Uie powers 011 earth, or that have been revealed from heaven, I have never heard that it has ever been revealed to the children of men Uiat Uiere was any division between 01 the Father, tlad the Sn and l!oJ Uie Holy (Jhot They are one. They alw ays have been one. They alajswi!l be one. from eternity unto eternity. Ourlleavenly Father stands at the head, being the Author of Uie salvation of the children of men, anl having created an J peipled the worlj ami given laws to Uie Inhabitants of the earth. This principle is shuun unto us by the revelation of the laws which belong to the different kingdoms. There is a celestial kingdom, a terrestrial kinclom. and a teh-dial Lin-lnm There Is a glory of the sun, a glory of the moon, and a glory of the stars; an 1 as one star differs from another star in gkiry, so aW Is the rcsurr.r-Uon rcsurr.r-Uon id the dea I. In the celtV.ial Kingdom of tiod there in oneness, there Is 11I011. Ill reading the hl-tory of the dealings of;Iuith men, from the HilJe, Uie lts.k trf Mormon, and the lljctrin- and Cuvenatits, we inn see tint, from the days of FaUier Adam, tlie Ionl lias raised up a class of men, In every dUpeiisttion, un whom He has U-tones! His P'iesthooJ, and unto w horn He has glveti uiver and authority to do Ii Is work upon the face of the earth amingthe c'llldren of mcu. And these men have In-en in px-ev-ion of HiiKiides of uukiti with tioil, Willi the Son of (od and with the Holy Ulm-t. The Holy C!hol was given to Father Adam; he was filled wiUiit when, in his last days, he hies?! tlioe of his sons who were High Priests aui the residue ot his l-tefit. Fattier Adam. Kikk-Ii. lo-cs Noih. Abraliam, Ine ami Jacob, ami all tlto-e old patriar- lis and prophets were obliged to hive communion with Ood. They were under the necessity of seeking unto the Iord, for unless they had this communion they were not .piallntsl to ,o their duly. Tliey were depcnJcut upon the Lonl fur re elation, for Hirht. ind for iu-trui Hon to liave siwer to carry out tlie comnnndnienU of !. This unbiu that the Iird re-lulred re-lulred of the ancient pitrlarclis ami prophet, and which Jt-us required fills Apo-Ues, was rtsuircd of Jo-s-pb. Smith an I his brrthreti. It haslieen nsjuinsi of all Silutsof Had fr.ni the founditioii of the work! till today. Men w ho hive liel 1 any pirtiouot the Holy Priest-I100.I. Priest-I100.I. and have had its gifts, graces, and bksc-ings l-to-nl upon tlitni. have been under Uie neces-ilvof !iae lug communion with Cod 'in the w liole history of the worll I have never real of any nun whom Sod called tost ind as the lien! of His work, wIhj ins uot sought the lord while In that ostlou; ami the Ion! has Iwen with him. It Is my fnlili that the Ijord will never is-r- mit any man upon wlir- shoulders lie daifs thf authority and jowcr loiftid Nratl, to go astray, or lo Ie.idtlieclilllreii tfGod irom the pith of duty. The Unl would re ni ive sui h a nian from his place. Ill every age of the world Uie S iluts of Hod have lie-en obliged to tie united. Itthylon mav divide: tin- inhibitants of the earth may have all the ilivi-iou thev w is, fur-lit fur-lit they will receive the" re-ults r that dt-siiikiu. aud have done at! tlie way through. City after city, nation after nation Ins been destroyed de-stroyed by the judgments of the Almighty Al-mighty whenever it has liecoiue ripened In iniquity, as In the ce of Sodom ami (lomorrah, of It il.y Pm. Nineveh. Tyre and Si-d.. Si-d.. 11, ami a great many othcraucicnt cities and eHintrles. Hut the Saints of (Jol cannot prxper unless thei ire united. This lias l. il.nl.... -trated in the history of the wurl I. Mo-es. in hh) dii, was oh'iged to liave cumtniiulon ami fellowship with CJinI. The Lord gie unto him comtnandmenK Ujn tables of stone-, for the guidance of the chll Ireii of Israel. Whn Mi-s came down from Uiemountainand i tlie rebellion, the di cn;!on an I the aliomliiatioiis of the Is raehles that, notwithstanding all tlw mlrarU-s they ha! witnessed, revelations they Iml U-en given, they lia 1 made a golden calf to worship, because he hal come back to them in time he was so ingry at their wickelness that he cut the tables o! stone to the ground and broke them. Of cour-e you all know aliout this. Itut Moses had to have union with Cod. So in the !ele history of the I-o,!euf Cod In all ages. They liave had to ! united. They have had to work lo-giUier. lo-giUier. They have had lo receive the law of God together. Jt-n was one with the FaUie-r. Says He: "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will Iml 11... will of h m that sent me." This union was never broken Iwtwreu the Father and the Son. The first revclall-u given lo Jo-eph Smith wa that of the FaUicraud the Son. The heavens were ope-iieil.atid the Father, with His Son, appeared to Jo-epli, In answer to his prawr and He pointed lo His Son aud said, 'This is my lielovcd Son; hear ye him." This is a (leculLirlty that I have no recollection of ever Iwlng manifest In any other age of the world. Another peculiar feature connected with UiisdIpensatIon Is that the God of heaven has bestow, ed upon almost all the male members mem-bers of the Church the Holy Priesthood. Priest-hood. This union was necessary tetwc-en God and the prophets anj aostles of old. Unless tint union had existed ex-isted between Hint and His servants serv-ants it could not have extended throughout the chilJren of Israel or among the children of men. ttls alo of va-t Importance lo us In this Church and kingdom. I will say myself that IdonotUIIeve there ever was a man, save Jesus Christ, that was moie closely united and associated with God the Fathrr.aiul God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, thin tlie Prophet Joseii Smith. The lower of revelation was wiUi hlni fmru the day that he was called to receive the Priesthood up to the time w hen he was martyred. martyr-ed. The iower of inspiration was with hint day by dav. Tills ls plainly manifest In the revelations contained In the Hook of Doctrine and Covenants. Whenever Uie Lrd frit disposed to reprove him, Jfesrph Smith, through his own mouth, had to reprove himself; and he did not hesitate to give the word of the Lord, though It was against himself. He was united with the Lord: be wraa unltfsi with tltn irni.. Ghost; he was united wIUi the angels In heaven,witb Peter, James and John and with John Uie Iar-UsL Iar-UsL He received Uie Priesthood from under their hsnds. Joseph called twelve AposUes. Who were theyT The Lord said to him: "The twelve are they w ho shall desire to take upon Ihem my name with full purpose of heart; and If they desire to take upon them my name with full purpose of heart, tbey are called to go Into all the work! to preach my gospel unto every creature." Tho history of these twelve Apostles we are somewhat some-what acquainted with. I hivebecu associated with the AposUesblp for over fifty ears. I knew those men. I knew their lives. When the Prophet Joseph organized the tjuorum of the twelve Apostle, he taught this principle or union lo Uiem. He gave them to under-tand Uiat they must be of one heart and one mind, and they must take ujnn themselves fully the name of Christ; that If God commanded them to ilo anything they must go aud do It; that if they married mar-ried a wife they could not stay at home three or four years to take care of her If they were called to go to the nations of the earth. I myself started on a ml-slou six weeks after I was marries!, and I was gone two or three ears. So with others of my brethren. It mittered not what temjoral work a e had to do, when we u ere callesl to go abroad we had to go. This was one of lite requirement of the ApH-tleshlp. We also had to be united. We could not contend one with another. If we did, the Spirit of God would be withdrawn fnm us and we would receive chastisement chastise-ment at life hands of the Lord. Under the celestial law of the Kingdom of God men mu-t unite together; mrn mu-t Ijve one another; men mu-t stand by this Holy Priesthood acd maintain the powers of It while they dwell In the Ilesli, In order to honor God and to be prelum! to receive their Inheritances Inherit-ances in the world to come. As I have said before, I have been a iii-mbrr of the Quorum of the Apostlesforover fifty years. I liave bee 11 acquainted wltri Its up and downs. I hive been familiar with theaKk-tates. I have also been acquainted ac-quainted with the union tliat lias e-xisted. I can say that I ueveravo-ckuvdwithaclassof ueveravo-ckuvdwithaclassof men that ever miidfrstvd the same l-iveforonean-olhrraslhe AiiosUesof the Chiir.h have when Ihey have been faithful. faith-ful. Ofcourse, ue hive seen days of sorrow. After that first uonini was e-alled or Ood; after they Ii id had the mliil-tratton of angels aud seen the surer of God miuifestei. sonieofUiimeieldevI tu btu.iatioii. They said, "We hive served God loiigeiiongh, nml now weare going to serve oure!ves." They storied praj lug and went to merchandising riie-y stojijied serving God, and took a decided staiidagalnsl the ProJirl whoiuliid had rai-ediiplo la the foundation of this Church and kingdom. What were the cone-quence-s? It sent them to is nil-Hon. nil-Hon. Their wer fell like lightning light-ning from heaven. Their nct-hood nct-hood was taken from them, ami sealed upon the heads of other rrcn. It lias remained so to this d ly, and , will, fur all ! know, lo theeudlexi agesorcteurity. With all the light they had, with all the (ower they had. nnj with all the miulfcrtatioiis they had from God out of heaven, the turned from the-e things an I re-lectesl re-lectesl them. Those w ere days of sorrow to me anil to tliore who re-miliied re-miliied faithful; for one hal. of the (uorum fell aud turned against Jorej.li. Itut the Iinl was with blm. So was Itrlgham Voung and HeberC. Kimball ami others of the brethren of thequorum. They stood by him; while others de-ertesl him ami were cut off the Chinch, ami they to-day are iu the Sirfril world, without the Priesthood, witliout their crown, without their glory, ami without the celestial blessings tint were proml-ei tliem ou cou-ditbii cou-ditbii of their faithfulness. With this exceiitinu, the Quorum of the twelve Apostles have been united. Wckncw this a- the work f GkI. We knew the Got! of heaven hal I ill this Aio.tIe-hipui-on 0.1 r shoulders. VU knew, as Jo-ej.li Smith told us just befire his martyrdom. that if we did not round up our shoulders ami U-ar off this kingdom we would It-damned. No man can rcvelve this Apo-tleship; no miu can bear this Priesthood; mi man can lie callel to this Im-wrUM calling, and Uien turu from it, without with-out condemnation or lielng cur-cd by the hand of 1 1 si. It amtters ,wt wlntMacriilccsGoilreiniires at our hands in tho Iniil.'l.,,. .. ,.r 11:- klngilom, we have got to meet tliese thing and trust in Him. The Prophet JomiIi, In his dav. consulted with the Aisxtles and sought their views 011 imiortaut matters an I prinriplts. He woukl say, "I want you to tell me your views and feelings ilut this, tliat aid the other." Tin-agency which God hi'lglvcuus was never taken from us, ,lt,ir by Him ot His I'niiihtt. Weu-ed to express our feelings to the I'ruiliei.. and we tiki so with all good conscieuee Itefore G.M. As a general thing our views were alike: but if there was anything any-thing Iu them dillerent from what Jo-epliMin-iderc-l wis right, w lieu we got through he Wuukl tell us thus and o. f hen we did int staml igaln-i Uiat, but weiiuitisl iipm it One of theA-tlson-e brought Ivforethe Prophet Jo- li a Verv lie culiar kiul of n sv.:.-m I.1....1, h-teinsl to him Very pitlciitly, and when this brother got t:irgh lie siys "ilrother Jt-eph. what do you think of thai?" "Win ,' snVs he, llruther , It ,a Usautlful sy.tem,and I hae only one fault In the worM to llml about IL" Uiat Is it?" "U ,1M)t lrM r course, when 1 mm gels up a thing that is nut true, he has to lav 11 .i-kle. I wranttoRiy, for the comfort or the Litter-day S lints, tint Gil Is not going tot ill an bid v. He has carried out Ills Kirjo-s in every age and gemrathm of men. A' Ilrother Snow said today, Herii-e-1 upokl father A brilnm to stand at the head of the Hou-e of Lrarl, lie-cause lie-cause he w.ls a noble spirit. Itefore hcwa. born he occupied such a Itloii h lib God, iu Ills agency, that he was given supremic. hereon here-on the earth. He stands "at the brad nf his pterity, and at the hetiil of Israel, an I will occupy tliat position forever. The Lirl is tut 1,, (o disjpjoint us. He Ins fulfilled His work up to the nnsx-m ilo,- ,...1 now conies the con-ummatloii, the wltidlngiip scene, aud the lulfll. ment of all th-e prophech-, and revebtlons which God has given to InpinsJ men, who were moved uiwti by the Holy Glio-t. Tlio-c revelations imi and I are fiilrllling. Joseph Smith laiJ the foundation of this work. He holds the key of the Kingdom toJay, and will to the eudh-s ages of eternity. He Ins paed ami gone. Over twenty Aio-tles have la-cd away. Those who I lid the foundation of this work are now In the Sjiirit worlJ. Hut we .ire alive here, and have yet a few d its in ul.i.li to uork. Today w e have a tjuorumor Twelve AjiosUes. When men have died or apostatized, others have U-eu called to fill their places. When the I rojiliet Jox-tdi was Liken awa, I resident Young occupied his plice. He held the kcs of the Kingdom of God. It was for him to have association with God the Father and with His Sou Jeus Christ, and to lead Israil. You know what he has done. It is before be-fore you. He has filled these moun-tilns moun-tilns ol Israel with cities ami towns and villaces. He nerformesl a great work. God was with hint. He was true and faithful. He was one of the first Quorum of Apostles. Apos-tles. He never vailed; lie never shrank from duty. He stood by the Prophet Jo-e-jdi while he lived. He stood by tbe Kingdom of God and by tbe Lord as bug as lie lived himself. After his death, Ilrother Taylor took his place; and when he iiassed away it fell upon me, fura IKUe while. It is my duty to have fclloaslilp wIUi God, as weak an Instrument as I am in the hands of God. It Is ray duty to lnve jwwer with Gjd. And when I have this then my counselors counsel-ors should stand by me aud with me. Wo should be of one heart and mind In all matters, temporal and salritual, that come before us In tbe Labor of the Church am! Kingdom of God. And I am thankful to say tliat this has U-en the case since I have been called to UiU josltlon, or since the organization of Uie Presidency Presi-dency of the Church. Standing con nectcd with us here are the Twelve J Apostles. It Is their duty to be of one heart and one mind. Tliey have no right to be otherwise. Tbey j cannot be otherwise and prosper be-1 fore God. They should be one w! h us, aud we one with them. They lnve their rights; they have their agency, llut whn the Presidency or tbe Church say untonnyof them, "This IslheworJ of lhelird,"or. Tills Is right," they should take hoi J an J work with us. The law of God requires this union at our hauls. It Is the duty of the beven-Ucs, beven-Ucs, nko, to be united wIUi the Twelve AisMics. The Seventies are called upon by the Apostles to go forth ami labor In the vineyard or the 1.3rd, und Ihe-y work together. So, brethren and eMwjt with every organization In this Church. There should be union. There should be no discord, no disunion. dis-union. If there K the Iird Is not lda-a-eil with It, and we are hindered In our work. I w:u1:" the Quorums to understand nils. Thelesser I'rksthooJ shou! I be united. unit-ed. Here is liWiop I reston. He -lands at the brad of the Aaronlc Priethood. Helias got coiluse-birs. They ihoulJ t milted together. They sheul I be united with thelesser theless-er Priesthood, aud they aliould -lr lo promote their inter-e,t inter-e,t and welfare. I hare no fault to find with the blilhreii In these matters. I mention the-e things as duties devolving iiion us. Now, brethren and sl-ter, we should all be united. Unless we are one-, we are not the I-oruV. 1 wish to exhort tlie latter-day Saints lo observe this principle. Our aim is high. What i that aim? It is the Celestial Kingdom of ouibd. We liave been called out of the world, from almost all inlloiis under heaven, heav-en, in fulfilment of the reveblkins of Go-I. We have Isren called unto these niuiintiliiu of I-rael. Weare We-are fulfilling revelations tint were given thousand of irs ago. The eyes of Jeremiah, of I -zekicl. of Dinlel, of Isaiah ami of the ancient Patriarchs and Prophet brheM our day. Tliey saar our Zbin. Tliey saw our temples inl nur tabernacle, built "for a sliadow iu Uie d lylime f nun the heat, andloraplKss of ref-uge,and ref-uge,and fra cove-itfroui stwrmam! from rain." Brethren and si-ters. 11 us rook at tlnsse things as they are. Wliat is this workl? Our lives here are te-m-isjrary; tliey are of sliott duration. We are hf-re upon a mfe-loii. Till people have bun callesl togetlHT from almost every nation under heaven. Tliey liave gitliereil here a little liaudful out ol fouiteen hin.-dree! hin.-dree! millions of the human family. Ik! you sUipo-s! the eyt of the lni have been withdrawn frcui this ieop!e? Hive the eyes of the heavenly ln--t been withilrawn? Nn; tliey are witching over us with feelings of the deepest Interest. They know wlu re w e stand. Wh do we have this warfare tliat we are i!i-srtng through? irt-au-e it is the Churc-lt ami Kingd'in of (Sod; le-aie le-aie we are the isople of "ol. No miu can live godly iu ( hrist Jitus without stiflernig persei-utioii. Thisisoir h-gai. It is the legacy of all tho Silutsof God In every age of the wcrkl. Therefore, I say to lira Litter day Saints, k-t our Ileitis la- comforted. All is right iu Israel, as far as we make it light, and as fir as we do our duty I listened esU-nlay to the reports made by the I!b-!io- and other'. No doubt Uiere Ls nsiiii for improvement improve-ment In Iogan. There Is return for a great deal of improvement in Salt lake City. Tliere is room for in:-provemi-ut thmighout these moun tains. The-e Kbit r of I-rael who ls-ar tlie Holy Prie-thood sliould prize their sbiiiding enough to never K-rmit the'ruselvo to go to these saloonsaml drink with tbedrui ken, or to imrwie 1 couis- wln-rel'y they Ie the Spirit of . si. IsreUiren. if you ilo this. oti w III be surry for it; and you will have to repent of tlie-us--ins ami turn from them in rder to get foigivem-i Isf.ire the Ionl. I know that this is 'lie kingdom of God. I kiioa- this is tl.e lspk-whom lspk-whom He has raiseil u,i. They have l-ii kept, a I hte-e i.l'lell soi,, In the S irit wurkl the Lst six tlmei sand !), toi-ome forth and stand in the Ilrsli in this day ami build up this Church ami kingdom ami want this generation of the judg nients which await them. We nccunv this nusitioii before the Ionl. I lieu let us not letny our trust. As the lion! said to the Prophet Joseph, l.i answer to li! iTstyer uhilein Liberty jail: "Kebnhl. thsre ar many ealle.1, but few are chosen. And why are tbey not rbo-eii? "IVcaose their h"nrts are set so lunch upon the things of this world ami aspire to the honors uf mti ileal thev fto not leirn iSisorte lesson ' Tliat tms riehlsof tho Priesthood are iiisei-anihry eimrwsrleil with the er of beaten, ami that the -towers of heaven eamiul le eontmlbsl iifir handled onlv ilsn tbe prilH-lples i.f righteousness. Tliere is not a in 111 tliat l.r.-a'.hes the breath ot life today ou tlie earth, w!h holds am! honors that t'ries'-Irood, t'ries'-Irood, iHit lues swcr with tlie heavens, an I he -in go before the lonl afl have his priver- hetrd and answer -d. This is" vrl.al ll... Litter-lav SiinLs shouk! do. We sliculd live in tliat way ami inaiine r that we can g liefore the lor I and a- for those blessings, n faith and iu ier, that we need tu sustain us to carry out the urpuM-s of God here Iu the mountains of I-rael. This is nere-r-ary far our adva-iee-ment. We live in a fi-t age. L-eiits are ha-tetiing on, an I the !nl is going to cut His work slioit iu righteousness., ht no lleh slioukl I-e saved. No milter alsut our s-rscctitiou; no niattir alwtit the advantage our emuiies may l-ave from .1 pilitica! or tenipral punt of view. Gad holds jour di-tinies, He Iiokls Uie destinies of t'lls nation and of all men iu His own hand 1 1 e governs and controls them. A nd 1 1 is angels are ready am! waiting to go forth and reap dmvn the c-attli. , Hut the I.ord will fulfil His promise". promi-se". Ik nut lw discuuragcsl, therefore, there-fore, with regard to the-e things. Hut we hive got to be humble. We luv.- got to b- prayerful. We have 1 got to have faith in G si, and to !s ' unltisl. ind carry out tlnr- prim..' liles W bb-tl the l.ortl nimlraA 41.,.- innds. All theorginiz ilion-of the 1'rie-thood lnve juwer. The IKsicnn has power, through the Prh-Hiond which he hoi Is. Si Ins the Teacher. They have purer to go l-efnre the laird ami have their prayeis bear.l and answereil. as w e-II as the Prophet, the Sier, or the Iteve-Liturlns. It is by tliLs Pries -hoo.1 that the work of God has Ikvii aecompltslied. It Is by this Pries', hood that men liave ordinances conferred up.111 them, tint their sins are forgiven, and tint they are re-deemed. re-deemed. For this pur-io-e It has been revealed and sealed upon our bends. llretliren aud si-ter, the-e area few of the thoughts I nave 11 -on my mind. Tliere is a union th-it God rismlres of every quorum in this Church, from the Presidency do 11; and when we set up our will and our views against thoseofour brethren, breth-ren, we want to lie careful what we are doing. We should all do the will of Gad, laboring for light, for truth and for those things mat wc stand In m-ed of. Speaking uf the love of Uie Saints of God, no inau knows the lave thai men ls-ar one another who hold the Holy Priesthood. Priest-hood. It Ls above the love or women. hy, when I traveled abroad alone, on my early mis-iuns, I would have done almo-t anything to have met a Mormon LIder. It was worth more Unit gold to me to meet anylody tint was In the Church. Our brethren breth-ren here llrothers Canr.cn and Snow and other? were called In early dis. before they received the. A-otleship, to 50 upon mi-Ions. They went forth and provctl them, selves before heaven and earth. Tlie lord knows these men. They have been called by revelation. We should all be careful not to hurt the tender vine, nor to hurtonen wither. Lovuone another, sustain one another; an-other; and while we do live in ih- flesh let us do our duly. Our reward Is on the o'her side of Uie veil. No nutter whethera man is rich or poor here. Rictus are dangerous. Ufa better to be poor than rich. If a man gets riches enough to damn hl-n. It ls the worst calamity Uiat can co ne t.-.on hlai. As one said arileiilly, "Give me 1 neither i veity norrlch- s." Many I of us have traveled a great nnny years in the vlncard of the Lord, trying to save the souls of men aud I to lay up treasures In heaven. Thou-' sands have been redeemed in these1 temples. Teu have one here In curselves, aud to save our MIow-nitu, MIow-nitu, what n glorious th ng! What Is goli and sllTcr; what are the riches of this woria The aH wrish with the using. ," l1"? away and leave them. llut If we have eternal life, If we Ht"e the faith and overcome, weslnll rejflce when wegoupui the other side 01 tho veil. I rejoice in all these Uilngs. There Is hardly any prlud-tile prlud-tile the lord has revealed that I hive rejolttsj r-jore In than In the redemption of our dsad that wewill have our fattier", our mother", our wires and our children with us In the family organization, in Hie morning of the flr-t resurrection and In the Celestial Klugilom. These are grand principles. They are worth every sacrifice. When weget home with tiod aud with tlie I'roi bets and Apjsllrs we wlllrejolce exceedingly, "eye hall. it seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered Into the In-art of nnn, the things which God liatli prepared for theni that love mm." Hrethren nud sisters, am I gLid to meet with ycu, and to lnve the privilege nf Issuing my testimony. This Is the Church of God. The Ion! has a good people liere-t!:e sons and daughters of Abraham, whose lives havu lievn hid with Christ in God, and you lnve know u it not. The Priesthood Ins Ucn handed down from Father Abraham, Abra-ham, through the liueige of our forefathers unto us In this last dls-iiensatioii dls-iiensatioii and fulness of times. Tlii'ti l-t us lie true ami faithful: h t us honor God: let us try ta keep Il's commandments; let us reniciuU r ourpraersand do our duty, ami cisrially be unit'-il unitnt to the lainl, united to th- Holy Ghost, united tnoneanolhcr, Unit we may carry out tli prlnciid-s in our day ami time; which may Go-I grant, for Chrisl's-ke. Amen. |