| Show RE1VIIlRrs blade M the Salt Lnko Stake Contorenco In the Tnbornaclo Bait Lako City Sunday Aftornoon Soiitombar 2nd IB04 by PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF = = aI IREPORYRD BV ARTHUR WINTER za = The angel Moroni MM to the Irophet Joseph Smith Wlulsocver cntlcelli Ant leadeth to good and la do good Is I of God and Hhilioetcr doth not Is I of tint wicked one That IK true principle I wish I to make tome renutkj upon this but before doing l 101 I desire to refer to our meeting meet-ing this forenoon There MM pros i y not one half present tuba morning who here this afternoon n kiln me < n i therefore I many may nut fully ler lind what I allude to Till rs si iVa Conlerence and there woe a i I i HI i mode thli morning 01 the last I uiunngs rccclted from the various it is I In the Stake and the amount 1 ursed for the support of the poor I ihlik that the report showed that dating the last six l months this Slake alOe received Ironi the general lllhlng olhre Juuoo for the support of the poor I believe limo I see In Mrlng that lily per cent of all the tithing collected throughout the mountains of Israel U I returned In the various Stake lor tail expenses among which is l the support of the poor I think myself tint this It wrong Ai Laller Jay saints wo should observe our fut miillngi and our fait oflirlngs We should at teas I nuke A donation of that which no save by lasting and give It to iv llishop for late support ol the poor It 1 was remarked this morning that some Itopte said they could not fas because C i iutle limit head ache Well I can UI 1 and M can any other nun mid If 0 makes my head ache by keeping the romtiindmenit t God let It ache II we did our duly with regard to the t I xir among us the tithing would not h l withheld from the Presiding Hilltop 1i for the support of the poor In lint I I brethren and sisters I certainly think I we should Improve There Is I nothing l ilncd by our attempting to shirk any 1 uly tlul Itod require of ui Wa utihl bo more diligent In attending our last meetings Wo should l fast as vie Lord requires The Lord doe not slt anything any man that he I can hal not perform Whenever the lord = give n commandment to the children of men He provides n way for the fulfilment of that commandment rilhng Is a commandment ol God tu the people and should be observed The report ol what the Relief Hodcly has done Is certainly a great J credit lo them The amount ol means which they have donaled for lime support of the poor In this blake lao large amount considering the htiois that there are upon that Society I 1 hope we errll all tilled upon these things and not forget our duly with ngard lo the teat oiler Inn and the fast meetingsas well as r lr all other I meetings I that w < are required to attend 1resldent Angus M Cannon referred lo the officers of the blake not being present at this Conlerence 1 Ihlnk n we all tell as we thould If we understood under-stood the signs of the Units we would lake pleasure In attending meetings as far as possible The Presidency of the Church and the TtuKc Apostles hate the conference of the whole Church to attend and when they arc not here Ihey are performing other dutien Now will egardlo Ube statement I made In the beginning I laIW I enlicelh and teadcth la good and lo do good Is of God and whatsoever doth not Is of that wicket one While we as A people accord to every demonlna lion the right lonely > their religion we claim the same privilege ourselve I have open referred lo this because perhaps II has appeared sometime as I I w1rtQI though we were encroaching upon others Ibis however Is not tile case Let us compare the good with the evil today Where Is there a man no matter mat-ter what sect he belongs to who cannot see a great change In the world today I remember nnmy will over eighty ears of lilY 111w and 1 certainly have never seen su n a lime In my life In Ihe United Slain as 1 have during the List > ear The spirit of murder of whore rum of blasphemy that Is going like a i r J elt f la au Hood over the land and the Increase ul crime on every hand Is I certainly alarmIng alarm-Ing Ii I It from GoJr Does It lead lo I good It does nat There is no Clod ill It When I we look at time things we can see that there Is I a power manliest In our land and among the nation of the earth that Is leading man lo du exit here I Is one thing ery prominently promi-nently belore my mind and that t s the unpopularity ol God himself and of lous Christ and ol the Gospel of the Ion I-on ol Gut In the dais of the Savior I there were a good many religious sects and they were all at war with Ilic Sanio rand r-and Ills I Apostle They fought against everything they did and labored for their destruction until the Savior and Ills Apostle were put to death Were they led by the Spirit ol God They were not They were not Inspired lodo right they were seeking lu do wrong In this dispensation the Ira in phJr OC Joseph was an unpopularmsn lie wa opposed by the world and by a great many men who prolesed lobe ministers the Gospel They labored against him and In overthrow his doctrine Now If Joseph Smith was right his persecutors were not right Ol course every mill must be disown judge with regard lo that If Jesus Christ and thus Apostles were right Ihen those men who fought against Ihrin were not rlglil We are Informed by the revelation of SI John that In the last day there rlb lh1nliIJ would be something Ilko tU I hundred three score and six dillerent religious sect and partle In the earth Of course there could oe but one ol them right 1 for there Ii I but one right I way There II Ii but one Gospel there never was but one and eel er will be Tint Gospel never deviate from one generation lu another So with the holy I Irltalhoou The Irlesthood Is I the lame In every generation Worn ever God has had a people on the face of the earth He line had the Irlest hood among them In fact no man has the right to administer In one of the ordinance of the Gospel of the Son of God only by and tough Ihe power of the Holy Irlesthood The ancient I apostle and prophets ilOT administered ad-ministered In the ordinance of the Gospel held that Priesthood l Without With-out that authoilty they would have had no right I to administer In these orclin antes So In this day this principle the HOle Now my friend I It doe not pay any man to 1II1 preach raise doctrine or nit practice fa He principles because there is 1 no salvation 11 In It Ills l for MKation Hut we labor For that this Lord called Joseph Smith to organise the Church ol Jesus Christ once more for the last time on the earth so that n laxly of people would be prepared lot lrop 1 rhu 0Ir I 1111 lie coming ol the Son ol Man She Gospel sit Christ was with Joseph 1 Smith The Priesthood l was given lo I Joseph Smith by those who hell l that Vrieslhood l In the dtt ol Jesus He never pretended to administer In one ordinance until he received the com mandincnt of God to do It Those 1 ol you who hove embraced the Gospel Gos-pel and have lived your religion know lot yourselves that lime power I of God has followed this work torn Ihe commencement com-mencement until today 1 1 know It has and I know It will If wo do our duty All the ancient patriarchs and prophet labored lor salvation for the glory I where Gad and Christ dwell Hut i alter death In their Immortal bodies they might occupy that poiitlon forcMn It paid them Iota It and II will pay all men lo do the lame We cannot Ielld onetime foolishly In lately We have a mission ti > fullil Some portion of the Holy I Priesthood l has IIftIl given lu almost every man In the land ol Zion and to many ol them at 1 a very early age It ha been given to us Hut ne may adiilnlstcr in the ordinance ordin-ance of the Gospel and In the things of the kingdom of God Then let us try to magnify our calling l and lo do our duty 1 We know the principles we ale practicing true Iho loid has given us power lo eon thee I temple unto His holy name that we may emer In as wvlors on mount Zion ant redeem our lead that they who have never heard the Gospel tray partake uf eternal hie Jesus himself went to I preach 1 to lime spirit In prison 1 lhat Ihey might Iw judged according lo men In the nVOi bo do the apoillei and enders I of lr tel a ihev IMVS I away We labor this oily ol the veil and Ihey Ub r the other side of the tell These thing are true God has established this Church He his raised up prophets and oposlin and has planted a work In these mountains ol Israel where tills congregation have been l gathered by the power of God We have a labor to perlurm and if we Jo not do 11 I we will be under ion damnation I know till is the work ol Gud I know time rrlcslliood Inhere In-here and I know Ihe I oatr or Out has lollowed I till IrlMthood since the Church was organlied Our j Jct < have traviled Ht home and abroad they have been taken from the t arums occupation of life und thrust Into the vineyard They have traveled thou sans of miles and that too witlittil i purse and scrip preaching without price 1 never thought of taking any money with me on my minions anI I have traveled In nO good Many coon tries and I alway traveled without purse and scot and I preached without with-out money and without price I lieU lie-U > rd ala as raised up friends for 11I0 In time ol need I was fed and clothed and had all Ihe necJane of pus That Is the way the ancient Ainntlcs lclJ preached It I was the way tin hlders ol Israel I have had to preach In the day and generation whlcn wu live llrethren and listen I hope new ill louk at the position we occupy here And the work that lies Ixlore u and us tar as we can gll Into time temple 1 thank God we hva a templu upun this block where rue Irttter day SIIK hl In this region can emir and sterns their diad their lather and molher and their progenltoil wlu have gone Into tin spirit world without tin oi pet They never heard Ihe GUll > eland el-and no man In time or In eternity will ever bnuveilln Ihe colonial kingdom of Gal without the Gospel llalll Cnrlst hcrelorr let us look upon those tnings as they are lct us try to liv < our leligiou lust when we get through we mayba nllhed with life 1 prayed many an hour when a boy til line r r Il Ya Lord would let nI live to I Me a prophet or an apostle or uml nun who could leach me that Gospel which I read of In the New Testament I have lived 1 to see that day and I thank God for IIi II-I have lied tutu what Rood I could In I my weak way 1 have tried logo Into these temple and redeem my lather 1 s house With the assistance of my friends I have been able I loio Ihu When I gain the other side of Ihe veil and meet with them I think I shall be j lalisfied and I think Ihey will They will ImO Hut these principle arc true and 150 will all denomination when they I come In the presence ol God They will learn Inn I If not Immure That this II I the work of God I pray Gaul to bless all who are connected wills the Church nf Jesus Christ of Iatlerelay Saint May we magnify our calling and do our duty Hut when w e get through and go Into tin presence ul God and read our history In that great library in heaven where the acts of all I men are recorded 1 we may be utltfied I God give us wisdom and lead and guide ui in our duly that wo may overcome over-come tin world Ihe fled and hue devil and Inherit eteinal Tube for Jesus sake lnlen |
