Show o THE LAW OF ADOPTION = = = delivered at the Ounornl Contoronce of the Church In I the ICourIS 1eoU f TAbernacle Salt Lake City Sunday morning April 0 18Ut I by 1 PRESIDENTS WILFORD WOODRUFF and GEORGE Q CA11N011 RflOHTKD DY ARTHUR UINIIR FRESHEN WIIFORD WOODRUFF I heel thankful for the privilege of meeting illi to nlAny of the Latter day cjlntt thlt morning In I order to present pooiiion Mole tIne SaInts I sent my po wish to wy that I have been a member Christ of Utter ll lIh Church of Jesus uySainlt over sixty penro n member lIhe f luorum of the Aposllos nflyfivc rt arid the President of the Church r a short lime During nil these years d in all my travels I have never ecn moment when I have had the power d preach the Coipel of Jesus Chrlit or administer In any 01 the ordinance lie Home ol the lArd acceptably to 4 1 or to mjsilf only by the assistance i the Holy Ghost and I do not know i mv other man that could ever dot do-t Lvcn the Son of God In referring i > Hit work Mid I do nothing ol my I i hut m my Father I hath taught me s cd these things So It has been It all the prophets and palilitchs In ryageofthe world they have hail tn V assisted by the power of God I upv that poilllon lodty beore this i miily Therefore at the Lord com 11 mile I ut not to soeok only at we are ii h t ed upon by the Holy Ghost I vs ri that and In order to obtain It I i ut the prajcrs and filth of the Latter iy Siinn i have some thing retting upon me 11 it 11 I with to present before the Latter i Saintl and In order 10 do this I will I upon President George Q Cannon IJ 3 i > rid from the Ilootc I of ri Doctrine and usenants concerning the subject which I u isii r to peak upon II re dent Cannon read from nee tab IclllOWl II I In iv nemncrrintrA wry bold doc n th ii we talk ol i i power which retard inurn i in-urn tIit and blinds In heaven Never I 01 go < oftlM world whenever titan n tita-n I a iti lnCn a dispensation ol the Crtntlnxxl i a n > man try naiad ieeniatIon or any at of i r f power hat alw iyl Uefl for I Hence tanC i those men d1 In i authority In Ihe i t r r ti e lard ant dd l intern Iy oed faith i an I kept a proper I and lallhlul iicoril of r CnailtcOaOiOIkWOCCOrih50ti0 1 im and k not U annulled according th e ie 1 reei of th great Jehovah Tnto U I a I llhl ll Sa irne > Who Mil hearth 1 tnliMin I for rho ptennltnt Millbew xvl I I n And Itlwuy onto than hInd Iliac t aleC ami upon this rock I will IralM I my h ul 1 and II Ihe gates of hell troll not nrtrall i ni I md I will give unto lliee Ike keys ° f 111 Unrdnm of heaven I and ntialoueserhiiniu > U 11 nJ on Mtlli hal be bound In heaven u l I whitwrver Ibm dull loose on raid ihall It ooel in he CI Now lle ereal und nnd Kttet Ir h wnol < miilrrinllheiMxiiM ttnum of lh alicia i ant l ihit ll I tying Iota ui oontttu In o nrk ihi powera of line Holy rrtolhoul i c In I to whom iheM ken aha gihOti ihetc U no Irc tml In chaining a knowledn ol c In 1 trillion la I he wil Allon of the children mca hii l b M well for r the dwJ H bar he < llttln l I 11 Jniy cod honor n ImmorUlllr t I ti m il lih I tire otJirunce of tetotim by r 10 l ltmmred therein in I order to an i lo ll I likrnnu of h de > d thai l OIK I tin I nulii 11011 with h oihtr lo he I mci t ut lie water unit come bum out ol 1 l viler u m tliclihenenofthntefurTecllon irhtlienIta r coming kitlh out Ir their MTe > I tli i niilnanc wai unabated la bole alb Itill a-lb th oillnnce of bapliwt for i r i II I ni t l clog In Ilkem < ol lh ikad 11 onr1emtl the tnpllinul font WM Initl J l o n oin r of mine I micas and wu coin nan d 1 < I lnaUce I unlrrnralh he h v n t uri wont to utemble la bow herd the if mil ho dud and thai all thlnn mar lux Ihrlr llkeneu and that l they nuy aceonl wuli annllier I Hut Ihr Mlthlf ioi OMI OK to that which is l hneaorrlyas 1 P < u r hail inI I I CorinlhUnt n 647 > nd 41 I oieil l that hen not nut which I spiritual < ll I at which I naluril end afterwards that 0 Ii I i ipir mil I The Out man is of Ihe rth rirthy the strand man I lh loud mlnrn As It I the earthy such are they i o Ui lb > ire earthy and as ll I Ihs heavenly n 11 they also that are lieavenly And as MI i tint Ii on the mitt In rotation to I your It i t wuh are truly made out u also are Ihn te id nhraven rl therefore ll thin seal I o ul I binding rawer and In one sense of f limon limo-n id the keys of lbs kingdom which consul In I tl It try of knnwledee AI I n iw my denily helmet brethren sort i lei me assure yonmllnclllnscaeeprtn e eMn I ic ailon to the dead and h living I liannot I lightly passed oier at pertaining looir silvition 1 or their salvation It neret in u I iiscntUI lo our salvation Paul > M ncernlng It fathers thai they without u tin 1 b tnwle pelfect taIlor can we v il oul our tool b nude 1 perfect And now In relation lo I pre br the llei 1 I I u 1 give you another imotatlun of Paul it i nilimns i it to Itar I what shall they do 01 l rn hna lime I lor Ihe dead I lIne dead lila drty n i it Ill why lire they then IsiplUed for dna V I Ijgln In 000aohionm uniiih thlnuolaUon I n 1 Ciba I moo a uoution from one of 1 h I nnc1hat rim lit hli eye filed on lh iMlora 0r f h Pneilhooil Ihe stone to be roe t loll 1 dan od 10 no peclal m arbor Ihi o gl tntittm f 1 lubjeits belonging 10 iio tonttl ti iris In tnayhisnni lot hat ha-t Inlolocill nm ha I toinayise irtna 5lh 1 I llehrtlil I dli lend 1 you iiluli the I i iHtore tne coming of the groom slid c > il 1 iv ol Hie li totAl and 1 lie thai I Polls S 1 f mite inure f lo the children and lIne I t f iln 1 clillilrcn to their latheni lot I I tome I lliee irlh with a curse I klii i have I rend 1 red a plainer translation nil tnl I is I mnlly plain la suit my 5 ll llhu I Ii I lulfmknl to know tlioi the aeuth will b unliten will tno nntirn auildlngllnkofwme i hld t initet ioioasni nina blhen i Iho hi l Iren iiiKn loon iiibiect or other and lie I I I oli tilinltti t Mitijrn I n I nc Uiptuni I ncr I id 1 Vor He willioul Ihm onnol b I lrfccl nuihrr can they without talc 5 It tni Nmitl encolic iv nor wt lie 0 I IettOm I liliinul I lInes who I icons Iliad II In e oi inc II U neecitary In Ilia utrer 5 se lsqtt uilon I of the fulneia of limn in 5 1 eontcn i n 111111 lh rI h SI oil Ie n cod complete and prrhi 0 nit 1 flaking lognnhrr or dlpnln I k llowt amidgiooieo eimotlnt laica ltne cntiommeoalhl 1 ulh da i clAdam I t Im hte I ne nintn 1 ld nul oily 111 hUI hln oui it Ole h sets morn evrei In hi l nnrliluiol Ihn world but I vi l idtmli I I In and punt Itri liZ t r I I unl Id l 11 and nKklir in Ih t I No Ph b o rin Ih I ron1 I wh I h I t t or lnr A Oaisn or my neon hi I uooo old noistssntl troth out of ttw aarlh thad Mdlnn tor lh dead a voice of tadneia far th Uf IH ami lIne dead llad lidlnr I ol 1 great lou how beaulllul upon 11 mountalni are lice list of ibm that Itmi I lad tldlnp ol tool ihlUfi and thai lay unlb I Ion behold I Ihy God reffnel Ai the dies of Carmel M Ihall lbs knowledf of Ood I devend upon them And icaln olin d we hear > UM tUlnl from Cumoruh ilerwl 55 sign 1 bane haoa decUrinf 4he faMllmeikl o h prophi u h honk lo be rtnaled A ol of p I lxrd In h wIMetMM o Vjrette I Seneca oiinly d lartnt th Ihrre witnmn in be I o of h rook The voice of Mi luel on Hi banki ole o-le UKlMrianni iteteelinnlle devil I when h ppeannl aa an angel I ol liclil limit voice of teac Jime > and jolm tnmti oilcan < n no ween lao Su iuehinn t einnt Y and 1 Cote Mle lln irie counivon UK KOloh ricer declaring Ihrmvlvr a pnsscng It ke of llie kasnIotoi and of Iko duarnHtun of I 01 the futnru of I lime And ain Ihevoleaof loil iathebanthner of r aim bombs Whllmer In tcnhua fteneca booby ami 1 at luodry amen and In I illvrr > pine through 0 lie travrU I and tribulation of Urn Church of Jeans Chrhl 0 0 tjllerihy Hamu And ito voice of Ml luel UK arch anel IhtraoeofOjbrtelandofKapniel and of lit cogell teas inhktnei or Adim down I to the preient time all declarlni lithe lapin utlon their ni I their keyi Ilieir honon helrnujtlii and itry sail the power of their rieillioo I irlititK line upon line precept upon VI prciept herc Ir u oOiniotnlt my hodln lint 111am I wlb Is 10 otne rrlnK nu hOII Ketumlni 1rnldent WoodrulTuid Thin you have before you the subject which ll I retting upon in anil which we ultli to prcaeni lo the Utterday Silntt Let me any that oge hat cry little to do rllme ra Ogrnh with revelation In the eirly age of he world old lather Alan three years prcvlout to hli dalhhe being nearly one thuiiiaiul pears of nge callol together to-gether hla iKMterlly In the valley of daniondlAliman and he I Hood upon hit feet fur hum clothed wilt the tower ol God and the rcvelitlont of leaven and cleaned bit I ol putlerlly i tome seven whomeach reirsamn hag 1 a gen crallon were Illgli lritit Among hem were Knoch nnd Mcthuialeh both great men of their day and 1 veneration tIe I prophesied upun Iliiinulmtthould 1 ramplreulth 11 their tnslchihf unto the ended time IluotUace did not have any cITect whatever upon lIne revela iont of God lo him loieph Snillh when fourteen > e ZI of age while coIling upon God In tIne wlldernett had he heaven opened unto him liolh he Tathcr and the Son presented themselves them-selves unto I al him l In the clouds ol heaven nnd the father said ° Thi Is my beloved Son hear him The age of mm II very short Indeed In this day to what It was In ancient I days Men anciently lived to a very feat age When lour or five lundred ears old they I took shoes 1 begat children and railed up posterity Toda our age 01 It limited I lo something lie three score p ears and ten I w Uh to say to the Latterday Saints hat we live In a very Important generation gen-eration We are blessed with power and II authority holding I the llolylricst I l toad by the commandment of Uod lo Hand upon Ihe earth and redeem both he living old the dead I one did 101 lo I we should be ihmncl antI cut off torn the earth and the God of brad would raise up I I people who would dot do-t The Lord would not permit 1 me to lonnII occupy this I position one day of my life union I oem tuiceptibte I to the Holy bplrll and to the revelations of Jlo Itt I It-t 10 late In the day for thin Church to Hand without rev elation Not only the resident of the Church should poises hits gift and give It unto the people but lit counlul and Ihe Ale and all men that bear the Holy I Illtilhood I they I magnify their calling should lnrotl ten that gift f for themiclvct and lo Oboist them in their duties although they may not IK called I 10 give revelations lo lead and direct the Church The spirit nf ocr allot beloitFi 10 tine Priesthood Hut to come lo me subject before in rerhaiM It may be said by the Inquiring or the objecting mind What IOI I J too lo My about redeeming the dead or about baptlim for the dead or the work of the Temples of our God that Is not already revealed I will say Ihli When line Irolhel joeph had this revelation frol heaven what did he do There ate llneties hero ol w hat he did He never stopped till he got the luuest of the word ol God to him concerning line baptism for lIne dead Hut before doing bll1 river so he went Into the Mlsilsuppl and so did I as well as others and I we each biptlied a hundred for the dead without a man lo record a single act that we performed why did we do 111 llecnusc of the feeling of Joy that we had I to think I that we nOt llie ball could stand nnd redeem our dead We did not ualt to know wlmt the result of this would be or IOW what the whole of It I should h mnlly I the Lord told the hull When any of bit are bap I Ilicd for your deid let there be I recorder and let him be e > e witness ol I le your baptisms let him hear with his ears that he nny testify ol a truth Mill the Lord that In all ynmur record Inns It may be retarded in heat in I tc whatsoever you bind on earilt may bound In heaven wliaUoeycr you looie on I earth may be IJ looted In heaven That uos the belnnliwol this work Josiph Smith Inilead ol hying to be neatly n thousand learn of age us AIIHII did lived lu be about UilrOelght Adln forth the lie brought of yaraobncr forh years I record oflne stick Joseph In the hand of Hphraim Ihe I I hibtgry I of the aiiUent icI Inhabitants I of HUH lotitlnent i Hy tIme God Isu tII ttantUtnl thai and it lower of x II Inams I been published l i In many UnKiiajw lletMes thin he mgKiin d the Uuili of lesiu Christ of Utterday llh upon tIne foundation of nuostlts and uroiili it Christ JIMI hieing l i Iho dud corer the rrlest Hoiie Men wire ordained lo 111 various hood ali sun forth from the varlol of life to tarry Ih s Gosiel occupations lo the world I I boil r Informed I Jotiph Simtli thai he was ulltd to prunei the Smih onct iiiori lr the tail tune vlntvatd OICC lr ul Phaim before the coming of the Son Mdl Adieu that Ihoujamls of Elders 1 of Israel lime lie mm enl Illu 1 le world 10 reaCh r loving1 inns Ithi SOIII did all thin clmlni me fifteen i ctio J1 I reid held thi Irlenlhood I t OhiO nun rt11 the revelations in the llouk of Uoiirli mind Covenants wlilti were gnn CvelanU wi time he through him dull the IIUU UII pent here In Ihe flesh 1 Ii one of the teatett record Hint anv nun ever gave to the human family Not only ihUbut ho organised the endowment and did I great deal of other work Who could collect him during the short time he lived in the lleli to do more than he dId I rertlved my endowments from under bib hands Ilrlec brought forth all 1 lIneal ordinance that have ben given unto the Latter day Saints In loc Its It-s I marvel and a wonder that lie performed per-formed as much 8 hoI did ho-I want to say as the President of the hurch of Jeiin Christ of Utterday Siinls that we should now gu on and Inheres We have not I through revelation We have not 0 through Ihe work of God Hut at this period I neuanttogo 01 and fnllill this commandment com-mandment of God given through Malnchl Iliat Ihe Lord should send Illjaii the prophet and he snail turn Hit heart ul the fathers to the children and hIm hear of the children to their fathert lest I come anil mite the earth with a curse Ye sons ol men I say h unto you In the name of lirnels God tliuw very principles that God han revealed re-vealed are what have ata eU time judgments N meats of tIme Almlghl on the earl f i Were It nut lor these principles you and I would not be here today leJo have led prophets and apjitlci fretl dent Young who followed President Joseph Smith led ut here He organ lied these Tempi antI carried out time IMirpoM of hit calling and chic II I le laid the foundation ol till great Temple on title bloch l well at others In the mountains of Israel What for That w might carry out these principles of redemption for the dead He accomplished accom-plished all that God requited al his bund Hut he did not receive all the revelations Ihnt belong to this work I neither did President Taylor nor hat Willurd Woodruff There will be no end to this work until It Is perfected I want to lay More you what there It I for ut to do a Ihe present time and In doing this I desire particularly the at Icnllon of President Urenio Snow of the bait Uke Temple President M 1 W Merrill of the LoganTfmple Iresldent J I rl T Plenbihiunher oh tIm Phalihl I Teoipm I and President I II II i Cannon of the St George Temple and thoie associated 1 chIli eJ You have acted up lo all the hKhl amid knowledge that ton have bad but you have now something more to do i than I what Ot hate done Wo hate not holly carried out those principles princi-ples In l fulfillment I fdl the revelations of God to us In sealing the hearts 01 the fathers 10 the children and the children to the fathers I hate not fell satisfied neither did President Taylor neither has any nun since tine Prophet Joseph hoe hii ho-e to the ordinance of adoption adop-tion in Ihe templet ol our God We hoe felt that there was lure to be re teated upon thit subject than we had received Ketelatlom were given lo us In the St George Temple which President Presi-dent Young presented to the Church ol God Changes were made there ali we still have more changes to make In order lo satisfy our lleaterly Ialher satlilyoiirdeau and rj lil 1 will 1 tell you what on of them are I havo this and brethren pra > ed over matter my ren have We have felt President Taylor said that we have got to have more revelation I concerning sealing under the law llgf adoption Well what are time changes 0 le of them I the principle ol adoption In the com mcncement of adopting men and women In the Temple at Nauvoo a great many persons were adopted 10 dlllerent men who were not of the lineage ol their fathers and there was a spirit mtnifetted by some In 1 that work there that was not ol r God Men 1 would go out and electioneer and labor with all their power to get men adopted lo them One Instance I will name here A man went aioilml Nam no asking every man he could sa > lng You come and be adopted lo me and I shall stand at the head of the kingdom and vou will he there with me Now what It the truth about this Those who were adopted to that man II they go will him will have onka where ero Is He was a tnrticlpator I j In that I horrible scene lice Mountain Meadow massacre Men nave tried lo lay I thit to President Young I a with President Young onnl when the mastacre I lint reported liim President Young was petfeclly liomfied at the I recital I f of It and wept over it He atlcd Was there any while man had nnthing I lo do with I that The reply was No and by the representations then made to dI him I II he wasmUlnformed concerning the whole transaction I will say here and call heaven nnd etrlh to witness that President Presi-dent Young during I I his whole 1 life 1 never was the author of the shedding ol the blood of any of the human fimil and when the books are opened In the day of judgment these things will be proven to heaven and earth Perhaps I had not ought lo enter Into I these things but It call 10 me Men arc In danger sometimes some-times In I being adopted lo others until they know who they are and what they will be Now what are the feelings ol Israel They have felt that they wanted to he adopted to somcliody President Young WAI noltatlihed in 1 hit mind with regard to rls rl extent of this matter President Ta > lorvvat nol When I went before the Lord 10 know who I should be adopted to we were then being adopted I In prophets and al ee the Spirit of God said to me Have lou not a latherwho b got > ou > Yes have I lIon why not honor him Why not hu 1 adopted to him t says I lintis I right I I was adopted to my father nnd should have bad my father scaled to his lather and so on back nnd line duly that I want every man who presides over a Tcmpla to see performed from thin day henceforth dId forever miles lIon Lord Almighty commands mnlito Civic o U I let every lan be adopted to liii father When n lan receives the endow menu adopt him to his father not lo Willord Woodruff nor to any other man outside I the lineage tl his l fathers flint Is lite will of God to thit people I want nil len who preside over these Icmplw In these mountain nf brad to bear this in nlml I Whit holll I tea have I lo take aw ay Iho rights I of the lineage ol nny man 1N What I right II any man lod this I No I soy Id every nmn be adopted to his lathers and then ton will do nxuctl what God aald when he declared Hu I would send Tliiah the prophet In the last day Khjah the prophet appeared unto Joseph Smith nnd told I him tint tne tliy had 1 come wh1 tliU principle mut be carried out o > eph Snnlhdid 1101 live long enough < to liter Oily further upon those things 1 soul con woundup will this work Itlorc in 1 many cII lor to word 01 t ul S and testimony ot Jesus Christ He laid us that tueru must be a welding nN link of nil ilbunauuin I I nort ho work ol lo < brood one teneratiun to another llib was upon bit mind more than moil any other subject that W54 given In I bun In my prayers the I Lord reveab il 1 in u me that v was my ruo to say to HI 1 to carry this principle Out antI in lutill merit of that revelation Ilay I U before Hilt people I My In nil men who are laboring In these temple carry out iw principle and then we will nukr me Pllldrle advance of what we In chad before Msell nml Counsel I r inversed in-versed upon this and were egret I upon It and 1 afterward we tVlo U I > > u a In the Apmlles who were here to iume nbsenlHroiliers Tlutener and ltnct Inky I AbenlIOlher Leml England anal in Irtt revealed lo every ant of lhrunt 1 I and they would bear testimony it l ii ir Ilhev In scishtlcal thaI 0 n the word of thr Lord to them lm I Cutlet with anything In my life In tni < < tuircli that there wis more unity upm thin there wa upon that pilnclplf 1 lucy oil bveh ill ohuout iLaildthat I t is ohm duly That l one principle th il ahtohd lie l carried out from lids tune lit nr lottli Hut sass one suppose w mme along lo a man who perlupi l > i mur darer Well If he to l a nininlo her lrop ilm out and connect with the m it man 11 ond him Hut the Spirit of t i I I will 10 with ut in this mailer Wi vt ml the Utter day Satnta from tIlls littut Itt tr l ice their genealogies n la ai hi nail and to be sealed their fathers and I mothers Have children sealed lo their enl and run this chain through at fir at you can get I When you gel lo the end lel hmt limo last 1 man be aiiopte I to IJ Jotepli wl r el Smith who stands nt the heI uf the dlspentallon Ibis ll the tsll of the Lord lo thit iwoplr and 1 think when IOU come reflect upon I jnu will lind I to be true Another principle connect < with thit subject 1 want lo talk about A nun lIes married n woman and they have a fimlly l of children The rnnu lays down In death without ever heatht the dot pel Ills wife aflerwrirdK hears the r Gospel and I embrace It Slit comes to the temple and she wants 10 he sealed to her huibin w ho WAS a good man The feeling has been lo tleny l this anil th say No he was nn In Ihe Church and ion cannot be sealed to loom husband r II 6 lhl J Many a womans hesrt has ached because ol this and a < a wrvanl ol God 1 hate broken that Unm n goid while ago Ihate laid beforeerry woman this principle mod let her hat e hi r choice Why depritea woman of b < mg iwaieil 1 to her hiKband because he never heard the Gospel1 What do alI ul I u < know w Illi regard I to him Will lit not hear Ihe Goipel and embrace I in the spirit world Look at Joteph Srniih Not one of Joseph Smiths lalheri nr brothers or sitters were In Ihe covenant when he received the keys of Ihe king dom of God and Irantlattd llie Iljok of Mormon They afterwards received II Kvery brother antI alitir lint he hal and his fnlher and his I I father brothers except Uncle aj Jesse Smith embraced I the Gospel Now suppose that any of these had tiled before they hal ll < e op Kjllumly ol entering Into the covenant with the Lord through the Gospel a nt brother Alvin did they would have been In the same position at Alvln concerning wham the Lordwhtnjotepli saw him In the celestial Ufljpluiu sold All who hare died without a knowledge of hliOoipel who would liar > i e received 1 II If they had Ieeu rwrmllled I < an > hall II Ic I hein of the celnlUI kingdom of viol alM all that ihill die heneform without a knowledge of I who would have received 1 n with I all their hearti thill 1 be heln of that k nuom lor tshmlnd I I sill ude all men accord to their wok a cording la the deiira of their hans bo It w ill I be with your fathers 1 1 There will be very few ro any w ho vITh not accept the Gospel Jesut while Hit body lay In the tumbwenland preached 10 tIle spirits In prison who weredes 1lrllln roved In Iho Iron of Noah Alt te to long I an Imprisonment I In torment hey doubtless gladly embraced the Gospel and if so they w III 1 be sated in the kingdom ol God The fathers I of this people will embrace the CliMpel I it my duly 10 honor my father w ho begot me In the flesh It II your duty 10 do the same When you do tliii the Spirit ro God will be ltO you Andweahall continue this work the Lord adding light to that whli we have alrcadv received re-ceived I have had blend adopted tome to-me We all have more or adollc I lull I have had peculiar fiehngs l about I especially espe-cially lately There are men in this congregation con-gregation who wish lo t be mlopted In me I say to II It today If they can hear me Go and be adopted to tour fathers I and save jour fathers and stand at the head of our fathers house saviors upon Mount Zion and God will bless > ou In this Hits It os hut I wantlo say and what I want carried out In our temples The Almighty Is I with thit people We shall hate all the revelation tint we will need I we will da our duly and 0 Ley thee mimindmenliol God When any olui get so tint lye cannot receive these revtlations the lord will take us out ol the way and put someone in our placet r > t rIndr rI I I am ol here nl today on borrowed lime I may Ias I would have bun in the pint world today mingling wait I the plrils in Ihe presence of Uuil h i J It not i hccn rlrJ cry of this people for my life when II I lay lb tine t of death a li ear ago I have been preserved hv the power ol God I How long I shall live I do lo know I does not make any diilerence to me Hut while I do live I want to do my duty I want Ihe Latter tliy Saints to do their duty Here in l Ihu Holy Prlesthooi I In these mounting nelr responsibility it great and mighty The eyes ol God t lle and r1 11 lIne Iml > prophet are watching over ut this I is t the great dispensation that hat bei n spnken of ever since tIne world began VV are gathered together to-gether I In the mountains of Israel I by 3 the power nnd commandment of God We are thong the work ol blunt This Is I not our honti ns tar nt mortality It I concerned con-cerned We sh11 so n pas nwa Hut while hero let ui nil our mission I want lo say to llrothcr L Snow HrolherM W Mt trill llrother 11 t I I T McAllister annul llrolhcr I I I i I Cannon and all asiocuud with you carry these things be ore III tonI and see far yourselves If main tire not satisfied with ihli order ol tilings go and ask the Lord about it ami II tte Ii I jly Ghat w I ill leicil to you tintruth of time princl PThu It I all I ottjlil 10 Sly at Hilt time pcrli 1 n upon this subject I lilt ghoul ho nnvc I Ii slim you I hate had n great ansict over tIlls mailer 1 01 I have had a great desire that I might lIve 10 del uvr these principles lo the Litterday Splits lor they ore true ulI in the work They arc one sup forward II of line ministry atll I m the work of the erilowmcmi m tli en i lemplts of our Cod When 1 u i I to thi iatl Illati > ni f k rwm the llnengc 1 nit I I Id I before wt will adopt that m in lo hue jropJ1 I Jowpn andthdttlielVoplitllOiph win Ilk Care olhlmcllllh Iard to where he goes A mm may cay I 0 all Apostle or I I am a High Iciest or I am rl y alrfr d 1 an Ilder In Uriel and if I am adopted lo my father will I It take any honor frmn me rr I would I say te Joieph Smith was mini to his folller wilt whom I many i oo II of you were nctiualnted I what eflect will that have upon his exaltation and glory r None It All j Joieph I Smith will hold lice keys of this dispensation to Ihe endless ages of eterrlt I Ii I the greatest ills tieiiMtkm Gull ever gave to lan and he Wf ordained oeforu the wold was lo stand In tIme flesh soil organise thit wprk He wit martyred for lice word of God anil lnt testimony of Jesus and when he comes In Ihe cloudtot I heaven he wilt wear a martyrs cmn Those of you oiio shied rl 110Cci I do not care whether I yuu are Apostles I or what you reby Honoring I your fathers you will mil lake I any 1 hl ieI Irom I > our heads poll I will hold Ihe keys of the salvation of onr fathLra houw at Joseph J Smith does You edIt lose nothing hv honor lug your lather and redeeming > our dead Illi glorious work When uI I returned from lngland in 1X41 anil heard Joseph J Smith give tint revelation that we had puwer to redeem our dead one ofthe r brat things I thought I was I have A mother In the spirit world My father l in the limb I baptised all ordained him and brought him up lo 71011 where he It I buried ll u I never caw mv mother I to know her She tiled when I r I ions an infant l owlhl I had power I to seal my mother lo my father Ua not that a satisfaction I was to me I have goo lu work with the assistance of my trlends and redeemed my fathers and lilY mothers house When I went to inquire of the Lord how I tould redeem re-deem my dead while I Ova In St dtorge not having any ol my family there tIme Ixml liihl me Oo call upon I the balttts In SI George and let them olhciHte for me in Hint temple and It should be I acceptable unto Him Hrolher McAIIUler and the brethren and Uteri there have assisted me hi this work and I felt lo bless them with every feeling of my heart Thit is 1 revelation tout We cal help one another In these mal lose have not reUthes sulllcient to carry this on and I will be acceptable unto the lonl Hrtlhren and slslersjay these things lo heart Itttit goon with our records I them up righteously before the Lord nnd out this I and the carry principle blrsiings yoro Gad will attend ui and those woo are redeemed will bless us In days to come I pray Pal that as n people our e > et lay be opened lo tee our ears lo her MII our hearts lo understand the great and mlhly woik mat rests Upon oar boulders and that Ihe God of heaven requires 01 our hands Gteat and glunoui are these principle which God has revealed to UO concerning the redemption of our dead I tell IOU when tne prophets and npoitlesgu lo preach 10 those who are shill up In prison and who have nut received the Goipul thousands ol them will there embrace the dotpel They know more In that world than they do here I pray God Hut at 1 peopie we may haw puwer lo magnify our calling logs In Ihls great and mighty thtpensa Hun vvlille we dwell In the llesh mat when our work IS done we may be satisfied with hills life and lint work Tins Is I my prajcr and Ihe desire of my Amen heart In the lame of Jesus Until |