| Show DISCOURSE Delivered at the General Conference of the Church of Joaui Christ i I Latterday Saints In the Tabernacle Salt Lake C Ity Sunday i I April 4lh 1897 by i PRESIDENT JOSEPH F SMITH I i RETORTED DY ARTHUR WINTER I I have been Invited by President George Q Cannon to occupy a portion 01 I l ihe lime this miming There are many things which deserve the attention ol the Elders and which might be Spin k tn upon during the Conference and wIII be probably toIhe edification 01 the Saints and In the Interest ol the advancement ad-vancement of the work of the Lord It Is very gratllyinc to hear the reporl which has been given tins morning by 1mident I Cannon concerning the labor of the Elder that are preaching the Gospel the nations ol the earth and especially to notice the one lending feature to which reference has been made namely the mode ol preaching the Gospel by the Elders In the United States and In some other parts of the world without purse and scrip The Idea has prevailed for some time past to a certain extent until a little while ago that it was necessary that the Elders should l in going out to preach the Gospel provide ihemstlves unh money In order that they mljl not Buffer Buf-fer lor the necessaries of life In consequence con-sequence oi the prevalence of this Idea for many Years past the Ciders generally have provided themselves with means us far as they could and then their kindred and friends and the various quorums 01 > the Seventies hate lurnshed them means to enable them to prosecute their missionary labors To Brother Elias S Kimball now presiding over the Southern States Mission Is due the credit perhaps as much or more than to I any of the Eldtn who ore presiding oxer missionary fields for remaugmat log the former practice of preaching the Gospel among the pople without purse or scrip It h praliljing to know that In the Southern Stales In the Northern States in the Eastern Stales and in the Calif rnla MUsions and upon the islands of th eaIII fact wherev r this practice Is I observed the work of the Lord is more pro peious if I possible than it Is anywhere else The heart of the people are reached their sympathy is aroused and they receive the Elders with greater kindness and administer to them more liberally than they were wont to do uhen the Elders were depending for their support upon the means In their on rocket I have always advocated the principle of preaching the Gopel I without purse or scrip I recollect mk nj tome remark on this subject sevFral years ago In this house wilen my words teemed to recoil on my own head for thy did not meet fill favor In the course of my renaiks a t that lime I advanced Ih e Idea that those men who posss ed wea h whose cons were called 1 out Into the mi s orury field and I who were luinilnng them abundance of incaus wt re doing iJg irreparable V j wrong We have evidences that the 3oung mn whoseprtllllurnIShe < 1lhem all the mean they needed while they were out attempting 10 preach the Gas pel are today without the testimony of the truth and some of them have fallen away whereas those ho have gone Depending upon the Lord having faith in the provUenccs ol Almighty have had developed within them a les l mony ol the truth and a knowledge of l c principles of the Gospel I which lll thcL91rlthenj g I nable Ihem to stand firm and faithful In the Gospel so long as they continue lo do their duty as members of the Church I have a son on a mbsiuntind I have advised ad-vised him to put his trust in the Lord and as far as possiole exert an influence with his associates to do the same and not to depend upon me for mn hot to depend pan the Lord allll I the people among whom he labors I would advise all those who have sons out In the world preaching the Gospel to exhort them not to put lscir I trust in money but rather In the Lord and thereby prove the world and labor wholly and solely for the salvation of men hating that thought uppermost In their minds and not me thought that they have been sent I have out labored into tire In I world Lugland to fee nl the missions si this and my experience while abroad proved to me that among he mot useless nil S slcnarles sent out into the field were those who depended upon the means in thtlr pockets far their support They did D t feel humble they did not seem to put their trust in the Lord they did not seek unto Him earnestly and d h l gently to obtain His Spirit they did nit feel in their hearts that Irgd desire I for the salvation of the children of men that those did who were holy dependent 11 depend-ent upon the Lord I attribute tie improvement im-provement that is observed in the various missionary fields to the spirit that has I been awakened in the minds ol the I Elders to put their trust In the Lord and to rely upon ills kindness and providence provi-dence while they are in the world VII A have heard words of cii Icism amountIng t amount-Ing almost to censure of the rigid way f Inwhch Brother Ellas S Kimball Iud required Elders to put their I I money away and I to put their trust in the Lord n I have riot felt to eodor t < lat Senior rill for I have believed it was right I do not believe there Is any great blessing without some sacrifice not the sacrifice tit principle but the sacrifice ul our 01 II ce > ir s It Is I comparatively easy thing for a man with his pockets lull of money to Intel In the world It requires no I i sacrifice to do Itm no exercise of thought en faith no earnestness 01 purpose pur-pose no ardent desire In the soil I for Ihe lalvation mankind But to go ojt Broom strangers without men de p ndect only upon Ihe Lord requires faith humility prsc I trance and earnest desire in man and It has a tendency ten-dency to develop in them all these Bale and excellent qualities which ate es sent at to stab lit ly in the kingdom of God In conversation last evening with some fir ethrtn some remarks ere maJe respecting those who came in early days to tills country pulling and pushing the handcalt I and a comparison was drawn between that mode of inimitriiion to Zit i n and Ihe manner In which our people are gathered today Did you ever hear at a man or a woman aposta llimg that pushed pulled a handcart across the Ialnl Dill > ou ever h < ar ol them becoming dissatisfied soon ftcr lly I litir des I Ile At dR tenth a I once I go back nt Ihe old coun ryl If you have It 119 ben a lare exceptl IIlu tl rule Asa rule and almollheuolv al rule those ri Ithonse who tranlpe tI pln Ith Ih land call and nexi tboe w ho came with Late oxteams have be I Icoldn I ground cd In the filth They hall occasion io put te r trust ill God arid their fait vs denioId 1Ieir love for the trnh was brought our and thy Vobin asa as-a rule Iale Anti 5tea fast III tho Gospel ol Christ lilihile toddy mat y lho come front distant lands by stein rolls and by ralroad win alter they gt to ion become dissnisfiel aid d is I coiknled and thy long for the leeks rind the onions and the flesh pc ol Egpt and frequently piopleuhu he Migrated here in lint way have within a week from the lime tey landed in tills city or in orrr places wanted to return null home ul ih m h ive tetur cll 1 hey came tto cas > ihey did riot inexperience in-experience in coming their faith was not tried they had otbiog i to develop within Intel ihe principle ol Integrity to the truth and they viere discouraged arid wanted 10 go back at the least difficulty Now me Lord has said that he would have K tred peal e and it is stated in the scriptures that the Lord cbatenllh every ton arid daughter whom he rtcelveth It is Able said jn the Hook ol Doctrine and Covenants hat God will try His I people Into death to see It they are Worthy of Ihe bless log of Ihe Gospel of Ihe Son ol God Section 9314 1 contend that a mOil is in a poor condition loendurc the trials and temptations In Ihe world who li not tried in his I feelings anJ proven to the ut lermost to see if he loves the Iru It more Hun he loves hlmse or the still and I believe that it will be most dilhcu t lor any man to stand firm in the Gospel wno is I not thus polls the test My prayer has been constantly not Ali I might bs pared titas but lhatlnugit have wisuom and judgment patience and endurance given umo me to bear the I trials that I mighebe called lo i as through U hile 1 cannot say truthfully that I bate been tried In my lallh in the Gospel of Chrhl jet I can say truth fully that I have been tried lit many ways My patience has been tried my love has been tried my Integrity has been tiled but my faith in Ihe G spel In the divine I mission ol tl t fhe Prophet Joseph Smith In Disorganization or the Church ol Christ in thee latter davs has never let been sorely trldl I have never experienced anylti calculated to try my lanh seriously in regard to these matters for I have grown up I believe In tram I have been taught Irom my childhood that Moimonism was ri true that Joseph rs ia nronhet that Brigham j Young was his lawful successor suc-cessor thai John Taylor was the law ul successor cfJ President Young and trial resident Woodruff is I the lawful successor suc-cessor 01 the I Church of John ol Taylor Je us in Christ the Presidency ol Latter day Saints and what intelligence I pos sets convinces me that these things are not only essential but tint Kiev are true So that however much men may have tried me or however mudl I may have been tried by circumstances In which I have been placed who rein my love for my brethren and my Intecrilv to them has been tested I have never yet liOlfn a doubt cross my mind that Mormonism was true or tuat the Church ol Jesus Christ cf Latterday Saint was properlv organized and recognized of God These things seem to have been made clear to inj understanding and ihey have been engrailed into my heart until my whole being Is saturated wilh them I know that God will no more leave Hit wcrk unto another people and that it rl m to ba U shall continue until Leo purposes shall be completed in Ihe itlip beTh C1 This brings me to a awakened In my mind by a letter which I received yesterday complaining of me because I occupied the position that hold in the Presidency ol the Church not simply because I occupied that position but the writer lound fault wilh the existence of the First 1 Presidency of Ihe Church and claimed that It should not exist that the never had been a succes < or ippolnted to the Prophet Joseph Smith uidlhat therefore my presence II Um quorum was a wrong lo film and lo the whole Church Now I wish to read a few words from Ihe liook of Doctrine and Covenant The Lord in a revela done says There are In the church two Priesthood namely the Melchlsedek and Aarcnlc Including In-cluding the LevlUcal priesthood Why the first U I called tile Melchlsedek Priesthood Is I because Melchlsedelc was such a gre t I light Inesl Before his day It was called the I rely Priesthood Priest-hood after the order of the Son of God Out out of respect or reference 13 the name ol the Si preme Being to avoid tlie too frequent repetition I of till name they the Church in ancient day called ME rleitliool I after ethic dek or tho Melchlsedelc Irlcsthood All other authorities or offices tit I the church ore appendages to this Priesthood But there are two divisions or grand heads one Is the Melchlsedclc Priesthood and the other It she Aaronlc or Lcutical priesthood The moo of an IJder comes under the Priesthood ol Melchludck The Melchlsedelt Priesthood holds the right of Presidency I and has power and authority over all the offices In the Church In lfu ages of the world to administer In spiritual things bee evil I11 The Lord further Bill Of necessity i there are presidents presiding oflkrs growing out of or appointed I of or from among those who are ordained to the several offices in these two Priesthoods Of the Mrlchlsnlck Priesthood three Presiding Pre-siding lllfih Priests chosen by the body appointed J f3 pointed and ordained I lo that office and upheld by 1 tile confijei cc faith and prayer of the cturch from a quorum of the Presidency Ui the Church Sic Ill at ti This U Ihe law and do what we will we cannot t st II I aside rot can we Adopt any other plin or method and still be In harmony with Ihe glorious and perfect order of this Holy Priesthood u It ch God has revealed Irom ihe heavens In Ihe dispensation cf the fullness of lime The Laid continues The Twelve traveling counselor are cau > dIn d-In be the TwelvftApojiles or special witnesses of Ihe name of Christ In all Hie world thus differing from other officer In Ihe Church in the duties of their calling And they form a quorum eqml In authority and power to the three Presidents previously menuoned Sec evil n 04 Let me call your attention I to Urn prm lisle The Lord has not established lithe Church Iwo I nI s to presiding quorums lo run parall I with I each oihrr l Jihil He has esiabl Led on order in Ibis Pries hood which Is I al lately indestructible Indes-tructible 10 long as there U a > mk c man 11 holding this Priesthood and exercising the right and functions thereof In righteousness The meaning ol fribill 1 nmnge Is i simply this When from dead or any cause tIere is no First Presidency then the authority presl 1 d lie Y rests upon Ullorinp I > II It does not mean hat their authority is equ il to the authority of the Tirsl Presi I rille OFghtIF dncy while Oniy Firsl rItdrerncy Su h would bree < conluion and disorder under dis-order ct There cunnianses could be of no this presidency kind auIbmhorflhebe1 quality pf the authority of ihe Tee Apostles with liial ol the TirJt Presidency man esls is II I when they are calls I to cierchc that m tit o llv I In tile absence of ihe First lusilc coo Yuillat I been contended so we have been treclib y informed thai I It Was wronj tu organ ze t IB First PreM d ncy aler ttheor dialn I Ith l Pro el mbr1hTTT Jo ephj hat the Twi lye A set Ie is oulj uv been tic presiding co nil of ti e Church still 1 hill Ihei e shou d I nave be nan n-an txeculive co u I i Btc phoned out Olll > e twelve to co iduct tire alTIrs ol the Church I suppo It is i upjn this idea lint this brother whom 1 have known rom child oo c aim Ie 1 ist i In j rU ani wronged nd that the whole Cnitch Is I wronged because ol lie exist nce ol tne First Presidency which nevortbel must exist III order to jmnltte the pi tern which God has gk en for the guidance and government ur mo C I urcfi 1 Its ItVelatlon gals all l1e seventy are also called to preach the Oopel and lobe etpccltl witnesses earache anlll and In allure world llms d fftinj from other offices In the Church In the duties or heir calling 0A they form a quorum equal In authority to that of the Twelve special witnesses or Apostles just named Sec evil 25 26 VVcul I an > boll think fr a m nncnt of con ending lha because the I liulhurily I ol the rrstlici I I site the au hority of Hie Twelve Ap s less and tie aut rally of the Seventy was equal therefore he e was a ir pie hadd presljency of ihe Lh rch and that it w s necessary that all ihr I e tf the < e councils cf he Pilot ijod shout I ex ret e in equal power and authority the reiilency at ena and ihe same time Why tint wulJ be I nonsense and would absolutely destroy I ihe principle ef governucnt It would be oily in ca e oi the dtsiruclic n of the Pirtsidency of the Church and of the welve Apostles thai the Seventy cou d corns faith nJ I exercise autho lly equal With that of the Twelve in tire abst note Of tile First 1 Presidenc sin I ol the First r res dency when the Chuich 1 Is fully organ or-gan zed And etery decision made by either of these quorum must be by the unanimous voice of tile same that Is I every member each quorum must be agreed i to Its decisions In orderlo male their decisions of the same power or validity ue with the other A majority may Corm a quorum when dr iunislanccs render it Impossible to be other IeUnless Unless bll is the case their decisions are not entitled to the same blessings which the decisions de-cisions of n quorum of three Presidents were anciently who were ordained after the order of Melchisedck nnd were righteous and holy men Seccnl 37 3 Wll3t does this mean Simply this When the decision of three preSident I ho are called to the presiding positi n In the Church IS a united cleciiion each president ijree nj with the other it is valid and equal to any decision that was ever rend red by any presiding au Ihorlty In the Church of God It man that tin the absence of the First Presi dency and the Twelve Apostles being called upon to exercise functions ot presidency in the Church a decUioi ont on-t part must be a unanimous decision lo make it equal with a decision of the three Presidents ol the Church II further fur-ther mans that In the event of the non existence of the First Presidency and the Twelve then Ihe icventy being called upon to exercise Ihe presiding function a decision rendered by them must be a unanimous decision in order 10 make it equal lilt a le Isiin ol the Twelve or 01 the First Presidency It cannot mean anything else It cannot mean that when the First Presidency render a decision on which they are agreed I the Twelve Aposiles can rise up and render another decision on which they are united and their decision be equai with that of the First i Pre idency era would reult lit confusion and j would be destructive of the org nlziciircn or f the Church Nor can the Seven les rise up while the 1residen and Twelve live and render n decision which would be equal before the Church with that of ilia First Presidency I or with that of the Twlve In Re hey were presiding The Lord further says The decisions of these quorums or either of th nrarctoba made In oil righteousness In holiness and lasslincroc 01 heart meekness and longsuffering and In faith and virtue and knowledge temperance patience godliness brotherly kindness and chanty Because the promise hlf these things abound In them they shall not be unfruitful In the know ledge of the Lord I And In case that any decision of these qua rum is I made in unrighteousness it may be brought before a general assembly of the sev Ttl 1 quorums which constitute tl e spiritual authorities of Ihe church otherwise there can be no appeal from their dbionSec evil JOJ In other word there n i can be no an field from Ihe decision ol the First Presi dency of ihe Church except their decision de-cision be rendered In umithlecnsness and without luve and charity etc and ill that case the appeal would h tve to be ken to the assembled bodies of the Prlesthoid It means that when Ills Twvl Ive Armiles are acting is Presidents of Ihe Church and they ren ler a decision de-cision adctiug Ihe welfare of tire Church cr 01 doctrine their is abso lu Jy no appeal from their decision excepting it is rendered in unrighteousness unrighteous-ness And the fame would apply of necessity to a decision rendered by the Seventy in the absence of the First Irstdcncyand Jwelvf such n tiling could be thought ol nl all Thus how trlbilous i and how perfect is Ihe organization I sl J Iran of the Priesthood which God t inigluy has established In the earth lor the last time And it is the duty of men who bear this nesthood t > study ir I is and to learn the principle of government and each to undersland his duty and his place and keep himself in his place and m the line ol his duty Then there will be no clash ng ro conlelltlulI and 110 eisorderm the hne ol God for Ihe hutiM of GoJIs a house of order Titers is I much mure that might be said on this subjct rut I want to refer to jut one other assage i of Scripture Speaking to the whole Church the Lord m a reve ation given in 1841 save Verily say unto you I now Rive unto you the erasers belonging 10 my Priesthood I that ye may hold the ket thereof even the Prime 1e r I lich is after the order of MIludk l J b is after the order 01 ny Only flegotters SinFir First t give unto you lIyrum Smith 10 be a Patriarch unto you 10 hold the sealing blessings of my church een the Holy Spirit of promise whereby ye are sealed up unto the day of redemption re-demption that ye may not fall notwithstanding the bitter of temptation that tray come upon yOu I give unto you my servant Joseph to be apr a-pr < ling elder over all my churcb to be a translator revelator a seer and prophet I give unto him for counselors my servant Sidney Rigdon and my sevant William Law thai these may constitute a quorum and First mjllcm = Presidency to receive the oracles lot the wool church bee ciilr 133 uS This is the pattern this is Ihe law lhi < sJ 1hRC1fC1lr hll Ids i gf c I10Iant11w = Is 1 the way Ihe Church I is organized Mils Is the way the Priesthood 1 to bee governed gov-erned The Lord bat nol only commanded com-manded 111 I u1h 8 ptellss I example by naming ilia three Presidents ol ill e I hurh Ami 1 tellon that Urn rrder of the Prlrslhood cmnot be done away III ii not b A ful or right lor Ihe Church oi Jesus Circlet ot Littler day Sats to txM any great I lenglhol I ilm 1 vvithoil an jirinizaiion ol tbr < cir t Pr sidtn s of t ihe Church for lhal lath order of ihe I Iriciiluod It It I their right J lo 1 receive he tills of revelation and irs > ntoi Bud ol bltsslnr 1 upon all I tic Clutch and the First Pr si Jen IS the mouthpiece of God Ihs icv liior the lI I > nat r the seer and the P o lit ol Gj I to the whole I Ctiu ch It U he who i holes I the la I yi 1 of u is Holy I Pnesihoodthe keys whIch unlock ti I e doors ol the Tewpys 01 Go I ml of tic oitlinmces ol Ills I hoo e For the slv4 loioi the living and the rcdemrtol il 1 ihe dead It is he Who holds the scaling pun oil In vv mh I br man may U I id on earth I de it fill i be bond in hetven and by whicli mm duly authoilzd and appoln cil of hln wli holistb ketsmiyhoe 01 earth 1 and It will be loosnl e ven This Is i he trder ol the Holy I P Ic Ih od And any departure fr m it it M crime again the law of Gd n crime against Ihe Church of Jeiut j Christ ol 1 ailer thy Saint Those meuwlnvv I u d do away with Ihe Pre Ideiey ol f the Church uldeomni t n crime against God and would do a inevoui and rreparablc wrtnigtothe Cnurcli and lu at 1 those who were teeking life ttnnil I through tile nrcnchiiig ol the Gjpcl Th y would shut up the dojrs of the Temp es anJ SlUt up the heavens that there should be no power arnoi K men Tneywouil stop the carijiu out ol the niliern that God has L ven by when His work is I to be pcrpe mud in the earth and the Gopel earned to every creature The Lord goe on with this pattern I give unto you my servant I lrielum Young to be a President I over the welve I I traveling Council which Twelve hold the keys lo 1 open up the tile authority of my kingdom upon the four corners ol the earth and at er that to send my word to every creature They are Heber C mall Parley P Pratt Orson Pratt Orson Hyde William Smith John Taylor Join C page Wilford rJt vJ oRlcl 7jo Woodruff Wi lard RicWdi George A Smith Dld paa I have taken unto mlell ho 10 Id I his Priesthood no man talent from him bu Verily 1 say unto you another may be ap pointed unto the time calling And again Iay I ualo you I give unto von a rsryr High Council for the corner none of Zion bee cxxiv 137131 And so Ih Lori gives tn the Church not only the p tern bu lie names Ihe office who were elms n ol Him lo fill hse various quorums ol the Priesthood at that lime There Is nol one iota of the plan which lie msl ut d thai can be dipense I with Ever qu room must be kept In existence and be kept alive They must be cntrtsird will the responsibility re-sponsibility of their various callings and duties in the Church In Older mat the Church may be b a tless in the sight of Go I perfect in Its organiz scion and full ol light and Insist anon and power from the Almighty Wnen these L ngs ate not done there Is I a bl ms there is somet ling lacking S > wlun there It I a vacancy in n council ol the Priesthood we shoul I hastens with wisJum and prudence pru-dence and with pnjerlulness of heart not in too much histeto fill the vacancy that every quorum of the Priesthood 1 may be perfect in its orgam trade and lie Church be properly organ or-gan zed NO man can put too much stress upon Ihtse things Without them there is I no government llnoui obe diencc to these rules and patterns that God has given tile Church is not per lect but with these q torunii organized and this I authors llused among the b jyt thIc lr IIIi body uown lo Ihe very teachers that visit You in vunr homes then tire Church Is I organ zed alter the pattern and nan tha God has Instituted arid It Is I peic In itself like a JfCct moo even like Chrlt t Jesus mica was pdriectiih had sell h eyganl eIS and mouth arms legs nd trunk and with every part Idett 10 itself peormmg flic duties belo iging fir it so that Ihre may be no nenidency In the w rk of the ministry or In the edifying of he body ot Christ lou lop ofl one or those quorum and you lop off the head perhaps per-haps or the legs or the arms or the feet or you put out the eyes or ou shut the mouth I In lilt way IOU maim the IrlesniooJ of God and you bring confusion and di cord into its ranks fo lowed by disorganization and dumlegra lion t I wa il to say to this co igreration lint while I we live to whom Grid has entrusted en-trusted the witch care of this people there shall be no defect in these organ zatlons so long as He shall give us power to maintain them In Ihclr pcifect conJI ion and o dr We will sec to It by the rein of God and we will not shrink from our duties Though men get into ihe daik and accuse and up uraid us and say all mannr of f evil against us falicly we care not for tint I for the work ef God is rslio upon us and upon all tie people Evsr man and woman who Isis member bears and legitimately should bear a portion of the responsiti ny ol carrying on this greit and glorious latter day work May God bless you and may Ha bless all those who bless Z on and all those who sustain in 1iiir hulls and faith the I constiintid I au horuiet of ihe Cnurch aud hold Ihem up bif re the Lord in righteousness and rray for them Play for the remission of heir sins if they hive sinned Pray that God wll not suffer them to be ld into temptation Pray that thy may be stronj m their calln s Prayttiat God may not wilh driw IIis hand from hem to leave tjI m to Ihemselv but that Ho may have Ills hands retch d over them day by days and I hour by hour 1 for their cu dance prosperity arid sue ess In a ramUtcrlng I the ordinances of the Gospel and the wu ciot t ill Lord and Ihe prlndpl s anI 1 rights ol overnme tin th midst cf the Saints that Ihe Church may he ki t in IRA l and tl at the p I ople of God may grow tit d adv rice im II tile t elf ct day I his is our work and our mission i d w ar d ing the cat we can with our mi er ee ion for we are weak men We have t riot the h nor nur the cliry I It Is Gols He has I thosen the went In oider tut th go v miy be His I toW to-w I m It rig tfully bel n s Itli Gods work find o mans I want to say to till body cf Prisllio d here learn our duy learn to > stain tne milDrntiei of the Clutch cf Jesus Chrhl ol Laler dayS 1 Is And if one of the Twelve Ap s es or one f the First Presidtncv oi tnvbtdy claiming mil only to guide tr d reel he pe pe comes out In opposition Ct sition to the Ir ited I ecc laurels f the Illicit I h IUd ol tied set him diwn a 0 a de eciver and it flied and li 4rc that IOU ea I not alTold lo follow for If ton il I fAlow f Urn you tat I go asirgiv Gods I w ikis estal I sh ell it is built upon a Iol d Mm dauonlhc foundation of Ihe Gospel and the Hemal Prcshood whch it without be Inn ng of days or end if years witnoil Father er mother nnd without descen from Ijsllng o everlasting It is the power Ili i G id d legated to nun arid they that extreme it in righteous ess wi I I Ma d while they tit it exer lie it In unrigh enUSne will fill no matter who hey may be God bles I rael God Mess our vcn era is and VLn r ltd Pies d m Wilbrcl W oJrud keep him Irom sickness pain and stiff ring give to him brijhlnes ol mld nd por of Inl Ilm give to bin siren th of bo y J and of mind and Inspinkn from God that he may be a prophet a seer and a revelator in very deed to the I odv of Ihe C urll and loa lo-a I file Piiesll o d I of the son ol God upon ihe earth lint his day < mv tie prolonged that tie may live until he shill ImMi 1 us 1 work It is I Impobb fir she Saints 10 become mealy or djsall fid wihlum to longs God Approves and sustains him and amfrsis Ills power end wisdom I t rough him Ana when men set ihmselves up to jndRe him anJ to judge his nssucntcs nnd the Twelve Apes les cf tne Lamb upon tenant tests the is pOIIbilil uf beating witness of jeu clrist unto aflthe world an n n I u sei erm Ivs up m judment against these men and con lInn em ih y lha condemn will be conuemned rue measure they mete out will 1 be measured back unto them heaped oil reet together Dresden down and runm g over until they shall be destroyed root and branch unless Ih y repent This is my testimony to you and I bear it in the name of Jesus Ch list our Lord and Master I have to d sou but the Irillh It is I here ro cord tl I in tne word of God 111 I we cannot can-not d 1 put Ir1II It I am a bit kler for the woid ol God lama I stickler for he law of Chrs i believe in ir I and I io not believe we cm depart from it and be sale Here IS Ih temp ral guid for uste means of nsltuction coun 1 and admonition tUI lie spiritual guii le IS the Holy G ol Men must have the Holy Spirit lliu H t try may understand the Uulh and hat they may withstand the te ur < atons ef tire aaveisary when yte I SL aThrorhi they come upen them Therefore let us be humble let us sustain the organization organi-zation of the Church aj Go I has tstab llshcd it and no depart from It in the least degree I Pray for tbose that need vur praters that they may be sustained sus-tained flint Zion may prosper this Gospel Gos-pel be cainej to the ends of the earth anti very honest oul under heaven have tne privilege cf haiing the sound thee fond being 9 libeled into the fold of Cnrist and oi ueii g saved eventual y with evetlastl g salvation and exaltation I In I the kingdom c A God which is my prayer Amen |
