Show hy Explaining the Issuance of the manifesto which was adopted and ratified d by the October conference 1890 President Georga Georg Q Cannon in In addressing the great congregation congregation congregation tion In the tabernacle tabernacle quoted from the Book of ot Doctrine and Vand Covenants one of the four books boks accepted as doctrinal standards by bytha bytha tha Latter Latter Day Day Saints the tho follow Zollow following ing Verily verily I say unto rl you U that when I give a commandment to any of ot the tho sons of men to do a work vork unto me and those thoRe sons of men go with all their the might and with all they have to to perform that work and cease not their diligence dili dill- gence and enemies come upon upon upon up up- on them and hinder them from flom performing performing performing per per- forming that work behold it be- be me to require that work no nomore nomore nomore more at the hands of those sons song of ot men mep but to accept of their offerIngs offerings offer offer- V ings Then Th n President Cannon said that it was wa's upon this basis that the president of the church had felt justified in the Issuance of ne manifesto He reviewed the history history history his his- tory of ot the legislation regarding plural marriage and pointed out what he ho believed were sacrifices made by the Day Letter Saints for the sake of the principle In Involved Involved involved In- In sacrifice he declared that had not been made mado In vain and that testified to the sincerity and conscientiousness conscientiousness con con- of those who had made them The first presidency had b en appealed to many times Umes declared President Cannon by leading members of the church to put forth such a declaration as this especially especially espe espe- since plural marriage Had lad ceased and In order that the church might derive the benefit that would result from the announcement but not until the day of ot September Septem ber did the L Lord rd move upon President President President dent to take action Inthe inthe in inthe the matter The time had come he continued when It seemed necessary necessary necessary essary that something should be bedone bedone bedone done to meet the requirements of ot the country and says sava the people It was the duty of all Latter-Day Latter Saints to submit to this expression of the mind and will vill of ot the Al Al- Al mighty V President Woodruff followed President Cannon the venerable churchman hurchman explaining the step which had caused him to Issue the manifesto saying paying that It had not been een done without earnest prayer before the Lord and then he hedded i added To have t taken len a stand in anything which Is Ie not pleasing Inthe in inthe the he sight of ot God God I I would rather have lave gone out and been shot I I am not Ignorant lie he continued continued con- con ot of the feelings that have been cen engendered through the course courser r I have pursued But I have done donely my ly duty and the nation of ot which we ve form a part must be responsible for or that which has been done In relation elation to this principle The Lord has required many things thinS's of ot the Latt Day atter-Day r-Da r Saints which we ve have been heen prevented from doing among them hem the requirement to erect temples temples tem tern ples pies in jn Jackson Jaclson county Missouri l and nd at Far West Vest In that state It Is not wisdom for us to go orth and carry out this th-ls principle against the laws of the nation The I Lord LOId does not require at our hands things lings that we cannot do The Lord will ill ill never permit me nor any other man nan who stands as president of this church hurch to lead you astray It Is not In n the program It is not in the mind of ot God If I were to attempt that hat the Lord would move mo me out of f my place |