Show REMARKS I Table rnaciCt Soil Lot ke City Sunday AfterrIcnorl VII at the February 27trilOOO by PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON I more filter Anything It not VOw bkh 1 a can listen I than PtU to of tile Elders 11110 have wovellon the Gospel To Ching Iiv Pros abroad the divin ur We tIfY concerRIF them they tire eno We ithich In Tic IIIr the UO r late their I experlelwe PA and to the Gopel and also tile Is I1mg ell r caCer they bich cr trttimow bring I answered and their fSS3 has been man 01 God that srsii ohoifoll I tills 15 I eX interesting reedloey of unbelief and scep age TM It An Concerning the existence tIr 1IL privS and the great i are preaJeat I God even among pro bull 01 the people are Su 01 r religion 01 ° O delight O00 r It to I thereto grew l fill to men and especially ul U listen can testify that God Tiall men ho know It I Parre that they ZZ Ind II mhat the condition of tile tU > j wonder ald be still uhat MOuld be would morld I for the Iat no re acre II It Of 114 rPnf They arc the only Pro saint tda1 capacity tht 1 10 No orgami In ift about ho believe Wthing know aa did the nn and In Ilia oer fild had come down testimony lmlllho I BcrllW ell The e Is I gen the w us In among the Latterdy Saint 1tf1h there are theme NIlo us Of course nlgbt has Pald I orter per Ill careless and 11I108 gro Imin however In the hatirdeaL I nm happy the are not very numor tllt that l But there should not be any among us lal till jleM to that opiriteflPeCial ho j Inn experience such had Then they he I cSTl ohtaln i often think mlluna are too short lt 10m 01 our Iteng son do not get thoroughly do not and they Ink to the harness the spirit Of tile work as or Into that dol believe huever tIahou14 oblh have occurred of lit humps heen which attention has by lilt ear of God commandment to the oJoI nlnuhlng the Gospel Ill Ie I having a mot Rod Ila P 1tUonttftt P form Whe a man has to do the Lord for Ilia food hider 01 1 < upon the usArt der his friends and for o Ae hILb he needs to enable hllll to Iftform the duties that devolve upon him to likely to compel Jim It I li try d k Unto Ito Lord nh great faith Tim he hu Hi Prayers answered mo marvelous a manner often and In to t ur Uns for himself that there is I a Col and thai III hears and answers mrtr Mr nut minion aJ lengthy gu I wan little l our five years away from home IHie I Always been thankful thank-ful Hut ft I IU 10 long although I jwnjftl fyf bone a great deal during M wurtm ot the mission I I lurwd Hut which the brethren have hlch VawL that II Is not a good thing to bl oft the harness when one comon lot I Ml that It was an obligation ntfrf upon me as one bearing the re r IM1 J to I do all In my power to kDnUlllib I the righteousness of Ood I ftibetarth 1 am thankful that I did nJhth flh kinOutiilrlt I and that I have had It fHCliat Lime It Is wrong for young am when they come home to become anlru and feel Well rve finished rrmlulon now there Is no special ob j fitlon U poll me now and rr can take Ittay That Is a wrong feeling My UPIrlInce has proved that there Is 9ferbarilines purer Joy hnd more 61111ft to be obtained 1 nJo serving God Aid Mir I active In I Its work than can obtained In any other direction Iran AM I-ran this is l the experience of others Am who have kept on the harness ga hrt lit Idea uhlch I many people Indulge ll I hit there h something Irksome imt religion something that deprives f tm I tee of CIIyrient is tt mistaken idea Nit Is l nothing Irksome notthing that quIrel the sacrifice of proper enjoy ent In d i keeping the Commandments of GA The LAtterday Module have Isund ill I We Illustrate the 1tl1h i e great all that people A be a I fond lm RSIORA p linn at thelatme Wien I It I Very happy People I do not there is thl7 I d ei any hapril r people on iranh tharl the Latterday Saint men the IAtterdnY Saints in Ito Al ° Bccumnnci dealt l tUte 1 n of the JP0108 anti fc many ef aftarle2l of life unit they have I a happy uZVtt I r People under tile cir I KIT01 1 filled their t by filled ItIrnill It was cfrvumbNnmm net glad I produced 1 it was a Si of the heart rrooluc1 1 bv Once and Power of the SpIrit c f I S that is I alwals tru r happlne Alpine ur that f1tromill nct2 t depend 3 upon external i 18 I u Of not genuine happ aint be the fountain at it within ii I and onlJ bn iherever we To that spirit go and happy NVe Ithln u we shall bo I etilltuatilm 1 Lo In R mot I Isagree me far 11 11 to externals fOnnro 4 but are this It We carry within loon toln us of Nhich I tbkh the speak olld Frolrlt of Ood on furnlh be trUly we Ilse a ill thin happy peepie This Inn hn Ih rue 1 thlM Pple Wc should Cllltl his tit Id t ell h II te our children W 10 wary to break the laws ef III lot l rO fore t our obligations 10 Im I thankful m have enjoyment it I me I I lave re I I lrefler tf Mid Ihnt I it ef mn growing I ill off that l Cod fiv e It Ill A Our God 1 I am not gone me Ilo A I lie 1 mh I 18 not Kan to tzuj of rilsedIt I I it the god of tit tr 4 whom 111JR ill of oI mocked h4 received i It no response from Alevit tAI d a i ill the till of It 1 I HvIng I vyltneas eelart of great Ile mlng In 11 trials II the knew And 1 ri plexities I to Ire Ten I b err us call up 04 and Ix Ills matter are are ever art It 1 88 the thnawflilk I h roncl In liell ratalmawt lie I to let by alht Y he ell the sea or on the or In I hy day In nit Proarerill Ire Is adversity alwy I MYR near to I h a 19th whith 1e1 I in It In I said or bitif 1 all I 9 ete r khall III from illy Spirit III train n lily prem It t M A n4 thin i uPto it heovntion thou art 1 an t Iny ted III hell If I fe I hehold anIf won fait I nt he IA of the Its In morning E I ernmot Parts of ill andvtehnythert bl lball illy In nil c lead It I 83T a hand I h all hold l in me Ter in Irtly the khut 1114 t darkness Joball Tom me night shelf rt light illTom but the dark s 11 ill I hldth not dar light from blrtth r lktJ 44 the do lhee thelight h are bo l t 11 And lie h r1r f J sea ask lie 11 film 1 rolnl4 1 It faith that In vv h lIRe I good A III the name nffe for us Will 1 grant unto L nl J it InIde i SM i I 5 a we most Precious s a a 11 14most I ittersuo oiHSS 01 It coutint tlly If we ore In such a position that vu cannot get down on our knees ° CUll Jim > to Him In our hearts unit Tl will hear ua und He will grant the dIre d-Ire of our hearts unto us As Indl IOUs I 1 a and till a people l we ohold cultlvnte this habit of pniMnt to Him constantly This my biclhitn and sisters Is I our strength If we will p male mal-e of It We should also h ive the rift I of prophecy Ilk the Eider n > iilm been alluded to here who raid to u family who were In dnnr from n ciclone Dont save thc House I promise you In the name of Jeaus that YOU will be safe If you will Hn > In tile house What piompted Mm tn any that The Spirit ot tlod The spirit of prophecy rested upon him Just no It did upon Paul when he was on hoard the ship and he said that rot a poll 1 should be lost The iiu > is of this Church have a right to that Spirit and they enjoy It tu a very great extent It Is one uf the gifts of the llospel and Instances Innumerable might be men tlonul where that Spirit haM saved the people Elders have been I about to Von V-on vessels with compnnl of l4altim nnd the Spirit has said to them lot > l-ot go on that vessel 1 sent by that their lives have been saved Ono Indent l1ne comes to my mind whore IrI dent Woodruff wu nlmut 10 embark en a vea1 ith a company of Saint and the Spirit lid to him Ive tllt em 1rk on that und It only ient a rev miles down the river whin It was totally dcslrnvcil It Is I a lemirkalile thing that notwithstanding Hie tniny thounnds if Lalterdny Silnts Ill ho ZIntn have traveled on the onn ere a ten t-en rco I it an Instance IIf a company of Latterday Saints being loft In their journeying un till ocean There war a ad catastrophe occurred on the Itlssourl rlvrr but theie are reasons for that which those who tire familiar with the circumstances have described That Is I the only Instance In our his for > where outit an t ldThtathh Ili correct It Is mlruculiflli that there I should be FO many thousandf of people peo-ple Immigrated to this land l covering long a period for our cinUratlon fiom iuroii < Commenced l In 1SJO and It has Iwen continuous from that time to the present anti yet nothing serious happen hap-pen them Hut there his been nnd 13 I a Protecting cr over this people because be-cause the Elders who hove had charge of companies hue generally been men uf God who hOe sought to know the mind of the Lord nnd nho haM been lid by rceltttlon from Him In this manner this whole work hash has-h c > n carried on from the beginning The perants of God have msht to know the mind and will of Ocd and they have obtained that knowledge hereby they have bcen enabled to lead the people Theme Valleys have been settlell In this wa anti hy tills spirit Wc therefore are living mitnefints if the truth that GM liver mind that lIe liptous ilia gilt on In ancient das upon Ills servants We profess as the ancients did to have the pits ot the Spirit of OeMlrt We teach the people to seek for these gifts We say that God is the same today that He was Yesterday that In Him there Is I no variableness nor shadow o f turning Hut men want to know wlv If this be thc cum 1 there Is I not more knowledge more revelation more of these gill from Him The absence of lhc e gifts is I due to unbelief Men do not seek for these things because they do not believe In them and they have cast out every man that professed to believe In these principles still In this power They have been piompted by Satan who would have destroyed this whole Church long ago If tlod had permitted per-mitted Idt but lie has restrained Satan because this is the dispensation of the fullness of times and the promise has gone forth that this Gospel shall not be l taken from the earth again And the Church will not be destroyed Hut this spirit of Satan that you see manifested Is I the spirit that crucified the Son of Clod and that blew Ills Apostles unit that has slain the Prophets in our day H Is I the spirit I that drove this Church out from the midst of civilization and compelled us to take refuge among the Indians In this far distant region It Is tho same spirit that has annihilated very Tln ilple of faith In I men H has twrrti n constant warfare 10 maintain the principles prin-ciples of the CJospel and to declare them to the people Men who have gone forth to preach this Gospel have been lnt nG exposed to vtnlenceln every form Not on I hae their characters been mo Signed and their I names cast out ns evil but bodily violence has been extended ex-tended to them It is I only the power of Clod that has kept this Church In existence up to the present time nut It Is in existence God has revealed the Gospel He has restored the erdlnnces and the gifts mid He has communicated communi-cated ilia mind and will to men once more and there tire men en the earth who know these things Now our young men and all who have heel enragd In the work of God as missionaries should not allow themselves them-selves to be diverted from these labors and to have another spirit take posses don of them I can bear testimony to all there ought to be no necemlt for It however because the men that have gone forth to preach the Gospel ought to know for themselves how much hap Plums they have had In that labor but I do bear testimony that through my life notwithstanding the trials and vicissitudes I have had to pas through I have been happy In the principles of the Gospel I have thanked God und do every time I think of It that I am a ltleriljy Saint because Spirit the knowleclgo of stenc God have And of I gladdened the I 1 rejoice truth In I slid my It en the ns I much today I urn thankful Ill sn ns I I ever did In mv life I IIICTO there rule that theie is I no path that we can ruralle thor are 110 labors that we cnn perform that Smla ko replete I with I happiness I still bring I suci peeve suit io > as keeping the commandments or God n o d being zeal i Our anti faithful 1 to Ills work This my tcstlmnnj sod I have had abundant opportunities In my life to prove It Mv life ling not inn In one channel It line not been surrounded hone 1 h-one set ot rcumstanors but It haM been greatly varied and In this varletv of circumstances I turn proved It And In oulying this 1 know Y miiT give voice to the testimony of hundred of others In this congregation who have had similar experience There II Is therefore even Incentive for us to he faithful to the causeof find and get all the benefit and hlesslnr and all the elfti that can be ohtnhc I am very desirous that tho Littler day Saints should keep their second estate rvery one who Is present he fore me kept his still her first estate The Lord has revelled to us that before c canoh ce we hall on existence I Our Savior existed before He came In the flesh So did all of us Our spirits existed with Him Tho evidence that we kept our first estate Is I found In the fact that we ore here posweFing label rnneles IlefOre mlln wo a placed on earth there was a rebellion In heaven Not only has that fact been revealed to us hut It Is I to be found In the Bible also The Lord has revealed to us how ever sonicother things Connected with our preexlstence He has told us that I 1 the plan nf salvation was discussed In the councils of heaven Lucifer a son of the morning not the Ron thourht he had a better Plan than tint which the father nnd the Lord Jesus were In favor of He told the rather that he tould save all mankind by taking away from us our ngen find nil honked ho-nked uno that God w uldglvc him Ihe honor Hut the Savior was willing to com unit do As tho Ill I h er wish d Tilts made Lucifer Angry IIn1 It I written that he led own y otter him one I third of the hosts of heaven No doubt he ins n personage of great Inllueno nd of great mophl try file he soc Ceilod fn 00lneln 1 onethl1 of tit ntlr rnmll of tlod that hi 3 plan w no foralliont t1lod r th the hottrr plan II 1 ibellid and wn I thrust out find the unllnnellt wn that lit nnd hN followers should IIIt have to tabcrnnI And from 1 flint if Iny to this they have striven continually i to ret poDBCSMoii 1 of hUIIIn tnbernn olc We read of legion 1 ot doII Ieln u In a lerann and when the Havicir Wax About to cnllt thelll out thy beirwed that they might enter Into the swine Therefore I say the evidence that we I kipt our first estate Is to be found In the fact that we are here toda with Inbrnnclc There may have been anti doubtless were difference of degree In our fnIth unit our zeal Some nn dllllh I nt that great crl ls wele more vnllint and steadfast than others Hut that we all kept our first estate Is I evidenced by tho fact that we are hero We have been sent heie wllh our Agency for the oxpiess puipose of be ng tested nnd pioved We have had his second estate granted unto us that It may be I ascertained whether we shall keep It or not A veil has been drawn betNeen us and our rather In heaven That which pertains to our preexlsl cnl life Is I concealed from us though thore In I rearmly a Person ef nuture Years liorhais who has not Imd eome across his mind a shadow of something that has ocur1 at some previous little whlcJi he could not recall but our procltent state hOB been con Cooled from un and 1ly at no doubt rfor If It had non no-n we should become no tired of this existence and Its trials that e could riot be contented here We are left it exercise our agency Jut no Ile did In our lIt etllte nt the time of our trial to sce whether we will be faithful to God 111 this sec and estate We ere shut out ns I Ila 2 slid but Ood polrls out to us the way In which ve should walk He tells on What to do and entreats us to be I I obedient to 111m He asks us to cut Uvote His Spirit to seek to Him for light and guidance slid lie promises us that If we will do this and be faithful faith-ful to Him In this earthly existence He will crown us with glory and will give Unto too eternal happiness We are Tile children uf Oed Got is I our Iathr lIe wants us to be like Him lie want Its te enter upon a career that Will lead its to as In cat heights as lie has attained at-tained to Therefore It Is I well tint wc should be tested tested even unto death If necessary because He Intends to make us His heirs and to bestow upon us the glory that He possesses leading us along In the path ot prog reset till we will Ie In our sphore no lie Is I In fill spherel nut Satan hUH de termlnd to destroy thin plan lie has determined to lend awny nn many or I the children of men as he possibly ConDo Con-Do you doubt the existence ef a devil and of evil spirits Need I ask the Latterday Saints this Ilavn you not seen his spirit manifested You have seen men and women In this church who i once were faithful nnd devoted to the work of God but they fell Into Fin grid another spirit took possession of them 31on no high as mom berm et I the first Presidency hay done this I remember very well William JAW a counselor to the Prophet Joseph a f i lend of the Prophet a friend of God apparently a staunch man In the Church but he committed sin nnd that man who had occupied that high and exalted station compassed the death ot tho Prophet He was one of the chler conspirators In arranging plans for his destruction nnd took an active part In urging on his martyrdom Members of the Council of the Twelvo Apostles Also partook of the game spirit It Is I the spirit that Satan possesses for Jesus ahl of him that he was a liar and n murderer from the beginning lie Is I seeking constantly to destroy the work of God filling men with his spirit and urging tholll orwar1 to acts of deadly hate even to kill and to destroy That Is I the spirit of Satan and we see It manifested In men Brethren and sisters God has sent us here He has selected us from all nations na-tions here the Gospel 1 has been preached that we might be His In 8 trument In haying the foundation of tilts work A new era Is anew a-new epoch There area thousand years of peace ahead of us The day Is I not far distant when Satan will be bound I when he shall not have Power to tempt thu notion and when the reign ef righteousness to which all the Prophets have looked forward will be ushered In The Lord has gathered us from the ends of the earth for this purpose The Latterdai Saints have heard the voice of the Fhctturil which filled them with I joy and thy have come trooping to I this land Imbued with peculiar feelIngs feel-Ings A newlybegotten love has en tered into their hearts IlIcn lien bound them together and drawn then to each other and they nre now throughout these valleys striving 10 lay the foundation deep and strong of the glorious work with which theM the-M e become Identified and worklrju for righteousness It Is I for us to keep our second estate We hnuld think of this continually The Ilders who return from mllen should think of It I want to keep my ol I < end estate end te maintain my In tcgrlty as I did In my first I want to be Hue to my Father as I was trite before be-fore I came Into this earthly existence 1 want to listen to Jim I 10 not want to listen to Satan nor to be led by him I want to say Oct thee ehlml me Satan I have ehosen my 1111ther as my guide Bull I will be led by 111m all my days on the earth I will net listen to evil nor yield to It n This should he the feeling anti spirit of every man nnd woman In this Church All tills may seem atngc many minds but let us turn to the world nnd uk what they have got that will supply the 11 are of this knowledge that wo hav Yell tire be What are you here for Why have you been sent here Ifenry Word Ueeher nnfe1 that he did not K MW and thousands of tile moot jullrhtened mn of ill on till an fr uthtullj make the name ccnplon They do not know why mnn Ili I here what his origin Is I or what hi I destiny will Ile Ak the nt learned Irenrhra who rrote te teach the I Gosptj to the people why man la lure nnd thcv will confess If they con less the truth that they know nothln about 11 Hut the lord has 1 revealed this to us and w know It The revela flout ef th Lord on these subjects to the Lull dis Pajnti nrp philosophical unit 1111 h or 1IIlIgntion There 14 1 omcthlng tangible about the views of tho Lnti rday Saints concerning the future Wi do not expect to sit upon n cloud plajlng a harp throughout the endless ages of eteinlty There will bo I work for us to do work of the most glorious nnd exalted character Oh I what Joy will nil the hearts of those who are faithful I when they meet the Ix > rd I nnd Ho welcomes them back to Ills presence having been true and unswerving In I their Integrity while they were In I the flesh You welcome 5 V 1 your son home from mllon I < fall 11 less Inexpressible tills Jour hearts If hey I lave been faithful tin cause of bill and have masnlllcd their Priest flood lly this you roll tiny a faint Idea of the Joy that our rather In heaven will have over u If I We are true to 11Im still ro tn Inrc pure And Ihlllk 11110vold11from thou b we ha hcen Ianild from Oil r Pathr though there has been a Veil Ioetwcrn 111m I l nnd us In order that We might hd htd nnd proved now < tile Inlsvlon Is I ended the Probation has been per I fermel unit lie go brick emancipated from tile power of Satan I pray led that We may nil he In this hpp con dltlon that this people nmy v lIIzo that this Is I Indeed their second estate I nnd that they should be faithful to It that the may be welcomed back by 11I tl I rrI i Jra ku I tho I Inthcr after Invlng bpen true and i fullhtul 1 to Him all the InM wo have I lived upon the oath which I humbly I I ask In tile name ef Jeu Amen |