| Show DISCOURSE Dllytrod at the Weber Btak Conference Odon Mondy October lath 1000 1 I b i PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF I = = = = intonED aV ATUU VilifTlelt J I I im pleated lo meet with to many of our friends this morning and I feel 1 I delirious to talk lo you upon a principle shot I very seldom dwell upon before Ibe congregations of the Salntt I hive I had my mind tomewhat cmclied of late on various things perhapl for the Lord better than known to jiurpoiei rnjielf though they are tlndplM we oft all more or feel I acquainted with One ol the Apostles said to me yean ijo Crollier WooJrull I hate prayed for J a long lime lor the Lord lo send me the administration of an angel I hive I hid a great desire fir this but I have never had my prayers anliuied of I laid to him that If he were to pray a thousand yean to the Cod of Israel for that IUI1t would not be granted unless the Lord had a motive In sending an intel to him I told him that the Lord never did nor never will tend in angel to anybody merely to gratify the desire ol the Individual lo see an angel If I the Lord send an angel to anyone He I I Sends him lo perfoim a work that can 1 I I dnilatis not Per U me on Y Y Hl a trstlon of an angel I laid lo him that I 1ame ere my vlewt The lord had tent angels to men from the creation ul the world at different times but always with a message or with something to perform that could not be performed fallout I rehearsed to him dlilcrent limes when angels appeared lo men Ol course I referred to the sngel vlilting Jcirph Smith The Revelator John j Slid that in the bit dajs an angel would fly In the midst of heaven hAvIng the I evrrlaillng Gospel to preach 10 them I that dwelt on Ihe earth The reason It required an angel lo do this work was Ibe Gospel wai not on Ihe earth The Gospel and the Priesthood bad been liken from among men Hence God hid to restore It again Now I hate always laid and I want to lay it to ou that the I Holy I ChoM II oh heY every Saint of God rite d s II II I far I more Important I that a man should have that gift than Ih should have Ihe ministration ol an angel unleM It 1 n necessary lor an angel lo leach him something that lie hat not been taught lamgomi I to refer In some ol 1 my own soinr g rcn with regard to the ministration of anecls anil the opera tuns of the Holy Choir I have never prayed for the visitation ol an angel tut I have had the ministrations ol angeli I several times In 51 life One violation T received I In Kentucky at Ihe houie ol A O bmoots mother while on my first million I went through Jackson county Into Arkansas Teiriioiy and from Little Rock waded the Mliiliilppl swamp iSo miles to get Craig Into Tennessee I arrived In Henry county Tennessee on the welt ol the lame lime that David fallen and Win en Iarrliu landed In that region on the north We met and labored together aahlle and built up some churchet there I then held the uihce of a Palest I traveled louiaudi ol miles and preached the Gospel at a Irieit and ail have laid to congregations before Ihe Lord sustained me and made manifest His power In the den ot my filO at mucn while I held that office as 11 I le tit done w bile I have held the office clan Apostle ItieLordsui tsmi any man that hold a portion of the Priesthood whether he Is a Irleit an Liter a hevenly or an Apostle II lu1 he lltrn JI clltrn magmfiei hit calling and does hit duty I will give you an Instance ot the Lord protecting care aver me while I ml a 1rlesi I had this experience 11 while Arkintai with companion who wai in Either There was small In that country who with Ills wile and n > e sons had I ecu In Jackson ciunty Ills wile died there The old genttitnan was in the faith apparently when 1 ho left these He was orlven out 1 the lame ai the test ol Ihe Salnti were and 1 some u his metals were whipped with hickory lads In Ills peueiu collate I knew he wai In lint Aikansai country snd I fell anxious to go and see him at he was the only Latterday Saint thai we knew anything t about in that region The nlglit before I got there I had peculiar diesm I dreamed that an angel up r carrfl r ptired to us and pointed I out a ceruln t path that we must follow and thai the besilngt ol God would attend us In following that path As we went along this path we came to a log cabin wlH a wall on each ado ten fifteen I feet high J This road led right I through that I buildIng i 1 ling l-Ing When I went lo trio floor and cpcned It It was lull of large serpents My companion said he was not going I lam that room for anybody or ate tiling WelL1 1 Sat I 1 111 I am or Ill die trying The Lord told us to follow that pain lol and rd going I lo walk in It I unless I man Hopped by com a power that I know cot 21TC11 I stepped Into I the floor I Iheie lerpenti all I1C trine up ready to jump on me and I there WAS a very large 5 fl r one la tin middle ol Ihe floor that nude a pin at rue II appeared to meal though I would be ilciiroyid but when the lerpent reached near to me II dropiei rent In fad they all dropped dead and they turned black and bunt open after whlcu may took fire und burned up and both bt 1 til went through lot solely I tic morning alter 1 we arrived at Ihli mans house His name was Alternate It was Sunday mooring and we went Into the house Mr Akcnun end his daughter were M breakfait Ills tons were settled In rablnt aruund h an Ut clat down but theta teemed la be a peculiar spirit In ho place I finally stepped up tu the t manllepletc on which I taw a look I of Mormon I picked It up and said Brother Akeman youve got a very rood book here Ito 1 sadJt a book I toil ctme Irom helllo 1 men began to understand Illtlo of what lay before tit He hid aposlailied I Ho cursed jverilnlng I Jo evcribody I Joseph > aiiu > Lymiii Wight tha Apostles and k Social many olbcri vvLuat ho named A I He wai very angry I Inquired about d1f Ili I till Inquired I wamvcrTnrr rrn his tons lie slid they were t1ell around him there Well we took no ourvalliea and left I looked IIP one I ol r hit 1 1 toni the i youngest I btlievr l and the only one that will In the fiilh and he wai like a drowning nun but by prating wlihhlm wegol the Spirit ol r the Lord II In him and we 1 hid a pretty tool tlmewlih him We mid him of r our experience his father and 1 Mid we were desirous to have tome inert Ingt Ihere II we could He said he did not know file father had apuilatlte I and wall at war against erihing thai > ai Mormon He lold us ho cver n here an old gentleman lived close oy lo whom he had loaned Ihe Book III I Mormon He wat an aiedmanonj 1 hit wile wai an acted woman Their nom was sibilant We went to tee them and Iheywerr I very glid to receive 1 us In she inornln < my companion said he I wai going lo leave the t place Ol course he was an Ilder Jir I was only I a 1rlest I and bon generally suppose that tile tester Should obey tile gleam bull said to him calling him by name YOU ate hot going to leive here nor I cither we shelf both ol ut stay here nil 1 tee Ihe fulfillment of my dream It U I here and I am going to stay and see It and you will too It Is I not natural for me to lake a stand ol that kind tull I felt Id to do It upon that occasion We stopped there three week and clenej land for father Hubbaidw he led houied ui The times while we were there I two warned ol the Load to go and warn this Mr Akeman The last warnIng warn-Ing I received Iromlhe lord wat on Saturday nleht of the third week I went up lotus houte 1 which I waisbou three quarters of a mile distant anti when I got there bit dulhtr stood In I the doorway I walked In and saluted him He was walking the room Im did not sty anything to me I told Inn he Lord had tent me to pay Mm a visit Then he made tome csclarmtlon that wai rather profane I tit down lId commenced warning him told him hat he had apottaiKed Items tho Got < el ol Chrlitj he had had the fittest mod and he was pursuing a course that would send him to destruction and tied udgmems ol God would overtake 1 ilnu Well he tdi like a denotes That It I about all I said to him I ccr sandy did not slay I long but I delivered my mesuge When Hell I the house be otloved me and I when he came to where I was lie fell dIIt Iy feet as hough he had been struck with a actual derboll front heaven He was a very vr arge man and he turned ai black I as so African r and hit I skin seemed almost lo bunt open The neat day attended I ill funeral Ilut he hid railed a mol ami had tent worJ for them to come and drive us out of the country or hall ui < and they had tent warnings la ui tu I eave rose Consequence A I share were some fifteen or twenty death during flell ng my stay there Men were taken West whit was called J pleurisy Uoclois came In and opened a vein and they died In five minutes One of these men lent for nice and I went and law him Two men were holding him He said I to me 1 with you would rut open my tide 1 have a pain here and rt ls sum deep Ion can cut I out and ssve my late 1 looked 1 at him but did not say anything lo him I said lo myself J lour eyes etc open you would seethe see-the angel 1 ol death standing by you side0 He died while I was thereAfter there-After I this my partner left me and oJ I went alone to Memphis I renneuee and met with Brushers fatten and 1arruh le < laboring In I that part lot a length ol time I received a letter from Joseph Smltli and Oliver Cowdcry In whlcn tney requested me to nay in that coun try and take charge of the churches that we bad built up there The ln > pi el promised me many things and said I stiouN lose no blessings by urrjiag In I thai country and doing as he wished mr and letting t the other brethren go ao J get their endowments I was then at the house ol Brother Abraham O hmoots mother I received Villa about sundown I went into a little source where there was a sofa 10 I pray alone lIcit lu I or joy anti scloicinto at t the iturnfigns God hall Sulfate 10 ia through lie Irophct While I was upon illy knees prating my room was filled Atilt lent I looked and a messenger stood liy my side I arose and tills pcrioniK told me he had come lo Initruct mIa m-Ia presented before me a panorama Ho told me he wanted me to see will my eyes and understand with my rain wuai was coming tJ pan In the cattle blur Ilio turning ol the Son of Man He commenced with what therevcla too lay about the bun being turned tu timeliness the moon to blood and the sari failing from heaven Taosetroin a were all presented to me one also mo her 11 they will bo I suppose btlou1pCP0nV1 wheat they are manliest belore Ihe comIng com-Ing ul me Son ol Man There lie showed me the resurrection of the dtadwhat li termed the first and dwha I n ice unit resurrection In the lint rciur Section I law no gravel nor contour rAittj from tile grave I saw legions ul celestial bon len and wanuctivho had received me Coipel 1 clothed I white tubes In the form they were presented lo me they had already bee railed rOll Hut grave Alter shut lie showed me what is termed the Second rIclln all holds ul graves were below me mid 1 ilia Spirit of GUI ruled upon ties cattle lilac aihouin 1 Cal rain and when Hut fell U > oii the gravel they were opened anti an Im wousia host 01 human bmc curo len lorth Iley I were just ai diverillled In I inch drcis a we are here or bi they ucia laid down this person aze t tau 11 mo with sealant to tnei tliinjt Among other Ihnigt he thaw ell lio lions like burmn me mere were tevca l ll Ik beams placed m Ihe heavcni I asked the meiieugcr what Iney were for lie said IU they weto repr inutivo ol the different dhpIIOO ot the Go pel ol Christ to Intel and they would all be Chrlslo ln octal in lha heavens mOll me sign gliat would be shown rlItN Ihil paied by me he < duappeired Now lirhj bee a painter I could have drawn I everything I that I taw It static ate un 1a inculou upon me that bat never left me front that day to thu The next day we lull a meeting In the arndemy Brother Smoot and tome nlhcriwcnt I with me but I seat a lost man I Had le knew 0 I wiccootenoirclatpord wa Iln I 1 hit which 11 I had tittle I refer lu thll o one of the isllailoni that wai given me In my boyhood 10 inS In-S to risk In 1 the C o pet Ol wai a retest il tile time r Ol course there was a motive In this personageiliiling me and these Irwi He I teaching me principles a I a knew n great deal better thin I did what lay I before me In life It wai itonblleti I sent to me for the purpose cared itrenglhenlng me if ca-red giving me en reallagereentrat my Wines r other Inilance UI I vantto refer lo II what I spoke about at the recent Gen real Conference I need notdivell par t Iculirly upon title now but I had a Motive In laying It I before thI perple on hatoccnilon The hlitnry of llrotbr Imlulli unerallont with those evil rilrlti In I rngland It belore Ihe Chuict Anti while on Ihli point I want to cored cor-ed a mistake tint I made In referring to this mile at our General Confer ore I got the names ol Brother Kimball Kim-ball and llrother Hvdeconfuiod In I my mind and made II tppsar thai Mother Kimball rebuked those evil spirits Ironi Irother Hyde when In fact l It WAS I other Kimball who Was allhcted with I hose ipirlls and Brother lly le I admin I itered to him As this It I a matter of hlitory I wlthlo I StAtOlt correctly nnd IIt henfore make this explanation I When Brother Kimball I Brother George A Smith and myself went lo London I we encountered these evil spirits They ought lo destroy ul The very first house that wit ceptned to us was filled with shows They had glittered there lor our destruction 10 trial we ihould not plant the Goipel In that creit city Brother Klmlull t went o coo on c-oo business and left Baluster George A Smith and myself there One I Until we tat up till I oclock talking Mormonism and then we went to bed Waited only Jut laid down when these pints ie > teJ upon ui and we were In a very lair I way of lo 1 > lng I our lives It I wfus ail I a strong man had me by the hroit trying lo choke me to death In he mldit ol 1 this a spirit told I me lo pray 1 did to and while prating the door opened the room wit nl ed with light and three messengers cause In Who they were t know not They came and aid 1 their hands upon ill and rebuked hole power i anti thereby saved our lives I Rowers Iya to but W alit power hey held the > rebuked the whole army of dells that were In Ill great city and bound them tu that they have never troubled my llder 00 that day to this Now thoi metiengert va r lent to us because It was ecesiary We would have lost our lives U somebody had not delivered us We needed help and we could not gel II anywhere else This is 111 I want to say with regard to the admlnislrstlon ol angels to myself Till I Anollle that I rI nge lOt ma be had pea ad and prued for the admlnli i rreJIdrlodlor h If It had been necessary lo save his llle as It was lu my cable b < ouold have had the admin Iteration of angels Hut he had access to the gift of the Holy Ghost as All 01 ui hive And Ihstbrethren and sisters 1 ball I want to talk to you about One morning white we were at Winter UJailers Brother IliUham Young laid to me and the brethren that he hid had a visitation the night prevl out from Joseph Stands I asked him whatheaaid initial lie replied that I Ih trUed ht Joseph hid told hint to lr the people to t labor lo obtain the Spirit of God treat they needed that to sustain them and to give them power la go through their work lu the earth Now I At I give > oua little cf my e perlence In trli line I Joiepti Smith llft when ed meagrtat t deal I after nil death and taught me many Important prlncl pies ihelait time be lilted me was Min I a in storm names I was going on mv last mission to preside Ireland My companions were llrolhe Leonard W Hardy Brother Milton I llolmei Brother Ian functional Another brother and my voth and two t other l wo c ldl ndtr men We had been traveling I three days and nights In a heavy galr and t Jrl were being driven backward Finally asked 1 my companions to come Into the cabin lih me and I told them to pry that the Lord would change Ihe wind I had no loan ol being lot bu I did not like the Idea of being driven back to New York ai I wanted to goon go-on my Journey We all ollered the ssme prayerboth men and women and I when ueiiot through we stepped t i on lathe deck and In 1 let Shorten minute It was as though a man bad Uken a sword and cut that gate 1 through and you might havethrometa 1 F handkerchief and It would not have moved The night following lilts 1 Joseph and J llyrum I v iiitet Io me f Ihe 1 1rophel laid before rue a great many things Among other thing he told I me lu I get the Spirit ol God that all ol I us needed I I It Ho I Also told me what the Twelve Apostles would bo called logo through on the earth boo the coming of tie Son 01 I Man ami 1 wlut the reward ol their labors would be but all that wn taken Ion nc for tome reason Nevertheless Neverthe-less I know It wi moil glorious although 1 al-though much would be required our had Joseph Smith continued vlsltinc my sell and others up lo a certain lime and then It Hopped I Lupig rl last lime liiw him was in heaven In the nlghl vision Iow 1 him I the door of the temple In heaven He came and pok a tu me Ito laid he coulj not 6 top 10 I ulkwui me became he wui In I a flu 1 7iTo next man I met was rather Smith he could not till with me became he a Inahurry I met bal a don bietliren t who hid held high positions on earth anti none of them could slop to talk with rite because they were In a hurry I was much altoullncd fly mild by I paw the Prophet again nnd I got the privilege to ink him a a petition Now phlloj I I want lo know why > oil am m a hurry I hive been In a hurry all I rh In huriv hl r through i my life but 1 expected my I hurry would I be over when I got Into the kingdom ol heaven I I ever did Inph six Id I will tel you Vintner Woodrulf vefydlspen lion that hat Had the Priesthood on the cattle and hot gone Into the celestial kingdom hit had I a certain amount of m olk to dO to prepare to go lo the earth wltli tile Savior when He goes lo reign un Hie earth Each dispensation Im had ample time to do this work We have not We are lha last diipentilloii and 10 much work lui lobf done still we need to be In a hurry In order tone compliih It Of course thai was satisfactory la map but I was new doctrine doc-trine to me lliigliini Voting also visited t me after his I death On one occasion l be and Brother label I C Kimball came In I a pleudid chariot with fine white lionet id a accompanied me la M conference lIut I was going to attend V hen Igol I She I ronc llrotner llrlgliini If lie would lake chir e ot 1 Ihe I conlerence No said he Huveiloneinrwoik I h I ere lould 1 come lo lee what you are oni and wlut von ae teaching the J 1eOd An I be told me wlut Ieph imnh bad tauslit him In Winter chln Iri a Ir er lo 1 leach the t people I lo get the I spml I God lf I le east s I v1Ou tl lo Inch he people to get the Spirit ol God Von cannot Ir up the Kingdom ol God without thlatof That li I wlut I want to lay In the brethren and tillers here I Inda 10 1 very lan anti wotuan in able Church hollil labor lo get that Sulrl We aft but ounded by these evil fl spirit thai ur at aragilnit Cod n1 ag msievertlung looking lo the building up bl the king does tfGoJ and we Deed thit I Holy Spirit lo bln ul In overcome time I illuencet I have had the Holy Ghost US my travel Lvery I nun Im that less gotill out Into the vineyard and lihoreit faithfully I for tile raue of God I have released lo Ihe I administration I ol 1 ito i-to myself What slid these angels dot One nf them taught me some things retting re-tting to Ihe sign I that should precede he coming ol Ihe Son of Man Others cm conlnl laved 1 my life Whit then They turned mil left mr Hut how I 1 with the I loly Ghost The Holy Ghoil does not leave meif I dodoes lY duty IfIS does not leave I any man utudocililt duly We have know n this all the way hrouth Joseph Smith told Brother John Taylor nn one occasion to labor toe to-e the Spirit ol God and to follow III ictstion and It would become a SAW i Ipleof revelallon WI llbl f iod Im b iletsed me with that amteverithing I 1 tn arailvarrything leave done since 1 have lien In t hli I Church hat Ivan done noun thai press clnle The Spirit ol Got ul has told t Jut Cal to do and I have hid lo follow hat I In the lime of the apostasy in Klrt land Joseph Smith hardly knew when he met a mail onlesat alto Spirit of Goil revealed It 1 to himavallether I be was filend I or lo Most ol the leading ma ere fighting him Kltbt In me midI ol that darkness the Spirit ill oil l said to me You cnoova partner and go ilraight to Fox cl lilaodt ll 11151 r i 1 knew no more what wat on box lilandi throw flat wn on Kolob Bat I the Lord told me In go and t went Ichote I Jonathan 1 II Hale indite went wlthme Wecaitout some devils thtfepleaChed theGospeliend performed some miracles I crone I lake Ontario and went Into Connecticut where my father lived I hid mil seen one ol my relatives from the time I minced m-inced the Gospel I preached the Gospel Gos-pel there and baptized my rather mr lepmother and sitter and uncles and aunl and organised a branch there very member ol that branch was a relative ol mine excepting one and he sea a Methodlit I class leader w ho board lathers house Dill all edit my Ilher houl Thl ut a rumlKtl old father Smith pItI tome by the Smlh hen he blessed mo I got to FOX If ands and ilid a good work mere 01 gO Through Ihe bleulngi of Cad I brxutht nesrly a bundled i from there up to ion at the time thr Salon were driven out of Missouri Into Illinois So I has been all through my life I I Ihava undertaken 10 do an thing am the 1oril has wanted me lo do some tiling else 1 He hssju4 la tell me When we were sent to England wo were sent by nvf lalior I went Into this Marlnril thlre potteries with Brother Allred Car don We were doing a splendid I work bapuimt I almost rvery night ikl I thought It was the rental million I ever season 1 went Into the town of llanle one nlghl and attended meeting In a large hal which was filled tu vII lag The Spirit ol the Lard came upon me and laid that that WAS the last meeting meet-ing 1 ihould hold with that people for lot many clays I told Ihe people that that was Ihe lest meeting I should be will them Alter I the meeting they asked me here 1 was going nri laid them I did not know In the mornlm I asked the Lord what He warned of me He merely said Go la ihe south Igol I Into the stage and rode eighty miles The lint results house 1 Hopped al VaA1 ohn llenbowi erl In llcrefordihirt 1 i In Munson t lull ln an hour alter 1 entered the house I knew exactly why Ibo lord lead sent 0 There was a people there wno had been praying for Ihe ancient order of things They were wslilm far the Gospel as It mat taught by Christ and Ills Apostles The consequence was the first thirty I days alter iu 1 got there 1 I baptized six Hundred ol those people 1 In eight month labor 1 In thai country I broujnt eighteen I hundred Into Iho I Church Whyf Because there was a 110 prepared for the Gospel and the Jple < red sent me there tu flu that woik I have always had to give God the glory sue everything good mat hit happened to me for I nave reailred by what power It clm powe I When I got back to Winter Quitter from the pioneer journey lienlden Young tald lo me llrolher Woodrull I want you to uke your wife and chit circle and go to Boston and Stay there until you can gather every Saint ol Goi In New LnclanJ and Canada and Im them up to Zion 1 did A he lold nl I tool me two eari gather up every body and I trough up the rear withya company When I got Into Imbur watts this company ilwaiduikand 1 law R i steamer just J preparing to go outtalked I out-talked rlgnt up to the captain and asked him I he was ready la go out II I le all ho was How many pasiengeri htv youl Two hundred and filly Can YOI take another hundred 1 J can Then said I 1 would like to go aboard wlih oust The worst wei hardly out of my mouth when the I looly Ghost said I to me Uant you no your company go aboard that steamer ilut was enough I had learned the voice of the Spirit I turned and total < tile captain that I hid nude up my mini not to go at present That steamer started out It waiailaik night and before the steamer had gone air I a0la look fire and all on bOld wn lost W a should probably have ihared the lam fate had I a it not been for that monitor Ithln me I refer to Iliete Ihingi because I want you la get Ihe lime Spirit All ilia 11dm ot Israel beP abroad f rl hour need thai Spirit When I was un my way cast at one lime I I drove lit I a mans yard In Indians Brother Certain Hyde had driven In and tel his wagon fit I the dooryard and Itt I mine br Iho Ollie nl I I turned my mules and tied them up lo a oik tree I had my wile alll two children with me In I my carriage We went to lie down and the IIlly Spirit told me In g1 up and nvivo my carriage I got right up My l l asked II me what I was going to t ilo I amid I was going to move the carrlice She wanted lu know whit for 1 total her I did not krow I moved tile carnage about I fifteen rods looked total around and then went to bed again The Spirit lold me to gel up again ano of move my mules I did 1 In twenty minutes there came un a whlilwlnd 1 that blew that oak tree ilown and lyjb II tight across where my carilir land been fly listening lu that Spirit outlives out-lives were saved Now U was not an angel thai Zn fad out these Ihlngi lu I roas wai the Holy I Ghost This Is I the Spirit that we mint have lo carry oui lira purpose of God on the earth We need luillat more than any other tilt I leu Impressed yesterday yester-day lo teach Ihil principle I tu the Latter day Saints We are In the millet of r enemies In Ihe midst of darkness and lemptitlon and we nerd to be guided bylhefijinlof a Cod We ihould pray lu the Lord until we get the I Comforter rier This li I what U 1 ofuned lo ui wlten we J 1 luntiitil I It Ills the spirit IU ol 1 light of I ruin ind of revelation and can b w lilt all 01 ui at the same time llrethren and iliteri GoJ bless you I 1lhn 11 CN tile IStIll YOUlI 1 am glad In meet w Jill ou 1 here are I very lew I of f ton as old at 1 am How Ioni I shsll ferry In tint country I donut do-nut know bulwmletdi I stay I want lu do what good I can These I principles I 1 prin-ciples lha have reiitda great deal upon my m 1 I we labor for this Spirit I we 0 hive no quarreling and no difficulty I dif-ficulty so lung ai that li I dwelling within with-in 1 God bless you Amen |
