Show V PRINCIPLE OF REVELATION I In tho Salt alt Lake City I 1000 i br brI I PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON CANNONI I I J t What I aUt ot of tho Holy of God Godby i Led by In Inspiration of all Elders Eldors Power of 1 Ordination In the tho Revelation to Lend the thO Church Right of tho Sainta to the of the Spirit lt of GOd Assurance of Revelation Interesting incidents i I 1 have no DO dO doubt bt that e ti have lis Ha Hat lisI I t J I with Ul gt grOut t to tl the ro re reI tl I t I 18 KI ot of or our brethren afternoon I have S IS aa they 1 U to the people In r their anti and them adds I f Li II of the ot of the Oo r rd d of at power ot oe Oo God which Is l 1 In these da daI days daysI I lie I l Pond ond was a the Influence ot of the Ibe somo t lt p e my mind that I 1 ld Ilka to eX re The he Later Latter saints talk Q a del deal about the theof ot of the Holy Ghost and the of revelation and 1 a gret great What Is Isi wonder what It men illeana Wha t i about the Mormon Monnon people to toI I 1 e others tha that they rely really are Holy Ghost I J the WHAT IS e Is R a passage In one oie of the rev reI 7 1 i 4 whIch the Lr Lord gave to the thel l lt Joseph SmIth before this i h WaS wal that to tot 1 t the nature of the Spirit by byI I this popIe pl have been and 1 are aret t II I In a revelation given through t f tu to Oliver Cowder Cowdery In ta rehi the translation of old records silda h Lord sid sida a I wi will teU you In your r nd In your heart by the holy ta st Et which shall coma upon ou and 1 WI cu 1 I shaI dwell In your hert heart Nw Now II Is the Spirit ot of r dUon LI n behold this IN the Spirit by byI I i MuleS lu brought the children ot of 1 through rugh the Ret Red Sea on dr dry have hear heard this afternoon how f I JI ot of God directs the ot of ott t I hurh hurch anI and prompts them what to In this manner mann the Church hal hab 1 up from the Every I 1 that thaI hu has gone forth has had hadl a ar l ra r upon the spirit ot of revelation But Dut Duta a g at many people hare Imagine Imagined I a when the HolY Ghost U b 1 I mn men or women they were svere corn com ety ly transformed and that It was a r p which could be bet t d and f feLt lt b by thul those I p I it On hi no ao noI aoI I t many have bave baveI I c I In r cr tu 10 the WRY way this Church t I Some members or of 0 hur h have imagined that It IL hal ha I f essary for tor angels to ome and ands r out ut to 10 the leader leaders ot of the popl people e C s f y they thu should take or that thal ther su power ha had to top p to 10 enable the servants ot of otC C i u do fl I 5 they have d done ne In ledIn leading tt Ii p ull T OF ThIn THE lOLY HOLY i E II t there I Is a higher gift than the gir gift c r f ot of and that II le leI i I 0 rt of the holy Ghost This Is IsI I pl rl referred to by Brother I ond I p In this ret which t I 1 to you ou ht II Is wih with HIt l I I Ct t uM M so to 1 5 r i I f him hiir ODd bit with IP Hi His ser Hr serIt It tir ugh the Irit which t t t them the very thIngs t v r 1 sas il q Ih ti Spirit by which Moses 11 I rt ugh t h of larcel through tb tt Rid II ii try y This p up p h iii t ben been le led to thel these ale ales by tl ti Spirit Neo Isery step Itel t t his haM In building up the I h hal ha 1 h under the influence ot otEa ott Ea t i I It II I that t that t has con conrI rI pd the Ibe strength ot of the People at 01 1 hr eue e th the servant of Oo God f rth the th mind and wi wilt of Oo God al ae aeto to him through the 1017 It L those who Werl Were with lh hIm being T f d of t th same ume Were 10 led that that wes a the very I g g that should be done 1 1 L i PL OF ODD LED ny TIN TINn TION ISPIA n rt of tb ti II A Is li with of the j manner In which tie they hare J n Ie and and I it has hns been I of f this arat treat gif gift God I i 11 and 1 al who have bowed In f 4 H 11 wi t In tn the ot of Oo God first came to Ild u a soon as the Prophet Brig I 1 upon this thle he said ld this 1 J the flow did he be know that 1 f of the of that Oo God 1 h r bd down upon him Under t t I Fu he wal was able to fY to t I with entire certainty that they should hohl Ink Inako that thu was I 4 pac i 1 I by the Lord where I 1 F ll i should build a dt city Did en an I rg g 1 that to him X I not Cv r an angel did not como wi to him t t I will 1 t say that It WOI was the Inspiration P I that rested upon I I I Ils mind Wi was l light ht rete and nd cler clear t J 1 t u 11 I H see plainly that this was ral I rt al srI IS If this had not t h by the Lord t n I hare ben been dark and he r Lave han had no that this h plat pe of the Lr Lord as al t l I le irn ot of settlement l OP OF ALL L ELERS 1 4 nt nt the ot of the led lead I I t the Church alne alone I it Is the I r n j or f al all the It was i the tho I wa IX r ur the Elders Eldus reterre referred to by T lond Im who traveled a through f I I 1 Ihl th dark the they were le led by br thi this R f t take the rIght path So In a a I I aI ays the of Oo God man t nit nt the th servants of at Ir Lord II 0 Ir ye that the they hould take T II I i tat fact connected T h hl lory of this ppl people r Ut Jur Elder Elders nr are sent nt forth to tr Ih hp Gospel pel they are n nt act t I if ml Those hole who bo set apat them a J I r y that Oo God will 1 gh give them the f their and h milion H ito 1 Ghost my may rest restI hm When hen they I I I tey GO forth I II faithful the they at filled wih I tl In their fields of of the 1101 I is d I v them I h Ih thy aa may be I d and perhaps Ignorant th they kio exactly y hould lu lu Sometimes th they 1 I I g In fl d not h liv hut but they led to 10 go In IninI tO ant inI they a ar brought In ro eon Ii h and WO D wh who i ne ner r the which the they TU Thul they pee tM the or If Od id and how d I the way ar fo for U theist t to Ir 1 WElt IN ORDINATION r are to pr pro f missions and Very likely they n nr t ty Inadequate to the I labor bori I lt tr far their t ability r 1 ther but ut th they at are lt set apart anart for Ailing bv t of God od and anda t a I roth forth I IJ In th L Lord Duel ne n In this C f know ot of an I I I faithful mil man thus ap ever wl r foUnd In Inthe Inthe the ot of hie N ro I 1 Iam am lur sure the tho universal be It if called for tor that every man Ihu thus appointed b Ct anti and let set apart hal ha ben been lade capable of tilling filling his hili and calling to the of th Lord to the satisfaction ot of his brethren and to his own happiness When ot of are appointed the same me spirit and power them We see HI the same me effect at home hom Let IAta ft a man be ordained to the ot Of IlL a Bishop or a Bishops counselor or n a nigh counselor and In every It if he be a faithful man the spirit pow JIOw or er and gifts ot of his office will teat refit upon him H 11 will be filled with the same me spirit which inspires the prophet ot of God and those associated with him So 80 with SUI itri AJ Apostle OItI Let the Lord select a man out of the body of the people and make him IU an Apostle and what a change tak takes place The spirit ot of the ho Apo rests him bun the gifts ot of that Irle and calling descend upon him and lie he becomes Q a changed man manIn manin In consequence ot of bestowal ot of those powers upon him lie receives su au lie he the spirit ot of revs lUlon ho he Is upheld b by the People as asa n a Prophet Beer and It if Ith he h lit be a faithful man he receives the gift anti and power ot of Q a Prophet and u a and of a Seer Beer These The e are his rights because he hu has been ordained to that omee and God has haM promised that If men will serve and obey him In all things lie He wilt will give th thin the necessary power and rifts gifts IN TIlE THE While the Prophet Joseph Smith lived no one supposed that any other man could be found who would have power to lead the Church rhe Ehe great bulk of the Church believed he would live Ie till Jests should hould come and when he was waa martyred every Ivery heart was wa filled with sorrow Borow Who could take his place Who could hold the keys key T Who could lead the people Contu Confusion slon sion to I a certain extent reigned In the lie midst ot of the people But Dut all the keys key and authority which Joseph had re received from various angels lie he had i conferred upon others othera hl his ileath These men held the same lame authority therefore that the Prophet did but because It Will was not necessary fur tor them to exercise It they did nut not appear to possess It It Alter ACtu Joseph was wa killed and the occasion slon arose area then the man who held the keys he being the Apostle ApoUa and the one who presided over the quorum of the Twelve Twee arose tIlled filled with the earns earn power and with the lie same flame lout least with IL a great many ot of them Men var vary In their or organisations Joseph Joeph po possessed gifts that no man In this age possessed Young having a different or had gift which the l Prophet Joseph diu did not have havo and he arose aro e In Inthe inthe the power of at his and calling with the authority to stand tand as the senIor Apostle at the head of the Church and to declare the word ot of ODd Clod to the people When he appeared before the people they could see floe that he pos poll the tho authority and the power And the Twelve were with him Thu Tho revelation says that the tho Twelve are equal In authority and power to the three l and the form a quorum equal In authority to that of the Twelve But Dut the Twelve are equal to the First Presidency only when the tho First l are absent and it If the Pirat Presidency and Twelve were vere the lie Seventy would be equal At the time I ant am speaking peaking of the FIrst P PresIdency wen vere absent had bad been slain one of his lors hind apostatized and the theother other was not as he should be There Therefore tore fore there was no First l It tell rell then to the quorum of the Twelve to preside for tor they held the authority equAl to the I First rat Presidency and the First Pro were absent The QUO QUOrum quorum rum ot of the Twelve has hal no right to pro pre side when the First PresIdency is II there Brigham Young stepped forward with the tho Twelve and took the lie pre presidency of the Church And brought his lii to push himself forward the Twelve governed the tho Church for tor three years Hut the Church I Is not perfectly organized unless there is III a First Pres PresIdency and a Twelve and a Seventy Stent Now every one ot of the Twelve Tele held the same lame powers D as the Prophet Joseph but thy they had no right to exercise them only In their own place and station No one of them could rise up and exercIse the lie authority ot of leading the lie Church A As the Lord line plainlY revealed there Is only ono one man on earth at a time who has lias the rIght to hold the keys kerB and to preside though others other ma may have equal power authority and ordination and bo be equal In every other respect Only one man Is cRied caled to lead head There were twelve men With Brigham but Brigham hold held the keys He wa was the he senior Apostle tie and had the lie right to exercise that authority When the First Im Free woe was organized he still with hi his counselors had the right to presIde over oer the Church I 1 mention the these things to show you that there Is 18 a power attending or ordin Jou In nUon atlon abd setting apart We can see flee It from the he head ot of the Church t td the last lastman man ordained to th this Priesthood every avery everyman man n In his ble ceiling calling according to his hiM faithfulness and the I that ho he hold holdi and all having a claim on the Spirit ot of God REVELATION TO TUG TilE ChUB l Young passed palled away President dent Taylor TAlor then being Ing the tho senior A Apostle took the leati and the spirit ot of revelAtion and of at leadership rested up upon upon on him lie received revelations some me ot of which he wrote for the Church Previous t 5 the death of Young he had no right to receive re rev revelation elation for tor the Church but after Prell Preal tent Young had passed away awny he did have bar that right b he was s the senior Apostle and held the ke keys ot of When n he pad awa away then this power and tilt the gifts rested upon I President Woodruff and hI he was 11 filled with the mint to 10 lead the tho same me spirit by which led tile this children or Israel brul through the Red Sea on oil dry ground lie could coul t toll the people whet to tIn and how hew to do 10 because God was nil with lIh him and gave him tb the nen necessary Il ht for that pur pow pole No Now the same authority gifts Itts and powers rest t upon President J n so now and II lie h hu th the right to II 5 th ho ot of the t the to tn tl tell th the II what to do doDd doand and Dd how bow to do In words to give them the mind and will of the Lord Lorn as they may flied nud It He has bu the tho spirit toda today Jut just u a had the spirit when he said to this whole hll pee C vi pie Let us iove south ny fly t the Spirit or 01 God he saw law that that was wall the right rICht move moe to take and ht he tr what the th result would hr he If riot not il t least In part Ihl th influentS E I the same me the wb Jre xe reo to the ethl an anRo Ro It bu baa been 11 In aU all the Ur t that have been made In the ot of this Chu b The Tho ot of abroad u Ira spirit at t hIts r ret ta upon the man who presides and nd hI he 11 has the to say r what course coune shall bt be taken It If a move Is made he has hll the right to te tosa sa whether It II right or wron wrong It It II right the ot of mak makes It plain to hIm blin and hi he sees It just U clearly 81 i I H a this thle path In the cento cente ot of this It It I is wron wrong thing is II dark appear In Uta wa way and nd h he is II m made e to knoW it itis Is net DOt the tle m ve to tn take A As 1 have said uld there thre Is but one man who hu has this right It Jt wre wn otherwise contusion confusion would SuppoSe the be coun counselors elon ot of th the President WN WeTS 10 assert rt their views In opposition to Lo tM the I President r and aDd then some of It tb the should hould put forth other O Opposing VIe views you au can see He what ht the N t would be bethere there would be contusion and nut But such s not 1 ca At Al Atthe the same lAme time when thiS bt deoc aM tb ho mett th the have be to p perfect t right to st preus their views freely a as they ther be lad but because cau th they e cud and perhaps are In their p elldon It does dew not follow that their tie should of right be adopted io It I Il tta the light ot of tile mali mau who after brin all that maY II be AId Id te a Ia lay what mind and of Uw ho tord I Is and anO thou h his 4 11 flay hp be contrary tr tc trall all the vt up It I is lees leu lii hi right to say MY lat Is the thins to do No limit I plaid upon the ex cx pre or of VS all 11 IU ions affecting the Ole of the Church hurch but there mu must t be union of action su b con concentration of at faith ralth and obedience to the law h God Cod bat baa TO Th GUIDANCE OuID OP ODD My brethren anti And sisters in the email ret details or of II hUt It Is your to ha liars th the of the th of tied Whet be become becomes comes come clear to your mInd after you have sought the Lord lArd concerning It you ou may Iny know that that I 1 rIght but buIlt it It be dark lilt let me admonish you OU of to follow tollow It because th the Spirit or of God I ii nut not It If Moses Mosel hall had not followed the light lIht which to hIm when n he l hed the children n of Israel disaster would woud have It he be himself had thought any other dIrection better than the on one pointed the Spirit lie would have done wrong In following fl But 08 tollo followed ed the course real realto to him by the Spirit ot of the Lord An and he led the people with perfect II all as to the result OF REY I Yaw Wow the possession lon ot of thIs gift reo re I hieves the man of Godi What an ap appalling J palling responsibIlIty it 11 would have |