| Show vW r ON O PRAYER PRA YER I r Delivered nt tho Fourth Annual of tho tha Church ol or Jesus Christ Christol 2 Unity In rn Prayer N rf of Pr Prayer yar ol of Latter d Saints In the 2 Under All AU Circumstance The Snit 1016 City on Monday April A 4 I 1004 Lords L Lord orue J s to Hear Hoar and by Eldor I Answer Operations of Good t CLAWSON CLA WS And Evil Power of Prayer L MM w tn wAA As AS AA A AA Vo VYT and rs 1 I wish ISh tHat each cach Brethren stand hero mid Uld looH loo Into the tho thelea cf c MOU t ou thel are before h toro me mid f lei lea ot O would have hae something of ot the tho th ou which I 1 have hae In standing feeling congregation or of a Fl 1 to 0 arg I ll U ns ne ft n lr great r nt saint It at the tho atnO time I 1 tees fed t el he the th that hei i ot of occupying no posit rm Christ ChrIs I II her in tho the Church of ot o IM of t a faith pray the need fleet of or yoUr our I hl teI behalf and of ot tile tho Spirit of at oforS atthe It mm I orS In mY to enlighten my lay III mind and to to the I Lord remarks remark BO so that 1 I shall bo boffi 0 re to iny In IC sa AY that will wilt edify able 1 I tUlsa iva I heeti heen n very Vely much Im m the Uh the of or the tho th confer center confert preyed with tho hO largo Iorge gatherings gathering In thin ence t yesterday ns M well us aa at n tho the thoin in tol the Assembly Hall hail thu tha meeting nt at the tho nur of or Information MT addition the large IlIne number o of f and in who vho cro a ln l to n and l to tro tron pie this thia k Zion Is IB growing Browing It Jl Is la IsM M on n 10 to bo b a n very er difficult matter to going the daY Saints In fb conference s S Ihm e shall allah liw hll to do t the tho hu best wo wove 0 ran ve We rejoice In tho the spirit of ot tho the MrK one OM thing that has liac Impressed me Very ery luring during tho the Is 18 the tho char ot of our the Lord arter the of ot the I in Joi a II very er Important feature Is IA tho the tiling calling upon the tho name namo of ot the tho Lord Ira Iti mm The Tho words that tha t are ure up the Invocation from tide this pulpit mean In 10 n i great m t tied deil to tile the people We Vo must a not that when an Elder I of at Is le Israeli leran ran art li IS called colled upon to pray pra the words be ire niters belong to him or that the prayer l I Is altogether his Iota prayer I 1 J do not to eo 0 consider It The Tho prayer which i offered up to 10 heaven In be bo boLf behalf Lf half hatt II of ot the th entire congregation Tide Is le by hy tho the response which foU tal fo folone the prayer braYer when tire the people lift It lone Iou That their voices and Fay FIlY CHICO w up p makes malICs the Prayer In InIn In and arril applicable to tho the It hr It In le Inh letho hole hurch Church It IB Is your prayer Saints Sainta er of or the tha th tho h preer And when hen prayer Irner Is Ia offered up tip In Iii n this thle ganner I am sin simple enough to believe that hit II It penetrates trite Into tho the very heavens uA and Is heard by hI II nod Hod our am lurli ruth rurh prayers will surely be bo answered upon uon our heads It li It astonishing tho the amount of ot scrip turf and rot elation that t ions has been given Lithe u oa the subject of prayer touching Its Us Its character milts and ml Its necessity nece to the tho children of or mm inca to tho the children ot or God I nm reminded of oC a passage which occurs In Ina imitation a given to Martin Martha Harris In March 1830 The lord acid ald unto hIm knot And again I command thee that thou halt pray vocally ns as well velI as ns In thy heart fa ra before lie tore the tho world ns as well vell M 11 MIn a aIn I In met beret In lit public ng nil well as B In lii j rl rI Tray Itay ninny and I will vIII pour out my Spirit upon you ou and anel great groat Khali be beur beur titan than It if ur yen yea more of ot earth v vu u should hould obtain treasures ill to the th extent there thereof of of lOll how aro are those few tew simple pimple lordi rda In lit regard to prayed How Itaw fur far They The enter entel Into a mans life Ufa 1 j his whole lioIo existence nt nl atit 1 nt it from freon the years earll of ot his accountability itt ity until he passes Into the grave Ho lie must mut pray under nit nil circumstances Fr Prayer r Is IB not root reserved for tal the Sabbath dot dl or for tor any 00 particular occasion It ItI li II I nt ant only to bo Jo Used at lit the I 0 t mares of ot tho the Church but the tha of at prayer must ho bo In our hearts heart Uli UI ruinS Ve Wo must moist mu t pray Irn In III our we wo must pray In wo vo mUI pray In our hearts The Tho spirit ot or must flaunt be w with sIth Ith us when we retire at al night and when we wo ariso In the tha morning It 11 must flaunt be bo upon us tIll when wo YO Ime our homes bonnets for tor our dally daily employ employment anal ment In tho tilo office In Iii the shop In the held In tho the mountains or orIn orn In 10 n the valleys or 01 wherever wn ave IV IVare are re WI W Vo Are told In the words warda which I hue have quoted that If It that lint spirit Is upon u U I the Lord lont will bless bles Us and the blens Ir will como come In lit answer anser to tor I r Tayer r will bo be of at more Importance to tou toU u UK U than treasures ot or earth We know something of at the he treasures of ot earth wo wu twins t lIzo the tho value alue and the desirability I of or earthly earth things We Wo know how beta they jre are alP nought sought after Atler anti what great I ls fr are aro made nande for tor or theta them Put Hut how much bitter It Is to enjoy the tho full tull ot of the tho Spoil of ot Clod loti which Is promised OK OP P a vf lip lonni ra in III revelation lob IM thit ta II nH UH given to 10 tho the Prophet I 1 la 1 na something concerning tho thu I 1 ao la a I t r of or our rather thor In ii 11 that JM r Ho im onys a to Ills His Church though th till Prophet near unto me one and I 1 will draw I flar rH lioI o oo seek Beck me inc diligently and JM an y p shell shall hind mo mp risk ink and yo 0 shall knook knolk k and It ll shall he be 8 opener unto you oU pr yo ye n ask Isk k Father Kather lit III Oth It strait shall bo be given unto you youn Iw that n is for tor or you Ad And It if r ask anything that la Is not expedient for tor you ou It shall turn unto your condemnation Murk brethren and nuel sisters sister how holY UfO tire these theRe words There Is no an doubt no dubiety It does docs not say If It anti and you OU call upon the Lord lie He may bo ho gone one on a n long Jour Journey Journe ney ne lie and anel you OU cannot reach rench Him 1111 or Ha lie HaIn lieis In is very Cry lousy busy Ills His attention Is now attracted to the nations of or tho the earth probably Hols lIe ii busily bUHI engaged with the tha Great gloat war between and Japan and He lie cannot give you OU any an attention therefore you OU might ns nM well cease pray prayIng lag Ing No this revelation does doeR not give foith forth any such Ideas Idell Our heavenly lIther Father I IB Is always near and amI ready to listen to Ills children Draw near unto i mo me ami I 1 1 will draw near unto you youIt youIt yOUIt It Is Iii not like we hind find It upon the lie earth with great men Take the tho President of or the tho United States Jor for Instance He lie l Is III a it 1 grent great man anna with very ry serious notions nud grave 10 responsIbIlitIes ret rest restIng Ing lag upon him hll hIm Ills His whole attention IK IN devoted to 10 the tho government and rand welfare of ot the tine people The Tho obligations resting upon him are perhaps almost more marc thon he can carry Consequently when people call on him mini many tunes times he no can cnn cannot not receive them He lie may ml be very vel busily engaged upon his annual mes me message sage or upon some other matter and those who ho go roo to see lIec him may have to wait hours hOdIll before they get access to him or It Is In possible that they may have hn 0 to trust their business to scone nomo representative of at the President How flow different with our Father Fath r In heaven who has Inns the responsibility of at tho the world resting upon Hm lilian His fits hand Is upon ullon the nations 1111 tI II Ho lie la is directing In nil alt tho the affairs of at this world Ho JIe controls In nil the kingdoms of ot the tho earth Ho lie knows what Is III going on Ho Ito knows tim tho status of ot this thin great grest war and Ho lie knows just how It Il will tahil 11 nil result In other words vorda Ho lie will have hn It come romo out outto outto oUtto to further his lois purposes Ho lie knows all about affairs In England In France In Germany clod those ten greet great rea t king doms defoe spoken of ot by hy Daniel the Prophet I 1 have hlo no doubt Ho lie knows known all nil that Is I going on In ito out our own nation and the treat responsibility re resting upon the people of or the tho United Un Iter States the people of or Canada and the people of ot all 1111 the tho countries of ot America And yet think of at It itt He lie pays to you to me into He lie says to this poor man nian and to thin poor woman He lie says to this rich richman richman man mail rind to thin rich woman Draw near unto Me and I will draw near unto you yell Yes Yell that poor widow down there thore thereto to whom nobody Is III paying any alien atten attention tion and und who has hns very vory little Influence to her tho the Lord says Draw near unto tinto Mo Me 10 and I will draw near Mar unto you My ear will be open to hear your prayer anol to answer It II Did not the Savior Sa notice the tho widow who cost cast her mite Into the con can box hox Site She was WIH poor and nil she one had she ehe throw Into the tho box and she Rhe was wall left lett penni leps les and one might naturally say with without without out omit a lend tr In tho the world But Dut she did have hn n a friend and that friend happened to be tho the Lord than whom there thero Is la none greater He lie stood d there thero and said of or that t poor widow that tha t of ot her poverty she land had cast Into the box more moro than all alt tho the others who had given RIven of at their wealth Is IK not ant this a comfort and a 1 con consolation consolAtion Anti And this Is III what prayer prayer that Is offered In the tho congregations of ot Israel J In tho the homes of ot tho tim Saints and from the heart henrt Such prayer Is III effectual anti and It R reaches Into the tine heavens It has lone an nn influence there lOWEn OF nm To show the ho he importance of at prayer I t remind you my and sisters that In this tills world there thore are two great powers pOors and these theRo two lava Powers arc are at warfare There Is tho the power goner of or good gooI rind and the tho power of or evil elI They do not harmonize they do not mix Like oil all and water they the will not mix On tho the thoon theone one on hand there Is III the tho power of ot good striving with every over man end and woman on the other hand there Is Ii the tho power of ot evil striving with every man and woman Their prospects their record and nil all their future will depend dep nd upon which of or these their two controls them thorn You 1011 can cnn ace aco this exemplified In hat ahat with Peter Ieter The Tho Lord ald to him behold Satan hath loath de dl desired sired to have you OU that ho may sIft you OU ns n wheat Hut I 1 have prayed for tor thee thre that thy faith fall all not lint nail and when thou art con vetted strengthen thy What hat a II wonderful saying was this I Wo o would get Ket the Impression that the Savior Sa hood had a II perfect assurance that Ills His prayer brayer had been heln heard of or the tho Father oather Although Simon filmon Peter Peler was one ono of at the tho of ot tho 1110 ko other men ho lao land had his weaknesses s nad his Imper Impel and I 1 suppose tho the Lord knew wherein he lie the weakest He lie under tinder stood Mood tint that Satan desired especially to 10 sift Peter as wheat and to destroy him bun If It possible Herein heroin comes conies the th power anti and vIrtue of ot prayer Tho Tb Lord Him film Himself self prayed for him him Ho lie did dill not ciz or coid him him for tor Ho JIe saw that ho had weaknesses as wo nil all have anti and i L not Lout but Satan would like to have nil all of ot us that ho might sift UK us ne ns Wheat I 1 firmly believe that If It It were not for the tho faith and InrI prayers of or this people which are ascending continually to Satan certainly would have power over us and anti perhaps In many instances Instanced we wo would bo be overcome overcoats and destroyer destroyed The Tho Lord Jord prayed for tor Peter HH ills HI prayer woe was heard hell rd and find so lie He charged Peter Petel that when he was waR con COli converted he should strengthen tho the breth brethren brethren ren ten Wo We must bear In mind this great conflict that la is going on all between good anti evil J that Is III good gooc every power and principle that leads lends to good Rood Is U tram from Godi and every Influence that man to do evil Is IB from tram Saloon Katun the tho father of ot lies Thus we may Judge between time the good and tho the evil elI Before I sit down I 1 want avant to call your attention to tho tIm power of ot prayer ns nR It II has been exemplified In the coming forth of at tho the Hook Book of ot Mormon which Is IB truly one onic of ot thin the most blast wonderful books over published The world might appreciate date clute thin book It If they wore not loot blinded by hy tho lot subtle craftiness of ot man and Emd by bytho bythe bythe the tho power of or evil which lIeth In wait vait waitto to deceive This book came cam forth by bytho bytho bythe tho the power of at God through tho the Prophet Joseph Jos ph Smith and I 1 tell you jou that It Its conning coming forth was greatly Influenced by prayer It is so declared In 11 one ono of or the revelations of or God given to tho the Prophet found In section 10 of or the nook hook of at Doc Doe trifle and Covenants I will avill read It II be ho because cause It Is so Impressive and shows the tho efficacy of or the prayers which were offered by tho In III regard to the coming coining of or this book Anti And behold nil all tho the remainder of at work does oes contain nil all those parts of at my gospel which my any m holy prophets yea yell Anti also my nay m disciples desired In their prayers should come como forth unto this people And I said ald unto them that It should bo ho granted unto them according to their faith In their rt ta tad i thin is their faith aith that i I my nay gospel which I gave aI unto thorn thom that they might preach In their days might come unto their brethren tho the and also nillo nil III that had bu ho burn buOm rn conno Om run because of or their dia Now this Is III not faith In prayers was that this gospel bo be made anode known also If It It were possible that other nations nation II should pos looe los test loess this t land lanai And thus they did leave leve a blessing upon this land haiti In lii their prayers that whosoever believe In this gospel In this land lanai might have eternal life Yea Yell that It might bo ho 16 free tree unto all 1111 of at whatsoever nation kindred tongue or people they may be he From Prom this It will be ho seen that the I corning coming forth of ot the Hook Book of ot Mormon was IvaN OK Influenced by nud In fact was In answer to the prayers of ot tho the offered altered up top 1400 MOO years before and recorded In the celestial kingdom In conclusion I 1 say to you my any m brethren and sisters that your our IK anti and my prayers It If they the are offered up tip In faith with single singie laces to tho tine glory of ot God will be re recorded recorded corded corned In the celestial kingdom anti the tIme precious offerings supplications that go up tori from tram these theae conferences will willbe willbe be he 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