Show REMARKS REMARKS 0 by pre cye s i d e n t B R I 1 G IIA lia ba YOUN G tabe tale tabernacle e arlig 1960 nE reported PORTED BY 0 D WATT vart yesterday we had the pleasure of attending a meeting here which to me was filled with riches with treasures of good today to day we have met cef in the capacity of a general conference the thirty first annual conference ol 01 the church arch of jesus christ of latter da saints thirty years ao today to day the was wa organized with six members and we will occupy this day in serving the lord by instruct instructing ini and encouraging each other and by 0 of the things the lord has revealed to us some may suppose that I 1 have the business of the conference prearranged pre arranged but such is not the case I 1 seldom take thought for tomorrow upon such subjects when morning comes try and be prepared for the business the lord manifests should be done I 1 came here in iii that mind mini this morning and knew no more about the manner in which this conference will be conducted with regard to its details than you do until I 1 came gere here since I 1 came into the house my feelings and the circumstances cum stances have prompted me to say that we will hear bear further testimony from thi brethren yesterday several in the body of th the ehouse house had the privilege of speaking and this una forenoon I 1 wish to ha have e the twelve the seventies and the high priests give us five cr ten minutes sermons from the stand I 1 can testify to you as I 1 have to many congregations gregat ions lons of saints the lord hah has revealed his will from the tho heavens bestowed stowed the holy priesthood upon the child children reri of men and made us the happy partakers par takers thereof most if not all assemble dhere this mornin morning I 1 I 1 have felt the divine influence of the holy ghost shed abed forth in their hearts it has awakened them out oe of their sleep and out of the their 1 i r ignorance and begun to teach them eternal thin thins things s this work is true the lord has bestowed the holy priesthood upon the children of men by which alone they can bo be prepared to enter into the celestial kingdom of our god how hov many gods there are and how many places there are in their kingdoms is not for me to caybut I 1 can say this which is a source of much comfort consolation and 1 tion to me behold the goodness the long suffering f 1 1 t the he kindness and the tha strong parental feeling ai n of ot our father fathel and god in preparing the way and providing the means to save the children of men not alone the latter day saints not those alone who have the privilege of the first principles of the celestial law but to baim save all it is a universal salva tiona universal redemption do not conclude that I 1 am a as the tho term is generally understood although that doc doctrine trInd tring is true trub in part fart like the doctrines or of all professing christians As was stated yesterday by one of those who spoke when lie was a methodist he enjoyed a portion of the spirit of the lord hundreds of those now present have had bad a like experience in a greater freater or less degree before they joined this church then when we inquire who will be saved I 1 answer all will be saved as jesus said when speaking to the apostles except the sons of perdition they will be saved through the atonement and their works according to the law that is given to them will the heats en be saved yes s so far as they have lived according to the best light and intelligence they had but not in the celestial kingdom who will not be saved those who have haye r received e the aruthor tru thor had the privilege of af receiving iland then rejected it they are the only ones who will become the sons of I 1 erdi erdl into and become angels to the devil the priesthood the lord has again bentov bestowed upon those who will receive it is farahe express purpose of preparing them to become proficient I 1 fidila in the principles pertaining to the ta law v of the celestial kingdom jowe obey this law mir preserve it inviolate live according V to it we will be prepared to enjoy the blessings of a celestial kingdom will any others yes thou thousands sands sanda and millions of 0 the inhabitants of if the earth who woud would hare received and obeyed the law that we ire preach if they had bad had th X privilege lege when the lord shall larin ahring 0 ag agan zion and the watchmen shall see eye to eye tye e and zion shall be established saviors will come upon mount zion and save all the soa Eop sand daugh daughters terl of adam that are capable of oJ eing saved by administering for them Is not bot ot this pleasing ig it not hot gratifying Is it not cot a consoling feeling and influence i the thi mill of every intel igent lent being burtor mer views were that the majority of the inhabitants of the earth would not be saved in in any hi of a kingdom of glory lory but would inherits it kingdom of dam damnation nallon jesus said in my y Pa fathers therb house are many mansions if it tere mere were not so I 1 would have told you I 1 go to prepare a place for you that where I 1 am ye madlie ma abe also in other words 1 I go to prepare a place for you who have received and obeyed the celestial law which I 1 have committee to you the celestial is the highest of cfall all ail the and terrestrial terr estial are also spoken of and how many more kingdoms oe of lory there are is not for me to say I 1 do no not know now that they are not innumerable this is a source of great brethren tren iren loy joy y to me one of dif the bret brethren yesterday felt so rejoiced u under hiler helen heien like reflect reflections lons ions that he bail said he could pray for the devils in hell bell if it would do any good it is not for us to pray for them because they have haye become sonson sons sods of perdition you may pray for your persecutors for those who hate you and revile you and speak all manner of evil of you it if they do it ignorant ignorantly fy but if it they do it understandingly justice must take its course in re regard ard to them and except they repent they will become sons of perdition this is my testimony the v vision 1 i 10 n given to joseph smith and sidney rigdon Is is th the greatest greatest vision I 1 ever knew given n to the children of men incorporating more in a few pages than any other revelation T X have any knowledge of this is the thel gospel thi th e glad tidings which the voice out of the he heavens bore hore record unto us state joseph and sidney that ile he came into the world even jesus to 10 b be crucified for the world and to bear the sins oe of the world and to sanctify the fhe world and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness that through him all might be saved whom the father had put into his and made by him inin who glorifies the eathor father and daves saves all the works of his hands except pt those sons of perdition who deny the son after uhe the father aas has revealed him wherefore he saves baves all except them they shall gi go away into everlasting bastin punishment will the methodists be sved kved yes vv V i I 1 other se sects ts yes I 1 think you could nor not now find an elder ider lder in this church who would rise risi tip 1 in a congregation and tell you that john wes 14 ley y is N weltering pel vei alering in hell have the elders ever preached such a doctrine yes some of them have preached that all the reformers from the days of christ and the apostles ifft un 1 til joseph smith received the priesthood inde must be damned I 1 do not think that yon von could now nov hear such doctrine from any oe of them there is a chance for those who have lived and for those who now live the gospel hi chefs come conie truth and light and righteousness ir ard 6 sent forth into the world and those who receive them will be saved in n the celestial hinr kingdom of god and many of those who throy ignorance orance through tradition superstition and tee t the erroneous precepts of th the e fathers do riot receive them will yet inherit a good and glorious king kingdom doin dorn and will enjoy more and receive more than ever entered in into to the heart of man to conceive unless he has had a revelation my heart is comforted I 1 behold the people of god that they have been hunted bunted cast out driven from the face of men the powers of earth and bell hell have striven to destroy this kingdom from the earth the wicked I 1 have succeeded in doing so in former ages but j this kingdom they cannot destroy beca because use it is the icat last dispensation because it is the fullness of times it is the dispensation of all dispensations and will excel in magnificence and glory every dispensation that has nag ever been committed committe everi evert to the children of men upon i this earth the lord will bring again zion I 1 redeem ills his israel plant ills his ja standard ard upon i the earth and establish the laws of bisking his kingdom and those laws will ir prevail evail evall no law can issue from man or from any body of men merl to govern and control in eternal things consequently those laws must come from heaven to govern overn and control both saint and sinner believer flever and unbeliever and every chara character ctet upon the earth and they will be issued according to the capacity knowledge and mode of af life of the people to whom they are promulgated I 1 will now call upon the brethren in the stand I 1 to speak and let you have our testimony strength and edith as we ire received yours yesterday berda godless god bless you yu amen |