Show ily liy BY PRENTS JOHN TAYLOR Dellver delivered ara cra ata at tha iba the iha de general conference tuesday afternoon april BY aeo GEO F 1 IIII 1111 I 1 will stata state that leel leei very e r much obliged to ny my brethren for the generous onerous feeling to myself permit me however tiow bo liow Wever eve to bays eay with regard fegard to bome come novt of these those iden idea presented tot toi the by brollier george Q aa air ho hab has baid said lie ife hab has frequently pra to mo me anu and othera of nt the twelve ithac thau that while I 1 duly 4 i ate tha fee linga lingi and tand elewa of iny mv bre bro brethren thren thred and am vim liot ilot ign drant draut of the proprieties of life individually I 1 would not wish tp p change my po altion leri lers r 6 care irp not nothing h lug jug about the outside show the glitter and find appearance of men butt but I 1 dd d oare about the great grest eternal pies ples with the church and kingdom ot dt god apon the them earth and as se has beems been beens staled tilea ift i it was wag some somo time before J make mae up tip my mind ini to ept opt or of thia this ind I 1 Asid arid lacco lacoe Iacco I 1 faoa cap cao malli motif keer feer e tr van tan vant t nr fat h it s savenh the bebr benefit liefl 1 ot chelcin gd b iu 6 r bod 0 and n atia glihf t all thi ga rn aty aay d du ted th M 1 r miia mila proper now we woj wol lil ill III feb r this isas pasy ta alff in V talk about something bise Blae I 1 have been beu derx interested in tho re remarks that it been made at dt this conference it is now fort fout Y eats ears bince since the the tha charych of is t or LM y wa tee tip abial as ig y you heard stated and aa as we weh wery very weil well ku know ow alt J the there were murp than J per parsons in the Chur Chu churell cli reli ia aa was remarked by bro bw snow the organization dargaj iii ill zi ilon tion being t for the purpose of legal recognition still there were only a very few andas the spirit of reve revo Jaton rested resti town iown lown upon gods servant ev alit allt jos joseph 1 eph in these early days s who like ilke adam moses abraham abrahams jesus jaredy jared nephi and others bad the heavens yens vens fi ld folded to his view and aith alth auga the church was was so ad few in nummi the tho principles pies ples and purposes apere were developed fully to the his mind land had he gazed upon the ifie things that are fd td trans traus piret pire in iii tb he latter iatter days daya associated ted with the dispensation that he was waa called upon by the almighty to introduce he lear learned ried ly by communication muni cation from the heavens from linio to tb time of the tha great events that thai hould should transpire in the jatter latter he understood that were past and comprehended the various dispensations and the designs of those dispensations 11 he not only had the principles developed but he tie was waa conversant with the parties who officiated as the leading men of and from a number of them he re authority and keys bey a and priesthood and power for the carrej carry ing out of the great purposes bf pf the lord in the last days who were 0 sent and commissioned specially specialty by the almighty to t confer upon him those keys and this authority and hence he introduced what was spoken of by all the prophets since the world was the dispensation in which we live which differs from all other dispensations s in that it is the dispensation of ft tho falness of times ali ail all other despen lations ali nil other powers all other keys and all other eeg beg es and immunities that ever existed upon the face of the earth at that time lime lie he was aa as aaa a a feeble youth inexperienced without a knowledge of the learning oi the day buthod but god put him la possession sion slon of that kind or of aud and what may be termed a linow knowledge ledge of all things pei poi pertaining to this earth and the hea hes heaven isyou if you please which wai wag altogether ahead cfall of ail all theau thain nce that existed in the world orld he coffin aa as opportunity presented by following the education he had bad received from the almighty by teaching the principles of llie ilfe life and salvation the principles of the eVerl overl everlasting asthig gospel by conferring upon others that priesthood which had been conferred upon him and by organizing a state of things ithac that was waa after the pattern of the heavens beavens calculated to live lland and increase that had t the I 1 principle of lot life and vitality and that was calca abed to draw together the honest nin ain liln liin heart and assimilate them in their ideas and views and feelings ardd arid faith and ana empower them to operate e r ate with him and with the op lord 0 r d and with the holy that had existed in former ages and thus he commenced to organize the church with all its various offices under iho direct 11 inspiration i guidance and revelation of the lord the first presidency was pointed out ut the twelve was also pointed opt out and designated and these q quorums were ordained I 1 fi e d the hi high gh was organized hol hot however weVer before these other quorums took shape then there were the quorums of seven 1 ties then the quorums cf elders then thien the bishops then the quor urns 0 priests teachers and deacons det dei the lesser priest hood bood together with the high Cou council nil ull and jall pali lil lii ill that we know about these things he taught us all k linow now about thern them god taught him hence in the vario varlo various uba ufa organizations of the several qua 1 l arums rums of priesthood whether jt are jre clites lates to the aaronie or al priesthood all of these together with the duties devolving voi avia vol ving ng upon each were given by tho the lord land bened hence the church are associated with is called libe jibe abe church of jesus christ of lat Ite ter niday day saints hence jesus chrisa Ps is he the medium through whom whon we pre are b t approach the tho father calling upon pon him lm in jn the name of jesus for therm there ja no name given under heaven cpr npr up known krown awn among anong mp whereby we wo can be af pf jesus christ andal anani and aud al though they do 10 doit lo it now yet the time will conle come and is approach 1 ing when to hirn hira every k knee nee wll wil tS jow ovand and every tongue confess con fess fesa that hels heia he ia ls th the fhe christ tb the glory y of boid the pait father er ajai allt the religion we profess is one hab hat has been given us from the tle the liea ilea heavens beavens vens tens we wei cannot dispense with it we cannot alape nse with any part of it ios lua man but from flom the lord god out Heavenly iEather testher through our lord 1 jesus christa making use of his doseph joseph and ana those he should exil call by je revelation as the instruments tb to tarry carry out the pur posos adt adf df god upon the earth the priesthood we haye have received we received c elvde not of man nor by man bulby revelation and latterly president ent young a little before his bis deathy deaths death organized all the various branches of abe church into stakes with the officers thereof carrying bout tout the design of god anahis and jais reve lations to Josep hSmith aud and placed them upon the foundation that was arst arst laid by joseph emith smith under the immediate revelations of the lord and god expects it at our hands that we magnify our calling and that we cleave unto him as his hia servants upon whom he has conferred this priesthood he expects at our hands that we shall V hiby I 1 y ity its it and nut not operate according to our peculiar notions but bat according to the will and law and guidance and revelations of god in all things and under all circumstances inor ifor or weare we are here a as jesus was here pot to do our cwg own will but the will of our heavenly hda Hia venly father who has hasi benu pent ent e us and ad who has called us to his hib b high I 1 call cali calling ilig and has made us 10 sit ait t together in heavenly places iri in christ C jesus esus in accordance with the order of god the twelve the seventies ehe high priests add eiders elders havel have been been abroad among the nations of the earth delivering g the tik testimony which god gave save fo to t them hen ben and t hd spirit and power of god bodh has moer moen operated with us in our ministrations and had the results of these operations and these labors and th faith and the selo self abnegation and seif self denial and the desire todo to do the wll will of god and the tes testimonies ti that have been borne aie are are manifested inthe in the bain saints ts gathered today to day arwe as we are in the valleys of the thes mountains these things have been broi brol brought ight about by the tho interposition of the almighty wo we are as such dependent upon him today to day and as we ever were in all the days of our lives for guidance ailees for support for instruction for tor or revelation for the spirit of god to guide us that we may not make any falso false steps but as wi a people we must magnify the lord our god in our hearts anu and and honor him and observe his lawsond laws law sand saud aud and keep his commandments mand ments there has quite a change taken place sinca since this gospel was introduced aa as the thousands of people who intili in auli habit these valleys sufficiently attest and if we continue to pro progress gresa in faith talib in union in in virtue irl iii in isi purity in knowledge and especially in the knowledge of god and in the thi observance of his big ordinances the work of the lord will continue to roll with tenfold ten fold rapidity we arg are just commencing our labors and are just getting ready to perform the work that god gd has laid upon pon our shoulders and are just commencing haen chig to perform the work that god intends us to accomplish everything that has been prophesied by ail all tho the ancient prophets a as contained jn jin the bible and the book of Mormon A lormon and those things predicted by joseph joeeph smith and every other olber prophet of god will as s surely 1 be fulfilled as we are arev here today without any faltering or flagging or hesitation 1 we 0 go on c in and attend to many tanga 0 our oun tan lar organizations are very 9 ut we q need J sometimes I 1 the tho arp breath th of bf IN life from god G 0 d breathing hig tub jub laem bem all through h tilak that we tue spirit and power 0 o of f khz the most high way pay may be he bour mour in aur xun midst midat and that the rower power ardd arid jessings Des sings ol 01 god thai that come co m e through tho the ordinances may be imparted to us and such will be the case caso if it we are i faithful in the performance of the duties devolving upon lia it is not with us ts a question que stion atlon of eat dr shall drink or what kind oil of fidure housed we shall lilii live lile in it is not a matter of so much importance tan tau ceas as it isto late ba doing doling the thet ivill will pt god G d to nave our hearts ew ent in his bervice service fb f b feel NO that we are building uli up the zion of the lord of hosts to feel feol that we ae are recognized of the tee heavens ne avens te to feel that we are associated ath afi the priesthood a the 0 vail vall who f have lived and aud a nd 0 operated and are now oper in eternity for they without us cannot be made perfect p belthe neither can we without them be roade made per por ct we wp need their assistance from the heavens and we ought to i deleff seek it all the ti time me dettrie Let net trie sp speak i eak of this not only to the twelve but to td tbt presidents of stakes and their counselors and to all men holding authority auth brity to seek sock to god godf seek for wisdom seek for faith falth aud arid learn learh to approach god that demay we chy draw down blessings from heaven antl anti p partake of that thai faith adnee once delivered to the bain saints S 1 we are ara trying to dd some things abad ahad are doing them pretty wea wel well do I 1 wish to find fault no or to censure any body t no but I 1 wish everybody would so ac that thai they ibey would not censure the themselves ra selves that their minds a would not condemn them leofy for foe you your own iown hearts condemn you god Js s greater than your hearts we are doing doling pretty well we are building ur temples vs and there is a laudable i spirit manifested in fon to these those things generally do all do it if no have all this no I 1 wish they had but mn then we ive would be expecting too bevich much per perhaps naps but there is a growing interest in these things which I 1 am ead dad to the saints credit for and in speaking of our temples I 1 suppose there are no less than men engaged today to day in jn building temples in this territory bome some people would consider this nuite quite a tax upon them and I 1 may seay teay we have some who call themselves latter day saints who have ii a little orthis of thib this feeling not much but a little of it but men who feel right they feel that they and I 1 all they have belong to the lord they feel that they aro are on hand band to perform the work of god to build up his kingdom to operate with him hire and with the holy priesthood land tb prepare temples to administer fort for the he livin gand and for the dead that we may indeed be not poor and helpless adolte dolts but feel that we are saviors upon mount zion and that the kingdom is the lords there Is a good feeling manifested among the brethren and also amon among 9 the sisters who are quite as zealous in most interests aa as the brethren are notwithstanding the immense labors we are performing in our building for we are doing a good deals deal deai we are not unmindful of other matters there is constant labor going on in the temple tempie at st george stgeorge with very little intermission and a corps of persons steadily engaged administering in the ordinances of the tho lord boidi house there while in these other places as you have heard read over according to the financial accounts pertaining to the tempie temple being built in mantl manti and logan there has been expended in a short time on these th ese eso two temples nearly two hi hundred lindred and fifty thousand dollars tho the brethren have taken hold bold of it with a will and there seems to be a it feeling among many of them to see who shall do the most instead of who can do the least and notwithstanding this there is about fifty thousand I 1 think in round numbers more tithing paid this last year than there was before these things commenced I 1 speak this for the credit of the lat lit ter tor day saints honor aa as the scriptures say to whom honor is due and I 1 am pleased to see a spirit of that kind hind grow and increase among the brethren there has been a good deal of care bestowed on the sending forth of missionaries whom we have sent forth among the different nations abroad amoni and to 0 this nation there is a duty devolving upon the twelve and the seventies especially to see that this work is performed and we have been alive to this matteri matter and have aimed to call men that would not be embarrassed of ot perplexed in their mind s but buc suc buch such shi xhi as would go forth as the ser servants vanta of the living god who would not when they got about two hundred miles from home commence to think when it would won betin bedtime fe for or them to return and the fruits are fast beginning to be bornzin borne in the european the tha scandinavian and other missions and also in the united states and we wish it understood among the elders and seventies that tha wa wado ilo llo not nut want men to go an on missions who look upon it as a painful duty for them to fulfil fulfill we wd would u ld rather such men stay at home but be he that hath bath a desire to preach the gospel to the world whose life is up upright Ight 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