Show t REVELATION AND JUDGMENT I f t at 41 w llie the Weber e Sla Stake Confer Confer- wf- wf ante ence Ogden Orden Sunday July t rS JaSU by i aT WILFORD WOODRUFF WOODRUFF f f BY ARTHUR Ull WINTER i 1 i very ery refreshed to let get away from froma e b in a while and mingle with Ie and Ie aDd listen to t the teachings teachings 6 S and prophecies of the proa pro- pro apostles a seers and revelators I t- t the fe Latter day Saints I Iam am x to meet with the Saints today in inv 9 P v e e 3 a good god many things upon my that I do not expect Ishall I shall shat exI ex- ex I t 4 1 F here Jere this AAa afternoon but a few I 1 I want Vant to say iDie subject of revelation IS is frequently I red t tp We occupy a position be- be beG be G d od angels and men and at least r that is very interesting and andl tant- tant God Cod neve never gave to man af aF a f W tion of more importance than and I live in and to I F e you sup sup- hat this Zion of God this great of f preparing the way for the final gip h b of the Son of God and the bb cent t of His throne and kingdom on t could ouid pass through a generation ut revelation is one of the most things on the face of the God never had a people or a ai i any age of the world that governed govern by men who held the ther r and the keys of the i of 0 of God and those men men were to J have bave ave revelation We have ids containing some of their Moos before us r regard and ard to this dispensation I ve you some of my vi views ws In I place the dispensation was not and nd of almost every prophet that I ar dwelt in the flesh These to this Zion to this thi 1 3 a W gathering together and Vining of the world bYl by pro r Good sad aad elders called of God to r rrt rt the and ande proclaim Gospel the e nations that they might be b hoot t excuse in the days of of Gods God's God n of judgment upon the world Pepe w SOB nO no Elder who has gone out to t tad ad and who has bas baptized anybody knows that he has had to have u ia to enable him to magnify lIi g g He Ike could not live without do o his duty In the commence commence- this work the Lord raised up a an n prophet seer and revelator af kept in ID the spirit t thousands of years to be born eh at at t the die right richt time and to be 1 God to to be ba visited by Him 1 f rl of Y t t tY ta tt a t t r Y t Ys s 1 and to be qualified and prepared for the mission given into his hands HOw Ion long did Joseph Smith live in the flesh after he organized this Church A little over fourteen years What did he do during that time He or organized the Church of God upon the foundation of apostles and prophets Christ Jesus being the chief corner comer stone stone- He also if gave ga ve unto us a code of revelations No more sublime revelations were ever given given by God to man Read the Bible the Book of Mormon and all the books on earth and then read these revelations and you will see the Spirit of God riot dot ot only in him but in the dispensation in which these revelations were given given He gave us a foundation to work upon and rev rev- revelations revelations revelations to guide us and carry us into the celestial kingdom The question may be asked How is it with retard to those that followed him Where are are ar the revelations of President Young I Tt- Tt g J Do you ou find them on record Only a few afew but but the Holy Ghost ost and the revelations revelations revelations ol ot God were with Brigham Young from the day that he received this Gospel until the day that he laid down his life and his tabernacle was carried to the grave There was no necessity particularly for Brigham Young to give written revelation only in a few ins instances instances tan tan- tanI ces So with John Taylor So with I Wilford Woodruff And so in in a great measure probably with all who may follow us until tha coming ot of the Son of man But are we without revelation We are not We know our duty andin and andin andin in a measure we know what lies before us Some of the people have bave had bad the idea that the Presidency y of t this is Church and the Twelve Apostles should have nothing to do with temp temporal ral matters Well we would be in a bad fix if we did not deal in temporal matters Joseph Smith dispensation stood at the head of this dispensa dIspensa- tion all the days he dwelt in the flesh So did I traveled with At home and abroad and I and I never saw a day in my life but what be had the spirit and power of revelation of God with him This power power was with him him when he came to this land It was wi with h him when he laid the foundations of our temples and when he laid out the city of Salt Lake He did all aU these hese things by the inspiration and Spirit of Almighty God The Lord requires a great deal of this people The Elders of Israel were called from the various occupations of life to go and preach the Gospel They preached to you in your native lands They told you in in the name of the Lord if you you would would receive the Gospel repent of your sins and be baptized for the remission of them you should receive the Holy Ghost Did Jid yo you not receive it Yes you did did ore or else you have nO business here bere here here- You would not be her here if you had not not been ben b en inspired by the Spirit of God These are truths and you know them for yourselves The fruits of the Gospel have been manifest from the beginning of this Church and will be until the scene is wound up I saw a curious thing here today as I came to meeting meeting- I saw a military camp campat campat campat at the depot It brought a flood of re re- re reflection to my mind I traveled with Joseph Smith sixty years ago this sum sum- summer summer summer mer one thousand mil milts miles s to Jackson County Missouri our brethren having bee been driven by a military body from their homes We went up there and nd accomplished all we were sent to do We have bave had military gatherings in this land for the last sixty years We had quite a military display in Jackson County We had had a military gathering in Clay County We had a in Ray County and arid in in Calef- Calef Caldwell Calwell well County What were all these mili mili- military military military tary gatherings for Was their object to protect the railroads of the nation Not ot at all What was their purpose It was to drive the Latter-day Latter Saints to destroy them to take their property and root them out of the earth if the they had the power and except for the power of God they would have accomplished accomplished accomplished it I was singularly struck in at at j 9 looking this military body What rare are they here forAre for Are they hey here to drive the Mormons out of Ogden It does not look like it I think it is to protect the property of these railroads What does all this mean Does it not mean that there is a change of affairs in inthe inthe inthe the earth What ate are the signs of the times Do the Latt Latter day r day Saints com com- comprehend comprehend them This is a fast t age The Lord is going t to cut His If is work short is hi righteousness Read thes these revelations for they contain the history of what IS going to pass in the earth The Lord said to J Joseph o eph in the beginning of this Church Behold verily I say unto you the ang angels are crying unto the Lord day t and night who are r ready and waiting to be sent forth Corth to t reap down the fields But the Lord saith unto them pluck not up the tares while the blade blade- is yet tender for Cor verily your faith is weak lest you destroy the wheat also Therefore let the wheat and the tares together until the harvest is fully ripe then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the behold tares and after the gathering of the wheat be- be be hold and lo 10 I the tares are bound in bundles and the field to be burned What is the matter with the world tOday What has created this change that we see coming over the world Why these terrible earthquakes torna torna- dos tornados and judgments What is the mean- mean ing meaning of all the these mighty events that are taking place The meaning is these angels that have been held hell for or man many years in the temple of our God have got their liberty to go so out and commence their mission and and their work ip in the earth and they are here today in the ea earth tb I 1 feel f l bold in saying this tills to the day Latter day Saints There is a meaning in these judgments The word of the Lord cannot fall tall unfulfilled If you want to know what is coming to pass read the revelations of St St John read the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants and these things are at our door What is the matter with this nation Thousands of men striking mobs rising rising up and des destroying des des- destroying destroying property and tribulation pre pro prevailing I want to s say y that you will all find before you are many years older that Utah is is a pretty good food place to live in So So- far as our temporal matters are concerned we have got cot to go to work and provide for ourselves The day will come when as we have been told we shall all see the necessity of making our own shoes and clothing and raisin raising our own food and uniting together to carry out the purposes of the Lord We will be preserved in the mountains of Israel in the day of Gods God's judgment I therefore say to you my brethren and sisters prepare for that which is to come You have a great future before you There is a change coming over the world with r r ard to Zion The day is coming when the world will say Let us not go up to battle against Zion for the inhabitants of Zion are terrible terrible- wherefore we cannot stand They wit will fInd that the power of God is with this people We want to prepare ourselves for this and sanctify ourselves before the Lord that we may be prepared to carry out our mission Revelation is with us and it is with you Let us be united and do our duty Search the scriptures tures for they testify of these things I pray God that His blessings may be over us that our eyes may be opened to see our ears to hear and our hearts to understand the things j r r of the kingdom of God that we may be prepared to work with those upon the theother theother theother other side of the veil for these great events that are rolling upon the earth will come to pass and no power on onearth onearth onearth earth can stay them They are declared by the revelations ns of God and must be fulfilled God bless us all and lead us into all truth for Jesus sake Amen |