The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-22
The speaker old not gain his

The speaker Old not gain hie
knowledge that he Was a prophet
from what his parents taught him in
bis infancy; he OF tanned it thr ugh
tbs influence OF the Holy Spirit, 3 nd
his knowledge WAS his own; it was
everyon -'s privilege TO get it In the
me way. He wa able to bear
te ,tImony TO the truth u the words
Of the New Testsmen "If any OF
you lack WIS 'om let b M ASH OF God,
that z yeth berally, and upb aid
eth not, and 1t 9 all be given him. ="
II was q broad statement that the
Latter-jay Saints were the chosen
people OF God, but they stood on the
scripture ami revel atoms direct
from heaven. He advised all who
would know the future of the
Saints, the natl ,us OF the earth and
III great republic, to read the Doc
trIne and COvenan where they
WOul see them literally fulfilled.
He was living W tUeSs TO the full
ill meat Of The prophecy in the re
lAtlon given December 18th, 1892,
ami also that concerning tn wars
that should come to pass, beginning
at South CarOlins. Ehe wOtld
claimed that many states men knew
as We'll as J )seph Smith of che COM
ing of the outbreak OF the late rebel
On, but where are their records ?
[e was painful for him to speak, and
he would therefore brig his dis
course to clO'e. He desired to
bear his testimony thai the Church
of Jesus Christ If Latter>day Saints
would stand forever, notWithStsnd-
ing the bubbles that were being ex-
ploded all around, either to amuse
the saints or to crowd them to-
gether and make them more united
ELDER CHARLES w. PENRosE
occupied the stan1 for short time,
wishing to add his testim )nY to the
truth of what had been said by the
preceding speakers. The principles
Of the & 1spel are true and would go
to everv kindred, tongue and De -
pie. He b d received his tssti
mOny the ga ne as Others had re-
ceivel their he had reflected
aud thought and sought for
1T himslf; he was taught in his
childhood that the Scriptures were
true, and he compared them with
what wa being tSught in the world,
and found there was something;
be prayed for light and got it, and
when he was sure he was right he
went ahead, and hoped be would al
ways be abe to do go. After his
baptism and con 6rmation he re-
ceived q testimony that JOSEF b
smith was a prophet, aud that the
Book " Mormon was an inspired
volume: that the kingdom which
Daniel spoke OF was set up and
would prevail in spite of all oppo-
sition. That testimony had re-
manned with him and grown
stronger, and the same could be OBJ
tanned bv every individual in the
way he had gained his. 1t had been
remarked that the Saints are pecu-
liar people, and the great pecul arity
was that each mem Der of the chur ch
was privileged to receive revelation
for himself. They were one in be-
lief and knowledge, notwithstand-
ing they had been gathered from
different nations OF the earth they
had one Lord and one baptism; their
labOrs were done cheerfully, uni
tedly AMI faithfully. Combinations
to crush out MOrmoniSm would be
made; but the little stone cut out of
the mountain without hands would
roll forth until it filled the whole
oorfb nhonOb q ljftIo bon6f,,l If
people, the Saints were united, add
in their union was their strength;
but the spirit o. humility and obedi-
ence to preserve at unity; deter
mination 10 live up to
the commandments of G would
lie rewarded by preservation
and eternal life. He advised all to
find out what Gods will was and
then do it. When the outside
elements warred against the Saints,
it aroused in him a feeling of >ent-
ment and an increased desire to do
what is required Ofthem by God and
His servants. The young were
being led out of the paths of recti
tude and virtue, AMI they should be
ouOWA SOO1 CAaIu pICe dhu ObG ecu
into the proper channels. They
should be led ; the ancient method of
the shepherd going aoead of his flock
was not observed nowadays; the
sheep were being driven now. This
was wrong: leading by kindness,
good example and forbsarance
would bring better results. He
hoped none would forget their
and that they would live
SO as to insure victory. He ex-
horted his bearers to "seek fret the
kingdom of God and His righteous
ness and all else would be added
unto it, He said the future was
bright and the victory would be the
Saints If they would be unite snd
work in harmony with the knowl
edge which each one possessed.
After singing by the choir, ben
PdictiOn was pronounced by Pres |
ident Joseph E. Taylor.