The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-22

thank God that He has spared my life
to meet you face to face again. am
grateful for knowledge Of the prin-
ciples If the gospel that lead TO ever
listing life, and inst l became &C
quaInted with the Prophet Joseph
Smith When l heard him announce
the prin zip of baptism for the dead,
whie was then not Mormon. a
prayer rose from the depths OF my
heart 10 my Father il heaven, that 1
might n-ver reject that doctrine.
Wh,n / received my patriarchal bles-
sing. among other things 1t was prom
ised that should stand al the head of
my dead, that 1 should 60 through a
Temple with a companion. At that
time the Nauvco Temple was destroyed
and | had no family. Things that then
seemed very improbable have come to
pass. [ have always felt unequal to
the duties placed upon me, aud the
only reason that / can give for being
called upon to do things for the Lord
is because of my willingness to do all l
could, and l give all the praise to the
Lord, for / realize many others could
have been chosen to do those things. l
am getting On in years, and thought
l might be given rest; but l do not
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do that would afford me the iov that
COMES to me from working in the
Temple and the service of the Lord, l
believe that the majority of this people
are for God aud His people. do not
think We do all we can, L do not
myself. That is, / know how to
do better than seem able to
do it. l look up for more faith toan
there was exhibited to-day. There was
more faith in the days of Moses and In
the DAYS of the Savior. 1t was asked II
the Savior would have faith on this
earth at His coming. l believe there
will be some. The work cannot be &C
compllshed that is to be done III the
latter days without faith; but we do
not have enough. l do not attribute
all our persecution to the iniqultieS OF
the people. In holy writ l read that
whose would live Cody in Christ Jesus
must suffer persecution. do not wish
to overlook iniquity, for | hold the
purposes of God will ripe1 faster If our
faith is as is should be. Look abroad
and see the conditions. We have some
cause for complaint; but our persecu-
tons are nothing to what they have
been. When l joined the church, l
expected a rough passage; but We have
had comparative peace since we came
to these valleys, When the people
we're driven across the plains, God did
no: suffer them TO be pursued and de-
stoyed, but their enemies predicted that
those who escaped them would fall q
prey to the Indians and to the wild
rlgors OF the plain. But it was not to
be so; and we have seen three temples
built and two dedicated and third
ready. And l am told that the people,
despite the amounts given to this
Temple, are better off than when it was
begun.
PRESIDENT PETERsKN-Yes, twice over.
PRESIDENT WELLs-But the power of
evil RACES because of the work that is to
be done in the temple and because of
the prosperity of the people. Every
temple, every town, every school house
built, every child born and raised to
serve God, every yard of cloth that we
make. and everything that is done to
benefit the people and bsautify the land
look upon as q triumph for God and q
victory for the people. The people are
beipg strengthened; the people will re-
pent, and power will not be given to
take the privileges from them tina: they
now enjoy. We must always repent,
for there are always something's 10 re-
pent of. 1 believe if this generation
would keep the word of wisdom, their
lives would be prolonged from five to
ten years; the succeeding generation by
keeping it also, would nave their lives
prolonged fifteen to twenty years. And
SO on until the life of man should be
prolonged 30 the life of a tree as is
promised. l do not believe the
people were ever happier than
when crossing the plains after
being driven from their homes-when
they had comparatively nothing
no money, little clothes, and rot an
over abundance of food. heard the
Prophet Joseph say that the United
States government itself would be ar
rayed against us; that it would spread
from State to State into the general
government. All these things ara testi-
monies that the work is true. We are
not half as good as We ought to be, but
we are good enough to inspire the
hatred of the devil, and of the Christian
world. They tried to ridicule the life
bsgan lying about it. 1t is my
PRAYER and belief that from this people
there will come a people to whom the
Kingdom of God will be given. We
want more revelation. Don't let US be
in a hurry. Let US keep the light we
ha7s, and then it will be given unto
US more, line upon line, as We are pre-
pared to receive it.
The choir then sang the song,
Stand for the Right"
The statistical report of the Sanpete
Stake for the quarter ending May Is
1888, was then read; also that of the
Sunday schools for the same period.
DR.. IsAACsoN
then spoke. Nothing would give me
greater JOY than if could only contradict
lev remarks made by Brother JohnW
Taylor this morning. cannot, be-
cause they are true. The remarks
ought to be engraved in every Latter
day Saints heart. he said the
spirit of the Lord is not with
us as it ought TO be. L love my brethren
when they are in the pulpit and tell the
truth, better than those who faIter. We
want the truth. We are not doing our
duty as we ought to do. We have a
greater responsibility than all the de-
nominations IN earth and we have a