The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-05
President MILFORD Woodruff.

served 10 attend another semi annual con
ference of the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints. hope and trust lthat
while we are together our hearts may be
lifted in prayer to God, and that we may
enjoy His holy spirit and the revelations of
heaven; that what may be said while we
are assembled together during our confer
ence may be according to the mind of God.
| feel that, of all people under heaven,
we have the greatest reason to rejoice be-
fore the Lord that we have lived in a day
and generation when the God of Israel has
set His hand to establish His kingdom, to
gather together His people to build up
Zion, to carry out the great purposes which
the Lord has promised and given byrevela-
tion through the mouths of inspired men
prophets, patriarchs and apostles-since
the world began / rejoice in the gospel of
Jesus Christ; l always have since have
been made acquainted with it.
1t has been my lot and privilege to be
associated with the Latter-day Saints for
over fifty years. have seen the Affections,
the tribulations, the prosecutions through
which this people have been called to pass
from their organization until the present
day. But we have
EVERYTHING TO ENCOURAGE Us
as the saints of God, as those who have
entered into covenant with Him, obeyed
His commandments and walked in the
ordinances of His house. The Lord has
never in any dispensation or generation
failed to carry out His purposes and His
works; and of all the generations and dis
pensations that God has given to men, this
last and great ispensation-the greatest of
all dispensations-has been revealed to the
human family.
The kingdom has been revealed, the
church Of Jesus Christ has been organized,
the Zion of God has been inaugurated, the
people of God have been called together,
and in all the troubles and trials through
which we, as people, have been called to
pass, there has been no power that has
stayed the hand of God or thwarted His
purposes with regard to the carrying out of
His principles or those which have been
revealed unto the Latter-day Saints.
The Lord has called-cOmmencing with
Joseph Smith, the prophet of God-apostles
and prophets, patriarchs and elders, high
priests and seventies in these last days to
GO FORTH AND WARN THE WORLD.
We have been under the necessity of doing
this AS the Lord told Ezekiel, He sent
him as Waterman unto the house of Is
rael; He told him what the consequences
would be if he did not fulfill his mission
and do his duty-that the blood of that
generation of the house of Israel would be
required at his hands. So the God of heaven
ordained when he raised up Joseph Smith
the prophet TO organize this church and
kingdom He stood as Waterman on the
walls of Zion unto this generation. There
are 10000 people, suppose, to-day dwell
ling in these hills of Israel who hold some
portion of the holy priesthood. 1t is our
duty to warn the world; we would have
been called to do this; we have been
under condemnation if we had not fulfilled
that duty; and 50 the church and kingdom
Of God have grown until the present day.
WITH REGARD TO OUR FUTURE,
it is in the hands of God, who holds the
destiny of this people and of all men in His
own hands. would say to the Latter-day
Saints, fear not; lay your burdens upon
the Lord, and He will not fail US. He will
not fail in carrying out all His promises
unto US. The Zion of God will arise, and
so will the glory and power of God, and we
shall be prepared as bride for the coming
of the bridegroom.
Let our hearts be raised to God while we
are assembled together in this conference.
that we may have His holy spirit with US
continually.