The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-12
President wilfard Woodruff.


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President MILFORD Woodruff.
1 want to say to all Israel that the step
which l have taken in issuing this mani
festo has not been done without earnest
prayer before the Lord. am about to go
into the spirit world, like other men OF my |
age. l expect to meet the face OF my |
Heavenly father-the father Of my spirit;
l expect to meet the face of Joseph Smith,
of Brigham Young, of John Taylor, and OF
the apostles, and for me to have taken a |
stand in anything which is not pleasing IN |
the sight of God, or before the heavens, L
would rather have gone out and been SHOT |
My life is no better than other mems.
am not ignorant of the feelings that have !
been engendered through the course have !
pursued. But have done my duty, and |
the nation of which we form part must be |
responsible for that which mas been doneln |
relation to this principle.
The Lord has required at our hands
many things that we have not done, many
things that were prevented from doing.
The Lord required US 70 build temple in
jackson county. We were prevented by
violence from doing it. He required US to
build q temple in Far West, which we have
not been able to do A great many things
have been required of US, and we have not
been able to do them, because OF those that
surrounded US in the world. This people
are in the hands of God. This work is in
the hands of God, and He will take care of
it. Brother George Q. Cannon told US
about the lies that are abroad. 1t Is time
when there have been more lies told about
Mormonism than almost any other subject
ever presented to the human family.
often think of what Lorenzo Dow said with
regard to the doctrine of election. Says
he: 'Itis like this: You can, and you can't;
you will, and you won't: you shall, and
YOU shan,t; you'll be damned if you do, and
you'll be damned if you DON'T" That Is
about the condition we as Latter-day
Saint are In. II we were to undertake to
please the world, and that was our object
we might as well give up the ship;
we might have given it up in the
beginning. But the Lord has
called us to labor in the vineyard: and
done, in regard to this principle which we
have presented to the conference, it is not
wisdom for US TO make war upon siXty-ive
millions of people. 1t is not wisdom for US
to 90 forth and carry out this principle
against the laws of the nation and receive
the consequences. That is in the hands OF
God, and He VII govern and control it.
The church of Christ is here; the Zion OF
God is here, in fulhllment OF these revela-
tons of God that are contained in these
holy records in which the whole Christian
world profess to believe. The Bible could
never have been fulfilled had it not been
for the raising up of prophet in the last
| days. The revelations OF st. John could
never have been fulfilled if the angel of
| God had not flown through the midst of
heaven, s-having the everlasting gospel to
preach to them that dwell on the earth,
and to every nation, and kindred, and
tongue and people, saying with loud
voice, fear God, and give glory to Him;
for the hour OF His judgment is come"
Was that angel going 10 visit New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, and the wclld, and
call the people together and preach to
theml Net all But the Lord raised up a
prophet. The angel of Col delivered that
gospel to that prophet. That prophet or
ganized church; and all that be has prom
ised in this code of revelations (the book of
Doctrine and Covenants) has been fulfilled
rs fast as time would admit. That which
is not yet fulfilled will be.
Brethren and sisters, ii is our duty to be
true to God and to be faithful. Make your
prayers known unto the Lord. The Lord
| has told US what He will do concerning
many things. He will fulfill His word.
Let US be careful and wise, and let US be
satisfied with the dealings Of God with US.
If we do our duty to one another, to our
country and to the Church of Christ, we
will be justified when we 60 into the spirit
world 1t is not the first time that the
world has sought to hinder the fulfillment
of revelation and prophecy. The Jewish
nation and other nations rose up and slew
the Son of God and every apostle but one
that bore the priesthood in that day and
generation. They could not establish the
kingdom; the world was against them.
! When tho apostles asked Jesus whether He
would at that time restore again the king
dom to Israel, He replied: at is not for
you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own
power" He did not say it would be estab-
lished then; but he taught them to pray
| "Our Father which art in heaven, hal
lowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as 1t is in
heaven 1t is long time since that
prayer was offered, and it has not been full
filed until the present generation. The
Lord is preparing people to receive His
kingdom and His church, and to build up
His work. That, brethren and sisters, is
our labor.
l want the prayers Of the Latter day
Saints. / thank God that have seen with
my eyes this day that this people have beer
ready to vote to sustain me in an action thai
1 know, in one sense, has panied their
hearts. Brother George Q. Cannon has
laid before you our position. The Lord has
/ given US commandments concerning many
things, and we have carried them out as far
as we could; but when we cannot do it, we
are justified. The Lord does not require q,
our hands things that we cannot do.
This is all / want to say to the Latter. day
Saints upon this subject But go before the
Lord and ask Him for light and truth. and
to give us such blessings IS we stand in
need Of Let your prayers ascend into the
ears of the God Of Sabaoth, and they will
be heard and answered upon your heads
and upon the heads of the world Our ma
tion is in the hands Of God He holds theil
destiny. He holds the destinies of all men
win say to the Latter-dsy Saints, as az
elder in Israel and as An apostle of the Lore
Jesus Christ, we are approaching some Of
the most tremendous judgments God evel
poured out upon the world. You watch the
signs of the times, the signs OF the coming
of the son Of man. They are beginning to b.
made manifest both in heaven and or
earth. AS has been told by the apostles
Christ will not come until these thing.
come to pass. Jerusalem has got to be re
built. The temple has got to be built
Judah has got to be gathered and thu
house of Israel And the Gentiles will q
forth to battle against Judah and Jerusa
lem before the coming of the Son of Man
These things have been revealed by th,
prophets; they will have their fulfllment
We are approaching these things. All tina
the Latter-day Saints have to do Is to bi