The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05
President MILFORD Woodruff.

mr. heart 10 God. my Heavenly Father, that my /
Life has been preserved TO again meet in semi
annual conference with the Saints. l feel
thankful that have the privilege of meeting /
with so many apostles, elders and Saints VINO |
have assembled here on this occasion
Our Heavenly Father revealed from Heaven,
over sixty wears ago, TO the inhabitants oil the |
earth, through the mouth OF the PropneI OF GOO;
whom lie raised up, that he mad set h as nana
once more for the last time TO prune his vlne-
yard and to prepare the people OF the eartA lor |
the coming of the Son OF Man. over sixty |
years have passed away since those revelations |
were given The Lord called upon the children of |
men TO take upon themselves the name oil ChrlSt
those who were willing TO enter in the vineyard
OF the Lord and preach the gospel Oh Cnrist 70
them He gave us TO understand that we should
be called to go forth and preach the message OF
the Son of God in this last dispensatlon oil the
fitness of times. Many of those who engaged
10 carry out and fulfill these promises of God TO
mankind are to-day in The spirit world. They
have closed their mission they have borne their
testimony they have fulfilled the object of their
creation. they have magnified the high and holy
priesthood which the God OF heaven mas sealed
upon their heads to go forth and administer IN
the ordinances of life and salvation. lew OF
us are left; some of us still remain here in the
flesh and we are still called upon TO labor We
are still called to ociate in the holy priesthood
and to administer in the ordinances oil SalvatlOn
10 the children OF men.
1T HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT DIsPENsATIoN,
a very interesting generation in which we live
as Latter-day Saints. The history OF this church
IS before the world. and we are still passing
through many interesting portions of the expert
ence OF the work of God in the last days.
l will say to the Latter-day Saints, the Lord
has fulfilled, so far, all that He has promised
unto u.s. The Lord has called many men-hun-
dreds of them-from the nations of the earth,
who have received the holy priesthood, the
authority by which the God of Israel has al
ways administered in heaven and on the earth
the ordinances OF life and salvation. They have
labored faithfully until the present day; they
have warned the Inhabitants OF the earth. All
nations under heaven have been visited by the
elders of Israel as far as the doors were open TO
receive them. The Lord, so far, has warned
the world; He has, so far, carried out the OBJ
iect of the calling of the sons of men. The gos-
pei has been preached and the children of men
have heard it in every nation, including our own.
They have heard the testimony OF these elders
of Israel. And what was the mission given to
the elders. To go forth and deliver the gospel
message to all the world. The people were
called upon to repent Of their sins, to have faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, and when they had
faith in God, in the gospel, faith to believe and
receive those testimonies given TO them they
were called upon 10 60 forth and be baptised for
the remission OF their sins. Then they had the
privilege of receiving the laying on Of hands
for the reception of the Holy Ghost.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES
that they have been taught from the time Of
Father Adam down to that of every patriarch,
prophet apostle-and even the Savior himself
i'm their day and generation, as the only gos-
pei ever revealed to the human family ia any
age of the world There has never been but
one gospel: that gospel is the same to-day,
yesterday and forever" That gospel is the
same that taught by Adam TO his children;
which Elijah Methuselah and all the ancient
prophets and patriarchs taught to their poster
ity, and the inhabitants of the earth. Jesus
Christ taught the same when he came in the
meridian of time. he never deviated from it in
any instance. Paul. the apostle, born in due
time. received the gospel at the hands of the
Lord, who said. though he or an angel from
heaven preached any other gospel, let him be
accursed. That gospel was revealed TO Joseph
Smith in all its fullness power and glory, with
all its graces gifts and principles. He taught
il TO those around him; he organized this church
on the 9th day of April, 1890; and through all
the tribulations prosecutions and troubles OF
the Latter-day Saints that same gospel has
feel thankful that have lived SO long. con.
nected with this church and kingdom, and that
live now in the midst of the Latter-day Saints
AS the Lord has set His hand 10 warn the
world TO warn this generation to prune the
vineyard, He will leave every nation under
heaven without excuse, in these days of judg
ments, calamities and tribulationS, which are
about to be poured out upon the earth.
l feel thankful that | have been associated
with this people up to the present day. How
long / shall remain among the Latter-da,
Saints do not know. 1t matters not with me
but have the same testimony to bear toda,
that have had from the commencement of thii
church,
THAT IT Is THE WORK OF GOD,
as promised and prophesed of through tn,
mouths Of inspired men for 5000 years. ! bea
hope and trust that while we are assemblies
in this conference our hearts may be united ii
faith and prayer, that We may enjoy the Hol-
Spirit OF God. Without the inspiration OF tina
spirit Utah would be as barren a desert as ia
us we are concerned, to DAY as we found it OF
the Path of July, 1S47. When you heard tn
gospel of Christ preached by those humble me-
who had been called from their various occupa
tions, TO go forth in theLord's cause, inspired b
the Holy Ghost, without purse or scrip, talSin
no thought what they should eat or what the
should drink, you knew that what they laugh
was true. You heard and believed their test
tnony and that same testimony is here with thi
entire people to-day. When you received tn
testimony you were baptized for the remissio
OF your sins you had hands laid upon YOU 70
the reception OF the Holy Ghost. Without al
this you would have remained al home.
know that this is the work OF God, and so d
you; therefore let our hearts be thankful 4
God; let us unite together in our prayers {
Him; let US do our duty faithfully while W
dwell here in the flesh, and carry out those prir
ciples in which we have been taught Let u
continue TO preach the gospel, to warn the ns
lions, to build up Zion and establish righteous
ness; so that when we get through and 90 O
the other side OF the vail we win be Statistic
with our labors here. We should try therefore
70 live our religion, to be true and faithful /
our covenants and TO all those principles of tn
gospel of Jesus Christ which will save all mer
both ii time and eternity.
pray to God my Heavenly Father that HI
blessing may rest upon us-upon these elders {
Israel, upon these apostles OF the Lamb Of Coo
that they may be inspired to declare the word
of salvation during this conference to thei
brethren and sisters which NAV (,od prapf fr