Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-01

! by the Lord 10 snow for themselves
conccrnin, all these matters; and
there Is no counsel given By the
Presidency Of the Clutch, no steT
taken, nor no policy pursued that
! tliey have 10 dbpeiid dp0n their usr.
sonal influence t. have the people
believe because the de can - q
! ddd ,lliemselves, r tIyt ii%e
DOUBTS uIoa any point, did cal
upon Him., in the nauie OF Jesus, 4
reveal to them " neither that which
Is done or taught Is from Him or not,
Thes reed not IL IN dOrlt. TbeF need
not ran. around asking question;
about matters which may appea,
mysterious TO them; but they can
/ 20 10 the Lord III tiisir secret places.
and He Will remove tiie;f tcssh,s
anI answer their questions, and He
will throw light upon their minds
respecting the matter- about which
they may DC disturbed.
/ There have been many things In
thi. Church which have COME In
contac. with Tie traditions aid the
PIC. conceived ideas Of MEG. There
arp r,ary filings iodsy ruitl' per.
haI,s, come In contact witt views
which we have entertained. There
is scarcely any thinking man oil
woman in the Church who has not
Z INDUCED in views and ideas con.
corning the future Of this wOrk-the
manner In which II would 90 forth,
etc, and some IL these Views have
been uidely opposed by e-ents. We
have been shown thst Cots ways
are nc. Our ways, anu That cur
thoughts are not Gods thoughts.
We have been Inade 10 see that He
i the author OF this worS, aud that
He will conduct il 30 suit His pur.
poses, and net the purpose. Of man.
/ have no doubt that ali rf ne whC
have had any experience in the
\ Churca have seen this. We have seen
many OF our anticipatiOns disal-
I pointed in the manueri which thC
work has gone forth. It has required
the spirit Of 0od poured out upon
Us to reconcile re 10 many things.
perhaps, that have been taught aud
done in this Church fsOui the begin.
ming. Hut this is oar ref,ige, this Is
our toJeer OF streneth, that We can
go unto the Lord, without tile lite,
diunship or intercession Of man,
and in secret we can ask Him
for, and obtain from Him, the
/ light, the intelligence and the
| knowledge necessary 10 enable
Z us Ia pursue our course rs latter.
I day Saints. Think of how many
doctrines have iiecn taught thai
have keen new 20 the world. bui
that God has revealed In our darl
How cOrld we Understand them
unless the Spirit OF God bore tesii-
m0ny &c theri2 Who ON tile earth
believed them Ihey VeEe nu,
sanctioned by tradition. They werr
not upheld 10y the common belief Of
man. They were new % this gene.
ration. Yet, though they shocked
the pnjudices Of mankind, and per
laps startled As Laiter-day Saints.
when we sought God fora testimony
concerning them, He never failed
% give unto Us His Holy Spirit,
which witnessed unto our spirits
that they were from God. and not
Of man. - II will be 10 the end.
The Presidency OF the Church have
70 walk just As You walk. They
have 10 take steps jus. as you take
steps. They nave TO depend up1n
the revelations OF UOd d. they come
10 them. They cannot see the end
from tie beginning, - thu Lord
dos. Iher haze their faith tested
a rOu Es+s y6Ut fsith tt6isl. 90
with the Twelve Apostles. Alithat
We can DO Is 70 seek tile mind and
viii Of CO.. and when that comes
70 rs, though II may CONT in con-
tact with every feeling that we have
previously entertained, we have no
opti"n but 10 take the step that God
points out, and 20 trust TO Him, as
We were Ufter told liz President
Youur, ioE tie res;:lts. Tia, Is the
wa TITS FhH-ali 2 le'i. There is
no being. slSe the totri- iiiuiself,
who knows the end from tiie begin
ming, Who Of " would be tested IL
VIC were il that cnuditioua 1t is
jus. as Aectsssrt .ksi 80 Posi-.
dency and the Apostles should be
tried rs Il IS that you should be tried.
It is as necessary that cur faith
should be called into exercise as that
your faith should be called into ex-
erc!se. We can see n certain dis
lance IN thu light Of the Spirit
of Cod aS, !. te-el,s q - His
ind sad His Sili, aud We Ea!i tskI
these steps with perfect sectlrity,
knowing that thsy are the right
steps 10 I've. tcke.. Eu: - 10 What
the restil, viii be, that is for the God
OF lsrcei - cJn;foi. That is the
way in which the Church Of
God has always been lei. and
IL VIII always he led in that
way until He comes who is our
King, oar L1wgiver and our Presi-
dent. even Jesus Christ.
Its your privilege. my brethren
aiid s!stef5, In all these ntltlerS. TO
stiow aiso whether The steps that
yol take are acceplatiie Ei!tU Godj
aEd Wien ygu receive this teStirious
get wiz su5w lot 16,trseiSes. Sou
viii khoIt i sil uvtt. Fhough |our
mortal eyes and your nioftat tI'Fs
may neither have seen nor heard.
yoI will i,ysow. il By the testimony
thal comes from Cod. The con
viuciag power OF the Spirit Of Odd
i greater than the evidence OF the
outer senses.
God is with His people, and He
will continue TO br with them; and
il VIC will do that which He tells Us.
He Wiz never desert us. nor turn
His face from as; H.. will never
close His ears 20 our cries. but II.
vii, u 'ii!ick a. hear our supplica-
iious =rt ~ respond 20 them in
blessings up1t ".
II there are &uy who have mined
;hls Church vi:h the expe.tatiun OF
having ease. worldly pfoiiI arI al
vantage from their cspousal of The
Gospel, probably they will learn, il
iigi zee not aite9Jy. that this /, a
wrong motive, anu tliGi tifey have
been mistaken in their ideas. fetE
want 10 say to the Ll;ter-dsy Saints
that DO not believe there i another
people EpOn the face OF the earth
VINO aie 5ie3scd q We, are, notwith-
standing our trials. / isiitvA-snd
| 10 not say this with any DISPOSE
ton 70 exagsgrate-thata happier
or more prosperous people does not
live upon the earth than the Latter
day Saints. For God has blessed US
la tire midst Of our trial. aud has
given us pr0sIeII4, You look at
those vino have been faitnfuf and
compare the results. az their lives
with the results Of the lives Of those
who have left the Church. and
am sure that in making the conf
paris0u you Will be perfectly salts
fed that the course Of the former
class h7s hsuu tlis nIssi profitable
in every s,1sG 6 the word.
So il will I've IN the emo, uut-ith-
standing our Affections, our luI-
prisonments. and everything OF
Ibis character. I said on one
occasion. and probably more than
once, TO the brethren who were in the
peniteutiary. that / was willing To
prophecy that they would be more
blessed and prospered in that which
they pat their hands 70 TO than ii