Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-07

these men. Why did lie not choose
/ thesr learned nui great mem ~ !
havr often said, lie could not handle
| them. God has always chosen the
/ weak things 81 the earth. He showed
Abraham, In HE day, the spirits that
/ dwolt In His presence, "and among all
/ these were many Of the noble and
/ great Onef;" and God said unto
Abraham, "fhese | will make my
rulers, and he said unto me-
Abraham, thou art one OF them, thou
vast chosen before thou vast born."
Abraham stood at the head Of Israel In
the beginning. He l. our rrent pro.
genitOr. God raised up the Savior
through the ioins OF Abraham.
The Laticf-day saints should not
get the idea that the Lord has f0fsaken
His people, or that He does not reveal
His mind and viii; because such Hn
idea IL not true. rho Lord l. with Us,
aud has been with Us from the begin.
Ming. This Church has never been
led n day except by revelation. And
He will never leave Il. II matters not
who lives or who dies, or who r. called
~ lead this Church, they have got to
lead II by the inspiration Of Almighty
God. IL they DO not do u that way,
they cannot do ID vt all. The Lori
will not iall In those last days, and lie
will fulll all that He has promised
through His Prophets aud Apostles,
until XiDu arises In IT. glory, aud the
Bride, the LAMBS wife, L. prepared
Tor the coming Of the great Bflde-
groom.
made some remarks last Sunday at
Brigham City upon this came princi.
plc-rcvclgti0n. Read the life NJ
brigham Young and you can hardly
Ind q revelation that he had wherein
ne said, "fhus saith the Lord" but
tue Holy Ghost was with him; He
taught by Inspiration aud by fcvcla.
ton; but with one exception he DID not
give those revelations Ia tho form that
Joseph did; for they were not written
hnd given ~ revelations aud command.
ment.t to the Church IN the wOrd, aud
name OF the Savior. Joseph said
"rhu. saith the Lord" almost every
day VI hi- life In laying the foundation
Of this work. hut those who followed
him have not deemed Il always no.
ccssaty 10 say "rhus saith the Lord"
yet they have led tho people by the
power Of the Holy Ghost; aud u YOU
want 10 know what that IL read the iirst
six verses " the sSth section Of the Book
VI Doctrine aud Covenants, where the
Lord told Orson Hyde, Luke Johnson,
Lyman johnson aud William T.. Me-
Lellin 10 20 out ami preach the Gospel
10 tue people ~ they were moved upon
by tho Holy Ghost:
"And whatsoever they shah spa,k
when moved upon by the Holy Ghost
..|.. -. III a.. A..
Lord, shall be- tho mind VI the Lord,
shall be- the word OF tho Lord, shall DO
tho voice OF the Lord, aud tho power Of
God unto salvation"
Il l. 10y that power that we have led
lstael. by that power PRECEDENT
Young presided over and led the
Church. by the same power President
John Taylor preaidej over and led the
Church. Aud that ID the way 1 have
acted, according TO the best Of my hhll.
ity, In that capacity. do not want
the Laiter.day Saints tO underrtnnd
that the Lord l. not with ~, and that
lie Is not giving revelation TO "; for
lilo l. giving u revelation, AMI will
give US revelation until this scene IL
wound up.
have had some revelations Of late,
and very important ones to me, and
will tell you what the Lord has said u
me. Let mo bring your minds 10 what
Is termed the manifesto. Tho Lord has
told me by revelation that there are
many members Of tho Church through.
out Zion who are sorcly tried In their
heats because. Of that manifesto, and
also because Of the testimony Of the
Presidency OF this Church aud the
Apostles before the Master In Chance.
ny. Since | received tina. revelation I
have heard Of many who are tried In
these THUGS, though | had not heard
Of any bciorethHt particularly. Now,
the Lord has commanded me % do one
thing, and | fulfilled that command.
mrnt al the conference NJ Brigham
City last sunday, aud | viii do the
same here today. The Lord has told
me TO ask the Laitcr.day Saints q
question, aud He also told me that II
they would li,ten 10 Whist I sald 10
them and answer the question put to
them. by the spirit and power u God,
they would allanHwcr alike, and they
would all belie'e alike with regard 10
this matter, The question u this:
Which Is the wl-est course Tor tho
liattcr-day Saints TO pursuc-lo con.
tinue 10 attempt 10 practice plural
marriage, with the laws Of the nation
against IL aud The opposition Of sixty
millions o. people, aud Mt thscost OF
the conflscsilgn aud toss Of all the
Temples, aud the stopping Of all the
ordinances therein, both for the living
aud the dead, and the imprisonment Of
the First Presidency aud Twelve aud
the heads OF families In the Church,
aud the onniiacIli0n Of personal prop.
criy OF the people (sll Of which ol
themselves would stop tho prac,lcel,
or after doing ind suffering what we
have through our adherence to this
principle 10 cease the practice and
submit 10 the Inv, nni through doing
10 leave the Prophets, Apostles aud
fathers at hone, 90 that they can in
Htruct the people aud attend % the
duties u the Church, and also leave
the Temples In The hands Of the Salnts,
10 that they an attend 10 tho ofli-
nances Of the Gospel, both for tho liv.
Ing and the deid2
The Lord showed me by vision aud
revelation exaitly what would take
place II we did not stop this practice.
II We had not topped II, you would
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