Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-14
REM ARKS
FRElNENI GEORGE Q. annoy,
~ logan Cache Stale Conference
Sunday Dtcrnoon. Nor. I, 1891.
turroRrED ny ARTHUR wrSrrR.l


and deep Interest 10 the remarks which
have been made In our hearing by
President Woodruff. am glad that
he has had the opportunity OF meeting
with you on this occasion, aud has felt
10 speak as he has done, because be-
lieve that his remarks will have a ten
dency TO remove many doubts and
queries from the minds Of the Latter.
day Saints. That which he has said
aud that which has been done 20 TO
sustain with great clearnrss tho ne.
cesslty OF the teachings which have
been constantly given 10 the people Of
this Church concerning the manner
In which they should livc--that they
should live 40 as 10 have a living tesii.
mony within themselves regarding the
teachings TINT they receive, the couu.
sci that IL given, aud the course that
Is pursued. From tho beginning Of
the Church In these days we have been
under TIL. necessity. The work
Of our God has not been accord.
ing TO the ideas OF men. Everything
connected with u, II may be said, has
come In contact with preconceivcd
notions. There IL scarcely move
that has been made Ia the Church that
has not coniilctcd with tmdliiOnnry
Ideas aud the views that men enter
tained concerning the course that
should be pursued. IL was 70 In regard
TO the ordinances that were admins
tered. IL was 20 In regard 10 the
gathering. How much that doctrinc
Of gathering came In conflict with
mems ideasi "Why cannot we wor.
ship God In our own land and among
our own people, just as well IA 10 break
up our homes, eeiarate ourselves FROM
our kindred, abandon our native places,
aud 70 10 some far distant place that
we have never seen, and Of which We
know but little, there 10 worship
Godf" How could people believe any
such thing ns being necessary unless
they lived 10 Us 10 have the testimony
OF tho Spirit OF God within them
that II was requisite for them 10
take such n step? Those that lived
near u dOi did receive that testimony,
and, like Abraham Of old, they broke
up their old associations aud went 10y g..
fully and without fcpining TO tho place
which God had designated, through
His servants n the place OF gathering.
IL has been almost an impOssibiiity to
keep men aud women from gathering.
know that where thisGospci has gone
aud there has been n restraining iniiu.
enoe excfted 10 prevent men aud wo.
men from gathering, they have felt
n though they were being punished,
and they could not content themselves
In the land where, before they en-.
hfaced the Gospel, they expected to
live and die. The Lord moi only r..
vealed this doctrine, coming 10 much
Ia contact with old habits and yiow
but lie revealed many other 1ocirinus,
the object apparently being u make
this people different from every other
people upon the earth.
In the fifst place we gathered 10 Ohio
aud then 70 Missouri. Now, the hope.
u the Latter-slay Saint were greatly
excited over the words Of the Lord con.
corning Missouri, aud they supposed,
when they went 10 Jackson county,
that they were about To lay the found.
alton Of stake OF Zion that would
never bc thrown down, aud that Zion
would arise and shine In her beauai and
In her strength, aud become the Joy OF
the whole earth. They were led 10
expect that such would be the results
from the tone u the words OF the Lord.
The Lord acts with Us a. We act with
our children, 10 H0mo extent. lie does
not tell us everything. l suppose that
II the early Elders OF this Church
could have seen all that we had 10 pass
through aud the length OF time that
would elapsc before the redemption OF
Zion was achieved, they would have
tainted by the wayside and have felt
that human nature could not endure
such trials. know, In my early recol.
lectiOns OF the teachings Of the Eldors,
they Imagined, Judging from their 70,
marks, that II would 10 only Row
years before Zion would be redeemed.
When We were coming TO these valleys
| happened 10 bo present when romo
Of the Twelve Apostles were talking
concerning the future, and the rccol-
lection OF that conversation IL In my
mind now; and | know that, though
they were Inspired men and filled with
revelation, they did not conceive, as
We now can conceive, OF the events
that would take place before Zion
would be redeemed. II was necessary,
seemingly, according TO the mind "
the Lord, that they should be- rncouf-
aged with tho hope that their efforts
would result In complete triumph.
At one time II was expected that we
should have complete revolution In
the manner OF managing our financial
affairs. The Lord gave revelations--
some Of the m0si precious that are con.
tained In the Book OF Doctrine and
C0venants-concerning the order Of
EuOch, ami plan was devised by the
Almighty, the most perfectof anything
that can be imagined, for the redemp.
tlOn Of the inhabitants Of the earth
from the evils under which they
groanod-a system OF stewardshlps,
that whenever II IL carried out viii cor.
rect these evils that we witness; and the
Elders were encouraged 10 enter upon
that Great promises were made 10
them respecting the results that should
follow their acceptance OF these reve.
latlons and the counsel contained
therein; and u great many sanguino
persons supposed that II would be "a
very little while until that plan would
be In full operation, and the poor would
bee relieved; for II " n feature In the
revelations that God gave 10 the
Prophet Joseph Smith that frequent
illusions are made 10 the poor and
they are always remembered. ltseemcd
~ though the Prophets mind was ex-
ercisei more In relation to the poor
than almost any other subject. This
seems 10 have been the ease also an.
ciently; for one Of the signs that esus
gave to tho Disciples OF John, when
they came 10 ask Him whether He was
the one that was To COME or should