Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-04

RtANHNF AfhhhAAh ~ hAfhANWA
addressed the Conference. Following
Ia brief and necessarily imperfect
synopsis Of his discourse;
lie felt the necessity Of having the
Holy Spirit In attempting to address
the congregation. A grand view had
been presented TO us " the progress Of
the work Of tod In the present time,
and even In the contemplation OF this
We are reminded that II Is necessary
for Us TO have sense Of our own uu-
wOrthinoss. Without humility the
Spirit Of tod cannot dwell within ~.
There Is one pfinciple which under
Hes the very existence oithe Church o.
God, and that Is the necessity Of con-
tinuous revelation. Against this
principle all the world g0es out la
opposition. But Without II the Saints
cannot grow In the knowledge Of God.
The renspn why men have been lett to
form religious systems which have the
"form Of godline-s but deny the power
thereof" Ia this, they had no revelations.
They do not believe that there arr any,
nor that there ever will be any more.
This IL contrary TO the spirit that pre-
vailed among the ancient people OF
God. When on one occasion someone
complained to Moses that certain per.
sons prophesled, that man OF God said
he wished all the LORDS people could
prophecy. Peter quotes the promise
given through the Prophet Joel, "And
IL shall come 10 pass In the last days,
saith God. will pour out OF my Spirit
upon all flesh ana your sons aud your
daughters shall prophecy, and your
young men shall see visions, and your
old men shall dream dreams" We
believe that We are living In the bn-
ginning OF the days here spoken Of,
and woshould therefore nourish and
cultivate the spirit " revelation con.
stantly, and the more since VIZ believe
that we are living In times Of trouble,
from which only The righteous eau e..
cape, by standing In holy places and
imm0vable.
We arc sometimes told, that the
Scriptures say We must expect no more
revelations, and In support Of this,
people quote the verse nj the end of the
Revelation Of John, where men are
prohibited from adding TO or taking
nom the word Of that prophecy. hut II
IN clear that those who argue Ia this
way do not understand the word Of
Cod. 10 was strongly forbidden 10 add
anything to the ancient law or 10 lake
anything from Il. Yet this did not
mean that there was 10 be no more
prophets or revelations attor the time
of Moses. The prohibition referred TO
l. applicable only 10 the book In which
1t IL found, aud not to revelation In
general. All the scriptures OK tant In
Pau's day were necessary for in-truc.
tlon, etc; so Is everything that God has
revealed up 10 the present day.
At the dedication Of the
temple In Kirkland, the prophet
Joseph and thAApostles were sustained
a. prophets, seem and reyelator. That
Ia how the apostleship was looked upon
then, and the speaker could testify that
the apostles now are cultiyatlng the
spirit and are prophets, seer and rovel-
atorH To tho people, II they atewilling
10 receive them. And 80 with ether
members Of the Priesthood. Every
head oi n family should live NO that he
could be n seer and rovt lntOr to his
household. 10 IL distressing 10 cOntcm.
plate the fact that the people can some.
times indulge In strife aud contentious
No man has a right TO get 80 Interested
iil llH wv " NAAAlN 10 w ANtkNk VIM Nv
owes his fellOwmen. No one has a
right 10 climb on another N order to
obtain an elevated position Tor him.
self. None should speak evil Of an.
other. We must DO careful In
theso. things and have no ami
mostly towards each other, even
II we are VI different opinions
IN some things. II we are not
careful IN these matters, We are In
danger Of losing the Spirit OF God and
thus be- prevented from growing In
righteousness. However, the work In
which We are engaged Is the Lord's.
II We only viii hv faithful, lie VIII
bear ~ OF triumphant Rud build us
up IN the trur fnith.
Revelation II continually needed.
Even the advancement Of tire world
In science anu inventions n u result VI
thu spirit OF revelation. Tho speaker
| referred To the application Of steam
ami elcc,Ilc y 10 various uses, ne M
| Illustration Ot the workings OF tho
| spirit Ot revelation, The world ought
To know this and 10 glogiy God sor
what has been accomplished.
God has given IA knowledge con.
cerning HIM. Fis viii has been
revealed 10 ", but all has not yet been
! revealed, There Il mop 20 follow.
/ The various branches OF Gods people
had sept their separate ttoOrsd, as
We are doing, and they VIII an be-
brought together aud testify concern.
| Ing thu establishment OF tho work
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