Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-30
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ELDER FRANKLIN D. RIIAADDS,



NV beloved hearers, I am mosl
deeply sonaiDle u ths folly OF man
undertaking 10 instruct and to eddy
God,s people, except he be fllled Win
tho words Of life and faith, aud Is in'
splreJ by the Holy Ghost sent down
nom heaven. There has boen pre-
tenied to Us a general review Of the
condition Of tho work Of God In the
earth Al the present time, by when VIZ
are reminded Of very many reasons
We have for gratitude to our Heavenly
Father for His manifold moFcies uuto
us. thiuk a realizing sense OF Ills
poodnegs and our own unw0rthine's Is
very necessary for w TO entertain In
order that we may posses that meek
mes. OF spirit and that brokenness Of
hear, by which the sFlFlt shall be
ali. 10 dwell freely aud abundanily
with ne. -
There IL principle which is the very
it,,apd growth aud existence Of God's
re,pie. which IL entertained by His
saints everywhere, aud against which
IN. whole world rises up In decided
opposition, that l., tho principle Of
i.resont aud continued revelation.
without this no Saint can grow and
increase In the knowledge Of God.
without this the great lettcr.dny work
tina, has attained IT. present proportion
would never have reached sucn posi-
ton. IL Is the llfeRnd vitality Of Gods
people 10 have the minlstrations Of the
Holy Ghost, which takes Of the things
OF God and shows them unto mankind.
without them, men have been ic!t to
fashion great many forms Of religion,
having, as the Scriptures said tncy
should have, tho form Of godlluvss
without the power thereof. IA the
body may look nice u d lovely even IN
death, II Ia impotent aud goes back to
mother Garth, except tue spirit vital
ires Il, gives II life and animation, nils
ltRlth It's hOpes aud desires.
when We 10 forth TO the human
family we arc confronted with this OPP
ppsitiOn Mt once. IL ia said 10 Us that
there 10 TO be no more revelation, and
they try 10 make ~ believe that there
shail be no more. Why, Il Is
contrary 90 the spirit that all the
Propheia have entertained. when
men rose up In ancient Israel and he.
gar 10 prophecy, some Of the holy
folke went TO Moses and said so.nnd.s0
O.. A NHa Al - = nHHHHN
SAYS he, "Would to God that all the
Ldrd'a people were PROPHETS" That
has been the sense Of every true, en-
lighteued Prophet Of God upon the
earth. IL according 10 the promise
which Peter sol forth nj Penteuost, ~
had bupn declared by the Prophet joel,
that Ia the last days He would pour
out HisSpiril upon all flesh: sand your
sons and your daughters shall pro.
phosy, your young men shall see
Visions, anu your old mon shall dream
drsama.o Let me remind you, my
brethren and sisters, that We 1.-Two In
the dawniug Of that day; and 1t IL not
only our privilege, but duty we owe
TO ourselves, 10 Gods people, and Ia the
honest IN heart throughout tho world
who have not heard the Gospel, that
We should uourish anu cultivate this
spirit OF revelation within us con-
SANITY.
tits the work OF the Holy Spirit to
quicken our spirits. II We nrr washed
from our sins, and live holy before God
and In tho working Of that spirit,
which Ia unto the Fanctifylng OF our
bodice and our spirita, we become filled
with that light which h " grow, aud
ought TO grow brighter and brighter
until the perfect day. As we live la a
period OF limo when troubles, judg.
muhis, and sorrows unspealIablo arc TO
be poured out upon the ungodly, and
the righteous can only escape by their
faith, aud by ataniing in holy places
without being moved, Il becomes
everyone that processes the name OF
Jcsus that they should cultivate this
spirit within them continually. aye
receive the 6plrit," rays the Lord 10 "
In the latter-days, "by the prayer Of
faith.D so, then, We ought with CON
slant prayer, diligence and devotion
10 kindle continually the fire ON the
altar u our hearts by the faithful keep.
ing OF His commandments aud livins
By every word that proceeds out Of the
mouth OF God, 10 that this may con.
minds, that W. mAy become baptized
by the Holy Spirit anu by the firo OF
the l4ard.
Hut they tell ", when we talk OF
these things, that tho scriptures say
VIZ must not have any more revelation.
By their Ignorance aud misuudog-
standings they wreht The scriptures, not
knowing the Gospel nor the power o.
God. They Eny, u Is given In the last
chapter Of Revelations. "If any man
shall add unto these things, God shall
aud unto him the plagues that are
wrlttou In this book, and " any man
shall take away from the words Of the
book Of tais prophecy, God shall take
away his part out oil tho bnOE Of liie,
and out Of the holy city, and from tho
things which are written IN this book. -
Very true; M Il Is and ~ It viii be.
The Prophet Moses let II on record In
Deuteronomy that there should be
nothing added 10 that law which was
given unto thGm. II Ia written twice
IN Deuteronomy, aye shall not add
unto the word which / command you,
neither shall We diminish ought from
H." Suppose that meant there should
10 no more revelation, what are you
going 10 DO with these great prophe.
Giles VI Isaiah, VI jeremiah, Of Ezekiel,
OF Daniel, and all the holy Prophets
that came after? II that was a pOr.
petuAl Injunction against further Tevc-
lation, how could the savior coinp, IN
confirmation OF this law that lie had
given TO Moses, and declare Hts whole
system Of ealyAtl0n 10 ~, which was
from he'Oro tho foundation of this