Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26
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PRESIDENT GEORGE 0 CANNON,
AtNo 7a5ernao,e, sat Tale C.ty, Sun
day, Avgut 0, 1893.


In standing up before you this after
noon, my brethren and sisters, desire
en- interest In your faith and prayers,
that my mind may bo directed to those
subjects that rnall be Of the greatest
profit to ~; for DO not want to stand
here and speak my own thoughts, nor
to say those things that may think
proper; | would rather the Lord would
dictate that which shall be- said. To
this end | deslfo His II ly Spirit. How
DO know what you need? How do |
know the yenruinga Of your souls, or
that which will satisfy you and cause
you to leave this meeting thanki 8 the
Lord for that which He has given7 l
10 not know, nor does any human be.
ing; but the Lord knows, and have
never yet attended meeting, when
we have sought for the Spirit Of God,
that We have not gone from that meet.
lug rejoicing in that Spirit and In the
testimony Of tho truth. This n the
reauly Of the Gospel Of the Lord Jesus
Christ Il feeds those who hunger
after righteousness. It dispcls darkness,
II givos light It imparts comfort and
consolation, II lifts the soul, and light.
ems tie burdens which rest upon the
chiiuren OF men.
The experience that we have had, az
individuals and as a PEOPLE, has been
most remarkable. There are men ia
this congregation who have travelled
Thousands OF miles TO preach the Cos
lel OF the SON OF God aH the
ancient ApOstlrs dld-ihat is, With
ut Tu-se or scrip. They have
tfavereej sea and land; they have
l1bUrod In the cause 0i God Oillcloutly
amt been the means OF bringing hum
dtCds, and IN some instauc cs thoutands,
" souls 10 the knowledge Ui the
truth. They have gone out into an
uuiricndly and unchnriiablo world,
where they have had hut little or no
tympathy, whore all tue religious
world has been arrnyed against them;
ana yet they have wrought great good,
thUy have won e0uls, they have re-
turned rejoicing, oven ns the Apostles
u old did, when they came back nbd
told this Master that even devils were
subject unto them. No other people
that know anything about have had
such au experience. Men have gone
forth trembling, because Of their weak.
ness. Thoy did not know when they
went out how they would succeed.
But when they wanted clothing, God
tut u into the hearts W men 10 give II
10 them, when they wanted money,
there We're those raised up 10 furnish
~ They lid not have 10 40 naked;
they did not have to 70 without shel.
ter; neither did thoy have 10 10 hungry.
1 myself have been In this condition,
~ well ~ hundreds doubtless who are
here today. have had brethren re-
mark with whom laboTed, "What In
tue world are you going to do; your
clothing IL nearly gone; you must have
some clothing, nnu where shgll we
Rot it2" They did not know; did not
know. But 1 can bear testimony today,
Ia the midst OF this congregation, that
during many years labor la the mlnif-
Try, without purse and ecrip, never
went hungry, 1 never went destitute Of
clothing, | never had 10 go without
shelter; when / needed money Il was
given to me, and 1 never yet In my
life asked congregation or nh inui-
vidunl for any VI these things, except
to ask nj house perhaps II could |
hlny there over night.
On one occasion, ON tho Sandwich |
lalands, went over from the
town where l was living 10 Waiehu, |
where Brother Francis A. Hammond |
(who now prosidea over the san Juan |
tlnhe) nud his wifo were living, and / |
itnyou with them over night. We |
were destitute Of garments, aud We |
did not know what to 10 about n. |
Money chen Ia that country was CX-
Cceuiugly valuable. Why, they would |
have litigation over the price OF "A |
chicken, and n seemed impossible 10 |
obtain money 10 supply our wantg. We |
knelt down In tho morning and asked |
The Lord 10 open the way. Brother |
Hammond and / started 20 40 10 |
branch about twenty miles distant. |
On our way through the hills We met |
man who had been up TO the place |
whtte 1 lived 10 got Presbyterian |
preacher TO come down ana perform u |
marrlugo ceremony; hut the minister
waa gone, aud no a6ked me II would |
10 with him aud marry the couple. |
We went with him. IL was Cana.
dian half'brecd that deeired 10 be- mar.
fiod 10 One OF the native women, and
after the ceremony was performed ana
we gave them some instruction, he
gave " five DOLLAR. That i've dollars
was as large nn amOuntAs five hundred
dollars would be under some cifoum.
stances. II II had dropped out Of the
heavens Ii could not have been more
unexpected than It was. But II an
Hwefei the PURPOSE, and the Lord put
II In the way. The Prcsby terrain min.
lister Loot the five dollars by being ab-
sent; hut expect he could spare IL
better thgn We could.
This II only little incident, but
could stand here and relate hundreds
OF similar incidents, how the
Lord opens he way before His Eldeu.
wpH sent on a mission 10 California,
] hnd translated the Book OF Mormon
Ia the hawaiian language, AM We had
by borrowing money, In
procuring u press, and type ami paper
had blught II and sent II 10 the lslands
while l returned home; tut after II
Ind reached the lelands, Brother
Farley T.. Pratt, who was IN Calil0r-
ma, uteired TO have the press aud tue
type and paper sent over 10 san
Francisco Tor his use, and ne Issued u
poapectuH Tor lRpcr called the
Mormon HoTdfd, and wrote home u
the Proficiency, uosirlng that / should
be sent 10 assist IN the labor. | had
only been home few weeks after an
absence Of five year. President
Young told mo that he thought had
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