Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14

his own will" ! believe VIC were pre-
destined TO come here. believe that 1t
was arranged that We should come here
as We have done. No doubt when we
trace our ancestors back. we will find
that they trod 10 muddy places. We
shall ind that there was wickcdness
among them There can be little doubt
about this, because they were human
beings they were exposed to tcmpta-
ton and TO sin. Nevertheless that was
the arrangement; and when We meet
with cases about which there will be
question, we eau then inquire of the
Lord concerning them, and whether 10
would De right to continue the sealing
OF the children TO them and through
lhem 20 somebody else or whether there
shall be break loo the link. for we shall
all hc linked together as chain One
generation will be linked To- another by
the power and authority Of the Holy
Priesthood until We get back TO the
time when the Priesthood was uDon the
earth. and when the authority TO ad.
minister these ordinances was among
men DO former times
Another thing that what we have heard
today will effect There has been dispo.
sIiIon manifested among our people. o.
some cxicntiof somc men and women 20
gather up Jll the names OF families they
could ind, whether they were related
OF not and perform ordinances for them
am believer In this when 10 does not
interfere with the rights OF hcirship We
should do 40 we can for those Tor whom
we have friendship, or to whom we arc
attached in any way, and who have no
living representatives that we know OF
in the Church. But you can see the adj
vantage OF pursuing now the course
that Is pointed out by the word OF God
To MS. u will make everyone careful to
obtain the connection. and to get the
nantes properly Of the sons and OF the
daughter, of men, 90 have them sealed
10 their parents. II will draw the line
iairly. 10 will define the lineage clearly.
But says one. that may take a long
time Well, we have got thousand
years 10 do it in. We need not be In
such q hurry as TO create confusion.
The Lord will give Us time enough 10 do
! it 40 and when we have gone as Tar as
| appears possible. lie will give to us OPP
| pOrtuniucs that, at the present time. We
are ignorant Of, aud We will find that
everything will be made plain and each
man will trace bis genealogy clear back.
/ and we Will know our connection. and
what to do IN relation 10 these matters,
/ Tor the Lord will reveal Il tous.
Ny brethren and sisters, suppose that
each OF o. should seek some great man
ia the Church 10 be sealed 20. For in
stance. we would like 10 be sealed TO
I the President of the Church because il
would bee q great honor to be adopted to
/ him. aud we think, well that man Is
much better than my father. / would
/ rather be adopted TO him than 10 be
sealed TO my father. do not thinl,
| very much Of my father or my mother"
/ Now, ] think, when we feel that way,
/ that we are, TO q certain extent, dcspis.
/ iug the arrangement which the Lord has
made. We should not despise our
| origin. On the contrary, we should
/ seek 10 preserve IL, aud honor those who
have gwen as birth.
It always has seemed to me. In re-.
ilecling upon this. that the Prophet
Joseph honorcd his father who bcgot
him, yet Joseph was the man chosen by
the Almighty to stand 10 the head
OF the entire people OF this
dispensalion. We all have 10 look
to him. Every Apostle. and every great
/ man IN the Church, must ol necessity
/ turn his eyes towards the Prophet Of
! God, whom lie chose 10 lay the founda.
ton OF this work. You don't find any.
NllNk lNN IhHN IiNl p NNAN lAAN W. llAH NINNAlINt
as 10 Is recorded, that would give the
least idea that he thought himself Of SO
superior nature that he could not
honor his father and mother. In fact,
remember well the Prophet. In speak.
| ing about the sepulchre that he had
prepared near the temple block dcs-
! cubing the Joy that he would have Ia
rising from the dead and striking hands
! with his father and with his kindred
and how delighted he would be to come
up in the resurrection and grasp them
by the hand. That spirit attended him
in all his illusions 90 his kindred. 10 his
] father and mother especially. There is
no doubt In me- mind that the Prophet
! Joseph would be sealed to his father
| lie will honor his father and his mother.
| lie will be sealed TO them, and they and
their lineage will doubtless be con-
nectcd with him by the sealing otdin.
ancc as the head OF this dispensation
| They will have TO be connected with
him by some link or bond that will be
created, II Il does not already exist, as
we al will be connected with him be-
cause he IS the head OF the dispense.
| ton. But as a son he will be connected
| with his parents, he will honor his
parents. and Ia lis turn he will be honored
by his ancestry and all who come
within the range and under the
] jurisdiction OF this dispensat0n.
| AN such will necessarily be sealed
by some bond to the Prophet Joseph.
In this way we shall all be united, and
there can be no question on our part rs
TO the propriety Of being all connected
| with Joseph, carrying up every lineage
| directly as far as we can, and then link
ing them on TO the head Of the dispen.
satiou. There need be no jealousy,
then. There need be none to say,
! "Wcll, ! am sealed or adopted TO a
greater man than you. ! am adopted 10
Joseph, OF 10 Brigham, or 10 John lay
Tor. or 10 MILFORD Woodruff. or 10 this
man or the other man. There will be
no need 10 pride and plume ourselves
on the fact that we are adopted TO these
various men, and thus divide the PEG.
pie asunder In their feelings, creating to
a certain extent a feeling Of rivalry
which does not belong 10 the Gospel OF
the Son OF God. Every man that re.
fleets upon il can see that this revelation
which God has given through His SER
yant MILFORD Woodruff removes that
danger out OF our pathway and prepares
us 10 10 forward and honor our kin
dred and do everything we can for their
salvation, concentrating our feeling
upon our ancestors, and not upon some,
body else's ancestors. In thus hunoring