Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-19

,gnp,uous for any man to arise to
,lIrs., such an audience Of intelligent
s.,rsn beings Il he were depending
a,,p himself for that which he should
s,y sincerely trust that in the re-
r5,ks shall make / may be assisted by
i5. faith and prayers Of those who are
pfesent
look upon this as one Of the most
Interesting conferences that has been
b.ld for long time. II must be graft
,ipy TO the latter.day Saints TO receive,
a, they do. the continued evidences that
God i with the people, that lie has not
forgotten Ills promises. and that lie
b,s the oversight OF the affairs Of Ills
Church. and regulates and conducts
those affairs according TO the counsel OF
tusown will. never attend a meeting
where the Spirit Of God is manifested in
power withou, feeling profoundly CRATE
mli the reflection that God Is with US,
and that lie oondescends to honor US
and to testify to the people by giving
Mis- Holy Spirit. This, also, brethren
and sisters, is a consolation aud a COM
fort that no human tongue can dcseribe'
TO know by testimony from the Lord
that we are In the path that lie has
marked out for our salvation; to know
that we have a standing among the
people whom lie acknowledges to be
Ills. and that through His condeseen'
sion we have the communion OF the
Holy Spirit. IL Is a consolation 10
know, when light Is needed, when ques'
tons arise which require more than
human wisdom for their solution, that
We have access unto our Great Creator
and that through the spirit Of revelation
vhich He has promised TO bcstow, we
can knows and understand for our
selves. What mighty importance at
uches to that which was explained to
Is this morning by President Woodruff
How widespread and iarreaching is
,he ordinance to which allusion was
made, by which children will be sealed
TO their parents, one generation con
nected with another and the whole
human family be brought within the
family OF God, TO be His recognized and
acknowledged sons and daughters,
bound together by the power OF the
everlasting Priesthood and In the new
and everlasting covenant which lie has
given TO man. What glorious system
Of salvation spreads out before US In
the contemplation Of that which the
lord has revealed What a feeling Of
tenderness and love wells up in our
hearts in thinking that we are the chill,
dren OF God, and that we are and Shalt
be bound together by ties that never
can be brokebl How this draws as to-
gether aud makes us feel interested In
one anotheh How il causes our souls
10 expand as wide as eternity; not con-
filming our hopes and our labors to any
individual, or to any one family but
embracing In our feelings the entire
brotherhood OF man.
Certainly the l.atter-day Saints should
be the most thankful OF any people
upon the face OF the earth. You travel
throughout the earth and ask the wisest
and the most learned what object our
Creator had In placing man on the
earth, in surrounding him with the cir
cumsiances with which he Is enyironed,
and what lie has In view for him in the
the future, and who could answer your
know that religious denominations
have their explanations concerning the
future; but how unsatisfactory they are !
How little there is In them to comfort
and cheer, to create hopes and antcipa.
tons that are bright Even the Indian,
when he talks about his happy hunting
grounds. probably expresses more
cheerful view. In the sectarian world
there Is vagueness. In the pictures they
present as to the future life there Is
nothing that is really satisfactory. Very
few Of them believe that these ties
which make our human lives so delight
iul will be petpetuated In the eternity
To come. The great majority believe
that husbands and wives, parents and
children will be nothing to each other
~ the eternal world; that is, their rela
lions to each other within the family
circle will be no more close or definite
lh1n their relations TO beings without
that holy tie. Now, the Gospel OF the
Lord Jesus Christ has taught us that
ties are formed here which are eternal
~ Their character; that family associa-
lions are created that never can be dis
solved; that men and women are bound
together for eternity; that man Is not
without the woman, nor the woman
without the man, In the Lord that they
have their children; and that the greatest
blessing they can enjoy is to have con-
hfmed unto them forever the privileges
which they possess In this life. There
H something grand In the contemplation
Of this glorious principle. II gives GER
alntY unto every man and woman who
Wlll seek for H. The woman Is not lost,
The man is not lost. However obscure
and Insignificant we may be, we cannot
Zoe lost sight OF. We will be felt after
and brought out, unless we have com.
miied objectionable sins, and some.
BODY will take interest In us. There Is
no one In the whole family that will be
SO Insignificant as to be forgotten. This
creates peculiar feelings in our hearts
ana It ought TO make the Latter.day
saints 9 broad aid expansive people In
their minds, and have no doubt II will
have that effect.
/ look for the communication that
was made today by our President TO
nave great effect upon this people. IL
wlll stimulate our love for our families
AZ the same time It will check any
feeling OF building up anything like
Tribes among us. II will attach us to
our own kindred and race. 1t will pro-