Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14
PRESIDENT GEORGE 0. CANNON.

am sure that every Lltter.day Saint
VINO has heard the announcement made
by President Woodruff, will feel thank
iul In his hear, tor that which the Lord
has made manifest through him. This
subject OF adoption Is one that has en-.
gagged the attention of the Saints. to a
greater or less extent, lor some time, II
was revealed by the Prophet Joseph that
there IS a principle Of adoption by which
one generation will be sealed TO aud
connected with another. aud In his
words which have been read he fore.
shadows the welding together, by this
principle OF adoption, Of the various
dispensations. Ia a revelation that the
Lord gave through him, lie said
And again. verify Soy unto you, o. man
mlrI, HIir. and make a covenant with Urf i1r
time and for 40 eternity, D that covenant H not
Dos mr Ul by my w0ul, which h my llH. and is
not scaled hy thr Holy Spirit 0i promise,
through Dion wh1m / have anoiniei and np-
pointed unto this p1wcf-ilrp % 3. not VALID,
neither Gf force when they are ont of the
world. because they are not ilincd hy me. saith
tBc Lord neither hy my word; when they arc
out of tde world 10 cannot De received there.
because iht angels and the Gods ar. appointed
there, hF whom they cannot pass. they cannot
therefore, iuheut my glory, Tor my house DO
house of order, sallh the Lord God
on this account, marriages OF the
children Of men are only binding rs
between themselves while the covenant
lasts. Our fathers made their covenants
with oug mothers for time, aud when
a
the union ended also, Now, the Holy
Spirit revealed that this being the case,
every man and woman, and every child
born ~ the uHiprng OF these unions,
would stand separately, unless a new
bond were formed. Without this should
be done. there would be no binding link
TO unite woman TO man and children to
parents for all the obligations and all
the covenants had terminated, and,
therefore. members Of families would
each stand separately without any con.
ncCuun of a binding character between
themselves OF course, there was what
we call the bond OF blood existing;
There sno blood, however Ia resuf'
recled beingsl or, Ia other words, there
was the bond that arose through kin
bred. That would remain, The Lord
mas taught VS. NhNtNHlt AlldA Allln " NOT
all that is required; that there must be
AN authority exercised by which parents
should be houud together, and then
their children bound 10 them. We have
been taught also that through the tcye-
lation OF the Priesthood and It's bestowal
upon men, and the exercise Of that
Priesthood In sealing wives To- husbands,
the children begOlten in these marriages
are born, as we phrase H. ln the GOV.
cnant. that is, they are recognized by
tn. Lord as legitimate children OF the
covenant. lie having recognized the
marriage Of their parents, having given
the aunUuty to man on the earth to
bind on earth and that bond should be
sealed boz heaven ln this way the
Lnurrdly Saints are being bound
together IN the new and everlasting
covenant. wives being sealed To their
husbands, aud children, the offspring
OF these marriages, being born m the
covenant under the blessing and the
recognition by the Almighty oi the bond
that exists between their parents. Thus
YOU see that there is new order OF
things growing up among rs. IL is not
necessirywhere parents are thus sealed