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


glad udnes OF good ih.ngt and That say unto
Zion. behold thy God fegncl As The dcsa
u Carmel, So shall The mowlcdge Of God
dcsgend upon them"
And again. what DO We hear Glad udngs
from Cumoflh' Mofoui. ln angel from heIyen.
declaring aho hlhlmcni Of ne prophets Che
book 90 De revealed a voice oftHe Inrd BOO
the wilderness of Fayetic. Seneca county. Dc.
cauns the three v.iur.srI i1 brt record " ihs
book The voice 0f M..lla. 0H Doc banks OF
lie suquemnnl. detecting ihc devil uhHu he
appeared ls 800 angel of gHL fhr voice of
Peter. jane and John boo he wilderness Doe.
tween Harmony suIurIlHnt county. and
CoIcsvllc, hfluWc county. ou ibc Sl.quehanuI
river, declaring th.m.aiFri Bs possessing thc
KEYS Of tllc kingdom, and ftle dapenlauou of
de iulncsi Of times.
And again, ihr ,o.,eol Col LOO Che chamber
Of old father Wilmer. To Iaygur. Seneca
county. and 40 uniy times. and IH iyefH
place through 40 tr travel and fluctuations
OF ihn Church ui Jesus Christ of taucrdJy
Sunu. And Doe voice of Michael Ue arch.
angel Che voice u Gabriel. lnd of Raphael and
OF diver angels. from Michael of Adam down
10 thc present time 900 declaring their dHptn.
siton, hcr o.. their Keys. their h1nuu
their majesty aud glory, and iHc power of their
Priesthood giving line upon lng prcecpi upon
prcgcpp here "a little and there little giving
co. consolation hy holding iJrth that which h to
come, confirming uur hope
Resuming, President Woodruff said.
Thus you have before you the subject
which is resting upon Us, and which we
wish to present to the latlcfday Saints
Let me say that age has very little TO do
with revelation. In the early age of
the world, old father ADAM three years
previous to his death-he being nearly
one thousand years OF agc-cllled TO.
gcthcr his posteuly In the valley Of
Adam.oudi.Ahman, and he stood upon
his feet for hours, clothed with the
power OF God and the revelations OF
heaven, and blessed his pustenty some
seven Of whom, each representing a gen
GRAFTON, were High Priests. Among
them were Enoch and Mtihusalch both
great men OF their day and generation.
lie prophcsied upon them what should
transpirc with their posicfity unto the
end Of time. His old age did no, have
any effect whatever upon tho reycla-
tons OF God 10 him. Joseph Smith,
when fourteen years Of age, while
calling upon God Ia the wilderness, had
the heavens opened unto him. Both
the Father and the Son presented them.
selves unto him In the clouds OF heaven,
Son, hear him" The age OF man Is very
short indeed In this day to what 1t was
In ancient days. Men anciently lived to
a very great age. When four or 1--WE
hundred years old they took wives,
begat children, and raised up posterity
Today our age IS limited to something
like three score ycars and ten.
wish to say to the Latter.dly Saints
that we live In a very important gen.
Grafton. We are blessed with power
and authority. holding the Holy Priest.
hood by the commandment Of God, 10
stand upon the earth aud redeem both
| the living and the dead. live did not
| do H. we should be damned and cut OIL
I from the earth. and the God Of Israel
/ would raise up people who would do
| H. The Lord would not permit me to
occupy this position one day OF my life
unless ! was susceptible to the Holy
/ Spirit and TO the revelations Of God. Il
/ Is too late IN the day for this Church TO
stand without revelation. Not only the
| President Of the Church should possess
/ this gift and give Il unto the people, but
| his counsclofs and the Apostles and al
men that bear the Holy Priesthood, u
they magnify their calling, should pos
sess that gin Tor themselves and to
| assist them In their duties, although they
may not be called TO give revelations to
| lead and direct the Church. The spirit
OF revelation belongs to the Priesthood.
but TO come to the subject before Us.
Perhaps It may be said by the inqulflng
or the Directing mind, What have you
to say about redeemlng the dead, or
about baptism for the dead, or the work
| of the Temples OF our God, that is not
already revealed / will say this: When
the Prophet Joseph had this revelation
from heaven what did he dOl There
are witnesses here OF what he did. lie
never stopped ill he got the iuincss OF
the word ol God to him concerning the
baptism for the dead But before doing
so he went into the Mississippi river,
and so did ]. as well as others, and we
each baptzed a hundred for the dead,
without man TO record a single act
that we performed, Why did we do ~
BECAUSE OF the feeling Of Joy that we
had. TO think that we In the flesh could
stand and redeem our dead. We did
not wait To know what the result OF this
would be. or what the whole Of IL
should be. Finally the Lord told the
prophet. "When any Of you are bap'
Tied for your dead, let there be a
recorder. and let him be eye witness OF
your baptisms. let HIM hear with his
ears that he my testify OF truth,
saith the Lord, that In all your record
inps Il may be recorded In heaven,
whatsoever you bind ON earth may be
hound in heaven, whatsoever you loose,
on earth, may DE loosed ~ heaven
That was the beginning OF this work
loseph Smith, instead OF living to be
nearly thousand years OF age as
Adam did. lived 10 be about thirl}-elghl
wears of are. He brought forth the
record ofthe stick of Joseph IN the hands
of Ephraim-the history Of the ancient
Inhabitants OF this continent ny ule
nnWer OF God he translated that, aud Il
has been published IN many languages
Besides this, he organized me Wv. el
of lesus Christ Of Latlerday SAINTS upon
The foundation of apostles ana prom
3 els Christ lusus being the chlei corner
3 stone. Men were ordained 10 the Priest
hood and sent forth, rom We Ealloui
occupations OF lite, 10 carry 'h,' HoapJl
, to the world. God lnloImeu lo'.Pu
Smith that he was called To pIuhe lhe
VINEYARD once more for the laat 'lHl1
, before the coming Of The son OF Man
{ Since that thousands oil E'uui' ~
4 Israel have been sent into INC Wollui
i to preach the Gospel Joseph amlU
] did all thls during the fifteen years ne
p held the Priesthood, Let any man Ied'
Inc revelations IN the Book OF Doctrine
|, and Covenants, which were BNSl
+ through him during the h'"s u''' NV