Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-19

'he. nhdit Worship the lOfu my bOu,
and Him only shalt thou serve" So
say TO these Apostles before me, II the
devil could make one OF YOU believe tina,
we would not give YOU right counsel, he
would DO u. But he will not do IT,
thank God for that. feel can prophesy
that before God and angels. The Apos.
Ties. as n body, are united, and God has
laid His Spirit upon them, and they will
be true and faithful to thi- work until
they get through with IL. Those arc my
feelings. ! rejoice In this. / trust I
shall never pass through any more Of
those scenes that ! Witnessed In the
days that are past and gone.
Brethren aud sisters. God bless you,
Now, do not be afraid that the Presi.
dcncy aud Apostles Of this Church will
give you any wrong counsel. We have
learned better than TO do that. We
shall never do II while we dwell In the
flesh. The salvation Of the sons Of men
is OF far more worth than all the honor
that the human family can give upon
our heads. Give me salvation, give me
a part In the first resurrection. give me
the privilege OF standing in the morning
Of the hist resurrection with the
feSurfected dead-Siih my iathers
house and with the prophets aud apps.
ties who have lived Ia my cay and
gcnefation; give me power to be exalted
with them IN the eternal worlds In the
kingdom Of our God. That Is III ! ask.
And Il IS my privilege ant ours. IL is
the privilege Of this people to receive
these blessings at the hands OF God.
have confidence IN my brcthrep re.
ioice III them In the union that dwells
today In the house Of Israel, aud with
the Presidency and Twelve Apostles.
We love one another. We understand
something OF the work o. God In our
day and time. We have labofed to.
gethcr. Here are my codnselSts; they
have spent yeaIs and years upon the
Islands q the sea. where t.ey have Ind
W live rNon coe'anuis and poi and food
OF that character, aud they did 1t to save
q sous Of m-n. God has blessed them
in ala their labofs. lie will bless them.
lie will bless this people.
! believe this is all want to say TO
you this morning. ! felt sick when
arse, ! feel better now, aud as though
had been refreshed in spirit. thank
God am able to talk to you, as the say.
Ing is, in my old age. The Lord has
been very mefciful to me. The devil
has sought to kill me from the day
was born; but God has had an agent
with me TO keep me from his power, and
80 Tar ] have been preserved. / hope
the Lord will not let me live an hour
longer than can live in his service. but
am a feeble man-wcak like the rest
Of you. II anybody supposcs that the
Presidency and Apostles here are never
tempted Of the devil, they are mistaken.
We are tempted all the time, more or
less, and We have to war against these
things In order to stand and maintain
our position. / pray God that His
blessings may rest upon rs. ! rejoice
IA tins conference. II has been a glor.
ious time. There is good spirit here;
nd the testimonies that have been
given unto us by the power OF God have
been choice. The angels are watching
over US. The eyes OF all the heavenly
hosts are over US. Those who have
lived IN other dispensations understand
this dispensation lar better than we do,
and they are watching over the labors
OF the Elders OF Israel. pray that We
may pursue that course wherein We may
be justified before God, and have power
to conquer and overcome, aud when we
have finished here, that we eau 10 home
To receive our reward. The gteatlibrafy
IN the celestial kingdom OF our God con
tains the history OF tho dealings OF God
with all the world. for II belongs to this
world. Your history is there; mine is
there, our testimonies are there; aud we
viii have to meet them. hope aud
pray that my sins may be blotted out of
the book OF remembrance and not be
remembered against me. hope and
pray this will be the case with you; Tor
blessed IS the .h'n that viii meet this.
blessing when he COMES 10 the enc.
God bic s you. Amen.