The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-08

sus Christ Of Latter-day Saints was
continued in the tabernacle yesterday
at 10 a. m. Meeting was called to
order by President George @. Cannon,
who announced the opening hymn:
'"The time is far spent, there is little
remaining,
To publish glad tidings by sea and
by land"
Hpening prayer by Elder John Henry
Smith,
The choir sang the hymn:
20, my Father, thou that dwellest,
In the high and glorious place"
President MILFORD Woodruff was the
Ast to address the congregation. He
sgd IN brief: I ask and desire the
faith and prayers of the Saints that
while 1 stand before you 1 may be
guided by the spirit of God. This is
no idle ceremony, for if possessed of
all the eloquence of the ancient Greeks
and Romans, it would be impossible to
enlighten a single immortal soul on
the principles Of life and salvation, I'M
less guided by that spirit. I have been
dependent upon that spirit all my life
and especially during the time spert in
preaching the gospel. 1t does not mat
ter either what age a man is, if he is
Inspired by that spirit. The last speech
made by Father Adam to his children
was by the power and under the IN
f1uence Of the holy ghost. All of US.
apostles, elders, and Saints, are de-
pendent upon that spirit to guide us
Alright.
T. ! ~
slider the powers that be, the powers
thai govern and control the affairs of
this earth. There is the power of God
and his authority; and, opposed to ii,
the power of Lucifer, which has warred
against the former since the founda-
fion of the world, and will continue to
do so until the end of time and until
the desJinies of our souls have been
worked out. Since Lucifer, the son of
the morning, was cast down from
heaven, that warfare has continued
against God and Christ and the eternal
salvation of mankind. From Adam
down that power has been manifest in
the, people of the earth, in the build
insRsf cities and kingdoms. The power
OF God has been manifest, too, in the
raising up of prophets to warn those
cities and kingdoms, when the cup OF
their iniquities have been full. And
the words spoken by the prophets I'M
der the influence of that spirit nave
been fulfilled. jeremiah is an instance
of this in his warning of the israelltes
under King Jedekiah. The king ana
the people were wroth at the prophet
and prosecuted him until he felt al
most as if he could say: This people
can all &c to hell for all L care" but
the Lord spoke to him and told him
that before he was born he had APP
pointed him to do the work. and told
him to do his duty. He did so ana
his words came true in the judgments
upon that people afterwards 30 Win
all the house of Israel They have all
had warnings And we are IN the
same boat ourselves. 1t was the same
IN the days of the Savior. The powers
of evil fought against him untll the
day of his death. Since that time what
he said of the destruction OF the Jews
has come to pass. For nearly nlheteeH
hundred years they nave ielt lhe Son Nt
about their necks and they are not
through with it yet. The Prophet Jonn'
on the Isle of Patmos, prophesied that
rn angel should fly through the mluSt
of heaven, having the everlasting sos-
mel 10 nreach unto the children OF men:
That has been fulfilled. Inc LOru
raised up a man, ordained from peIole
nhe foundations OF the WoTIu, 70 pII1S
In the last dispensatiOn OF the gospeI
40 +he earth. That same power Warreo I
q rainst him and pursued him until the
aoo,,r of his death, when he, ike olheIs
A,fore him sealed his testimony with /
Eys blood. But in the little time mat
he lived upon the earth he NOT ohly or
ganized the church, but prouSnt lie
book Of revelations to the Worlu' one
Of the best books that has ever peeh
given to mar. 10
President Woodruff spoke OF the
,rraat anostacv which had occurred in |
fhe early history of the church' ~
Kirkland. Even apostles rose up 10
dictate to the prophet OF COO Inc
mower Of Lucifer even obtained con,
+roI over some who had received anu an.
testified to the Book OF Mormon Ol!-
ff-er Cowdery, whom he had seen speak
nv the influence of the holy ghost until
n seemed almost as if the earth trem-
hled and Martin Harris turned against
JoseDh and said he was fallen
nrophet. At one time there was only
two of the quorum OF the Twelve WHO
remained true to him. At that time
the speaker was member of the sew
enfjes' quorum. He had been asked
to turn AGAINST him, but had said, NO,
ne would not" He had seen TOO much
of the prophet and knew too much Of
him TO do So He saw the others had
been led astray, and he told them they
wouio go to perdition if they did not
A good many of them did fall.
He had seen one apostle stand UP in
the temple of God and curse the
prophet to his face, and when he took
the sacrament he damned piece OF
bread in his mouth like ravenous dog
and choked over it until he grew black
IN The face. He ate and drank damna-
tion - his soul He did not go out
and hang himself, but he did go out
and drown himself in the river; and
the water rolled over his body, and his
soul went to the pit, where he could
not have the power to curse the ser
wants of God to their face. The devil
is not dead, but he is still warning
against u.s. Those days of suffering
and sorrow have passed, but we are
not safe till the race has been fully
run and we have fulfilled our work
here. So we have got to watch or the
evil one will yet lead US astray Yet,
the speaker said, he was glad of one
thing. and that was that those days
were passed and would not come again.
For it is now too near the coming of
the Son of Man. The Lord has chosen
to perform his work and he
president Woodbury. was satisfied they
would be faithful unto death. He had
heard men testify that they had re-
.ai1yed The rninistrationS of angels and
VET had turned away from the truth.
Rut what must be their position? The
ord is watching over US and the whole
world cannot turn aside his purposes.
rhe words of the prophets will be full
ilIed We are here with a mission to
perform and it is great one. We are
really blessed to live in this day and
generation. God has called and or
5a,aed the leaders of his people and
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