Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-19
(sRPoRTEp ny ARTHUR WINTER
President Woodruff read from Sec
,,a. &c of,he Book OF Doctrine and Gov
,nan,s. as follows;


,a. AZ of,he Book Of Doctrine and Cow
enan,s, as follows
Nv servant, oson Hyde, was called by ms
.S'5,ses 40 proclaim the everlasting gospel
~ ssirit Of the everlasting God, from poo
~ u,.f,5i. and from land 10 land. In The
P.,.g,tion, Of the wicked. IN Their syna.
sS. $50 fsatoning with. and expouhding all
sip,ufes unto thcm.
A H- NO. who we're ordained unto This
.',,hood. who-r mission Is appointed unto
u'1 Al ,bs ( he ensampe unto them. tia,
Jsv nal speak as they are moved unto ~
vac "a, sh,,,oeyer they shall speak when
,,ey.d upon by the Holy Ghost. shall be
,s,,,,rre. snail be he will OF the Lord SHAH be
~ mind Of the Lord. shall be the word OF the
fs.I nan be he voice Of the Lord, and the
nover Of God unto salvation;
Bsboid ihs Is the promise Of the Lord unto
yol. o ye nv servants,
Wherefore be Of good cheer, and DO not ieaf,
c,ftbe Lord am with you, and will stand by
- IA Nc shall bear record Of me, even
ie,n, Cbfitt. that am he Son Of the living
{ioi. hat wa, iha, am, and that | am to
come.
lie then said:
have read these verses this morning
before YOU that you may understand the
posilion that | occupy before God, an
rels and men. have a desire to speak
a short time to the Latter day Saints;
bu, want you TO understand, as ] have
read here, that am not capable, nor IS
any man capable OF teaching the chill
dfen Of men and cdilying them in the
Gospel OF Jesus Christ without the Holy
Spirit without revelation, without the
Inspiration OF Almighty God. Therefore,
want the faith Of the Latter day Saints.
and alao their prayer. ] need the
Spirit Of God TO assist me, as does every
man who attempts TO teach the people
the things OF the kingdom OF heaven.
have been sick lor about week, con-
fined mostly to my bed and room; but
have felt that did not wish this confer.
cnce TO pass without meeting you. For
the last day or two have had the privi-
lege Of mingling with my friends, and
have a desire to express myself upon
some things apperlaining TO our day
and generation and TO the work OF God.
The question arises In the minds OF
the people in our day and generation.
Does President Woodruff have revela-
toni DO his counselors have revelation
DO the Twelve Apostles have Tevela-
uonl Do this people have revelation
We live In too important day and gen.
efaon and in the midst OF too impor-
tant events, for any man TO be qualified
tolead the people Of God one hour with
out revelation and inspiration from Az
mighty God. And a, this point | want
TO say lew words with regard TO this
principle OF revelation. Read the history
Of the world. Old father Adam, three
years and halt previous to his death,
called together seven OF his sons, all
High Phests-Seth, Euos, Jared, Ma.
haaleel, Canaan, Enoch and Methu-
saleh-with the residue OF his posterity,
and there he stood on his feet Tor long
time, clothed with the Holy Ghost and
the power Of God, and he prophesisd
unto his sons what should take place
concerning them and their posterity
TO the end OF time. Follow this out;
take all those early patTiarchs and
prophets, and later ones, too, and they all
have had revelation. They had TO have
H. Whenever a city became ripened in
inlquty, and men blasphemed God and
broke His commandments, the Lord
almighty raised up prophets and in.
spfed men 10 warn that city and the
inhabitants thereof OF the judgments OF
GOD which should come upon them un-
less they repented. Jeremiah was
called TO warn jerusalem and Judea IN
tile reign OF King Ledekiah, and in doing
so he stirred up the anger OF the people
against nm, aud he was cast into a dun.
Heon and abused IN almost every way,
because he told them what was coming
TO pass unless they repeated. lie did
moi praise them, but he told them that
they were committing sin and breaking
tue laws OF God, and II they did not re-
pent, the Judgments OF God would over
tAke them. In reading OF how they
prosecuted him and what he passed
through, man would almost expect to
read IN the book OF Jeremiah that he
sad TO them, You may all go to hell
ioT what care, am not going TO endure
these things" But you cannot read IL
mere Tor the Lord IN calling him had
said unto Jeremiah:
Before formed thee Ia the belly |
knew thee, and before thou earnest
form out OF the womb | sanciihed thee,
AND lioTdained thee prophet unto the
natiOnS.h
jeremiah gave forth the word Of the
LORD and not one word Tell uniuliilled.
ana so with every other prophet.
Take the whole history OF the world
Gown to the present generation, and has
mere ever been time when the people
oi Sod ald not need revelation say,
nay Now, ! would ask this congrega-
uton; would ask the Jews, the Catho.
hes, The Pedestrians. would ask the
Gerry OF all nations: Can this mighty
ulspensauon, OF which every prophet
mas spoken, be iulflled, and can these
great events transpire In the earth, with.
out revelation from Godl No, most as
tuIeuly not: God never gave to a man
greater dispensation than the one in
En'eh Joseph smith was called and or
H'lhed d God To organize the Church OF
Ietus Shtist OF Latter-day Saints. IL
required revelation. 1t will require II TO
me winding-up scene. Zion cannot be
pullt up without II, prophets and apostles
,annol 10 Their work without II, nor can
ule na'loils oil the earth be warned OF the
sIeat Judgments that are at the door
without II. Therefore, we say to ali
men, Joseph Smith was called OF God
uy revelation. And further. we saw
uat no man ever did or ever will have
power to warn the world, to preach the
gospel, or administer In one of the or.
ulnances OF tile house OF God without
inc Holy Priesthood. 1t is lust as nee.
vssafy ~ the last days as II was In the
Jays OF Christ and His Apostles, or in
he days OF Isaiah aud Jeremiah. You
SAhho' separate these things; they be-
long 10 the same God, to the same sat