Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-11

throughout the world as far as We have |
had an opportunity have been called !
these Apostles have, many ui the Elders
have to 20 to the naiOus OF the eafil
aud the islands OF the sea to preach the
Gospel to our fellow men. WHAT greater
calling can any man have ON q e lace OF
the earth than to hold IN biz hands
rover and authority to go forth and adj
minister Ia the ordinances OF salvation
DO we prize these things In ter iuil'
ucs2 do not think we DO. Neyerihe.
less. SO ilr we have been enabled tu
maintain our position, and to 80 l1fih
and fulfill Our missions as Tar as we nave
had time and opportunity Certainly
there has been nothing % ihi' Wpfh mat
] have had greater consolation iu thIn
in preaching the Gospel to my fellow
men and iu administering 70 20 them 'he
ordinances Of the house 81 God. both lur
I tine iviig aud the dead. ! may say the
same with regard to my brethren who
are called to perform those ordinance.
There was something sid yesterday
by the brethren with regard To- our son.
and our missionaries abroad, ] VIII
/ say ior myscIi=tud when say % Tor
/ myself think / speak iOr q great many
| o;hers-th &c Is no joy that have ever
I had that has been greater than that
/ which has come to me 10 having sons
/ receive the Holy Priesthood and 20
| forth aud administer among the nations
| Ui the earth the ordinances OF life and
| salvation. II Is glorious Eiit TO the sons
/ of men. Il is what men have not cu'
ioytd before as for the last eighteen
hundred years almost Then should We
/ not prize these thIngs' Yes, we should
| The Lord IN the dispcusl'ion OF HIS
! pr0Vdencgs, h1, given 20 a. an army OF
son aud daughter, and our suis arc
"a led 90 20 60 the ma ions OF the earth,
We want TO inst.ll into their minds the
] importance of these u.c sings to the IN.
hdblants OF the earth and the swing OF
| soul, from siu. You give unto any soul
the principles ul liic aud salvation ami
administer these ordinance, TO him, aud
You become an instrument 10 The hands
I Of God boo the salvation OF that soul
There is nothing given to the children Of
men tina, is equal 30 h.
THIS is our position today In the e
. mountains. We have been led here by
the power OF COOLED by a prophet,
seer and rcvelaior President Brigham
. Young, who was iull Of the Holy Ghost
and full OF revelation, appointed Of The
Lord, and who magnfed his calling up
10 the hour OF his death We came mere
aud found barren desert. From that
day I'LL this Il has been continual
growth and increase, until We have ar
lived at point where we have tlber.
nacle as shadow In the daytime from
the heat and for a covert from
storm and from rain" These things
have an been prophcsied OF thousands Of
years ago by the ancient Prophets and
PairiafChs who iofesaw the work Oi God
in the last days.
want to say a few words 10 our
young M. II who are rising up among US.
! want them 70 comprehend and under
stand the blessings that are within their
reach, The Lord has given as a large
number OF sons AMI daughters They
have got to take the places OF their
fathers, the same as the Suns OF Adam
had In his day and generation. A great
responsibility rests upon them The
Lord requires az the hands Of our sons
that the, snail bear oil lhis Kingdom @.
our God while they dwell In tue flesh
that they may be justified The Lord
TOLD Oliver CuwdeTy, And Il II so be
that YOU should labor all your days IN
crying repentance unto this people, and
bring save il be one soul unto ne,
how great shall be your Joy with him IN
the kingdom OF my Father" lttequIet
hight, knowledge and understanding; II
requires the spirit and power Of God ioI
rs To comprehend our position, our bless
o ings aud our gifts that God has placed
q upon us. feel to rejoice and thank God
| myself that have lived TO see what dc
] IN these valleys OF the mountains, that
have lived to see these multltudcs thai
hll these tabeTnlcles aud temple,
4 and labor here IN the building
+. up OF the kingdom OF God. The Lore
, has been very merciiul to me, and my
q lille has been preserved TO pass through
these things, aud still remain In In,
. midst ofthis people. have to aCknowl
o edge the hand Of God in the whole Of H.
/ suppose you have to do SO with TegaTl
to our lives, The fact is. there is moi
a blessing that God has bestowed upon
II, from the beginning but has been IN.
[ piu OF God We should understand
[ This. We have preached the Gospel tC
4 every nation, kindred, tongue and PEG
/ plr. as Tar as the Lord has opened door,
Z Tor Us aud we have had the privilege o.
j going. Still the world today Is iuI u
y people vino have not heard the Gospe
4 Of lesus Christ; ami while the Priesthood
/. rests upun our shoulders we are still uu
. der obligation aud are still held respon
! slble iuf the salvation OF the children O.
d men. as tar as we have the privilege @
h besluwing these gifts upon the sons anJ
[ daughters OF Adam OIly think tnJt By
b. embracing the Gospel Of Chtbt we cat
4 become heirs OF God aud joint heirs viii
e Jesus Christ, that we can have part ir
Inc FIST resurrection, and come forth ou
D of ou- graves and be clothed with glory
. immortality and eternal lives, and pass
s into the presence OF God and the Ldml
/. and dwell with them elernally In the
A heavens Who compT, h nds this' Do
II the inhabitants Of the edrth' They dC
4 not. Satan has warred against Us non
y the organization Of this CruTCh, 10 tl
e and destroy this people, but so far ",
e have been preserved. We should b,
,. thankful Tor these blessing. ! real Z,
70 myself that we are dependent upon IN,
d Lord IN all lungs the Lord is our pre-
e server. lie Is the author OF our saliva
e ton. lesus Christ ha, laid down Ills lilD
Il to redeem ~ by Ills b God, and through
y that we have these blessings bestowe,
II upon rs,
3, Among other things, we live in gen
Is | Grafton M which the Lord has enable,
II us to rear several lumples-some II
+. these mountains and some before VI
n came here; and hundreds and thousand
" OF people 20 into these temples 10 re
/. deem their dead. This is a blessing tn
q, | att.r. 1.y gaintg ghDull DT.ya Ia ls