The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-27
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this church and kingdom and the rev.
cations of God and the salvation OF
God, consider that we are a blessed
people, and can most sincerely rejoice.
He goes and another comes, and Gods
work still goes on.
God is performing his work we'll.
great host have now left this church
and kingdom and gone to the spirit
world to prepare for the return OF
Jesus, when he will come in the clouds
of heaven to reward every man &C
coTding to his deeds in the body.
God bless the father and brothers
are a great family. Gods blessings
have been over them.
The hymn 80, My Father was
sung by r. c. Easton.
PRESIDENT SMITH.
President Joseph F. Smith delivered
the closing sermon. / feel, he said,
more than ordinarily touched in my
heart with the loss we have sustained
in the death of one of our number who
has been so active, so energetic, so
full of wisdom and intelligence.
We have nothing to mourn for IN
the death of Brother Cannon, because,
as it has been remarked, all is well
with him. 1t would be impossible for
AliS " give d SlOIy VI lis LIE anu
character and it would be unnecessary
for me to attempt it, for his life has
been an open book before the people.
to be read by them for many years
to come. 1 believe that his course has
been acceptable to all who have known
him and to all who have been inter
ested in his life, and that it has been
especially acceptable to Cod He has
truly fought the good fight and kept
the faith, and there is assuredly laid
up for him crown of glory. He is
worthy to be numbered among the
great and good ones who have dwelt
in the flesh and whose lives have been
sacrificed, not only for his own adj
vancement, but for the advancement
and good and exaltation of the people,
for he has labored for the good of all
men,
His writings, the fruits of his labors,
which may be seen in the Juvenile In
structor and in the publication of the
various works of the church. will live
ever after him; and bye and bye we
will realize more and more the worth
of the labor and the sacrifice of this
young man; and we will see bye and
bye the fruits of his labor where to-
day they are but partially apparent.
We will feel strongly the loss of his
cooperation and his presence and
assistance in the great labor in which
he was engaged from an early period
of his life. He. was but young man.
only 81 years of age, and has been
associated in the ministry for long
time in comparison to the length of
his life. For some eight years he was
associated with the first seven presi-
dents of the seventies, and since he
was chosen from that quorum to be as
ISOLATED with the quorum of the
twelve apostles he has devoted every
capacity, both in writing and preach
ing, to the people, to the fulflmenS
of the mission whereunto he was
called
The Lord says to the people in MS
revelations: Behold, mine house is
house of order, saith the Lord God,
and not house of confusion. Will
accept of an offering, saith the Lord,
which is not made in my name; or
will L receive. at your hands that
which L have not appointed; and will
I appoint unto you, saith the Lord,
except it be by law, even as 1 am by
my Father ordained unto you before
the world was? I am the Lord thy
God and 1 give unto you this COM
mandment, that no man shall come
unto the Father except by me, or by
my word, which is my law, saith the
Lord And everything that is in the
world, whether it be ordained of men,
by thrones or principalities or powers,
whatsoever they may be, if they are
not 10y me or by my word, saith the
Lord, shall be thrown down and shall
not remain; 81 for whatsoever
things remain are by me and what
soever things are not by me shall be
shaken and destroyed.'
I read these few words in order that
the ground upon which we stand may
be seen by those who are assembled
here this afternoon. We acknowledge
nothing that is not ordained of God
and that is not commanded of him.
We do not acknowledge the right
and the mower of men to administer in
the ordinances of the house of God OF
in the gospel of Jesus Christ, except as
they are ordained of God and appointed
by him, through his voice or through
the voice of his angels or ministering
spirits, to administer in the ordinances
of the house of God and to- proclaim
the gospel of life and salvation to the
children of men.
This is the testimony which was borne
in mis- lifetime by Elder Abraham II
Cannon He has received that which
he has obtained and the authority by
which he acted here was not his. but
it was Gods authority delegated unto
him. He acted in the name OF God
and through the authority of the holy
priesthood l want to bear this testi-
mony to you because 1 know it to be
the truth, and that is the principle
which will make men free.
Therefore what Brother Cannon has
received is of God, and it will not have
an end now that he is dead. He snail
keep VI throughout all the countless
ages of eternity. The priesthood he
possessed was given him for time as
we'll as eternity. for that which, God
gives is an eternal gift. The priesthood
was given to him to magnify and he
did not bury it in the earth, butt put
1T to usury and gained other talents
thereby He has gained the reward OF
God.
Brother Cannons family was receiv-
ed by him at the hands of God. When
they we're joined to him it was for time
ard eternity. The holy ties that binds
fathers to their children and children
to their fathers, and wives to theil
husbands, are eternal ties. They are
ties which man was created to enjoy
He was ordained by tine voice of God
God has spoken in the day in which we
live, and there is no man or woman OF
intelligence who may not come to
knowledge of the faithfulness OF this
saying, so that they can say, as 1 say
l. know that my Redeemer lives, and
know that ne shall stand upon the
earth in the latter day. and that he has
spoken from the heavens and restored
the everlasting gospel.
Brother Cannon was faithful in that
glorious work. He was united with his
brethren and united with God. You
found him always full OF nfellgence
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