Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-31

NO." said he. ~ have done my work
here. have come to see what you are
doing aud what you ate teaching the
pcoplcn AMI he told me what Joseph
smith had taught linn IA Winter Quar-
tcfs,to teach the people TO get the Split
Of God. Tie said, ~ want YOU to teach
The people to get the Spirit OF God.
You cannot build up the Kingdom OF
God without that"
That Is what want 10 say IN the
brethren and sisters here today Every
man and woman In this Church should
labor to get that Spirit. We are sur
rounded by these evil spirits that are At
war against God and against everything
looking to the building up ol the king
dom Of Col; aud we need this Holy
Spirit TO enable US TO overcome these
Influences. have had the Holy Ghost
IN my travels. Every man has that has
gone out into the vineyard and labofcd
faithfully for the cause Of God. ] have
referred 20 the administration Of angels
to myself What did these angels dol
One Of them taught me some things re-
lating TO the signs that should ptccedc
the coming Of the son OF Man. Othcrs
came and saved my HE. What them
They turned and left me. Bot how IL 4
with the Holy Chosp The Holy Ghost
does not leave me II ] DO my duty. II
does not leave any man Who does his
duty. We have known this all the way
through. Joseph Smith told Brother
John Taylor on one occasion TO labor to
yet the Spirit OF God, and 10 follow It's
dicialion, and II would become pfn.
ciplc Of revelation within him. God has
blessed me with that, and everything
have done since have been In this
Church has been done upon that prn.
eiple. The Spirit OF God has told me
what to do, aud | have had to follow
that.
In the time OF the aposiasy In Kirl.
land, Joseph Smith hardly knew when
he met man, unless the Spirit OF God
revealed IL to him, whether be was friend
or Zoe. Most OF the leading men were
fighting hun. Right In the midst OF that
darkness the Spirit ui God said 90 me,
"You choose partner and 40 straight
TO Fox lslands.p Well, | knew no more
" hat was on lfox Islands than what wa
on kolob. Bai the Lord told me 20 20
and I went. chose Jonathan n Hale
and he went with me We east out some
devils there, preached the Gospel and
performed some miracles, ! crossed
lake Ontario aud went into Connecticut
where my father lived. ] had not seen
one OF my relatives from the time ! en-.
bneed the Gospel. preached the Cos
pei there. and baptized my father. my
stcpmothef, and sister. aud uneles and
aunts, and organized branch there.
Every member OF that branch was a
relative OF mine. excepting one, and he
was a Methodist class leader who board.
cd at my ilther's house. This was all
promised TO me by old father Smith
when he blessed me. ] got TO Fox ".
lands, aud did good work there
Through the blessings OF God brought
nearly hundred from there up TO ZION,
At the timr the Saints were driven ont o
Missouri into Illinois
So Il has been all through my lite. I
have undertaken TO do anything, anc
the LORD has wanted me TO do some
thing else, lie has had 10 tell me Whef
we were sent to England, we were sem
by regulation. went into the stafford.
shire poitefies with Brother Alfred Cor
don. We were dong q splendid work
bapuxinv almost every night, and
thought Il was the finest mission evci
was on. went into the town OF Hanlr,
one night, and attended meeting In /.
large hail, which was filled TO overflow
/ ing. The Spirit OF the Lord came uDof
me and said that that was the last meet
| ing / should hold with that people 10
many days. / told the people that tina
was the last meeting should be witt
them. After the meeting, they aSke,
me where ! was going. ! told them
did not know. In the morning askei
the Lord what lie wanted OF me. ~
merely said, Go TO the south 20
into the stage aud rode eighty mites
The first mans house ! stopped at wa
John Benbow's IN Hereiordshife. II
halt an hour alter entered the house
knew exactly why the Lord had sen
me. There was people there wnl
had been praying Tor the ancient ofdc
/ OF things. They we're waiting Tor th
| Gospel as Il was taught by Christ an
| His Apostles. The consequence was
the inst Thirty days after got there
baptized sir hundred OF those people
In eight months labor In that country
brought eighteen hundred into tn
| Church. Why Because there was
people prepared Tor the Gospel, and III
Lord sent me there 10 do that work.
have always had TO give God the glor
tor everything good mat has happene
to me; Tor nave realized by wha
power Il came.
When 40, back to Winter Quarter
from the pioneer journey. PIesiden
Young said to me, brother Woodruff
want you to lake your wife and chi
dren and 70 to Boston, aud stay thef
until you can gather every saint OF Go
10 New England aud Canada and sen
them up to ZION" did as he told m,
IL took me two Yeas to gather up ever,
body, aud brought up the rear with
company. When got into piitsbnr
with this COMPANY Il was dusk and / sal
a steamer jus, preparing TO 20 out.
walked right up TO the captain aud aske
him u he was ready 10 20 out. lie sal
he was. Glow many passengers hay
youY' Two hundred and hity.o ga
YOU take another hundred" ~ can.
'Then," said /, al would like TO z
aboard with your The words WEI
hardly out Of my mouth when the lIol
Ghost said TO me. Don't you. Nc
your company 20 aboard that steamer.
That was enough, had learned iii
voice OF the Spirit. turned aud toll
the captain that had made up my min
not to 70 at present. That steam,
started out. II Was a dark night, an
before the steamer had gone TAT Nj
took fire, and all on board was lost. W
should probably have shared the SAN
fate, had il not been tor that mont,
within me.
refer to these things because wal
YOU to get the same Spirit. Al ii
Elders OF israel, whether abroad or