The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1897-10-16
THE GOSPEL coNcERNINo
cHuRcH AND STATE
III.
rnr coUnsEL or rHE PRIESTHOOD Is

III.
TEE COUNSEL on rHE PRIESTHOOD IL
TIE WILL or GOD.
oman. through receiving the
priesthood, becomes Gods agent,
and the Lord Is bound to recognise
him 90 long a. he acts in accord
ance with the terms BY which they
hold that agency."-Ostfise' bee.
His. 373.
What are those termsf Surely
not a disobedience to Gods viii, as
made known through the counsel
of His mouthpiece. Obedience,
then, is the price of that divine re-
cognition. .
Brother Heber C. Kimball,
therefore, spoke in accordance
With divine revelation when he
said:
"If Brother Brigham tells me to
do anything it is the same as
though the Lord told me to do it.
This is the course for you and
every other saint to take."-l
JOn. Of DH.l6l.
This often misunderstood truth
cannot be too strongly impressed
upon the saints. I therefore feel
to give you also q few words upon
this subject from Brother s. W.
Richards. He says:
eft is the duty of every officer in
the kingdom of God to turn his
heart, his feelings and his affections
to his President, and as you seek
after the Spirit of the Lord to en-
able you to do His will, so with the
same fervency of soul seek after
the spirit and viii of your Presi.
dent TO do the same with all lowli-
ness of heart"
"That man who will not turn
his heart altogether to shis Presi-
dent and his immediate counselor
cannot have power to WELD an in
fuence for the salvation of the
people. The Priesthood of God
recognizes no other principle of
government, because it is perfect,
and perfect obedience is required
of q subject whether high or low,
rich or poor. IA Nil. Star, $50.
Nor is this doctrine q thing of
the past or to be forgotten. 1t has
In various forms been expressed to
rs at almost every Conference. No
inspired tongue ever spoke this
truth in better words than Presi-
dent MILFORD Woodruff at the Box
Elder conference q few years ago.
"The Latter-day Saints through
out Israel should understand that
the First Presidency of the Church
and the Twelve Apostles are led
and guided by the instructions of
the Lord, and the Lord will not
permit me or any other man to
lead the people astray. "-JEUeniLe
last, Vol. 26, p. gu.
TO DIFFER WITH THB PRIEsTHooD Is
TO DIFFER WITH GOD.
Brother B. II. Roberts, who of
late has seemed one of the most
faithful of Gods servants 1.-THE
worldly would saw "most servile of
priesthood serfs" in writing upon
this subject in the Deseret News,
January 8, 1897, quoted from the
revelations as follows:
For his (the prophet's) words ye
shall receive as if from my mouth
in all patience and faith"
Then he continues:
''This same power inheres in all
succeeding presidencies of the
church, and applies to President
Woodruff todfy as it did to the
Prophet Joseph Smith in his day"
"a great many people actually
believe that they can treat with i'm
punity the authority of God, and
the light of God, which they
claim that the Almighty has let
down from heaven to earth which
we call the priesthood. "a Jour.
Of Dis. 123.
This, however, is a mistaken mo-
ton, because:
"H God made this earth and all
things that pertain unto it, and if
all were created for his honor and
glory he has the right to govern
and control them by his own laws;
and He has a right to enforce that
and show Himself able
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