Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-30

| and go 90 California. mo I am goinl
to stop right here; | am going To hull,
a city here; am going to build Tenn
| PIE mere; and / am going 70 build
country here" Where Is the fulnll
ment &C this2 II * before the eyes %
all the worlG today This prophecy
has been iulnlled to the very letter.
President Young lived to dedicnt,
| the corner stone of this Temple, Hnc
to rum al that he had promised. Ht
not only built this Temple. but h,
dictated ana directed the building ol
| the st. George Temple ut n cost ol
half n million dollars. dedicated the
lower part OF that house In It's first
dedication. by commandment OF the
Prophet Of the Lord Brother Erastus
Snow and Brother Brigham Young Jr
dedicated the other portion OF It,
thousands upon thousands of the llV-
ing and the dead have been blessed In
that Temple from that day until the
present. These are principles OF in
terest to me- whether they are to any
body else or not. The Prophet OF God
also laid out the Mant Temple. and
ne ala a thing that perhaps no other
man on the earth would have dome
ne removed II mountain at the cost OF
hundred thousand dollars Ia
get place that would suit him for
mat Temple to stand on. That Tenn
PIE was built under his direction aud
brother Folsom superintended it's con
structlon. Not only that Temple hut
also the Temple in Logan was built
ny MS voice and counsel so long as he
lived
These things are before the heavens
ana before the earth. and the Saints
onght not 20 forget the blessings which
Goa tas bestowed through His Proph-
Gus WHO have been among US. The
Lord has nct His hand To carry out
lnls great work. Here We have
standing in the state os Utah four
rom 'es IN which the Elders or Israel
WrP lahflnE to redeem their dead and
we uead or their fellow men. These
,l,niilnGs lie with weight upon my mind.
iheN uld during this great celebrn tioD.
10 see the thousands upon thousands
yotne mere into these valleys Of the
,."ulGtlhS ntty years after our arrival.
tiuue nnG ieel as though all the
i-HlttI-uly saint. ought TO have fifth
IN fol IN HIS promises and revelations.
fot II there is anything TINT has
taken place unlocked for to the whole
esfth II has been the building up of
mtat rocky Mountains by the Lat.
GI5 gay saints, through the power of
I"I' Bul we have performed n work
50 iar and Tint too, under the dlctation
ma erection OF the Prophets Of God
thlt nave been sent among us.
mink that We as Latter-dnt. Saints
ouSht TO understand our pnsi-
- inc Lord and every
man mat has got the Priesthood. every
man that has entered into cov@nants
WIN the Lord should never turn his
thoughts, his affections or his worl, I'm
any other channel than the builJintr
UP ui the kingdom OF God II we do
we WIN miss II in the end. when we
pnsS to the other side of the vail
we have everything to encourage us
IN the carrying out Of the pul.pogea az
Inc Lord in our labors. 1t has bant,
n very remarkable period TINT we
nave passed through during the colo
hfatlon of the entrance OF the Pioneers
mo enc valley and Of that which has
tlheh pace since we came here. am
thnnkiul myself to God that have
lived to see the fulnnment of these
promises of the Prophet of God. The1,
are great testimonies to me that the
Lord means what He says and snys
what lie means.
There Is another principle have IN
on my mind that l would like to speals
Of The Prophet Joseph smith
taught the Twelve Apostles in
my day and time with re-
gard TO the principle of revela-
non. The Prophet said the
Iiuers OF Israel would hnye
thei minds moved upon by
tnlnSs which they might not alwuvs
understand but II they would follow
out that principle and practice upon Il
" Noulu very soon become n principle
o. revelation to them. This Is true
principle and by observing IL l have
becn blessed all my life. Almost every
tnlSSi1n ! have ever had in this Church
has been by the inspiration of Al
mighty God to me. 1 have been led
t. 40 this, that and the other. and
whenever | have done it I have found
the run OF God made manifest CON
corning II. | am here today "A living
man. without needing that principle
1 would have been in the shirt World
a E,vat many years ago. We All
should sock and labor for this prin-
riple Of revelation and get the mind
ana VII of God. II is very easy TO do
that, n We 90 our duty before the Lord.
desire 10 refer 10 myself a little In
carving OUT those principles which
nave been given mo by the Prophet OF
God. In the time of the great AMOS
tasy at Kirkland. when there We're so
many enemies that held the Apostle
snip and various offices in the Priest
mood VINO We're at war against the
Prophet of God, was there up To a
certain time. Right in the midst of
that apOstasy the Spirit OF God came
10 me and told me to choose "a partner
and SO to Fox Islands. knew no
more what was on Fox Islands than |
did what was ON Kolnb, but the Lord
SAID go 10 FOX Islands, and | selected
a partner and went. My partner was
II. Hale. l went through
Pennington, Connecticut, my fathers
abiding place. and preached there one
night. ! baptized my father. my step
mother, my half-sister, and several of
my relatives. and organized IA small
branch of the Church. l then went
IN my way to the Islands When |
got to the Islands l learned what the
Lord had sent me there for | found
a people that were searching for light
and truth. Without dwelling upon
his ! viii say l had the privilege, with |
my companion, Of haptizing every |
man and woman belonging to n Bap-
list church there. of course this aroused |
q warfare against us. A Methodist |
minister came from the South Islands |
lied most of the members of |
his church in n little while. |
took u large company of |
hem with me up 20 Zion after l |
received word from the Prophet that |
was called OF God by revelation TO
III the place OF one OF the Twelve. |
Vow, nobody told me to go 20 Fox |
Stands except the Lord. ] asked some |
about 1t and went and fulfilled |
What the Lord required at nay hands.
II was upon the principle of reVelO-
ion. II was the same when the |
Twelve Apostles went TO England,
rhey went by revelation aud COM
nandment OF God. Brother John Tay-
or and myself We're the two first Of
he quorum TO land IN England |
Brother Taylor went to Liverpool, and
went to StafIordshire. / there found |
irother Gordon with whom 1 stopped