Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-01

has provided for every emery ncy. II
every individual would only perform his
duty faithfully, as all ought to do, what
blessed condi ion we would be inl
thought this morning, when the field
abroad was spoken oil what an immense
field there is here at home! All our own
children, all our neighbours children, and
all the strangers That are within our
gates (ior we are quite mixed now
what field Of lab r there is for every
man who bears the Priesthood. Do YOU
rol feel that the Lord has bestowed this
Priesthood upon the male members OF
the Church in order that every one
should be teacher a laeorer, faithful
advocate OF the doctrines OF the GOSPEL,
a defender of the iaith1 | believe that
was the design. believe the Lord UNI
| derstocd thoroughly that it would be
| necessary for every man among us to
bear the Priesthood and to be
, laborer; not waiting to be called
abroad, but having experience right
here at home in the preaching OF the
Gospel; for it is a reproach to us to have
people around us so plen,iiully and they
not being taught the Gospel. | hold
that within the radius OF cur movements
every family should be advised in regard
| to the doctrines of the Gospel. il they
will not come to meetings, they ought
to be taught in private, and thoroughly
warned at home, as the people are being
warned in the world. The Elders are
going out without purse and scrip. They
| aid that in the days of the Savior; they
did it in the days of the Prophet Joseph,
OF the Prophet Brigham, and the early
days. In that way mankind are proven
| and tried. 1t is laid down as rule that
| those who feed and cioihe you, and fur.
| nish you lodgings and places in which
to preach the Gospel, are the disciples
| of Christ and are OF Israel. the labors
| of the Elders abroad are very successful.
Go into the families oil the people who
have representatives. in the field, and
| they receive remarkable letters concern
ing the labors oil these Elders-how
they are being received and made wei.
come, and how they cannot accomplish
all that is required OF them in the preach
ing OF the Gospel, the calls are SO mum.
| erous. These words are coming from
abroad all the time; and yet great
| many OF the 1900 Elders are men who
no doubt had very little experience at
home, who had not been schooled very
thoroughly in the doctriaes OF the Cos
pei, and had not understood the opera
them, nor had they learned the efficacy
OF prayer. Why is it that our prayers
are not more fully and perfectly answered
than they areI This is a subject that has
been brought to my mind latterly in
remarkable degree. Because We have
not prayed properly. We have not been
in the proper spirit for praying. We
have not been in the proper condition 10
| obtain answers from the Lord, because
We have not done our duty. God has
| announced that every one is endowed
with power to accomplish great good
| and TO bring to pass much righteousness,
| and that men ought to be snxiously en-.
| gagged in good cause. We ought to be
| anxiously engaged in this good cause in
which we have enlist ID. And when we
have worked up TO the point of all that
we can possibly do, God always comes
| to the rescue and helps us out. The
reason our young Elders prayers are
| heard in the field is because they are
working for and waiting upon the Lord,
| and laborng faithfully every moment OF
| their lives, ana the Lord knows il. They
scarcely ask for anything but 1t is granted
| them. Now, If we would be Just as
faithful and devoted at home in the per-
| Torrance OF our duties as we are when
l h
| service in moment, for He is bound,
when we do our duty, to come 10 our
| assistance. When the Presidency Of
| this Church have need oil counsel from
the Lord, he is always ready 10 give them
| His word; Tor they are attending upon
His labor anu the responsibilities that He
| has placed upon them. So with the
! Twelve, Hence their prayers are an-
swered upon their heads ami they receive
| the necessary counsel. The Presidents
OF Stakes, the High Councillors, the Bsh.
| ops and their Counselors, the presidents
| OF quofums, and all those who preside
over the various associations oil the
Latler-day Saints, are entitled to the
mind and will OF God. So that every
department is well provided Tor, an j
thus the work is to be perpetuated from
this time henceforth. The remarks oil
President Smith upon the First Presi-
dency, the Twelve Apostles, and the
Seventies, beautifully illustrated the har.
mony which exists win these three
quorums, though apparently equal. He
explained that in the absence OF the
Presidency the Twelve presided over
the Church. That is made part OF
their mission and responsibility by the
Father. But they are not IT, { Presidenc,
| OF tne SuuTCn, lot Is IL NOT Cennltely
laid down III that same Ieveat on from
which Brother Smith quoted, that the
Twelve labor always under the direction
OF the Presidency We are directed aud
counse.ed by them; we do not direct The
Presidency. The Seventy 90 not direcj
the Twelve; the Twelve direct the Sew
enty. Yet it is declared that they are
quorums OF like authority one with the
other. When the emers ency arises, They
are equal, and have The power ano
authori.y 10 meet the emeIgency; bul
that power Is in allegiance ana is not ex
ercised while the Presidency endure
The Twelve are not to rise up against
the Presidency. There are lively,
against three; but the three are author
izsd to preside over the twelve, as wei
as over tue rest oil the Church, and tc
direct the twelve and the whole church
We cannot reject the Presidency. The
Twelve cannot do IL; Tor God wouc
reject them. He controls the Presiden
cy; He chooses them; He determine:
who they shall be, and tne time Of then
office, IN life or IN death, and He main
tains them. He also determines the
position OF every Apostle There never
has been an Apostle IN this Church thai
has not been chosen by the direct inspi,
ration of God the Eternal Father. There
may not have have been a wiitten reve
latIOn Ia every instance; but / say thai
every Apostle and every man chosen tC