Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-07


things that shail be OF profit to all Of
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We arc living In very peculiar age.
There IN one thing am exceedingly
thankful for-and ! think Il il a cause
OF universal thankfulness among the
Lattcr-day saints-and that l.. that we
are led by the revelations Of Jesus
Christ. that We have In our midst iiv-
inE oraclca. that the Church Of Christ
has been organized according TO the
original pattern. and that we are
LED by THE PRIESTHOOD
Of the Son Of God. This gives an as
suranoo. a strength and comfort that
We would be- destitute OF n we were not
thus situated. President Snow has bcun
led now for several months to meet with
rho salnta IN different places and TO
speak 90 them In tho authority OF the
Office which he holds. The Lord has
chosen him as His mounthpiecc. lie
holds tho keys OF the Priesthood: he
prcaidos, over the Church Of Christ upon
the earth. and It IL his prcrogailye TO re-
ecivc the
REVELATIONS OF THE LORD
concerning the doctrinco Of the church
and for tho guidance OF the people. lie
hns OF late been led to speak with great
plainnees and power concerning duties
which have. 20 a great extent. been
neglected among III.
II has been great pleasure To
the to dwell upon the delivcrances
that have been wrought out for the
Latter-day Saints. My experience
has been such az to call my attcn-
don 10 these things. have been
very familiar with the plots and
schemes that have been framed frum
tline TO time against US. and I have
seen great many dellvcrances. Many
times II has seemed az though our DE-
ntruction was Inevitable. but tho hand
OF our Almighty Father has been
stretched forth. and we have been
saved. MY mind has been naturally led
60 consider the cause Of our escape
from such apparently dire eNtrrmtlcs.
and ! have been forced to conclude that
u has been the union, the faith, and
the Willingness u the people OF God
10 Listen to the rounaela and inatructilna
OF HIS servants, ! have known that no
power Of man could work out such sal.
walton as We have received, or defeat
the many schemes that have been
framed against us. We ccrtf My could
small people. weak people. poor PEG.
PIE. II has been very evident that
MORE THAN HUMAN POWER
has been cxcrtc,i In behalf OF the lat.
ter-day Saints To preserve them; and
hccording TO my Vicw. the exercise Vi
thht power In our behalf has been du,
TO tho obedience Of the people 10 IN,
commandments OF God. do not thlnl
any other cause can be found that vii
rcasonably account for the dellvcrancei
that have been extended 10 US. our sal
Nston In the past, therefore, has d.
pended upon our obedience. At thl
same time we have been guilty OF man,
follics; We have yielded 10 many temp
tatona; we have wandered In some NJ
epccta from the counselH OF the Lord
on this account we have been stirred ul
To diligence many, many times by IN,
servants OF God. We can recall how
many times the servants Of God, undo
the Influence OF the Spirit OF God. hay,
bccn prompted 10 appeal to ua and /,
warn us, Thcsc appeals have beer
better comprehension OF our situation
ana our duties The Lord has been OK
cccdingly kind to His peopl
IN this respect and Il Is
have said, that we live at "a time whci
God has placed upon tho earth Proph
etc, Apostles, and others bearing In
Priesthood. who are hlled with the
SPIRIT OF REVELATION AND
PROPHECY.
i am happy In the thought that thi
- not confined 90 one man. nor to thrc,
or twelve men. but Il " bestowed upoi
al the servants OF God, according 4
their falthfulness and their willingness.
Go labor In the ministry to which the,
nave been chosen, our enemies hay,
been 0mnzed at the way We have 90
capped. In times past they have attrib
uted these deliverancea to the shrewd
ness and cunning OF men. In the day
OF the Prophet Joseph II was supposo,
that tho whole success and perpotuitl
OF the work rested upon him There
fore. his life was sought with rrca
diligence, II was imagined that Ii M
could DO killed the work would fan 4
piecea. His death showed how falls
this conception was. SIN Il was though
that the murder OF the leading mci
would have this eject. Hut 40 IRE
quenuy have they been disappointed II
this respect that they begin 20 TAX
different view, and the lives Of IN
leading men OF the Church are no
clamorcd for aB they once We're. Tn
Latter-day Saints have shown
strength and union that has dlsap
pointed our enemies ana has cause,
them TO change their methods OF attack
They now war upon the people az
aim at ita destruction.
My brethvcn ana sisters, We hay
come together today I take H. TO
HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD
have never yet attended a conference
of the Latter-day Saints whore 1 haV
not been edited ana instructed, an
whore / have not felt that the Lor
was there by the presence OF His Spirit
To this fact may be attributed IA
great happiness and success that huv
attended us In our labors. | want l.
say herc-and It cannot be success
fully contradicted that the me-
and the families that hav
listened 20 the counsels whc
God has given His servants 1
declare unto the people, and have fol
lowed those counscls strictly uro IN
ones whom God has blessed and VIII
have boon prospcred IN everything the
have undertaken. We have lived lon
enough as an organized community I
prove 10 the world and 90 each othc
that those who have pbeyed couusu
no matter what It might be- are m
people who have prospered and bee
successful In the land, IL this not ~
You know II as well aH / DO, You hav
testimony concerning It ana evidence d
the truth that the people who hny