Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-12

ful FOR another conference and for the
opportunity of being associated with
you. II is our duty 20 obtain the word
OF the Lord. and It does not depend
solely upon the authority Of the Church.
There Is a responsibility as stated by
Elder Woodruff, resting upon every
member. Il not confined 20 those VINO
bear the respective offices m the Priest
hood. but IL extends TO all Saints, maze
and female As l view it, there ought
20 be some advancement on the part
u the Latter-day Saints ms whole, ana
on the part OF the Priesthood, during
the time that interyenes between our
general conferences. / always feel I'M
pressed when listening to my brethren,
no matter what the subject may De
which suggests itself TO their minus,
The one thing that Is always obligatory
upon every Saint Is 70 do the duty thst
devolyes upon him az the moment. we
have heard Brother Ensign sing ABOUT
Jerusalem, the beautiful city we some,
times read IN the book Of Doctrine ana
Covenants. slth section, a beautiful
song which the Lord said should be
sung In the last days. lie says:
For |, the Almighty, have laid my
hands upon the nations, 10 scourge
them for their wickedness;
"And plaques shall so forth, and they
shall not be taken from the earth until
have completed my work which snail
be cut ehort In righteousness,
Until all ehall know me, who remain,
even from the least unto the greatest,
ana shall be FLIED with the knowledge
Of che Lord, and shall see eye TO eye
President Snow, Elder smoot and Elder
Clewson testified this morning that me
Presidency Of the Church and the
Twelve Apostles are united ana see
EVE 20 eye" l wish to say that this
ovgS, "a be the status OF the Presiding
Council Of Seventies, and / presume II
Is m ought 10 be the condition Of ev-
ery council OF Seventies throughout the
Church. II ought TO be the condition OF
the Presiding Bishopric OF this Chureh,
and suppose II ls. II ought 10 be the
condition OF the presiding authorities OF
every quorum I'm the Holy Priesthood
down TO the presidency Of the last quor-
nm Of Deacons, which has been estab-
lished in the Church. IL ought to be
the condition OF every Stake presidency.
of every High Council, Of every Bishop
rio OF the presiding authority OF every
branch, Of every Elder, OF the presi-
dency OF every mission, or every con-
ference president ana OF every Elder IN
every mission on the face OF the earth,
There should be an absolute unity
throughout the Church. And TINS unity
can only be brought about by COM
mon enjoyment Of the Holy Ghost. IL u
the only thing on this earth or IN the
heavens that will bring people to a
10. this NDlTlt
which led us in the first place 20 en-
brace the Gospel, and when we were
baptized we received title to the COM
partnership OF the Holy Ghost, and we
were promised that he should guide US
into all truth.
would like TO impress upon the Lat
ter-day Saints that we ought 70 be
guided by the Spirit Of the Lord In ey.
everything that affects the welfare OF
this people. No Latter-day Saint bear
ing the Holy Priesthood ought TO go
TO any place without the companionship
OF tbs Holy Ghost I do not care
whether Il is a dance, TO enjoy little
innocent recreation, or whether II Is
political meeting, TO consider the great
questions of the day, he ought TO take
the Priesthood OF God with him and en-
10y the inspiration OF the Holy Spirit
in what he says and does. by that
DO not mean that we ought 70 use our
Priesthood IN any manner that Is not
justlhable, but ] do mean TO say that
we ought always TO remember that we
are I.atter-day Saints, and that there IS
no consideration affecting the welfare
OF this people In which we are justified
In separating ourselves from the
thought that we are Latter-day Saints,
and that the highest responsibility that
rests upon this people Is 10 establish the
Church and Kingdom OF God upon the
earth. feel that we have broken away
TO a great extent from the old fashioned
spirit OF the Gospel II you VIII allow
me TO use that expression. l think
sometimes that we have not so much
faith in God as had the patriots who
founded this country. When they pre-
pared the Declaration OF independence
they invoked the inspiration OF the SUI
Dreme God TO guide them In the franz
ing OF that document. And they Sc
cured that inspiration. II was guided
by the Spirit OF the Lord and the Lord
had a hand In Il. You remember per-
hans. reading what purports 10 be G
speech delivered by Patrick Henry In
the Congress at Philadelphia, AZ a time
when men were afraid TO stand up for
what they considered 10 be the rights
Of the coionists Of this country and 10
establish upon this land a government
that Should be free from allegiance 10
every other government. In that
memorable address he made this state
ment
TT Is not given TO our poor human
intellect 20 climb the skies, 20 pierce
the councils Of the Almighty one. But
methnks ] stand among the awful
clouds which veil the brightness Of Je-
hoyah's throne, Methinks ] see the
Recording Angel-pale as angel Is pale
weeping as an angel can weep-comc
trembling up TO the throne and speak
ing his dread message:
Father The Old World Is baptized
IN blood. Father. IL Is drenched with
the blood OF millions, butchered In war
in persecution, In slow and grinding
oppression Father look! With one
glance OF Thine eternal eye, look over
Europe. Asia, Africa. and behold every
where a terrible sight--men trodden
down beneath the opprcssor's feet, ma
lions lost IN blood murder and SUI
perstition walking hand IN hand over
the graves Of their Victims and not
single voice to whisper hope 20 man
He stands there (the angel, his
hand trembling with the black record
Of human guilt. But bark! The voice
of Jehovah speaks out from the awful
cloud, Let there be light again, let
there be a New World. Tell my peo-
pie. the poor. downtroddcn millions. 90
20 out from the ola World. Tell them
10 60 out from wrong. oppression and
blood Toll them Co go out from the
Oll World. to build my altar IN the
New."
In tho closing words OF the speech,
he made this significant remark:
Gas God lives my friends. ] believe
that 10 De Ills voice. Yes were my
soul trembling on the wing Of eternity
were this hand freezing IN DEATH were
my voice choking with the last strug-
Gle. ! would stil, with the last gasp Of
that voice. imnlore you 20 remember
the truth God has given America 20 be
free"
This was the spirit Of Nephl Nephl