Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-14
ELDER FRANK Y. TAYLOR.

asas that 80 impressed me as nave
o. words given through the servants
I'M lord during this conference ~
lacbes that when brethren are callea
,n,nortant positions In the Chureh
I'd Kingdom Of God, by authority oi
49, Heavenly Father they truly
are clothed with the spirit OF ther inlS.
sion and calling. TO llustra.e .n's
thought. A number OF years ago Mas
on a trip with one OF ue yVunsSe
Enostles who had been ordained qute
Gently TO that position. | thought ne
Us quite a good man, but when ne
v,as called. the idea ran through my
Ind. ~ wonder II he Is the rlsht
nan in the right place to I'LL TINS most
,lan caillng?" However | ac-
nanted the will OF our Heavenly Father
the matter and sustained him In my
haort When / went off on this IMP
.hore naIne an occasion where II re,
nnlred the best kind OF Judgment, ana
Shere IL seemed like the spirit OF the
lord alone could remove the diihculty
mat seemed to be in the way OF tnis
Young man, and the query ran throush
my mind, when the question came W.
es IN how the matter was TO be oe-
aisod how he would be able 10 do II.
Ant when he stood up and decided that
question. and observed the manner IN
which he decided II, the wisdom USED
and how he maintained the dignity OF
~ nosltion he occupied. then ! SAID, |
.truiv the Lord does clothe His people
Nth the shirt of their calling wheh
thev nre called by the authority OF our
ueavenly Father. | have learned 70 re-
snect and to love that young man be-
cause OF the spirit with which he mag
nlfles the position he occupies.
frequently think that we look a long
way for the teachings Of the spirit Oh
the Lord We forget that Goa nus
given us Prophets and Apostles 10 pe u,
our own midst. We sometimes thinn
connaratively too much OF the Prophets
y, ancient times. While they are good
ond of great value 10 u.s. yet we nave
knoytles and Prophets In our cay lust
as worthy OF our appreciation we
Nave men inspired to give us the WORD
- Tho Lord when we seek for H. Inc
truths these brethren express are IN
srJreA ~ our Heavenly Father. we
stou,a he careful not to reject the word
a, C,od which comes to US through such
man I testify that | know that Joseph
smith is Prophet OF God, ana wv
me Prophets who have followed a,leI
rim were his legal successors, ana ,nat
we have In our midst today fIopner
and Apostles with the same suthoriS
that existed In ancient times
ELDER WILLIAM II. SMART
foe, honored OF the Lord, as MS
servant. in having this great priviese
90 addressing you In this cohierehee
overflow meeting
win read these words OF the Loru
% the Prophet Joseph smith when are
sound in the Gath section Of the BOON
of Doctrine & Covenants: hes.
rpehold. the Lord requireth the heart
and the willing mind, and the Wiling
aud obedient shall eat the good OF the
iand IL Zion In these last days, ana the
reholiious shall be cut OF out OF tue
land of Zion and shall be sent away
and shall not inherit the land; for yer.
,iv ,ay that the rebellious are NOT OF
the blood OF Ephraim, whereiore ue'
shall be plucked out TOT We
hold, ! say unto YOU that zion sla,
flourish and the glory OIL me boru shan
ne unon her. and she shall be an ensisn {
mt the people. and there shall come
unto her out OF every nation under ,
heaven. and the day shall come wnen
the nations OF the earth shall treinpie
because of her and shall fear because
OF her terrible ones
felt Impressed with this when mas :
been given unto us OF the Loru' uuI
Inc The time which the brethren nave !
been speaking 10 US. They have borne | .
very heavily upon the subject OF obedl- /,
ence and giving ourselves wholly un- !
IA the Lord. MY mind goes back when !
/ contemplate this principle OF opedi- !
ence. 20 that which we learn In the :
Pearl Of Great Price, when IN the coun- O
ellis Of heaven the foundations II
OF the earth and the building .
thereof were taken into consldera' @
ton. Two plans were laid before tne "A
councils. and because OF the hurhpie n
and obtd.tnt spirit that was SHOWN o
IN Jesus Christ, He was chosen TO carry Il
ont that plan. which His Father APP n
nroved and Satan rebeled because the n
trust was given unto his more meek b
brother Jesus. When this earth was ;,
formed and Adam was placed thereon N
with his wife Eve. we find that In their IN
children there were two spirits that "a
were exemplIhed In the children-obe. a,
dence and dlsobedience; the giving OF y,
the heart unto God on the one side and =,
on the other side the individual becsm. .,
ing a law unto himself Abel offered NJ
nm unto God a sacrifice In righteous n
ness. while his brother Cain did not SO, q,
Abel's sacrifice was accepted OF the hi
I ord while Gains was rejected; ana "A,
as we come down In the stream OF w
time. no NOR beautiful example OF Cl
perfect and simple faith can be round DC
than that In the history OF our fa,her
AhrahG.... Although land was gwen d.
into him and his posterity' aithough ne WI
"a been told that through him and his or
,sed The earth should be blessed yet n,
;od required at his hand his son lssac. sa
ma told him 10 20 into the hill Moriah ma
md there offer him up unto the LORD
"a A sacrifice. He bound together the 81
ticks of wood, took the young man, wi
md journeyed to the mountain where II
10 left his servants and bound the on
ticks upon the back OF his son; and sol
he little boy as he trudged along by tn
he side OF hs father. said: Father, IN,
ather" Abraham answered: Here am we
!" Then said the child: Here are the Oh
sticks, where Is the Lamb for sacii- m,
ce?" The father answered; "the Lord IN,
will raise up lamb for sacrifice" To
So they went on to the hill. The ia Or
her built an altar laid the sticks an
hereon. and then placed his beloved er,
on Isaac upon the altar. As he went mi
o offer him up an angel Of the Lord dif
tayed his hand. and there was a ram
ound In the thicket for the sacrifice. m,
I was enough. God had proven his MI
Ieart, and he had proven his soul: ~
e had oscertaIned that Abraham hadX ,
iven unto him his whole heart, wholly ho,
nd unreservedly. And because OF this. te'
he angel OF the Lord said unto him: s,s
Because thou hast not withheld thy A.,
on, thine only son from me- behold, in s s,a'
lessing will bless thee until thu pos IT, ia
,rity shall be as the sands upon the rad
"a shore and as the stars IN the Ar lax
lament Of heaven" And He said ~ ~
rther: In thee. and in thy seed. ~
hall all the nations Of the earth be NE NE
Iessed." piY
Abraham gave unto God his heart "
nstintedly and God promised that He ,o :,
oud pay him back. He had faith .Vu
I'd power 10 give his own flesh and ,nol
God as sacrifice 10 God: and in Of mlc
ring up his flesh and blood, God ~
'omlsed TO him that HIS seed. HIS nas
.eh and blood ehouid baco,na 90 | qua