The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-07
In and Around Salt Lake.

ton Of the lance to let out the humor
from them or to excise them from the
body or cut them off and let them go, so
that tho body may 10 CleauScd from their
poisonous effects IT is with the
church from time 10 time There are
these characters who become q Law, unto
themselves and they follow the trend Of
their own sweet will until they get them
selves into condition mentally md
spiritually so that they become \ menace
10 the body eccteslaStic. In other words.
they become like boil or carbuncIe on
the BODY, and YOU have to call in the
surgeon to apply the knife to cut them
out. that the body may he CiesuSed from
trem. and this has been the case from
the beginning.
F-om time 10 time these conditions
arise and we have them to meet. and
they Will continue to arise from time to
time IN the future. and We shall. have
them to meet. but they viii never amount
To more than pimDfc or 4 little sore on
tho body outside. and no one need TO he
alarmed at all for the ConSequenCes
Zion is established in tho midst Of the
earth to remain It is God Almighty :
work which he himself bv his own wis
dom. and not by the wisdom Of man. has
restored to the earth in the latter DAYS.
and he has established il here upon prin-
purity and of revelation from God. and
that it can no more be thrown down or
left 10 another people so long as the ma =
Jority of the people of tho Church of
Jesus Christ of Lattcr-day Saints will
abide i'm their covenants with the Lord
and will keep themselves pure and un-
Of tho church should keen themselves,
then il will be as God has decreed. per
conlplished and his purposes fulfilled in
the earth among. the children OF men.
God Leads the Church.
This people can never prosper and
flourish unless they abide in Gods
truth There is nothing no Individuality
no combined Influence among men that
can prevail over the truth. The truth
Is mighty and it will prevail. II may be
Ia no ma . ion, g
in tho accomplishment Of the work that
il has TO do. but il is and will he sure,
ttorT, the truth cannot fail and viii not
fail, for the Lord Almighty * behind il
and does his work and he viii sen TO il
that II is accomplished. The kingdom is
the Lord and tho Lord is capable Of
taking care Of it. and he has always ia Ken
care OF it. aud / want to say TO YOU
that there never was 4 time since the
Christ of Latter-day Saints. when man
led the church. not for one moment
II was not so IN tho days OF Joseph.
n was not 50 IN the days of Brigham
Young. it has not been 50 since: ii never
will he SO The direction OF this work
among tho people Of the world viii never
be left to mon II il Gods work Iet mo
toll You. and ] hope You will put it down
IN your memora udum or mcmora ndd. and
do not forget il: that it Is the Almighty
mat Is gong 10 10 thus work and con
SUmmHte it, and not man No man shall
nave IN" n"nor Tor DONG 1t. nor has any
man ever had the power TO do il through
himself. 1t is Gods work If u had been
the work Of man il would DO like the
things of the world. il would not have
stood. and it would not have been true
that God had chosen us out OF the world.
but VIC would he part of il and hail
fellow. VOL met" with il. but il is true
that God has chosen us out Of the world (;
therefore We are not of it: aud therefore
they hate US and therefore they Will fight
Us and say all manner of evil against us
falsely. They have always done SO from
the beginning. and th"y- will continue to
seek the destruction of tho L.atter-day
Saints and they viii continue TO feel in
tho future AS they have felt IN tho past.
and don't YOU forget II. my brethren and
sisters
Saints Should Kncel-
When YOU z" home. If You have not
been in tho habit of doing - or If YOU
have neglected your duty. when you go
homo today or to HoUr homes in distant
YOU. Go into your secret chamber go
into Your prayer rooms and there by
yourselves or with your families gathered
around YOU. bow your knees before God
Almighty i'm pra is" and in thanksgiving
to him and for his mcrciful providence
that has been over you and over all his
people from the inception OF this work
down To tEc present time Remember
that IT Is the Gift Of God TO man that IL
Is his power and his guiding Influence
that has Accomplished that We see has
been accomplished. and what has been
done u has not been done by the wis
dom Of men.
1t is proper VIC should give honor to
those who have At heart the work Of God
and have been Instrumental ian bringing
to pass much Righteousness They arc