Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15


great high priest.
AVOID FREQUENT USE OF SAC
RED NAMES.
Now. / want the elders 70 avoid the
too frequent use of the word prophet
II Is too sacred To be used every tlnie
you speak o. Joseph Smith OF any otn-
or oil the Lords servant. Itls TOO sac
red to be used an the time. ~ the same
time / want to show you, by the word
OF God, that every man Is emitted 10
be a prophet II he VIII. Paul says
Follow after charity and desire SPIT
itual gifts, but rather that ye may
prophesy.' NOW II a man prophesles'
and has the spirit of prophecy upon
him he Is prophet, and if his prOph-
ecy comes 10 pass he Is true prophet,
and II ID does not come 90 pass 10 WIN
be evidence that ne was not under the
proper influence whom he made tht
prophecy: bur II itis prediction comes TO
pass you may depend upon it that ne
was moved upon by The right Splill'
the Spirit Of God and his prophecy was
fulfilled.
IT Is quite sufficient when the broth
rem refer to the authorities Of the
Church to say President Young Presi-
dent Taylor President Woodruff, Presl-
dent Snow, and President Smith. You
do not need TO put on all the handles
and titles, because l believe 1t IS un,
necessary, and while IL may sound al
right to you, It does not sound so wen
20 those who are not members or the
Church. | want to say this 10 you,
my brethren and sisters. While do
not deny the prophetic Office which !
hold, while | do not deny that ! hold
myself In readiness as president or the
Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 10 receive any message tnat
GOD has for me, or that tie mas TO
communicate "a me, yet ] do not care
70 have tMs prophetic Office spoken
about every time | am referred 10.
Here IL Brother Grant ! think Eider
Heber j. Grant Is sufficient title to nc
applied to him Also Elder Francis NJ.
Lyman, or since he Is president OF the
twelve apostles, President Francis NJ.
Lyman, but when you speak OF the
others say Elder Smith. Elder Teas
dale and so on You do not need 70
use the word apostle all the time, IL
is making too common use OF
sacred title. II Is not necessary ana
want 10 correct that before you ana
be fore this people. Although they are
apostles, YOU do not need call them
apostles every time you speak OF them.
can them. elder. or brother; brother
Is good enough for me If you choose
to cell mo Brother Joseph / will re-
spond to you every time. | want you
10 give honor and glory to God, and
not to men. | want 10 eXhort you to
put your trust in God and nor In men.
| want YOU TO come TO the understand
ing that it is Gods work and not man
work that YOU are engaged in, and
a hnpn
ed here today by Brother Charles W.
Nibey, that you know that the gospel
IS true Just as Well as Joseph f, Smith
knows it. II Is your right TO know
that Jesus said that every man who
would do the will OF the Father should
know OF the doctrine whether II was
Of God or whether he spoke Of him
self, and every one of you that Will
DO the will of the Father shall know
Of the doctrine whether II be of God
or whether IL be Of man. | know that
the gospel is true by the Spirit of the
Lord; I know 1t by revelation; | know
Il by prophecy. ] know Joseph Smith
was a prophet and Is a prophet, but
you do not need to call him the Pro-
phet Joseph Smith every time you
speak of him. II is ridiculous and Is
not the proper thing to do, and want
to check it right here among the ell
dcrs. At home | have done il time and
time again. but II Is hard To break
people Of things that they have been
accustomed to,
SEEK AFTER SPIRITUAL GIFTS
also want to say to you who are
in the habit Of desiring to hear the
gift Of tongues and the Interpretation
thereof, to seek better things. The
gift of inspiration, and the gift OF pro-
phecy, and the gift Of tongues After
YOU get the Spirit Of inspiration that
comes from the Lord II will lead you
| into all truth and show you all evil
| that YOU may shun and avoid It. You
/ are then entitled to the title prophet,
I because you are then prophet; you
possess the spirit Of prophecy. These
sisters have the right TO share the
same privileges and the same bless
ings, because they are prophetesses
IT they Nave the Spirit. Paul said
/ that he would rather that the people
| should seek 70 prophesy than speak
| In tongues because when YOU speak
| in tongues it is the Spirit that Is
! speaking and not the understanding.
WHAT GIFT OF TONGUES Is FOR.
What is the gift of tongues for?
| Let me tell you when the gift Of tom
| CUES was very profitable. II was on
| the day of pentecost, when the apos-
| ties of Christ stood up before the peo-
| pie who had assembled there from all
! the lands around about. talking a
| multitude Of languages, and Peter
| stood up in the midst of them and de-
cared Jesus Christ and Him crucitled
and risen from the dead the very Son
of God. the Redeemer of the world.
| They all heard, every one in his own
tongue God gave them the gift of
| understanding and they understood,
every man in his own tongue The
apostles spoke in their own Hebrew
tongue; they did not talk a multitude
OF languages but the ears and under
standings of the multitude were open
ed and they heard the voice Of the
apostles and understood what they
said At that time the gift Of tongues