Discourse 1876-04-06
LAKE CITY, THURSDAY MORNING, .
(Reported by David W. Evans.)
INFIDELITY OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD—DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE SAINTS—NECESSITY OF A TEMPLE, AND WORKS IN BEHALF
OF THE DEAD.
"Who am I, saith the Lord, that
I command and am not obeyed?
Who am I, saith the Lord, that I
promise and do not fulfill?" [Doctrine and Covenants 58:31-32] We
have again the privilege of assembling
ourselves together upon another An-
nual Conference of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
and I hope and trust that, what time
we may spend in Conference, our
hearts may be lifted up unto the
Lord, that his Holy Spirit may be
given unto us, that we may be
dictated and directed in our words,
thoughts, acts, and teachings, in such
a manner that we may be justified
before him.
We have said, time after time,
and year after year, that we live in a
very peculiar age, generation and
dispensation, and this is true. Time
rolls on, carrying with it its events,
and fulfilling the revelations of God,
unto us especially. We live in a
day of darkness; unbelief and infi-
delity are covering the whole face of
the earth, until it seems as though
the whole Christian world had lost
all hold of faith in God and in his
Son Jesus Christ, and in the Bible,
