Discourse 1878-05-04
Elder W. Woodruff, next addressed the Saints and spoke of the
fact, that God in the organization of his Church had appointed one
man to receive revealations to guide the church, which however
did not debar every man to enjoy revealation for himself & his
family Set forth the necessity of being possessed continually of the
Spirit of revealation, and remarked that were we to give heed
to our first impressions & continue to do so, it would become
a spirit of revealation, and remarked that were we to do give heed
to us such, were the views of the Prophet Joseph. Referred to
the recent death of a son of Bro Burnham, and presented
the query, how is it & for what purpose has he been called away
for what purpose did God call away one of his Sons, about a
year ago he having asked the Lord for so doing, it was made
known to him that the Lord had need of them, in the spirit world
to labor in the interests of the redemption of our dead, we were
laboring here this side of the veil, and they were now engaged
on the other side in the same great work.
Spoke of the death of nearly all those who were engaged in the
organization of the Church, spoke of the certainty of death, that
everything by which we were surrounded indicated change
and we would go hence and mingle withe the
departed dead and there find our harvest, bore a strong
testimony of the work of God.
And touched upon the corruption of the present generation
and spoke of the interest that all holy men who had ever lived
was taking in the great work, in which we are engaged
impressed the blessings of the Lord upon the Saints; and desired
to redeem his dead, and prepare himself to go hence, for
we had only a few short years to remain here in the flesh,
Admonished the Saints to remember their prayers & increase
and exercise our faith in the behalf of our nation, Government
and delegates to Congress.
