Discourse 1881-04-30
Pres. Wilford Woodruff, addressed the Saints and remarked
that if he had all the elders Isreal before him this afternoon
he would like to speak to them a short time and it would
be that when they get up to speak to cease making excuses,
he was displeased to hear such things, he like to hear a
man get up and speak to say what he has to say to say
it without making excuses when the elders stand up to
teach should do so by the aid and insperation of the
Holy Ghost, min^ester^ and Law^yers^ are trained to speak. He
spoke of the stamina that is required to receive and
live up to the truth, because of the unpopularity of the gospel,
the world hates the Saints as it did Jesus when he was on
the earth. The world deride the Saints because they are
outspoken against wickedness and coruption. The Lord
had gathered up a people to serve him, and to assist
in the building up of the Kingdom of God. The world
has become infidel and becoming more so continually.
The Christianity of the day in conection with its mini-
esters have done more to cause infidelity than all the writings of
Professed Infidels put togeather, he refered to the great
evils that exists in the world. The Lord will hold a
great account against the elders of this generation,
because of the great intelligence God has revealed to us.
The heavens are watching over us, and all good men beyond
the evils are soluictious for our welfair, and are anxious
that we shal prevail against all the evils that are
brought to bear against us. He spoke of the permenancy
of this work because it was of and from God, if it was
of man it could be easily prevailed against, let the
Saints then do their duty, and make our probation
effectual, we lived before we came here in the presence of Heavenly
Father & Mother. It would not now pay to apostatise from
the Truth, urged the completion of the Temple that we
may redeem the living and the dead, for God, requires
this at our hands. The world wonder and gaze at the elders
and this people they wonder more if God has a hand in
it than he has not, he bore a faithful testimony
to the truth of this world, and assisted the triumph
of this people, and Kingdom, and referred to the
many who have come to an Ignominious end who
have fought against this people, he exorted the Saints
to be faithful to the end, and be saved in the Kingdom
of God, and implored the blessings of God upon the Saints.
