"What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works? Can faith save him? Even so faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone."—JAMES 2:14, 17.
No. 21. Vol. LVI. Monday, May 21, 1894. Price One Penny.
DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF.
THE following discourse on "The Law of Adoption" was delivered by
President Wilford Woodruff, at the Sixty-fourth Annual Conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held in the Tabernacle, Salt
Lake City, Sunday morning, :
I feel thankful for the privilege of meeting with so many of the Latter-
day Saints this morning. In order to present my position before the
Saints I wish to say that I have been a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints over sixty years, a member of the Quorum of
the Apostles fifty-five years, and the President of the Church for a short
time. During all these years, and in all my travels, I have never seen a
moment when I have had the power to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
or to administer in any of the ordinances of the House of the Lord,
acceptably to God or to myself, only by the assistance of the Holy Ghost;
and I do not know of any other man that could ever do this. Even the
Son of God, in referring to His work, said: "I do nothing of myself; but
as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." [John 8:28] So it has been with
all the prophets and patriarchs in every age of the world; they have had
to be assisted by the power of God. I occupy that position to-day before
this assembly. Therefore, as the Lord commanded us not to speak only
as we are moved upon by the Holy Ghost, I desire that, and in order to
obtain it I want the prayers and faith of the Latter day Saints.
I have some things resting upon me that I wish to present before the
Latter-day Saints, and in order to do this I will call upon President George
Q. Cannon to read from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants concerning
the subject which I wish to speak upon.
"What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works? Can faith save him? Even so faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone."—JAMES 2:14, 17.
No. 21. Vol. LVI. Monday, . Price One Penny.
DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF.
The following discourse on "The Law of Adoption" was delivered by
President Wilford Woodruff, at the Sixty-fourth Annual Conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held in the Tabernacle, Salt
Lake City, Sunday morning, April 8, 1894:—
I feel thankful for the privilege of meeting with so many of the Latterday Saints this morning. In order to present my position before the
Saints I wish to say that I have been a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints over sixty years, a member of the Quorum of
the Apostles fifty-five years, and the President of the Church for a short
time. During all these years, and in all my travels, I have never seen a
moment when I have had the power to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
or to administer in any of the ordinances of the House of the Lord,
acceptably to God or to myself, only by the assistance of the Holy Ghost;
and I do not know of any other man that could ever do this. Even the
Son of God, in referring to His work, said: "I do nothing of myself; but
as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." So it has been with
all the prophets and patriarchs in every age of the world; they have had
to be assisted by the power of God. I occupy that position to-day before
this assembly. Therefore, as the Lord commanded us not to speak only
as we are moved upon by the Holy Ghost, I desire that, and in order to
obtain it I want the prayers and faith of the Latter day Saints.
I have some things resting upon me that I wish to present before the
Latter-day Saints, and in order to do this I will call upon President George
Q. Cannon to read from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants concerning
the subject which I wish to speak upon.
