GENERAL CONFERENCE.
God for them. Men are here, I believe,
that know of this, Brothers , and
. Brother McAllister
baptized me for all those men, and
then I told those brethren that it was
their duty to go into the Temple and
labor until they had got endowments
for all of them. They did it. Would
those spirits have called upon me, as
an Elder in Israel, to perform that
work if they had not been noble
spirits before God? They would not.
I bear this testimony, because it is
true. The Spirit of God bore record
to myself and the brethren while we
were laboring in that way.
What has been said with regard to
this nation and to our position is com-
ing to pass. All the powers of earth
and hell will not stay the hand of
Almighty God in the fulfillment of
those great prophecies that have
to come to pass to prepare the way
for the of the Son of Man.
You who have gathered here are my
witnesses of this. I feel as though the
day has come when every Elder and
every Latter-day Saint ought to stop
and consider the position he is in and
the covenants he has entered into. Is
there anything on the face of the earth
that will pay you to depart from the
oracles of God and from the Gospel of
Christ? Is there anything that will
pay you to lose the principles of sal-
vation, to lose a part in the with the privilege of standing
in the morning of the resurrection
clothed with glory, immortality
and eternal life at the head of
your father's house? No, there is
nothing. I feel sorry many times when
I see men who have the Priesthood
forget almost that they have any in-
terest in the work of God.
I feel to thank God that I have lived
as long as I have, and to see as much
as I have in fulfillment of the words
of the Prophet of God. His days were
few. The lives of great men have been
strange. The idea of Jesus Christ, the
Son of the living God, only laboring
three years and a half in the ministry
and then He was put to death! His
Apostles, too, were put to death, ex-
cepting , and they
would have killed him if they could
have done so. He lived because God
wanted him to live. We live in the
last dispensation and in the midst of
the great work that all the Patriarchs
and Prophets since God made the
world have spoken of. Afflictions and
tribulations await the world. The
destroying angels have got their sharp
sickles in their hands, and they are
going to reap the earth. Everything
that has been spoken by the prophets
under the inspiration of the Holy
Ghost will come to pass in the genera-
tion in which we live. Do not forget
it. I thank God we are as well as we
are; that we have as many as we have
who are united together in the Priest-
hood. Let us try to live our religion,
do our duty, and magnify our calling
while we are here. The eyes of all
heaven are over us. The eyes of the
world are over us. The eyes of the
angels are over us. The Lord has
looked upon us and upon the house of
Israel to be saviors of the nations.
We are here to fulfill these principles.
I pray God my Heavenly Father
that as Elders of Israel and as Lat-
ter-day Saints we may prize these
principles, and that we may do our
duty what time we spend here in the
flesh. These Apostles and all the
quorums of the Priesthood have a
great work upon them. Every father
and mother has a great responsibility
resting upon them, to redeem their
dead. Do not neglect it. You will
have sorrow if you do. Any man will
who neglects the redemption of his
dead that he has power to officiate for
here. When you get to the other side
of the veil, if you have entered into
these Temples and redeemed you[r] pro-
genitors by the ordinances of the
House of God, you will hold the keys
of their redemption from eternity to
eternity. Do not neglect this! God
bless you. Amen.
The anthem,
God of Israel hear our prayer,
was sung by the choir.
Benediction by Elder .
Conference adjourned for six months.
The stenographic work in taking
the account of the proceedings was
done by .
,
Clerk of Conference.
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
God for them. Men are here, I believe,
that know of this, Brothers , and
. Brother McAllister
baptized me for all those men, and
then I told those brethren that it was
their duty to go into the Temple and
labor until they had got endowments
for all of them. They did it. Would
those spirits have called upon me, as
an Elder in Israel, to perform that
work if they had not been noble
spirits before God? They would not.
I bear this testimony, because it is
true. The Spirit of God bore record
to myself and the brethren while we
were laboring in that way.
What has been said with regard to
this nation and to our position is coming to pass. All the powers of earth
and hell will not stay the hand of
Almighty God in the fulfillment of
those great prophecies that have
to come to pass to prepare the way
for the coming of the Son of Man.
You who have gathered here are my
witnesses of this. I feel as though the
day has come when every Elder and
every Latter-day Saint ought to stop
and consider the position he is in and
the covenants he has entered into. Is
there anything on the face of the earth
that will pay you to depart from the
oracles of God and from the Gospel of
Christ? Is there anything that will
pay you to lose the principles of salvation, to lose a part in the first resurrection with the privilege of standing
in the morning of the resurrection
clothed with glory, immortality
and eternal life at the head of
your father's house? No, there is
nothing. I feel sorry many times when
I see men who have the Priesthood
forget almost that they have any interest in the work of God.
I feel to thank God that I have lived
as long as I have, and to see as much
as I have in fulfillment of the words
of the Prophet of God. His days were
few. The lives of great men have been
strange. The idea of Jesus Christ, the
Son of the living God, only laboring
three years and a half in the ministry
and then He was put to death! His
Apostles, too, were put to death, excepting , and they
would have killed him if they could
have done so. He lived because God
wanted him to live. We live in the
last dispensation and in the midst of
the great work that all the Patriarchs
and Prophets since God made the
world have spoken of. Afflictions and
tribulations await the world. The
destroying angels have got their sharp
sickles in their hands, and they are
going to reap the earth. Everything
that has been spoken by the prophets
under the inspiration of the Holy
Ghost will come to pass in the generation in which we live. Do not forget
it. I thank God we are as well as we
are; that we have as many as we have
who are united together in the Priesthood. Let us try to live our religion,
do our duty, and magnify our calling
while we are here. The eyes of all
heaven are over us. The eyes of the
world are over us. The eyes of the
angels are over us. The Lord has
looked upon us and upon the house of
Israel to be saviors of the nations.
We are here to fulfill these principles.
I pray God my Heavenly Father
that as Elders of Israel and as Latter-day Saints we may prize these
principles, and that we may do our
duty what time we spend here in the
flesh. These Apostles and all the
quorums of the Priesthood have a
great work upon them. Every father
and mother has a great responsibility
resting upon them, to redeem their
dead. Do not neglect it. You will
have sorrow if you do. Any man will
who neglects the redemption of his
dead that he has power to officiate for
here. When you get to the other side
of the veil, if you have entered into
these Temples and redeemed you progenitors by the ordinances of the
House of God, you will hold the keys
of their redemption from eternity to
eternity. Do not neglect this! God
bless you. Amen.
The anthem,
God of Israel hear our prayer,
was sung by the choir.
Benediction by Elder .
Conference adjourned for six months.
The stenographic work in taking
the account of the proceedings was
done by .
,
Clerk of Conference.
