Discourse 1891-11-01

Title

Discourse 1891-11-01

Document Source

Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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    THE DESERET WEEKLY. REMARKS Made by President Wilford Woodruff, at Cache Stake Conference, held at Logan, Sunday Afternoon, Novem- ber 1st, 1891. -[REPORTED BY ARTHUR WINTER.]- I would like to talk a little to the Latter-day Saints who have assembled here this afternoon, if I can get the faith of the Saints and the Spirit of the Lord to assist me. This morning, before coming to meeting, I studied with a good deal of interest some paintings at Brother
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    reflection, I became convinced that he had been ordained to die—to shed his blood as a testimony to this dispensa- tion. But that does not take away the judgment from those who put him to death. "It must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." [Matthew 18:7] As I have said, Joseph Smith was an illit- erate man; but afterwards his teachers and instructors were angels—Apostles who had dwelt in the flesh ...
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    have had no use for Brother Merrill, for Brother Edlefsen, for Brother Roskelley, for Brother Leishman, or for any of the men in this temple at Logan; for all ordinances would be stopped throughout the land of Zion. Confusion would reign throughout Israel, and many men would be made prisoners. This trouble would have come upon the whole Church, and we should have been compelled to stop the practice. Now, the question ...