Whare there is a prophet, a priest, or a righ- teous man unto whom God gives his oracles there is the kingdom of God, & whare the oracles of God are not there the kingdom of God is not. In these remarks I have no allusion to the kingdoms of the earth, we will keep the Laws of the Land, we do not speak against them, we never have, & we can hardly make mention of the State of Missouri of our persecutions there &c ...

that all Jerrusalem went out unto Johns Baptism Here was a legal administrator, & those that were baptized were subjects for a king & also the laws & oracles of God were there therefore the king- dom of God was there, for no man could have better authority to Administer than John & our Savior submitted to that authority himself by being baptized By John therefore the kingdom of God was set up upon the earth even in the days of John their is a difference between the kingdom of ...

had presented to them during this conference this people should give themselves to the studying of the revelations of God as con- tained in the Bible book of Mormon & Doctrin & Covenants Some have thought they should follow the living Oracles & neglect the study of all other Revelations but this is not so all men should follow & harken to the living Oracles of God but they should not neglect the study of the scriptures for God has commanded it and any man that will search the revelations of God thouroughly ...

Moses that he should build a tab- ernacle that they should bear it with them in the wilderness & to build a house in the Land of promise that those ordinances might be revealed which had been hid from before the world was therefore varily I say unto you that your annointings & your washings & your bap- tisms for the dead, & your Solomn Assemblies, & your memorials for your Sacrifizces by the Sons of Levi and for your

upon you. I give unto you my Servant Joseph to be a presiding Elder over all my church to be a translater a Revelator a Seer and Prophet. I give unto him for councillors my servant Sidney Rigdon & my servant William Law & these may constitute a quorum & First presidency to receive the oracles for the whole church &c, &c, &c, [Doctrine and Covenants 124:124-126] [rest of page blank] ...

27th ^1860^ and I will now tell you all and you may right it down that all my preaching by the Holy Ghost it is revelation. I told the Brother Joseph that he had given us revelation enough to last us 20 years when that time is out I can give as good revelation as their is in the Doctrins & Covenants. "Elder Taylor said in one of his sermons that if we walk in the light of the Lord we should have revelations all the time." it ...

OGDEN HERALD: SEMI-WEEKLY. Issued Wednesdays and Saturdays, BY THE OGDEN HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. E. H. ANDERSON, - Business Manager. Office in Dooly-Stevens Block, corner of Main and Fourth Streets. All business communications should be addressed to the Company; those intended for publication, to the Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Ogden City, Utah, as Second-class matter. SATURDAY. NOV. 27, 1886. AN EPISTLE. Apostle Woodruff's Cheering Coun- sels to the Saints. To the Saints Scattered Abroad, Greet- ing: DEAR BRETHREN:-I feel desirous to ...

W. WOODRUFF'S ADDRESS, TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. I deem it to be a duty which I owe to God and his church, to express my feelings and bear my testimony unto you, concerning certain things that are presented to you for your consideration; especially, the claims of elder Sidney Rigdon to the exclusive right to lead and govern the church of Latter-day Saints. I have care- fully examined the trial which elder Rigdon has had before the authorities of the church in Nauvoo ...

APOSTLE WOODRUFF felt moved upon to speak a few words to the Conference, by bearing his testimony to what John had just finished saying, as also to what Can non had promulgated as Gospel in the forenoon, for they were oracles of God, and it was not the privilege of one man alone to have revelation, but it was the duty of all the Saints to be full of revelation, so that they might walk through life with the light of the Holy Spirit shining on their path. It was the duty ...

W. WOODRUFF'S ADDRESS, TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. I deem it to be a duty which I owe to God and his church, to express my feelings and bear my testimony unto you, concerning certain things that are presented to you for your consideration; especially, the claims of elder Sidney Rigdon to the exclusive right to lead and govern the church of Latter-day Saints. I have care- fully examined the trial which elder Rigdon has had before the authorities of the church in Nauvoo, as ...