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 ...

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 ...

followed by Elder M. W. Merrill for 50 min. Prest Joseph F. Smith 5 mins, & Elder A. H. Lund 40 min. Sang, Benediction by Elder Angus M. Cannon. On invitation from Pres Geo. Q. Cannon I accompanied him to the residence of sister W. B. Dougall, laid down & slept an hour, ate some bread & milk. Attended the afternoon meeting at 2 pm. Sang "O My Father &c," prayer by Elder

SOME POINTED ADVERTISEMENTS. did not believe in any more revelation. This would be a great mistake. For if we had before us every revelation which God ever gave to man; if we had the Book of Enoch; if we had the untrans- lated plates before us in the English language; if we had the records of the Revelator St. John which are sealed up, and all other revelations, and they were piled up here a hundred feet high, the Church and kingdom of God could not grow, in this ...

AN EPISTLE. Apostle Woodruff's Cheering Coun- sels to the Saints. To the Saints Scattered Abroad; Greet- ing: DEAR BRETHREN: I feel desirous to express myself upon the present con- dition of Zion and its inhabitants. The history which we are making as Latter-day Saints is strictly in fulfil- ment of the revelations of God, as given through the mouths of Prophets and inspired men to the inhabitants of the earth in every dispensation when God has had an acknowledged people on the earth. The God of heaven, who created this earth and placed His children upon ...

DISCOURSE BY PREST. WILFORD WOODRUFF, At the General Conference, in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Saturday, a.m., October 8th, 1881. REPORTED BY JOHN IRVINE. I want to preach a short sermon to this congregation. To begin with, I have heard President Young and President Taylor a great many times from this stand ask the people to keep quiet until the meeting was dismissed; but as soon as the ser- mon ends there are a hundred boys and girls, or ...

The people again assembld at 6 oclok oclock in the evening prayer by Orson Pratt W. Wooduff addresed the people & spoke of the great variety that was manifest in all the works of God both in heaven & on earth which addded greatly to the interest & glory of God but all governed by the same spirit, power & Law, so with the preaching of the Elders of this church, they treat upon a great many of subjects but all by the same spirit & unto edification exhorted parents to see that ...

Elder W. Woodruff said, this being a school of ^the^ prophets, should be profitable to those who come here, the spirit of God that each Elder possesses is the spirit of prophesy--we have had the living oracles in our midst for 40 years on the 6th April next--And as a people we have got to prepare a place for the coming of the Son of Man-- the United States had been warned ^lately^ by several hundred missionaries, perhaps for the last time, and their testimonies will stand good before God, Angels ...