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On the doctrin's of faith Faith comes by hearing the word of God through the testimony of the Servents of God that Testimony is alw- ays attended by the spirit of prophecy & revelation.
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A deluge of water once depopulated the world for crime; a similar scourge, by a different elem- ent, has a similar mission to perform & for a like cause. The measure of human crime is coming to the full, and the arm of Omnipotence lifted to "shake terribly the earth" and the watch quarrelling about creeds, territory or gold. The present Christian dispensation is about to close like the Jewish—the heavens about to [be] rolled together like a scroll; the star in that heaven about to be thrown from their orbits, in wild consternation and the indications overlooked; prophetic allusions to the terrible wreck, mistaken, misapplied or applyed to the wreck of Nature; an event without foundation in holy writ. These things are true.— They are not the freaks of a heated imagination; but predicated upon a long candid, cool, unbiassed investigation of the living oracles; and on the premises we throw the gontlet to all the clergy, learned or unlearned on earth!
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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.
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Again the first Principle of our cause & work is to understand that their is a prophet in the Church & that he is at the head of the Church on Earth. who called Joseph Smith to be a prophet? Did the people or God. God & not the people called him, had the people gatherd together & appointed one of their number to be a Prophet he would have been accountable to the people but inasmuch as he was called of God & not the people he is accountab[le] to God & the Angel that committed the Gospel to him & not to any man on earth.
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who is the Author of this work & gathering, Josephs Smith the Prophet of God as an instrument in the hands of God is the Author of it, he is the greatest man on earth No other man of this age has power to assemble such a great people from all the Nations of the earth with all their varied dispositions as assimulate them & cement them together so that they will be subject to rule & order this the Prophet is doing & what makes a great king President or man is to have a great People to rule over.
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Their was to be two Prophets in Jerrusalem slain, for they tormented them. Prophets are always a torment to the People for they tell them the truth, reprove their transgressions speak of the Judgments that are to come, when those prophets were to be slain the people all would rejoice & send Presents to one another because the prophets who had tormented them were slain, but in three days they stood upon their feet & the Joy of their enemies was of short duration. It is so now their is a secret Joy in the hearts of the Priest and many people that the Prophet and Patriarch is murdered and some manifest their joy openly. It is always a dark time Just before day, it is a dark time now but it will soon be light.
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For the first time in my life, for the first time in your lives, for the first time in the kingdom of God do I step forth to act in my capacity in connexion with the quorum of the Twelve as Apostles of Jesus Christ unto the People and to bear of the keys of the Kingdom of God in all the world. And for the first time are you called to walk by faith not by sight, for always before you have had a Prophet as the mouth of the Lord to speak to you. but he has sealed his testimony with his Blood.
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No man can stand at our head. The Prophet Joseph has lade the foundation for a great work, and we will build upon it.
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But I tel you in the name of the Lord, that no man can put another betwen the Twelve and the Prophet Joseph, why because Joseph was their file leader and he has committed into there hands the keys of the kingdom for all the world. dont put a thread between the Priesthood and God
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He said if God has appointed him, & chosen him as an instrument to lead the church, why not let him lead it through? Why stand in the way, when he is appointed to do a thing? Who knows the mind of God? Does he not
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Part of Discourse 1865-09-22Excerpt:Elder W. Woodruff:—The founding of this kingdom cost sorrow and blood. In our family circles we remember the men who founded it, and we prize those who have laid down their lives for this work. God has given us other men to lead us, and they are as dear to us as our former prophets were. We should prize their instructions, and we should live in that way that we can have com- munion with God to sustain ourselves as Elders, Bishops, Presidents, etc. If we are without the light of the gospel ... -
Part of Discourse 1890-02-09Excerpt:PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF said he was thankful for the privi- lege of meeting with so many of the Latter-day Saints upon that oc- casion. He had not been able dur- ing the last four or five months to speak in public, having been af- flicted with a cold on his lungs. One very peculiar fact was that God the Creator of heaven and earth and the inhabitants thereof had always been an unpopular Be- ing with the world. The Gospel of Jesus Christ whenever taught by inspired men, in any age, had met with a great deal of ... -
Part of Discourse 1892-03-03Excerpt:PRESIDENT WOODRUFF arose and said—I do not feel well enough to make a speech, but I feel that I ought to express a few of my thoughts on this occasion. I have read the Old and the New Testament, the whole history of God's dealings with the world, and I think that all the men who have labored in the cause of truth have had the inspiration of Almighty God. There is no work that God has set His hand to do of more importance than His work in the last dispensation of the fulness ... -
Excerpt:Cardston. Aug. 17th 1896. Presidents. Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F Smith, Salt Lake City. Beloved Leaders of Zion, There is a subject I feel to lay before you that has occupied my thought a great deal of late, so much so, that I wrote the Church Historian, Apostle F. D. Richards, about it, but feel I should have writen you direct. It ^is^ concerning some very sacred objects I once had the ... -
Excerpt:to remember you when I go before the Lord. I also wish an interest in your prayers. I have never seen a time in my day when there has been such a flood of prophecy and revelation fulfilling as at the present time. I hope and trust we may live in such a manner as to be prepared for the events which are rolling like a flood upon the earth, and are startling to the nations in very deed. I pray that this sheet may reach you in safety. And that the God of [illegible] ... -
Excerpt:In comparison God has a fine stepper properly harness to his ^[illegible]^ to assist the brethen; while man has nothing but a push cart. True, majorities controle in the world & they ^the wicked^ will seek to push this doctrine upon us, on purpose to destroy the church. I know their cunning is not equal to the wisdom of God, and I pray for strength to stand when these two powers will, apparently, as nearly lie that the boldest will tremble in the conflict. A bare majority of the people may reject the prophets of God and by their votes ... -
Excerpt:your daily prayers to support me. Yesterday we held a meeting here in our room & we had quite a few straingers present and a good many of them had to sit on the beds but we did the best we could & had a good meeting. I had been feeling a little blue (which is not often the case.) After we had opene[d] our meeting I took the stand though I felt that it would be impossible for me to speak ten minuets, but with the Lord's ... -
Part of Religious - Hymnbook, circa 1835Excerpt:The old professers hug their Priests And draw aloof amazed To see us bruse the serpents head And they'v no power to save him For marching & Old babels tower is at the door As tall as any steeple Nothing can hit or maker quit Like union in Gods people For marching & Her end has come and work is done And God will bless the boldest We rise to state her fall is great The prophet John has told us For marching & Her end ishas come and work is done And great is their disaster ... -
Part of Discourse 1869-09-05Excerpt:REMARKS On the death of Elder Ezra T. Benson, by Elder WILFORD WOODRUFF, de- livered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sept. 5th, 1869. REPORTED BY DAVID W. EVANS. I am called upon this afternoon to make some remarks upon the life and death of Brother Ezra Taft Benson, who has been suddenly taken out of our midst,—from time into eternity. I have long since considered it unneces- sary to make any excuses for performing my duty ... -
Part of Discourse 1880-10-06Excerpt:testimony. Elder WILFORD WOODRUFF bore testimony to the remarks already made. The Lord raised up this work, through the Prophet Joseph Smith, who labored for its establishment and predicted many things, all of which thus far have been fulfilled, and there is no doubting the fact that all that remains will be in due time. I have witnessed the progress of this work for many years, and have gone through the trials and ex- periences of early times, and when I see this people to-day numbering a hundred and fifty thousand ...