Pulpit

Remarks

Abraham H. Cannon

1889 October General Conference·Afternoon Session·1889-10-04

I have been interested in the remarks of the brethren. We should realize a lesson we have sought to teach the world ever since the Church was established, that is, that the Gospel is a perfect law of liberty. It does not control or dominate man in his thoughts. Freedom was established cotemporaneously with this creation. In the past when people have hearkened to the words of prophets, they have been prospered exceedingly. But when they have taken the opposite of this course, trouble has been the result. This was illustrated in the days of the Prophet Samuel when the people clamored for a king. He pictured to them the trouble that would grow out of their being gratified in this matter. The result was as defined by him. From the time of the organization of the Church, you will find that blessings have attended the Saints when they have carried out the counsels of our God.

We have in our midst the oracles of God, men who are authorized to communicate unto us His mind and will. We sustain them in our faith and prayers as Prophets, Seers and Revelators unto the Church. Do we sustain them by our works? We see in our midst today a great effort made to turn us away from the counsels of these our leaders, and we are ridiculed because of our willingness to listen to their teachings. But if we will carry out their instructions, as they are given to us from time to time, as the Lord reveals His will unto them, we shall see blessings follow in our path, we will be prospered in all our labors, and will not be overcome by the snares and devices of the adversary.

Satan, from the very beginning, has been seeking to bring the souls of men into bondage and an effort will continue to be made in our midst to bring the people into bondage to lead them away from God and bring them to destruction.

In the Gospel there is glory and redemption for us, and if we will but follow out the commands of God He will bless us, He will fulfill all the predictions that He has made concerning Zion; He will relieve us though the way is dark and there seems to be no ray of light to brighten our path.

Cite this talkAbraham H. Cannon, "Remarks," 1889 October General Conference, Afternoon Session (1889-10-04). Pulpit Vault, 1889-10-abraham-h-cannon-remarks. Contemporaneous report text from newspapers.lib.utah.edu.Pulpit Vault, edition of 23 September 2026 (commit 4bdc6ac627).
Elsewhere in the corpus
  1. 1852Liberty, Reform, Etc.Ezra T. Benson¶ 1
  2. 1922How Wonderful Is the Gospel of Jesus ChristWinslow Farr Smith¶ 1
  3. 1903Report on the Woodruff StakeJohn M. Baxter¶ 1
  4. 1862Necessity of Understanding the First Principles of the Gospel of Union Among the Priesthood, and Attention to Temporal DutiesGeorge A. Smith¶ 1
  5. 1891RemarksMarriner W. Merrill¶ 1

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