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The Marvelous Work and a Wonder

Rulon S. Wells, Of the First Council of the Seventy

1905 April General Conference·Sunday Morning Overflow Session·1905-04-09

Elder Rulon S. Wells of the First Council of Seventy spoke briefly.

The Lord has declared that He would bring to pass His wonderful work, and we know that He is doing so; that He has opened the heavens and sent messengers to the earth. The world, without the Spirit of God, cannot grasp nor receive these things, but only those who through obedience to God's laws have received His Spirit, and we know them. "Men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil," applies to men both in and out of the Church. Sin Is ofttimes attractive, and owing to weakness, and lack of the Spirit, men are often led into sin. Were we filled with the Holy Ghost we would hate sin. The speaker exhorted the saints to cherish the good, encourage the Spirit, and walk in the light. Let us walk in the light and secure the cleansing from sin that comes through the Lord's atonement.

Obedience to God's laws always has brought marvelous manifestations of His power. When these wonderful things cease, it is because men have wandered away from the light, but as we increase in righteousness, whether as individuals, families on peoples, God's marvelous blessings will increase upon us.

Cite this talkRulon S. Wells, "The Marvelous Work and a Wonder," 1905 April General Conference, Sunday Morning Overflow Session (1905-04-09). Pulpit Vault, 1905-04-wells-marvelous-work-and-wonder. Authoritative print text from archive.org.Pulpit Vault, edition of 23 September 2026 (commit 4bdc6ac627).
Elsewhere in the corpus
  1. 1880Partaking of the Lord's Supper, Etc.Charles W. Penrose¶ 2
  2. 1944Our Indebtedness to the LordJoseph Fielding Smith¶ 2
  3. 1883Revealed Religion and Man-Made Methods of Worship—Only One True and Acceptable Way to Worship God—Ancient and Modern Revelations Corroborate Each Other—God's Spirit the Light and Life of the Whole World—Men Generally Choose Darkness Rather Than Light—The Coming Forth of the Light in the Latter Days—Joseph Smith and His Doctrines—The Speaker's Personal Experience—The Operations of the Spirit—The Way to Obtain Knowledge From God—The Necessity of Priesthood and Church Government—The Head of the Church God's Mouthpiece to the Church—The Perfection, Beauty, and Harmony of the Lord's WorkCharles W. Penrose¶ 2
  4. 1975Using Our Free AgencyDelbert L. Stapley¶ 3
  5. 1856Those Who Are in Darkness Cannot Discern the Light—Exhortations to Male and Female to Seek After the Light of the Holy Ghost—Women Who Leave Their Husbands, EtcJedediah M. Grant¶ 2

Passages elsewhere in the record that speak where this talk speaks — nearest first, found by comparing paragraph texts. Each opens at the cited paragraph.