We're living in a day when great tribulations lies near our door. My people shall be a tribe of people. If you are ready for the Lord to place trials upon you, be good people. When Brother Guy was speaking, my mind went back to the days of the prophet Joseph. I thought about the thousand tribulations that were placed upon the servants of God to establish this work. I remember the story of Heber and the lake that the Lord used in order to...

See whether he could trust him or not, ready for such a trial. The crisis and how to meet it was so that the Lord would place ways and means in the hands of Satan to die the face of deceit. Many of you have stopped to think just how great trials the Lord placed upon the prophet Joseph Smith. I think I shall call your attention to one trial that the Lord placed upon the prophet Joseph.

far greater than anything that you have ever heard. The Lord had warned the prophet, and he tried him to receive his tribe. He has also prepared this people, a tribe too, in order to meet those that are immediately coming upon him. First read, section 122. The word of the Lord to Joseph Smith the prophet, the prisoner in Liberty Jail.

The world of the world shall inquire after thy name, and fools shall have thee in derision, and hell shall rage against thee. While the pure in heart, and the wise, and the noble, and the virtuous, shall seek counsel, and authority, and blessings constantly from under thy hand. And thy people shall never be turned against thee.

by the testimony of traitors. And although thy influence shall cast thee into trouble and into bars and walls, thou shalt be had in honor, and but for a small moment, and thy voice shall be more terrible in the midst of thine enemies than the fierce lion because of thy righteousness. And thy God shall stand by thee forever.

and ever. If thou art called to pass through tribulation, if thou art entailed among false brethren, if thou art entailed among robbers, if thou art entailed by land of the sea, if thou art accused with all manner of false acquisitions, if thine enemies shall fall upon thee, if They tear thee from the society of thy father and mother and brothers and sisters, and with the drawn sword thine enemies tear thee from the bosom of thy wife and of thine offspring and thine eldest son, although but six years of age shall cling to thy dormant.

and shall say, My father, my father, why can't you stay with us? O my father, what are the men going to do with you? And if then ye shall be thrust from thee by the sword, and thou be dragged to prison, and thine enemies howl round thee like wolves for the blood of the lamb, and if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murder and sentence of death passed upon thee, if thou be cast into the deep, if the billowing swelters conspire against thee, if fierce winds become thine enemy, if the heavens gather blackness and all the elements combine to hedge up the way, and above all, If the very jaws of hell shall gap open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good. The Son of Man hath descended below them all, art thou greater than he. Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood

shall remain with thee, for their bounds or steps they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less. Therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with thee forever and ever. There's the warning that the Lord gave to the prophet Joseph. Now let's see what happened immediately after. We've all read the history and we know the story of the men who were responsible, mostly responsible for his assassination. The marks, the logs, and the foxes. Now let's see what the Lord has done. This is what he said to me. Let my servant William Mark stay soft into the house.

Let my servant William Law also receive the keys by which he may ask and receive blessings. Let him be humble before me and be without doubt, and he shall receive of my spirit. even the comforters which shall manifest unto him the truth of all things, and shall give him in the very hour what he shall say. All his signs shall follow him. He shall heal the sick. He shall cast out devils. He shall be delivered from those who would administer unto him deadly poison.

And he shall be led in paths where the poisonous serpent cannot lay hold upon his heels. And he shall mount up in the imagination of his thoughts as upon evil's wings. And what if I will that he should raise the dead? Let him not withhold his voice. Therefore, let my servant William cry aloud and swear not with joy and rejoicing and with covenants to him that sitteth upon the throne forever and ever, saith the Lord your God. Behold, I say unto you, I have a mission in store for my servant William, and my servant Hiram, and for them alone.

and let my servant Joseph stay at home, for he is needed. To remember, I will show unto you hereafter, even so, amen. So there's a good trial being made before the prophet Joseph. He was called to hold the keys of the priesthood along the side of Joseph. And all the time, the Lord knew what Jobin Law was going to do. He knew that he was going to try the face of Job. He did try him. And finally, Job arose before the council and told them something like this. If you want to carry this man any longer, he's on your shoulders. But I'm not carrying him any farther. I'm taking him off. What happened?

William and Laura immediately began to lay plans for the destruction of Joseph. Joseph knew when he went to the slaughter who was the instigator of that great day. When he cried, when he slept, I want to tell you, my brothers and sisters, the thing my brother Guy told you today, the idea of this valley, that great...

The lie that was laid before this people is greater than you or I think, and it's going to take courage. Greater courage than you and I think to be able to stand and to face the music that Satan is tuning up for in the near future for this people. You and I, my brothers and sisters, will have to seek night and day for deliverance.

The bow is here, when you should begin to cry night and day for the living, because you're soon going to become dead. Satan is dancing deep, and he's lowering the snare for his people. And those lords in this audience today, you're going to carry this message back to them. And our lives ain't worth the snap of your fingers. And I pray that the blessings of God will settle upon you, and that you...

Commence in this very hour to try night and day for your living, because you will need to. May God bless you all. Amen.