Minutes Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2: 00 p.m. January 10, 1943

Brother John Y. Barlow presided conducted.

1st Song: " Spirit of God Like a Fire" Prayer: Brother I. W. Barlow 2nd Song: ":We'll Sing Songs of Zion"

Brother Rulon T. Jeffs

was the first speaker and he said how he appreciated these meetings because they were such a contrast to type of people he had to mix with in his work; that he long s for time when Kingdom of God will hold sway, when we no longer have to mix with Babylon; that a humble man cannot be beaten (gave Savior as an example--he mixed with poor and afflicted and finally was hung on a cross; he had power over life and death but had to go through what he did for our sakes); that no matter what our lot may be, or where Lord may call us to go, let us be humble that Lord can use us; let us respect these brethren over us, and carry spirit of Lord in all walks of life. I feel weak but I want to do will of Lord.

Brother Fred Jessop:

spirit and testimony of Brother Jeffs should be and is an inspiration to us. It should do us good, for that is purpose in which we meet. Our faith must be strengthened.,. Why must we have strength? Because we have been placed in this earthly life to gain experience, to gain eternal life. We indeed have got to live great faith. I feel that we do not stop to value privileges we have like we should. If we would come with an idle presence, we cannot possibly gain good that we do in bringing something in our spirits, something to give; in or words, give our faith and strength to each or. I feel that this is a great cause; I feel satisfied in course we are taking and I dare trust outcome Of course, it is an individual fight, an individual thing for each one of us, where we stand or fall; where Kingdom of God goes on, or where we will watch it go on. I feel this is a great work and when we, many of us, stand on brink, I pray that Lord will allow me to go on in His work. I hope Lord will give me strength to go on and do good among His people. It seems like me has been United Order quite a bit, sometimes to point of getting tired of it; but take that principle as a whole out of Gospel and what is there left to talk about? Not very much. Why is it so great? Because in its fullness it comprehends nearly every principle of Gospel; they at times it becomes tiring of hear it.

1 rejoice in pioneering efforts which we have to do. I feel like if Lord will so bless us that we can continue, that I can be among Lord's people, that is where I went to be. Another thing that causes me to rejoice is observations I have made in regards to our preparing to came to our meetings each month. It is about 300 miles to come; it is hard to get means to come; it is a problem to go. Many is time that we have decided to go and devil has tried to stop us; we have had so many flat tires at different points that we have almost wiped points off map and they are over lapping, we have had so many flat tires. I feel it is a privilege to come. I remember counsel that Brother John gave me several years ago, and it is still in force ---that is to go right no matter what or fellow does. I rejoice in outlook; I rejoice in feeling: I rejoice in fact that we have brethren among us who can give us mind and word of God If we will not we will be left, and we must go forward. I pray that in name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

In prayer today we asked Lord that we might become His people. To me that is a great request and a very definite point which we are trying to arrive at--that is that we may be sons and daughters of God. In a very broad way we are sons and. daughters; but in final clarification we can only become such by keep His commandments. Lord outlines road by which we can became sons of Aaron, and Abraham, and heirs of Church, and outline includes that by keeping all commandments of God. And so it was given in prayer that we might come back into ' presence of our Father in Heaven, that we might become joint heirs with Jesus Christ--that is our great mission on earth. In order to do that we have got to become united. I agree with Brother Fred that united order becomes irksome to some people. I was visiting a family or day and brother told me of how he and his neighbor had been trying to live united order. women folks got busy ,and got to fighting in same house. It came to words and they had to separate and get away from it. I said it was not a failure; but you tackled something on your own initiative. While thought was all right, method was wrong. when Lord wants you to live united order He will open up way for you to live it. Do not try to run before you are sent. We cannot become perfect without it. We cannot live with our Heavenly Father unti1 we learn to live with those on earth that we will live with in heaven. We came here to learn how to serve, to overcome ourselves; to overcome difficulties, Lord in His kindness gives us things to overcome to :perfect ourselves. tree roots itself in ground, and we have these things to learn how to control our habits and root ourselves well in ground in a good way. When we came here we forgot ourselves regarding our spiritual bodies we have all weaknesses of mortality We inherit all weaknesses of our fathers and mothers and we have all these things

focused in one point; and question is, can you overcome these things; can you rise above weaknesses of flesh. Can you, notwithstanding fact that you are stationed in these conditions, overcome these things and take life of Christ and live as He did. Is it possible that you can adopt golden rule--do unto others as you would be done by. Unless we overcome these things, we are not perfect and we are not living golden rule. If I take advantage of our neighbor, then we are not doing right; we are not on square. One of early apostles, Brother Marsh, left church because his wife stole a pint of cream from her neighbor and he finally came back after years a broken man,--;just a little object like a pint of cream. Those things are playing on us all time. Our traditions are hardest things to overcome. We want to be Father's people; we want to be sons and daughters of Abraham. We get there by living law, that Abraham lived. We get into Christ's presence by living law, that He lived; we get back into presence of Father by living laws that he lived. I believe we are making some progress in this group. I am glad to see that this house is overfilled today. I am sorry that we cannot meet in our regular assembly hall, but because of red tape that is involved in these matters (fire escape, etc.) although I believe Lord would preserve us but we have got to comply with laws of land so far as they do not conflict with laws of God Lord has helped to organize society and government and we want to comply with laws of land, So we are prevented from going up there (to assembly hall upstairs) and it is inconvenient for Brother and Sister Barlow, but to earn salvation is a job. To buy eternal progress and exaltation requires a big price and question is are we prepared to pay price. I was thinking of our stenographer trying to take notes on her knee. Few of us know what this girl has been doing this last three or four years as official reporter o this group, and nobody knows anything about it. you never see anything or hear anything about her until somebody recognizes the work she is doing and mentions it. Sister Leona Allred brought up a bunch of papers that thick that had been preached here and filed them in office. there are a great many people doing a great work in this group, I thank Lord that we have someone who is capable of doing this work and is willing to do it. the lord will bless her and is blessing her. the Lord brought her from California and I rejoice that he brought her here. Now brothers and sisters, I rejoice in Gospel. I want to improve each day. the We have some boys going out in army and some are there now, I do not know what they will have to do, but some are leaving today,. We want them to go out and do their duty. their main duty is to remain sweet and pure in their lives. they will go out and come back with experiences that will be invaluable in work of Lord, We are a military people of Lord. We have got to be. We will have to engage in greatest battle that has ever been fought. It will be battle of Almighty

God against elements of Satan, against his horde of soldiers these men who are going out now will get experience and understanding of how to battle, discipline, and meet the circumstances that come. I believe it will be a blessing to us and to them. We have people on or side being trained in procedure of war. are going to come down and battle for Lord. We are Ephraim and or tribes are going to fight battles of Ephraim Like Col. young who was one of our greatest soldiers, word came to us after he died that he was training people on or side so they can come down and help in great battle. It is not long before people are going to come up from south and receive blessings at hands of Ephraim, and Ephraim is in this house today. This is not Manasseh or Judah: Ephraim is here today with us. Some in this building have blood of Judah but Ephraim prevails, What was condition of Ephraim and his people – mixture of bloods; but channel through which they came is Manasseh. Indians are of that blood, Ephraim was blessed to take lands and blessing of Jacob. When tribe of Manasseh come up to receive their blessings, and that will be soon they will receive their blessings at hands of Ephraim there are Gentiles among our church, but you have never heard of a Gentile Priesthood. Priesthood is not of Gentile race. It comes through loins of Abraham, land of Ephraim as well s Manasseh, though Ephraim presides. Do not look for an Indian prophet to come up here and lead this people,. there are many Indian prophets; there are people set apart to work among Indians, but they were set apart to do that work. We, as a council, are not to take anything that does not belong to us: but we should get these things in our minds straight instead of having our minds far off in foreign lands for leadership look in your own back yards. Sometimes we look far off for something that is right under our feet. God bless you, Amen.

Song: "When First Glorious Light of Truth"

(Alford Olschewski asked that we keep new green song books in as good a shape as possible)

Brother Owen Allred:

Brothers and sisters, this is a surprise. I wish Rulon was here. you do not know how happy I am to be with you today. I have never felt so close to my Heavenly Father as I have last few weeks. I have had some awful trials in my mind and when I kicked them out, it is wonderful. In thinking over days of my dear Father and how close he was to us children, and things that we were taught, it thrills me there is no blessing greater than to have brothers and sisters to put up with. One of biggest things that my dear Father taught us was to keep our mouths shut, for we do not know what we are taking about If we could put ourselves in or fellows shoes and see how they would like to

have us look at it, it would look deferent,. I know I talk too much. Father told me many times, "Tell truth and then shut up" I remember when Father came in our trailer house after I was married and talked to us. We did not believe in fullness of Gospel at that time, but little by little I have been taught it. (He told experience of his Father getting his legs broken and how he got up and walked) Many times my Father has called me away from danger. He was always blessed with knowledge of future and what was ahead,. I long to have with me that spirit that my Father had. Just yesterday I was handling a big gun. I fired it two or three times and it burned me, but I went ahead and finished test. I laid gun down and it fell apart: if there had been another cartridge in gun it would have killed me. God bless you , Amen.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

Bro Joseph said they have put us out. No, we are not put out. We are glad to move our furniture in order to be fed truths of everlasting Gospel,. Another thing, we were told it was going to be a short time before great events take place. We were hardly prepared for it. God is moving and He has started stone to rolling. He has said that out o church there would get a nucleus to go on and do will of God It was said some of us got tired of talking United Order. Do we know that, that was first law given to Saints of God in this dispensation,. I do not mean sinners, but Saints,. It was first great law given to church, and it was necessary. If we had lived it, we would have become real Saints of God. Why was it given? Because there are spirits waiting to take bodies. they had a right to be born inside Kingdom o God and God was trying to prepare Saints to get read; Just like in days of Savior looking down over Jerusalem ****** God said, "except you live that law Zion will not be redeemed" moment you under take to do anything some brother says, "you have no right to do this". Brigham young said "God will bless any man that will undertake to live that law, and have men at head to lead" If we had lived that law, today this city would belong to Saints; now it belongs to Gentiles. ***** What is matter with most of us today is that we spiritualize things. If Noah had believed what or did about being drown he would have gone with m. Time is close at hand and it will not be long before these things will happen, We say we will be all right; we have got homes. But we can be cast out. (He then spoke of days of Lamanites) God has said from stammering lips of another tongue will I speak to this people. God bless you brothers and sisters, and let us live laws of God. Some say, we cannot do this in our day. When they direst came out here, they did a lot of things that were said could not be done. What can be done once, can be done again. God Bless you. Amen.

Closing Song: "From Greenland's Icy Mountains"

Benediction: Brother D. W. Jeffs. LJAllred.

Minutes

Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at Priesthood Home 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. January 24, 1943

Brother John y. Barlow presided and conducted.

Prayer: Brother James (Jimmie) Jessop 2nd Song: " Time Is Far Spent"

Brother Marion Hammon:

First spoke of cartoon--President's office and two boys) We said that they cannot kick us out of our own home, but they did. I often think of dedicatory prayer. Saints were driven from Jackson County. We have been driven, but maybe we have not had enough yet., We do not appreciate Gospel enough to take good care of things it gives us. We do not appreciate bodies we have enough to take care of m. American nation does not appreciate country they have got, and so they are not taking care of it. Prophet never offended anyone, but he had many law suits. So we have it here. If you live your religion, you are hated by world. In Short Creek I was impressed with words of a Sister; she said, "1 am thankful to be numbered among; ·people that are hated by people. In giving my new address as Short Creek people through up their hands. I was marked. people there are strong in work, though some do some backsliding. I do not hear difference of opinion there that I find here. Some of you ·will not live Gospel in spite of what you have. you are standing in your own light. Make about face and view might look a little better to you. I do not know, but I think our work is progressing. they are telling stories about us and lying, but people of Short Creek are going forward. I used to think it was peculiar when Uncle John said it is all right when they all lying about us. I hope they never tell truth about us. My faith in this work is growing. I feel sure of our work. I can see where we are people. If our faith is weak and we cannot see ahead, n we are failing. Maybe I am not very smart, but I have never been cast in a place where there are more possibilities. It is sweet to work with men of God in Short Creek. I hate to work among shysters here. men there good and true; sweet in

their feelings and ready to go forward When I say ready, I mean it. Some men are old enough to be my grandfather and some my Father; and they stand right at rack ready to work. Two weeks ago we had Sunday School and not a soul was late. We had a house full of children and women and such sweet spirit I have never felt in a long time. privation that those people go through is wonderful. When I see women scrubbing their clothes on a wash board, I tell you it is remarkable. Some day they will have electric washers too. When I think of that little staying down there, it makes my heart full. they are kind of people that Lord can use. Lord can turn aside men like Rich Jessop if he tried to. He is sweet. I tell you he is a man of God. I tell you I do not want any more remarks coming to me about Short Creek as low and degrading if you do I will rebuke you. That lady Johnson would make many of you men ashamed of yourselves. When I see her standing in her house in midst of poverty, it is wonderful. Do not criticize these people. Now that I understand I am saying nothing about people of Short Creek. If they have not had a fair chance, the Lord will have to do criticizing; I will not. Rich Jessop at one time with Fred to help him taking care of nine families. Just think of that. He was cutting wood and keeping women supplied with their needs. It is really work We have got to awaken. It is good to take courage of best class of people that they are. It is good to take courage of people here; burdens that you are going to be called on to carry are something. We cannot lick that desert alone with just our hands; We are going to need help. I tell you sometimes I feel so small I wonder how I am going to get over work. We have got to get spirit of God. I have got to live my religion or get out. When I look at Gospel and see it lived day by day, I cannot help seeing that it is a business. only way you can get back in presence of your Father is by living all laws of Gospel. That does not mean just plural marriage. We had better commence setting ourselves in order. We are cast out in our own home and are downstairs again. I cannot help but feel that it is our fault. I do not know why it is that people still profess and yet will not do. Stories are constantly reaching me about ill here and there I do not want anyone to feel that I am holding them; love and cherish when it is necessary, but let spirit go when it wants to go. you are fiddling around too much. If a man spends so much time trying to polish a woman for principle and she will not take it n, she never will polish. I have seen you people so sorrowful it breaks my heart. Every time you men have Cain in your house, old sores open. time will come when you will never heal. If you are having trouble in your families, state your case and have it right and n quit. I admire Joseph and his families. I feel Lord will bring, his families back together again. longer you leave it, harder it is to take it. That is Gospel of Jesus Christ. I say, let us pray about this house; pray for our meetings to be back upstairs. I tell you, if you are honest and pray, in 30 days you will be back up there--if you

are honest and try to live Gospel and exercise your faith, and n Lord will be with you. That is my testimony to you in name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Brother Joseph W. Musser;

I have been very much impressed with Brother Hamnon's talk and I want to testify that he was prompted by spirit of Lord. I am glad that we have men of that caliber ,in Council; men who are very frank in pointing out our weaknesses and calling us to repentance. If there was ever a time when we should repent and call on Lord, it is now. (He n quoted song, " Time Is Far Spent".) I felt impressed when we were singing it that if I was called upon to talk that I would ask Saints to go home and sing it today and every day for a time. Eliza R. Snow was inspired to write that song. I have been disturbed about situation in this house. I know that in a sense that we have desecrated this home. In our dedicatorial prayer we all asked that if this house could not be kept pure and holy, that it would be taken away from us. I do not think it has been desecrated to a great extent, but I think you parents have not watched your children, and children make a rowdy place of it. I was told that someone was blaspheming Lord. After an evening meeting floor looked terrible. inspectors came here and saw situation. I do not blame them for doing and saying things they did. I am sure in my feelings that some of orders that have came have come through prejudice-- brethren who are not in harmony with us. But I think Lord is still with us. Today while we were in a meeting this morning we could not hear ourselves think because of noise of children. What were you mothers doing? I do realize that you parents mothers do not allow racing and wrestling and fighting in this building. I have felt that way on many occasions. children have been let to run and rant. then at our dances report has come to me things that are not pleasing to Lord. We must be brought to our ,senses and realize that it is a place of Lord. when we dance, we must dance in holiness, and not turn ourselves loose and indulge in those things that are not up building. Why, I have been to parties when prophets of Lord have been there and no deeper spirit of worship has been felt than I felt there. Later, parties at time of President Joseph F. Smith spirit of Lord was there. We did not invite people that were not of us. Sometimes people came here that are not of us. Let m go. We do not ,want them; this is one of Lord's temples, of Lord God Almighty they have condemned it. But we have to deal with Lord. We do have an idea that they are making a mistake when they tell us that. I heard the other day that this was a very expensive experiment that we have failed in. I protest that statement; it was a good man who stated it but he did not realize statement he was making. If this house had burned down day that it was dedicated, it was not a bad experiment. If we had 30 or 40 of you saints to prepare this, that very fact that

you came here way you did in unity to prepare it, it was not a failure because we got you together in unity to prepare it. Saints have never been more united than we were preparing this house. When Joseph took his band of brethren to Missouri united and then 1ayed down his guns and did nothing was that a failure? Because he laid a foundation for Quorum of apostles and seventies? Lord taught them lessons that never could be taught any or way Was Christ's mission a failure when church was taken away later? n going down 1900 years in ignorance? Was His 1esson a failure? No! We are in His mission now. We have sowed seeds of what it is now. This people have come out. Was it a failure when God flooded earth and Noah and his few were saved? Was it a failure to have all destroyed but them? No! Enoch came along and he took all righteous with him. Those who were left were not fit to live but Noah and his families; but in that operation ordinance of baptism was performed on earth one of greatest things that happened to earth. and now it is being prepared in baptized by fire. Those who are upon earth and are not worthy to live will be, burned. earth is going to have a literal burning. It was not a failure; Noah's family lived on and so progress of work of Lord went on. So do not get idea that this work on this house was a failure. It was not! All who contributed, benefitted by it. Every person who put a minute or a coin in this :place has been built up. If they should put us out in street today I would say would reap benefit. But I am sure they will not turn us out. I am sure Lord will preserve this building for a wise purpose. But it will be a little while before we will meet upstairs again. Lord is permitted this to come upon us because of our own sins. you parents watch your children. Teach them to respect this house. Why do you think children were let run around in holy temples of God? Why should we here? Children were not allowed at dedication of Temple. (He then spoke of Hosanna Anthem that was sung and Hosanna Shout and a little babe that happened to be there. you have not participated in that shout but you will have opportunity if you are faithful And that babe during that shout joined in that shout with same spirit that that mother and father had. Let us teach our children along that line. If fathers are not here, you mothers watch your children. This place has been dedicated. If you let your children litter up this home, you are littering upon Lord God Almighty. You men, are you having trouble with your women? Quit arguing. Quit trying to set them right if they will not be set right. Do not quarrel with each other. If a wife wants to quarrel, let husband go out and leave her. In a week or two come back and see how she feels. If necessary, leave her long enough. Am I perfect?· No. I have got to do my duty. I was out four different nights last week trying to reconcile four different families. We have got to quit this quarreling and fighting. Quit fighting with your husbands who are trying to exalt you. How can wives be exalted without your husbands, your children will not be exalted without them.

One woman said her husband does not know as much as she does. Leave him then, and go someplace else. Now, brothers and sisters, we have got to repent. Joseph W. Musser has got to repent and his wives have got to repent of some things. Brother John Barlow etc have got to repent. We all have got to repent. We are not doing best we can. It is up to you and to me and all of us. I feel to bless this congregation. I do not want you to feel I angry but I had to let off this steam. We have got to respect this place. It is just as sacred as Temple because this is our temple. Lord has given this to us. We will someday be in temples here, and some who are faithful will be in temple at Jackson County- temple of all times. But we have got to repent and prepare ourselves. How can I better myself, "Brother Musser" comes to me often. "Why just do it". Learn to subdue yourselves before you try to subdue earth. God bless you, Amen.

Brother Charles F. Zitting:

Brothers and sisters, I have a bad cold today, so I will not speck long. I pray Lord Will bless me to say a few words of benefit to you. I had Same thought that some of or brethren have mentioned. there was some reason for keeping us out of our meeting place. way place was left after meetings was disgraceful. Another thing about it is that many of our young children have come here painted up like people of street. If we want to do this, let us get out and walk with street walkers. I am glad. to know that majority of people try to be one with us. I remember one night at a dance my own girls asked three neighbor girls to come with us. they are very good girls. they had a little paint on their lips and when they got here and saw that most of the girls had no paint on; they wiped the paint of their lips. We want to be able to show the outside world a good. example so if they have any ways of world when they come here they will want to do away with it. I do not have any bad feelings against you; I just want to save you, and do all I can. That is all I want. Another thought--in· case of one of our brethren who was about to be drafted in the U.S. Army. He has 11 children under 8 years of age and his wives. He would have had to leave them all. you all know that that is unfair, but the draft board was prejudiced. We appealed the case to the State draft board, and it unanimously voted him down. they were so dirty about it that they did not give him. one descending vote there was only one or source to go to-- colonel, Col. Rich, of the State. I made it a matter of sincere prayer. We, Louis and I, went over to see a consulting attorney next to Col. Rich's office .then we went to Col. Rich again. He greeted me and I told him that Louis has 11 children under 8 years of age, and that he may term it what he likes, but law specifically states that children born out of wedlock (as he termed Louis' condition), but are carrying on a genuine

family relation, are dependents. He said, "Mr. Kelsch, your case will go directly to

President Roosevelt. you may be a damn fool, but you have plenty of dependents.

the decision came from President of the U. S. that he was in Class 3C. We must go on and live the laws of the Lord so we will be worthy. I ask His blessings on you people in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Song: "Though Deepening Trials"

Brother John Y. Barlow:

I think, brothers and Sisters, we have had a good chastisement We want those who need it to take it to heart. If there are any here who do not need it, do not let it bother you. We have had this work done here. It is just a beginning; it is just a start of work ahead of us. We have done it at odd times; after working hours. God was well pleased with us. the reason why we cannot continue up there, I do not know. We may have desecrated it; the worst I have heard of is; the swearing on steps. the Lord has said that He would not hold a man guiltless who takes His name in vain. Brothers and Sisters, adversary is at work. He is going to do everything he can to upset this home; he is going to do everything he can to get Wives against their husbands. Why? Because we are preparing to become gods. "As God is man may become; as man is God once was." the first place the adversary starts in is in our hones. Did we hear what was said today, or did it go over our heads? We are going to do better; we have got to do better and live closer to God and keep commandments of God. I feel that words that brethren said today were meant for me, and I have made up my mind I am going to try to do better; live better and live closer to Lord. Why, brothers and sisters, there is nothing in the world that would stop us if we keep the laws of God. If we live that way then first thing we know Brigham Young and others of the good men would come and lead us; God would bless the land for our sakes and bless us. Do you happen to know that we are a people trying to live a Celestial law and right upon top of it we obey a Telestial law. Do you understand that? There is no people living a celestial law but Latterday Saints. When the laws of the land come against us, we have still got to live laws of God.. they try to take our very souls from us. God told us a long time ago that if we would. keep His commandment s He would fight our battles. I want to tell you, if you keep the laws of God, go home and tell the Lord that you want, to keep this home. He will fight our battles. God and mammon will not mix. A man was saying to me the other day that the Manifesto was of God. I asked him if he believe President Snow was a man of God, and I told him what he said, "Though I go to prison, God will not change the laws of God, the law of Celestial marriage." I said, was President Snow a prophet of God?" He said I do not know." I said, you should know, God never changes the law He has given.

We are trying in a way to live the United Order. We have been trying, but what has happened? same rumors that went about a few years ago are going on again. Brothers and sisters, if you will to put your property in the hand s of men who will take care of it, is that dictating, taking your agency away from you? you have been told that if you put your property in that way, that is not taking it a away from you. the law which you are 1iving makes it the property of all those who are living the law with you. I often hear of this dictatorship. President young had the same thing; Joseph Smith had the same thing. People withdrew from the laws of God then. Women and children were driven from their homes. Men were tied to trees and, whipped, and their women taken away from them. That is history in our day. Our fathers, our mothers, my grandfathers and grandmothers went through all those things, those trying times. Now, God has not revoked His laws they are still here law still stands there and it cannot be changed. It is a question with us whether we accept it or reject it. If we do not live it ,then we do not get the blessing. I do not want you to think that you must get up and go, for we do not want you all in Short Creek. Homes have got to be built. Some say you will never raise a thing in that desert. same was said about this valley when Brigham Young and the Saint s came here. I do not know of any or place in the U. S. that we can go that is a more blessed land; they are fine people; but they are not perfect. they are trying to live in their humble weak way to keep the commandments of God. We do not wish to over-praise them because I often think of Brother Hunter when Brigham Young was eulogizing one time. He said, "Look out, bro Hunter, the devil is after you". I have children and two wives down there; I want to live in a way that God will approve of it. People can say what they please what they say about you does not hurt you; it is the truths they tell about us that hurts Let us try to do better. If we are ,saints of God, let us be Saints of God; keep and live the commandments of God better in the future than in the past. I went down south when Brother Hammon went down. I hope and pray that God will lead us in the right path. Let us quit this backbiting. That is one of the worst things that troubles these Saints. If we have trouble in our homes let us keep it there. God bless you and help us to live nearer to the Lord each day of our lives to receive His blessings, for we are going to need them. If we get run out of the town, it will be worse than being run out of this house. We claim to be the great nucleus of Millennium Don't you think God will protect us if we live right God bless you, Amen.

Closing Song:: "Lord Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing" Benediction: Bro Axel Fors. LJ,Allred.

Minutes

Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. February 14, 1943

Brother John Y. Barlow Presided and conducted.

1st Song: "Israel, Israel God Is Calling". Prayer: Brother George Woodruff 2nd Song: "Come, O Thou King of Kings"

Brother William Cooke:

I just came from Short Creek, as you people are aware I would like to say for your benefit, so far as I know we are all well and happy. Never before in my life have I witnessed unity and sweet spirit that I have down there. Those people are servants of Lord; they have spirit of Lord. I am sure that ,work that those brethren are doing is of Lord and that they are making and have made some accomplishments We have a wonderful climate there, wonderful class of people. I am sure of myself there are wonderful opportunities for those who may come and live with us. I feel there are some opportunities for development for a livelihood. I do not see why if land 28 miles from Short Creek is properly farmed that it will not produce. If Lord sees fit to give us harvest, we will be blessed. I feel we should recognize hand of Lord in those things and if we can and wait for time when those things will come to us, as servants of Lord, that we will always enjoy those things. I am glad to be with you. I want you to know one thing –that I have a testimony of Gospel of Jesus Christ in its fullness, and I have a testimony of these men that are leading us. I am thankful to God for that. I pray that I might so order my life that I might be worthy of association of these most noble brethren, and that I might do my little part. I feel my weakness, but I am struggling with every effort of my life to be worthy. No matter what home you visit in Short Creek you are always welcome. I feel you have same condition among yourselves here in Salt Lake. In Short Creek we are away from ways of Babylon. Some government men come to us about a week ago and I listened to them about what is to be grown and. will be grown. May Lord bless us and help us to help you people and. help us to be united is my prayer in name o Jesus Christ, Amen. .

Brother I. W. Barlow

My brothers and sisters, I knew I would be called upon when I came in. I listened to Brother Cooke talk about Short Creek and lots of people think that because I had some trials there that I do not believe in Short Creek. But we had some grand times there. But if a man thinks he can go there and make it build up in enthusiasm, he is off. Everything is against you when you go down there, yet the Lord is able to stop all those things. He can stop the winds, etc. I have seen a wind blow the dust as high as 30 feet above the house; these are the things that you will have to meet. Nevertheless you go one mile south of Short Creek proper and there is some good land there. In scouting a round while I was there, I noticed a natural reservoir. Some Indians used it and there are six or eight homes they left there;. there are wells 8 feet deep, but you cannot pump it out. there is a gypsum bed--a great chance to establish a million there. you can go north and west of Short Creek and there are 8 different colors of sandstone, greatest chance of a Quarry. That kind of sandstone is rare. In the mountain north of Short Creek there is any amount of timber; there could be plenty of lumber sawed there. I had some wonderful times there in Short Creek. We had dances, plays, etc. So in a place like that they had times that you know nothing about here. People really enjoyed themselves and each other. If people go there and are united and. call on the Lord they will be able to establish homes and a town. there is plenty of water underneath Short Creek, but it is hard to pump. Dr. Woolley said if you go to Short Creek and establish houses close together and have sewage there, it will contaminate that water. there are springs in mountains, and there is plenty of water but it is hard to get. I am thankful to be among you; for the testimony I have of Book of Mormon, and of Joseph Smith--and his teachings. It is my prayer that we will humble ourselves, all of us, and I pray that Lord will bless us all, in name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Bert Barlow

was next speaker and spoke of his weaknesses and said that all men have m: spoke of studying Gospel and how to discern truths; said that if you go to Short Creek you will come back ether an apostate or know Gospel is true; spoke of his experience after returning from Short Creek, and going in with Kingston's. He said when Lord gives us knowledge our responsibilities increase to Him; that you can have peace in your hearts if you live fundamental principles of Gospel.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

How many of us were here three weeks ago? " Time Is Far Spent". How many have read it over and reflected upon it since? That was a suggestion given to you then. I suggest that it be sung again. It is my same subject today, and I ask that it be sung again.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

I think that that is just as fine a test as we can get. The time is far spent; We are in Last hour of 6000 years when God is going to send. his judgments upon the world and people for Jesus Christ. Remember this--when the 7000 years start, the very first angel that calls will say, " Bridegroom calleth" and then there will be two in the field and two at the mill and there will be seven wise and seven foolish. That is not the time when Lord will come. there will be six other angels. the righteous saints will be taken from this earth while the judgments of God are sweeping this earth. Read Section 88 of the D. and Cov. Read John Revelator and see what is going to happen. Now we say "The Time Is Far Spent," and what have we got to do? We have got to go back to Jackson County; and it is only a short time before the house of God will be set in order. the Church of God is not the house of God; the Church, the Priesthood, the House of God have got to be set in order so the work of God can go on. Now it is our duty as servants of· the Lord to see that all laws of the Lord are kept and lived. If you keep all the laws but one you are guilty of the whole. you cannot change it; you cannot substitute it for anything else. My brothers and sisters, do you realize that. we are suppose to be living a celestial law? And we turn right around and give up our celestial rights to a telestial law. How many have read The Petition to Grover Cleveland ? We as a people turned right around and left the Lord and took the law of the land. It puts me in mind of a young man at one of the towns in which we lived. Who is president of Church? was asked. He put up his hand and said "Grover Cleveland," and he was telling truth I do not want you to think that there are not many men in the Church who do not have the Priesthood of God.. Do not think for a minute that God has rejected the Church or is going to. I want to tell you here today and remember it--- that we are just started on the verge of more and worse persecution than we have ever had. We talk about the kind of country Short Creek is. I am glad it is, for it is going to be a test to every man that goes down there. Orson Pratt said, "You cannot live united order here you have got to go down in a country where you are isolated. Those who go to Short Creek have a lot to be putting up with, and those here will have to keep them going. We have acres of grain. Some say you cannot raise anything in Short Creek. there reason is that it has never been planted. Now brothers and sisters, let us each take an invoice of ourselves. Take another good look in the glass and see what manner of men and women we are maybe we will go straightway and forget what manner of men we are. these things are true nevertheless and they have got to be lived. If we are big enough, we can take it if we are not, we will not. We must look to ourselves. I want you to remember what I have told you: To get Spirit of God and keep it, everyone of you;

especially those who are living the higher laws. We are going to need the Spirit of God. We will have to go to the Lord and ask for blessings and receive them. If we are not living the laws of God, we cannot receive them. (He spoke of letter of Joseph's Musser) I want t a get a copy of the letter that Joseph wrote Uncle Lorin blessed him and said it was his duty to write and the Lord has blessed him. I am not a good speaker or writer or anything else; but when I see and hear truth, I know it. Let us keep the laws of God and not say it but do it. President Kimball told saints that if you are going to be saints, be saints. We have had men accept of our hospitality and then turn traitor. the Gospel of Jesus Christ is made to exalt or make devils of them. A man cannot be a good devil unless he has accepted Gospel of Jesus Christ and turned from it. I do not feel to say much more, but I ask God to bless you and help you. Let us study and find out if these things arc true. Go before the .Lord and find out about it. If they are not true, do not follow them; if they are, then you had better listen to what they are telling you and follow them. God bless you, Amen.

Song: " Time Is Far Spent"

Brother Arnold Boss

was last speaker and he began by telling of a statement of one of Brigham Young's wives when they arrived in sight of this valley Weary and tired as I am, I would rather go another thousand miles than to stay in this forsaken place He then elaborated on the condition of this valley in the early days and mentioned the statement made by Jim Bridger— the first ear of corn; what the early saints, Brigham young and his party had to go through, the power of Priesthood that he knew he had. (Brigham Young called on Orson Pratt to dedicate the ground and remove the curse that was upon it; the open vision that Willford Woodruff had of this city and the Salt Lake temple of God. He stated that in the days of Heber C. Kimball he mentioned that men right in his presence were trying to take the life of Brigham Young; Brigham Young was always guarded, but there were traitors who tried to take his life. We cannot do anything that the Lord will receive unless He has directed or appointed to be done. I have been here just long enough to know that there are more people on the outside of this group that used to be in the group, than there is in. I do not know what they are doing, but if we are not living the truth and up holding it, then we better find out where it is. Israel has turned its back on God the Eternal Father. When you enter into a covenant, with God you have entered into a covenant that it will be amen to you if you break it. If you Saints of God you will go over the rockiest road you have ever gone over. If you seek the Kingdom of God you will feel that your heart has been torn to pieces. you will see it and look back upon it. If this is the Priesthood, of God, just as sure as I am

standing here, you will see this work brought to the high and the low of earth. Never has the Lord turned His back on His servants; not that He has not allowed them to be tried and brought to humility. This work is coming to the front. God knows that a new generation living here in these valleys have never heard the Gospel, and He wants them to receive it. We will go on in the work of God. I thank the Lord that He has given us the opportunity He has. I have no question in my mind where the Priesthood is I know that this work will be lifted up. I hope and pray we will be faithful and true to the end. No matter what they do on the outside, the Lord is going to magnify this work. the greatest enemies that this people will have will come out of this people-- those who turned against this group.

Closing Song: "How Firm A Foundation" Benediction: "Brother James Martin. LJAllred

Minutes

of General Meeting held at Priesthood Home, Salt Lake City Utah February 28, 1943.

Bro John Y. Barlow Presided, Bro Joseph W Musser conducted. 1st Song. "Oh Say What is Truth" Prayer: by Bro Lyons 2nd Song: "Sweet is Work"

Brother James .Martin:

Said he was impressed he wou1d be called upon to speak. mentioned trouble and opposition the saints of the group have been meeting with. Spoke of the fight which the medical association had made against those trying to live by the word of wisdom and treat the sick by natural methods. Said there was never a time when prophecy was more plainly fulfilled than now. If you have read lectures by Apostle Richards regarding the great men of the earth, although it has been said that Joseph Smith was one or greatest men that ever lived except Jesus Christ, but Apostle Richards takes Abraham Lincoln.

He told of the Latter-Day Saints who sent the Manifesto to Congress in order to keep their property. Told of the work of missionaries in gathering the saints to Zion, of his accepting the Gospel and being baptized. Told of selling his furniture, etc in order to come to Zion and how the way was opened. Reiterated a promise of Apostle Taylor that if saints would pay their tithing they should never want for bread, and that he had had this promise fulfilled. Always to keep in the minority and stay with the truth. And when the Prophet Joseph Smith had a revelation, the world not know what God was like. They did not know that He was like a man. Joseph Smith came forward and said he saw the Father and the Son and they were two distinct persons, and persecution began from that very moment. Bore his testimony to the truthfulness of the Gospel. Told of preaching the Gospel whenever he had opportunity and was prompted by the Spirit.

Brother Musser

Said that Brother D. W. Jeffs was working with Brother Martin in calling of administering to sick and how they both have gift of healing.

Brother David W. Jeffs:

Told of an experience he had while a missionary when he made a covenant with Lord and his missionary companion that he would always take his turn when time came in preaching or any part of work of a missionary, and how he depended on the Lord for guidance. Told of being in a debate with Manuel Henry, a very learned evangelist, and how the Lord has blessed him to win in this. However, instead of remembering that it was through the Lord's power, he took credit to himself, so the next time he was called upon he made a miserable failure of it, as Lord's spirit was withdrawn. Said he wondered at the amount of faith the saints had in their homes when they asked Elders to come to administer. Read dictionary's definition of faith and asked if we had sufficient faith in God. Recalled an experience when administering to a woman who couldn't walk and when promised she would receive the blessing she got and walked across floor eight inches above the floor. Bore testimony to the inspired Priesthood we have to guide us today . Talked on the necessity of having faith to be healed when the priesthood does bless us to get well. Whenever there is doubt, wherever there is fear, faith does not exist. Doubt and faith come from opposite source. the blessing of heaven is light and truth. All light cleaveth to light. All truth cleaveth to truth -- virtue to virtue. While on the opposite side darkness cleaveth to darkness, fear to fear, etc. Commented on God's plan to give us bodies and that we must keep undefiled. "God will bless you and I tell you in name of the Lord if we will be

humble, prayerful and faithful, those within this Group will come out to greater and nobler work in the Kingdom"

Congregation sang High on Mountain Top

Brother Smart:

Told of a Catholic priest having told of the changes in the Gospel and how Bible was being rewritten. "Should they change? He says yes. We say no. I don't see how they could change. If a plan is set down, it must have to be followed. It can be added to, but can't be changed, and we should learn those things. the big thing we want to learn is, those changes that are being made -are they right? Do they square with the Gospel? As I see it, Joseph Smith in restoring Gospel had it put in black and white so we couldn't go wrong if we had a desire to go right these writings are all we have unless we advance so we can talk to the Lord so He can administer direct to us." Said he was glad we have Priesthood to guide us so we would not become confused. Told of the Lord's helping him to move here to make his home near the saints.

Brother Charles Zitting: "

I have had a most beautiful experience in my life this week. I have been particularly blessed, and I want to acknowledge hand of Lord in it, although I cannot mention it only in a general way." Related an experience he had that morning of the ways of Lord in the exchange of the birthright blessing from Esau to Jacob's posterity. Mentioned the true principles involved in Jacob's being given Leah and being required to serve seven more years for Rachel. Brothers and sisters, I am not a bit surprised they are trying to put a private interpretation on scriptures and trying to write a new Bible, and if they do write that Bible, it will stand as a shame to them., just as the revised edition stands as a shame to the Mormon people. It will show them up and make the truth shine all better."

Brother John Y. Barlow:

Warned saints to read their Doctrines and Covenants to be informed as to what judgments, etc., were about to come upon them. Quoted from 95th Section of the Doc. & Cov. "Many are called but few have I chosen." Called attention to difference between "called" and "chosen". Read several quotations from booklet "Prophetic Warnings", making comments on some and urging . saints to procure them if they didn't already have a copy in their homes. Also urged all to read the Doctrine & Covenants. Asked the saints to be humble and prayerful and ask God to bless their loved ones in the armed forces and protect them. Said the worst thing

Latter Day Saints ever got was Manifesto, a revelation from the Devil, because it cut us out of the Celestial Kingdom of God. Advised the saints if they felt down - hearted to read Book of Mormon, telling of the experiences of sons Mosiah, and also Alma and Amulek, saying we haven't had any troubles to go through yet. Said we have spies with us, and will continue to have as long as we try to keep the commandments of God, but cautioned Saints to be sure they were not spies, and to be careful to say nothing to hurt one another.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

We have had a feast of fat things, my brethren and sisters. If you would just remember what has been stated and live up to the light that has come to us in this meeting today_ By the way, before forget it, I want to mention fact that we are receiving letters from our missionaries in the world who are in the service of the country. A number of them have written and they have a good spirit -a splendid spirit. they are taking their labors in " light that they are undergoing a preparation for a greater work in the future. Sister Morrison's sons, Sister Boss' son, Brother I. W. Barlow's step-sons, and others --Sister Allred's son, Clarence. We are writing to them, we are sending them the TRUTH magazine and they seem to be very happy in receiving them. I was impressed with remark made by Brother Smart with reference to the changing of the Gospel. In every period of the world up to the present, men who are intellectually educated, as they call it, notwithstanding it is intellectual ignorance on their part, have tried to improve on the Gospel. From the days of Joseph Smith, some of the early brethren made light of some of the revelations that he received and they intimated that there intellectual ignorance. the Prophet Joseph asked which was wisest man among m, to have him write a revelation, and that if it were as good as those they already had that they would accept it. One of them did, and or course showed the smallness of his soul and made a miserable failure of the effort as he tried to do something without inspiration which can only come through inspiration of the Lord, and Brother Martin told us of Brother Richards naming the great men of nation and leaving out greatest man that nation has ever known who was a prophet of the living God and whose advice and counsel would have astounded those learned men of the world, and this is the tendency of learned men who have read books. By the way, I don't want to discourage the reading of books. the Lord says we shall learn wisdom through reading good books, etc. It is our duty to be alert under all conditions. We can only be saved as fast as we get wisdom. Men cannot be saved in ignorance. Why? Because ignorance is darkness. Men cannot be saved in darkness. We must have light, and ignorance is opposite of light, and those who haven't light, although they may have all the worldly knowledge possible and still not amount to anything because they are ignorant

because they haven't the light. At. the present time, most of the Apostles are educated in the light of world. This thought I have, that the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ was preached before we ever came to this life. the whole picture was placed before us and taught us and we accepted it in all its detail --its great ramifications - -we accepted all of it. We accepted principle of baptism, that we had to have faith and be baptized for the remission of sins and have hands laid on us for reception of the Holy Ghost and after we were taught those things --of course we knew Father was, as we lived with Him. It is first principle of Gospel to know who God is. Well, that's the very first principle we did learn before we came here into mortality. We knew him as well as we have learned who our earthly Father is, and then after learning those first principles of life and salvation, we were taken from one degree to another. principle of gathering was taught. When you go into world, you are going to be scattered all over earth and you children who will become children of Israel, children of Abraham, you will be mixed up with Gentile and those who do not believe in God -who do not understand who God is. But we will have a great gathering take place. My servants will go out into all lands of the earth to get you to Zion where you can be one people, where you can "Come out of her, oh ye my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins". The principle of blood atonement was taught. Some of you will sin to the extent that only your own blood will free you from that sin, and Jesus, my son, will go down and give his blood as an atonement for the entire world, so that all those who believe in him and will do his will and keep his laws may come back into his presence.' That was taught us. The great law of united order, the order of Enoch, or the order of unity was taught us. When you get down there, you will all separate. Satan will come among you and teach you this great law of commercialism. Satan will teach you those things, and will institute that law among you, and as a result of that many of you will be poor. you will starve to death while others will be so rich they will not be able to spend their wealth and will leave it to their children to spoil them, and their children's children, etc.' He taught how this great law of unity would bring us together as One, recognizing that the Lord owns them all and we are only stewards over them, and, as·a great capstone of His teachings, He taught us principle of Celestial marriage. Satan will tell you to get together and marry "until death do you part" but that is the end of your kingdom; that is the end of your progress. you can't have an increase under that system of marriage, but Satan will teach you these things. Why will he do it? Because that is one of his measures. That's the spirit of darkness in contrast to spirit of light; that's the negative in contrast to positive, and he is going to teach you those things. But if you want to come back into my presence and become a God and have a kingdom of your own, you must accept celestial marriage with all the conditions attached to it. He told us there will be a

great many sorrows in this form of marriage because of jealousies that Satan will inspire into the hearts of men and women and because of great burdens that entail upon the human family. But you have got to do it, even though it take s your life, and here is Joseph who will give his life for that principle. The Savior is giving his life for the gospel, but here is Joseph who will do this. That is their heritage. Those things were taught us and we understood them. Many of them we understood, and some of us understood a great deal more than others of us did and we came here with that Gospel picture indelibly printed on our minds, and it hasn't changed So far as the Gospel has been revealed to us it is the same as we had in council of the Gods in our spirit forms and ratified it, and it will never change, and it will be the same when the affairs of this world is wound up. We will take it back into the eternal worlds, and we will grow and progress and learn things we can't learn here and we will go on, as President Brigham Young said., through all endless ages of eternity, growing in knowledge and increasing in power, if we are faithful here. It is our duty, or rather our privilege to take advantage of this great privilege we have of making sacrifices, accepting the Gospel and growing from day to day that we might bear fruit as Jesus taught. Those who have virtue, faith and love and charity and principle of faith they shall be fruitful and that is purpose of our being here to be fruitful. We plant a tree in the garden here, and purpose of the tree is to be fruitfu1 to grow multiply and replenish to serve fruit to those who are living if not to eat, to look at and to smell, etc., and it is our purpose and our privilege to become fruitful and to raise up a kingdom for ourselves that we might eventually become like our Father. But those ignoramuses who are trying to improve on the Gospel are not fruitful. their progress will cease and they will not get where they think they are going unless they repent and come back into Gospel plan which God, our Father, gave us. God bless us, Amen."

Closing Song: "Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head". Benediction: Brother Arnold Boss

Minutes of testimony meeting held at Priesthood House Sunday, March 7, 1943.

Brother John they. Barlow presided and Brother Charles Zitting conducted.

1st Song: "Guide Us, Oh Thou Great Jehovah" Prayer: Brother David W. Jeffs 2nd Song: "Beho1d, Great Redeemer Died" Sacrament administered by David W. Jeffs and Owen A. Allred, assisted by

Brother Carl Fischer and John Butchereit

Brother Charles Zitting

invited the brethren and sisters to get up and bear their testimonies. Expressed his thankfulness at being able to live the fullness of the Gospel through another week. Testimonies borne by Sister Pansy Darger, Mrs. lma Lebaron, Brother Nash of Kingman, Brother David W. Jeffs, Sister Mary Evelyn Allred, Brother Carl Fischer, Brother Lyman Jessop, Brother Jay Jessop, Sister Irene Christiansen,

Sister Ann Lindgreen, Brother Ed Christiansen, Sister Jeannette Oleschewski,

Brother Dell Timpson.

Brother Musser:

Bro Barlow this morning spoke of an accident that happened to him wherein his grandfather came and preserved his life. Brother Jessop this afternoon expressed impression that he has that his grandfather is his guardian angel. thought that I have --and I thought it wouldn't be amiss to mention it is this --who is better prepared--who is more interested in us than the patriarchal head of our family?

Brother Barlow belongs to the kingdom of his grandfather and he is looking after

it. I presume my father is looking after his kingdom; that's his right and privilege, and that is his duty. He is naturally interested in his posterity because they are the subjects of his kingdom. Our father or grandfather or "great-grandfather, as case might be, Who has qualified to stand at the head of ,his family and who has begun his kingdom here upon the earth is very likely the one appointed to be our guardian angel, and through him appointments are made to have so and so guard me, so and so to guard you" etc. That there are guardian angels is absolutely definite and they have the Holy Ghost to inspire and lead them and inform them from time to time as to where the danger is. It's a beautiful thing. Another thought occurred to me --God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. I received a letter the other day from one of our saints in Pennsylvania who makes a headquarters for the Elders and keeps a library of our publications, and she tells us how many elders are reading the Truth Magazine. She spoke of one young man who hadn't been out real long and when be read Truth he said, you know, I wanted to meet those people at home before I came here but my father warned me and cautioned me against going, saying if I went I should be cut off. And that fellow had to go to Pennsylvania to find out the truth. the chances are that he will someday become a strength and power in Israel. I know that God lives, I know that the work is right. I know that there are men here among the authorities of the Church who rejoice to see it going on at the present time and who would feel very badly if we discontinued. these things are before us, and it is up to us.

I think the greatest principle of the Gospel is the principle of love. Sister Irene spoke of it. I remember reading or day of the Lamanites and Nephites who were so righteous and so filled with love that they wept when they saw others in sin as God wept and as Enoch wept when he saw those around m in sin, and wondered how God could weep, being the maker of all things. How can you weep? How can the heavens weep? Because they are filled with love. We have got to get back to the Gospel of love before we will get that great blessing of leadership and faith that are in store for us. We have got to get back with our neighbor who doesn't like us. We must learn to love our enemies. And when we learn as Nephites did to lay down their arms and not fight, not take blood of their fellow men, when we learn to do that and let our lives be taken as a sacrifice unto that love, then we are beginning to get faith. God help us is my prayer in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Closing Song: "Come, Let Us Anew". Prayer: Brother John Y. Barlow.

Minutes Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. March 14, 1943 1st Song: "Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice" Prayer: Brother John Buchereit 2nd Song: "Come Ye Disconsolate"

Brother Joseph W. Musser presided and conducted.

Brother. Russell Kunz

spoke first and he mentioned how he rejoiced in meeting with Saints who live fullness of Gospel and bore his testimony as to the truthfulness of the Gospel.

Brother Fred Cleveland

spoke next and said it was good to be with the group again—it was like going into the light after being surrounded by the people of the world; it is a godless people that we are surrounded by and it is a godless government; that this war is a war of blood, and the church is doing all it can to get their children to go out and fight. He then mentioned a verse of the last song we sang, ending with "Jesus Christ deny" we cannot follow a man who denies the Gospel of Christ; that the leaders of our country are not ones to follow; that there is not one man save a prophet who can go to the depths of another man's heart and know what is there,

and a prophet does not fear man; that a man with true spirit of Christ does not fear man, only Christ and God.

Brother James Athay:

Was next speaker and mentioned the spirit of the Lord that was present in room the power of the Holy Ghost; Brother Hammon and he(Brother Athay) with

Brother Dockstader taught him fullness of the Gospel; that we have prophets

among us; what it means to break an everlasting covenant. He then bore his testimony on the truthfulness of Gospel.

Brother Rulon T. Jeffs:

I sometimes feel that I have enough to say in the Sunday School classes, but I rejoice in an opportunity to bear witness unto God of this people and the truthfulness of the work of God. I rejoice in the work of pure-hearted and minded brothers and sisters. I have in mind the association I have with Brother Guy and wife in this house. I never had a blood brother that I could love as much, and I never had a blood brother to love as much. by the association with him is the fruits of the Gospel given. I love his good wife and I love him. We have been taught by the brethren that we have got to learn to love our, brothers and sisters. Many of us have taken covenants to lay our lives and all we have upon the altar. We covenant to that in taking of the sacrament. To me, brothers and sisters, we have got to go up or what will happen to us? We cannot take lightly the truths of the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ. If we are in the light, we have got to live up to the light. the Lord is merciful in withholding the light from some people. We must be careful in teaching light to those who cannot receive it. I want to bear my testimony of the divine authority of the brethren in Council. I am not ashamed to claim allegiance to them. I trust and hope from this day forward that we will try to obtain the spirit of God and keep it. I have felt there has been a retrogression in obtaining the spirit and keeping it. We have got to constantly pray and strive for it. I want to say again that if I can do anything to help you, I want to do it. I prey this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen.

Brother Guy Musser:

I appreciate this opportunity, brothers and Sisters, of expressing my testimony along with the rest of the brethren. I have felt a good spirit all day, and I feel a good spirit here now. I appreciate the kind remarks of Rulon. there are a great many people in our family and with due respect to the characters and great missions that we fill in the earth, Rulon has been more of a brother to me than anyone I have known I try to look forward to the time when we will have to

separate. I know my good wife feels the same way My wife loves beautiful things and she loves Rulon. We have so many evidences as to the true stand of our Priesthood Council. I know that when they prophesy in the name of God that He is bound to respect them and cause that those prophecies should be fulfilled. I know it because I have seen it in my own life and in the life of others. I was told when I moved into this house that blessings would be heaped upon My family. It was not believable at time, but I am here to bear witness that that prophecy has been fulfilled. I am sure we have been amply repaid in our associations with you. I remember a few years ago that these brethren visited us in California And they told us to move from California and go to the mountains. Brother John Y. Barlow particularly told us that within a few months the Japs would declare war on us. But he uttered that :prophecy in the face of disbelief of some people. We moved home and sure enough Japan declared war on us in the U. S. I remember on another occasion in Los Angeles in a meeting my father rising in meeting under the spirit of the Lord and said in the name of God that overnight these beautiful stores would be empty and vacant of their food. It did seen unreasonable at the time, but it has came to pass. It is through the authority of their calling, it is the evidence to me that they are prophets of God. If we want to receive the blessings of the Lord, we had better listen to what they say. whenever we destroy what they say, we are destroying the commandment s of God. they are not visiting the people of the world and telling them to come out away from the people of the world. I often think how unappreciative we are of their actions toward us. Such a glorious and illustrious father and how patient and sweet he has been with me in my life, not by proclaiming the Gospel and making me become prejudiced, but by leading gently; and the most important tool that he used is his life as an example, not only as one in the Priesthood of the Lord, but in his life. I have often asked him what to do and he has told me to go ahead in what I have wanted to do feeling that the experience was necessary to bring me up. My, We are blessed. I do not know of another people in the world like this-- speaking of .what is going on about us. Men's mind's are cracking; people are going about in untold wealth, but they do not know what to do with it. And here we are a group of people, insignificant, with servants of the Lord week after week and day after day. Show me any church where you go and have simple, humble men seated among m. they are seated among us leading us and directing us; and there is not a condition that comes into our lives that they cannot reconcile if we have the faith. I have done what some are doing now, go and ask their counsel and then do what I wanted to. That is not right and I have learned it. I appreciate my wife and children and being here among you. I would not give all I have for all the world. .And I would not give the Priesthood that my

father gave me 13 years ago for all the kingdoms on the earth. My father gave it to me and it was the Melchezedek Priesthood, before I was sent out into the world and that Priesthood and power went with me and I appreciate those things. May God bless us and unite us and give us confidence in each or and these men. We must develop love for each other as Rulon said. We cannot live with God until we learn to love each other. We will never inherit the Kingdom of God until these brethren admit us into higher kingdoms. I know that my wife, if I am faithful, never in the world will pass above me until I take her there. I know that none of my father's children will pass above him until we have looked to him for guidance and counsel and never inherit the Kingdom of God. May God help us to do these things, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Song: " Spirit of God"

Brother Marion Hammon:

It takes a crooked preacher to preach to this congregation. I love that song and the way we sang it; every sentence. I do not know whether it is my absence that makes me feel timid, but I I feel very dependent upon the Lord. Brother Athay referring to the experience we had in Idaho brought happy memories. I was not fooling when I said they better be sure of what they were preaching And the same goes for now, with any of us. I feel to acknowledge my love for my brethren and my family. I too am ready to recognize Josaph Musser as a prophet, for I have gone to him as Guy has and he gave me advice I wanted. I pray the Lord will continue to bless me to gain the experience that is necessary for me. I rejoice in this work; many of us have been willful and I have been same way. But in the path I have gone, kind hands have assisted me and helped me. I never lived in a ward where I have not lived near to the bishop, and I have gone to him for counsel and taken it. I lately weighed you in the balance--my mind has been going over you, trying to see what kind of timber you are made of. I know you have gone to Joseph and asked for counsel. you have gone to Joseph and asked him what he thought of your actions. Some of you think you are converted, but you still are not. I found out one of the reasons that we have had a hard time building up the Kingdom of God is because you have not done things that will help you. you may have gone to ask Brother .Joseph about jobs and what to do, but not how to build up Kingdom of God. But if we want something, let's weigh it in our own minds first. God wants us to first walk by own faith and strength before going to the Council; then go to the Council and find out what the Lord wants us to do. Lord has blessed me in having weaknesses and mistakes, because it has taught me lessons I know that it means to repent. I have walked away from my

from work and sought Lord in the darkest corner. Did it make me humble? It still makes me humble I tell you what we all need to do is to become humble and be made humble. The progress of our work is not worth the snap of a finger. It is an everyday proposition. I have had sweet experience of knowing that there is no difference between spiritual and temporal. I have gone out and handled barbed wire tearing my hands. It is all the work of the Lord. It is up to us. I have enjoyed singing today. I am going to criticize the second song--it is very sectarian, "Come Ye Disconsolate" This people in this house are filled with sorrows that Heaven cannot heal; God cannot force me into His kingdom any more than I can bring up a colt in a few minutes. I earnestly hope we will go forward and learn to school our feelings. I cannot help telling you about the rumor going around. I got up here and found out we had 17 head of horses and we could not use them; we had to turn them out. then I heard about the air field that was to be put in Short Creek. It was another rumor it was as false as could be. they could no more put an air field in Short Creek than they could in this room; there would be more dead pilots than soldiers. I rejoice in my work. One Brother asked me other day what I was going to do in Short Creek; no telephones, etc. Aunt Lizzie heard that Brother Cooke was ailing and she fixed up a little stuff and he has not been sick since. Rulon; she would put you to shame when you see that medicine coming you will be all right. It is a wonderful experience to work in Short Creek. That talk about the wind blowing --since Christmas we have not had over 15 stiff breezes that cool you off. It has not been bad, but I guess it could be. The country is as good as any class of people has lived on. (He then spoke of the Salt Lake Valley when the Saints first came here.) So let us guard our tongues lest we make a slip. A lot of us are going to be damned if we. do not keep our mouths shut. I tell you in name of Lord that many of you people of today who think lightly of the Short Creek place will be glad to go there and enjoy the your home. the unity and. strength; the sweetness and courage; it is good. It is quite a trial to them to have a buck like me down there, but they are bearing it sweetly. I pray we may have the Spirit of the Lord to be with us and glide us, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Brother Joseph W.Musser:

Golden Kimball was speaking in the Tabernacle once and he told this story in his way: A fellow came out west here and died. they tried to identify him and thought they had wired to the relatives in Chicago to prepare the best burial they could. Everything was prepared and burial was going on and the brother looked in coffin and noticed that the teeth were not those of his brother. He told them so and took his coat and hat and left. the undertaker took the body out of that wonderful

case and jammed him down in a small case and said, "Get down there; if you had had sense enough to keep your mouth shut you would have had a rosewood case instead of this one. If we would. do the same we could receive benefits too. (He told: a story of comparison, about white man and red man receiving gifts.) greatest principle of life and salvation is the principle of love. It is through love that the Lord Jesus Christ conquered and will conquer the world; Heber Bennion, a great philosopher worked among the Indians on a mission. He said elders came home and they rejoiced and said they never had such a good time as on their mission. He said he felt to weep for wickedness that is going on in the world. It brought remorse and sorrow and tears and anguish. Until we get into that position, we are not full of that Gospel that we talk so much about. Love one another, was the law at the end of the Savior's earthly mission. Oh, how wonderful it would be if we could get that into ourselves; if we could quit looking at the weaknesses of our wives, husbands, brothers and sisters; that we could look at one another and love one another.

Brother Grant Morrison, who is in the army, was stricken with meningitis,

and we prayed for him. Now he is on road to recovery; the disease did not get into his spine I thank Lord for it. We have or brethren who are sick among us. I hope we obtain faith enough to be healed. (Told story of widow lady's daughter who was ill with appendicitis; operation prepared and then invited me to see what to do. She was operated on, and cost two or three hundred dollars and she felt satisfied) Now, brothers and sisters, this is Lord's work we are in. It is up ,to us if we want the promises we get fulfilled it is up to us to bring them about and, see that they are fulfilled. We are not perfect, but God is God. He has our faith, and if we will depend upon Him He will bless us; and if our day has come, let it come and let us die and get out of this feverish condition we are in. If we are prepared to die, it is greatest blessing we can receive I do not want to cast reflections upon our doctors. If the Lord prompts you to go, you go in some cases. If we would only get the spirit of the Lord to lead and guide us, and not make up our minds what to do and then come to the council for advice. That is what a lot of people do. I do not want to have to feel that they have to come to the Council of the Priesthood for every little direction in life. We are suppose to go to the Lord. When we go far counsel, we should receive it. Be very careful about going for counsel unless or until you are ready for it. But when you go to servant of Lord and ask for counsel, that presupposes that you will carry it out if it takes a leg. If you are not going to receive the right kind of counsel before asking for it then do not ask for it. I got my counsel from the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ with reference to the principle of plural marriage. I knew that someday I would have to enter it. One day word came to me that this was the time to go into it. That word came and I did not have to go to Brother Lyman as I was told to. they tried to get me to enter into covenants

with them. I was sad at heart for I loved those brethren. I told them that I could not take their counsel because they were not the ones presiding over me. I have not a wife that has presided over me. If they did, they would hate me. I have best set of wives on earth. I will match with any of you. (He then spoke of Dr. Widstoe and his articles on Plural Marriage.) After we have spent 100 years going through trials and troubles, heart-breaks, etc. we do not know why Lord established it, according to Dr. Widstoe. I know why! He established principle of plural and celestial marriage because he was forced to do it--it is a law of the eternities. It is a law that people must live. That God had to live before He could become a God. It is just as essential to the progress of Saints as water is to the human body. That is why God revealed it in this dispensation; He could not give all things without restoring that law. If you do not believe that it was lived before we ever came here-- law was established before foundations of earth were laid. then to have an apostle claim that it is not necessary is hypocrisy; every Latter-day Saint is commanded to go into it. That command is as the everlasting hills. Heber J. Grant made a statement a few months ago that that law had not been taken away. (Book of Mormon --Jacob and the Nephites.) No Lord has never taken that law away, but those people were corrupt, wicked people who were dragging it into the ground. That law was established before Father Adam came here to this earth. He brought Eve, one of His wives, with him; and He brought another Eve, and another Eve with Him. It is a law of the Gospel. It is just as necessary to live that law, if we want to live, as it is necessary to eat. you cannot go into presence of Father until you live that law. It is a law that sent, my father and many of your fathers to jail; it is a law of the Gods. When the time came for me to enter that law, I knew I had to do it. I did it and I am carrying on now, and there are people trying to find out my family affairs in order to get me entangled in the tongues of the law. Now brothers and sisters, this is my testimony. Let them string me up; let them do their worst. This is the law of Joseph. I am no better than he and others of the brethren. We are entitled to go back to Father, if we keep His commandments. If you want a ,Telestial glory, you do not have to do anything much to get there. If you are satisfied with the Terrestial and go on a little further than the Telestial, it is a little harder to live it. Now, if you want Celestial exaltation. and go where Father is, you have got to pay and pay and pay to the last drop of blood with your energy. If I get there, I will have to pay the price; that is the goal I have set. I want to see Father. He brought me into· spiritual existence and then in temporal existence. God bless you and help you to be strong; bless us to have love in our hearts for one another Oh, how I love this people; how I love them. God bless you, Amen.

Closing Song; "Come Let Us Anew

Benediction: Brother Lyman Jessop (remembering Sister Anthony). LJ.Allred.

Funeral Services for Bror George C. F. Sturm held at Larkin Funeral Home, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23,1943, Brother Joseph W. Musser conducting

Brother Musser:

My brethren and sisters and friends: I have been asked to . take charge of proceedings today, and we have met to pay our last respects to our old friend and teacher, Brother George Sturm. I am glad to see some of his sons and his daughters here today from the east, and we hope to have a time of prayer and worship.

Opening Song, a trio by Brother Solomon Denos and David W. and R. T. Jeffs, " Teachers' Work Is Done".

Prayer by Brother Arnold Boss: Our heavenly and eternal Father: We, a few of thy children have assembled here this day to pay our respects to one of thy noble servants who has been here upon this earth and who has lived a long time and who has fulfilled a wonderful mission while he has been here. We come before thee, this day, our father in heaven; and acknowledge our dependency upon thee, and especially upon occasions of this kind, and we are grateful unto thee for thy Gospel plan which thou hast again. restored upon the earth through thy prophet Joseph Smith and for the wonderful blessings which have been held out to thy children who will obey the same. Thy servant, Brother George Sturm, has been a noble servant here upon the earth. He has been a teacher and instructor. He has gone abroad and taught at home and has tried to bring many to a knowledge of the truth, and after many years thou hast taken him home, and we are pleased that we have been associated with him and we are proud to know that he has had faith and courage to live thy commandments here upon the earth. His life has been an example and he has been a man of integrity and has not kept his light under a basket but has disseminated knowledge given him. We come here this day with those of his family that are present and beseech thee that thy spirit may enter those here today that they may be comforted, as we know it is only by thy spirit that they can be comforted. We pray that they may look unto thee, the God of Israel, because thou art the God of human family, and

ask. that thy holy spirit may be here and teach the hearts of all those present, and that words may be spoken that will be fitting and that thy name will be glorified. We ask that thou wilt help us to live that we will have privilege of coming back into thy presence as this, thy servant has, and we dedicate this service unto thee in name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Violin Solo by Sister Margaret Musser, "Oh My Father".

Brother Dave Darger:

I have been asked to say a few words here today, and am happy for this opportunity. I feel it an honor and a pleasure to be honored in such as way to speak over the remains of a man of God who has been called home. Brother Sturm I knew only for a short time in this life, but while I knew him I knew him to be a man who I am sure has never compromised with evil in any degree, and he is a man who has kept not only his first estate but his second estate, who will go from here on and have glory added upon his head forever and forever. And while I speak I pray that the spirit of the Lord may be with me and with you who are here to listen that I might speak a few words pertaining to life.--I have no thought of death, for I know that death does not enter into the mind of a man of God and our beloved

brother who has passed on has only been promoted and has not died in any sense

of word as I see it and as the spirit of the Lord unfurls a beautiful picture before my mind's eye, I pray that I might impart it to you as I see and hear the words that the Lord said unto Job: Where wast thou before the foundations of this world were laid.' etc. I am speaking of life, brothers and sisters. Where was Job? where was

Brother Sturm?

where were we? According to the figures of our time, it has been ages upon ages since that period of time transpired. I see a great multitude, a great concourse of people, gathered in a great and beautiful world. they had been placed there for a purpose by our father in heaven. they were human, but clothed with a spiritual body and were known as spirits. Why did they shout for joy? Because the way bad been prepared by which they might go on and receive a mortal body 'and prove to their father in heaven that they would work out for themselves an opportunity to receive His greatest gift, which is life eternal. Were they glad? Were they happy? I would say, yes --happy of prospect of coming into an earth prepared for them. they were instructed of conditions they would find when they would come into this earth, that they would find that the adversary who after he had been given the opportunity of using his free agency had chosen to exercise it and test those who would come, which was also part of the plan and had to be.

Consequently, they lived, we lived, in preparation, in expectation of the time when we should go from that condition, probation to this one, and now that we are here we are living with expectation of entering into another life, another condition. I would like to read the words of the Lord again as found in the Pear1 of Great Price, Now, the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham intelligences that were before world was and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones; And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: these I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born. And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell; And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them; And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads forever and ever.'

Brother Sturm is a man who I believe has kept his second estate. He has

lived the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, not only as he has seen fit, but as God Almighty has revealed that Gospel unto the children here upon the earth. He has compromised with no evil. Do you suppose that there is sorrow in heaven at his passing? No. I imagine (and I know it is true) that a committee has been sent to bring the spirit of this good man home and, there is rejoicing; in heaven, and that is why I am happy to be here to speak and pay my tribute to a man of God. I know he has nothing to fear there his family and friends have nothing to fear in his behalf. I have been unable to find in any way where Brother Sturm has failed to keep his second estate. first great commandment was to know God, the eternal father and his son, Jesus Christ. Brother Sturm has lived as close to that as anyone could live. Another commandment was to multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it. He did not partake of the ways of Babylon. He multiplied and replenished the earth, and his, sons and daughters today, I believe there is not one of them today, but. who are glad that they had a father who had the integrity to bring them into this life that they might have an opportunity to come down to earth and prove themselves so that they can be judged, after the deeds done in the flesh.

Brother Sturm kept his second estate in that respect. He was an honest man. I am

glad that I have been acquainted with him. Out of the ages of time I have spoken of, in being in a condition in the spirit worlds during six thousand years in addition to the thousands of years when this earth was in preparation, we have been told we shouted for joy and we came to this

life. Brother Sturm has been a long time in this earth -82 years. the average span is merely sixty years and then we have to pass on. We cannot evade it in anyway. thing that I would like to bring to our minds is that today Brother Sturm is preaching his last sermon in testimony even though it be by the lips of others. He will go on in his career of teacher and director. He knows of his family here and he will remember them and work for them and he will have weight and power before God for them. If I pray the blessings of God may be with his family and friends, and I pray that the life he lived may be a continuous testimony to the souls of men and I ask these blessings in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Brother D.W. Jeffs:

My brethren and Sisters, and to good family of this noble man who God has called home, I rise before you this afternoon for a short time in fear and trembling because man is nothing without the inspiration of Heaven. Without the Spirit of the Lord to direct me upon these solemn occasions I can say nothing of myself. I have been acquainted with Brother Sturm for just a short time, some year or two and in the time of his distress, bodily, I had opportunity of going to his home to give him a blessing The Lord didn't dictate through His spirit that Brother Sturm would continue to live long. Neither was there a prompting that his time had come, that yet years should be added to his life like it was in the case of King Hezekiah, and yet this man had great faith it was a part of his very being. And the first time that we placed our bands upon his head under the order which God has given us under the hands of those holding the Melchizedek Priesthood, when we gave that administration I shall never forget the spirit that permeated that man and he raised his hand with a blessing to us and the spirit and power of God was with him. I'll never forget that witness and testimony that that man bore after we had administered to him, asking the Lord to bless him (and later on he was blessed) and he was wanted on a certain work but God did not see fit to perpetuate his life, and when we come upon this earth, we come here for a purpose) as Brother Darger has told you, a second estate. There are four epochs in the three estates of man -- spirit state. How long we were there we know not, but we were trained and taught to be valiant in our parent primeval childhood, and those who were faithful and true received a blessing to come upon this earth. No wonder did we rejoice and all sons and daughters of God shouted for joy because they had seen others come upon the earth and we wanted also to become, if possible, like God. We come upon the earth for the purpose of arising to another state of even greater importance if we kept all of the laws of God, and when we come here we came through the gateway into this earth, Adam and Eve. We came for a purpose and then there was to be one great change which

was to be a redemption after death was to come upon every soul of the millions and millions upon this earth and all should have to pass through that mystery which we call death, but when we came upon the earth the veil was dropped and the understanding of our primeval, childhood all ceased in our minds for a wise and glorious purpose. Now, the thing that confronts us, and I was impressed with the remarks of

Brother Darger with respect to this good man, because he stood out to keep the

commandments of God --I want to read a statement by Apostle Joseph Fielding Smith: "Those who enter into celestial kingdom are those who are of the Church of the First Born. In or words, those who keep all the commandments of the Lord. there will be many who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who will never become members of the Church of the First Born spoken of in the great revelation called "The Vision"'. Oh, that we might have our understanding opened that the light from heaven could shine in our souls to that extent that we could comprehend the three conditions to come upon man of the earth. Brigham Young made this statement: Those who are valiant and inspired with the true independence of Heaven who will go forth boldly in the service of their God, leaving others to do as they please determined to do right though all mankind should take the opposite course, they only will have the privilege of becoming exalted as Gods because they kept all of the commandments of God. Now" in my acquaintance with Brother Sturm, with the inspiration of heaven and with the wonderful enthusiasm of inspiration that was with me and the Brother associated with me, I saw in that man, just as I have read here, that he was proud to keep all of the commandments no matter what they were, because he was bound to have a fullness of glory. there will be thousands and millions who live in sin and transgression that will never be resurrected to the presence of God --only those who are faithful and true and keep His commandments and all of the words of God --every law which God has. shown was essential for exaltation to the best of his ability; they have abided to the end. Our dear Brother no doubt can see us and rejoices that his life was as it was. We can't see him, but he can see us and spirit of that good man will come to his children and they will feel his influence throughout life. I pray God to bless this good family these little children, those who mourn. I pray God to bless them that the spirit of inspiration may be with them and that they will have the blessings of heaven, both temporally and spiritually, until' God shall call them to go as he has gone. This is my prayer and testimony in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Solo by Sister Jean Darger, "Going Home"

Brother Frank G: Pollard:

My dear brethren and sisters and loved ones who cause to mourn this day, I pray that I may be able to say something that will be comforting and edifying unto you. "Going Home". How appropriate to a man who has completed his mission as a man like Brother Sturm has completed his, and what rejoicing there is on the or side, for he has others there to greet him --others who have stood by him on this earth and who will stand by him on the other side. there is rejoicing there, and once more they are greeting him as they greeted him in this life. I was called to the bedside of Brother Sturm a few days before his death and asked to administer to him and when we finished he asked us who the two men were standing by his bedside. We couldn't see them, but he could. He asked the question twice but we couldn't see them, and I sincerely believe that Lord had sent them to take him home. Brothers and sisters, we can't go home to a place that we haven't been, and he certainly is going back to a place where he was before he came here. All through his life, as I have ,known him, and I have known him for many years, when I met him I knew he was a man staunch for a testimony of the truth I felt that within his being, and as I got to know him I found that to be true I found he would stand out for truth, regardless even for his life. He was called upon many sacrifices to make in this world, which tempered him for world to come. He did not flinch under those sacrifices only asked God for assistance to bear up under m. If I can order my life to live and be able to go as he has gone, I will be happy He has been a guiding star to many. He was not afraid of truth. That's the kind of temper it takes to become Gods in God's Kingdom. We can never become Gods unless we do stand out for truth. We have been told that whatever knowledge we gain in this sphere remains with us in the resurrection. This knowledge will always be his. He was deep in the scriptures. When you sat and talked with him you had to think of the things he was speaking of, because he knew the scriptures from the beginning to the end. He not only taught by word of mouth, but by pen, and the family have today in their treasures many of his writings that will someday come forth and teach a knowledge of the truth. This is the kind of an example we can follow, because he was certainly a man of God. He loved the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and Bible and Pearl of Great Price. Many times he used to turn to them and teach principles of the Gospel. Read from Alma 11th Chap. 42nd Verse: "Now. there is a death which is called a temporal death; and death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death. that all shall be raised from this temporal death. the spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand

before God. knowing even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt. When the time cometh that we shall stand before God, we shall have a bright recollection of good and evil, and I was thinking of the joy and happiness that will come into his heart when he stands before that bar and knows he has done his best. We can all receive that same blessing if we live worthy lives and will be happy when we stand before the judgment bar. If we haven't, we will have recollections not so happy. This is the time to prepare to meet our heavenly Father. we came here to prove to our heavenly father if we are worthy of an exaltation in the world to come. If we kept our second estate, we will be added upon forever. Brothers and sisters, Brother Sturm kept his first estate to a certain extent, or he couldn't have received b1essings he received here, and the step he has taken today is only a step in progression. I feel that Brother Sturm was well prepared for that step. As I look at remains, I think, what a fine stately man --so stately and peacefu1. He could take up that body and be proud of it and go on in God's kingdom, progressing forever. Read from Alma, Chap. 40; 21-23 "there is a space between death and resurrection of the body, and a. state of the soul in happiness or in misery until time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth, and be reunited, both soul and body, and be brought to stand before God, and be judged according to their works. yea, this bringeth about the restoration of those things of which has been spoken by the mouths of the prophets. the soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame." When Brother Sturm takes up that body, which I don't think will be long, there won't be much that he will have to prepare. He loved his family. He loved them all, as I knew him, and he used to counsel them many, many times that they were to do right, and I say to those who are left behind, little ones and all, that you can make your father happy by ordering your life preparing yourselves so that when you again meet your father, husband, that he can say, 'I am proud of you', and you can say, 'I have kept my life the best I could', and If you do that you will make your father happier than anything in the world. And he will have plenty of cause to rejoice, and so will you in Gods great kingdom. . When I talked with him one time, he said he would like to live a long time upon the earth. He enjoyed life, and yet when the time came when the Lord wanted him, he was willing to go on. the reason he enjoyed life was because he tried to live God's commandments. we can enjoy life that same way if we live God's commandments, if we do His will. 131st section of the Doctrine and Covenants tell us there are three degrees of heavens, and in order to obtain the highest a man must enter into this Order of

the Priesthood (meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage);and if he does not, he cannot obtain it. He may enter into the others, but that is the end of his kingdom; he cannot have an increase. Those are the words of the Lord to us through His prophet, Joseph Smith. When we stand before the judgment bar of our Lord, we will not receive those blessings which we have not earned. I feel that Brother Sturm has lived a life and ordered it in such a way that he will go on and have an eternal increase and eternally build up his kingdom, and I don't feel that he will flinch in the next life. As the speaker before me said, he did not compromise with evil. He could have, but he stood by the truth. May the Lord bless each and every one of us that we may use this man's life as an example to guide us to exaltation. the Lord has blessed us with such men as these that we will not be left in the dark but will be able to go on. I also think of Prophet Joseph Smith when he stood alone. What a trial he must have had, and yet he never flinched. We can benefit by all these good deeds, and let us do so. I pray Lord will bless the friends and all those who have cause to mourn this day, and safety to those who came from far away that they may know that their father has gone to a place of rest, joy and contentment, and that his presence may be felt in home. I ask the blessings of the Lord on each and every one of us that we may try to do better each day so that when our time is called we will have left nothing undone. these blessings I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

I have been asked to make a few remarks, and I feel: It an honor to do so. I feel very close to Brother Sturm, having known him for many years, known his family very favorably and known some of his adversities, trials and tribulations, of which he had many. I had privilege of visiting him in Chicago when he lived there on one of my trips east, and spent two or three days in his home and learned something about his home life. Later, four of the brethren in traveling east visited with him at his home in East Chicago, and we marveled: and expressed ourselves along that line, at his beautiful home life. Sometimes we look upon men of his nationality as more or less disciplinary, militaristic. Brother Sturm was not that kind of a man. I have often felt that he was a near counterpart of my dear friend and teacher, Brother Karl G. Maeser. Both of them came from the German country. I think Brother Karl G. Maeser was classed as the greatest teacher that ever came into this intermountain country, but somewhat in looks and physique and much in attitude and expression these two men held things in common.

Brother Sturm was a teacher. He was at one time President of the Elders

Quorum where he presided, and then President of the Seventies Quorum. He was given the teaching and presidency, as I understand it, in the Deacon's Quorum, because they wanted someone who could teach the truths of life in a simple way to

understanding of the youth, and he was signally successful in that work. the boys loved him and rallied around him. He could enter into their jollifications, and they loved to have him with them. He performed a wonderful mission in Chicago. When he sent there, as he has related to me and his folks have since, the mission was in rather bad condition. the members of the Church there were luke-warm. they were not getting the words of life, and Brother Sturm, being called on a mission, saw the situation and saw that the saints were not coming out to their meetings, Sunday School, etc and being a teacher as he was, always alert to preach the word of God and to accomplish the labors of a real missionary, he got in among m, worked and got them to come to their meetings, their Priesthood meetings, general assemblies, Sunday school, and before long he had the spirit of life infused in the saints in that great city of Chicago. The President of the Mission finally said, of Brother Sturm, you take this work over and conduct it just as you feel impressed. We leave this matter in your hands and that is the sort of a missionary he was. He could adapt himself to conditions and situations in a most admirable way. He was a great reader and a writer. He published one book on the revelations of St. John which we have in our library and which he distributed among the saints here in Utah. He wrote on some very deep subjects and sent his essays to the office to come under my attention and supervision, which I have there and some day they may be published when the people are prepared to look farther ahead than they are at the present time He was a man of science. He had a scientific mind. He was always delving into deep subjects and at same time he could teach with the simplicity of a child. In his house, his home life, I marveled at his generosity with his children. they played and tugged at his beard and he loved and played with them and seemed to be the soul of patience. I marveled at that. Now, there isn't anything we can say today that will help Brother Sturm. He has written his book; his die is cast. He has gone to the next room. While Sister Darger was singing that beautiful song, my reflections went out in this way --when a man is honored with the Presidency of the United states or sent to the Senate of the country perhaps some great civic honor placed upon him, his children rejoice and have feeling of pride in their hearts. My father is the

President of the United States my father is this; etc., and they go around with a sort

of a halo in their countenances. This man, Brother Sturm, has gone beyond that, and now these children, both old and young, can say my father has gone on to report to his father, and they can hold their chins high and stand erect and enjoy a feeling of pride that few can enjoy here in this life because of their lack of knowledge and experience. We heard that beautiful song, " Teacher's Work is done". It is. done in this life, yes. He closed first semester before coming here, and taking upon him

mortality. Perhaps; that same song was sung at that time. there is no doubt in my mind but what there was mourning at that time there were tears, there were heartaches, and yet there were rejoicings because he was going on, but I wouldn't be surprised and I feel it a definite supposition that they met and wept tears and expressed sorrow at having to part with him and perhaps they sang that song or something akin to it. Well, now he has finished his second semester in school as a teacher, and he was a teacher, ,and we sing "His work is done", "He has. laid his books aside"., etc., but he hasn't laid them aside --he has taken them with him. He is now in the third semester and there is no question in my mind but that he has been assigned an important work that he is now carrying on there and that he will carry on to a successful conclusion.

Brother Sturm's work is not finished. Jesus Christ has not finished his work

yet. His work was to redeem this world and to glorify it and in turn be can present it back to his father as pure and as glorious as it was when it was first created, with all inhabitants thereof who will do the father's will and keep His commandments not until that time will his work be complete in reference to this world and the people who reside on it. He will take it back to Father and say, I have trodden wine press alone and I brought back to you, Father, all those spirits that you assigned to my care Who were willing to be obedient. I permitted my blood to be shed that they might be saved from the fall which occurred to you, far (and it wasn't a fall, but a part of the program), and so Brother Sturm is going on. His work is not finished and will not be finished until his kingdom is complete. He will work among his sons and daughters, wives and among his neighbors. He will take Gospel to many of those to whom he presented the Gospel in his mortal life and they rejected it. He will visit m now on the other side and begin to teach them anew. Many of their minds will be prepared to receive the truth that they were not able to receive and understand in life, so he will go on and he is still a teacher. These matters are matters pertaining to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and pertaining to exaltation. there is no question in my mind but that he is meeting with two wives who he buried here in Salt Lake City years ago. That meeting, no doubt, is glorious. He has children there I am quite sure I don't know how many, but he has those two wives whom he cherished and loved. there is one thing very characteristic. His wives looked up to him, respected and loved him. they were one with him. Those loved ones he has left here may feel proud that some day they shall be permitted to meet him and to mingle in that heavenly family which shall become his kingdom. Brother Sturm is entitled to a kingdom. He is entitled to the patriarchal blessing. He himself was a patriarch. I think of him when I think of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Noah and those great men. I think of Brother Sturm along the same line. He is a man of patriarchal family, patriarchal

development, patriarchal insight to the duties pressing upon the human family, and he has honored that position. .

Brother Sturm was not a perfect man. We have no perfect men in mortality.

He had his human limitations as we all have, both man and woman, but in my observation he lived as near the Lord as I have known it possible to live and as capable as he was of living. He was a man of honor. He was honest in his dealings.

Brother Sturm didn't cheat. He didn't deceive. He didn't take advantage of his

neighbor. therefore, he was honest and an honest man can be recommended to God. And now it's up to us, my brethren and sisters, to emulate his life. As I said, we can't help him, but we can help ourselves, and these meetings are for the purpose of driving home to ourselves those things that tend to enable and increase and develop. He is gone. He has gone to his reward. He has gone to his next mission. He has gone into the next room. He can mingle with us but we can 't mingle with him except by our faith and experience in trying to follow after his faithfulness. I hope that we will do so. I feel to express my feelings towards these the young children who are bereaved and their mothers. This is only a short time --it is only a day or two --it is only a. moment in time of eternity --and pretty soon you will all be with your father, with your husband. God bless you. God bless all of us and help us to accept the labors devolving upon us. there is only one thing that we have in mind, and that it to get back to the place where our Heavenly Father is and to that end we should exert every power, every influence, every ounce of strength that we might get back to His presence. God bless you is my desire in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Vocal Duet by Lucy K. Musser and Anna K. Broadbent, "If you Could Hi to Kolob".

Benediction by Brother Charles Zitting: "Our Righteous and Eternal Father: We, thy children come before thee at the end of these services with grateful hearts for thy spirit that has been here and for the teachings that have been brought forth concerning life and salvation, and we ask thee to help us that we shall treasure them up and make them a part of our lives, for they mean more to us than worldly things that may canker our souls. Help us that we shall go in safety in the remainder of these services and that we shall then return home to our places of abode and continue our mission here upon the earth. We thank thee for the example which has been put before us by this good man, and ask thee to help us to treasure up the thoughts of his life in our minds, that they shall be an example to us.

We pray for his family that they shall remember him as he was and that while there is an emptiness in his home, king of his home being gone, that that emptiness shall be filled at least in part by his spirit that when his little children and family gather around him for evening prayer that that emptiness shall not be there in the future but that his spirit shall be there with them, that friends shall visit them often until they adjust themselves to this new condition, that they shall :remember their father and follow in his footsteps and treasure the Gospel of .Jesus Christ. Be with them and comfort them and be with them throughout their life that they shall have their guardian angels and go as their father would guide them and we ask these blessings and that we may live an exemplary life in the name of Thy son, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Grave dedicated by Brother John Y. Barlow.

Myrtle L. Allred Secretary

Minutes of General Meeting held at Priesthood Home, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23, 1943.

Brother Joseph W. Musser Presided and Conducted.

1st Song: "Praise to Man" Prayer: Brother Stokes (remembering Brother Preston Porter) 2nd Song: "An Angel From On High"

Brother Musser

welcomed the saints and predicted an hour of feasting. Said everyone had the power within themselves to bring from the Lord that which they needed through the speakers who would be called upon.

Brother Moroni Jessop:

Said he was thankful to be there. Told of his conversation with a man with whom he worked wherein the man said he took part of what Joseph Smith and Brigham young said "with salt", and yet would follow Pres. Grant regardless.

Brother Jessop told him be believed all the Prophet Joseph revealed, and said there

were men in this dispensation who had received guidance who had told him that Joseph Smith was running affairs here and that the work of the last dispensation was started when the Prophet Joseph instituted the Sanhedrin. Said that no nation could be destroyed as long as there was one good man or woman there. Said we

were no better than the Gentile nations only as we believe better and act better. Said there were things the Council would like to tell us and if the saints would remain faithful and lay all on the alter that the time would come when some of them would be selected to go back to Jackson County.

Brother Marvin Allred:

Related an experience at work of reading some very inspirational letters written by Brother Callis for one of the girls at the Arms Plant to send to her sweetheart, and said there were a wonderful lot of people in the Church who would someday be our brethren and be able to enjoy the Gospel and profess it as we profess it. Said that if he were called to go into the war he hoped he would be able to fill a mission in so doing. Said he had a testimony of the fullness of the Gospel and prayed that he might be strong and true to everyone of the principles. Said he desired to go into the Temples and get his endowments and have his wife sealed to him and it was very difficult to make his fellow workers understand why he can't go now; how he was banded for his church standing without having been given a trial. Said he loved all his brothers and sisters in the Gospel, and bore testimony to being a members of a wonderful family, having a wonderful father, mother, brothers and sisters and also having married into a wonderful family.

Brother Snell

of Spanish Fork: Spoke on the peculiarity of the saints, that they were supposed to be peculiar as compared to the world of sin and transgression in which we live. Told how Christ was considered peculiar in his day. Said we promised to accept the law of Christ before we came here. We first have faith and repentance then are baptized; that His people have been promised redemption by power. Said

Brother Musser has been faithful for many years by teaching the truth and admires

those who have faith and courage sufficient to live the laws of God, and prayed that all might come to the unity of the faith eventually see eye to eye

Song: " Morning Breaks"

Brother Rulon Clark Allred:

I believe in expressing myself today in bearing my testimony that I am but expressing the testimony that burns in the hearts of all here today. I believe there are none but have a testimony, that if we today were numbered among the peoples of the earth and had never heard the message of truth, never heard Mormonism, that the Spirit of God that burns in our hearts, that the blood that flows in our veins would direct us and we would be directed to hear the voice of the servants of God and we would be converted and accept the Gospel, because I believe that before

the foundations of the world were laid we came into the world with that intent and but needed to again hear the message that we might receive it, and now we are through the goodness of God privileged to accept it, where through the teaching of leaders or because our parents were members of the Church and we had the privilege of being born a member of the covenant people of God. Now that· we have received it and been baptized, I hope that we are conducting ourselves so that we will be entitled to its guidance. The Holy Ghost is the gift to all men that will harken to the Spirit of God, but the gift of the Holy Ghost can only be received through the ordinances of the Gospel and the imposition of hands. That is the gift of God bestowed upon us after compliance with the law, and that gift entitles us to the continual guidance of His spirit. But the Holy Ghost Will not be with us and abide with us forever unless we conduct ourselves in such a way that Spirit of God can be our companion by day and by night by doing what the Lord wants us to do, and that is why we came to meeting to be fed the spiritual food of life ; that we may not walk in darkness and be led into error because we are led by the spirit of the Evil one. What a wonderful thing it would be if whenever we spoke we could speak by the Holy Ghost, that whatever we did we did under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, and that wherever we were our lives were so clean that we might know that God's spirit was with us. What a glorious thing it would be And yet everyone of us are entitled to it --not only entitled to it, but God wants us to have it. And having said so much about the cardinal principles of the Gospel, I would like to go on a little further and consider some of the things that will enable us to have the Holy Ghost as our constant companion. Quoted 13th Chapter of 1st Corinthians, wherein Paul speaks regarding charity saying no man can truly be a servant of God unless he possesses the love of Christ, the love that surpasses all things and enables him with the spirit of God to overcome all things. then turned to the above quotation and read, making the following comments: Though I speak with tongues of men and of angels and have not charity; I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. Charity suffereth long and is kind. Are you and I kind to our husband or wife? If we are not, we have not charity; and believe me, if we do not possess that gift the spirit of God is going to have a hard time dwelling in our petty little souls. Charity envieth not -Ah, how we do envy the possessions of our brethren and sisters; how we do hate to see them built up so they might surpass us in our greedy little souls. If we see a brother lauded, how we are aroused; and if a husband speaks kindly to a sister wife, how our beautiful souls burst forth in all their rottenness. Do they have the love of Christ? Delve into your own hearts, brothers and sisters, and see how much we are the saints of God

It Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. How proud we are How much we love ourselves Do we love our brothers and sisters as much; and if we do, do we prove it with our actions? We see it proved very seldom, and yet you and I profess to be children of God and the choice people. Doth not behave itself unseemly. Sometimes we do not behave ourselves as ladies and gentlemen, and if we only realized that the eyes of our God are always upon us, we would indeed, with the unbelieving nations of the earth ask for the rocks and cliffs to fall upon us because our conduct is certainly unseemly, and yet we are the children of God, and what a good opinion we have of ourselves. Charity seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. Oh, I am sure we are all of those. We never want what's our own, and as a brother and

sister comes and takes it, we gladly give it. We are never provoked to anger --- I

should say not! And we never think evil of one another --- do we! Truly, we are the children of God. We rejoiceth not in evil; -- I hope not! And we never think evil of one another---do we ! Truly, we are the children of God,. We rejoice not in evil -- I hope not! Charity doesn't , but rejoiceth in the truth. We truly, we are the children of God. Charity beareth all things, believeth all things. the people of the Church have charity. Listen to their ministers and their Bishops and Presidents of their Stakes when they come to preach to you and cut you off church because they have charity and believe everything that the Prophet Joseph Smith has given! Isn't that true? The Gospel was restored to us by the Prophet Joseph Smith, never to be taken from the earth again. It included the laws to enable us to become like God himself and men were commanded when we received it and obeyed it ,then the Church leaders today take away all of our blessing and that is the pure love of God?! Apparently they "believe in all things" – if you don't believe it, you haven't had the Bishop or

President of the Stake talk to you that way, because I have.

Beareth all things. We are going to have to learn to bear all things --- persecutions, reviling, and scourging --- all these and many more we are going to have to learn to bear, because the love of Christ enables us to bear them. Hopeth all things. And endureth all things. Now, it is easy for you and me to see how our brother steps on our toes; but how about when our actions to them are manifested? How are we enduring their petty littlenesses and if they are so little and we are so big, then let's see that we endure like the blessings of charity enable us to endure the short-comings of our fellow men. It is an essential quality the love of Christ. Charity never faileth; but where be prophecies, they shall fail; where be tongues, they shall cease; where be knowledge, it shall vanish away. Continued quoting through the end of Chapter.

Have you and I got it? If we haven't, Lord can't use us. Let us prepare I ask in Jesus Christ's name, Amen.

Bror Joseph W. Musser: I think that sermon was a very excellent one, and it is one that should strike home to every person here today. Charity – if Lord were not more charitable than we are, there could be no hope for any of us, and those who understand themselves and can inventory their actions and feelings are those who are climbing higher in the presence of the Lord. We frequently speak of jealousies; most terrible feelings that come upon us from time to time. Men become jealous over one another. We were speaking of it today in conversation, of certain men who are jealous of certain other men, and that jealousy is holding them back, preventing them from coming to meeting, from associating with the Latter-day Saints who are building themselves up, and we have women who are jealous of one another. To exhibit jealousy is an admission that we do not consider ourselves equal to the fight --someone else is getting better of us, as President Brigham Young once put it very beautifully. For a woman to be jealous of another woman is an indication or an admission that she is not able to hold up her end with the other woman, or a man to be jealous of a brother or a neighbor because of prosperity or something else is an admission that he is not able to hold his own with reference to that or individual. That is one thing that we have got to overcome, my brothers and sisters --this great fault of jealousy. I am wondering how we will meet on the other side if we can't fraternize here, if we can't overcome each other's faults and failings; .if we can't make adjustments to suit the situations as they come about, how are we going to get through on the or side? As I understand it, our great objective is to get back into His presence. As I have dwelt upon before, and I love to dwell upon that me --I want to see my Father --I want to be with him, but if Brother Jones happens to be there and I have a grudge against him, I am jealous of him I have been uncharitable towards him, how may I hope to go into Father's presence. Lord says: He that sayeth he loveth me and keepeth not my commandments is a liar and truth is not in him. How can they love him whom they hath not seen when you do not love one another whom they have seen and who are the workmanship of mine hands? It stands very definitely that we are inconsistent when we think along that line. True, there are lots of things that happen and we don't love one another's actions but the individual is just as much the workmanship of God, the Eternal Father as I am. We must love all men. A new commandment I give unto you said the Savior, that they love one another. the Lord so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that we might live that we might be redeemed and go back

into His presence. the great principle of love, we don't understand, I don't understand. I sometimes get a glimpse of it. I was reading the other day of Daniel H. Wells coming home from a mission to assume the counselorship to Brigham Young and how he met Brigham Young here after being away from home some twelve or more months and how they clasped each or in their arms and greeted each or with a kiss, and there was a love there that is beyond human comprehension, a love that can only be appreciated under the direction of the gift of the Holy Ghost. I remember Heber C. Kimball saying that his love for Brigham Young was greater than any love he ever had for a women, and it's true the love that exists properly in the priesthood is the greatest of all gifts of love. Of course a man loves his wives the more of his children, and he loves his children, but the great and deep love, that penetrating love that will take us into eternity, that love exists between the priesthood of Almighty God and shall come from God to us. Now we can't get back into presence of the Lord without love. We can't get there without charity, because charity is one of the attributes of love. Men who love each or naturally have charity towards each other and they forgive each other, overlook each other's weakness and their foolishness, etc. I think I have never met a man in all my life so far that hasn't had some good trait about him --something good in his make-up, in his constitution, nor a woman. As low as they sometimes get (and I have had communication with the lowest of men and the lowest of women) and yet there has been that spark of something there that's good. As a matter of fact, they could not exist without it. Just like one of brethren stated this morning, think it was Brother Jessop this afternoon, that if a nation had no good in it, the nation itself couldn't survive. there has got to be some good in order that we may survive. It is that good we have got to learn to love and respect and have charity towards. Let God be the judge and cease judging one another and if we will do that we will begin to grow as a people. I was glad to hear Brother Jessop talk about Joseph Smith. People say they take some of his words with salt. they take some of the words of Jesus Christ with salt and some of the words of God, the Eternal Father, with salt. But my testimony is that the more salt we place upon the words of those people, the darker we become. When we put ever so little salt there, darkness comes to our mind. Joseph Smith was one of the three Gods that were appointed to come here on earth and to people this earth and to redeem it God, the Father, the creator; God the Mediator, the Savior, the Redeemer; and God the Witness and the Testator. Before they came here upon earth, and in the presence of the great Eloheim of this earth's galaxy, they entered into a covenant which established them as the Gods, or the Trinity of this earth. Those who lived in the days of Christ didn't think much of him except a few that received his spirit and were converted by him, but most of them made light of

his mission, saying he was the carpenter's son and asked how he came to claim to be the son of God. That's the way they talked of Jesus Christ. they called him a wine-bibber and an associate of fast women and of thieves and robbers. That is way they classed our Lord and Savior who gave his blood for us. And so with Joseph when he came upon the earth --"What can this little boy claim --he is only a boy with no education. If God Almighty wanted to speak to somebody he would surely come to these men Who are educated and who can teach the Gospel and warn the world?" That was their reasoning, and at the present time we have reasoners among our people along that same line. they say, Here's a church of some eight thousand and yet here's a few people that claim to have more keys and more power and more authority than the Church. they say it's preposterous, and that's what they said of Joseph. Here's a the young fellow 15 years of age. He isn't familiar with elementary things of life. He's never been to school more than a few months during his lifetime and now he claims that the Father and Son have come to him and have revealed that all the Churches are wrong they are an abomination in His sight. Can't we see parallel situation? Catholic Church bad gone wrong and branches had broken off, but none of them had authority so that they were all abominations and were all teaching precepts of men. But they were not living in accordance with their teaching they were not living in accordance with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that was the condition at that time. Now, they say this little band of people, if you have no authority you know nothing; it is preposterous beyond reason to think that you have got something that the Church at large hasn't got. We haven't anything that the Church at large hasn't as long as the Church keeps commandments of the Lord; but so far as they draw away from those commandments, then they go in darkness and we have abandoned it as a church; according to the words of President Lorenzo Snow we have abandoned the one principle which is the capstone principle of salvation. We have abandoned it. Now, can we abandon the principles of the Gospel and still be in favor of Lord? Can we throw that out the window and still expect to go to heaven and commune with Christ and Abraham and those great people that have gone before us? Why, of course not. One of saints wrote me from the east the other day that missionaries are now saying that plural marriage is a principle of life and salvation, we know that. It is a principle of the Gospel and the Lord said that in this dispensation there should be a restoration of all things. Well, in order to fulfill that promise to have a restoration of all things, the Lord restored the principle of Celestial Marriage, and n having restored it and having fulfilled that promise, He took it away. We don't need it anymore. But, the Lord restored all things never again to be taken from the earth.

they can't be taken. He told President John Taylor He couldn't annul that law because it was eternal, because it was everlasting. I am everlasting and I cannot vacate an everlasting law, and yet that is the attitude of many of the people in the Church today. The whole Christian world at one time was Catholic, but a few reformers with a few hundred broke off and broke the yoke that had been placed over them by the Catholic Church. Now, a few of the Church are breaking off they are not leaving the Church the Church is leaving them. the other day a man told me we were breaking the Church in two. I said we are not dividing it; if it is being divided, it is Jesus Christ who is doing it, because we are teaching Christ and His revelations. We are not teaching anything else. God forbid! I don't think I have ever taught, since I took this mission, anything else in this day and age. If I have, I hope that Lord will forgive me. We are witnesses for Christ. We have been appointed to do that work and to witness to world these things that Christ has revealed to us and to warn them and to call them to repentance. That is our mission and what we are endeavoring to do in our weak way. These are some things we must keep in mind. Brother Marvin said there are a lot of good people in the Church among the Latter-day Saints. That is true. the best people on the earth are in these mountains under the direction of the Church -- and I say it in all seriousness. A better people are functioning now under the direction of the Priesthood and God has appointed that the Church will be set in order. the Church is an institution run by the common consent, and the most senile, most insipid, the least intellectual person, both spiritually and temporally, in the Church, has as much power as the President, because it is run by common consent. But the Priesthood is a theocracy originating with God and run by Him and reflecting His revelations and commandments to the Church. Joseph Smith was the head of that theocracy and the head of it at the present time. No revelation has ever come in this dispensation to the people of the world or anywhere else except through Joseph Smith the Prophet and member of the Godhead and whose voice is voice of authority to the new dispensation. Any revelation that has ever come since he came upon the earth has come through him, and every revelation that ever will come upon earth from now on until Christ comes to reign (which is his right to do and is going to do) will come through the Prophet Joseph. We are all entitled to revelation ourselves for the government of our family, of each or, but when Joseph reveals himself, he reveals himself through the priesthood to his mouth under him; and if that revelation is for the Church, it comes from the Priesthood to the Church. That's the order. the Church is subordinate to priesthood. I am not saying that boastingly because I happen to be one of Priesthood Council. God knows I am weak and frail, but there is an order in all things and the Lord is not going to jump over .His authority here upon earth to give a message to someone else. He is going.

to give it in the right way as He always has and always will do. Obedience is the first 1aw and order is the spirit of obedience. These are some of the things I want us to reflect upon. there is only one safe way for us to follow --it may cost us our lives --it's cost many of us our reputations already it has cost us our society with the Church and with many of people of the Church. It has cost us their love and respect that they used to have towards us, and it may yet and will cost some of us our lives. That is to walk in obedience to the commandments, and that means all of them. And we will never go where Father is until we can accept every law He has given and magnify that revelation in our lives. God bless you Amen."

Closing Song;: "Guide Us, Oh Thou Great Jehovah" Benediction: Brother Koles

Minutes Fast Meeting held at 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, April 4, 1943, at 2 :00 p.m. Pres. John they. Barlow presided and conducted. Song: "Come, Come they Saints" Prayer: Brother Clifford Lyons Song: "Gently Raise Sacred Strain" Sacrament: Administered by Helmet Olschewski, Edson Jessop, Heber C. Smith and G. L. Dockstader; Otto H. Olschewski presiding.

Remarks by John Y, Barlow:

We again have an opportunity to bear our testimonies How many think they have a testimony: Time is here when we must know we know Gospel is true--for there are persecutions.

Testimonies by: G. Von Monfrans, Mary Fischer, Winnie Jessop, W. E. Stokes, Pansy Darger Martin, James Matin, Otto H. Olschewski, Sister Sturm.

Tenor Solo: Rulon T. Jeffs

Testimonies by: Edna Zitting

Joseph W. Musser: I was glad to hear Sister. Sturm's testimony was glad to hear her refer to the visit of Brother Barlow and others when they were advised to come to Zion. they were encumbered buying a home and it seemed impossible for m to come, but the Lord opened the way. they did not wait nor hesitate. It was as though the Lord picked m up bodily and brought m here. A man bought their Chicago home for cash and they got a home here for one half the value after reaching here and getting the family settled, Lord took him away. The Lord has so blessed other New York families: and the same experience with or families in California. When the people show a willingness to serve the Lord, He will open the way to accomplish it. (He then referred to the United Effort Plan.) We do not want your money; We want--- Lord wants our hearts. Many are being tried as gold is tried 7 times in furnace. Carl Fischer is being so tested. In the final analysis, the Lord wants our hearts. God bless you, Amen.

Testimonies: Susie Bar1ow, Ellie Olschewski (wife of Herbart), David W. Jeffs, Sister G.L. Dockstader.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

I have been greatly interested and built up in the testimonies. If you want a testimony, you have to ask God--not obtain it by reasoning alone. We must have Holy Ghost to bring, and give us these testimonies. We have many testimonies of healing of the sick. I was promised gifts of the Spirit. Which ones? All of them. I have been privileged to talk in tongues and or gifts of the Spirit. (Brethren in conference are careful what they say.) Before long, Lord will take a hand. If the Ten Tribes came, where would they find Zion; Zion is the pure in heart. Lord is calling out of the Church a people to use. We are now starting the United Order and it is growing; it is not in Short Creek alone, but everywhere. I knew the Sturms had the blood of Ephraim. God bless them and they got here. Will we continue? the Gospel is not to the swift, but to them that endure to the end. (He spoke of a boy in Boston --candy.) We, Joseph .W. Musser and I and

others, feel we have a terrible responsibility. Lorin Woolley said before he died that he had -carried the load so long his shoulders were sore, etc.

Closing Song: "Lord Dismiss Us"

Benediction: Brother W. E. StokeB.

(Minutes taken by R. T. Jeffs and typed by L. J Allred)

Minutes of General Meeting held at Priesthood Home, 2L 57 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 1943.

Brother John they. Barlow presided Brother

Joseph W. Musser conducted 1st Song: " Morning Breaks" Prayer: Helamut Olschewski 2nd Song: "Softly Beams Sacred Dawning"

Brother Joseph Jessop

of Short Creek was asked to speak. He bore his testimony of truthfulness of the Gospel, saying he knew it was true. Spoke of the fine spirit of the saints at Short Creek and said they were doing well. Told of seeing prophecy being fulfilled every day. uppermost desire of his life to live the Gospel, as without it he would have nothing. Had thought for many years if we could be as persistent in doing right as Lucifer is that we should be much better off. Asked God's blessing particularly on those called into the army, those who are honest in heart, that things will be so arranged that they won't have to take part in the bitter conflict that is going on. Wondered if the saints will be able to stand the coming tests, as America should be destroyed along with the other nations. We must become united and live the Gospel and humble ourselves enough to get together and live as Enoch and Nephites lived and as Joseph and Brigham taught

Brother Heber Smith:

Recalled his recent visit to Short Creek and the wonderful spirit of unity found there, that they are laying the ground work and we should help in every way we can. Said we should follow the counsel of the Priesthood in lesser laws as well

as higher principles. Related the unsatisfactory visit with some of the church officials at the Priesthood home during the previous week, as they were not willing to accept any doctrines the brethren tried to teach them.

Brother Otto Olschewski:

Wondered to what extent saints are giving heed to teachings of our early prophets, how he was conducting his life and if making any progress, that we should stick to the simple things of life, to unite the mortality and spirituality in our attitude and actions.

Brother Stokes sang song, "Father Adam, the Prince of the Race", which he learned

in school of Prophets.

Brother Jay Jessop:

Testified of the truthfulness of Gospel, acknowledged the Lord's blessing him with another son to add to the Kingdom of God, and hoped he could raise his family in a manner pleasing to God.

Brother Logan Kunz:

Said he knew the gospel to be true and hoped to be able to live all the things he knew to be true.

Brother Lyman Jessop:

Philosophized as to whether one in enthusiasm should be baptized into the church during the period of enthusiasm or wait until after it had subsided and possibly not have joined. Also asked the same question regarding entering the principle of plural marriage. Said when the Savior came it was at a time; and to a condition where the law that was claimed to be divine, the law of Moses, was so hedged up that the real Gospel couldn't be seen until the Savior came to point out the correct way. the Latter Day Saints don't want the higher things, the better way. Recalled Brigham Young's statement that more would be damned by the principle of plural marriage than would be saved. Christ lived the law of plural marriage and raised large families and under distressing circumstances .

Brother John Y. Barlow:

My brethren and sisters: I have been greatly interested in the remarks of brethren. the Lord said He was going to raise up a peculiar people. He also said he was going to perform a strange act. Can we see it being performed? Nearly

everyone of the prophets that has gone before us has said a people would come out from among the Latter day Saints. Who is teaching those things today? Those that have been cut off and handled. Pres. Young said that a people would come out from among the Latter day Saints who would live all the laws of God and keep His commandments. Brother Kimball said the same thing. O. F. Whitney spoke of the same thing Brother Budge, Pres. of the European Mission, said there was to be three things come to pass: one would be a peculiar people corning out from among the Latter day Saints and living all the Laws of God would form a nucleus of the great Millennium. the other things would be killing off and destroying those that did not keep the commandments of God. these things are occurring every day we live. I believe it was Brother Cardston who had a vision and saw a line draw through the land down through Arizona, and he saw those that were keeping the commandments of God on the west side and others on the east side, and some of them straddling the line. He saw the line spreading out until they had to get on one side or the other, and almost invariably those that had been straddling fell off to the east. He also saw the destruction that was coming. A large black cloud was coming toward them and the people on the east side were destroyed and on the other side they were not destroyed and they came to meet the Savior. We have had it preached to us time and time again_ Isaiah and also the Prophet Joseph Smith said One Mighty and Strong would come, and that time is drawing closer and closer. It won't surprise me to see it happen at any time. Those opposing the law of God are fighting, and those that believe in the laws of God are not fighting it but are trying to keep the commandments of' God. I thought the other evening when two bishops came here to show some of the people they were wrong, they don't take the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, or the prophets of God. Pres. Young said when he spoke with the spirit of God, it is just as much scripture as the Book of Mormon, etc·. But what is the result? What are they trying to do? The Prophet Joseph Smith gave us some laws and commandments, and now they are trying to make them: of none effect the other night they tried to preach and prove that if a man marry a wife (I said it would be impossible to marry more than one at once) it was celestial marriage. the other brethren here told them it was the law of God --there is no revelation on Celestial Marriage --it was embodied in plural marriage. the Lord replied to the question as to how Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are justified and said all those who have these laws revealed to them must obey the same or be damned. And yet they say there is celestial marriage but not a plurality of wives. Brother Penrose said if you do away with plural marriage you will have to do away with celestial marriage. Do the Church today believe that marriage in the Temple was done away with? they believe they are going into the Celestial Kingdom. they will never get

there without living all the laws. We must live all the celestial law to attain the blessing Our people were persecuted until they made covenants with, the 1eaders of this nation and it finally brought us to the point where Nephi said there are two churches, the church of God and the church of the devil. Wouldn't that be making a covenant with death and an agreement with hell? That's exactly what they have done. Many leaders today know this is true. For the last 50 years I have been taught it wasn't right to enter into the laws of God. but no man will go back to Jackson County and help build up the center stake of Zion who does not live this law. We have got to come up with the other laws just exactly the same. Zion will never be redeemed except by the celestial 1aw. We think plural marriage is hard to live, but it isn't a circumstance compared with the United Order. We all love ourselves more than anybody else, and we have got to learn to love our brother as ourselves. That was the first law given to the saints. the laws of faith, repentance and baptism are given to the sinners to make them become saints, but after they become saints they were given the law of consecration. Did they live it? Some did, and some did not, and result was there was such a few that were big and strong enough to live it that a lesser law was given --a law of tithing. And how many of us Latter day Saints pay a tenth of what we've got? These things are going on gradually and are coming closer every day to a head, and it won't be long before you will see some going on and others going backward. It is just according to our faith what we do. If we live the laws, we will get the blessing; and if, we don't live the law, we won't get the blessing. I don't wish to take up your time today, but I say, God bless this people and may they see the necessity of keeping the commandments, because if we don't, we are going to be in a bad way. I have seen it a number of times, and I know what we are going to get if we don't keep the commandments of God. We have no way out, only that the Lord will bring us, and if we don't keep His laws, we can't expect His blessing. God bless us, Amen.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

President Young in speaking of the principle of celestial or plural marriage

said it would damn more than it would save. I have wondered what that statement meant. It is a correct principle that when light is offered to you and you reject it you are damned. Sometimes we refuse to give certain information to people because we say they are not ready for it, and when these brethren come around and want to convert us to a monogamists way of living, we don't want to add to their condemnation any more than necessary. "For behold I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for

no one can reject this covenant, and be permitted to enter into my glory!. Those then, who do not enter into glory of God are damned. they lose a part of what they might have had. We say only a small part of the people in the Church ever accepted that law, so that leaves 95% of the members of the Church, according. to that reasoning who would be damned. So that this law which Gad gave Joseph Smith will damn more than it will save, because more will reject it than accept it. God bless you, Amen.

Closing Song: "What Was Witnessed in the Heavens" Benediction by Ross Linagren,

Minutes Sunday .Afternoon Meeting, at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. April 25, 1943

Brother John they. Barlow presided.

Brother Joseph W. Musser conducted.

1st Song: "For the Strength of the Hills" Prayer: Brother George Woodruff 2nd Song: "Father In Heaven, We Do Believe"

Brother Charles. F. Zitting:

I always feel rather timid when I stand before this crowd to speak, so I pray that I will have the spirit of the Lord with me and your faith and prayers to help me, for I need it. I have been in California many times, but this is one time I came away with the feeling that I did not care whether I ever saw it again or not. I was somewhat disgusted. It was cold and wintery and yet. I have never seen California when they say it is the prettiest until now and I do not see it. I was disappointed with the people. The saints are good people, but they seem to partake of the spirit of the California people there. I never saw quite such a difference in the people as I did this time. On the bus there was a sign No Smoking but everyone was smoking. the same thing prevailed there in California, children and all smoking, even on the streets. I tried to find some young people there that did not smoke, but I could not. the things of the world are their God. I compared it all with the things here when I arrived when the signs say no Smoking they do not smoke. when it comes to

climate, industry, etc., that all will come here. yet all that comes here, will be the trials, and they will be trials to you Saints Salt Lake is one of the hubs of their bases you will see it. I do not care whether I see anything outside of Utah the rest of my life. you people should make the best of what you got When it comes to my families, homes, friends, I have something better than anything that they have in California I say it with thanksgiving to the Lord. If war comes to this country it will be on the coasts; this valley will see less of it than any place in the U. S..What property we have here is really secure. In our own country you will see greet things laid to waste. you must prepare yourselves for what is coming. you should get your families together and prepare yourselves for building up the Kingdom of God. When it comes to the Gospel itself, we really have something. Outside of our group here, they have not the principles of salvation; any others are principles of Satan. you can see Satan ruling in our cities. If there are any principles worth dying for they are the principles of our Lord Jesus Christ, which Joseph Smith brought to us. One way to give you life is for the principles of freedom. Any good woman would give her life to establish the principles of freedom. Any man that is willing to live the principles of God, let come what will, is willing to give his life for life and salvation. Brothers and sisters, you do not know the joy and blessings that you are passing up if you do not live the principles of God. That is my testimony to you. I know that the Lord blesses those who are willing to give their life for the principles of freedom. May God bless us all that we will have the courage to go on and build up our group and make it become the people of God, for it is the nucleus that God has told us about, is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Otto Holm:(

from Idaho) was the next speaker and he bore his testimony of the Gospel saying that he has tried to serve God and keep His commandments; that he rejoices in the association of the group and the brethren over us.

Brother Ed Christensen:

It is in fear and trembling that I occupy this position, and the few moments that I may occupy it, I humbly pray the Lord will come to my rescue, that what I say the spirit will be in accordance with the will of Heaven, to say those things that will be edifying and build us up in our faith and help us to endeavor to work out our salvation We are here in the earth sense to work, eat and sleep, and or things to sustain body, yet our greatest mission in life is to render obedience to the laws of the Lord Jesus Christ, wherein I take it many of us were valiant and faithful, many adhering to the counsels given us. We are here to go on to perfection. there is no turning

back. the Lord said, If you lose your life for my service you shall find it again. The principles of life are here in our midst. The Master also said "Those who know my voice shall hear it" I trust the Lord will overlook the weaknesses I have in this body, that I will master them. It seems there are devils on every side every minute of the day; it is a hard fight. I sometimes wonder how long the Lord will uphold me to the end. I love the truth and I love to be engaged in the work of this kind; long to go out in the world to teach the Gospel in its fullness to those who are in darkness. Patriarch McGee told me I would have that privilege. I pray that the Lord will bless us, and unite us together as we will be united. the only way that we will be humbled is to be whipped into line. And the Lord is going to test us and see if we can stand to the end; and humble us too.

Brother Rulon T. Jeffs:

My brothers and sisters I always welcome an opportunity to bear witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There have been some things going through my mind lately, and I wish to be an instrument in the hands of God to be a witness to this people. the Gospel is light. I have noticed a vast difference in the last few months--a spirit of quiet; a spirit of laziness among this people. Maybe it is because I see it through those kind of eyes. It grieves me when this people is not taking hold and pushing this work forward as they should be. there are people in Short Creek that are giving all to this work-- and time and labor. Prosperity is putting us in a spirit of quiet. The spirit tells me that if we stay in that spirit, it is the calm before the storm. the secret lies in one simple little fact: Will you wives render obedience to the laws of your husband's? Will you husbands render obedience to the laws of God through His servants--through the Priesthood. That is the one way to be unified. Another thing that has impressed me lately is the spirit in which these group members have taken the loss of the use of our meeting place. Not one word have I heard in pleading to the Lord to give it back to us. My heart bleeds when I see what we could have I recall two years ago when two members of the Council were called --we had occasions when we were told heavenly beings were present in our midst. Our choir--I long for those times again. there has been a falling off in our meetings. Prosperity will drive us to hell if we not look out. We must dedicate our all to the Lord. It is a relief to turn everything over to the Lord and let Him use it as he will--our time, our hearts, our possessions. I pray we will go forward upholding the laws of our husband's and the laws of the Lord. We have almost forgotten the motto: "The Kingdom of God or Nothing" Is it the Kingdom of God or Nothing? Look at the war, the political disturbance, the economic disturbances! Look at that and let us do all to build up

the Kingdom of God or nothing. I pray we will do that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Joseph Musser:

I am going to correct any wrong impression that you might have received from Brother Zitting' s talk wherein he said every man or woman in the bus was smoking. I do not believe he believes in smoking and I do not believe he did it himself. Many will doubtless make whip wrecks of their faith and be led away in the allurements of sin, etc., yet the Kingdom will not be taken away from this people and given to another, but people will come forth from among us etc. Was a promise made by D. H. Wells; it was repeated in substance by Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and others. I am fully in accord with the remarks of the brethren; Brother Zitting' s

remarks concerning the coast--he has given us a true picture. Brother Brigham

Young had an open vision of this country and when he arrived here in the mountains he looked down and saw the vision that he had been shown him. He did not know where to stop; he knew nothing about this country; the brethren just had a picture of this great American desert, and they saw this part of the country and were urged to go on to California where food and land was plentiful. they were urged to go on; a woman in company said she would have willingly gone on rather than stop here in this death-giving valley, as it looked at that time. No water, no green fields; yet Brigham Young said, "This is place." Later on when people wanted to go on and he told them to go on and be damned, but the Saints of God were going to stay here and build up the country. We see the result now here, but the west coast is going to be practically depleted. There are going to be earthquakes water exceeding their bounds, etc., and it is going to be a way to cause desolation. When Brigham Young said, "This is place" he knew what he was talking about. In Brother Woodruff's prayer he said "we rejoice," but do we rejoice. Are our hearts full of gratitude to Lord? Some of us fade out, like an old radio. That is way this people is acting. they are full of enthusiasm today but look at tomorrow. Somebody says something about Brother Barlow, Brother Musser or

Brother Zitting and they get discouraged and they say if Brother Musser is not a

good man, I want to go to hell; vtheirtually that is what they say. We are talking and acting that way. I am going to be a little personal. A little while ago and individual told me, What has Brother Barlow done to make good financially? I told him that it was not Brother Barlow that you are trusting, it is the Lord. Now if you have anything to say about the Lord, spit it out and go to hell. Brother Barlow was called to position by the Lord; it was God Almighty Brigham Young said, When you can find a man bigger than I am to take over my property, then I will turn it

over. He was God's mouthpiece on the earth. The Lord inspired him to do what he did. What are we after? We are after eternal life How can we get that? By walking in obedience to all the laws of God. Brother Rulon's remarks that we are spiritually 1azy is true. We are not giving the study to the understanding of the Gospel as we should. We are sailing very placidly. the church is doing the same. We are talking this way for we are going to be stirred up. there is a spirit of murder in the hearts of the children of men. Russia is starting a crusade of murder that will not leave a single German. If Germany in its next rush against Russians is not beaten, they will go through these other nations so that the Teutonic blood will prevail. The Japs are saying the same things. the whole world is full of murders-- hearts of men have nothing but murder in them. Because I have a son in the army and he is killing in the war, is that any reason why I should have murder in my heart? We cannot do it. The Lord is in this war and permitting this to go on in order that the wicked might be depleted and the Millennium. be ushered in. We must not have murder in our hearts if we want to be in the army with the spirit of the Lord. there are no Germans, Russians, etc. we all belong to the Kingdom of God, no matter where we were born, or otherwise. That spirit of hell cannot be just; men cannot accomplish the missions that we came here for. We must quit worrying about these countries engaged in the war. We have our men in the army I received a letter from our boys out there, and their letters were full of the spirit of the Lord. If they remain that way they are going to come back to us. But we must keep our minds here upon our work and cease troubling ourselves about the Germans and Japs and people who are fighting. Let us get the spirit of the Lord; let us clothe ourselves in sackcloth and ashes. Why should we give up our house here; we are giving it up because we did not care enough about it to strive to keep it. These are plain words, but they are true. I am speaking of the body itself. An effort was made by the Priesthood Council, but it is like going up against a brick wall and it will be that way until we do something about it. There is no reason why the upstairs cannot be made safe as the school house across the street; or the Salt Lake Temple--it has no outlet. But the Devil did not want us to be here. Devil does not care about Presbyterians, Catholics, etc., because they have aligned themselves with the spirit of the world. It is this group of people that he wants. It is the priesthood that keeps this group going, and it is that, that He has told us to perpetuate--as long as you live give your life, families and property to this work and when you are ready to seal your life with your blood Lord will bless you. Those who want to go back into the presence of Father have got to have and be full of life. We have got to let this lethargy die out. Oh, I would that we were as united as they are down in Short Creek. they have not , facilities, etc., that we have, but they have the spirit of the Lord, that we have

not. we have too much here--large salaries, good home etc. About two years ago we were being helped by the state and county. Now we have got into large salaries there is plenty of work none of us need to be idle. The Government is spending money like water. It is doing everything to fill our pockets full of money. we are getting to be careless. It was the same in the days of Father Adam. It was the same in the apostolic ages. It is same today Lord said he will try us with sickness, death, wealth and those who could not be touched with wealth, then the Priesthood would try us. But because you stand up under the last trial will you go back to Jackson County to build it up Accept what the Lord gives. Accept us the Priesthood of the Lord. I'LL PROMISE you IN THE NAME OF THE LORD THAT IF ANY OF US DO NOT LIVE UP TO OUR CALLINGS, THE LORD WILL REMOVE US: and we want him to. God bless you, Amen.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

We have been listening to a wonderful sermon, wonderful counsel. How much of this has gone to our hearts. I know what Brother Musser said is true. I know what he says about finances is true. I want to ask you if you can show me any prophet of God that had money, (Joseph Smith was given us an example) Does his poverty make him any less the prophet? Are we working to get rich? Are we working to have all this? What we ought to be working for is to save our souls. We find it all the way through. I know what Brother Rulon said is so. I know that in last month or so we have not had the spirit of God as we had it before. I think most of you do know why. If we are united, there is nothing that the Lord would not give us if he was in the mind to give it to us. I think it is one of the finest things that has come to this people – to get kicked out. We were getting proud about this place: we were quite proud and talking about it, so we were kicked out. God loves a humble people. We have got to be humble. He puts a little child before you and says that is an example of the Kingdom of God ---a humble child. As Brother Musser said, we were chosen. I could not believe it when I was chosen, and the brethren told us to find it out for ourselves if we did not believe we were called. we got the testimony for ourselves. then what could we do? He said, "Father, we are in your hands." Like Brother Musser said just that moment that we cease teaching the laws of God, we will be let out. I want to be moved out of way when I do that. I know that these brethren were called by direct revelation by God. I do know that Brother Musser was set apart and heard the prophet of God say that his work would be to write. How many of you can testify to that today? His work is in writing and speaking. I am not a writer or speaker Let us take these things to heart and commence to pray to the Lord for His guidance and help. If we do that we can gain a salvation in His Kingdom. God

bless you all that we may go on and live in such a way that when the One Mighty and Strong comes he will say, "Well done." God bless you, Amen.

Brother J. W. Musser:

There is a thought I would like to mention: the Lord promised that the time would come when old men shall dream dreams and see visions, and the time would come when their little children would teach the truth and have dreams and visions. the other night one of our little girls here (Marie Broadbent) had a dream that she was in a little train, that our group was in that train and we traveled 100 miles going through towns. Brother Barlow was the engineer and she recognized others here, and she just saw the high spots. Brother Barlow was the engineer and the train was narrow and all at once we came to a great rock and it seemed the train had to go over it. there was only a few of us in the train, but then the dream ended. the time will come when your children will prophesy.

At tile funeral of Sr. Kametsch something happened that I would like to mention. She (Sister. Kametsch) spoke nothing but German We did not know much about her here. She was very patient and quiet. While she was lying in her coffin a mother and daughter came up to view the body and as they stood there, the daughter, knowing something about the tendency of her own mother, said, there lies a woman who has said nothing about anyone else. That was a testimony, for she was a woman who had never talked about anybody.

Closing Song: "The Spirit of God Like a Fire" Benediction: Brother John Buchereit. LJAllred.

Minutes Fast Meeting held at 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday Afternoon, May 2, 1943, at 2:00 p.m.

Brother Chas. F. Zitting presided and conducted.

Song: "Israel, Israel, God Is Calling" Prayer: "Brother Jay Jessop Song: ...·We'll Sing All Hail to Jesus' Name" Sacrament: administered

Remarks by Chas. F. Zitting.

Testimonies by: Lyman Jessop, Fred Cleveland, Alfred Olschewski, E. Stokes, Pansy Dargar, George Woodruff, Kathryn Cleveland, Jay Jessop, Brother! Kimball,

Solo: "Come, Come ye Saints" by Ed Christensen.

Testimonies by: Mother Buchereit, James Martin, Mother Olschewski, Norma Cook, Anna Dean, John Buchereit, Emily Erickson, Laura Zitting

Brother Charles F. Zitting:

I know that any time the Lord wants to put us back in the meeting house upstairs, He will put us there. That is my testimony; just as soon as it is for our good, He will put us there.

Closing Song: "I'll Go Where you Want Me To Go" Prayer: Brother Ross Lingren. LJAllred.

Minutes of General Meeting of the saints held at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday, May 9,1943, at 2:00 p.m. Pres. John Y. Barlow Presided and conducted. 1st Song: "Sweet is the Work" Prayer by Alfred Olschewski 2nd Song: "As Dew from Heaven Distilling"

Brother Guy Musser:

I am happy to be with you this beautiful Sabbath day. I don't know of a more fitting way to celebrate the Sabbath than to meet in assemblage like this where we might worship God in spirit and truth and learn more of His ways and of His will and renew our love and association in the same. I think that we of any people can be the most thankful today, for we have been drawn out of the world and brought into this humble condition whereby the Lord can use us; His servants can begin to mould us as clay in the potter's hands. Oft-times when I look at people, it seems as though we are sad, leaving the world has shamed us, our eyes are filled with sadness, our countenances are sad, When we think of the world about us and the many blessings they enjoy from day to day. But, on the contrary, brothers and sisters, they have nothing. the world has nothing

of which it can boast only the seeds of death. there is power in this Group to sustain the seeds of life, and I feel that it is an honor and a privilege to be called from Babylon, and I know that one day, one moment one second, one flash, brothers and sisters in the work of God is better than a lifetime under the bonds of the Gentiles. Brother Grant has so often boasted that he would rather hold the Aaronic Priesthood and the office of a Deacon than the highest office this nation can give, and we have within our grasp, within our reach, the power to become Sons of God. So we should be thrilled with gratitude this beautiful Sabbath day and I am and I know you are. The world is celebrating motherhood today, the brothers and sisters. We know what true Motherhood means. We are not blindly seeking the praise that which doesn't exist. We know what a true Mother is where she belongs, what exalts her, and so we praise our Mothers as true mothers. Womankind has risen to heights unknown in this generation –un-thought of before. Her talents have been displayed from one corner of the earth to the other, but I don't believe that her true disposition can be known, her greatest acting seen and displayed as well as in the role of motherhood. they crown her endeavors upon this earth, and though she rises to greatness in the eyes of men and receives the honors and plaudits of the world, in my mind if she has neglected the more weighty things of life and failed to become a mother because of her own disposition, she has failed in this life and it would have been better that she were never born, I suppose. Fifty years ago it was a disgrace for a woman not to become a mother. Now it is disgrace if they do, in the sight of men, and that is just one more evidence of the truthfulness of our work.. That is one more reason that I am thankful today that this Gospe1 teaches us the truth that mothers are born into the world that they might bear children into the world that we as spirits are permitted to come into the world and try ourselves. We have a right to come here. We kept our first estate and our Father promised that we come here and He would provide ways and channels through which we come. Pure channels of righteousness, of the priesthood, of the royal lineage -- that is what he promised us – that if we kept it and were faithful and took upon ourselves the covenant and promises of the priesthood He would provide ways and means whereby we might come to the earth and prove ourselves, that we might keep our second estate and justly so. And so Mothers are born into the world and taught that their holiest calling is to multiply and replenish; there are those upon the other side that pled before the throne of God without ceasing for the opportunity of coming here through a linage that is faithful and pure, millions upon millions of them, and then the world goes gliding along in its self-sufficient manner, supposing they can boast of their greatness and progress and destiny. they have nothing but seed of death sown in them.

It is our lot to be faithful, brothers and sisters. I am the weakest of all, I think, here today, brothers and sisters, when I review opportunities that the Lord had given me since I left that spirit estate. He has blessed me with wonderful parentage. I was permitted to come through a channel that is pure and kept pure. the feelings of my heart are pure with regard to this work, the temples of the Lord, ordinances in them. there has been something in my system that ever since I can remember I have loved the plurality of marriage covenant. I have always had a love for my devote father and I am glad he saw these things. I appreciate these young girls that are in this work. I just love a faithful woman in this work. I could place my arms about them and embrace them with a kiss. I love them, and it is same with the brethren, and that is the feeling I have with this work. I wouldn't trade one of these faithful sisters for all the girls in the world, and we have those what are bad among us, too, like myself. I wish I could say what is in my heart with regard to these things; about the United Order, too. I believe that if we grow faith sufficient to adhere to these principles, that the Lord will begin to shower upon us the things which He has promised. We have a living Gospel – it is LIVING – it is not dead! We have our brethren joining with lodges and all different "cisms" We have doctors and lawyers. We have doctors to assume the responsibilities of these tabernacles; they are even permitted to send them out of this life. Here in the Gospel we have everything that we need. We have a brotherhood that is not of this world at all – a brotherhood created long before in another place. We have an organization that, if we are faithful enough, can assume the responsibility of every human need that arises. If there isn't vitality enough in--the conscience of Jesus Christ to take care of every need we have no Gospel; there is no Priesthood; there is no power from on high if it hasn't that much virtue, and I believe it has. I believe we have power to bring the dead to life. I believe the rain can be stopped, the winds cease; I can be believe that the clouds can be separated and man walk upon the waves if necessary through the Power of the Priesthood that mountains can be removed. For we are but a little lower than angels --higher than any or creation that God has placed upon the earth. If we can be faithful enough and develop the character within ourselves, and until we can do that it will be a dead doctrine to us. We will still be inviting the Gentiles to take care of us. We will be bonding ourselves with the bonds of Babylon. We will still be calling on the physicians of the earth to take care of our bodies and lawyers to take care of our physical conditions. We will still be going to the Gentiles to take care of our financial distress until we rise within ourselves the need of the fullness of the Gospel. The Aaronic Priesthood alone gives man the right to the administering of angels if necessary, and that is what we have among us. That is what these brethren are teaching and have always taught since Joseph Smith down. I don't remember of ever hearing from these brethren

anything else. they are teaching we are weak and they are trying to nurse us along that we are doing the best we can then they know we are not progressing as rapidly as we should. "But were these brethren to say" Who's on the Lords side today" How many of us will bow our heads and say, I can't go --my family won't go. "I have this business to take care of." "I am connected with this association. I am going to have to be release from this." How many of you can do this today --and yet I have been praying and have asked when these things would happen. Am I prepared? Are you? Can we do it? Can I do it? I am trying to., I am praying that I might have that faith and that confidence in them to uphold them and to place my life in their hands insofar as the Lord has told us we must. I realize I must do all I can and not ask the Lord every little thing. I know I should have power enough to control my house not to have to ask the Lord every trivial question. I want to be humble and obedient to these brethren, because I know they are servants of the Lord. I know they have prophesied and embody the spirit of prophecy I know they are pure men. know they have provided pure channels through which spirits can come into the world, and I know they have been persecuted and driven from pillar to post all the days of their lives; and here we have them, a few men, since John Taylor's time, just a few men who are faithful and true to their covenants and God --just a few. they are men of God and that is what I want to be. "Those are just a few of my feelings today. I am grateful for what the Lord has blessed me with and especially for the fullness of the Gospel and for the friendship that comes from you people, for the comforts and health that we enjoy. I am not one that can boast. I need the help of the Lord every second of my life. My wife and my children need it. It is only because of the protection of their guardian angels that they live. That I live and breathe it is only through the Grace of God who permitted me to come upon earth, and may He continue to bless us and I have a testimony that these things are true and the marriage covenant is divine and a necessity. I know that only through it Gods are born and that without it men and women cannot be exalted to the fullness of joy. I know that the United Order is divine –divinely intended to better the financial institutions of mankind and I know that as soon as I can subscribe in fullness to that, God will bless me with His spirit. I know these are true and holy men and prophets of God, and may the time speedily come when the world recognizes them --when every ear shall hear from them the message of life and exaltation. I pray these things in Jesus name, Amen.

Ed Christensen: It is quite a surprise to be as asked to speak to you. It is in fear and trembling that I do so. Let us go from here with a greater determination to serve the Lord and keep His commandments There isn't anything in the world that brings that joy and

happiness as does obedience to the principles of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not here by chance, but because we wanted to come here and were permitted to come and because we kept our first estate and were valiant for the truth. We weren't afraid to stand up for our convictions. We are not afraid now to stand up for the defense of the truth; and if we are., if we cannot fight for truth, we shall never worlds without ends see the face of our Savior. Lord doesn't have any use for a man or woman who will not face every persecution that might come in defense of the truth. Did Pres. Joseph Smith, Pres. Taylor, Brother Barlow apostatize from the truth? Will I? Will you? We want to take inventory of ourselves, and when you come face to face with that situation which you and I will come face to face with sometime in the future, you will have that pleasure and that privilege for standing up for God and His Priesthood; and if you shake in your shoes and can't stand it then God pity you. That is my testimony and I pray that day will never come when I will be ashamed or afraid to acknowledge His servants here in the earth. It is going to be a beautiful fight to the man who will stand up determined to go on. There is a man in audience back of you there that will stand up through his faithfulness to the end and isn't afraid of what man will do --hasn't been afraid and never will be afraid because he is a man of God's own heart. He will carry on and we will learn to respect and honor him for his works will honor and glorify God and many others of us in this audience. I believe in these great principles which have been taught and studied and which have caused so much commotion in the earth -- great principle which caused the angel to come with the drawn sword and command the Prophet Joseph to go on. I believe in the other principle of United Order. I hope I will be able to purge out of my life every ounce of jealousy and selfishness and that we can place it on the altar as freely as water runs down-hill. It isn't mine, what the Lord has apparently blessed me with; it still belongs to Him. He has loaned it to me to see how I will use it. He has been mighty kind to me. Doesn't the Lord bless us with every blessing? Absolutely. therefore I give Him the honor and glory and praise. It is up to me to keep my body clean and pure and sweet and when I do that I have no fear of the diseases of the world. When the Lord speaks, we have no reason or right to interfere. I love these brethren and I know as -sure as I know anything that they are here by appointment, that the Lord has called them and placed them here to guide and do His work. I love their society and I love the society of you good brethren and sisters; you who are not afraid to stand up for that testimony that burns within your bosom. you are the ones that I love and, Brother Rulon Allred, you are one of them and I love you. And many others here I could put my finger on that I love because they love the Lord and love righteousness and are trying to build up the

Kingdom of God. Brother Marion is another man I have learned to love and respect and honor because he loves the truth. And a man like Brother Louis Keltch that can't be moved out of his place. Even if you apostatize from the truth, watch them and see where they go; and furthermore when you are down and out and are called on the other side they will be sitting on their thrones and you will have to pass them to go on. If you don't believe that; time will tell. This is my testimony. I love the work of God and want to help roll it on and do my best in any position that the Lord may call me.

Vocal Solo by Sister Jenna Vee Hammon –"Lean on My Anvil, Lord"

Brother Marion Hammon

I am glad to meet with you again. I love you people, though I sometimes think you doubt it. It is like coming home. I don't know that the Lord gave me a gift of seeing our faults and imperfections or whether it is my critical nature. Leastwise, I feel very critical of myself. I have done it in the hope that we might improve; if we were unable to see of ourselves that we might have pointed out to us the things that are holding back our progress I see you are prospering. I see many new dresses and new suits. The French have been the greatest manufacturers on the earth of cosmetics and perhaps used as much of it per-capita as any nation in the earth. you say you will lay it aside when the time comes. But you sang today with so much fervor I am going to read a verse for you. (Read from Sweet Is Work ). you have asked for something; you have the hope of receiving it. We meet Sunday after Sunday and have three or four speakers speak to us and usually they speak well. We are edified. I could have gone home after Brother Guy's remarks --but you come here, most of you, and are certainly asking the Lord to fulfill His previous promises and have not placed yourself in a position where He can. you are not willing to pay the price. I can promise you when you get where you can take more –when you take all you can take in English, they will give it to you in Adamic. Maybe you are ,glad to have it so. We can take a little --be beaten with a few stripes and be saved and exalted in the end in the Kingdom of God. It isn't the order of thing. I only wish, brothers and sisters, that you could live like you pray. Probably there is no people in Salt Lake City more true than this people, but like Heber C. Kimball said: It is a damn poor prophet that won't fulfill his own prophecies So I think if we don't start fulfilling our own prophecies we are going to be disappointed. I know that some of us are going to fall by the way and you won't have a soul to blame but yourselves, and there is going to be some of that going on. there are Some men and women here that to shake their hands the thrills go from my hands to my feet and I know they will go on to perfection. It is a thrill to be

associated with them. I know some of the brethren and sisters are as weak as water. A remark was made this morning about one of our brethren in Short Creek --a true remark that wasn't ill-placed --having a little bit of trouble with himself but just with himself and he is putting up a valiant fight and if I see clearly, he would be one of the last to go down. It is these people that haven't got any fight that go under and fall by the way. I was thrilled to hear Ed talk. If he didn't say a word, you could feel his spirit when he stood upon his feet. Let's separate ourselves in our feelings. you have got one foot in the grave. you could just as well take it out if you want to. Stand on a firm foundation. Don't prepare for death --prepare for life. You say, I have to do this just to hold my job. My wife came from Washington, D.C. with the taint of Babylon on her lips and thought she was doing it just because the rest of the world was. I said, If you want to please me and be in harmony with my fellowship you will quit wearing it. She went to work in an office where circumstances were tough and found out later she was hired because of her personal appearances and when she went without make-up she was badly disappointed. I knew she was saved a pitfall by heading my counsel. Sisters, you have an advertisement on your face that you wish to be with the rest of the world. Maybe you would like to hear some reports of Short Creek. Some of you people have seen me in my native haunts. But we are happy there. I see your numbers are diminishing here and I am glad. Our little meeting house down there is about the size of this one and their numbers are growing. Some of the people have come from here and are taking of your strength. I have known Theral Dockstader for 17 theyears and have never seen him so happy in my life --getting that care-worn look from his face and going about his work with a smile that is heartening. Brother Cook says it is as tough as hell there. If you want to get into a mess you come down there but I wouldn't trade one week of it for all this world has to offer. And I know he wouldn't I know he has in his heart the elements of life., simply because he loves the truth.--not 80% but 100% of his interests are there. And we've got some more one hundred percenters. We've got a Rich Jessop down there. I can't help-refrain singing their praises. Joe has been his right-hand man for several years now and taking his boy away has made it difficult. Rich is laboring under a physical handicap but doesn't let it hamper. He was with me when those rocks tipped over. It was an experience. there is probably nothing more touching to the heart of man, it is the love of God if he has experienced it. I wouldn't trade my experience there for all of Salt Lake City and if I were offered the best homes in Salt Lake City I wouldn't want to move here. I don't know if it means anything to you here, but it means a lot to me. I see people wail and mourn because the kitchen sets in the wrong corner of their house and things that are incidental in our lives. The most important thing in our live is the Gospel of Jesus Christ I wish we could

get that in our hearts. you have been tortured in your feelings because you think you have given up something you thought you loved; and still you aren't wholly convinced that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important thing in your life. As I have said before, there is nothing so important in our lives as getting experience in the Kingdom of God. How many of you have recently read the prayer of the Prophet Joseph when he lay in the Liberty Jail: My son, my son, you have not endured yet as the Son of man or as Job. the prophet wanted to know how long he had to suffer— people had to suffer. the Lord told him that he had not gone so far as the Son of Man and art thou greater than he ? Don't try to avoid suffering in the true sense of the word by patting your enemies on back with one hand and shaking hands with the brethren with the other. I would let the people that want to go their way go. Maybe I should try to bring them back. One of our enemies --I feel he is one of our enemies --said, 'Brother Hammon goes down road and doesn't say anything to you. If men want to go their way, let them go. I've pled for the privilege of going my way in peace. Now we have much to rejoice over. these precious promises that we want fulfilled will come just as soon as we are ready. Father is just as anxious to bless us as we are to be blessed , but do you want Him to send you to your destruction? To the pits of Hell by giving you something you don't know how to handle? Would you want your children heart-broken? you wouldn't and God in His mercy will not hand you truths and mysteries of the Kingdom to our hurt unless we have reached a place where we are capacitated to receive. And one great truth is we must get united. Uncle John has said to get the spirit of God and keep it. When you have the Spirit of God, you will have the spirit of unity. the spirit of God leads us to all truth. We have begun an effort for the benefit of the Latter Day Saints and my advice is that we get nearer to it and help it rather than hinder it. Pray for its prosperity because it is God's work and will assist the people to help the One Mighty and strong when he comes.

Brother Zenz came to Short Creek and did some repair work for us. He

asked if his tools could be left out and I said they were just as safe as in his own yard. I guess one of angels borrowed one of m. He was overhauling a car and

Brother Johnson and his sons told me that they used a #2 wrench to take manifold

and when they came to gather up the wrenches they were gone and they looked themselves and had all the children looking when they finally finished their work, there laid the wrenches on the work bench all shined up and bright. I believe it because I know they told me they had missed a couple of wrenches and felt bad. Well, Lord does bless us. I think Johnny had his testimony strengthened just a little bit.

people down there love their work. I look at Sister Rhoda's face and I could see it animated with the love of the Gospel. She loves her work and hates to spend her time here instead of going home. She is one of our valiant sisters. Some of the your people have sent some of your number down to us with some horrifying ideas about Short Creek, but when they have gotten up in the morning they have been glad to exclaim it was more beautiful than they had expected Get your eye on the ball and keep it there if you want to be able to stand the test that Ed spoke of cultivating a love for the work you are interested in and when the test comes you will not want to flinch. As a Mother guards her children, so men and women stand for the Gospel they love. I pray we might stand firm in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Joe Jessop (son of Rich)

Truly glad to be here today. Have taken quite a beating today. I hope that when I go back the spirit that I take from here won't leave me as it did since the last time. I know you people are in the right work and I am entirely satisfied this work is right and will go on. there is no doubt in my mind but what these leaders are, in their right places. only doubt in my mind is am I behind them? I have seen the spirit of the world; I believe the worst of it. they are not governed by rules of love. they are fighting; for the hate of others and not for the love of their own. It is hard for me to understand why we are required to be among them and fighting what seems to be a losing game. People all over the world think that in a little while this will all be over and they will be back living the same life they lived up until now and go about their former ways of what they call happiness. That is not my idea of it. I have and pray that each one of us that are sent will be worthy of coming back with you. I wouldn't give a week in Short Creek for all there is in this world I haven't met a soul that had the Spirit of the Lord and could feel my feelings; and here there are none that can't. I know I am full of bad ways and I want to overcome them and with your help I can. I wish I could prolong my stay. I would take off these clothes and put on some of my own and plant some life instead of death. I ask for your faith and prayers that I might be able to come along. I want to do better and I want to be back among you. Right now I feel that I will. I hope that I will no longer lend ear to the filth that goes on around me. I have listened to all the filthy rotten stories and I have forgotten them and that is where they are going to stay. That is where the world is going to be --forgotten. This is my present testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Musser:

We have had a spiritual feast, my brothers and sisters. Brother Joseph Jessop is Rich Jessop's son in the service of the country and just on his way home on a 15 day furlough. He has a splendid spirit and is on a mission. It was difficult to let him go because he was the handy, and faithful man at Short Creek. But the Lord has something for him to accomplish. He is receiving a training now that will be used hereafter in the building up of the Kingdom of God in a way that he couldn't have accomplished without this training. He feels very humble, very 'weak" and this feeling of humility and weakness is what makes boys strong and places them in a situation that the Lord can use them. We have had some most excellent counsel today from the speakers, and particularly from Brother Marion. As I listened to him, I am reminded of Heber C. Kimball. He teaches and talks to the point and makes you understand what he means in words as the two-edged sword. He is as honest as mortal can be in his convictions. A decree was uttered in the realms of the Adversary, Satan, against Marion Hammon that he must be gotten out of the way because he was too strong an advocate and too strong a soldier for Satan to handle and last week the effort was made. He was buried under two or three tons of rock --I don't suppose one man in a thousand could have survived it except Lord protected him. Satan entered that decree and Lord entered a decree that his life was not to be taken and he is with us today, suffering but gradually getting better. Marion is doing; a good work down there. He has been called there on a mission. He is accomplishing that which Lord wants accomplished His work is laying a foundation for the economic salvation of this people. Some of us don't appreciate it, but that's the purpose of his work and the success that is being achieved is marvelous. Short Creek country is a land of promise and yet it is in raw. It's like this country was when Brigham Young said, this is the place. Brother John W. Woolley Was sent by Brigham Young to dedicate the Short Creek country for the gathering of the Saints when the time came and it was dedicated to that purpose. Some of the best looking trees and gardens I have seen are in evidence there today and we recently made a trip there. Brother Barlow and two or three others, including myself, went down and we were very pleased with the situation that prevailed except for the accident of Brother Marion.

Brother Marion is a natural leader of men. He realized that in order to lead

men he must be at the fore and not ask them to do something that he wouldn't do. And you will find him right out there at the front ranks with men of all kinds; and that is the reason they have such a high respect and such love for him and that's the reason they would work their hands off for him if necessary. there .isn't a man in our group there that wouldn't go to the bat for him any time.

There are twelve heads of families there, representing 95 people in the Group and there wasn't a girl there that I saw that had any paint on her face or her finger nails I was glad to hear Marion talk as he did along that line. there is no paint that compares with nature and a natural complexion. God Almighty never meant that the daughters of Zion should embellish themselves in that way they might as well try to paint the lily and improve on it. Paint is good for a barn or a house when placed where it belongs. I don't want to be objectionable. We have gone through a long tradition. We came to this country where Indians used paint and didn't wear much clothing and now we are outgrowing the Indians in some respects --some of us. Now I know there are lots of sweet good beautiful girls, virtuous girls that use it, not realizing the feeling that the Lord has pertaining to this work. But we are getting away from it as a people and I am glad to know that. Some of my own children use it. I can't help it. I can't help that they make themselves ridiculous. It seems to make them happy, but gradually I hope that our people will throw those habits off and let the spirit of the Lord permeate their beings and let that be the drawing power. Why do we paint? Why does a tree put forth blossoms? It is to attract. the tree is attracting bees, that they may scatter pollen from one tree to another and we paint and primp up in order to attract the opposite sex. We all know it whether we will admit it or not; but those among the opposite sex that are imbued with the spirit of the Lord and have their minds upon the Kingdom of God as our first purpose of life are not attracted by those things. they are attracted by the natural beauty of women --that beauty that God Almighty gave them when He placed them here upon the earth and to which I hope we will get back. Now, Brother Marion touched upon a number of subjects. He said that loyalty is one of the subjects that is foremost now among us, the subject of unity. the Lord introduced the United Order in Missouri, but the saints were not then ready to live it yet. It is no more or less than the order of unity and until we can live that order of unity among us we cannot progress much farther. We can't love our neighbor as .ourselves until we 1earn to live that law of unity. And until we learn to love our neighbor as ourselves we can't qualify to go back into the presence of our Father and Mother in the celestial world. So we have that task. before us, my brothers and sisters and the quicker we can get it the better. Some of us are very slow in our progress. perhaps I am one of them. But I know that my future depends upon my present actions. Let's do the job well, whatever we have to do. MY question to you today is who's on the Lord's side? Now is the time to show. Now and tomorrow and every day that we live is the time to show who's on Lord's side

God bless us. We have too much sickness among us and too many accidents among us. Brigham Young taught us every sickness and disease and every accident come from the Devil; that he instituted those things. God is the creator of life and the Devil is the god of accidents, death and disease. He is the one that brings these things upon us. We have too much of this among us. I can see it. Let us get close to the Lord. I am not inferring that Brother Hammon was not close to the Lord. He had it because he was close to the Lord because the god of death was afraid of the work that he was doing there. Of course he could have avoided it had he not been on the wagon doing his duty as he saw it. But I'll tell you that the Lord will not permit a life to be taken until his mission is ended and that is true of all of us here today if we will but magnify the Gospel in our lives. We have our agency. We can commit suicide if we want to, but as long as we do what the Lord has told us to do, that the brethren of the Priesthood direct us under the spirit of the Lord, we will not go until our mission is ended. When mine is ended, I want to go mighty quick.

Closing Song: "Come, Let Us Anew" Benediction by Brother Rone.Jessop.

Minutes of General Meeting held Sunday, May 23,1943, at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m.

Brother Rulon T. Jeffs presided and conducted.

( Counsel was absent from City) Prayer: Brother Ed Christiansen 2nd Song: "Let the Love Light be Burning"

Helmut Olschewski Bore his testimony as to the truthfulness of work and prayed that we might live up to the Gospel to the end.

Reid Morrison: Also bore his testimony. Manifested a very sweet spirit.

Brother Bigley

of Tooele: bore his testimony and spoke of blessing his wife had received relative to the birth of her child.

Brother Ianthus W. Barlow:

The principles we stand for are principles of eternal life; they bring contentment and happiness. Related an experience regarding a fathers request that his son do his genealogical work and of his sons failure to do, despite his promise that he would If we make a covenant we should keep it. We are all under covenant to keep the commandments of God and do work for the dead, and I think the work that is being done here is a fine thing. Dwelt on the necessity of living plural marriage and bore his testimony to the truthfulness of the Gospel

Brother Joe Guertzen:

Said he had known and loved the Gospel as long as he could remember, and as a youth he read the Book of Mormon several times and new it was the word of God. Told of learning of the fullness of the Gospel from Bro Timpson about two years ago, and of the wonderful spirit he felt that bore witness of its truthfulness. Prayed every day of his life for a greater testimony and understanding of this work

Brother Arnold Boss:

There is no room for difference in doctrine. there should not be any different understanding of His doctrines. never has been but one faith, one system of principles, one believe and one body of people. We like to take a short course to get our salvation and exaltation and that is our situation today; There is nothing non-essential in the Gospel. there will always be a few on the earth that will keep the Gospel alive; there will always be men and women who will stand in defense of the truth. Told of the Church people having ceased preaching the former doctrines, of how they are in bondage today as Ancient Israel was and will not get out until they renew their covenants, without coming back to fundamental principles of the Gospel the year 1857 a great reformation was called for and Pres. Young said the people were on the road to apostasy and if they did not stop the evil would become so general among them they would turn their back entirely on the Lord God, and the people were asked to enter into a new covenant and be rebaptized. Part of the covenant was to promise not to speak lightly about the principle of plural marriage, and also to take all they owned in a material way and lay it before the Priesthood of the Son of God. John Taylor reminded them they hadn't kept these covenants. We are under covenant that we will receive and uphold all that has been revealed and hold it up and not try to tear it down.

Brother Rulon Allred: "

I don't know that I have attended a meeting when I have felt the spirit of the Lord more than today. In my weak way, I hope and pray I might contribute some factors, that that spirit that has been with us thus far may continue and that God will bear witness to what I might say. God needs servants that can address his people as His mouth piece. God needs servants that can give us the word of the Lord and we cannot call it to question, and as I stand up before this people and speak for a few moments I would a thousand times rather not speak than give anything He could not give His full approbation. Some time ago I had a brother came to my home at night --a brother I love. My family were gathered about me and we were studying the scriptures. the spirit of the Lord was in our home and we were rejoicing in the goodness of God and these men came and they were drunk like some of us sometimes are. And in telling this story I still say I love this brother. I have known him years. But my heart was wrung out in sorrow for him because I remembered the words of Brigham Young when he said let any man continue in the use of liquor and if he does not cease he will apostatize and be damned. you and I have and will see those things fulfilled if we break any of the commandments of God, no matter how little we think they are. God is no respecter of persons and loves those that love Him and will keep His commandments, and as long as I have a weakness that I do not purge from my body that it may be cleansed, so long will I be damned; because no unclean thing can dwell in the presence of God. This brother came in -I am all cut up. I am drunk I hope you will forgive me. I said, I have nothing to forgive you of. I dressed his wounds and cleaned him up and he broke down and cried and said I've been this way many times and my wife and family are fighting the fullness of the Gospel and I have got to drown my sorrows. I said, God has ways of trying you. you think you have been cut up because your wife and family have been opposing you. your not a big enough man to receive the blessings of God that are ready to be poured out on you. If God opened the way for you to live the higher order, He would damn you by them. He said, thank you . you will never find me this way again. I bear you my testimony as a servant of God and in the name of the Lord that you and I will be cut off from the presence of the Lord just as soon as we continue to excuse ourselves from things that we know in our hearts are wrong. Some of us are better judges of how the Lord's work ought to be carried on than the Lord himself is. Some of us have different ways of doing our work on the Sabbath day. I remember the Savior condemned all of Israel because Israel insisted on bringing their loads through the city on the Sabbath day and I think if they were not justified in bringing their things through the city on the Sabbath day that you and I are not justified, they were promised if they would cease from that one thing He would deliver them from captivity

If there is one thing that you and I need more than anything else in the face of the earth, it is to get humble enough before God to be directed by His spirit instead of my opinion of what to do. We think God directs –we kid ourselves that God directs us, but we do things our way all the time no matter how it disagrees with the word of the Lord to us. Isaiah said, 'Oh, Israel, your ways are not my ways and my ways are not your ways, for as the heavens are above the earth so are my ways above yours. you have hewn out unto yourselves broken cisterns that will hold no water. I say the Lord hath forsaken you. Verily, thus saith the Lord my arm is not shortened that it will not save and my ear is not heavy that it will not hear but your sins have separated you from your God that He cannot help you. How many of us are worthy of the Priesthood we hold? Am I worthy of it? Do I have the ministering of angels? Do I hearken unto the Priesthood that presides over me? Brother Musser said: most of you come to me for counsel and I give you counsel and if it doesn't turn out right you blame me but I give you the counsel I know you will do anyway the servants of God are entitled to know our hearts and they know them better than we do Other men's imperfections are on their backs and we see them but we do not see ours We go our way criticizing each or and wondering why God doesn't bless us more than he does and yet it is as plain as the noses on our faces We are not worthy of it. That is plain language, but it is true. Why do we have trouble in our families? Sometimes it is the women's faults and sometimes the men's fault but more often both of them. Why do wives and husband and children disagree? Because they don't keep the commandments of God. Brothers and sisters, God has put us upon a pedestal. I sometimes get my ears knocked down. Lord has set us up on a pedestal as a light to the children of men and some of our lights are plenty dim. Some of them are pretty well soused with tobacco juice and Gin. I am not saying that because the other fellow told me, but because I am in a position to know it "I am picking on the your faults, but God help me to treat my fault s". Accordingly One thing I love John Y. Barlow and Joseph Musser for is because they have been big enough to tell me my faults. When they have told me about those things I have repented and have tried not to commit them again. As God lives, these things are true. I did not make my own utterances when I made my remarks about drinking. Brigham Young said them, and I think he might have been right in that as well as in other things. I have marveled at our adeptness in wiggling around things we do not like; but if we have got some little fault we love, how we can stand up for it! TRUTH Magazine published these lines: 'If there is one thing that is a greater sin than the sin itself, it is the justification of it.' God is trying to make us a people He can use, and we are making a sorry mess of it. I don't know all our faults and weakness, and I think if there is anything

that will get us in the Celestial Kingdom it is to get over the little things. I have seen some of the little ones. I have picked up some of my brethren so drunk they couldn't stand on their feet and when get sober they swear to the Priesthood they never drank so much that they lost consciousness. It may be that isn't a weakness, but Brigham Young said it was.

Brother Rulon Jeffs:"

I rejoice with you that the Spirit of the Lord has edified us today. This is a time for sober thinking and I haven It forgotten a statement of Brother Musser a few weeks ago that literally we should be in sack cloth and ashes in our spirits. This is a time for repentance. Let no one think they have no need for that principle of repentance. We have the prophecies of many brethren that there would come a people out of the Latter Day Saints who would put spiritual things to the fore, and a servant of God has told us that this is that people. I wonder if we have become conceited about it. I am so jealous of the success of this work I want to add my bit to it. We can't tear it down. We can go by the wayside. If anyone thinks they can; they are the ones who will;. The brethren have told us if they can get twelve good men and true they can shake the earth --just 12. Remember, the Prophet Joseph Said Will you stand by me to the death? they shouted !Yes. He said, !It is well. If you had not, I would have gone out and raised up a mightier people!. He did come out here in the west and a new people were raised up and made new covenants and by 1890 had lost the right to them as a people. Now the Lord has purposed to raise up another mightier people and will do it whether you want it or not.

Closing Song: "Do What is Right" Benediction: Lyman Jessop

Minutes Fast Meeting held at 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, June 5, 1943, at 2:00 p.m.

Brother John they. Barlow presided and conducted.

Song: "Come Ye Children of the Lord" Prayer: Brother James Athay Song: "Behold the Great Redeemer Died" (Sacrament: Administered by), A. Timpson, Fred Cleveland, Erick Olschewski, and Otto Olschewski presiding.

Remarks and Greetings -Brother John Y. Barlow: Joseph Smith gave us the plan to

follow.

Testimonies by: Sister Lee, Mary Fischer, Mother Morrison, Irene Christensen, T. R. Dockstader, Brother Reidl.

Song: "Arise,. O Glorious Zion"

Testimonies by: Lawrence Stubbs (on being tested thru our trials and tribulations.) Frances Hammon, James Martin, Emily Erickson, Anne Lingren Dockstader,

Brother Joseph Musser:

I have enjoyed testimonies of brethren and sisters today, and I feel that the Spirit of the Lord is with us. This meeting is well attended; the house is filled and there seems to be a feeling and spirit of unity here--a feeling that we want to be fed and we are prepared to receive what is being given to us. I am glad to feel this spirit. I think there never was such a time in the history of this people when Satan was to determined to destroy the Work of God as at the present time. these are the last days and it is his business to try and see that the work does not go on President John Taylor in 1386 set men apart to see that the work of the Lord did go on; they little realized that the opposition to the brethren would be. President Taylor understood it for he spent half the night with the Savior and the Prophet Joseph. We have no conception of the things that were said. No doubt the whole plan was laid before them --what the Church was coming to; what the apostasy of the Church would be. they knew that a Manifesto would finally be·signed and when that was signed they knew that all hell would break loose as it has today; and where the sons and daughters of the Latter Day Saints would make a shipwreck of the faith. It is on the streets, in the dance halls, in the saloons; the daughters of Zion are destroying themselves as President Taylor was told they would. President Kimball said that when that principle was given up, our daughters would walk the streets as common harlots. That prophecy is now being fulfilled more than it ever has been before. Now we have in this congregation a small part of the people who have come out. We have a tremendous work ahead of us. It is up to you to :ascertain for yourselves where the Priesthood stands. there is a very sharp division in the Church today. It is a question of Priesthood and authority. It was a question of Priesthood and authority in the heavens before we came here. Where is it today Where was it yesterday In the days of Joseph! In the days of Christ! It was those

who belonged to the Church who crucified the Savior; it was those who belonged to the Church who murdered the Prophet Joseph. It is the people who have apostatized from the Church who are fighting against this group of people. pressure is growing stronger and will grow stronger. There are people in this room who have hearts that are broken because their loved ones oppose them. The Charges are being made against us that are not true. Now we have to endure these things. We are no better than Jesus Christ was! He was a wine bibber, etc., according to those who lived in his day. Now it is up to us to get the spirit of the Lord. I was moved very much at an experience that was related to me recently about one of our soldier missionaries in Africa who was mortally wounded. he had himself in front of the captain. the captain asked if he could do anything for him. He said yes, I wish you would see if there is a Mormon here; I wish you would find out if one of those prisoners was a Mormon. He came back with a German Mormon prisoner the man had a bottle of oil around his neck. He asked this German elder to administer to him, and he wrote his parents that he had recovered. it is a testimony to me of the work of the Lord--that his elders are of the Priesthood. I do not want you to criticize about the ones who go down to Short Creek, or be jealous. The movement down there is general and if it succeeds it will prove a blessing to us. It does not matter as long as we do what the Lord .wants us to do; it is up to the Lord to do the harvesting I know that Brother Barlow is a Prophet of God and I. testify to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to that. And he is God's servant and he is working in his right place and he is accomplishing his mission; he is humble and prayerful and in power of the Lord he is a giant. That man would face a the firing squad if necessary; there is nothing that will daunt him. That is my testimony regarding John Y. Barlow and there are others in this house, in reference to facing a firing squad, in the same way. And you women are giants in the your work. and you men, I want to tell you that the Lord is full of mercy, cheer and gladness; he is able to brace up our spirits and let us live; and if we will serve Him and keep His commandments we will go where He is. God bless you, Amen.

Testimony: Chase Kimball

Song: "Praise to The Man" Prayer: Brother Rulon T. Jeffs. LJAllred.

Minutes of General Meeting held at Priesthood Home, Salt Lake City., Sunday, June 13, 1943 at 2:00 p..

Brother Joseph W. Musser presided and conducted.

1st Song; "When First Glorious Light of Truth" Prayer: Brother Robert Cleveland 2nd Song: "Sweet is Work"

Brother Dell Timpson:

My beloved brethren and sisters, I hope and trust that you have all enjoyed the thrill of the spirit thus far in this meeting .As far as I am concerned, if we were to dismiss right now and return to our homes, we will have been very well fed. I feel our minds could not have helped but revert to the martyrdom of the Prophets through the songs that have taken place. It has also been impressed on my mind that there are those here that might share a martyr's fate for the Gospel. That wouldn't surprise me to take place in the next two or three years so I rejoice in the Gospel. I rejoice in the brethren with whom I am associated. I think the sisters with whom we are associated are queens of the Lord - many of them. I believe that there are many among us today that would be glad to give their lives for the testimony they have of this work. I am positive of that, and anyone who wouldn't love such people doesn't know the sweetness of love or of eternity. I was born in the covenant of the Lord Jesus Christ and for that I am grateful. My father had twenty children. I am the last son and am the only son that has been privi1eged thus far to see the Gospel in its fullness and I trust that those older than I am will be able to see eye to eye with their father as I have done, and I know this work is true. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a perfect comp1ete formula for our eternal progress, and if you take anyone principle away from it, it is like taking: a limb off the body --it isn't complete. I feel that the Church has made something unsightly of our most holy religion. Heber C Kimball predicted that if the saints Gave up any principle of the Gospel, their sons and daughters would wa1k the streets of Salt Lake in abomination and prostitution. This has been fulfilled in our very eyes the Ministers of other religions are pointing the finger of scorn at us --not for the principles of our belief,. but because we lack the integrity to abide our faith. Read the words of the song "True to the Faith" with various comments on the same. The Lord says "When ye do what I say, I am bound: and when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise". When Christ was here, his apostles didn't have

the power to stand alone without the guidance of His spirit. If they couldn't hang to Jesus, how are they going to hang to President Grant? the gospel is beautiful and complete if we see it in its fullness, but if we don't and keep taking away a limb, We will have no philosophy. We fail to understand many of the principles of God because we lack the faith to understand them. Last week we heard some wonderful testimonies about the brethren guiding us. If the Church would accept the Priesthood that God has given them, they would have continuous revelations. Where there is no Vision, the people parish'. I testify that these are true servants of God and their mission is divine and they are prophets, seers and revelators for God Almighty for this people and to the Church when they are ready to receive them. . I pray that the Spirit of the Lord will unite us in our thoughts and actions and deeds, that we will love one another and will pray for a testimony. And I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Otto Olschewski:

Talked regarding the slogan, "Man is as God once was and as God is, man may become"

Brother Duane Gee:

I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ as I love my life. can't see why men professing to hold the Priesthood of the Son of God representing God here in the earth, could deny the Gospel for which this group of people teach. Certainly, Lucifer has placed in their paths the seeds of death so they cannot see the light. I thank God from the bottom of my heart he has shown me what light he has. When I think upon the principles that my father thought and accepted and lived, I thrill that somebody in my family besides myself has seen the light of Christ and someday I can shake hands with him and he can say Well done, faithful son. That, above all, to me would be the greatest thing I could ever hope to receive. It is my prayer that I may be able to live by that light that Father gives me. If the Prophet Joseph were alive today and looked upon this congregation and upon the Church, I wonder if he wouldn't turn his back and leave. He promised brethren in Missouri that within ten years they could have had the kings of the earth at their feet. And yet what do we do? We hang back. If we would do like Daniel did, praying to humble us as the dust, then we as a people would get one small inkling of the testimonies that the Father has to offer us. I wonder what the Father would say if we as wicked as we are now were to offer him the Kingdom. It would have to be rejected because we are so damnably small we cannot conceive of one part of that which He has to give us. I pray that we might get on our knees from morning to

night and pray that the Lord will humble us that we might accept of his counsel and laws through the Priesthood He has placed on the earth.

Congregation sang "True to Faith"

Brother Charles Zitting:

As I stand here before you this afternoon, I am reminded of what the poet said, 'Oh, if I could but utter the thoughts that arise in me. I have had some very beautiful thoughts this afternoon and yet my ability to get them to you to you without giving any offense and putting over the story I want to put over is very much limited. I never did wish to appear before you as having a great fountain of knowledge or of humility because such things come as graces from God. I love Golden Kimball because after he had given his story in his crude way and yet put over his point, and after Brother Grant had called him down, he said, "Oh, hell, there's only one Golden Kimball" and so it is with you – most of you. I love you because you are just you. you don't try to put over a show but are trying to do the will of God. I reminded of a lady that thought she was so good that the Priesthood was rotten from the core. She had heard a lot of stories and had taken them for the truth. Take any of you good brethren and sisters and start a story about you and a great many people will take it at face value without doubting it the 1east. She was so good --SO GOOD –that the Priesthood didn't know anything or the saints ether they were all apostates except her and one or two others. She was so full of humility that she sat there and wept. I want to tell you there was nothing but a crying devil in her. She was taking pride in humility. It is a grace from God and you have to strive to get it. Once in a while you see one that is that way – they take pride in humility which is greatest in-humility on earth. Just try to be you, and you will get some place with the Lord. Don't try to make a show. Don't be so much concerned as to where you are going to impress the crowd. Be sure you are pleasing the Lord. I know of a couple of women who have been taking care of some little children. they were humble and not making a big showing but are doing more along the line of God's work than 50 stenographers or school teachers because they are raising little prophets and prophetesses and doings their duty. they may be obscure because they couldn't shed a lot of tears, but they are doing their share. I said to them just the other day, your husband wouldn't be 1/10th as successful if it weren't for you. His work has got to go on and if you didn't do your work your husband would be helpless and so it is with Christ. If you men don't do your work, each and every one of you, Christ's work will not be revolving. DO NOT TAKE

PRIDE IN HUMILITY. THAT IS GREATEST KIND OF IN-HUMILITY.

Brother Doelling

of New York City Bore his testimony and told of being spared while in the trenches during World War 1 and of his later conversion to the Gospel and being interested especially in genealogy work.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

We have much to think about, my brethren and sisters --much to reflect upon today. We have had the word of the Lord to us. All the speakers have pictured in their particular way words the Lord and the Church of God as it has been established. Brother Timpson in his remarks brought up the question of priesthood That is the question, that is the issue --it always has been and always will be between God the Eternal Father and Lucifer the Son of the morning who was cast out of heaven --one of the Sons of Morning We will have to change some time, and it will be in the due time of the Lord. Now, why should Lucifer fight God? It is because he is the emblem of darkness, of night, while God is the emblem of light and life. In Lucifer there is death – in God there is life – positive can't operate without the negative – you would have no counterfeit if you didn't have the genuine. Satan has an organization of his own. He has a priesthood of his own and that Priesthood is always fighting against the Priesthood of Almighty God. Priesthood of God is no more or less than the authority of God upon the earth the laws of the eternity in operation. That is the Priesthood. When those laws are placed into activity, then the Priesthood is acting. God is Priesthood, and Priesthood is God. The reason they had the conflict in heaven was that Lucifer tried to pit his priesthood against the Priesthood power and authority of God. Lucifer's plan was to take from you and your agency and to make slaves of us. His plan was to establish a dictatorship in heaven and bring it here on the earth –such a dictatorship as is on the earth at the present time in these various countries against whom we are fighting. That same spirit has entered into our Church, while the revelations of the Lord have stated that all things are to be done by common consent; yet a few men decide all the questions that are proposed and a few have the opportunity of voting on them. That isn't common consent. there's a spirit of dictatorship. When men are cut off from the Church because they do not understand or see plainly in all things and yet are good men and women and are living the light to the fullness that they understand, there is a dictatorship behind that cutting off. Joseph Smith stated that as long as a man is a Good man even though he errs in doctrine it doesn't prove he is a bad man; a man is not out off or damned for believing too much but for not be1ieving enough or at all. Some of us,

according to the Church today, believe too much, but we are honest you take the revelations of the Lord as they have been Given to us --We are not varying from the revelations. We believe them all We believe in the principles of baptism, the laying on of hands for the gift of the holy ghost. the holy Ghost operates and tells me things that are best – brings things divine and future revelations to me. It does same to you, if you are living in accordance with the revelations of the Lord. If you will serve the Lord with an eye single to His glory, you are all entitled to the dictation of the Holy Ghost and it will tell you when to go and when to stop. It will tell you when you are on the wrong path and on the right path; it will dictate your course from day to day. It accompanies every child that comes to the earth, and when they are old enough to receive the Gospel, to be baptized, etc. If they comply with that law, then they receive the Holy Ghost, which is first comforter and by following the prompting of that Holy Spirit they will not go astray. That was the spirit that directed the early saints in the day of Christ; it is the spirit that dictates and has directed since the days of Father Adam. That power which God has given in the earth and the channel through which God operates to all individuals who will seek and keep His commandments. Now, this great Priesthood which we are representing in the earth is God in the earth. It is God standing here before you, if the Priesthood is here. It is God directing this work if Priesthood is here, We know that President Grant has the Priesthood, just as you brethren, most of you here today most of you of mature years have the priesthood of Melchizedek there is no question about that in my mind --unless by your actions as stated in the 121st Section of the Doctrine and Covenants you have forfeited that Priesthood. Those that attempt to do anything by themselves of Priesthood know it is sin to the power and authority of that Priesthood and will be taken away from them. It might be taken away from me. I remember of many brethren in the early days when they took exceptions to the actions of Brigham Young when he introduced other doctrines. Although they were men that had lived the fullness of the Gospel in their way – they had entered into the doctrine of plural marriage and believed in it but they finally turned away from the Kingdom of God and attempted to establish a kingdom of their own. they lost their priesthood. I remember Brother Lawrence stating that somebody had made a remark "I would give all I had to know that Mormonism is true" and Mr. Lawrence said "I would give all that I have if I know that it wasn't true". He had lost the faith and lost the priesthood and was adrift on the ocean without a rudder,. A good man, but he forfeited that priesthood and that is the way we can forfeit it. But there is one thing we have got to keep in mind --there are different orders in the Priesthood --there are different organizations within the priesthood. there are the lower orders and the higher. order of the Son of God the order of Michael; the United Order; the order of Celestial Marriage. All of them are orders

within the priesthood; there is the order of apostleship or patriarchal order; these ,are all orders. I don t hold any more priesthood than anyone here; we all have same priesthood and we all have the same power to advance and grow and increase there is no question about it. Joseph held a higher order than Brigham Young did, and when Brigham Young was made a member of the 12 Apostles in 1835, Joseph held a higher order of apostleship Joseph and Oliver and Martin Harris were all given this higher order of apostleship and they selected a quorum of 12 that worked under them and were subject to them they were not apostles in the sense that Joseph was, because they were not given the fullness of the apostleship at that time. When the higher order of Priesthood was permitted to preside over the Church, then the Quorum of Twelve was subject to that higher quorum; and then the Quorum of the Twelve established a Quorum of Seventy --they were all apostles. they have quit it now, but in those days Seventies were all ordained apostles and the Seventy was subject to the Twelve and the Twelve to the high priest apostleship. Joseph was the highest: he had seven counselors and quorumed the presidency of the Sanhedrin which was a perpetuation of the order of Moses which he established under the direction of God. I believe some of the 1eading brothers believe that the Church, is the ultimate in all organization -- that there is nothing higher than the Church. Something always did exist in the early days but in the latter days have been lost the. Church is subject to the Priesthood Organization. the Sunday School is subject to the Church organization, as the Primary, Mutual Improvement and other organizations Now, the Church can't give its authority to the Sunday School; nether can the Priesthood give its authority to the Church, no more than a man can give his authority to his wife --it can't be done. the Priesthood presides. It is true there is no perfect priesthood a man does not hold the priesthood without his wife or wives a man trying to go to heaven without his wife or wives would find himself on the outside of Celestial glory a man can't say to his wife or wives, Here are the reins of Government – you go and I will follow. If he did that he would be damned. If the priesthood said to the Church, you go on, we will follow. then the Priesthood would be damned and God would raise up another priesthood that would act for truth. These are some of the things .We've got to keep in mind. That is the issue today. We have been threatened recently. Why threatened? If we are wrong let them right. If we are wrong, our theories will be destroyed by nature and under natural principles of death, but if we are right, no power on the earth can move us, and we respect God the eternal father. I do not want people, I do not encourage people, to call me a prophet or call Brother John Barlow a prophet or Brother Zitting here a prophet; yet I know that Brother Barlow is a prophet. I know that he

has prophesied . I know that he has received a revelation and that revelation has been true I know that Brother Zitting is sometimes in a like situation, that he has received revelations from the Lord not unto the Counsel, but directing him in the counsel. Has Brother Musser received direction from the Lord? yes. And yet I don't say to be called a prophet. President Joseph F. Smith explained one time don't call me a prophet call me President Smith or Elder Smith. If I receive a revelation from God, I am God's servant, God's prophet to that extent and that purpose. If I prophecy under the power and authority of the Holy Ghost, I am God's prophet to that extent and for that purpose, and I wish you to be a little careful about referring to our present counsel as prophets, seers and revelators. We may become such if we live according to the light that is in us. The ordination that we have received gives us that privilege of growth, and I know that the Spirit of the Lord has directed this work. Now, brethren and sisters, Reason Brother Doelling wasn't shot to bits at that time when twenty others were killed was that the spirit of the Lord was upon his body. you can't get away from it. Brother John has explained to us on numerous occasions how the Lord spoke to him and told him the reason Daniel was not consumed by lions was the spirit of the Lord enveloped his body and the lions couldn't touch it; and why the three Hebrews were not burned when those who threw them in the vat was that the spirit of the Lord covered their bodies and the fire could not touch them; and when Joseph Smith was sentenced to be shot at sunrise the spirit of Lord enveloped him and they couldn't shoot him; and when John the Revelator was placed in a-cauldron of boiling oil the spirit of the Lord protected him. That is what preserved Brother Doelling. That is what would preserve you. I couldn't exist a moment without it. It is that spirit that is protecting you. Our guardian angels protect us. If our eyes were open, every moment of our lives would be a war if we could see it. It is for us to get the spirit of the Lord and keep it. Have we got it? yes? Have I the spirit of the Lord now? I will leave that to you --·to your testimonies -- but have I as much as I should have? No, I haven't and it is for me to get closer to Father in order that I might go back to my God and my glorification. It is my duty each hour of the day to get more of the spirit of the Lord --to be more perfect; to be stronger and it is your duty and your privilege. Do you have to be a member of the Counsel of Seven to have the same priesthood we have? No, you don't. All you have to do is to be perfect in your sphere in keeping or attempting to keep the laws of God. Every man in this house today may hold that higher order of the Priesthood by growing up to it. Many of you here are growing up to it. you are on the way. Now let us remember these things, to stand by them. the time has come when there is only one position we can take. We have got to ether accept or reject.

We can't straddle the line any longer. the church has taken a position; there is only one church on the earth that is true and the Lord will send the "One Mighty and Strong" to set it in order, and I want to testify to you that the setting in order has already commenced. your men and women are being prepared against the time when that great and mighty Prophet Joseph will come here and call you aside. the church won't know anything about it; but you will know and you will be called into secret places and into sacred positions and your influence will begin to go out among the Church and you will begin to teach them and will have the power of Jesus resting on you, God bless you,. Amen .

Closing Song: "Hail to Prophet"

Benediction: Brother Eric Olschswski

Minutes of General Meeting held Sunday June 27, l943, at Priesthood Home, Salt Lake City, Utah at 2:00 p.m. Pres. John they. Barlow Presided and conducted. 1st.Song: "Praise to Man". Prayer: Brother Duane· Gee 2nd Song: "Arise, Oh Glorious Zion" I W. Barlow; Bore his testimony of Gospel and wished he might be a better man and could bring his family under absolute control of Priesthood spoke of the garden he had been blessed to plant and how he hoped to be able to help feed the saints. "If we would only love each other, every soul could be fed a plenty and we could establish peace in the land. I often think that first sermon that the Lord preached to Adam was to multiply and replenish the earth and the 2nd was to subdue it. you cannot multiply and replenish the earth in a manner pleasing to God unless by the plan He laid down and that is the plan of Celestial marriage and also of United Order. these were presented to Adam, and if all people had obeyed those laws, we couldn't be in the condition we are today. We have differences in families nearly every family – little bickering and we would have peace in our home: and it is up to you and me and each man and woman to know the path God wishes us to take and take it. Said if we would live as we should there is nothing we could not have that we should have. Told of his experiences of raising a garden in a barren spot and of his produce being ruined with cutworms; that he made a covenant with the Lord that he would give away half the produce if blessed to raise a garden and of the wonderful produce he raised and of keeping his covenants. I desire to keep the

commandments of God, for it is my desire to go on the other side and still have my wives and children and stand at the head of the posterity that He has given me.

Brother Marion Hammon:

I see Lawrence Stubbs here today. He left for Idaho with my car on which the tires were so bad I didn't dare drive it around but I see that he made it. I knew he could if anyone could. We have a lot of good men in Short Creek you can send out I always have a 1ot of confidence in Lawrence getting out and coming back. I am very happy, brothers and sisters. I can't remember a time when I have been associated with this people when I was happier than I am this moment. I have much cause to rejoice. I say that if you go ahead and do your duty and not look at things in the light of what is this going to net me, how will I be paid for it, that you will find the Lard blessing you, every turn of the road. I 1eft Salt Lake here about six months ago, 1eft my family in the hands of the Lord and Brother Joseph, etc. I find today that my condition is better than it has ever been in my life. My family is in a better condition and I feel that I am in a better condition. there is no school master like the Lord. you may study and glean and seek but unless you have the hand of God directing you and taking an active part in your life , it will net you very little In my sojourn in the earth, I have associated with a good many classes of people. I have associated with those that were so low that I hope I will never have to associate with any again and! have associated with those that thought they were high; and I find that the people really worth while in life, were the men who are able to serve God, and not among any respective classes but are among all classes. Those making the grade in my eyes are those seeking more in the eyes of God than in the eyes of men the Doctors and lawyers place their own skill above that of the Lord. they never come to a knowledge of truth. On this trip I have been under responsibility of purchasing supplies for our people and you know how it is to cash checks in a city .where you are not known. I made a sizeable purchase in a store yesterday and while the clerk was wrapping the merchandise I went to a floor walker and asked him too Ok. a check. I asked if he knew T. R. Dockstader and he said yes and signed the check. I find that men are leaving their tracks in the earth; but wherever you find them, you find that they have left a mark of integrity and stability and it is something to be proud of. there is something inside of me that responds to the integrity of men or women and I appreciate them. We are standing at the crossroads, brothers and sisters, and there are a good many crossroads ahead of us. Ianthus spoke of the weaknesses we have. we have a desire to serve God and keep His commandments and love Him and be numbered among his people. We would like to get where we see other people. We are

constantly meeting these crossroads and I don't see in us any too marked ability to always choose the right. there is one lesson that we have been presenting in this house (more particularly in this house) that if every man that wants to live the fullness of the Gospel and make it his slogan, he or she would grow by leaps and bounds If you will make "The kingdom of God or Nothing", you will grow. And until you do, you will be constantly meeting crossword puzzles and will still be trying to figure out which way to turn; but if you fully make up your mind to stick to that slogan,. it will be last decision you will ever have to make. the rest will be your ability to follow instructions; and that brings us back to the same place where we have been for the last year and a half. Lyman asked this morning what we meant by "1OO%ers"'. It is hard to class people and appraise them by percentages, but a man that makes his life The Kingdom of God or nothing' is a one hundred presenter. God is a one hundred presenter, and He doesn't know it all or he would be discouraged. He has something to learn, but He is all out for The Kingdom of God, to help His brothers and sisters increase in knowledge and understanding. there are very few of us one hundred presenters. He loves you. the Lord will take you through a long experience if you don't work out your salvation, because I am sure He loves you. I have never known such joy in this earth as since I have been with you people. I find obstacles confronting you people.. the Olschewskis coming from, you might say a foreign land, and yet you are meeting your battle's and are fighting your rights and are numbering yourselves with a new people and in my eyes you are succeeding. That is one of the great blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am thankful, and I want you all to know it, for the experience I am getting. If you thought Short Creek was tough, Ianthus, when you were there, you ought to come back, as the old Devil is fighting teeth and toenail, but I enjoy it. there is nothing like a. good struggle, if your heart is right. I am just as confident that our venture will succeed as I am of life. I have seen men and women grow that you thought would never grow. I might mention to you sisters that Sister Leah Dockstader has been called to preside over sisters, and you never saw such a beautiful growth in your life. I know it came from God . She stood the test. I tell you she is ready to go forth with her right hand. She had a struggle here with stories she had heard about Short Creek and had a hard time making up her mind; but I will venture there isn't one of you today she would trade places with. What does it do to people? After she returned from her visit here, I told her what feelings I had about her going into the women's work and she cried and said she knew the work wouldn't fail and would give it all she had. That was a happy moment in my life, for I have known some of her trials.

This morning I was talking to Lyman about Rich and how he was growing. I felt impressed to call him up as my assistant and he is a real one. I know a lot of you have probably thought he wasn't capacitated for an executive position, but I will prophecy that Rich Jessop will preside over you in days to come and you will seek his counsel and will stand in line waiting for him. One of those fellows that is just 'all out' and willing to stay on the job all day and after daylight. there is nothing in the Gospel of Jesus Christ more beautiful than the growth of a man or woman. you might rear your temples, but there .is nothing more beautiful in my eyes than building the accomplishments of men or women. When you see them making the principles of the Gospel part of their lives, it is a beautiful sight. For all this shall pass away and be burned up and destroyed and many of the on-lookers with it and all that will endure this is the spirits that have come here and laid hold of the principles of eternal life and succeeded. That is all that will continue in earth. This earth will be changed and become like a sea of molten glass. Brothers and sisters, I would urge upon you to make your place in this earth. If you are earnest and seeking the Kingdom of God and that is the last major decision you will have to make if you will make it honestly and with full purpose of heart. I know the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I rejoice in the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He is an inspiration to all mankind. I am thankful that he came here; that he had his trials and made a few mistakes I am thankful he had the courage to seal his testimony which his blood that he might stand in his place with his older brother, Jesus Christ. these things thrill me to the core. I ask the Lord to bless us as He always is. Sometimes in asking for things I find them laid in my lap and it makes my life a joy and a comfort to me. I bear you my testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Abbott

from Idaho bore his testimony, saying it was a pleasure to be able to come down and mingle with the saints. Knew the Lord had set aside this way to preserve this law.

Brother Lawrence Stubbs :

My brethren and sisters when Brother Marion spoke every fiber of my being bore witness of the things he said. In making our trip I could feel the spirit of the Lord taking us through. l never hear that song, "Praise to the man" but what I think of Joseph our Prophet and. Seer. He is still at the head of this. Dispensation and I think. how the order came down so that the keys rest upon the heads of these men. The Lord has seen fit to manifest to them that it is time to make it possible for these people who wanted to go ahead and obtain the blessings that Brother Marion just testified

could do so. there isn't any joy in making money. If you get it, there is no joy in it unless you are living the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and following the plan outlined. I have never been happier in my life. I enjoy working with this good man. I can see the improvement in him and all others in starting to build up the Kingdom of God. I can feel the spirit of God pulling them through this United Effort plan that has been set up and sanctioned by the Priesthood to build up this Kingdom of God. Brother Marion has told us to come to and accept it in full purpose of heart. Bore a little on Marion's remarks and gave his testimony.

Brother Barlow

called attention to fact that it was 99 the years since Prophet Joseph Smith was killed. Related experiences of Priesthood Counsel in visiting jail and Nauvoo.

Bro Rulon Jeffs Sang "The Seer" with the congregation joining. Very lovely rendition which brought tears to the eyes of many.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

It is very difficult for me to talk with the feelings that are upon me and have been upon me through the entire exercises this day. This is the 99th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Prophet He is the third man in the Trinity in Godhead of this earth, holding the office of the Holy Ghost, the Witness and the Testator. God, the creator; God, the Mediator; and God the Witness and the Testator. I know a great many both in and out of the Church will scoff at this statement. It makes no difference. Joseph Smith, in connection with his Father, Adam, and his brother, Jesus, entered into covenant before they came here; that is, before Joseph and Jesus came here ,as Adam was already a resurrected; being. But they entered into covenant that they would play the parts thus assigned them. That Joseph played his part well the spirit testifies; every time we hear that song I think of his work. I have advised the saints on many occasion and want to repeat it, that every time we raise our voice in prayer or in oral testimony with reference to the work of the Prophet Joseph, sustaining him in his work and testifying as to the truth of his mission, we become stronger and our testimony becomes stronger. That statement is true and the promise is just as good with reference to others of the leading brethren whom God has chosen to lead this people,. Those who permit the name of Joseph Smith to be used in derision without rebuke will weaken in their faith and in their testimony. We should never stand by and permit his name to be used in derision or in the spirit of criticism. Joseph was mortal, of course, but there is no

one here in this house or in this world today among mortal man that has the right to criticize the Prophet Joseph Smith. Let that be understood among us. I felt impressed this morning that if I was called upon today I would like to touch upon a little history that is not in any sense independent of the Prophet's, work that we are engaged in at the present time the work that he initiated through revelations of the Lord. Brother John called my attention the other day to the thought (I hadn't thought of it before), that the first law that the Lord gave the saints was the law of the United Order and the law of Enoch. I immediately thought about the first principles of the Gospel as we have had them recited to us. He said that law was given to the sinners to make saints of them and after they were initiated into sainthood the Lord gave them the great and glorious economic law, the law of Enoch, that which we commonly call the United Order, in order that they might come together and following that was that or great and glorious law pertaining to celestial marriage, whereby those entering into the law of marriage in this law are sealed for eternity if they remain faithful and true. Some years ago we were prompted to write a pamphlet which is known as the "Supplement to the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage" "New and Everlasting Covenant" had been published and we were impressed to publish a supplement. And I recall very vividly Brother Broadbent who was then the 2nd

Elder in the Priesthood Counsel, Brother John Y. Barlow and I went together to the

mountains and built a tabernacle unto the Lord in our humble way upon side of mountain in a nice place surrounded by pines and in the grass that was then kneehigh with flowers surrounding us and we convened there in that sacred spot each day for several days. We were fasting, partaking. of food very lightly and placing, ourselves in a situation that the Lord might communicate His mind and will to us. It was that time that this "Supplement" was being written and being perfected, and we took up some matters there that were placed in this book to the Lord and received His approval of them. I recall how at the end of our session and during our session there. there was a beautiful situation. One day a little fawn came to our camp and sniffed at us, gentle and unflinching, a mother sage hen with her brood of chicks. It seemed there was no fear the Lord was there. At the end of our conference, a storm threatened and the brethren from Salt Lake came up to help us move down. they seemed to feel the time had come for us to return and we hadn't more than got out of the canyon before a flood storm burst and we figured. it was very lucky we were out of the canyon. At least, we figured our mission was ended on that occasion, but it was on that occasion that we took up the writing of the Supplement, and I want to read you a few things that were mentioned." (Read from President Grant's remarks on Page 151) Brother Grant in a letter to one of the brethren in California, I think, went over the Manifesto situation quite thoroughly and touched upon the brethren who were then keeping the

principle alive and he used ,language that inasmuch as we would not listen to reason that the civil law would have to come into effect to teach us reason and through that we would have to be made to suffer. In another point in his letter, he said no one could point to anyone who had entered this principle since its official prohibition who were a pride to any community and the same could be said of their children He said he knew of no one who had been made more happy or prosperous because of entering into this principle of patriarchal marriage.

Brother Ballard later than this made the statement that the law would have to

get after us and in that way stop the practice of plural marriage. Well, this Supplement was written largely to counteract the sentiments that were being: given out at that time, then took up the priesthood attitude and the difference between the church and the "Kingdom of God". Most of you have probably read it, but I want to read just a few paragraphs here. (Page 151 'To suppose, then, that the expectation of President Ivins, as expressed in his letter to the effect that the Civil Law will enter this question ***) This work which we were defending at that time received the endorsement of Bro Woolley before his death. Some of this work had been held back and we felt it was now time to publish it. Brother Lorin welcomed us with his usual very wonderful smile and greeting and as we shook hands with him, he said, (By the way, before I forget it, my father came to me and told me that the time had come to publish that statement.) We had had already incorporated it in the book, but of course wouldn't have published it without his approval Now, this is the work Joseph inaugurated. This principle of celestial marriage was revealed to the Prophet as early as 1831, and he was told to enter it and to establish it. He hesitated as the conditions of the world were against it. He was told again to enter the law and establish it and again refused saying , "it can't be done" On the third occasion of the visit the of an angel and Joseph still protested, the angel drew his sword and threatened his life, saying "If you will not do it, you will be destroyed and God will raise up one who will accomplish it. Joseph then received the mission. He knew it would cause his death, but he knew he had to do it. He received wives --- some 29 including his first wife --- according to the Historical Record; and some of the men who were closest to him at that time were those that betrayed him and took part in his martyrdom. Now, my brothers and sisters Joseph gave his life for the establishment of this principle of celestial marriage. Why did it have to be established? Because it was the only principle that was everlasting and in operation in the eternal heavens. It was that principle that made father the God of this earth and which made his

brother Jehovah the Jesus Christ, which made their father Elohim the Great God

and which made the quorums of the Gods, Eloheim, the great counsel of Gods; for there never was a time in all the eternities among the Gods that that principle was

not practiced. It is the only principle that preserved eternal lives. Those that do not enter it may enter the celestial glory through their faithfulness and through birthright, and yet cannot go on to celestial lives. may be servants. Joseph forged the way; he blazed the path; he gave his blood upon the floor at Carthage and which we viewed a few years ago, with Hyrum his brother and since that time many have died, giving their lives far this principle; and that great Prophet John Taylor, than whom no greater prophet has lived since the Prophet Joseph, gave his blood upon that occasion and later gave his life on the underground to support that grand and glorious principle of life and salvation. We have recounted the incident time and again of President Taylor receiving the revelation of 1886 and instructions the little band of brothers and sisters who were in the house at that time with reference to this principle and placing them all under covenant to dedicate their lives and their wealth and means and families and all they had to keep this glorious principle alive, and how Pres. Taylor set certain men apart, giving them the high apostolic calling and making them patriarchs to the world to keep the principle alive and see to it that a year never elapsed but that children were born under the covenant; and those men were faithful to their trust in a time of secrecy and they set others apart as the Lord revealed and their names and they were set apart and the work is going on now by leaps and bounds. I want to testify that we have entered that principle of celestial marriage because we have been commanded to do it --commanded by whom? --the Lord Jesus Christ I myself received my command through the Prophet and President Lorenzo Snow who was then acting in harmony with the Priesthood Counsel and

Brother John received· his command in somewhat the same way perhaps not

through same individual. But we were commanded to go on and establish that principle in the hearts of the people and keep it thus established. How well we have worked, only God knows what we have taken upon ourselves, this Priesthood Counsel. Brother Zitting and these other brethren have been faithful and true. We know some of the burdens that have come upon us and some of the threats that have been made. Some of things that have been done and said had the purpose of destroying our lives and usefulness, but we stand here before you. today as living witnesses and upon this anniversary of the death of the Prophet to testify to you that we are carrying on that work that was given to us to establish and other things we have been trying to do. And when I look back on these men that were fighting us and how one of them received a stroke in the police court and had to be helped and finally died and think of another one who it was said had eighty-odd names ready to give to the officers to pounce down upon us --one morning he had been in the pink of health and all at once he toppled over dead; and when I think of another man who for the last three or four years has been dead, struck as by the shaft of lightning hitting a tree "and not being able to function in his office; and others

meeting more or less those tragic ends, I begin to realize that the prophecies made in this article which God Almighty approved and which received its final chapter in the beautiful pine trees in the temple of God (for these are the temples of God) where Moses went to meet his God --In the tops of the mountains. I rejoice my brethren and sisters, when I think of those things and think how we have been guided in this matter. The Prophet Joseph did his work well. He laid the foundation thick and strong. And Brigham completed the building and kept building and John Taylor, the man who could not be frustrated although he was harassed with people after him to get him to stop polygamy He stayed true and faithful and died in hiding. It was not until the people had apostatized so far and so universally that even Pres. Wilford Woodruff brought himself to sign the Manifesto. the Lord permitted him to do it because of their demand and their apostasy. the Lord knew there were some faithful Latter-Day Saints who would carry on this work to a successful conclusion. He knew they had the courage to stand by their convictions and go on. these are my feelings and my testimony that this work has to go on. It can't stop for God Almighty is the head of it. We sang in Sunday School this morning; the "Unknown Grave". the song goes on to indicate that Joseph is still in the grave and we will meet him. That "resurrection day" is here now. We are in the morning of the resurrection Joseph came forth and brought the people of Israel here to the mountains. He is not in the grave; he was there. I think only three people knew where it was and they were placed under covenant never to reveal it and as far as I know they were faithful. But Joseph didn't stay there any more than Christ stayed in the tomb. He didn't have to stay there. He started out to bring the people here but went back to his death and then in his resurrected body he accomplished that which he attempted to do in his mortal career. He is here now. Of course, he is the "One Mighty and Strong" and he is doing that work now and under the direction of the Priesthood work that they are trying to carry on at the present time. People are being prepared you brethren and sisters are being prepared to take upon yourselves the responsibilities that will come when He comes and chooses you and when you are set apart and stand in high and holy places. Don't think that the work isn't going on. It is going on! It began in the days when Joseph came to John Taylor and helped him to set those men apart and see that no time elapsed when this principle was not lived. Priesthood is at work on the other side. they initiate it and we follow out. I believe we are following it out faithfully. I have reason to believe we follow it out. We are in touch with them; they have been here -Lorin has been here; Leslie has been here among us since they left. God bless you Amen

Brother John Y.Barlow:

Bore testimony to the remarks of Bro Musser. Brother Lorin came and took me to the Priesthood on the other side. I heard thing discussed there. I know those things. This work has started --not only the work of Celestial Marriage, but the work of United Order. We may not accomplish it, but if we don't our sons will. But I think we will. Those things we don't say much about. I know what Joseph said is true and that these laws are true --that we will never get an exaltation without living them -can't do it --it is impossible because God set the law and every blessing is predicated upon law and if we don't live the law we can't get the blessing. We can say "We believe it", but you don't do it. If you believe it and don't do it how much are you ahead of the Devil? We have had a fine meeting here. When we let our minds and our hearts spread out, we begin to see what a wonderful man Joseph Smith was and every time you testify of his work your testimony will grow stronger and I want to say that any time you are ashamed of any of the principles that he taught any time that your are ashamed of them, He is ashamed of you for it. I don't care what principle it is, Celestial Marriage or anything else If you are ashamed of it God's ashamed of you for it. I don't wish to say any more. I ask God to bless you and live nearer each day and work out our salvation so that when He comes here to straighten out this thing He will have someone He can choose from. That is our work -- to prepare someone he can choose form.

Song: " Time is Far Spent" Benediction: Brother Lyman Jessop

Minutes of a Fast Meeting held at 2:00,p.m. July 4, 1943

Brother John Y. Barlow Presided

Brother Chas. F. Zitting conducted

1st Song: "Oh, Say What is Truth" Prayer; Bro Fred Cleveland 2nd Song: "Again We Meet Around the Board" Sacrament administered by Bros. Jay Jessop, A. Reidl, Blaine Thompson.

Brother Charles F Zitting:

We have met here today to have a good time in a spiritual and to bear testimony and partake of the sacrament of the Lord. A great many reflections have gone through my mind today during the sacrament. I first thought of .the little town

I lived in when a little boy and of celebrating the 4th of July with the rest of the boy's. It meant a day of frolic and fun and was a big day for those kid. they had a parade with the Indians fighting the emigrants and a lot of other attractions; but as we ,grow older things change and different events in our lives change the picture entirely. I am reminded of another town, St. George when 15 years ago last night my wife passed away and as she lay there in her mother's home while the band was playing 4th of July and as they passed the house they uncovered their heads and quit playing until they passed. Since then, the 4th ,of July has meant something different to me. She was a woman I loved she loved the Gospel and was a wonderful woman one of you people. When I think of 4th, I think of Patrick Henry when he said, 'Give me liberty or give me death and of the millions fighting for that same liberty today. Patrick Henry meant that. He was a man who wouldn't conform to the foolish ideas of the world, you, wouldn't collaborate with the enemy -- to. accept the ways of the world rather than the ways of God in order to maintain a good standing in the Church or in the world as a whole. the Savior was not a collaboratortist, and that is why he was nailed to the cross. That's the reason the Prophet was martyred, but I am ashamed to say in high places today we have too many collaborators and that is reason it was so easy for Germany to conquer so many countries. When they went into the various countries, the different officials would shake hands with the German they were thinking of their own selfish interests and not those of future generations or the world. But I think there are just enough in the world that aren't collaborators that will soon bring about a Millennium. there are just, enough in our Church that will hang to the iron rod and will bring about a change that will bring on a Millennium and a setting in order of the House of God. In the Millennium, there will be no collaborators or conformists By that- I mean men who are willing to conform just for selfish interest for their own protection. there will be those that will collaborate and conform with the word of God' because they have in their heart and their mind the welfare of the Church as a whole and not just their selfish interests Now may we bear our testimony and thank God that we live in a place where we may live our life as we wish is my is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Testimonies borne by

Brother Fred Cleveland

Sister Pansy Darger

Brother Kaufrtan

Brother Heber Smith

Brother Geo. Woodruff

Sister Smith? (Sister of Heber. Smith) She questioned the standing· and position of

a group of people who could influence a boy to bring sorrow upon his family

Sister Betsy Lee

Sister-Sadie Williarns

Sister Et. Boss

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

I don't want to say anything that will create feelings of animosity. The Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is broad enough and there is plenty of room for the spirit of peace and good will, love, charity, and all the elements and attributes of God. We have had placed before us two thoughts, and so far as I know both have emanated from minds that are pure and that are desirous of accomplishing good. My only purpose in life is to living the laws which the Lord Jesus Christ has given. I care not for man's laws when they conflict with the laws of God. I know there are some among us—some in our own church, many of them – who hold that the law of the land, the law of man must be lived in preference to the law of God. Even though the two conflict. The theory is held by many of our good people --- Many of our leading people. In fact, the 12th article of our faith indicates that we believe in being subject to prices, Kings, ruler, etc in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law. By some this is put before all the other articles and many of the saints justify the putting away of principles of life and salvation on the authority of that one article. We forget or articles – one previous to it, Number 11, which says that we claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences and allow all men the same privilege. That is my Gospel; that is ,way I feel about it. I don't feel that it is a good thing to come here and pick a the young man to pieces --suppose he has been a little reckless. I don't think he has, perhaps, been any more reckless than I have been. I don' t know his former life; but I have an idea that his father went to Europe, or some or field of labor and he taught the same Gospel that we are preaching here today and separated families -- separated husbands from wives and wives from husbands and children from parents, as a comparison they embraced this Gospel I am speaking only in general some taught the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in the south and when a certain man was baptized his wife wanted nothing more to do with him. I remember in his history that when Heber C. Kimball came here his wife wanted nothing of Mormonism and remained in the East. I recall when Brigham Young told Pres. Joseph F. Smith to take another wife and his wife told him she would leave him if he did and she did leave because Joseph took another wife and another and another. Why? Because -he had been commanded to do it by the prophet of God. Why did the Prophet command him to do that ? Because it is a principle of life and salvation. It was necessary for him if he wanted

the blessings that he was after, the blessings of Abraham. If he wanted to be in the presence of Abraham and wanted to finally go into the presence of God the Eternal Father, it was absolutely necessary that he enter that law and he did it. yes, a woman's heart was broken. She went to California and as far as I know they never met again; but they will meet. This is only the beginning of eternity, they will meet again, and if that woman is ever exalted it will be through the Priesthood of God held by Joseph Smith that will do it and I believe with all my heart that she will be exalted. I recall a statement of Joseph Smith wherein Emma fought him on some matters and sought to hinder him from going on with some work he had been appointed to accomplish and, he made the statement that he loved Emma and said he would have her if he had to go to Hell to save her. That sounds rather harsh I know, but "Hell" simply means , state that isn't heaven and a woman who destroys or tries to destroy the Priesthood of her husband will have to go in that state and be redeemed before she can be exalted. These things are facts. We haven't a spirit of animosity towards anybody in this house today. I believe I am as free from hatred as a man can be under the circumstances. I love this young man that has been mentioned today of being here and bearing his testimony. I didn't proselyte him Brother Barlow didn't proselyte him. He got the light and came in among this group of people through the promptings of the Spirit of the Lord. This is not an organized group. It is a group of people that meet occasionally in prayer and supplication and in the exchange of ideas in order that they might get nearer to the Lord and have a better understanding of the principles of ,life and salvation. We know, the Church knows, the leaders know and some of them have confessed before my face, that the Church is out of order, that it is not -living up to the high ideals and principles of life and salvation that Joseph revealed and established under the direction of the Lord. We all know that . We all know that the Church has been driven into the wilderness. Why? Because our people apostatized, ceased living the high and holy principles revealed to us through the Prophet Joseph Smith. What are these? One of them is the principle of gathering. We stopped that years ago and as a result we have saints all over the world fighting and seeking to kill because we wouldn't let them gather in to Zion. there is the law of United Order which we left and can't live because of our selfishness but we have got to live it before we can accomplish the mission that is resting upon us. then the law of celestial marriage that gives me, if I am faithful right to have my children and wives throughout eternity .We gave it up to become a state and to become like other people. We voluntarily did it. Our leaders sent a petition to the President of the United States stating that in order to be in harmony with them we would voluntarily give up this principle that we have always·taught was necessary to our salvation and exaltation. Well, this little group of people don't

believe in that brand of freedom. We believe in following our leaders insofar as they follow the revelations of the Lord and we have a right to believe that. We have our agency. Before we ever came here the war in Heaven was predicated on agency. Lucifer said, I will save them all. I will force them to do right I will take their agency away from them; but, give me your honor.' The Lord Jesus said, 'Father, Thy will be done. I will go down and I will give my life; I will redeem the human family and they will still retain their agency. Now this is a question of agency these people here today are exercising their agency in being here I am exercising my agency in talking to you, and if I say anything that is not right, it's me and not you that is wronged by them. I am exercising that agency which we came into life with and are privileged to sustain and support. This young man is a man of God, if I have any of keys of discernment. Why do I know it? Because he has the spirit of the Lord with him I have talked with him on many occasions. He has the spirit of the Lord. He is serving the Lord. I am not mixed up in his domestic affairs. I know his mother feels very badly. We have seen it; as one of the sisters said Christ came here with a sword. Why a sword To separate the wicked from righteous. That is what God's law does. Christ was full of humility, kindness, charity, love, but the doctrine which he brought with him (and it was the doctrine of the ,God's) was what formed the sword that separates righteousness from wickedness; that destroys the wicked and brings to naught those that are trying to destroy the lives of men and women. We are at war. We have always been in a war. there has been a war ever since the days of Father Adam you brothers and sisters are soldiers in this war you have enlisted in the conflict to combat evil and it is your duty and my duty --it is every man's duty and every woman's duty to stand up for right and righteousness and let men and women have their agency. There is no more free woman in the world than Latter day Saint women. I used to smile at some people in the Southern states to see those women working with their husband in the fields coming in at noon getting dinner for the men then nursing their children while the men rested and slept, then going back in the fields with their husbands, Talk about our women as being slaves. there never was a freer set of women in the world than those of the Latter-Day Saints. they don't have to accept plural marriage Every woman has a right to a husband. Colliers a couple of weeks ago showed that there is one women out of seven that has no chance to marry and in consequence of the war there will be will be millions and millions ,of women who cannot obtain husbands Who has a right to say they cannot marry and become, mothers Who has that right? Man hasn't that right. the Government hasn't that right. Here in this congregation is a woman that came 8,000 miles to meet her husband and who can say that she hasn't a right to marry that man if he is agreeable to it.

These are very; serious, facts, my brothers and sisters, facts that we have got to acknowledge and meet. Talk about immorality --there is plenty of it in the city -- among our people. Pres. Heber C. Kimball once said that if we gave up this, law of plural marriage (which we have) our daughters would walk streets as common harlots and the parents couldn't help them; and that is going on at the present time. I know something about the police record that is going on the town and state is filled with soldiers and many of them are loose, corrupt, diseased and are scattering disease among our fair daughter and yet we try to stay their yearning hearts that are reaching out for motherhood and say they can't marry because there are ,too many of them and we won't let two of them marry notwithstanding they both men and women are willing and ready to live lives of virtue and bear children in honor -- children who have the spark of deity in them and who grow up with that high desire --high ideals that make far better men and women Bless your souls, our senators, the greatest men that Utah has produced, are the seed of polygamy. Plural Marriage is celestial marriage in its fullness. these are the things that make people big. To come under a principle and power that invites them and gives them a chance to come with healthy bodies and healthy minds I have had gentiles tell me time and time again that if the Government would leave us alone, the Mormons in fifty years would be the greatest people upon-the face-of the earth mentally, spiritually and physically. Now, a principle that brings that result is not a bad principle. I don't know what this young man may have in his mind at the present time with reference to that principle. All this group isn't practicing the principle of celestial marriage in its fullness and we are not urging them to but those who want to go back where Father is will have to live that law that Father is living. Now, bro's. and sisters, let us be tolerant with each other. I want tolerance. I have never asked the brethren, the leaders of the Church, to give me favors. All I have asked them to do is to leave me alone and let me follow the truths that have been taught to me --not only through the Prophet Joseph Smith but through the Lord himself. I want my agency I remember when my own father thought I was on the wrong track, and he was one of the general authority at the time, but the Lord set him right and he came to me and said, Joseph, I love you for what you have done I didn't know I was in the dark. He blessed me and that blessing still rests upon my head. This is, the work of God. Let's be tolerant, kind, generous. Let's each one of us try to work out our salvation; we have our freedom, and without freedom we cannot be saved, worlds without end --without freedom, without our agency In ignorance We can't be saved. I believe in law. I believe in order I have sat on the bench as a judge. I am a believer in law, but I believe above all or things on the earth the law of God. I believe it as Daniel believed it; I believe it as the Three Hebrews believed it. I believe it as the Lord Jesus Christ believed it. He lived the higher laws and that is the reason the Jews crucified him because he lived

the higher law. I believe that my father going to penitentiary for abiding the Celestial Law of Marriage placed him in a position before God that he couldn't have attained in any or way., That's the kind of law-believer I am; the law of God first. God bless you, Amen.

Testimony born by Aunt Susie Barlow

Sister Jean Darger

Brother Hanson

Bro • Newbold

Closing Song: "For Strength of Hills" .

Benediction: RuIon T. Jeffs

Minutes; Sunday Afternoon Meeting at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. July 11, 1943

Brother Joseph W. Musser presided and conducted.

1st Song "On the Mountain Top Appearing" Prayer: Brother Karl Kaufman 2nd .Song: "We'll Sing the Songs of Zion" 'Announcement: Baptisms next Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. , 7/17/43, at R. C. Allred home. Bro .G. Monfranz: was called upon to be the first speaker. and bore his testimony at to the truthfulness of the Gospel, and said that he has never been ashamed of the Gospel, and told of a dream he had of the New Jerusalem, Pres. Grant and the authorities, and the polygamists. He spoke of the law of celestial marriage and Quoted Apostle Paul as saying that we cannot have an increase unless we live all the laws of God.

Brother Ernest Williams:

I am. grateful for this opportunity of standing before you in this meeting. I regret that I cannot bring you greetings from Saints in California, for majority of m have moved here to mountains. It caused me a great deal of sadness, and also joy, when these good people who are salt of earth, moved here. I was so sorrowful because I was 1osing companionship of people I learned to love; joyful that they could joining you Saints in the valleys of the mountains. I knew that the way

would be opened up eventually for, me to come here too. I am thankful that that has now come about After the group was disbanded in southern California, I felt that I should offer my services to the church. I had that privilege and was given that opportunity. After all our primary mission is to serve the Lord in the best capacity we can. Whenever I spoke in the wards in southern California I took with me the Truth Magazine as my guide, and fortunately I was able to speak a few words from that. magazine. I know that some benefitted from the words that were spoken. the Lord says in Section 10:67 of the Doctrine and Covenants that those who will repent and come unto Him is of my church. Those constituted in authority are the Lord's church. Those who are willing to hear the Gospel in the Church are the Saints of God. We must do all the good we can among our fellowmen. All men and women are our brothers and sisters, no matter what church they belong to. they should have that opportunity to come unto us. Peter said, "Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience" and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and. to brotherly kindness, charity." ( Peter 1:5-7) Last Sunday I attended the services here for the first time in two years. I was thrilled beyond measure at the fine spirit that permeated the Saints here. the spirit of the Lord was here I was thrilled that the Priesthood of God is here. Many of the Saints of God·do not have the opportunity of hearing the truths ,of the Gospel. I have had a knowledge of the Gospel as long as I can remember. (He told of his experience of going to a barber in Hollywood, a member of the church--he had a book reading it and put it away when I came in. I asked what he was reading and he showed me " New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage." I started to read it and I knew immediately that they were the Words of God. I asked to take the book home and read it. I thrilled at the things that I read and knew that they were true.) (He told of a time when he was called upon to speak in the ward in California, how he had a hard time to get the spirit of the Lord; a poem on prayer was read and "Sweet Hour of Prayer" was sung on the program, and he picked up a Truth Magazine and read a piece on prayer, and so spoke on prayer.) (He told of his son who is in. the Marines, how he went down to board ship he was supposed to go out on and something kept him from going on board; that ship was sunk a few days later; and he said he knew it was through prayer that his life was protected.) the Lord is watching over these other young men who are sons of our members. I recall that Brother Geo. A. Smith made this observation, "We do not tell you that Jesus is going to come now, or tomorrow or day after tomorrow, but we do tell you that his advent is only a short time away. Only those who have oil in

:their lamps will be saved May we have the spirit of the Lord in our lives; do what good we can here in mortality, and we will come out the victor in the end. I pray that that may be our lot, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen

Song: "Think Not When You Gather to Zion"

Brother Rulon C. Allred.

Brothers and sisters, the topic that I am to speak upon I was asked to speak upon. I sincerely hope that the spirit of God will be with me that I might open our eyes and minds. I feel very unqualified as my thoughts were on the cares of the world. I am going to speak on the 59th Chapter of the Book of Isaiah. (He read from Book of Mormon, 2nd Nephi 25; 1—6 and said the words of Isaiah were applicable to all people at all times. "I do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, etc" "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nether his ear heavy, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." I want to tell you brothers and sisters no matter how high an opinion I have of myself or you have of yourselves, the scriptures apply to you and me. Nephi tells us too we may have the ministering of angels that they may minister unto us from day to day; yet who among us have been worthy of God's holy angels? This scripture applies to you and me, for we have need of humbling ourselves. God has blessings in store for us which we will not receive. the D. &. C. says Are we walking in the ministering of angels or are we contending with. each or? We are contending for the things that we do not rightfully possess. "For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness" Now I am not saying that that applies altogether to you and me, but I do know that it applies to this dispensation there are many who have defiled themselves and their hands are stained with blood, etc., because that which they speak is utter lies. I have had L. D. S. women come to me and beg me to relieve them of a conceived condition. I have told those women that as the Lord lives I will prosecute if I find out what doctor they go to to have it done. We are living in a world of sin and Lord says that we Will have to free ourselves from the iniquities of the world. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth; they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. That is altogether apparent that that which we seek after is vanity, it is natural that it will bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper." That sounds more' like a parable. Men's hearts are set upon evil. In the time of Noah the Lord said,

"Behold I have suffered the flood to come upon these people because their thoughts were evil continuously. Now the Lord says the earth will have to be cleansed with fire the very elements will melt with exuberant heat. That fire will be literal; it will be as ,literal as the flood was in the time of Noah. "their webs shall not become garments, nether shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works. of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths." Lord says in Book of Mormon that in the last days they shall hate the truth. they will have enough and say that is enough. Try preaching celestial marriage to your: brothers and sisters. We think in our hearts, speaking collectively, we are pretty good folks, because we love ourselves more in our vanity; because we are more concerned over what our neighbors think than what God thinks of us. the time was when only the thickly populated parts of the earth suffered the iniquities. the peaceful islands of southern Pacific are tasting the wrath of war as they have never tasted it before because the world is ripe in iniquity. We in the world are what we reflect ourselves to be in what happens to us. If we are visited by the wrath of war, it is what we deserve. Mother earth groans because of the iniquities upon it, and she is swallowing up the wicked upon it. you and I shall yet 1ive to see the destructions, the destruction of thousands and hundreds of thousands on the coastal cities of this world, because we merit it. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." He thinks in secret, but it comes to pass; environment is but a looking glass, his looking glass. As you and I are in our hearts, our capabilities of sowing in our own thoughts, so shall our thoughts come back to us in misery, etc. in our homes. God will cleanse the world of iniquity. As you and I are evil in our thoughts, as God lives you shall reap that which is in your Soul. The way to peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. therefore is judgment far from us, nether doth justice overtake us; we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. Is it applicable to you and me today? (He then referred to D. &. C. 95: 5 &. 6) "Verily I say unto you, that there are many who have been ordained among you, whom I have called but few of them are chosen. .they who are not chosen have sinned a very grievous sin, in that they are walking in darkness at noon day. Isaiah spoke these words 680-720 years before Christ, but, God spoke these words in our day to you and to me. It is a human trait to see our brothers failings. How we can pick on

President Grant. But you and I will turn around and do just . same thing and justify

ourselves in it. Are we not children of God? then all we do must be right in the eyes of God. Beware of vanity and conceit .It damns us. there is only one thing in the world that will save us in the days to come, and that is what has been spoken by

Brother Williams when he said that we must have oil in our lamps, which is the

spirit of God. the message that has been given to us is to get the spirit of God. Few of us ever enjoy its sweet dictates or are enraptured in its glorious truths, and .we must get it, for our salvation depends upon it NOW in this life. This life and. the blood in our veins depends on it, for only the righteous can be saved. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes; we stumble at noonday as in the night; We are in desolate places as dead men. we roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them. How many of us dare to stir the recesses of our of our own minds, what we recognize ourselves to be. In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in street and equity cannot enter. the whole church of us, collectively, have departed from the revelations of God. We have gone our own way, we have become like the world, and we love it. And the Lord says, "He that hateth me will love the world, and he that loveth. me, etc." As God lives, the spirit of God will depart from this people if we do not humble ourselves, repent draw nearer to the Lord and keep His commandments more diligently. you who hate plural marriage, see the hand of God manifest in this people, and go on hating it and it will destroy you as God lives. Yea, truth faileth; and -he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey; and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. If the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which is God's church, was serving God and keeping His commandments as it should, the world would be hating it. And he saw that there was no man; and wondered that there was no intercessor; before his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him." Etc. (He then spoke of how the Lord, in D. & C. (:probably Sec. 26:17), will take' vengeance upon the wicked and destroy them, and redeem His people.) To Zion, the pure in heart, rise and shine lift up thine eyes. Now, brothers and sisters, the words of God are unto all men, but we are presupposed to apply it to the man in the next seat, and do not apply it to ourselves. Let us take these words personally; where they apply to ourselves, let us cleanse ourselves of iniquity and walk in the pure light of God, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ ,Amen.

Brother J. W. Musser:

Just this comment--that we have no hate in our hearts or we cannot go where our Father is. Brother William's speaking, of prayer told his son Frank, nothing has done more good than when I heard that, for I love that boy; the spirit or prayer and revelation come. upon him at that time. We have been edified by the remarks of

Brother Allred. I feel we have had a feast of fat things, and now we should go

home and praise the Lord and take these things to ourselves, and I pray that we will do it in. the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Closing Song: "Lord Dismiss Us with Thy Blessings."

Benediction: Bm. Wm. Stokes LJ.Allred

July 19, 1943.

TO OUR SHORT CREEK SAINTS-

OUR BRETHREN IN COVENANT:

Not being able to visit with you as often as I should like and knowing somewhat of difficulties you must of necessity experience in undertaking now before you I feel and urged to add my testimony to that of Brother Barlow's and the other brethren, by way of counsel and encouragement, Having permission of the brethren to do so; and I approach the task with a deep sense of love and devotion to the cause. First, let me quote words of life from the Psalmist: (50:3-5) "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. GATHER MY SAINTS TOGETHER UNTO ME; THOSE THAT HAVE MADE A COVENANT

WITH ME BY SACRIFICE.

You saints as I view it, are among the few in the present day that "have made a covenant with the Lord by sacrifice;" and in consequence of this you are being gathered together unto the Lord. You stand separate and apart from the world, a light upon a hill for all men to gaze upon. While we are not organized as a Unite Order, we are trying to live in the spirit of that law against the time when the Lord shall see fit to organize us. The undertaking thus far is colossal in its daring and in its anticipated results. It is fraught with problems that at times almost stagger the strongest of us. The Saints

tried to live this law in Missouri. They failed and tried again under the leadership of Brigham Young in the mountains. They failed again --- not that the system was faulty, but human nature has not sufficiently cleansed itself from the traditions of the world.--- from selfishness and greed --- to live on such a high plane. The Lord offered the best there was but the Saints were not prepared to receive it. This "Order of Unity" as I like to designate it, was the Order established among the Saints in Enoch's day and which enabled them to be translated and lifted above the wickedness of the world; it was the Order established and maintained for nearly 200 years among the Nephites after the crucifixion of the Lord: it was the order followed by the Saints in the Apostolic days when "all things were had in common" it is the economic order of God leading to a fullness of life. A few o us, desirous of qualifying for joint heir ship with Jesus Christ in the Kingdom of God, have accepted the challenge of Lucifer, and are undertaking to live this holy law at least in spirit not withstanding the failures of the past. It is a bold challenge, no less so than that which David hurled at the giant Goliath. But it is a challenge and a strong and determined men have made it. But with many of us the work gets irksome; it goes against our grain. We find it difficult to accept leadership in all things. We have set views and strong inclinations. Ephraim is headstrong, stubborn, and self reliant: and yet, Ephraim must subdue himself and qualify to subdue this land of Joseph, his father, and prepare himself to minister blessings of life and salvation to his brother tribes as they come down from the North and come up from the South. A mighty mission is entrusted to us. We are trying to qualify for it. With some it is a painful process. All growth is painful Lord says, "If thou lovest me, thou shalt serve me and keep all of my commandments. A very definite evidence of love is to be willing to consecrate our all to the work of the Lord, to be used as He sees fit. This, you brethren have done; you have done it under the spirit enunciated by the Prophet to the effect, "That a religion hast does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto live and salvation.,* * * When a man has offered in sacrifice all that he has for the truth's sake, not even withholding his life, and believing before God that he has been called to make this sacrifice because he seeks to do His will, he does know, most assuredly, that God does and will accept his sacrifice and offering, and that he had not, nor will not seek his face in vain. Under these circumstances, then he can obtain the faith necessary for him to LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE. All that we can hope to do in this our second estate is to take such a course and so acquit ourselves that, in the end , we can LAY

HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE.

You brethren have burned your bridges behind you and have set your hands to the plow; you have accepted the leadership of the Priesthood Council. Sometimes this leadership may be galling and disturbing to your spirits. Men are

not always prepared to uncomplainingly follow council, and yet without leadership, there can be no advancement --- all out success. The leaders, though chosen of the Lord, sometimes err in judgment -– they have their limitations. We have to make allowances for this to be a successful leader one must first qualify as a willing follower. The Lord is testing us out and will choose his future leaders from among those now qualifying. Great and mighty events are before us . Many of you brethren will be called to fill positions of responsibility, in importance beyond our present power of understanding This will pertain not only to mortality, but will extend into immortality. When God knows He has a man who will stand true and faithful under every test, that man will be used, and glory will be added upon his head forever and ever. But in the mean time we will be tested in all things. Those enduring all or tests must face the test the Priesthood will provide --- for such is in the offing; the Lord has declared it. Brethren, we have full confidence in the honesty, integrity and loyalty of

Brother Hammon, the choice of the Priesthood Council to preside over you. He is a

man of God – human,, to be sure ---but uncompromisingly desirous of being just, wise, and obedient in all things. Will he make mistakes? I personally hope so for were he perfect the Lord would take him from our midst. Sustain him. O, how he needs your strength and your faith! Look at his faults less and at your own more and be guided by the spirit of love and charity. God is love. To approach His likeness we must develop love; and where love is there can be no hate, no malice, no unseeming criticism, no jealousy, no unrighteous criticism. Those following this simple suggestion WILL PROSPER. Love begetteth love. Let us be frank with each other, and if we have ought against your neighbor, go to them personally and manfully and have our differences straightened out – let not the sun go down upon our differences if it can be avoided. Let the goal we are headed for be kept clearly before us. We are after eternal life in the presence of Father, We have undertaken to sacrifice all things. We own nothing; ALL belongs to Lord. To Martin Harris the Lord said "And again I command thee that thou shalt not covet thy own property, but impart it freely", etc. Brethren, let us not covet that which we think is ours, but let us seek for the Spirit of the Lord. Clothe ourselves with Christian charity; stand at the head of our families; learn to stand at the rack, "hay or no hay" Having set our hands to the plow there can be no looking back --- no compromise with error. The Lord's purposes are developing rapidly --- more rapidly than we can realize. We form His advance guard. He is looking to us to blaze the way. He will help us over the hump; He will not let us down if we remain put. You need rain down there; but greater than rain is the Spirit of the Lord, and determination to serve Him at all hazards. Not only the curse of drought, but of insects and of sterility must be taken from the your land. This, the Lord will take

care of as we are prepared to receive the blessing. In his graciousness the Lord is careful not to crowd blessing upon us until or capacity has grown to receive them. As a servant of Lord I will prophecy, that the Saints in Short Creek, in company with those at home who have entered into the United Effort Plan with you, as they cleanse themselves before the Lord and become more perfect in keeping the Lord's commandments, the curse will be lifted from that land; water will gush forth from the canyons and spring up in the midst of the desert; enemy pests will be driven from the soil and your fields, orchards and gardens will yield in such abundance as to render it difficult to garner the crops. Your live stock will be blessed with the Spirit of the Lord, and shall be fruitful and barrenness shall be taken from your wives, sons, and daughters, and that land shall blossom forth into a paradisiacal glory such as the earth has not know since Eden. Temples, meeting-houses and other institutions of learning will be erected and. Zion in that section shall shine forth in splendor and prove one of the choicest spots on Joseph's great farm; and your sons and your daughters will learn to serve the Lord, and then shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. This I prophesy as a servant of the Lord, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Brethren , is this worth striving for, worth sacrificing for and if need be, worth dying for? Don't expect too much this year. This is season of preparation; adjustment is taking place. You and all of us will be placed in close places. It will seem that we have reached the end and cannot move an inch further, but we will, through our faithfulness, move on and the wall of opposition will give way. The Lord will not allow us to go hungry, but we will get close to it. He has been liberal with us in providing finances thus far, but these will not continue in the bounty now evidenced. Let economy guard our efforts; let justice reign in our hearts; let love be the watchword, and let our motto be, "THE KINGDOM OF GOD OR NOTHING". God bless you, my dear brethren. Accept the confidence and love of our brethren here, for they all join in this offering. We love you dearly and wish to always be with you as well in your sorrows and distress as in your prosperity and joys.

Minutes Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at the Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. July 25, 1943

Brother John Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

1st Song: Morning Breaks" Prayer: Brother George Woodruff . 2nd Song: "Come Come Ye Saints".

Brother D. W. Jeffs

Was first speaker: "My brothers and sisters, as I stand before you this afternoon I stand before a great number of judges, but I desire to say very little unless the inspiration of heaven directs me. All that I am, or anyone else is, is an instrument in the hands of the Lord, and it is a great responsibility when an elder in Israel stands before an audience to speak to them. Everyone of Zion, the pure in heart, may be judges as to the truth or error. He then referred to a quotation in the inspired version of the Bible, "Whosoever judgeth unrightously condemns themselves." The Lord has given me so many blessings in my life; has directed me through His spirit or my guardian angels many times from the jaws of death; he has, spared me, the purpose of which I do not know. A man cannot be exalted alone without the power the Priesthood. If we labor all the days of our, lives and we save one soul, great shall be our reward in heaven. I had the privilege of preaching the Gospel in the mission field, and many times I slept in beds that were unclean, traveled without purse or script. (He then told of an experience in the mission field in which a man asked if he thought he could stop his tobacco chewing (he worked in the coal mines in the southern states ) and he was instructed to fast and pray, which he did; and at the end of the time of fasting he had no more desire to chew.) This man. has now departed from the faith after all these years. No one can save me; I must save myself through the Gospel of the Lord' Jesus Christ (He then read the hymn, "We are sowing, daily sowing.") What a wonderful thing to be able to analyze ourselves. I often try to wonder just what my position was in the spirit world; how many were valiant there. When we come into this world the spirit enters our bodies and completes our bodies. We come here that we might become independent beings in and of ourselves. All the light and understand is taken away from us before we come here. What did Lord do when we came? He said we could not be exalted without first having a mortal body and we would be judged according to our acts while in that body. When we go back there, it will depend on us to do good or evil. there are four epochs that we go through: 1. Un-embodied; 2. Embodied; 3. Disembodied; 4. Re-embodied. We have become so self-righteous and lifted up that we cannot see the right. It is the meek that will be magnified and glorified." (He then spoke of the time when the Saints first came to Utah; the crickets,. etc.; The Mormon creed; we must strive to become one as the Father and the Son are one; and then he bore his

testimony as to the truthfulness of the Gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation. He spoke of Lehi's vision and the iron rod..)

Brother Herbert Smart

was the next speaker and expressed his gratefulness for the Gospel the light that these men of experience in the Gospel bring us; that the Saints of the Lord have always been a peculiar people; that we should be grateful that we have the privilege to meet at all. He spoke of the early Saints and what they had to go through; of Joseph Smith and his bringing this great work back to the earth; and said that we must do, and not sit back and talk about it; that we have our free agency and the greatest chance in the world of becoming like our Father in heaven. He said that we have our greatest trouble over the smallest things in life; it is easy to go the way of the world, so it is easy for the Devil to step in; we must live close to the Lord, and listen to the counsel we receive. He said he was grateful that the Lord. has brought him and his family back to Zion and blessed us; grateful for these brethren over us; and. said he hoped the Lord will bless us and help us to get to the iron rod.

Male Quartet: "Lo The Mighty Angel" by Alfred Olschewski, Rulon Allred, Rulon Jeffs,' and Lyman Jessop.,

Brother Rulon C. Allred:

Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy, etc. I have been working but I hope the Lord will forgive me for it was quite necessary (He spoke of a man who was faithful in the Gospel in California, but was taking it so sincerely and enthusiastic; after the warning that Joseph gave us, that he lost the two women. that he had at the time; that his damnation will be a thousand fold than if he had never entered fullness of the Gospel; he believed the Gospel and lived it, but he sowed seed that was like it was sowed over the rocks and when the heat came it withered and died. He married a wife and forsook her; married another and forsook her.) We can be as sincere as anything, but still not be saved. (He then spoke of the early settlers and. the Indians --how the settlers sold onion seed to the Indians and said it was ammunition, and if they would plant it would grow into ammunition): Everything in life brings forth its own kind If you plant onions, you will get onions; if you want salvation, you will get it by living up to the principles that the Lord has set down. Many of us are as, sincere in our hearts as we can be but we can be so far away in faith or doctrine as to go down to hell. A man will not succeed just because he enters the principle, not because he wants to live that way, but because he has his heart in the Gospel and is keeping the laws of God as God wants him to. Living. the fullness of Gospel takes a lot of heartache and scourging

as well as a lot of the spirit of the Lord. This is my message to you: If the hardships that the Gospel of Jesus Christ and its principles incurs on us are such that it will not mean enough to you that it will give you no happiness, peace, etc.; if you cannot lay down your life for the Gospel, knowing that the principles of the Gospel are true, then you should have no part of it. (He then spoke of Job and his wife who said, "there is no God, Why do you not curse him, etc.", and when he was at the brink of death and hell, he said, "Though the worms eat this flesh from my bones, etc.") That is the kind of faith that we must have. We must set our hearts more on the things that God wants us to do and not what we want to do. pray that that may be our endeavor, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Lawrence Stubbs:

Lots of thoughts have been going through my mind the last two weeks and today I have enjoyed the testimonies of the brethren spoken this afternoon. I love to hear the truths that come through their lips, to know that they have the testimony burning in their hearts. Some of the things they said have touched me. the words of the song, "Come, Come Ye Saints" touched me deeply. About two weeks ago I was headed for a death pit on the old Mormon Trail, and it is quite a thought when you see yourself going to your grave. .And. then all at once some spirit comes to you and says, "No, turn, and you use all the strength and energy in your body to keep it from happening. The fruit dumped all over in some ones lawn, etc. I am grateful that the spirit of God preserved my life and it is wonderful to look into your faces, yet my loved ones have not seen me since that happened. I know that this Gospel is true, and I know that since we entered the United Effort, that all hell has been against us; but I know the Lord is with us and no matter what the Devil tries to do, we are going to go on and live and exist and become living identities . before our Maker, providing principles of salvation give us life and we are faithful and true to our covenants and the commandments of God. We will not go to any death pit if we live right--we will not have to go into the Devil's death pit. there is not a day that we Live but what the spirit of God is not trying to thwart these death experiences. Brigham Young said that if we live to become organized in a united capacity, we will go on. It is hot ,but it is for a purpose; let us enjoy it. It is keeping this earth and planet alive. If we keep the spirit of God, it is keeping us alive. I love this people and the Saints at Short Creek; they are good. people. Some of the best men on earth are at Short Creek. Some of them are here. Going over the Pioneer Trail I thought of the early Saints who first came over them. they came here and started planting crops, etc.; They had the necessary faith and courage to go on.

When I looked at that load of fruit out there on that lawn, I thought of the words of Brother Marion. He said, "Well, go out and see what you can do; We can get along without you now" That experience has strengthened my testimony and given me courage to go on. the Lord preserved my life, my truck, and I feel that I can yet be a greater instrument in going forth and building up His Kingdom in the earth. .I prayed to gain health and strength and I gained it rapidly. When I went back and put a few bolts in the truck, etc., I became weak and I could not go on I prayed to God and He blessed me. I got $500 out of the fruit as it was after it was wrecked. As a result I fixed the truck up better than it was before. In a little more time we will be on our way again. building up the Lord's work. I know that the Lord can bless us with riches if we do right ,but it is not riches that we are seeking for; it is the salvation of the Saints and the building up of Kingdom of God. I am sure that God will see us through. We are here to become Saints This movement at Short Creek will ether make Saints or the opposite. If we do not live right we will find ourselves going the wrong way No matter what testimony we may hear from an outside source, let us live so as to keep the spirit or God with us -- the determination that the pioneers had when they built up this valley; the determination that Joseph had when he restored this Gospel to us. Let us not complain about the heat; let us do something more than that. Let us make the choice that Brother Marion referred to; make the decision to accept the plan that has been offered, to become determined from this time on to see to it that you do not spend another dollar, or your time, in building up another devil city, but put your time in to building up the Kingdom of God. then you will have an everlasting inheritance. Do not became like fruit--become withered and dry. the Lord has put us here to live, not to perish. Let us seek to build up the Kingdom of God, is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Closing Song: "Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice" Benediction: Brother A. Reidl. • LJ.lllred

Minutes Fast Meeting held at 2157 Lincoln St., Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday .August 1, 1943 at 2:00 p.m. Pres. J. they. Barlow presided.

Brother Jos. W. Musser conducted.

Song: "Redeemer of Israel" Prayer: Brother Russell Kunz . Song: "Behold The Great Redeemer Died"

Brother Musser

reminded the congregation of the seriousness of taking emblems of Jesus Sacrament: Administered by Charles Zitting, Lyman Jessop, Paul Nolteram, Neils Hansen; Otto H. Olschewski presiding.

Brother Musser:

This is your meeting. I've learned that we get out of a thing what we put into it--so with this meeting. (He called on Brother I W. Barlow to start.) Testimonies: John Butchereit, Lyman Jessop, Neils Hansen

Brother John Y. Barlow:

He talked of the three Gods "Father, Son and Holy Ghost"--Joseph Smith (third) and recited the great and, marvelous things he testified of, he being the God, witness or testator. He testified of God. and the Son being like man and on down through Joseph Smiths history. We are not suffering much persecution, not a particle or what our parents went through. It is coming—as much as we can stand. We have hew out cisterns, etc.(Jeremiah 2:13) leaders have said we are on a detour. He testified of coming or Jesus--has seen his coming, seen how people would act when, He comes. God bless you to know these things for yourselves.

Testimonies:

Sister Mittlestaedt.

Herbert Smart. G. Bon Mondfrans Ed Christensen

Brother Kaffman

Alfred Olschewski

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

He spoke or a letter received from Helmet Olschewski and he sends love to the Saints The spirit of his letter is like those from elders in the mission field. He is being favored with an assignment behind the lines. Received a letter from another regarding garments --- had them properly marked ---determined to wear them in the army. He threw out the underclothing to

use garments. His closest associate did not even notice his sacred garments. Feels sense of security so that he felt he was not in the army. Garments are for protection among or things and they will be protected, who wear them. Some are able to wear garments. The Lord is mindful of worthy ones .and will give them endowments if necessary, but He is protecting them anyway. Changes are coming very rapidly. If we could see how fast, it would frighten us to death and we would not have strength to endure. Am grateful the Lord does not show me in full the horrors that are transpiring. We cannot imagine what is going on and what is heading our way. they will come like a whirlwind when the judgments come first on the house or God. Judgments to fall first on those who have made covenants with Him and broken them. I hope we will be prepared. If I should fall, how many would die in their faith. you must have such a faith that you can stand. God bless you, Amen.

Closing Song: "Guide Us, Oh Thou Great Jehovah" Prayer: Brother Heber C. Smith

(Minutes taken by R. T. Jeffs. and typed by L. J. Allred.)

Minutes of General Meeting of Saints Held at the Priesthood Home. 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sunday, August 8, 1943; at 2:00 p.m. Pres. John Y. Barlow presided and conducted. 1st Song: "Our Mountain Home So Dear" Prayer: Wm. Stokes. nd 2 Song: "As the Dew, From Heaven Distilling"

Brother Rulon T. Jeffs;

My brethren and sisters,' I desire an interest in your faith and prayers. I have never felt weaker and having a greater need of having the spirit of God in my daily walks of life than I do now. I think that is the secret of life for all of us --- getting the spirit of God and keeping it --- especially since we are so much a part of Babylon. Every day I pray that the day will come when I will be released from working in the midst of Babylon. I suppose the only time that will come about will be when things are set in order – when we as a people may be found worthy as a group and as individuals who truly serve the Lord and be used by him in His Kingdom.

I am going away on a trip again this afternoon to work among Gentiles and I tell you it is the greatest fight of my life to keep the Spirit of God, mixing as I have to with people who are after the "almighty dollar" It is my job to save them tax dollars. I am tempted at this time to say something of the inconsistency of our Government, but I can only put it off by saying God's purposes are speedily coming to pass and more confusion and corruption that arises, the sooner the Lord will come and take a hand: and if it takes communism to break down the institutions – I welcome it --- the sooner the better. But God give me and you, my brethren and sisters, strength to go through it, because it is coming and sure as we know God lives. We have had intimations of late of which I think you are aware of investigations, activities on the outside, seeking to find out information regarding individuals in the group. I still feel. This group of people, as I have said, I am jealous of its progress and activity. If it takes a storm to unite us, I welcome that. It is coming as sure as we are here. I want again to bear my testimony of the truthfulness of this work. I love it greater than anything on earth. I love the work of the Kingdom and desire to be found serving every moment as if it were my last – as though next day would see the coming of the Savior – of the One Mighty and Strong to set in order the House of God. We little realize how soon these things are and it makes me tremble and quake. I don't know that I have anything more to say at this time. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true – I want to testify of it. The Priesthood Counsel with whom we are acquainted hold the keys of the earth, and God has set his hand to use this people if we will in His Kingdom. And I bear you this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Carl Holm Sr. Bore his testimony of the Gospel in its fullness.

Brother Fred Morrison:

Spoke concerning prevalent conditions in the U . S. Army relative to moral standards and conduct, etc. Also touched on condition in the nation with feeling of unrest on every hand, and the coming judgments.

Sister Marie Broadbent played a piano solo.

Brother Axel Fors:

Said that hearing the piano rendition made him think of the statements so often made that children born of this principle would be inferior and it was apparent that we had talent in our midst, etc. Told of joining the church in Sweden

and expecting persecution but of being left to do as he saw fit however he finds that mentioning a plurality of wives there is persecution aplenty. Also touched on the signs of the times and when Russia will fight England and how people of our group have been threatened to be wiped out. We are not going to get our exaltation any cheaper than Abraham got his; he was required to offer up his only son as a sacrifice. That may not be our requirement, but it will be something that will hit our weakest spot just as hard. In order to become a God or Goddess, a King or Queen, we have to go through like Bro Jeffs has said man will always go like gold has to pass through furnace seven times. President Brigham Young said to prepare as I you were going to stay here forever, but be prepared to leave tomorrow.

Congregation sang: "Oh, Say ·What is Truth"

Brother Ernest Williams:

Spoke of Christ's talk with Pilate after which Pilate told Jews he could find no fault whatever. Spoke on the principle of truth and how the Gospel is. as a Jigsaw puzzle. with the various parts scattered here and there to be searched out

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

There has been much said today --many reflections given that should direct our minds on the subject of the day, the times we are living in. We have had many manifestations spoken of, and no doubt our minds have been led in various directions and channels. The speakers have all touched a vital point --: a point that is most vital to the interests of Latter day Saints and to the world, so far as that is concerned, but particularly to the Latter-day Saints who have been given knowledge and instruction in advance of the world. In reading The " Coming Crisis and How to Meet It" that we have published in the TRUTH magazine, We are told how the time would come when a certain person would sit in the Temple of God as God and writer says this doesn't mean any Pope or Prelate or Bishop, but means exact what it says -- it means a certain man will sit in the Temple of God as God. I learned the other day of a great character of Seria on the Euphrates River who is a Prince, a descendant of Abraham through Ishmael, pure·"descent, who claims to be that who claims to be that character "I am God" men who have visited him have fallen down and worshipped him as God One party who writes pertaining to this questions tells what difficulty he had resisting that person He saw him raise the dead to life; he saw him call down fire without the aid of matches or chemicals; he saw him quell the storm by his voice; and he makes this very definite statement that the nations are in his hands and he is ruling m and brings forth the thought that early in 1944 this great disease that has been spoken of by the Lord will transpire

and not only cover Europe, the terrible disease killing millions and millions, but will devastate this country. Of course, the Lord has already given that, and we must believe the Lord knew what He was talking about. Here was a character that was written on fifty years ago. He is now appearing upon the scene. Now whether this is a literal fulfillment of that statement I know not but it has the earmarks of it. Itcomes from the right source and he is doing the proper things to destroy the nations. It is said this character will beguile the nations so that they will fall down and worship him. The great Masonic Lodge at the present time is teaching their 33rd degree Masons that Lucifer is the God of the Masonic people; and that while the Adonna is the God of Christians, that Lucifer has equal power of Adonna and therefore the Masonic doctrine is the Luciferian doctrine. We have another condition of a certain number other Churches in Paris before the war that were worshipping Lucifer --- damning Jesus Christ; these things are before us.

Brother Fred spoke about the corruptions going on in the army. It is in the

hearts and minds of all the people. The Lord says, "All flesh has been corrupt before me. We ourselves are corrupted to a greater or lesser degree because we are not living according to the fullness of light that comes to us; but when it comes to physical corruption, practically all flesh is corrupted before the Lord. there is very little virtue left. There was very little virtue in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. the Men and women and even animals began to live unnaturally and the Lord had to destroy the entire population and give them a chance to come unto Him; and that is the conditions that is coming to the earth at the present time. A brother spoke of a rumor of what is coming to our people, that within five years there will not be another case of polygamous marriage. They said that years ago and have been saying it all along. But the Missourians said they would destroy the saints but they went to Illinois and there heard the same thing. So they drove them out and they came here and raised up a stronger people – a bigger people. The word of the Lord cannot be frustrated, and the word of the Lord will be fulfilled. I was reading this morning in the revelations that the Church has rejected but are just as true as any revelations that have ever been published to the world but some day we will have them just as we have the Book of Mormon and all the writings of Enoch; we will have, those records and the records brought forth through the Prophet Joseph Smith. He had many revelations and many revelations were given to Brigham Young, John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff. John W. Woolley, Lorin Woolley and other members of the council have received revelations that are not yet given out to the congregations of the saints. But at this time President Woodruff was seeking counsel of the Lord with reference as to what we should do as a people. He was in Arizona camping with the Church men, and there the Lord gave him His word of the benefit of the people

"You will find the Lord when you do these things with purity of heart, and I will hear your prayers". "When you get ready to do what I have told you, I will hear you" We are all praying now and wondering why the Lord won't answer our prayers --- but there is the key to the situation. "I am bound by oath and covenant to defend you and fight your battles". As I have said in former commandments – for I will fight your battles. There is a great key given us, my brethren and sisters. Nine years after that, the Lord spoke to Wilford Woodruff again. Wilford had gone to Him with a heart filled with aches and eyes full of tears. That was in 1889 when all hell and the Devil was after him to make him sign a Manifesto to stop polygamy. "I the Lord hold the destiny of the courts" ***" revelations are filled with such promises and declarations. But what is there for us to do ? When the Lord was talking to Joseph Smith, some years before the Church was organized and when he had began to translate, some of the characters in the Book of Mormon and he said "You have got to be more perfect" you have made many mistakes. And there are many that lie in wait to destroy thee from off the face of the earth, and for this cause, that thy days may be prolonged, I have given unto thee a commandment; for this cause I have said, stop and stand still until I command thee, and I will provide means whereby thou mayest accomplish the things which I have commanded thee. There is a very peculiar thing -- Lord says they are lying in wait to destroy you and to be more diligent. you must seek diligently to serve me and quit making these mistake's. Otherwise the evil one will destroy you and then you can't go on and accomplish the this work that has been appointed to you. you can't go on translating. Now, that, in plainness, was what the lord told Joseph. Why couldn't. the Lord still preserve him, whether he heeded that counselor not? Why couldn't He over – come the efforts of Satan and still preserve the life of the prophet ? therein lies the great principle. Satan is controlled by law the same as Lucifer is controlled by law. Father's commandments. are in accordance with the laws that have come forth through all the eternities to the present time and if He changes one of these laws, He makes a failure. The law was that His children must live a perfect life as for as mortals were concerned. The Prophet had given Martin Harris certain pages of the manuscript because Martin Harris seemed to be such an important personage and looked to him for assistance in getting funds with which to publish the Book of Mormon. He felt he was duty bound to let Martin Harris take those pages and show them only under strict covenant that he would bring them back; and therein Joseph made a mistake and was subject to that law of mistakes and therefore under that law he lost the power to translate for a season. The Lord couldn't change it without changing the law. It was proper that Joseph should be subject to that law. Now, Lord says, the Devil wants you He wants to destroy you if you don't live up to these commandments and the Devil has the right to do it. If you don't keep the law, you needn't expect the blessings.

Brother John has told us we have to get the Spirit of the Lord. Now, as long

as Joseph did the will of God, he was blessed because the Devil can't go beyond that and can't do anything unless the Lord lets him – unless we invite him. And I do invite him every time I transgress a law; I invite Satan to punish me. Every time a wife rejects the counsel of her husband, she invites Satan. Every time a man fails to keep a commandment of the Lord, he gives out a general invitation to Satan to come and trouble him and to come and destroy him. Now, the question is, how can we get this protection that we need? they say they are going to destroy us. they are boasting about what they are going to do. What can we do? Where there is one of us, there is perhaps a thousand of them. We have just one chance --and I want to make that the key-note of this little talk this afternoon – and that is to live all the laws of the Gospel – to overcome our weaknesses, to resist temptation and live in accordance with that law which has been given us, for we are living in the light of the noonday of the world --- all the light that has been given since the day of Father Abraham. We have been given more information from Heaven in this dispensation than ever before, and therefore it is up to us. these men can't touch us it doesn't matter if the whole State of Utah are involved into a committee of destruction, their work would come to naught because God had established it to remain here. And sometimes we wonder how we can get the Spirit of the Lord. We pray for it --- yes, we do a lot of praying. We kneel down and pray and go to sleep and don't know what we have asked for. In some of our prayers we have asked for everything on the earth and if we were given one hundredth part of it we would be destroyed. I used to work as a tinnier When we took the ordinary solder it wouldn't stick but when we put a certain resin or acid, then the solder would stick and then close up the hole. Now, sometimes we get the spirit of the Lord or the Spirit of the Lord tries to get us, but there is nothing there to make it stick. We are not clean. We are not determined enough as Latter day Saints and it doesn't adhere to us as it did the Three Hebrew Bros. and Daniel in the lion's den. We have got to get that plastic stuff on us so when the spirit of the Lord comes it will stay. That "plastic stuff" is obedience to the will of the Lord. We have got to overcome this eterna1 talking about one another . Members of the Council of late have had all kinds of trouble because. people talk. It seems like there is a telephone going all through the congregation that reaches into Idaho and Southern Utah. If we will open our mouths when we shouldn't do it, we are resisting the spirit of the Lord. If we will bring condemnation upon our neighbors when we shouldn't, we are resisting the spirit of the Lord. If we refuse to pay our debts when we should pay them, we are resisting the spirit of the Lord. If you sisters refuse to listen to your husband's in counsel and advice, you are resisting the spirit of the Lord; and you men, if you refuse, in –reading the commandments of the Lord, those that I have read today and those that fill the scriptures and that you get from the your leaders from

Sunday to Sunday. then you are resisting the Spirit of the Lord and that spirit will not stay with you. It is around about-you and fills the world and all we have-to-do is reach out and take it but we have to be in the proper frame of mind. the example was given us the other day in the opening of a safe. the knob must be turned just so and when it gets around to the proper place then the door swings open, but if you miss it 132nd of an inch the door will not open; and that illustrates the laws of God to us. you might keep all the commandments except one, and if we don't keep that we can't open the door. the combination won't work. Everything-that has been given us by way of instruction must be complied with. –If will do that, we needn't fear. Let hell and devil laugh --and they will laugh; let this man that is going to sit in the Temple as God, come and set in the temple; and let all the world sit down to worship him; and still there will be Latter day Saints who can and will resist him and who he can't trouble and overcome because he hasn't the power to overcome. All these wicked people that Brother Morrison has talked about --if they don't repent, they will be taken from the earth to hear the Gospel and repent. There are only two churches---Church of the Lamb of God or the First-born are-those-who keep all ·the commandments who quit talking and quit telling tales about their neighbors. Heard something about that this morning in our meeting. Certain people are being criticized One man is criticized because he hasn't two wives and another because he has too many wives – and it being done here among us, we who claim to be Latter-Day Saints. How God can have the patience that He does have ! Another man who does have powers and helps night and day we criticize him because he is a doctor. We don't realize one of the most faithful men in Joseph's day was a doctor --- Dr. Willard Richards. He went with the Prophet Joseph to the Carthage Jail. When the Prophet asked, Brother Willard ,do you want to leave me?', he said, Do you want me to leave you? I will die in your place if you want me. Dr. Seymour B. Young who did much good among the people here was a doctor. We have these servants of the Lord among us. And when people can't be healed through their own faith, they will often get help and comfort and cheer from these brethren and sisters. My mother in-law was set apart to go back east and study that she might come back and help the sisters. Let us quit this foolishness and get down facts and begin to serve the Lord and keep His commandments and let all hell do their damnedest to corral and destroy us and they will only exalt us higher and higher. That is my testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

My brethren and sisters, it puts me in mind of the words of Isaiah: " Lord's hand is not shortened".**** and He will not hear us" That's what is wrong with us today--that's what is wrong with the Church and us as a group and it is time that we made a change. I want to bear my testimony to the things that have been said. I ask God's blessings upon us that we may take to heart what has been told today --if we don't, we will be the loser."

Closing Song: "Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessings" Benediction: Brother Ed. Christiansen

Minutes Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m. August 22, 1943

Brother John they. Barlow presided.

Brother Jos. W. Musser conducted.

1st Song: "Arise 0 Glorious Zion" Prayer: Brother; Neils Hansen 2nd Song: "Come Follow Me"

Brother George Kalmar:

I feel very humble in this capacity. I ask the spirit of God to be with me sufficient to be edifying to us all. I am grateful for the privilege of being here today. I know that this is the place I want to be. There is a saying that the man is happy who is contented with his providential lot. I can say I am truly happy, for this is the people that I love and want to be with. I consider them the people of God seeking to keep His commandments. I love my lot that I am cast in. In fact, I am not grievous in my sickness. I know that the Lord has blessed me. When I consider the blessings that I have received, I am certainly happy. I remember the time when I was being handled by the bishopric of my ward about two years ago I had a prophecy upon my head. the bishop told me not to be mixed up with this polygamous group. He said in the name of the Lord that if I did not come back and leave those polygamous people alone that the day will come when I will go down spiritually, physically, mentally and financially. I took it and remembered it. Anyway, I know the bishop is satisfied that his prophecy has come to pass He says that I have an incurable disease and I am just hanging by a thread. Maybe I better give him credit that he has been responsible for my lot. A more solemn prophecy, I am sure, will come true by a brother in this group. It was just a week or two after I

received information about my farm. He told me the day would come, if faithful that I would have privilege of seeing my lands increased, my table would be full, poor will come to me for help; that I shall never turn them away. I hope that the

bishop will come to me in that day and I can help him.

I love this work. I know that I am weak and I have many blessing that I should improve upon. I am grateful to Brother Allred, my doctor; I am blessed. I am blessed by having brethren like Heber Smith and Duane Gee and others that see that I get to meetings or places and we are growing closer together. We have grown in getting together. I thank God for the many other opportunities that we have had in gaining spiritual help. My family, if I did not have so much sickness, would not allow me to have the company of these brethren. My mother is sweet and kind toward them for my sake. She feels I will never become well again, and she is being very kind to me. And my whole family is being kind; my, how I am being blessed. (He then spoke of how he became affiliated with this group by going to meeting at Fred Cleveland' s home with Fred Morrison, and how he has attended ever since.) I know this sickness is a blessing. I know I asked for this blessing--to be made more humble. I was in the building game and I had many opportunities to become wealthy; I had money and was getting mixed with the big-shots of this town, and I could see I was getting taken away with the things of the world. I never dreamed that I would get something like this. But when I got it, and I found out what my condition was, I was very grateful because I could see what It would do for me. If you had known me a couple of years ago you would wonder why I was in this group. And so I am thankful to be with you, The Saints of the most high. I pray that you will help me and when you see me do things wrong that you will tell me. I hope that I will be worthy of your association. I am thankful that I could see my own faults and failings. I pray that we will be able to go forward and make our callings and election sure, that we will follow our council, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother J. W. Musser

(remarks): We know we are all benefitted by this testimony of George. there is a reconciliation to be reconciled with the Lord in the physical condition he is in. It is a wonderful. achievement. After all, our bodies belong to the Lord. He is the great physician and he can heal us when the time comes. I am glad to report that

Sister Thelma Boss Wayman is better today. She was in very bad condition

yesterday. In her patriarchal blessing she was told the time would come when no

mortal power could save her life, but the power of the Priesthood would save her; and now today she is up and in a wheel chair and out of pain. Whatever Bro Kalmar has received from the Priesthood in his patriarchal is still his, and by hanging to it, he will receive it, by insisting on it mentally physically and spiritually. He has gone through plenty. I feel that the Lord has not deserted him. We were down in Short Creek last Sunday, Brother Barlow, Brother Christensen and I, and Gladys Hammon also. I am going to ask Brother Ed to give us a report on the situation down re.

Brother Ed Christensen:

I trust that the prayer that was offered up by Brother Hansen will come to pass in my behalf I rejoice together with Brother Kalmar in the truth; I am thankful for the testimony of Jesus Christ that has come into my life. It is only my desire to go on and carry on toward the mission that the Lord has in store for me. I have tried to never be ashamed of the Truth. I was grateful when Brother Barlow asked if I had ever gone to Short Creek.

Brother Musser asked two weeks ago if I would consider a trip with them. I was

glad to be found worthy of accompanying them on this trip. It was a glorious time. As other brethren have expressed in their testimonies you can only feel that feeling, expression and spirit that words cannot utter, in being with the people of God. you can. only feel it in the presence of angels. The Lord blessed us mightily going, and coming and while there We had a glorious time. It is a beautiful country. We had the privilege of going to another ranch above Short Creek and it is a beautiful sight. It will be a glorious layout for homes, churches etc. I am confident that the Lord is preserving this country for a day for his people. The people there now are living close to the Lord; it is quite a job to handle a group like that in distributing food and supplies equally. The Lord is blessing them and will continue the blessings. Only those who will not heed the counsel of the Lord will not have the privilege of going. It is only a question of knowing where the Priesthood is. That is the issue and will be the issue. The Lord is going to show the people of the world that He will rule the elements of the earth through-the Priesthood. You have been told time and time again that we will be tried by the Priesthood after you have been tried by everything else. People who will not acknowledge this Priesthood of God never will succeed and will eventually go down to hell. In the early history of the church there were only two men who would uphold Joseph Smith. How many in this group will today uphold these men ( Priesthood), if they are put to the test. The time will come when that very issue will be placed in front of many, of me and you, and unless you uphold it you will

never stand. The line is being drawn a little tighter and a little tighter. We are living in a time when the Priesthood reigns. To me that is the main stem in life at the present time. That is why the world is against us; that is why men and women in the church are against it; because we have the truth and eventually it will stand out and shine .If you want to go along and be exalted and become kings and queens, my counsel is to stay with the Priesthood and take their counsel whether you believe it or not. That is a lovely church down there in Short Creek and we had a very beautiful spirit in our three meetings. there was some very timely advice given out by the brethren and they reiterated the counsel and admonition that they have given time and again, to button up your lips, to get the spirit of the Lord, to know when to speak and when not to. We are all subject to that weakness; it has gotten many of us into trouble and will continue until we learn. I hope I shall be always worthy of the association of these brethren and you people who are striving to keep the Lord's commandments. I want to go on and on; I want to be in the your society. I want to strive to build up the Kingdom of God as you do. The only way is to keep the spirit of the Lord, keep our bodies clean, studying and being willing to be taught the truths of the Gospel; seek by prayer, knowledge and improvement. That is my testimony and I bear it in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Sister Gladys Hammon:

It is a privilege to be called by these brethren. I feel to rejoice that I have been numbered among this group of people and hope the Lord will let me stay with you. I truly enjoyed my trip with these brethren to Short Creek. It was a refreshment to me. I know now that people can get together and talk and not talk about your neighbor It was like a banquet--a feast of spiritual things. As was said by Brother Ed, the counsel was to keep quiet about your neighbors. Let us not listen to those things about our neighbors. If we cannot say good, let us not say anything at all. I love the things that I heard down there with these brethren. I love the good people here. I hope the Lord will always let me be associated with these Saints. (She then told of how Brother Musser told them in St. Anthony the Priesthood would try them and spoke further on upholding Priesthood.) I have a testimony of the Gospel and hope that I will be able to stand up and hold that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God when the time comes. May God bless us all, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

J. W. Musser: I heard of a woman the other day--someone said the sister would like to come and visit with you. Well, she said, I will be very glad to have you come if

you will not talk about our brethren. She is in the house today and I say, God bless her.

Song: "How Firm a Foundation"

Brother Buckway;

was the next speaker and he told of how his father joined the church in the old country and they came to this country; he bore his testimony of the Gospel and of Joseph Smith as a true prophet. He told of a missionary experience on the train between Cologne and Berlin with a Catholic priest, and how he preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to him. He mentioned how he has placed his hands of the heads of the sick and they have been healed by the power of the Priesthood, and testified that George Kalmar can be healed the same way.

Brother A. A. Timpson:

I rejoice in the work along with those who have testified. I was particularly happy to learn during the past week of the wonderful progress that is being made in Short Creek by a group of our people who are striving to obtain additional blessing from the Lord. I feel that those who are striving to go ahead in this work are striving to get closer to the Lord. I have been reading the last day or two from the discourses of Orson Pratt that those brethren were clamoring for the same thing that these brethren are striving to get this people to do today. He said if these people will unite themselves in their hearts to God and help one another that they will be the richest people on the face of the earth. That prophecy can yet be fulfilled; not only in temporal blessings but in spiritual blessings. these people, the Latter-day Saints with the knowledge that has been given them, if they unite and become one that they can develop the resources and capacities to become the greatest people in the world. This place will blossom like it has never done before in the history of the world. We have gold mines, but they have not been scratched yet. I bear witness to this in the name of the Lord. The only thing that will keep us from it is that we by our own will, instead of will of Lord. That has been spirit of world, Hitler, Mussolini, etc. It is only when we make up our minds to do will of Lord, no matter if it pertains to us as brothers and sisters, in our business dealings, etc., that we will succeed. We have examples of what can be done all around us telephone, telegraph, radio, etc. By the flip of a button machinery works, etc. All this has been made possible by cooperation. If one or two individuals had tried to do it it could not have been done. Brother Barlow, Brother Musser, Brother Johnson, Brother Hammon and their associates have taken a great step ahead to obtain a few blessings that will came in a temporal way in uniting their hearts and hands in

obtaining this blessing. But the greatest blessing will come when another principle of the Gospel will be lived unitedly. We have been told that if any people who have had blessings of the Lord offered them and they step aside and say that is not for them, are going to be damned. How long are we going to go on striving with each other and struggling with each other, instead of unitedly working together. We were discussing the other evening, saying how long are we going to go on without having a meeting house and allow that condition to remain, being uncomfortable down here. We can go back upstairs when we are ready to go and seek the blessings of God; we can just as sure as I am sure that I am standing here. My humble prayer is that we can obtain blessings that are here for us to obtain. I ask the blessings of the Lord upon each one of you and your families, that you will cultivate the spirit of the Lord. in your homes to glorify the Father and I pray it in the name of Jesus Christ, .Amen.

Brother Heber Smith

was the next speaker and said he felt very humble. He told a story of a man who had much of the wealth of the world and was not happy and went to a priest who took him to a glass to show him why. "I believe that the only reason why the Lord has not poured His blessings upon us is that we can see only ourselves. Many of us have been given better jobs and more money. The tendency has been just to see ourselves He then told of the recent trip he took with Brother Timpson into Nevada, how they enjoyed discussing gospel, and compared the spirit they had with that of the world. He said that Joseph Smith is a true prophet, that he knows Gospel in its fullness is true and thanked the Lord for the testimony he has. He said the Lord is waiting for us to get ready to receive the blessings He has in store for us. We reflect what we are in our homes and in our everyday life. He asked the Lord to bless us and strengthen our backs to shoulder the responsibilities we have.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

My brothers and sisters, I have been greatly edified while here. One thing I Want to draw to your attention is the talk of Brother Buckway, that we have a priesthood that will enable us to do anything that we have enough faith to accomplish we have a priesthood that will heel this Brother (Kalmar) or to make

Brother Woodruff to see we have something so big and great and broad that we

cannot handle it as a people undoubtedly this sickness of George's has come as a blessing. I wonder where the Pratts are; the Smiths are; the Kimballs are; the Youngs are. Brother-------- said that the children of the covenant will reject the covenant and aliens will renew the covenant. Look around you today; how many are

rejecting it, and how many are coming forth. We will always find some that will stay; you will find that some men's children will remain. I want to tell you something--nearly everyone of you that are here today, you went to school where you were taught the principle of plurality of wives. I wonder how you did then; how many of you knew of it on the other side. you cannot receive eternal increase until you live the law that will give it to you. If that is true, your Father on the other side taught you those things before you came here. This principle is not a principle for now, but it is a principle of Holy Priesthood. I heard a man say the other day, "can you tell me just how the Prophet could have seen the Father and the Son when the Bible says you cannot look upon the Father or the Son without the Priesthood" I said, "Yes, Joseph had the Priesthood before he came here. He was able and capable of seeing the Father and the Son through that Priesthood." (He then told of the incident given in the papers about an inspector for fire insurance who came to Salt Lake City from the East last week and remarked about the terrible whispering and gossiping that was going on in this city and compared it with conditions here years ago the last time he was here--how wonderful it was then, and how terrible it is now; that he never wanted to come here again.) Apostasy has brought it on. We have been told that people will leave this place saying the Mormons are cursed and they want to get out of it. A man said the other day that obedience is better than sacrifice. Obedience to what, to God or man? If it is to the laws of God, yes, it is better than sacrifice. If it is meant obedience to man, then I say no. "My people shall know my voice and they shall follow Do you think that this group is the only little group that has the spirit of God? No, the children of God will come forth and show their metal. We will see some of these people coming out and start preaching as they should do. I love the Gospel and know it is true, every principle of it. we know that if we live these principles, that we will receive the blessings that we have been promised. I was in Short Creek for a number of years and I do not remember hearing the name of the Lord in vain all the time I was there a few years ago. Just a short distance away it is so different. I don't know of anyone in Short Creek in the group that smokes. I don't know of anyone who fails to pay his tithing. they are a kind of people that can get close to the Lord. Some say, What is the matter with their crops?" The Lord is going to test them out. None of them are going hungry. If they were like I am, it would do them good to go hungry. I have such an appetite that I can't stop eating. Brother Rulon (Allred) tried to put me on a diet and couldn't keep me on it, because he picked deer season to do it. Brothers and sisters, it is up to us to keep the law's of God. Brother Rulon Jeffs is a professional floor dresser, but next time we have to have some help. Last night at 2:00 a.m. I didn't know whether he would get upstairs or not. It was like

the ox in the mire. We have got to have some more work done here. We would like to get out from under this morning. The Lord said "Let us have light." I would like to have this black paint done away with. Another thing that is worrying me is that a little plaster comes down in the kitchen. We have got to get someone that will plaster it. Rulon has to have some papering done. Now I guess we will have to get a committee and do this work. I say, God bless you. I love this people and I know most of you are striving to live the laws of God. I was well pleased when Brother Boss's daughter took a change far the best. Brother Joseph and I went down and saw her. I told her, "If you want to get well, make up your mind to get well, and have faith; God can heel you if you will. What our people need is to be taught how to have faith. Many don't know what it means. Get some of these faith promoting stories and read them and talk about them. God bless you, Amen.

Brother Joseph W. :Musser:

I am glad to see this linoleum laid with thanks to Brother Rulon. The Saints down south have lots of fruit and have put it up. they have a drying machine and are drying fruits. they took over a job of picking fruit at Hurricane and made a proposition with the owner. T. R. Dockstader took 75 bushels to sell and the rest to Short Creek 400 bushels. It is a wonderful help. Every morning and night you. go out the door and there are three or four bushels of peaches or other fruit on the doorstep. Brother Spencer had quite a lot of beans, spinach, etc. Everything that comes in has a natural and fatherly distribution. He went to Cedar and bought sugar. People in this house are giving toward Short Creek efforts and they will be blessed. I heard less; in fact I heard no complaints this time, from the Saints at Short Creek. they have 13 cows and the milk is distributed. It is a beautiful set-up. I think when we were down there a few months ago there were only four cows. they are getting what they need--not all they need, but more cows were coming in. there is a beautiful spirit there and it is just wonderful If I could get that spirit here, it would be wonderful. I am impressed with what has been said--that the Lord is ready to give us the blessings we want when we are ready for them. The Lord has the blessings of the Priesthood to give us, etc., but we are not ready for it. I sometimes think of my own family. I have over 50 grandchildren, and how I would like to give those children and grandchildren some of those things that I would like to pass on to them. I cannot give it to them for it would damn their souls because they are not prepared to receive it fully, I would give all the world, if I owned it, if I could be confidential with my own children, but I cannot do it. Why, I remember and marveled at the things that Jos. Fielding Smith and others entrusted me with. I thank the Lord that I am capable of being trusted. I know the Lord has blessings

beyond our power of understanding, if we were ready for them. Brigham Young said that if we could learn to keep our own secrets, then the Lord would give us some of His secrets. We are not capable of keeping our own secrets. .A. man is in hiding now because he could not keep his own secrets. The Lord is teaching the people the law of sacrifice. Unless we are capable of being trusted, of living the laws of God as they should be lived, and keeping His commandments, and until we become His sons and daughters we cannot go where God is; and I give it as word of the Lord to you. We have a right to these things-- spirit of prophecy, of revelation. We give these promises by way of prophecy and revelation and. by living closer to the Lord. God bless you, Amen~

Closing Song: "Come Let Us Anew" Benediction: Bro James Martin. LJ1Allred

Minutes Fast .Meeting held at 2157 Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, September 6, 1943 at 2:00 p.m. Pres. John Y. Barlow presided.

Brother Joseph W. Musser conducted.

Song "We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet" Prayer: Brother Wm. Stokes Song: "How Great The Wisdom and The Love"

J. W. Musser: We now give you the opportunity or partaking of the Lord's Supper and renewing your covenants with the Lord. We hope you meet the issue in fairness and square-ness.

Sacrament: Administered by R. T. Jeffs, R. C. Allred, Herbert Smart and Ernest Williams; Otto H. Olschewski presiding.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

In reflecting I ask myself if there was any other people in the world that has the occasion to be more thankful and grateful to the Lord than we as a people. This is fast day and the time will be occupied by you brothers and sisters that you may be guided by the spirit of the Lord. I was reading about a man who had no shoes

and was complaining until he saw a man without any feet. I do not believe there is anyone in this house who has not occasion to be thankful, even recently. Let us bear our testimonies and praise the Lord and confess our sins if you feel so inclined.

Testimonies: Betsy Lee Mary Fischer Mother Allred

Brother Bigley –and daughter sang "Cast thy Bread upon the Waters"

Frances Hammon. Arnold Boss Fred Cleveland.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

My brothers and sisters, I have a testimony of the Gospel and I was thinking while this brother was talking about using our Priesthood, how if God sends a judgment upon the people we have no right to stop it. We can pray and ask God to stop it, but Uncle Lorin said especially that if God sends those judgments upon us, not to ask God to check it. (He gave as an example Zion's Camp when Joseph Smith prayed to the Lord to check His judgments. I want to tell you God is sending His judgments upon the earth. the best way is to check ,it in our own families--quit fighting and quarrelling. What was the Priesthood given to us for, to make us big and high and mighty. there are some who think they are so high and mighty that they curse their families. Now, my brothers and sisters, this thing has been going on, not only among other people, but also among our people. Some whip their wives, etc. Brigham Young. said, I am telling you right here and now, you are not worthy of one wife until you magnify your Priesthood. *** Be kind and treat your wives kind, *** who will increase? It will be those who have kept the commandments of God and prayed and been faithful **** before long, and you yourselves will be left desolate. Let us try to live the commandments of God. I am ashamed of some of the things that go on in my house, too; but I am talking to all of us. We want this fighting and bickering to cease. It you don't, before long diseases will come and we will be wiped off. Let us keep these laws right. If we don't, God will withdraw His spirit. When that comes, you can pray and pray and it will be to no avail. there are some or the best people on earth among you. Let us live according to the things that are expected of us. I know that the Gospel is true. I know what is coming, just as sure as we do not live and keep the commandments of God. If we do not obey the voice of the

Lord, we will obey the devil. This is God's work. and I know it. God bless you, Amen.

Song: "Come, O Thou, King of Kings"

Testimonies: D. W. Jeffs, Ernest Williams, Dave Darger, Marreta Cook, Ianthus Barlow, Beth Darger, R. C. Allred, Sister Cook, Niels Hansen, Sadie Williams.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

We are not permitted to hold Sunday School because of the disease Infantile Paralysis. there are 120 cases in Utah and by order of the Board of Health all gatherings of children are temporarily stopped until you are notified. The picture shows are instructed not to sell tickets to children. (He then asked Brother Rulon Allred to explain in a few English words what infantile paralysis is and what relation it has to meningitis, (which he did). I feel very much impressed to make this statement and promise to our people today: I know What Brother John said is true--that diseases are going to come upon this people; strong sicknesses. This may be one of them. There was a discussion the other day among the doctors and they disagreed as to the treatment of this malady among us, and as to the cause of it. It seems that science has not yet come to an agreement as to the cause of the disease. The Lord has said that he would send forth flies upon the people of the earth and they shall eat their flesh and shall cause maggots to come in them and their tongues shall be stayed, their flesh shall fall from their bones and their eyes from their sockets (Sec. 29:18-19, D. & C.); and they would came not only to the outsiders, but also to the Latter Day Saints. I feel impressed again to tell this group of people as a servant of the Lord, that if we will serve the Lord and stop our bickerings in our families as has been mentioned today. that if we will get love in our hearts for each other, that those diseases will not come into our families and those children will-be spared. Is it worth it? _ There is no reason why we as Latter Day Saints should suffer these judgments, it we will love the Lord and love our neighbor as ourselves and seek to do good, and seek the good for others welfare. I know we have a lot to contend with, but we have a lot to learn. The man who says he loves God and. hates his neighbor is a liar. How can you hate your neighbor who is made by God and love God? I was very much impressed with our dear Sister Williams today. I know integrity of her heart, the honesty of her nature. the Lord made it known to me at one time when I was in California that she would make the grade. I know some of the trials that some of the women are going through. Sister Sadie is going to make

the grade. She is honest and pure and she will grow as she obeys the laws of her husband, and she has a good husband. A test is coming; it is on now. It is up to us to meet the situation. I know that I have weaknesses; I know that I try the Lord in my desire to overcame my weaknesses . I want to became a son of God and I want to see you sisters became daughters of God; and I want to be with God. The only way we can become sons and daughters of God is to overcome our weaknesses day by day and hour by hour until we feel we are approaching Godhood. It does not do us any good to came here and confess our weaknesses unless we try to overcome them day by day. May God bless you and all who are not here that belong to this congregation that we may all overcome their weaknesses and draw closer together. there is no disease that God will not and cannot control if we live right.

Brother Barlow spoke of the Saints at Missouri bickering and back-biting

and the Lord told Joseph that if they did not repent that He would send a scourge upon them; and Joseph asked the Lord to stop it, and. he was stricken by it. The Lord says forgive one another and I will rebuke and forgive whom I will. Let us try to forgive one another This disease is not over yet. Another point I want to mention--that is, to be careful about talking. there is another investigation going on again. Some people talk and when they come to our homes some of our wives get scared. I do not care if a man has 1,000 badges on his uniform, you do not have to talk and he has no right to force you to talk. you can take an ax or hammer and go after them. If you have sworn to say the truth and nothing but the truth, you will have to answer questions. they will come to you about your husbands, but they want to get you convicted so you cannot go back on them when you get on the witness stand. We have been among these skunks before and they are the peeping toms; they call themselves detectives; they are trying to get our children and in our homes to get you to talk. I want to warn you in giving any information out in convicting yourselves or your brothers and sisters. you do not have to give them any information. If we will be wise the Lord will help us; and often times the Lord helps us when we are not wise Let us not tempt the Lord Learn to keep your own business to yourselves. Where I have 1.000 wives is no one's business; not yours. Brother Barlow does not ask me about my wives and I do not ask him about his. It is none of your business. Do not get it into your head that because you see me going up street with another man's wife, that she is mine. And if you get the idea, do not talk about it. I wish I was worthy of some of them, even if they are not mine. Keep your secrets and the Lord will bless you. May the Lord bless you, I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Closing Song: "Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head"

Prayer: Brother Reed Morrison

LJA.

Minutes of General Meeting held Sunday, September 12, at 2:00 p.m. at Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah

Brother John Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

Axel Fors: Spoke on the necessity of studying the gospel in order to be prepare when called on to speak and its being so taught in "Ancient Mormonism and how that practice along with many others has been dropped and of comparing "Ancient" with "Modern" Mormonism. Said this is a question that concerns our eternal welfare and how those persons who believe in the higher principles are cut off Church for their mere belief. Quoted Joseph F. Smith's speech given in 1876: "Some people have supposed that the doctrine of plural marriage was a sort of superfluity * * * Touched on the Lord being unchangeable, and if we excuse ourselves from living the higher laws, Lord will excuse us from inheriting celestial glory".

Brother Guy Musser:

I pray God to bless me the few moments I talk to you with His spirit, for I know that you are here to receive the word of God and I don't want to waste your time. The scriptures say: "to the law and to the testimony"---if they speak not according to these things there is no truth in them, and that is how I feel in regards to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been thinking of many things of late in regards to us as a people and our faith in the Gospel and our conduct in life, and I might make an observation or two and desire the brethren in authority to correct me if I don't square up with the revelations. There is one thing that makes this work everlasting, and that is because it is true --that is, it is founded on truth -everlasting truth. Now, the Lord to the Prophet gave many revelations. the reason we are here today as an assembled group of people is that the Lord commanded His servants to gather Israel. That commandment has never been rescinded and is the reason the servant: of the Lord have gone out into the states and by word and letter have been gathering scattered Israel. Now, the Lord has given a commandment that His elect who harden not their hearts and "My people shall know my voice" should be gathered from the nations and countries and from the States of this nation into one place that they

might be prepared in their hearts to establish the Kingdom of God. Now if every blessing is predicated upon obedience to the conditions, He has also promised us the necessary blessing if we will gather ourselves from the nations of the earth; and King Benjamin after he gathered his people together on the plains and talked to them said 'God does not vary from that which He has promised.' Paul to the Hebrews said, "He is the same today yesterday and forever" unchangeable in every respect. The moment that God finds himself changing in the principles of eternal salvation, then He will cease to be God, and to say that He varies from His promise and that He doesn't keep His promises and doesn't bless the people when they have paid the price is very inconsistent. But we know and can bear witness that when He makes a promise to us as a people and we meet the conditions of this promise that then we will be blessed accordingly. Now, He has sent forth a call to the nations of the earth and promised us that we will be prospered in the land, and having been gathered in one place the Priesthood can prepare us for the building of the Kingdom of God. Now, those are facts and in view of those facts I would like to make an observation or two regarding us as a people -speaking of myself as well as the rest of you. Paul said, some would not believe the Gospel, would their unbelief make the Gospel without effect?" God forbid etc. Now, that is the way I feel in regards to the laws of the Gospel and the Lord blessing us and promising us blessings. And, King Benjamin said, All that He requires of you is to keep His commandments * * and all saints who remember to keep and do these things walking in obedience to the commandments shall receive health in their navel and marrow in their bones and shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge even bidden treasures, and shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint * * One could go on enumerating important promises that have been given to the saints, providing they live the conditions of the laws that God has given us, but I bring before you a few things to prove that we as a people have been gathered from the States of the Union and from the nations of the earth in times past. Elders have gone forth and the people heard their voice. How joyous was it when they came among us and gave to us the message of salvation and eternal life! Can you remember? All of us can, when we first received the message that we are here to work out our salvation and in this probation we can so prepare ourselves to become Gods and Goddesses in the next world. How grateful our hearts felt when these brethren came into our home and, being elect of the Lord, we heard it in our hearts. We accepted it and they told us to gather into one place, into the valleys of the mountains and if we would so gather we would be blessed. Now we have gathered and here ,we are as a group today, and as I look over you and see the expression written on your countenances and see you, as well as myself, struggling from day to day to overcome the traditions that

are steeped about us and to remain faithful, I see question marks written as to where the Lord shall fulfill His promises to you as a people. Have we met the condition of the Lord? Brothers and Sisters, it is true we have assembled ourselves from the States of the Union --New York, California, Arizona, Idaho and many other places; we have come here that we might be in one place and be as one body in sight of the Lord and in doing that we have expected to be blessed abundantly in keeping with that counse1 and admonition and the Lord says that He would bless His people. Now, it may have existed in your mind when you were in far off lands that you were to be gathered to be prospered in the lands and blessed in physical matters. Now, there are two issues in regard to the gathering: One is that we expect to be prospered in the land. The Lord has told us that if we will get in one place and by obedience to the Priesthood we will have power and authority along physical lines; but far greater, the reason for leaving our folks, our homes and our business was that we desired to be prepared for coming of the Lord. That's why I was desirous to hearken to the commandments of the Priesthood, that I might be prospered in the spirit and come out from the influence and spirit of the Gentiles, that. my young sons and daughters might be brought up under the inspiration and influence of the Spirit of the Lord, that my wives and that I myself might live among the people of God where we could feel in our hearts the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And that's why I came, and if that's why you came then today you are grateful in your hearts and you feel good and you wouldn't barter the position you hold among these people --if it's only one of respect and confidence --for the mess of pottage that you left in other lands. But if you expected, when you gathered yourselves in Zion, to be prospered greatly and to be set up in business and have the Lord immediately open the windows of heaven and pour gold and silver and precious things upon you, then I know you are dissatisfied and your eyes are constantly looking back to the things you left behind. And see that written from time to time on the faces of many of our people. Now, why did we come? Why aid Alfred come from New York, bringing a multitude of people with him? He had a fine job, he was established with friends and loved ones around him. Did he expect the Priesthood to set him up in delicatessen business and shower blessings on him? Or was he interested in the blessings of eternal life? He harkened to it, and his soul reached out to live among the saints and live under the spirit and influence of the Priesthood with his family and perhaps to receive the ordinances of the House of God. If Alfred came for that reason, today he is the happiest man on the earth because that is what he is receiving. Has he been made a member of the Priesthood Counsel? No. Has he been given any or great position among us? No. But his young children, his wife,. his loved ones and he himself are basking in the sunshine and spirit of the Lord.

They are brushing elbows with apostles of great magnitude they have outstretched hands of fellowship altogether men of God and they are growing. they are stumbling, it may be, but they are walking slowly and the day will come if they are faithful when Lord can use them, as well as the rest of us, for the establishment of His Kingdom upon the earth. It has always been the case, apparent from Church History, that people in these great exoduses gather for devious reasons, and in Joseph's time and President Brigham Young's day it was apparent to the faithful that many of the saints gathered to these valleys of the mountains for the wrong reasons. I am grateful for one thing, and that is that the Lord will search the heart and try the reins to give every man the right judges ; and I am glad that it is by the heart that the Lord is going to .search, that I might have a righteous judgment and that we might accept that judgment graciously. We find many people exhibiting wonderful intentions towards The Saints of God -toward this work in our group. Are we willing to let the Lord search our hearts, brothers and sisters?" He read the words of the hymn "Think Not When you Gather to Zion" by Eliza R. Snow, making comments thereon. We have been called out of the various States in this great Latter Day work. We have come here, leaving fine homes, many of us; leaving loved ones, many of us; leaving fine jobs, many of us; to assemble ourselves in these peaceful valleys that we might live under the Priesthood of God; and now we are here, what are we doing? What record are we making, I would like to know, brothers and sisters; inasmuch as we believe that celestial or plural marriage is one of the greatest principles ever revealed to man (if not greatest), It is a matter of life or death -- ether you are living a law that will give the you an opportunity to exalt yourselves and give you the power of eternal glory and increase, or you are living a law that will damn you forever and send you to eternal dissolution. There are the two issues! By what power do you perceive that those men who have the right to unite more than one woman to you haven't the right to interfere with the conditions of your every-day life. Answer that. If a man has been ordained to the High Priest Apostleship, if he has the keys that can unite you and give you power to become sons of God and have eternal increase, under what law can you deny them the right to counsel you in the conduct of your every-day affairs; and by what right and under what law do you say that they are usurping authority because they ask you to unite in other principles of the Gospel. I would like some of you to put me straight on that, if you can. Talk about usurping authority there are so many of us that are usurping it that we need to cleanse ourselves before we say that the brethren who hold this high priest apostleship are doing it. And we find some of our people in

anguish and their spirits in torment. Quoted Joseph Smiths instructions to the Twelve: Oh Ye twelve and all saints, profit by this important key * *" " Brigham Young has said, there are many in the midst of these people who believe the Gospel with all their heart yet they do wickedly. This makes them ungodly. Now, I have said it and you say it, Oh, they that lived in the days of Joseph Smith had so many more opportunities of becoming united with the Prophets of the Lord. I believe that the hour that we are sitting here does not compare with that day for we are on the threshold of great things that the Lord intends doing for the earth. We are a small body so small that we individually can arise to the highest heights if we desire. We are living in the most glorious day that the Lord has given to become prophets and prophetesses upon the earth. And yet among this very handful of people that hear my voice are following the same transgressful ways that the people in Brigham and Joseph's day did lack of faith in God and especially in those that have been set to lead and direct our affairs in this life. there was a time when Joseph Smith said there wasn't twenty men faithful to the truth, and I wonder today if we aren't fast running into the same condition. We have those among us who constantly boast that they love each other, that they love the brethren that they love God. God tells us that it is impossible to love Him unless we first love our brethren. It's impossible to love these men to not love the brethren and to love God. And anyone who says that they love God with all their heart and do not love their leaders and the brethren and sisters who are faithful, the scriptures say are liars and the truth is not in them. the Lord says: 'For how can. I reach the eternal realms and the infinite abode of my Heavenly Father unless I am taken and presented before my file leaders, those who have been set to sit in my judgment, those who have been established as my leaders upon the earth? And how can I say that I love the Lord with all my heart unless I can stretch forth the band of eternal fellowship to my brethren and to my leaders with all my heart? I can't do it; and if we say we do, we deceive ourselves, brethren and sisters. Now, I have said enough. May the Spirit of the Lord unite us unite us like we have never been united before; and you see and I see before us the wonderful time in the world. We have the great opportunity you the young men have the most wonderful opportunity of growing and becoming leaders in the midst of this people. Our young sisters -has there ever been a period in the history of this dispensation when these the young sisters have bad the opportunity that ours have today of becoming gracious wives and mothers in this celestial work -of becoming leaders that they might become Eves. Talk about Eliza R. Snow -we have material among us today that can become as polished and mighty in their sphere of action. We have it in the soul of our hearts, but we cannot get it becoming a law to ourselves. We will never pass by Joseph Smith until these brethren who know us,

who love us and have confidence in us present us as their sons and daughters worthy of recognition never, worlds without end, because we become laws to ourselves and will never be able to sleep with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob --never. And it is our duty today as members of this group, if we expect to be placed in our former home we wi11 have to be faithfu1 and true; even though at the present time we may fail that, we are stumbling along and floundering. Joseph gave us the key let us be faithful to this end and then we as brethren who know that we were among those who shouted for joy and some of these sisters will recall that they were among those beautiful stars that sang that eternal song in the morning. Why? Because how they could come to the earth for this purpose -to become Eves and Sarahs, of assisting their Kings and their Lords in the hour of their redemption. We can but come to this place and realize these important things and know that we are here not by chance but .by our choice because we are among the elect of the Lord, to work out our salvation, then we will prepare ourselves to dwell in the presence of the Lord. Oh, how I love these men who traveled into the states of this nation and stretched forth their hands and said: come now, oh Ye people * * . Oh, how grateful I am that we have had men and women who have had the faith and the virtue and integrity, the testimony, the true knowledge of God to remain faithful through these years; even though they have been few, that message of truth can now be handed to us in truth and power. I am grateful that my children, my family, can -live among you folks and can receive of the Gospel and the admonition of these men from time to time and I hope I can keep them near to the people of God -never, no never again, go into the land of Babylon, to the realms of the Gentiles, for there we only find discontent and death. This is my testimony to you that this work is true. I rejoice in it. I rejoice in the faith and fellowship of you people, I pay in the name of Jesus, Amen." Choir sang 'Let the Mountains Shout for Joy"

Brother Theral R. Dockstader:

How I rejoice in meeting with you today and knowing that the Spirit of the Lord is with you. To the two brethren who have so powerfully addressed us this afternoon, so graciously called us to repentance, I can say (as the local phrase is today) that I find myself on the beam. I have listened to the Gospel message and have felt to rejoice in it, to accept of the hand of fellowship of the servants of the Lord and to place myself in a position that I can; advise it as possible under the present time in this day that we live to accept the Gospel in its fullness. I rejoice in this opportunity and as Uncle John has requested I will endeavor in a few instances

or circumstances that I have experienced since being apart from you to try to make a a report of what we are experiencing in what is termed the United Effort Program. I find one of first experiences that I had in the south of people paying attention to us because the eyes of this intermountain territory are upon us, upon this group, upon those who profess a belief in the Gospel in its fullness and who desire and who are willing without caring what is the result to place their lot in it; I had occasion to cash one of the United Order checks in Cedar City recently and the first remark made is, Oh, this check is that group of polygamists out in Arizona. I realized in this transaction just how much the people of the intermountain territory are watching us. We are held in the community of the south in highest respect, and I appreciate that. Related a couple of experiences of picking fruit with the young people of whom he had charge and commendable reputation they were building. Some I find, in returning here, feel that we are just a bit of a parasite upon the Priesthood Group and upon you people. I don't feel that that is the case. I feel that our group in the United Effort Program are establishing themselves in such a manner that we are not a burden to the Priesthood Counsel or anyone, but they are standing out on the front line, establishing what they have in their hearts, believing to be the work of the Lord. I rejoice in being able to meet with you again today and to be able to bring you a good report. We don't feel puffed up because of this condition and these affairs. We feel humble and rejoice in this opportunity to be a part of the Gospel Plan. Related Brother Marion Hammon's experience in getting an opportunity to work the mill and of being asked to continue in it. Exhorted the saints to live the gospel plan as it was layed down for them. Gave message of good will from saints in the south.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

Let the Mountains Shout for Joy" It makes me think of the time when all of us heard but don't remember when the Sons of God shouted for joy; -a great concourse of millions of them, no doubt. the stars of heaven sang together and the sons of God shouted that great Hosanna shout that was very seldom given. It has been given in this dispensation and no doubt the foundations of the earth shook when that shout went forth from the sons of God. We have had a great wealth of information given to us today inspired talks and we will do well to remember what we have heard.

Our congregation is rather small because of the quarantine. that has been established. We have no children here and even our 17 year olds are not supposed to be here, but I am glad we have a few of them. By the way, the younger class of Mutual will not convent tonight. Mutual and Genealogical class will convene but the younger class will not be present. If any of you sneak in, do it carefully. I have heard of some of brethren sneaking in the conference --a call to all saints in all the world --and I have hear of some brethren having to sneak in. But we are all at least 17 years old that meet here today, including Brother Barlow and myself. This epidemic that is around is just a whisper to us, as I see it, that something is coming and we are expecting it and the world is in "jitters". We are all jittery, more or 1ess Whose family is the next to 'be stricken? We have been promised that if we will keep the commandments of the Lord and serve Him that our children will be protected from these diseases that are coming about and I hope that we are all relying upon that promise. But we may expect strange disease's, not only among ourselves but among our livestock Quite a lot of horses now are being stricken with what we call 'brain fever'. We had it here a few years ago and it has come back again now and in certain communities is becoming quite prevalent these things are in accordance with the promises of the Lord that will be sent upon the people if they didn't serve Him and keep His commandments. I was at my desk a few days ago and noted a very large house fly light upon the window near my chair. I killed it and in less than two minutes after it was dead I looked at it and 15 or 16 maggots, full grown and very active, came out of that fly. I had been reading this scripture: 'Wherefore, I the Lord will send forth flies upon the face of the earth * * Now, that is a situation that is going to develop Some now think it will come out in the world but the Lord will spare us here. I don't so read it. Babylon is among us. Perhaps there is no more wicked city for its size than Salt Lake City or Ogden, and ,it is the wickedness that is going to bring those things about and it is going to bring them about among us. Not that we expect the flesh to drop off our bones, necessarily, but we will see it among us. Our next door neighbor, the men who are at work today tomorrow may be stricken with this malady that the doctors know nothing about. 'Strange diseases', Lord says, will come among them in this dispensation. This disease that is-among us is strange to most of us. The day will come when the Latter Day Saints will have to get down on their knees and repent that they might be acceptable to the Lord. the Lord has very specifically told us what he wants us to do. For I will raise up unto myself a pure people that will serve me in righteousness. "Now, there is a three line sentence that tells the whole thing that is what the Lord is attempting to do at the present time, and you are the people --you are one

part of that people that the Lord is raising up and expecting you to serve Him in righteousness. "We have heard something today about 'ancient Mormonism.' When did 'ancient Mormonism' start? It began with Father Adam --it began long before Father Adam came upon this earth. It is as old as the eternities are, and it hasn't changed one iota. One had to be baptized in ancient Mormonism by immersion for the remission of sins, just as he must do at the present time. Every principle of life and salvation that was given to this people and has been given to us at the present time was known and understood and was in progress in the days of Father Adam and we understood it before we came here and it was taught to us and will always be the law of Jesus Christ. And this is the Church of the First Born those who serve God in righteousness. there has been something said today about marriage. We could talk about the gathering or we could talk about the United Order. Those people in Short Creek are attempting to live in accordance with the spirit of that order at the present time and when I was there a few weeks ago I saw how beautifully they were attempting to carry on that spirit in their lives.

Brother Barlow was asked what we are trying to raise there and he said Latter day

Saints; and we are raising them. We are raising such men as Brother Dockstader who talked to you today, and these beautiful girls who came up with him to put up fruit and vegetables that they might have something to eat this coming winter. they may go up to Cache Valley. they have their outfit here and these beautiful children both boys and girls get in and do this work. they are not tobacco users and do not swear and curse but are pure and wholesome and have come to help. These things should sink deep into our feelings and understandings, brothers and sisters. Let us understand what the Lord expects of us. We are expected to keep the commandments of God, whatever they are. Is it right today? Was it right in the days of Adam? It hasn't changed. Who was it. that went over into the valley of Nod and raised a family and that came and began to populate the earth? There has never been a time when polygamy hasn't been lived on this earth. Adam brought one of his wives -and that doesn't mean he didn't bring more and I feel that he didn't come here and stay 900 years without more than one of his large family of wives to help populate this earth. they were Eves. This is an office and not the name of an individual. That is the first mother of all living.' Those wives became the mothers of all living. then we have Abraham who came later who was so just and .so righteous and important that this law of celestial marriage was named after him Law of Abraham just as the Priesthood was called after the Order of Melchizedik, after Melchizedik --so they called the Priesthood after Melchizedik, after the Order of the Son of God, after the Order of Ahman, who is God. He established the law in his dispensation. Some think Noah hadn't gone into the law but I want to refute that statement. Noah was the head of his dispensation and had to live that law. He

may not have taken more than one wife in the ark, but he no doubt had more. Maybe some of them knew more than he did and couldn't go with him and turned around and left him These are some of the facts of Mormonism my brothers and sisters you can't ever go where Father is without embracing that law. you can't live where Abraham is without living the law of Abraham. you can't live in the Celestial glory without living the celestial law which means every law that has ever been given. May the Lord bless us, and may we develop faith in our households that when our little children become sick we can consistently call upon the Lord and call His blessings down upon them. Some of you sisters have been blessed to enjoy the gift of healing, and some of you brethren have that gift. Those gifts should be used in helping. God says, whatever ye ask for in faith nothing doubting" it shall be given to you" I proves, of course" that it is good for you and it is proper that you should have it and that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ as I understand it. It is as ancient as all the eternities and will endure all through all eternity. God bless you, Amen

Brother John Y. Barlow:

I just want to bear my testimony to what has been said, my brothers and we have had a lot of truth today. God laid down the plan and you must obey the whole thing. Let us remember that. We often say, Oh, we'll take the lesser law before we try the higher. You can't start at the top of the ladder, but have to start at the foot and come up after the brethren have taught you faith, repentance and baptism and after that the laws of God are given you. And remember this much -the very first law that was given to the Latter day Saints after they had come in the Church and Kingdom of God was the United Order. That was first law, and the first rejected and turned down, and the first law that we have got to come back to. the Lord says: 'Gross darkness covers the people, and you will remain in that darkness until you turn and come back. God bless you, Amen."

Song: "Israel, Israel" God is Calling" Benediction: Ron Jessop

Minutes Sunday Afternoon Meeting, at the Priesthood Home, 2107 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m., September 26, 1943

Brother John they. Barlow presided and conducted.

1st Sang: "Now Let Us Rejoice"

Prayer: BrotherCowles. 2nd Song: "Praise to the Man"

Brother Roy.Johnson:

My brothers and sisters, I am thankful for the privilege of being here this afternoon and bearing my testimony as to the truthfulness of the Gospel. It has been some time since I have had this privilege of meeting with you and I am glad to partake of the spirit here this afternoon. I can say that we have enjoyed ourselves this summer in our labors—the association we have had with one another; the association we have had with Brother Marion, Brother T. R. and these other men that have been down there. they have been a comfort to me and it has built me up. I feel to rejoice in the work that has been going on. I feel now more determined, more than I have ever in my life, to go forward. Alma said upon one occasion that this is the life that we work out our salvation. The Lord put us here and gave us commandments to live that we might come back and live with Him when our work is finished. The sooner we realize that fact, the sooner the Lord will be pleased to bless us in our labors. The sooner we will have true joy in our hearts. there is never more comfort that comes to a man in this life than to know that he is keeping the commandments of God. If you was to have peace of mind, keep the commandments of God; carry out the instructions of His Priesthood--those who have been called to preside over us. then the Lord will bless us. It is true that most of us have been humbled; we have had our property taken away from us. The Lord can take things away from us in a minute. I know a man who had a barn full of hay, horse, etc. and he boasted to another man who had everything taken away from him, but was striving to keep the commandments of God; but this other man said, "Look at me, I am prospering; my barn is full of hay; I have cattle on the range." It was not long before a flood came down and he lost everything, and ·almost lost his life. That is what the Lord can do to us in a minute. Let us be humble and live according to the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as nearly as we can. I am thankful for the privilege of living the fullness of the Gospel and that He has permitted me to live as close to Him as He has. I pray that we may go on, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Marion Hemmon:

I feel incapable of speaking to you; I feel a lack in the spirit of the Lord today. This I do know that pride and jealousy goes before fall. We should shun them, if we are ever going to inherit the Kingdom of God and become joint heirs with Jesus Christ. I learned this morning that our hearts will be judged before our actions. And so it we can bring our hearts in subjection to the spirit of God, we will be blessed.

I resolved that it I spoke I would say nothing of Short Creek, but I feel that it is the most pressing thing on my mind. I have had the pleasure of addressing Saints who to a very marked degree have had their hearts and minds concentrated upon serving the Lord. The people in Short Creek are more fully patterning their lives to the Gospel of Jesus Christ than you are, and I say it without any apologies because I know it is true. :Many times I find that we are working under delusions. We must make up our minds that we must taste of the bitter in order to taste the sweet and appreciate it. Since I have come here I have received some information. I am surprised that people who have been associated this work, their efforts are so separated in their feelings with each other. I go along and see men come and go asking for advise and are continually searching for something that they cannot find. and I find that those are the people that are worrying about the activities of some of the brethren and sisters I think, brothers and sisters, that it is necessary to become more in a unity of purpose. We are working under a false pretense, a delusion. I ,do not care Who you are, how much priesthood you have or how little, if you come and ask these brethren for counsel, heed that counsel or do not ask for it. **** We all have our right to do as we please, and we pray day and night asking the Lord to save and exalt us in the Celestial Kingdom. How can He exalt us in any kingdom unless we are willing to fulfill the requirements**** you think you are going to live in the Millennium, but you will only live according to the way you live and conform to the laws of God. If you are not going to follow counsel you receive, do not ask for it. you are only heaping coals upon your head. If you will heed the counsel of these brethren, the council will uphold you and bless you. (He then spoke of the Lord feeding a multitude on 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes.) I feel free to heed the counsel of the brethren Who preside over me, and I have never suffered yet. The Lord is blessing us and we are getting the means that we need for our families. Let us be honest in our convictions. Oh, how I plead to you brethren to live up to the your covenants. I think it is time that some of you sisters should tell your husband's of the covenants they have made .And then you sisters, uphold your husband's in keeping their covenants and keeping the commandments of the Lord. Where do you expect a man to lead you if you go and pull your husband's hand down every time he tries to raise it? . A man must have the Melchisedik Priesthood, and you sisters must uphold him. How much priesthood do you sisters have to lay the your hands upon the sick: if your husband is absent? We must become united; our purposes must be the same. I do not think the Lord is nearly so displeased with the Gentiles as He is with us when we do not use our blessings. The eye counts-the eye single to the glory of God. you sisters and brethren dress well; but do we do it with an eye single to the glory of God? Or do we do it for the eyes of men? We moan and groan under our labors. If we concentrate and think upon the goals we have in mind, we will get further in the

work of the Lord. you sisters and brethren must learn to be presided over. I am constantly seeking for men who are willing to be presided over. Brother T. R. (Dockstader) has upheld my hand on every score. Today he is presiding over a little unit, but the day will come when he will preside over a big one. His life has changed; his personality is completely changing. Cease criticizing the brothers in the south. So far as I am concerned, the last venture in Short Creek was not a failure. I consider it a success. I consider one of the greatest assets in the south now has been the good that was done the last time. You might think it was the money, but it was not. The stability of men like Brother Fred, Rich, Roy, etc. do not make failures. Whether they succeed or not will remain in the future, but at the present they are successful. I know that Roy has made money and lost it. How refreshing it is to me to be among people that have their eye on the Kingdom of God. I do not say they are perfect, but it is refreshing to see their attitude, providing for each others, children. Brother John predicted down there one time that there would be men that would apostatize. I pray that we will get prepared to meet the coming crisis. If you people think the money is going to continue to roll, you are mistaken. you women who think you are going to have tomorrow what you have today will be mistaken, for you will hunt earth for food to feed your children. We have had some outpourings of the spirit of God, but we have never had a visitor from the other side as a congregation. there is one thing--humility and the spirit of God are very close things. We are going to be humbled. I am not able to practice one half of what I am able to teach. I think my understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is able to teach any man to go into the Celestial Kingdom of God, but I cannot live up to the same things. Let us benefit by our experiences; let us be charitable toward each other, careful of our tongues. the devil has not bothered us yet. Wait till the righteous are called into the temple when the judgments of God are spread upon the land. then we will begin to know what power the devil has. How sad a day it is going to be for us. I know we are able to do better than we are doing. If we would concentrate on the love of God more we would do better. I judge my love of the work by my actions. you can see how much I or any other man loves the Gospel by his actions. Watch the hand that you put forth to build it up. the Lord will take care of us if we concentrate upon the Gospel. We are doing like John Taylor said--we were one half here and one half gone; one half here and one half there; etc. The Saints cannot associate with people like that much longer..As sure as we are here today, the day will come when the Lords house is beginning to be set in order; the Prophet is going to tell the ones to go and the ones to stay. When there is a man up there at the door of the Temple who has the spirit of God, that is the time it counts. Now you can lie and get into the Temple. Joseph said that the day is near when we Saints will be privileged if we are found worthy, to go through the Temple and receive our endowments there are men who have the keys and signs and authority

to let you go you had better look to your knitting and see where you stand. It you sisters are upholding your husband's in their Priesthood, you will be permitted to stay; if you are not, you will not stay. the Lord will not allow any unclean thing in His Temple when it is in order. The Priesthood or God will keep Uncle John out as well as any other man, if he is not found worthy. I have no doubt that Uncle John will go through. Just as sure as you live. there are people in this room today that will go through you can write it down. Some of you think you are sure as can be that you will go through, but you will not. God grant that I may be found worthy; I may not. May we be found worthy, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Lyman Jessop:

(He spoke of how long he had known Brother Roy Johnson since 1926 at Short Creek-and how much he thinks of him; commented upon the remarks of

Brother Hammon concerning asking for information and counsel and not heeding

it; seeing your own weaknesses; our powers and how far they reach; the powers of God and how far they reach; juvenile delinquency at the present time and the lack of training on the part of the parents; the Priesthood Council and their callings; repentance and how we all need it; etc. )

Choir: "Hosannah Anthem"

Brother John Y. Barlow:

My brothers and sisters, I have heard that song sung many times, but I do not believe I have ever had it quite touch like it has today. We have been having same wonderful instructions given us today. We have been told that it does not make any difference how high up or low you are, you are going to be judged according to your hearts. you are going to pay and get paid for just what you earn. I had the privilege last Sunday of talking to the Saints in Short Creek and I told them very near what Brother Marion told you here today. I told them what is going to happen. And what is going to happen? It will not be long before we are going to be called in to do work; The One Mighty and Strong is coming. We have been preaching for years for you brethren to get prepared. How many have taken heed? We have been so wild over money that we forget our God. Let this be a day of reckoning to you brothers and sisters and make a new covenant that you are going to keep the commandments of God. Not long ago when I was in Short Creek one to brethren asked me if I remembered when I went down to Big Bend and I told one of the brethren to go, that I saw Joseph Smith and he wanted one of the brethren to come and come quick. Brother Isaac took sick in two or three days. Why did he go there to give a report of what was going on down there .And I got an assurance not long after that when Brother Woolley came and took me to a council, their work was

accepted. So I did not worry much what they said about it, for I knew that work had to go on. I know now that all that went down will not all stay; and I know that all in this house will not stay; some will drop here and there. In the course, Brother Joseph and I have seen some drop but here and there**** God has said that he that believes and is baptized will be saved and he that does not will not be saved.

Brother John told me that when the temple is set in order, that those who are

not wearing the garments of the Priesthood will be turned away. My brothers and sisters, about a month before there was a change made in the garment s, my wife and I were given a pattern to the garments and were told to where them. I hope so far we have kept them. I know in some things we are lax. Why call me good; there is no one good but our Father in Heaven. We have been told many times that we are the best people on earth, but let me tell you again, you are not good enough to have the angels of God visit us. It they came to visit us, how many of us could stand it? President Smith told us that if the Angel Gabriel .came we would be consumed. only way we can stand it is to prepare ourselves. there are men in this house that know when a man is speaking under the spirit of God or not. Now there are a great many insubordinate to the church; now it we are not careful there will be many more who will be insubordinate to the Priesthood. We have been told many what to do but they do not take heed of what we tell them. It does not hurt us, but it does hurt them. you know, "God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform" We find that we have to watch our boys and girls just the same as anyone else. It we do not, we are going to be held responsible. I have been greatly interested today and I do not believe that I ever heard that song sung so it touched me so much. I just wonder it the angels were not here taking a record of those things. I tell you they were. I tell you something else, it we live right we will have some. of them come and talk to us. How would you like to have Brother Kimball come and talk to us? If we were living so they could, we are told they will come and teach us. We have been told that they will come and walk along the street. They are not far-off; they are seeing what we are doing. (Brother Barlow here related the incident When Pres. Woodruff was on the way to St. George and he was told to tell the people to get the spirit of God and keep it.) they are turning down a place in the Celestial Kingdom when they turn down these principles. We were talking about covenant in Sunday School this morning; if we do not live up to the covenants that we have taken, we are the covenant ,breakers. (He then spoke of the days of Abraham when five righteous souls could not be found in the city of Sodam and Gomorrah; yet we have been told that it will be no more terrible for that city than it will be for the saints if we do not keep our covenants.) We have been told how to get out of this. Let us live the commandment of God. If we do that we will have the spirit of God around us so that these diseases and things will not hit us. God bless you, Amen.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

I feel like Brother John expressed himself. I am glad he did not call upon me just after that song. I was so touched that I 1found it very difficult to talk. It was 57 years ago today that a committee of brethren met with John Taylor when , he was on the underground when they tried to get him to sign a manifesto to discontinue plural marriage, and President John Taylor said he would take it up with the Lord. And 57 years ago tonight he spent the night with the Lord and Joseph Smith and laid the foundation for the continuation of that principle which the committee wanted him to abandon. On the morrow they held an eight-hour meeting which started at about 9:00 in the morning and. lasted until 5:00 in the afternoon; and during that meeting the foundation for the continuation of this principle was laid. And during that meeting it is said that choir sang songs and one of was " Seer" and another " Spirit of God Like Fire Is Burning", and others. I am wondering if there is not some connection with the singing of today with that event of 57 years ago. I am wondering. It would be very difficult to convince me that there were not others from the or side today. Our work is watched. We are being watched by the sides of the devil and by Christ. On the other side the Priesthood is organized and the church is organized like it 1s here. the Priesthood meets as it does here. they have a Priesthood Council as there is here. there is a presiding council that was instituted before the foundation of the earth; it was reinstituted by Joseph Smith and it was completed in 1844. The government took upon itself a tremendous respons1bility. It is paying for it now and will continue to pay for it. Our great King, our Lord and Savior will take charge. President Taylor in his talk on that occasion looked forward and said that the day would come in the days of the seventh president of the church that people would go into spiritual bondage. We are in spiritual bondage because we cannot live that law that will take us back into the presence of Father. Some people· say they cannot live it,.... and some people are living it, but we are under bondage because we are doing it under those c:imumstances. President Taylor said that 50% and 10% would think they had the Priesthood and would not. He said that a time would come when a document would be signed; that that document was from the regions. then he said the church would go into apostasy and. people would go into whoredom. That prediction is literally fulfilled. A more literal one has never occurred. They people have gone into apostasy--800,000 people in the church have gone into apostasy, assuming that they had it taught to them. But lucky for them that have never had it taught to them. We were told very definitely by Lorin that these the young people who reject the truthfulness of the Gospel will not be held accountable because they have not had it taught to them.

there are a great many people in the church who have not had. this principle taught to them and they are not under condemnation; but the leaders are responsible. I think that if Brother John should go back on that principle, .he would be a son of perdition, because he knows too much. What is the principle for? The Lord gave it. Wives were given to men to multiply and replenish the earth, ***** that they may bear the souls of men, for herein is the work of God glorified.. Now, my brothers and Sisters, your mission is to bear the souls of men, the spirit bodies. That is the purpose of this grand and glorious principle of marriage that is going on and cannot be stopped. .And in that connection I want to give this thought to us: That when a woman is given to you for the purpose of bearing the souls of men, sealed to you for time and eternity by Holy Spirit of Promise, that we should cherish that gift--we men should cherish that gift. Some time ago I was advised of cruelty to women on the part of husbands. I want to tell you that it is a very serious thing for any man to treat the women who have been given to them to bear the souls of men with any degree of cruelty. We will have to answer for it if we treat our wives and children with any degree of cruelty. Every act and thought is registered; there is a record kept in the heavens and the Lord God Almighty said we will be held answerable for every act, every word that we voice. these women are precious beings; they are given to us for our protection; we are supposed to take care of them. Under certain conditions of society at the present time they have to work in addition to taking care of their children.. It has become necessary, as we see it; but they are precious. Any woman that will bring :forth children to the honor and glory of her husband and for the magnifying of her duties and for the glory of the Eternal Father, is entitled to our kindness and gentleness. you women have to understand your position in life. Brother Grant, the father of Heber J. Grant, told us our position, "I say to the sisters, seek to have the confidence of your husbands." Why, if you do not have the confidence of your husbands, there cannot be unity and order and the spirit of the Lord cannot reside there. "Seek to have confidence in your husbands and believe that they are capable of leading you." (He related an incident about a woman who asked some questions, and Brother Joseph told. her to let her husband teach her. If they are not capable of leading you, then he is a failure. If he is true and faithful, The Lord will bless him with such blessings as He will give, and when you receive instructions and. be faithful and humble and obedient to them. Men's feelings should not be concentrated in you, but your feelings should be concentrated in them. Men are not to concentrate their affections and feelings in you, but your affections and feelings should be concentrated in your husbands, for theirs should be in those who lead them in the priesthood. there is the law. their feelings are concentrated in the Lord our God, and there is Where it should be. That is the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ. Any woman who is not willing to have her husband leave her and all for the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a

servant of God. It is for the woman to look up to her husband; it is for the man to look up to the Lord. As long as they will magnify their missions toward each other, a men bears the responsibility of the Priesthood. Brother Lorin bore the burden of the Whole world upon his back at one time; he was the only one in the council of the priesthood on the earth, and he had to bear the burden alone until the Lord indicated Brother Leslie Broadbent and Brother Barlow. If you do not think it is a responsibility to bear the Priesthood, then you do not know what responsibility is If you have the spirit of the Lord and your husband, you will find it a blessing and you will receive light and salvation. Let us be kind to each or and considerate of each other. Sometimes we the words of Christ in Matthew with reference to divorce to be the only grounds for divorce. That is the impression that is given by the Bible. But the Lord in the latter days has given something more than that:(by Lorin C. Woolley) Christ's statement (Matt. 5:31-2) indicating fornication and adultery the only grounds for divorce is modified to mean that a man may become unworthy of his wife and yet not be an adulterer, yet she is justified in leaving him and, under proper authority marrying another. You can only keep your wives by one principle--love, kindness, keeping the covenants that we enter into when she came into our lives. Many taking plural wives and failing to live the principle, their wives will be taken from them and given to others who are worthy -among them men Who would have lived the principle but could not because of physical or other handicaps." If I am wrong

Brother Barlow can correct me, but I want to put that across.

Sister Jessop (Moleta) was to die a year or two ago, but by a miracle she

remained with us; her mission is not ended. When I see a 200-pound man beat a child I say, "You damn brute." I do not say not to punish a child, but to hit it and be brutal, I feel to curse him. That child is an offspring of God. Some children have become so afraid of their fathers that they will run and hide. What a wonderful thing it is to have little children come out to meet you. What a wonderful symbol of the Kingdom of God. Let us not do anything that will abuse the spirits of our children. God bless you, Amen. Closing Sang: "Cane 0 Thou King of Kings" Benediction: Brother Arnold Boss LJAllred

Minutes Fast Meeting held at 2157 Lincoln St., Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, October 3, 1943 at 2:00 p.m.

Brother John Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

Song: "High On the Mountain Top"

Prayer: Brother Fred Cleveland Song: "While Of These Emblems" Sacrament :

Administered by John Butchereit, Otto H. Olschewski, Blaine Thompson and V. Reidl; Otto H. Olschewski presiding.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

Glad to see so many out. This is your meeting; feel free to testify of the goodness of Lord. We can be thankful for one thing--if we are wrong, Pres. Grant is responsible. Now he has thrown it back at us. If you are responsible, what to do? God provides the way to obey all his commands. (He gave the parable of the purse.) Obedience is better than sacrifice--obedience to all the laws of God.

Brother Joseph. W. Musser:

On subject of responsibility--read the item by Geo. Q.. Cannon (Mill. star 53:673-4) I recall 30 years ago Joseph. F. Smith in the Temple --time had come when every tub must stand on its own bottom "do not come to me, Penrose and others, go to the Lord." This does not mean wives should not seek counsel of husbands. Seek the spirit to know truth in case the husband should lead wrong. So must brethren with regard to Pr1esthood over them.

Testimonies: Fred Cleveland James Martin

Brother Charles F. Zittng:

Brigham Young says we live in hell and will not get out until we overcome all things. He enlarged upon part of G. Q. Cannon's statement. Learn to stand alone though the President of the Church should step aside. Leaders with weaknesses are placed there to try us and sift us. Brothers and Sisters, love thy neighbor as thyself. Do not repeat evil of another. You do not love them where you tell-evil of your neighbor.

Testimonies: Pansy Darger Mabel Stokes Ann Lingren Dockstader

Piano Solo: Organist" by Marie Broadbent. Testimonies: Alma A. Timpson Alfred OlschewSki

Brother J. Marion Hammon:

I am more able to arise on the spur of the moment than to know ahead that I would be called. upon. One sad mistake--sisters not able to rule husbands, and so they let it out on other sisters. Do not spread sorrow, but joy. I have been asked to tell you about the work at Short Creek. Feel to confirm Brother Timpson's manifestation concerning the Kingdom of God. -Youth and the black bear.- Regarding Short Creek -I must speak of personalities. Gave details of call of T. R. Dockstader to do canning work there Short Creek. I am commencing to know what it means to have men to support me like T. R. Dockstader in Short Creek. I am grateful and rejoice. Reported concerning the lumber project. We shall have 50,000 feet of lumber to work with. Described the equipment and livestock We have been blessed with. The poultry project is outstanding success, in spite other severe conditions in poultry elsewhere. We are feeding 120 people there; is a real responsibility. Those people try me less as purchaser, etc., than my own family has the past three weeks. these people have consecrated families and all to this work. Consecration includes their feelings. there will be failures in Short Creek, but they will be personalities and not in the effort. the harder the work gets, the more determined we get to go forward. Sister. Ann has done well; and so has Leah. T. R.'s family has been consecrated and are doing a wonderful job. It is The Kingdom of God for me. It will fill the whole earth and the control and control politically and will protect all churches. Let us be diligent. the dividing line is being drawn tighter. It is fine and we must be careful. The line is fine between adultery and celestial marriage. It you limit the Priesthood which gives you wives, it is adultery, etc. Be converted before you seek such a blessing. God bless you that you may rejoice in the work.

Testimony: Susie Barlow Closing Song: "Though Deepening Trials" Prayer: Bro Otto OlschewSki

(Minutes taken by R. T. Jeffs and typed by L. J. Allred.)

Minutes of the Meeting held at the Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln street, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, October 10, 1943, at 2:00 p.m.

Brother John. Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

1st Song: " Come, All Ye Sons of God" Prayer: Brother Otto Olschewski, Sr. 2nd Song: "Earth And Her Ten Thousand Flowers" Russell Kunz: Invoked prayers in his behalf while speaking, saying he had been overwhelmed with the unity and brotherly love expressed in the morning meeting. Noted some of the young people who will no doubt be soon called into the armed forces where the Lord no doubt wanted them. Called attention to the Book of Mormon wherein the Lord had the Nephites and Lamanites battle in order to wipe out wickedness from time to time. Stated The time is near at hand when there is going to be plagues and great destruction among us and if we want to escape we must get the Spirit of God, as without it we will see the worst along with some of the rest of the world. I know that the Priesthood is among us, that we have prophets to guide us and give us light and counsel to lead us through the chaos that is approaching, that the power of the Priesthood can heal the sick. There are times when most of us are saved from destruction by the hand of the Lord and at that time we perhaps don't realize what the purpose is. Related of being stricken with peritonitis and given up to die but of telling the doctor to operate as he wasn't going to die, and how his life was spared. How since that time he had been instrumental in administering to the sick, some of whom were healed instantly. If we will get the Spirit of God and develop the faith necessary to call down those blessings upon us, whether it be the healing of the sick or the discerning of spirits, etc., we are entitled to those blessings because the Lord said: 'these signs shall follow them that believe Bore his testimony to the truthfulness of the Gospel of God is with us, that the Priesthood Council are men of God. I feel that that power that is emanating from this Group is getting so strongly felt by our enemies that they are beginning to worry more than we realize. they are sending their "stool pigeons" , "pack rats" and various other rodents out among us, going from home to home, trying to get information that might cause us some grief.' Said he had had two visit his domicile during the previous week where they were disappointed at finding him home. ,They said they had been sent by the Church authorities.

Brother Louis Barlow:

Bore his testimony, spoke of how he enjoyed his association with the saints and of the United Effort at Short Creek, and how he hated to have to leave and go into the Army. Said he hoped we would all develop greater faith so We would be able to stand the coming trials.

Brother Iantbus Barlow:

Thankful for his testimony of the Gospel the plan of life and salvation, the plan to lead us back into His presence. Told the story from the Book of Mormon of Mosiah and his sons and how Ammon chose to be a servant rather than a King, showing the great good a man or woman can do who will be prayerful before the Lord and seek to do His will.

Brother D. W. Jeffs: Said he had been thinking of late of the present conditions in

the world - present conditions among we as a group of people that are endeavoring and striving to keep the commandments of the Lord and to keep nearer to Him, asking himself if he was keeping the commandments of God –"are you charitable, forgiving, seeing the good in the people with whom you are dealing, or are you seeing their faults and failings?" Referred to the "four epochs", how we come here as helpless children with no recollection of our previous estate, of our descending below all things that by keeping the commandments of God we might ascend above all things. We are going to get just what we live for. Commented upon the present wickedness prevalent in Salt Lake City. Told of administrations made wherein the sick were healed. Also related his dream regarding the church office

Song: "The Time is Far Spent"

Brother J. W. Musser:

Told of experience in the south 35 years ago during conference when

Brother Kimball spoke to one of the brethren asking him to wake up the people,

who said, "Wake up", you are asleep --and we, too. I was thinking about these boys being called into the service of their country. We don't know yet whether

Brother Louis and Heber will have to go, but a number of our boys have gone and I

have had consolation in the feeling that those boys are being trained for a greater purpose. We don't know where any of them will have to sacrifice their lives as witnesses to this nation and to other nations, but on the whole we look upon those things as something that 'is going to bring them experience. We sometimes think of the Gospel as a Gospel of peace. The Lord came as a God of peace, and yet he said he didn't come to bring peace, he came to bring a sword, and so it is with us in this day we are a militant people --we have come to wield a sword, the sword of righteousness and to gain heaven. I was reading the other day of Sister Vilate Kimball's experience ( first wife of Heber C. Kimball), who had this experience before she joined the church. She was called out one night by a Mr. Green to see the sights and signs in the heavens she and two or three or people were called out of their beds, and she describes the scene that she saw there. She saw a great light leading from the east to the west like a rainbow in the sky and saw men going up on that highway eight-a-breast,

walking towards the west, and they were soldiers in uniform, with packs on their backs. Bands were playing and she could hear the music. She could hear the commands that were being given to them and all the air was filled with marshal music and excitement and as they neared the western horizon they came into a. great battle and she could hear the battle cries and shouts of the wounded and terrible conditions that were prevailing at that time. That condition, as I recall, lasted for several hours and all the incidents were clear in her mind. later when the Gospel came to her, she discovered that, that scene she saw was on the night that the Prophet Joseph Smith received the plates. This was associated to her with the delivery of the Book of Mormon, and no doubt that conflict was actual. No doubt the Prince of this world was contending against that great event that was being brought about. Of course, we know something about when the plates were delivered to the Prophet, how the enemy tried to overcome him and get them and how he had to guard them with his life. "We are told now the Ten Tribes will. come down in marshal array. We are told that they are on a piece of planet and will come down and fight our battles and demand their blessings at the hands of Ephraim, and Ephraim is going to give them their blessings and anointings, washings, etc. The temple will be built, and it won't be long before that work is going to be start. The work and material already has been selected, I am informed, and when the time comes that the Lord wants a people to start on the work, it will go up very rapidly. It took 40 years to build this temple, but the same building might have been finished in a few months had they possessed the machinery that the people possess at the present time. But I am looking to see ,a great change in this nation. One of the brethren prayed this morning that this nation would be depleted in order that the Kingdom of God might be set up, and it has got to be depleted or the Kingdom of God can't be established. All those who recite the Lord's Prayer pray for the dissolution of this nation that the Kingdom of God might be established. The Kingdom of God has got to operate over the entire earth that every individual that is permitted to live will bow the knee and confess that Jesus is the Christ, the King of this earth, but before this is accomplished I look for great battles to be fought, that our people have got to take a stand in those battles. I believe there are many now, our young boys, who are being trained in the art of war, fighting materialism that they might be able to command armies -not only command them by their experience and education, but also by the fact that they hold the Priesthood of Almighty God like it was stated that Mormon would do. they went among the people and fought with the power of the Holy Priesthood, and that is what these boys will have to fight with when the time comes. We don't believe in war there is only one condition where it is justified and that is as the Lord has explained in the 8th Section. He tells us that When it is time to have a war, I will command and if this nation had

followed the revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, they would never have entered into this war because there was a way to sue for peace and get the Lord to fight our battles for us and, bless your souls, if the Lord was in this fight at the present time, and I don't want you to think I am disloyal but if the Lord were in the fight He would take 500 men and subdue the whole earth. And He would be fighting it if we had lived out our covenant we made not to go to battle until we had consulted with Him and sued for peace at least three different times. He said He would fight our battles for us under those conditions and would tell us when to go up to war as He did the Nephites and ancient saints -when and how to go. And the walls of Jerocho were torn to pieces by the power of faith and Babylon was destroyed. These boys are not going out (if they go out) in vain. The Priesthood of God is upon them. The power of the Lord will be with them and those of our brethren who are already out are doing very nicely so far as we have been able to hear from them. they write some very beautiful letters to us and are sending their tithing into us and are living up to the spirit and letter of the law. Let us not worry about these matters. I don't like to see these boys leave. We have boys in the field and would rather they be at home, but if that's where the Lord wants them to be, let's thank the Lord for it. I remember the words of Joseph Smith that if promises came true within five years he would be free from his enemies --and within five years they brought him home a corpse; his family's hearts were broken. His Mother asked, Why have you forsaken him? And the answer came that Joseph was free from his enemies and would work and preside and was beyond the power of filthy mobs. That was the answer to that prediction. What a glorious freedom it was! John Taylor told the brethren Joseph and Hyrum led Brigham Young out west here to these mountains. Joseph-had attained a position where he was free from his enemies and could do this work. If we could only see the other side, the glories and beauties of it, we would all want to go there. Some of' us would be committing suicide, but we have a mission here. We are put here to accomplish our particular work and we had that mission assigned to us before we came here. We entered into a covenant with our Father and Mother and with the Priesthood on that side that we would come here and do certain things. Brother I. W. chose his partners in life and their children, spirit children were assigned to him to come and he was to do the work he is now engaged upon and a greater work that will be placed upon him as time goes on. He entered into those covenants and I did -Brother John here -into those covenants.

Sister Mattie here, the Mother of fourteen children -she has kept her covenant. She

has been glorified by multiplying and replenishing to the glory of her husband unto the glory of God. That was her covenant and she has been faithful to it, as you sisters, many of you, have been faithful to the covenants you entered into. But at

the present time many of the sisters are beginning to restrict their children and to partake of the sins and spirit of the world. there are professional men and women going through the country at the present time teaching them how to restrict their families and to keep the spirits that were to come through our family associations back there where they can't get bodies and be glorified. A great many of our people are doing that now. A Relief Society teacher reported to me once that she told the people to quit having so many children. She says, It is quality you need and not quantity Her own family has died out, as her son died a drunkard. That is the kind of quality the Lord gives people who have murder in their hearts. Those are some of the facts. We have taken upon ourselves a body of flesh but as spirits we were taught, we understood and came here and are going away and will be free from our enemies at that time. And I admire these the young girls who are going into motherhood at the present time and bringing forth the seeds of eternal life. I admire them. the Lord is blessing them. I urge the you girls and you boys, I want you to be virtuous and true and protect the virtue of these girls-as you, would protect your own life. I want you to give your life before you would permit one of these sisters to be polluted. The Lord wants it and the members of the Council want it. The Lord will bless you if you will do that. the Lord will bless these girls today we have in this assembly. We have the queens and Eves that are being developed for the progress of Kingdoms. they are here among us. Some of you girls will be singing in the choirs of heaven, in the temple at Jackson County, and those who want to do that among you and want it badly enough to live the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in its fullness can do that --everyone of you --you girls who are looking at me at the present time. there is a promise to you and all you have to do is to be willing to do your part and these brethren are going to sit down with their Lord and Master at the great banquet table with their wives and daughters and sons who are faithful and true and how glorious these things will be, and we can afford to forego some of the pleasures of the earth at the present time in anticipation of that great time when we will be free from the power of Satan as Joseph and Hyrum were free. God bless you, Amen."

Song: "Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessings" Prayer: Bro Guy Musser.

Minutes of the Meeting held Sunday, October 24, 1943 at 2:00 p.m., at the Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street; Salt Lake City, Utah. Pres. John Y. Barlow Presided

Brother Chas. F. Zitting conducted.

1st Song: "Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice" Prayer: Brother George Woodruff 2nd Song: "Ye Elders of Israel"

Brother Zitting:

Keep the Spirit of the Lord by not giving in to your emotions, but letting the Spirit be your guide in everything you do. Brigham Young said to fight the evil power with a two-edged sword."

Brother Athey:

I know that the Kingdom and Priesthood revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith is no longer in the presiding authority of the Church, and, furthermore, I know where they are. Brother Whitney said that the time would come that out of the saints would come a people who would live the Gospel of Jesus Christ and my testimony is that these are the people. I have been fighting this battle for fifteen years. I will stand for truth. I have had some wonderful experiences in the last year. circumstances and conditions 'have brought me face to face with the presiding authorities in the Church men who ten years ago I heard talking when they deplored the changes being made (conferring of the priesthood, the garments), but what do we find today? they close the books and deny the revelations of the prophets. I have some good conception of what these good brethren are going through today, and it behooves you and me to stand behind them just as much as the Prophet Joseph, Brigham Young, etc. there never was a time in the history of the Mormon Church when there was so many "intellectual giants", but where is their courage to stand up for the Gospel? We are all missionaries and it behooves us to stand up for the truth. I thank God for Mormonism and for men and women not afraid to live it."

Brother Richard Weidow:

I know there are some of the brethren here that really are called by the Lord and really are missionaries trying to do their part and save souls and bring them into the Kingdom of God. My companion and I called upon the Lord last week in a matter. We talked it over that evening together and made it a matter of prayer.

Brother Stubbs happened to be the one that was chosen to come to our home that

night and tell us what the Lord required of us. Brother Stubbs told us he left his bed to come down to our place and let us know what the Lord had placed in his mind to tell us. When he got down there he thought perhaps, seeing the lights out, that if he woke us up we would think he was crazy to come and disturb us and he turned back. But the next day he made it a matter of getting there to let us know what the Lord wanted us to know and be told us a story. And that's what my companion and I wanted to know. Such things, brothers and sisters, places in your

mind, no doubt, the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his purposes. We are given a plan to live by, a way to become as Gods and have earths of our own, families of our own. It places a heavy responsibility upon each and every one of us and I just hope and pray I will be able to carry out the responsibilities and be able to get the Spirit of the Lord and keep it. We hear so many people talk about the trials and troubles that they are going through. You people don't know what trials are. We think we have trial If had to fight like the early saints did to come into these valleys and suffer bloodshed and hunger as they did, how many of us would be able to stand it? Very few. We haven't seen anything yet and until we can prove ourselves worthy of the blessing we have got to withstand those trials. If we prove the test, then we can become heirs worthy of the Kingdom of God. I have faith in this group of people and in the brethren who have the Priesthood given to them to oversee the work of the Lord here. I ask the blessings of the Lord to be with everyone of us in the name of Jesus, Amen."

Brother Axel Fors:

Bore his testimony, commenting on the words of the song, "Oh; Ye Elders of Israel" Asked if the Mormon people know the true God today. Says he is happy that since becoming associated with this people he has known who. God and his Son Jesus Christ and some of His servants are. Spoke of "The Coming Crises" and how prophesies are being fulfilled with cities destroyed, etc., and asked do we have oil in our lamps, saying we hadn't been given the hour or the day but had been given certain signs. whereby we might know when he would come.

Choir sang "King of Glory"

Brother David W Jeffs:

Referred to Brother Athey's remarks and reminisced over the days when he used to come from Idaho to attend Conference when no admission tickets were required and the speakers spoke through inspiration. I remember the time when there were certain people favorable to entering into the patriarchal order of matrimony that I knew that David O. McKay secretly aided along that line. What do you see today? A party in the 24th the ward Meeting House said that Brother McKay stated that the keys were given to Peter to seal and we today have to cut of certain people that have apostatized and as it is sealed in earth it is sealed in heaven. What a contrast and what a difference I have been impressed to be personal along that line today We have the Priesthood authority with us and in their every move and action you feel the inspiration and blessing of heaven. One woman who went to Brother Musser's old place on South Temple to receive a

blessing said it was like going to the rays of sunshine because he had the inspiration of the Lord --and they are counted with those that are apostates and fallen away. I seem to be impressed to speak on the Spirit of God. We had a few here this morning in Sunday School who are in the crowd here this afternoon, when we were discussing the 3rd part of the Godhead, the Holy Ghost. We were analyzing this through questions and discussions and the thought came to me when the Doctrine and Covenants states very definitely, Unless you are one you are not mine. Are we one? We are told by Brother Barlow, Brother Musser and Brother Zitting and the rest of the Priesthood Council to remember to get the Spirit of God and keep it. Do we know how to get the Spirit of God? I want to read: If you are not one you are not mine. I pray for them, I pray not for the world but for them which Thou hast given me for they are mine. etc. These are words of the Savior in the 17th Chapter of John. What is meant by the phrase, "I and the Father are One, even as we are one" What is meant by it? Orson Pratt states, 'When I speak of the Holy Spirit I speak of it as being a substance that is precisely the same in attributes as those of its Father and Son They are the same because their attributes are the same and wherever the Holy Spirit is it possesses the same attributes and the same kind of qualities that the personages of the Father and Son are possessed of. Consequently, the oneness that is here spoken of must be applicable to the attributes and not to the persons themselves. Now, how are we going to get the Spirit of God and keep it? Can we live in our own self so that we are entitled to receive, as Brigham Young said light producing light, virtue cleaves to virtue, truth cleaves to truth, etc. My wife was away for a few days this week, out visiting with her daughter, and I got to thinking, what do I amount to in this life? What am I accomplishing? Have I charity or vindictiveness. Do I love the Lord my God with all my heart, might, mind and strength, and do I love my neighbor as myself? Well, who is my neighbor? It isn't people upstairs. they aren't one in spirit and truth I want to tell you it is a different thing when it applies to ourselves and sometimes I get to analyzing it. After you have gone through three score and ten you will look at it differently. Those are the things that have come to everyone of us. Brother Athey referred to those people that come out to carry on righteousness. How many of us are going to stick to the truth? How many of us are going to let the things of the world come into our lives? How many of us are going to stick? In my last talk I referred to the Three epochs, only touching on the first two and want to reach to the third, or disembodiment. I pray day and night that when I pass away and the Savior comes. that if I am left upon the earth I want to be called up to meet the savior because the earth will be cleansed with fire and nothing will be able to exit, especially in the way of wickedness. I want to be able' to go into the presence of God. I don't want to have go to the prison house and remain possibly for a thousand years until able to

overcome in the spirit. And while some of us brethren are in the evening of life, what a glorious thing it is to think that to the very best of our ability we have kept the commandments of God. The time is not very far distant when there is going to be a scourging, and the faithful and noble of God's people be the ones to withstand the test that is coming. Babylon is here and will continue to come on us until we have overcome. He expressed his thankfulness to be ,associated with this people and hoped to be able to live that he might see Zion redeemed and the temple reared in the New Jerusalem.

Bro John Y. Barlow: I hope I can be blessed in the few moments I stand before you, because in and of myself I am not able to say much. I can say that for the past month or so I believe my heart has been rung as much as I ever had it in my life Two months ago we had four of our boys working, teaching the Gospel, being brought up. We didn't raise them to be soldiers, and we have had those boys called away to the army camps. We know they are going among filth. We have lots of fathers and mothers that have boys in the field that have gone out not to destroy life but to save it. there's only one thing which we can depend on and that is God, for we have taught those boys if they die in this cause, as long as they have kept the commandments of God they are saved, for Christ said, Though we should die yet shall we live.' I believe it was Job that said though worms destroy his flesh, yet shall he live to see God here upon the earth. It is a time, my brothers and sisters of sorrow --of great sorrow. Judgments of God are coming upon this people, but with all that it is not as great a judgment of God as will come upon this people if we do not keep the commandments of God. I believe the Lord said in his revelations: Cursed are all those who have lifted up their heal against my anointed. * *' Now, is that not a fact today? they have changed the ordinances. there is one particular ordinance that they have changed and taken the Priesthood out and put the Government in its place wherever the you go through the House of God. they have quit giving the 43 priesthood and are giving an office or appendage. they are ordaining them Elders, which is only an appendage of the Priesthood, and are not conferring the Priesthood on them, and He said "it was better that you had a millstone tied about your throat and thrown into the middle of the deep". Can you have any more judgment than that We have been told that judgments of God would start at the head. they couldn't give us any more of the judgment of God than that is. "We have been trying to get the people to get closer to the Lord and live nearer to Him that we might be able to receive His revelations. If the Angel Gabriel were to come here today, it would Consume the whole bunch of us as we couldn't dwell in his presence. It made me feel good to hear President Grant tell the people that if they wanted to be saved they must keep the commandments of God.

We have men looking around trying to find out this, that and the other thing and trying to bother us. Do you suppose we are going to live these laws of God without having some trials and tribulations? It takes just as much to get into the Celestial Kingdom of God today as it did any other day, and we can't get there otherwise. Christ said, He that shall live Godly in Christ shall be persecuted. Let us pray that God will make our backs strong so that we can take those burdens. Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven. Some of us get it in our families and some of us get it in some other way, but we have to go through it, but until we cleanse and purify ourselves and get ready to have the Holy Ghost with us, then is the time we will get the spirit of God and keep it. God bless you, Amen."

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

We have had a great deal today to reflect upon. I have been thinking in a rather lighter mood than the brethren have been talking. I was wondering how a man as big as Jim Athey could expect not to be seen in a congregation of this size. I can understand why Brother Allred has to stand on the table here to lead the choir, but it isn't so easy to understand why Brother Jeffs has to stand on it. I can appreciate entirely feelings of Brother David Jeffs in wanting to retain his chair. I think it has been given to him and he has placed it in a position where he can enjoy it. I can appreciate how the brethren up to the top in the Church are bored and get the 'wiggle-waggles', etc. I was reading in the clipping Brother Boss handed me today of a brother in the ward last Fast Day who got up and mentioned polygamy and before he finished the Bishop pushed him out of the meetinghouse. It reminds me of my early days when I was trying to make love to a the young lady. It was early in the summer when the fruit was beginning to form on the trees and she was a little romantic. She said, Dear, how the trees moan and sigh tonight. Her little brother was under the table playing marbles and said, Sis, I bet you'd moan and sigh if the you was as full of green apples as they are. I bet we would moan and sigh if we were as full of contradictions as the brothers at the head of Main street are.

President comes out the first day of Conference and tells us how to be saved

--that. we must live every commandment that the Lord has given us. He says the Lord never gave a commandment He did not make it possible for us to live. Those brethren around him must have been wiggling while that statement was being read, because they had taken the opposite stand --'you don't have to live those laws now because of the Manifesto, but Brother Grant says we do and they say Brother Grant is a Prophet of God. yes, and you have the word of God if he is a prophet. I don't claim. to be a prophet, but I endorse what he says that the you have to live every law and commandment that is the way the you get the Spirit of the Lord to live the commandments of the Lord. How are we going to keep it? By keep living the law.

That is all there is to it. It is as plain as the nose on our face. If we will continue to live the law of God, we will continue to keep the Spirit. l was thinking while the Choir was singing, what wonderful talent we have here among us. Here we have Prof. Alfred here from New York teaching us. We have these wonderful renditions that are being given us, and then we have --we don't appreciate them much --those that come out and practice in order to entertain us. We have Sister Leona and Sister Myrtle here who are taking a stenographic report of all that is said. They, work Sunday after Sunday. After they go home, it is then they have to transcribe it, and that is the hardest thing I ever had to do. I was a stenographer once, but I couldn't read it. the first dictation I took under a lawyer I sat up all night trying to transcribe my notes and when I took them to him the next day he laughed so loud it almost shook the building. I got mad and said I am going to take court evidence before I'm through, and I did but I can't read my notes today, and these girls are working transcribing their notes and putting them on paper, typing them, and handing them in. It is a wonderful mission they are performing and a great many know nothing about it and I want to commend them for this work they are doing. Often times we are engaged in work that can't be appreciated --can't be seen. the Lord only knows what we are doing. the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but he that endureth to the end he shall have eternal life. I want to leave that as a key today. In the history of the Church I read of a great many apostasies --Orson Pratt and Parley P. Pratt and Orson Hyde apostatized at one time. Oliver Cowdery, the witness --and those people fell by the wayside. Orson Pratt came back with that blight upon his character, his reputation. Orson Hyde likewise. Brother Marsh swore out an affidavit once against the Prophet Joseph Smith. Brother Marsh would have been the President of the Church had he .remained faithful and true, but. he got disaffected and turned aside and he signed an affidavit against the Prophet Joseph, charging him with the most heinous things and Brother Orson Hyde said he signed the affidavit. He said, While I am not personally familiar with all these facts stated, I believe the statements to be true. Now, they had worked long and hard in the service of the Lord, but they became weary and they stopped their progress stopped. Brother Hyde later claimed that through a sickness his mind had been weakened and that is the reason he gave. But he was sustained. Brother Marsh was let out of the Church but later came back. He was so dejected and so forlorn in his appearance, he mused, 'If you want to see the disease of apostasy look at me. People have joined this group I say, joined this people (we have no records), but they came here and testify that they know the work is true. I have heard people testify that we were the Priesthood Council, that we hold the keys, etc. And I have seen some of those people go adrift --go out and testify to the opposite and criticize

and say all manner of evil things against us. We are like the Marsh's, Pratt's, Cowderies, etc., that don't stay put. For those who remain true to the end --'Not the swift nor the strong, but the man or woman who endureth to the end ' that will have eternal life. I would like to leave that as my thought today. I do want us to make good I do want us to stay put I do want us to get the Spirit of the Lord as Brother John has told us --and as we said this morning in Sunday School, the time is getting nearer when the Savior is going to come in the clouds of heaven, and when the true Saints --those saints that stay put --will be caught up to meet Him in the clouds of heaven. there are people in this house today that will have that great and grand experience. they will be caught up because the earth is going to be baptized by fire. It was baptized by water in the days of Father Noah and now the baptism by fire has got to come and burn up the dross and refuse and that will be done. there are people here who will be caught up to meet the Christ. I am sorry to say that all of us will not. If we would only stay put and true to end1 God bless the t you, Amen.

Brother Chas. F. Zitting:

Closed the remarks by saying he sometimes used to call on Brother Leslie Broadbent, John and Lorin Woolley, and said when he preside( he was prone to call on the older ones.

Closing Song: "The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning" Benediction: Brother Riedl.

Minutes of the Testimony (Sacrament) Meeting held at the Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street~ Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 1943.

Brother John Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

1st Song: " Morning Breaks" Prayer: Brother David W. Jeffs 2nd Song: "Jesus, Once of Humble birth" Administration of Sacrament by I. W. Barlow and James Martin, assisted by Alfred Olscbewski and Brother Lawrence Stubbs.

Testimonies borne by the following:

Brother Mondfranz, Ed Christiansen, Alma Adelbert Timpson, Cleve LeBaron,

Arnold Boss, Irene Christiansen, Brother James Martin, Brother Neils Hanson

Brother J. W. Musser: "I was at the funeral of the son of Brother Martin, and they

paid him wonderful eulogies. I don't recall one word that was uttered in reference to the principles of the Gospel by way of teaching. they praised him into the Seventh Heaven and gave him a very definite pass there. But at the time they were talking my own conclusions were that whatever exaltation that boy gets in connection with his wife and children he will get through his patriarchal head, his father. Any aspersions with reference to Brother Martin and his inability to go on and perfect himself were entirely out of harmony with my spirit. He is the head of his family and living the patriarchal order and as far as I know is not committing any errors --at least not of a grievous nature --he is a man of God, of humility of faith. He and Brother Jeffs have been appointed to look after the sick in our group as much as possible, and when they are called upon to go and administer together, they go all over the country here. they administer and exhibit tremendously strong faith and the blessings of the Lord have attended the administrations. As far as I know, they are both men of God, of faith, of integrity. So whenever any son or daughter wants to get salvation independent of their patriarchal head, they are going far afield because the won't do it. In the case of Brother Boss here, in the case of his beautiful daughter, when I recall that blessing that was given I felt sure she would recover but not under the hands of mortal science or help the Lord no doubt wanted to teach us a lesson and gave mortal science every chance in the world and after they had entirely and absolutely failed, under the blessing at the hands of Brother Barlow and myself she was restored to health immediately. these are facts. the Priesthood is upon the earth. the you brethren all hold the Priesthood when it has been conferred upon the you. then you have the same Priesthood that Brother Barlow and myself have. there is a difference in the order of the Priesthood, but you have the Melchizedek Priesthood and when in the discharge of a definite duty they make a promise and make its conference, that promise is registered and is going to stick. That is my testimony today. "I was thinking of Brother Jay Jessop being called away as he was. An incident was related this morning in Sunday School, by one of our sweet sisters of a the young men who was promised in a patriarchal blessing that he would be called upon a very important mission and later he was called upon a mission to go to South America ,and in going down the ship capsized and nearly all the passengers were drowned and this the young man with them. His father and Mother thought that this was the great and important mission he had been called to perform. He had a companion Elder who was saved and he said there was no reason why·this ,boy should not have been, rescued, because he had an opportunity to be saved. the parents became somewhat embittered like the parents of Nephi and

his brother Lehi and his wife. they felt that, there was nothing in that patriarchal blessing, but some time later, as the recital told us this morning, this the young man's father was taken into the Temple where his son appeared to him and told him something about the great and important mission that he had been called to fulfill. Now, that mission wasn't for this mortal existence. We are in eternity. We are born into eternity and when we receive a blessing it is generally a blessing that pertains to the eternity and if that blessing isn't understood and received here it will (if it was properly given) be received and understood after we leave this mortal body. This is a condition that we must realize. Bro Jay I have no doubt in the world that he was called home . When God and when the Council of the Gods, when the Priesthood on the other side desires that a certain person shall be called home, they appoint somebody to go and get him and that person appointed uses the best judgment. In this case it took a tree. Sometimes it is an automobile, lightening, poisoning, or to be overcome by a wild animal. These means are all used, as I understand them, to bring people to an end of their mortal career in order that they might start on the next part of their life in the eternities. there is nothing that we should Feel badly about. Sorrowful, of course, to depart from our loved ones. But we are in the hands of the Lord. We were studying this morning in our Sabbath School class a lesson based on Unless ye are one then you are not mine. I think Brother Jeffs treated that thought very clearly and wonderfully in that class I have been trying to visualize a condition wherein we might hope to live with our Heavenly Father and not be one. How impossible that would be We can't do it. And if we are one, how impossible it would be to overcome us. l was asked the other day by a correspondent in Washington who wanted to know something about our faith. He referred to me as the head of this work and asked what would happen to it if I should die. My answer was that someone else would carry on the work, of course. To admit any semblance of a weakness in this Priesthood of Almighty God means to leave right now. I said if the whole Council were to be taken away by death, the Lord would raise up others to take their place and the work would go on or there is no truth in Mormonism. This work does not depend upon Brother Barlow, Musser or Zitting. the work depends upon the spirit of the Lord and depends upon people accepting and living and keeping the commandments of God and it does not matter whether I stick or not. the TRUTH magazine could go on forever and forever without me and will likely have to go on without me some time and this work must go on. the thing we have got to do is to live the commandments of the Lord and become one in all things. the great foundation of the Gospel (and it is a Gospel of love -God is love -God accomplishes everything through the power of, love) is, I so loved the world that I gave mine only begotten Son that they may have eternal life. How many of the you

brothers and sisters would give the your only sons for my salvation? My comfort and prosperity and success in life? the Father gave His son and Abraham offered son and there are men in this house today that have placed all they have ("including some daughters),homes and all they have for the furtherance of this work and they mean it. I know that if their lives were placed on the alter they would surrender them before they would surrender this work. the Spirit of God has testified to me. Some say they have not had dreams and visions. the you have a revelation every time a flash of light comes to the you. Do Brother Barlow and I have them? Of course we do and we will all get light and knowledge and intelligence and that is revelation. When the Lord wants to tell us something very definitely, He makes it known to us. The other day I received a letter from one of our friends over in Texas who was telling about receiving information. He says he want out rabbit hunting and killed several rabbits. He looked up and there was a big fellow sitting there and he dropped it with his gun and went up to it and that rabbit stood right up on its hind feet and gazed at him, saying, Why did the you want to kill me? I loved life just as much as the you. you just killed me for the fun of it.then it dropped down dead. He says the rabbit didn't actually use those words but they came just as clear as if an angel of Heaven came down and asked him. I think that illustrates to some extent many of our reports from the other side·. When I asked the Lord what I should title the book. I bad prepared for publication a voice came to me as clear as any voice is to the you at the present time and said The New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage" and I wrote it down, and that book I was told later was one that had been accepted by the Lord. Now that was a revelation to me. That title came to me by revelation. We have had other revelations and when the time comes we will be spoken of. I feel good, my brethren and sisters, in the work. Glad to hear Brother Mondranz bear his testimony as he did. We have to be careful of those who are trying to get us in the darkness they are in. Glad to hear hos Bro Mondfranz talked to them. As far as dissolution is concerned, I am with Brigham Young and whatever his meaning was, I am satisfied with as far as I understand, but there are a lot of things I don t understand, and I am not worrying about them; but I do know that the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ as revealed through the Prophet Joseph in the Doctrine & Covenants, Book of Mormon and The Pearl of Great Price is true and we can depend upon it and it will take us back into the Celestial Glory if we will follow its injunctions. God bless you, Amen."

Brother John Y. Barlow:

When I was thinking of brother Jay, this came to me. A few years ago one of Uncle Joseph's boys died. He was killed and that was the first man of the Jessops for thirty years who held the Melchizedek Priesthood on the other side. Now, I am just as certain that his Great grandfather needed help, a man that had abided the fullness, and that is the reason he was the one that was chosen to go. I have known this boy, more especially since they came to Salt Lake. they came to our home and stayed nearly a month, the family. I have been acquainted with him from the youth up. He was only about nine-or ten when they first came. I have seen him grow and develop, and I was thinking of the words of Brother Leslie: there are two boys that will make the grade Jay and Edson. I thought that I would like to say these few words in behalf of Jay. I have been greatly pleased with the remarks of the brethren today. I know the Gospel is true, and I know that the calling that the brethren have is of the Lord for I have found it out. Wouldn't be satisfied until I did find it out. Had to find out for myself that my calling is from the Lord. Brother Leslie asked Uncle Lorin if he had called us and he said no he had nothing to do with it but God spoke through his father and asked him to (call us and set us apart) So Father John Woolley called and after Lorin called some of the others and after he left Leslie took it. Afterward the Lord made more known to me to call two men and I called them and they are doing a wonderful work. I like one thing that Brother LeBaron said. He said he didn't understand certain principles., Now, brethren, all of us, let's not say we don't believe them but we don't understand them. I have seen men say, 'I don't believe in Adam God.' Those same men after having it taught to them said it was very plain. And these things have got to come to us and be taught in that way. If we understood dissolution, I would much rather have a dissolution than never be able to reach the Godhead, and as Brigham Young said, What will become of the wicked they will go off into dissolution and it may be trillions of years before they are revived again. To me it would be so much better than to be put in a place where I couldn't go any farther. "I ask God to bless the you to be prepared so when our time comes we can stand

Closing Song: "Guide Us, Oh Thou Great Jehovah" Benediction: Fred J. Cleveland.

MINUTES Meeting Held at the Priesthood Home 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2;00 p.m., November 14, 1943

President John Y. Barlow presided.

Elder Joseph W. Musser conducted..

1st Song: "Up Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion" Invocation: Brother Wm. Stokes 2nd Song: "Sweet Is the Work"

Remarks by Brother Musser:

Our songs frequently give us a good taste. I am going to read this song again, Up Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion',(and he read four verses.)

Brother Joseph Jessop:

"Brothers and sisters and friends, I cannot say that I am surprised to be called upon. I fully expected it. I am happy; I am glad to meet with the you once more to renew acquaintances again. I have not been here since last May. I have longed, hoped and prayed for an opportunity to visit my friends and relatives both here and at Millville. I am going back early because I need to be there, the work is so crowded. I am interested in the work of the Kingdom of God and have been nearly all my life; I have not had much experience, but I have learned a little. I love the German; I love the Englishmen. My father was an Englishman. His example was given to me and that is why I am here today. Brothers and sisters, the Gospel is true, every principle of it; and if I expect to meet these men, Brother Woolley and the others, I have got to comply or else I do not expect to meet them. there is a lot in the song just sung which Brother Musser read. there is everything in it to stimulate us and keep us going. there is nothing to compromise over. Brothers and sisters, let us be faithful and true, let us stay with it; we are trying very hard down in Short Creek to become united. and we are growing a. little. The grass does not grow only little by little, and that is the way we learn. I am trying to learn a little more . Another thing that I am trying to learn is to keep my mouth shut. Let us know that we are right; do not compromise; do not run after the authorities who have cut the you off. God bless the you brothers and sisters, Amen."

(J. Musser mentioned that Brother Jessop has 20 children and 144 grandchildren.)

Brother Edson Jessop

spoke a few minutes and said he was thankful to be able to meet with the Saints here; that he felt weak but was trying to do better. He said he was proud to be a grandson of this man {Jos. Jessop)and was glad to be working with him; that he is enjoying working in Short Creek, though it is slow the work is pushing forward. He said we have got to carry on all live up to our motto "The Kingdom of

God or Nothing;" that he feels the loss of his brother, but no matter what our losses are we have got to carry on. He mentioned how thankful he is for his family and his many blessings.

Brother Lyman Jessop:

Brothers and sisters, I feel very weak in standing before the you today and hope that some of the reflections that passed through my mind· when. I have been alone, if it is the Lord's will, will come to my expression. Last Sunday I spent in Short Creek with several members of my family. It was a severe blow to us for we feel deeply the loss of our brother, but I feel as Russell Kunz said, "Who has a tight to question the hand of the Lord?" I feel it is directed of the Lord. I feel as :Brother Musser--you cannot read the words of that song and hear the notes, without feeling the position we occupy. That song was impressed more upon my mind once when it Was given as a funeral song. As a number of the you can remember, that song was rendered at the funeral. of Brother John Woolley and it was rendered with the notes of heaven. It seems to be like our position in life as a group, as brethren and members of families, is so closely related and so much alike that we resemble each other. (He gave an example of breaking of a bone if not set properly, how it has a foreign substance that grows as gristle and it has to be broken and set again properly.) That same thing occurs in a group, and a proper break will knit together if the foreign substance is removed. It is wonderful-- power of repentance. Let us hope and pray that nothing will happen in our lives that cannot be properly knitted together. there is a weakness in men that grows to such strength at times that they cannot repent. have thought many times in going over to Mary's passed the slack dump--I wonder how many years it would take to remove that slack and really cultivate that soil. I wonder the same about us humans. We sometimes say that we know our own weaknesses better than. anyone else. I wonder sometimes if that is true. At times we have to have the Lord. show us our own weaknesses in order to overcome them. the you cannot go into society and classes of learning that will give the you the joy and learning that a humble feeling can give the you if you are touched by the Holy Ghost. How wonderful it would be to have a button to push to bring on the Holy Ghost. Our thoughts would be the button for they are the forerunners of the action. We all want to do things better in a better way, and that is the way the spirit of repentance comes. We form our own barriers and we cannot pass until that barrier is removed. there are habits we have woven in a web like a spider web that prevent us from becoming better. But if that web is built strong with each thread that is woven-- more threads the stronger the web --- harder it is to break down that web. the same is true of our traditions and characteristics. Do we really see our own weaknesses? In seeing in the paper this morning the excommunication of a high church official my mind turned this way: the you may have power to turn on.

a force of water, and maybe a great body of water coming forth; and it is hard to cut off that force but it keeps coming until the power against that force is greater ~ than the force. the same with a fire--it keeps getting bigger and bigger and the sooner it is checked the easier it is to check. So it is with our acts and lives. Thank the Lord we are trying to overcome our ill ways, our ways in which we have said and acted and done wrong. I wonder how far we can go. I heard Brother John (Barlow) say one time that the Lord worked with him 12 years to get him to see as he has. .And what about some of the rest of' us? How are we now? Uncle Lorin said once, "If the you strike back you have it coming. That may go so far, and he may not have meant that we should not stand if forever, but if we understand the law and we stand it and do not strike back, and still stand it, there comes a time when we will not have to strike back. My own sons set me a wonderful example. I have been quick tempered many times in my life, but have never seen Jay lose his temper, and I have seen him in some difficult situations. That is a wonderful thing, and is an example to me. In scientific research it is object to find metal that can stand anything; and so it is with rubber. We are being tempered by the Almighty to see if we can stand through all things. the husband cannot carry the whole load; the wife cannot depend entirely upon her husband. the road is a lonely road to a certain extent. Do you think it requires any temper ? yes, but the Lord expects us to keep it under control. I hope that trials will keep coming to me until it tempers me. the heat of tempering is the heat of hell, Until we are able to be molded by the Lord. Anyone that is weighed in the balances and been found wanting is in a sad condition. Let us hope and pray that we are not found in that condition. This Gospel of Christ is a barometer. the Lord sets a barometer upon each individual, and He knows ahead of time what that barometer will read. Thank the Lord nature allows us to grow. May our capacities grow until we reach the heights we are trying to attain, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, .Amen.

Brother J. W. Musser:

We all want to cling to our loved ones. Lyman is to be congratulated to think that he has a loved one representing him on the other side. He lived the patriarchal law, has been tested and proved. I'll go where the you want me to go, dear Lord.; and be what the you want me to be." That is the kind of representative that Lyman had go on the other side and he was needed on the other side. Though it is hard to have him leave, he is one of the fortunate of the Lord.

Choir: "Invocation"

Brother Axel Fors

was the next speaker and he spoke of how, in order to become a citizen of the United states, he had to give up the ideas and laws of Sweden and its government, and comply with the laws of the United States. He said that if an earthly kingdom can establish laws and regulations, is it not right that the Lord. should have the same privilege. He said the scriptures tell us that there are two kingdoms--the kingdom of God and the kingdom of the devil. He then spoke of the laws of the Kingdom of God faith, repentance, baptism, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, etc.; and without complying with the laws of the Kingdom we Cannot become a member. Whether a person accepts the laws of God, or not, he is the one who gains or losses .

Brother Charles F. Zitting:

When we sang that song, up Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion", it brought back memories of a time when I called on Brother Lorin Woolley after his father died, and I asked him what I could do to be of assistance. I'll tell you what the you can do, you can find Brother Chas. Kent and have him sing that song at my father's funeral." That song was typical of John Woolley's life. John, Woolley was a stalwart in the work of the Lord. Edwin Woolley. was a friend of the Prophet Joseph. John Woolley was one of the men set apart to hold the keys of the Priesthood. In the Prophet's time several men were called--or should I go back further were made apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ. About six years after the church was organized they selected the Twelve Apostles. The Apostles of the Lord were not members of the Twelve and they were over the Church. That was carried right on down from year to year. John and Lorin Woolley were. members of that authority .At that time the Church and the Priesthood were one. At that time the Church would go to that Priesthood for counsel. How did that Church and the Priesthood of God become separated? It first came when the Manifesto was signed, when the Church rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Wilford Woodruff had to step down aud give up the keys to Priesthood. the next one in authority stepped up and received the keys. In the Prophet's time Brigham Young took the keys after the Prophet's death. Before the Prophet's death he called several men and set them apart in the higher order of the Priesthood, and he got up and shook himself and said, now I am free; if I should die the Church and Priesthood could go on without me." the higher Apostles are over the Church. When the Manifesto was passed, Wilford Woodruff had to give up the keys to Priesthood because God said He would allow no man to lead this Priesthood astray. John Taylor (Woolley) was the next one in order to take his place. So the Priesthood had not given up the laws of God. (He went on further on this subject showing how the church has gone on a tangent.)

Brother John Y. Barlow:

My brothers and sisters, my experience with the Jessop family goes quite a ways back. I knew Joseph's father years ago when I was a small boy, and I have known Brother Joseph here nearly since I can remember. I have always known him to be a man of God. I was lucky enough to take the first one of his family into this law. She is here with us today. She has been sick and has been up here, but she is the mother of 14 children. I remember Jay when he was six years old and he stayed in my home. I have watched him and his brother; they have always been good boys. I remember the

remarks of Brother Broadbent, Those boys going to make a mark in the world. We

had our eyes on them and they have. And since that time many of the Jessops have left the fullness of the Gospel. Many will receive plural marriage but will never receive Celestial marriage. I have always honored and respected Brother Joseph. Jessop. He had a large family and had a hard go of it. But he is an honest man and a hard worker. There are so many shisters today that will rob him because he is honest. I was greatly moved by the remarks of Brother Fors about the Kingdom. If we ever get into the Kingdom of God we must comply to those laws or we will never get there. First it takes a kingdom; then a code of laws to govern that kingdom; and then it takes duly authorized servants to put those laws in force. If any of them are missing then you cannot get into the kingdom. the Kingdom of God is like any other kingdom. I am a descendant of a man who knew the Prophet. My Father was born in Nauvoo, and he went through all the trials that my grandfather and grandmother went through coming out west. When I hear that song "Up Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion" I . think: it should be sung all over. We are fundamentalists, we believe the word of the Lord as it was given . to Joseph Smith. And my brothers and sisters, he gave us enough and laid it down. in scriptures to get us into the Kingdom of God, everyone of us. (He then gave the example of the train and the tickets one could buy--celestial, telestial, and terrestial. President Grant knows it requires these laws, but where does he stand I ask God. to bless us and. help us to learn more of Him and his ways, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Closing Song: "Come, Come Ye Saints" Benediction: "Brother Dave Darger. LJAllred

Minutes of the General Meeting of the Saints held Sunday, November 28, 1943 at 2:00 p.m.

in the Priesthood Horne, 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah . Pres. John Y. Barlow presided and conducted 1st Song: "When First the Glorious Light of Truth" Invocation: Brother Guy Musser 2nd Song: "Though Deepening Trials"

Brother Helamut Olschewski

spoke for a few minutes saying how happy he was to be back and how he had missed his association with the saints and hoped he could carry some of the Spirit of the Lord back to camp with him. Said he had been stationed in North Carolina but was to report now to Maryland at a Port of Embarkation and didn't know where he would be sent from there. Said he had been trained in signal communications and would be stationed in the rear ranks and not have to do any active fighting.

Brother Roy Johnson:

My brothers and sisters, I can say I am glad to be here again today and bear my testimony to the truthfulness of the Gospel and trust that the Spirit of God may dictate my remarks that I may say something that will benefit someone. Just returned from a trip in Idaho and visiting the saints there. Can say we had a very enjoyable trip. We found the saints well and anxious to improve their condition and we found that the Spirit of God is working among the people. I contacted one man who felt he would like to know more about -Gospel, saying he felt something lacking in the Church -- same feeling most of the you have had. there has got to be a great deal of teaching of these higher principles of the gospel done among the people of the Latter-day Saints in order to get before them the truth. the truth has been hid up for years especially among the younger generation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Many of them are grandsons of the old Latter day Saint stock ( Prophet, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff) and many of those old men are anxious that their children shall hear these things and there is only one way that it can be carried to, them and that is by those who understand these higher principles of the Gospel -- principles that pertain to our life and salvation. My brothers and sisters, I feel a great weight upon our shoulders and it is getting heavier all the time because the time spoken of by the Holy Prophets is here at our door and we haven't time to meddle with the things of Babylon, as Heber C. Kimball said; and what little time we have left is very precious in the sight of God --very, very precious, and we who have the responsibility of teaching these principles of the Gospel have a great weight upon our shoulders. I have felt it more

the last week than I ever felt it before in my life. We have got to wake up to the principles of life and salvation if we save our souls. I bear you my testimony that the Gospel is true --every principle that was revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith is true, and if we expect to go on to eternal increase, we have got to live them. May God Bless you, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Brother Quince Kimball

(oldest living grandson of Heber C. Kimball) bore his testimony, relating several experiences he had 'while on a mission.

Brother John Y. Barlow:

Brother Kimball has been telling us the story of nearly every Elder, that

Goes out. the thing that is worrying me today is not that the Gospel is true, but are we living it? That is what is worrying me. Are we so we can call down the blessings of Heaven upon us? I was reading a piece from an editorial that Brother Cannon wrote about some wanting to give up some of the principles of the Gospel, and when I start to read anything I start to copying, and Brother Musser said he would read it for us. I want the you to understand that you have been warned that these judgments are coming and probably soon. God bless the you.

Brother Musser

read the article from Vol. 20 of the Juvenile Instructor, May 15, 1885. After reading it, he made the following remarks: "That article hits the nail on the head" How often in our Group we find people who are "wishy-washy" and who are prepared to compromise to avoid persecution. My Fathers and Mothers of those who are her today most of them (Pres. Heber C. Kimball and others) consecrated and dedicated their lives to the work, Death meant nothing to them. the threat of death meant nothing to them because they were dedicated to the Lord. We had in our class work this morning the question" 'How do the you know the you have the Spirit of the Lord? The motto of the Sunday School class is Get The Spirit of the Lord and Keep it" and we gave some consideration to the question of 'How do the you know you have the Spirit of the Lord' this morning. If I have love in my heart" if I have compassion" if I am filled with charity and desire to do good" and. if I am prepared to pray for my enemy and do it sincerely" I therefore conclude that I must have the Spirit of the Lord to some extent. Those who are prepared to live all of the principles of the Gospel are those who have the Spirit of the Lord and are directed by it. How do we know that people are humble? We all express ourselves as being humble" but are we humble? Are we prepared to

go through these various experiences that our forefathers have gone through and stand faithful and true, or do we have a feeling that we are greater than the other fellow, we are better housekeepers" we are better workers, better preachers" better theologians" better students. That isn't the spirit of humility. the spirit of humility is the spirit of love. the Lord so loved the world that He .gave His only begotten son to be crucified that the world through that act might find light and go on to progression. When the you find a man that is willing to give his only son for such a cause, the you will find a man that is humble. Abraham had the spirit of the Lord when he took Isaac on the mountain. That was a mark of humility. Why did he do that? Because he understood He had intelligence. He knew the Lord could take his life and the Lord told him to go up on the mountain and sacrifice Isaac" and after traveling three days to reach the place of sacrifice he had had plenty of time to think and pray and meditate over that very sad situation. It must have been very sad because he had longed for a son to perpetuate his name and now was called upon to sacrifice that son, and we are called upon to make sacrifices. One of our dear sisters paid it today with a very wonderful baby son about two years of age

Brother and Sister Leona Allred. And she has made that contribution. It is a very

sad situation, yet it is a glorious contribution that has been made. the little spirit has gone back. I say a 'little spirit a full grown spirit, because when that spirit came here it was full grown and it was encompassed in a small space, but that spirit has gone back to represent his father and mother in the great mission of life. We sometimes feel a little rebellious and don't know why it is and want an explanation. Why does the Lord take this child?' That is none of our business. they are His and He loans them to us, and as long as we are doing our duty, He will bless us, and when He wants to take that child back, it is His business and not ours. Latter day Saints must learn to realize those things and reconcile them in their feelings and enjoy the Spirit of the Lord that will enable them to part with their children. None of us wish our children to go on the other side until they become old and have accomplished their missions in life, but the Lord has His purpose. He sends one child here to return at an early age, and another to live to an old age. He works with one this way and another that way and has His purposes. Let us examine ourselves (let me examine myself) by the spirit of the Lord. How do the you know the Spirit of the Lord? Have the you charity and love in the your heart? Do you love the your neighbor as the yourself? Do the you love Brother Grant? I believe I do. I don't believe there is a man among his immediate assistants that would do more for him than I would do if he would let me do it. Do you love your other brethren? yes, I believe I do. I believe I am prepared to go the limit for my brethren those who are prosecuting the principles of life and salvation. Brother Barlow would go the limit to help those men out. Do we pray for them? Yes very sincerely, that they will see the error of their way or if they won't see the error that

they will be removed before they go so far they can't be saved. the time. may come when we may be called upon to go much farther than that. Let us examine ourselves --each individual --and see if we really enjoy the spirit of the Lord, see if we really are humble and really are prepared to go the limit on this thorny and rocky pathway that leads to eternal life. This is my prayer for all of us, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Closing Song: "Though Nations Rise and Men Conspire"

Benediction: Brother Axel Fors.

Myrtle Allred

MINUTES

Sunday Afternoon Meeting at the Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2: 00 p. m. December 12, 1943

President John Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

1st Song: "For the strength of the Hills" Invocation.: Brother Axel Fors 2nd Song: -Sweet Hour of Prayer"

Brother Roy Johnson:

My Brothers and sisters, I can say that I am pleased to be here today. I am glad to have the opportunity of coming here once in a while and visiting with the you people. there have been many reflections going through my mind today, and sometimes I wonder just how I stand before the Lord I have been. trying to live the best that I know how; conform my life to the teachings that the Lord has given us, but yet when I look around and see the things I have done and the mistakes that I make, it makes me wonder if I am making any headway. I come to these meetings and hear the sermons preached the brethren plead with us to do better, live so that the Lord can work with us, then we go out and go about our everyday labors and forget most of the things that we have heard. they do not enter our minds any more till the next meeting day. I have noticed this quite a bit and catch myself every once in a while going along in a dream, giving no thought to what I am doing other than the work I am performing then I stop and think whether I am doing the right thing or not. the Lord said. "Seek Ye first the Kingdom of God and all things shall be added. unto the you" That is a wonderful truth. If we would put it to a test we would find our lives would be more happy; we would find that heavy feeling

removed.. We would feel like we were in the company of the angels if we could only keep that thought in our minds in our daily labors--the thought of serving God and keeping His commandments. When we rise in the morning call our families around, kneel down and pray and ask for His guidance during the day. Do not forget to thank Him for the food we eat. Let us teach our children to pray_ That is one thing that we do not do enough I find that it helps to give us that light feeling during the day; and :pray for the things that we want if we are in the line of our duty we will pray for the things that will lead us on to eternal life. Uncle John has told us to "get the spirit of God and keep it time and again. there is no other way to do that than through prayer. You might think the you can, by being kind to the your neighbors and doing a good deed here and there; but unless the you go along with a prayer in the your heart and be prayerful, you cannot get the spirit that the you should have. We who hold the Priesthood have the right to bless our families in case of sickness; we have the right to lay our hands on their heads and bless them. We have seen much good done by this practice; we have seen our children healed, and our neighbors children healed when we have been called in. We have anointed them and sealed the anointing. Remember this, give the Lord the credit for healing. I bear the you my testimony that the Gospel is true. We are living in a time when we must humble ourselves it we expect to get past the judgments of God. We must each and everyone one of us humble ourselves before the Lord. This I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Paul Walter:

was the next speaker and he said that he had been in the group a little over a year; spoke of how he .was converted in Germany in 1925 and came to U. S. in 1929, and lived in New York for 9 years. He said he was happy to be here with the Saint s and that they are the best people on the earth.

Brother Rulon T. Jeffs:

My brothers and sisters, I sometimes feel that I have a. little too much to say in Sunday School classes, but I welcome any opportunity to bear testimony of the Gospel and express my gratitude to the Lord for His mercies and blessings to me. I pray for an interest in the your faith and prayers. After all, the man who stands up here before the you is an instrument in the hands of the Lord. the you owe it to the yourselves to pray for the light and truth to be given to this people. There is one matter that has weighed upon my mind of late that I would like to give voice to; that is concerning the Temple of Almighty God. It was over a year ago that Joseph stood before this congregation and promised us that it would not be long before the temple would be opened to this people. I have a habit of remembering the promises

made by the priesthood Council to this people. And when they speak to us, we should listen and take heed, for it places a responsibility upon us. What responsibility does that leave upon us? It is our responsibility to go to the Lord and ask in faith and humility to fulfill those words. That to me is a beautiful principle, and in my experience thus far the Lord has honored the words of these men. I have seen prophecies fulfilled as to what these brethren have promised. What do we need in these temples? We cannot go on very much further as we are without receiving the blessings of the temples of God. We have families part of which have received the endowments and some who have not. We cannot go on as family units until they are received. We .need to be endowed with power from on high. As Brother Musser once expressed, we need to do as Jacob of old--to wrestle for this glorious blessing. I think we do not think of this enough. We obtain b1essings by making covenants and in no other way. In the first place this is a covenant people. In each step that we gain, we gain only by experience. First it is by the principle of baptism, and "etc., step by step until such time that we have to go into the sanctuary of the Lord to obtain our blessings My message to the you today is to plead to the Lord that our temples of God shall be cleansed that we may obtain those blessings. I want to thank God for my family, my father and mother whom I came through, my brothers and sisters, my wives and children and the brethren that preside over me. the great burden to the Priesthood today is that we are trying to hang onto the world and are dragging it along with us. We should be separating ourselves from the things of the world and the people of the world as far as possible. I humbly pray to the Lord that we may be the righteous people that is to take over and be the power to go forward in might, and I pray this may be our happy lot in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Piano Solo -"Fantasy" by lass Marie Broadbent.

Brother Carl Holm

was the next speaker and said how happy he was to be down here with the Saints again; that the frequent visits of the brethren up at their home-brought them inexpressible joy and that they envied the Saints here who partake of their spirit here in these meetings. He said that time is short and we must put our lives in order and get the Spirit of God around us and serve the Lord as we know we should that the Lord is mindful. of us and is whipping us in line; the time is coming when we will have to stand by ourselves and has begun, and we have been warned of this. He bore his testimony and said that he has yet to see the time when we have been

lead incorrectly, and hoped that we would all do all in our power to sustain them, and live the principles of the Gospel.

Brother John Y. Barlow;:

My brothers and sisters, I am glad to be with you again. There are many thoughts that have been going through my mind the last week. We are all sorrowful of what is happening. We are sorrowful because they are trying to stop us from keeping the commandments of God; trying to stop us from having eternal increase. the Church is trying to and the world is trying to. In the early days the Church was back of them, but today we have only God; but He is able to protect us and see us through these trials if we are humble and get ourselves in tune with His spirit. I cannot help but reflect on the words of Brother Pratt. He spoke of when our death comes and the opportunity is taken from the body. He said if we live right we would be happy and free and be most wonderfully blessed. But on the other hand if we had not done that, what a sorrow it would be when our minds show everything that is good and evil and we see in the back of our minds that the servants of God have told us to do certain things and we failed to do them. How would our spirit feel? Brothers and sisters, nothing less than eternal salvation will be ours if we keep the commandments of God and follow the counsel of the Lord through His servants. Brother Smith said if we fail to keep these commandments and we fail to live up to the purpose of our creation, then we will be held back. How would we feel when we found out that we could not go on? We would not stop for anything if we could realize that; death would not stop us or be anything to us. We had. in our Sunday School class a short time ago--a law that set us free; if we live the law we get the blessing, and if we do not live the law we will not get the blessing. I have heard it said, That is a good man." But 'What is he good for? Is he good enough to go on to his exaltation? Now, brothers and sisters, it is time that everyone of us got humble and asked our Heavenly Father to help us. We have no other help only Him. I felt that I would like to say these few words today and let you stop and think and reflect. If, after we leave this world and darkness comes over us because we have rejected the Gospel, then when we get on the other side we will have rejected our salvation. then you cannot find in the scriptures where the you can receive it again after the you have received it on earth before. Let us renew our faith and think. Let us get in and study and get the spirit of God to study with. And when we know when a thing is right, it will be like President Smith said--where. I have found a truth, let everything go, the heavens fall, and I will stick to the truth. I ask the Lord to bless the you and do not forget our brethren in trial and trouble. Do not say, they should have done this and that, but get down humbly to

ask the Lord to bless them and us for we may be next. This I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Marion Hammon:

I have been seeking counsel and I have received enough today to guide me without asking more. I am sure the you have found enough today to be answered in the remarks made. I sometimes get to looking inside myself trying to find out what is the matter with me that I think so hard. I find that I always talk about the same thing. And I do not say that today is going to be any different. I am anxious to be a Latter Day Saint. I especially commend to you the

remarks of Brother Rulon Jeffs today. I expect all of us have the holy garments and

the endowments resealed upon us. I have been expecting these things every day, but we still have the scar on our consciences that P. P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, etc. had we will receive our just dues that we have asked for. I know that there is nothing that I have done wrong in my life but what I have had a conscience about it. We have had a good many burdens laid upon our backs and we are carrying them with us. I like the remark that Brother Jeffs made about "dragging the rest of the world with us. the yoke of the Gospel is light and the reason it is heavy to us is that we are dragging the rest of the world with us. It would be light and we would be comforted in our feelings if we left the things of the world and were embedded in the Kingdom of God. Our troubles are not with living the Gospel, but because we do not live the Gospel. (He then told a story about Brother Musser who owned an automobile that was giving him trouble when he embraced the fullness of the Gospel and he let it go. I bear the you my solemn testimony that I know the Gospel of Christ is true. We can get the most inexpressible joy in keeping the commandments of God. Come life or death; if we are doing the will of God, what does it. matter so long as we are doing God's will? I do not know about you people but I have sat down to the bounties of life and it tasted putrid because I knew that some of my brothers and sisters had nothing. you can kid yourselves, but if you let your brothers and sisters want, you cannot kid the Lord. If the you are going to be equal in spiritual things the you must be equal in temporal things. you people know where the you stand; the you know what the you want. Now go get it! Some say, How can I?" Just lay all the your playthings aside and do it We are more like our children than our children are. We criticize our children for doing this and that, but they are more honest than we are. We criticize the early people and the people today for do their doing this and that, but what are we doing about it ourselves When I see the Kingdom of God in my hands and I have it right here to push right through, and I see the you people still clinging to the playthings, it makes my heart ache. I am wondering how you will go forward to build up the Kingdom of God and what you will do. It is close and I am wondering what you are going to do. I

want you to know that if I should turn back on the things that I am doing, I want the you to know that I would to it deliberately. And I want the you to consider the yourselves. Are the you really happy? When there are neighbors that are going hungry, help them out. Jay Jessop's family --they have no idea where their food and clothing are coming from. There was a hunting around to see what they were going to do. they are staying in Short Creek and those girls are staying right there in their place. Some wives I have seen have gone astray when their husbands have died. the you have got to comply the sooner the you get down to brass tacks and step forward and say the you will take it with bare feet or with shoes on, the better off you will be. I am telling the you, the Lord expects us to be wise. In the early history of the Church people deliberately placed themselves at the stake to justify themselves in standing up for the Gospel, but when I associate with men and women that I do, I can understand why. I am. beginning to realize that God. will reward us for the sacrifices that we make in going forward in the Gospel. the TIME IS NOW! Right this minute! you think you have got to wait for the one mighty and strong to came. It is now, and the you do not have to wait. All we have to wait for is to get in condition. I know as well as I live that God has the people to go forward. with this work. the men are there somewhere and they are ready to lead the you it the you are ready to be lead. I do not care about personalities. Some of the you say, "Shall we come now?" Maybe you think the you are ready and you are not. Think deep for the judgments of God are here. I don't know what the proper time will be, but the you will know that it is here. the you will get the your greatest blessings and the your greatest sufferings. It will not be suffering if you have the spirit of God. Oh, if I could plead with the you to come along if the you want to. I used to think of the Tabernacle--how the brethren used to -get up and speak. But I tell you I feel that I could preach to the world, but words mean nothing; it is the spirit in the heart. there are some here that will bear off the Kingdom of God. there is some riff-raft here. Some of the you cannot see past the your noses. I look around and see what you are doing and saying. Zip up your lip! Some of you brethren are still going home and telling your wives the secrets. When you get a secret, keep it. If this people are ever convicted and sent to prison it will be by your friends. .A lot of men will be sent to :prison by their wives. they will mourn and sigh, yet they will if be the ones responsible. Yet if that same woman testified and put him in jail, she would be the first to cry. Maybe I said enough. If it is true, I pray that God will seal it upon the your hearts. If it is not true, I pray then you will forget it and let it go off with the rest of the bags of wind. I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

We have had a. great deal to reflect upon; if nothing more was said, l,feel that we have received sufficient to tide us over for another season--The remarks of

Brother Barlow, the very plain remarks of Brother Marion. I love his plainness. I

think the Lord is well-pleased with the way he gives us things in plainness. You know, we take a large apple tree--one in Millville 50 years old, which probably I has a cord of wood in it and produces one bushel of apples a year--I sometimes think these meetings and instructions that we receive are much like that apple tree; there is so much bulk and so little produced that we have to be taught and taught and taught the children go years to school and they begin to learn by the time they are in high school. How much of this tree of life that we have heard today will these take home and sink into our lives? Or will we forget it all until the next meeting. I believe that every person in the house today will get something from it. I know that the you can get What you want if you will came here and open up the your minds and your hearts etc that which is a mystery to the you. If you will do that; there is not a person in here today that will not get something from today. Some will want to know if this is true or that is true. The purpose of the Holy Ghost is to feed you through the men who speak and pray through the songs of the choir, this beautiful piano selection; all this tended to make us reflect back upon the God of Heaven whose children we are. In reference to Brother Hammon a

remarks---of course we can live the United Order today; we are living it as well as

anyone here. It came up this morning what to do with Fawn's furniture because there's no place to store it until there is a home for her in Short Creek. It was suggested that it be distributed around among the families. Brother Rulon has a new car, but if John said we need that car, do you think he would hesitate ? No, because he belongs to the effort. And it is going to be started here now shortly.

Brother Barlow and dedicated everything that we have to the Lord.--our lives our

property our wives and children. then what is there left? One of the children asked if that car belongs to me. I said, no, it belongs to God Almighty." That is the great lesson that we have got to learn.

Brother Jessop decided to give up all he has and go to Short Creek. He

turned over everything that was near and dear to him. We got $1200 out of the property and the check was endorsed and sent to Brother Hammon for the work there. That is the way others have done. Some of these good sisters have done the very same thing. When we get into that condition we can say, "Father, this does not belong to me, it belongs to the you then we will begin to grow. Brother Ed (Christensen) and his house--1f we said we need that, he would say, "All right," and would move out. If we are going to give our lives to the Lord, then we ought to be willing to give our little acre. That is what builds up the Kingdom of God. What is a little home compared. to the Kingdom of God and eternal lives. "But how do I know that the Lord wants these things " you say that you trust your eternal

salvation into our hands when the you want to enter into the marriage covenant which means eternal salvation or damnation yet your little pocket book, ,you do not want to turn that over. That is the lesson we have got to learn. That is a lesson. that Brother Hammon has taught us today, and Brother Barlow. We have got to become humble unless we are willing to do this very thing, we will not be able to stand. the time is very close to us. Supposing Brother Barlow was to get the word from the Lord that he was to go on a mission for the next 10 years. Should he hesitate? No. I do not belong to this earth; I belong to the Lord God Almighty, and when He speaks it is up to me to move ,and accept and say, "All right, Father." I know that He will not ask me to do anything that He will not open up the way for me to do it. Let us let these things that we have heard today get under our hide. We talk about the United Order, but let us step into it. As kids we used to step on the bank of the old swimming hole, and some just touched their toes in and some jumped in and got wet all over. they were the brave ones. they went there to swim. Why not swim and take it all? May the Lord bless us, and I hope some of the seeds that have been planted today will find soil and take root. Some of this has been forgotten, but let us let some of it sink in and take blessings from it. God bless the you, Amen•

Choir: " Song of the Redeemed" Benediction: Brother Ed Christensen LJAllred

Minutes Sunday Afternoon Meeting at the Priesthood Home, 2157 Lincoln Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 26, 1943 at 2:00 p.m.

President John Y. Barlow presided and conducted.

1st Song: "Come Let Us Anew" Invocation: Brother James Martin 2nd Song: "Praise to the Man"

Brother Joseph W. Musser:

We have a live character before us—the life and labors of the Prophet Joseph Smith. His birthday was last Thursday, December 23. This last song we sang was written by Brother Phelps after the death of the Prophet and vary clearly symbolizes the work he had before him. We discussed the life of the Prophet this

morning. One point particularly was made by Brother Barlow: What does the Prophet's life mean to me? What does it mean to all of us? He was the forerunner and the establisher of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Without that establishment, where would we be today, at this time? the changes are that there would be no Utah; there would be no united district united on the Gospel plan. Joseph Smith revealed to us the method by which we may go back to the presence of our Heavenly Father; have eternal life; and whereby we may continue on in the resurrection and whereby we may become a god in our own right. We know Joseph Smith as one member in the Godhead. He with his Father and elder brother, Jesus Christ, met before he came here in the mortal state and met concerning their covenants with each other before they ever came here and were in their positions they assumed before ever they came here: Adam, the head God of this earth, the Creator; Christ; the Mediator or Redeemer; and Joseph, the Testator and Witness. they all had to go through trials and tribulations. Joseph had to give his blood to establish the principles that were revealed to him. It may not be generally known that the Gospel plan was revealed by him. It is true we have our Doctrine and Covenants but there are many revelations that were not published to the Church and the people of the earth. The Gospel today is the same as it was in the time of Adam; it is the same Gospel that we are speaking about and trying to live. Joseph Smith was and is the head of this dispensation. He holds the keys of this dispensation. Brother Grant not wishing to criticize him particularly--is held up by a great many people, and recently was published as the greatest prophet, the greatest prophet of our times, because he is yet alive. That, I suppose, is the basis upon which they come to that conclusion. But we have had testimonies given us in conferences that he is the greatest prophet in this dispensation, even greater than the Prophet Joseph. This, of course, is doing Brother Grant an injustice. they are placing him in a place that he has no right to be. the greatest man is the man who establishes and builds the house; he that establishes the principle is the one whom we look upon as the greater servant of the Lord. He had a greater mission to perform. He had a mission that it was necessary to give his life. That was the position that Joseph Smith occupied. He was the instigator by the Lord. We all know how he gained his first experiences; How he went out to pray and how the adversary tried to get hold of him. the devil did not want the foundation of this work to be laid. He knew that if this principle was not established, there could be no eternal lives and no succession up to God..It was his business to see that it was not established. We have a little group of people here that in a sense are being persecuted; not as r..uch as we will be before the winding up scene, but we are being opposed and being talked about. the people are talking about us and tell what they would like to do to us because they feel we are working in opposition to the word of the

Lord because we are trying to uphold the principles that Joseph Smith taught us. Those things that he taught us we are being cut off the Church for today_ We are castigated and set aside in the minds of the people and looked upon as apostates. To me, Joseph Smith is my leader and God; he is not Adam, Michael; nor Jesus Christ; but I do not expect to pass into the presence Of Jesus Christ, or my Father Adam Michael, except when I am passed upon by Joseph Smith. Joseph, being the head of this dispensation, has to say, "He is all right, or she is all right." So Joseph Smith is God. I can go on if 1 am faithful, and if I am not faithful I cannot go on. He established those things for me and the you and all the world; those who will accept him and the Gospel that was set up in this dispensation. So all the world. is indebted: to Joseph. This song "Millions shall know Brother Joseph again"—the whole world will know him. I feel very humble today, brothers and sisters. We are just going through another holiday season. We have another principle day next week and then another year is coming on. I feel that we place too much importance on the day of Christmas It is advocated that it is the birthday of Christ. Christmas is not the birthday of the Lord Jesus. He was born on April 6. He was not born in the winter time, and we as a people spend too much time trying to celebrate the thing that did not happen. Joseph Smith was born on December 23, but that did not have anything to do with the Lord Jesus. But I think we as a people should get away from the worship. It is a very hard thing to do because of the place the children have in celebrating Christmas Day. But I think as time goes on we will be able to modify that day. Joseph Smith was a true prophet; he organized the Church in this dispensation. No revelation will come to this people except it come through Joseph Smith, even if it is from the Lord. He has been among us; he was with John Taylor, and he has been here since that time. He will continue to come. He is the one mighty and strong and will set the Church and Kingdom in order. He will always be at the head of this dispensation; and he will always be the third in the Godhead. I know this Gospel is true and I know that every principle that he established is true. This is my testimony in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, .Amen.

Brother Ernest Williams

was tile next speaker and he ,said it was a privilege to be here with the saints, and above all he was grateful for the knowledge he has of the divinity of the Prophet Joseph Smith, who has done more save Jesus Christ, to save this world; that he is fearful that in his weakness he may not be able to stand up and sustain the principles that have been given to us. He then talked of Christmas, a piece in the Truth Magazine about the Russian sentry going through the park; the pagan worship of the tree; the Catholics and how Christmas was established by them; the

origination of the tree by Germany, the cards by England, Mistletoe by Denmark and St. Nicholas by Holland. He spoke of how our leaders have advised us to get the spirit of God and keep it, and that unless we can hold on to the spirit of the Lord we will not be able to withstand the trials and tribulations that are upon us. He then spoke of D. & C., Sec. 84:33-36 (those who are faithful in obtaining the Priesthood will be sanctified even to the renewing of their bodies and Sec. 112 (that unless we become sanctified we will not inherit the celestial kingdom of glory); and so it behooves us to be faithful and sanctify our lives. He mentioned that John the Revelator still has a mission to perform, and he prayed that we will be able to receive this sanctification; that we must hear and heed too counsel of the brethren over us.

Brother Marcus Wayman

(on furlough) spoke next and said he was glad to be with the Saints again, that the Lord has been good to him since he has been in the army and. if it had not been for Him he does not know what would have happened to him many times

Brother Guy Musser:

I pray that the Lord will bless me while I occupy this position. I am glad to 3ee my good. brother Alfred with us today; he thought he was going to die, but now he is afraid he will not. He always has a good spirit we work together. I am grateful to be here today. I have felt his morning, and I do now, the nearness of the spirit of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I do not think there is anything nearer my heart of all Joseph taught than his spirit. these beautiful songs that were written in his honor bring to me a joy that is hard to express. But I realize one thing that has already been said--save Jesus and Adam, Joseph has done more for the people of this earth than anyone could ever do. And I am one of the individuals that he has so blessed. To me he brought again the gift of life eternal to the earth, opened the way whereby mankind can exalt himself in his own right;. Now we are gathered here today as a people and. we are extravagant With our praise of the Prophet Joseph; in our expressions we say that we love him, we glory in his exce1lence, yet I am reminded of what Jesus said: "How can ye say that ye love God whom you have not seen and hate your brother whom you have seen?" So, how can we have glory, love in God the Testator and. doubt these men who are leading us today? the Lord charged the people that they were liars. So we are placed in the same position today. How can we say that we love Him and. believe the established Gospel and yet go contrary to the delegated authority that we have today? there is no doubt in my mind that Joseph is leading these brethren today; that he has already begun his great and mighty work in setting things in order, and that these brethren constantly receive instructions from that brother that holds the

keys of this dispensation. There is a direct line of authority that men cannot help receive salvation; that line of Priesthood authority begins with Joseph Smith down through John Taylor and n through John Woolley, and now in John Barlow and his associates. I have been thinking the past few days what Joseph stood for, why he was persecuted, etc. Was it because he established a new religion; because he was contrary to the mysteries of his time. Those things are minor elementary. there are greater things that caused his martyrdom. He brought forth the fullness of the Gospel to the earth; he opened the way again whereby mankind can became gods in their own rights, receive exaltation, create earths of their own, create spirits of their own. That is why the devil chose to try to destroy the work of Joseph Smith. there is no doubt in my mind that Satan is aware of the position he occupies; he is well aware of what the Gospel means; he is aware of what the principles of the Gospel will bring .And in his jealous soul he thinks to thwart that work of mankind. these are the principles that we have today; and it is not that we want more wives. there are many things associated with the fullness of the Gospel. One of the greatest principle that was established in the earth by Joseph Smith was the fact that Adam is our Father and God **** the order of Enoch was established on the earth; given to mankind that there might not be any poor or rich, no extremes. Now we sit here today; we have been gathered from the nations of the earth; the brethren have issued their call to come forth out of the earth. We have come from the four corners of this nation to mingle as a body, as Saints, for the time will come shortly when the Lord will come again and establish Zion. So we find ourselves trying to start anew, trying to make a living and live the Gospel and build up our families, Is it to slothfully spend my days, etc.? There has been something lacking before in my existence something that I wanted, yet I could not place my hands on it. I was dissatisfied in the society of the world; I was dissatisfied in the society of the Church. So I find myself here among the Saints and the men. most high under the disguise of celestial marriage. So we have been permitted to gather ourselves together; yet our lives are not complete in that alone, are they? I cannot say my life is complete in the order of plural marriage; and that lack is the order of Enoch which goes hand in hand with the order of celestial marriage. Brigham Young says that the fullness of the Gospel is the order of celestial marriage and the united order. Without that mankind cannot be saved in the highest degree of glory. We are presented with the opportunity of living the united order in all the completeness that it has been given to this people. Can we now say we can live the fullness of the Gospel in every complete detail? We have the men with us who have the right to take from, us what they see fit. If they are not right in this, then we must expect again that an angel will come and give us the Gospel. It took Joseph such a long time to decide to say that he would live the law that the Lord commanded him to, that the Lord sent an angel to slay him if he

refused. In the revelation on the united order the same situation was confronted. Joseph knew what it meant. Don't the you think these men know what it means to declare openly the fullness of the Gospel? My father said he would be shot on the street if men knew what he believed and thought and taught. Don't the you suppose

President Barlow knows what it means to preach plural marriage? Don't the you

think they know it is at the mercy of the Lord that they are still alive'? Don't the you think they have the right to say, "Bring all the you have to be one with us, we want to exalt the you,?" God wants a people that will set up the Kingdom of God upon the earth. We have got to help and assist; we have got to see eye to eye, heart to heart. these men. know what it means. We now have the opportunity to do those things. I cannot thank my Creator enough that I live right now, this moment that I live among this people. I cannot thank Him enough for the Priesthood Council;· and I know they hold keys sufficient to establish the Kingdom if we are faithful If they have not, Alma Timpson you had better get back to the Church, get this worlds gifts about the you; the rest of the you the same. Have the you left the Church to be spewed out of the mouth of God? It seems quite a sacrifice, being near death, and then not having confidence in these men. I have lived in. this house with Brother Barlow for over a year now; he does different with his family than I do with mine, but I am just a the young man. But why should lose confidence in them? I was telling my beautiful wife Margaret that after all the only thing to learn is to take direction from this man; I am her file leader. If I am faithful to the end, she can never worlds without end see the face of Joseph without me. She has got to learn to take direction, as have many other women among this people. the yoke of Christ will be light, if you sisters will learn that. I can never be successful in the work of God, I can never exalt myself unless I learn to take direction from those over me; never worlds without end can I behold the face of Joseph without these men to introduce me, until I can learn to take direction as a child, faithful and true, not always understanding fully the purport of their desires and wishes Not until I learn that will I go on; but when I can learn that one key--to take direction over me--then I will find the yoke of my burdens light. Those are a few of my thoughts in regard to us as a people that are assembled today. I would like to know how we deal with God. Brother Kunz prays to God, but he prays in the name of Jesus. And so if I have an acre of land, I say that acre belongs to God, now He can have it. What do the you expect God to do, send a delegation of angels down and take it into heaven? How do the you expect God to deal when He has His delegated authority here upon the earth? the Priesthood Council are the ones we deal with in all things. If the you have an automobile that the you want God to have, then give it to them; and if they want to turn around and give it to me, what business is it of the yours?

I am thankful today that I have an opportunity to live the united order. Will I live it? I do not know. There is one thing I think of constantly, and I pray that I may do the same. When I was on a mission Father wrote and told me that he had dedicated all he had to the Lord, and. he prayed that we would keep peeled to the earth. May God keep us peeled to the earth to keep us humble and help to cling to the work that will exalt us. This is the group of people that the Prophet spoke of; the fullness of the Gospel is in existence in all its glory—the road lies forward. I want to live these things today, not tomorrow; today because I know it requires years of sacrifice and sorrows to see the face of God and receive celestial marriage and the united order. I want to say that it is folly to say, "We will wait to accept these things." I was talking to a man the other day who said he has been living the principle five years and he is just beginning to learn how to live it. I want to prove to my creator that I can live the united order and celestial marriage today. Thank God we have His authority here among us. May he give us strength to take the right path from day to day. :May we accept the Priesthood Council and rally forth. If I were a prophet I would want to prophesy that if we as a people are not faithful and reject this work God will raise another people to go on. It is for us; and if we will not do it there will be some among us who will be raised to do it. We will be tearful and down-trodden. May we be faithful and true to our covenants I pray in Jesus name Amen

Brother John Y. Barlow:

my brothers and sisters, 1 have been greatly edified by the things that have been said today. Now, how many of us have taken it home; How many of us would be like James said--We see our natural selves and then goeth away and see as men are! We hear what is preached to us, but we go away and how many remember what has been said! If we asked who wants to live the united order. nearly every hand would go UP. but the moment the you call them to do it. then the test comes; they cannot do it. I have been in this work (united order) nearly ten years. I do know that if we want to live the fullness of the Gospel., We must live the fullness of' the Gospel. Joseph Smith gave us the plan through God whereby we may be exalted. will we be able to stand when the hour of his judgment comes. Look around the world today; see whether the hour of His judgments are not upon us. "Coma out of her, oh my people, etc." A great many of us here have come out of Babylon, but we have brought Babylon with us. My grandfather was one of the Prophet's bodyguards; my grandmother and Brigham Young's mother were sisters. And these things have been taught to us, not only the first generation, but the second, third, fourth and fifth generations. Are we coming out from Babylon the Savior said, "If the your eye offend the you, pluck it out.-What does He mean! He. means that it we are not keeping the commandments of God and they are hindering

us, let us come out and live them. Jesus said that a man that would not leave his father, mother, wife, etc. Is not worthy or the Gospel. Now, brothers, and sisters, we are a group here and we say we are persecuted. NO, we are blessed, because every persecution brings us closer to the Lord. Brigham Young said he was never persecuted and he left five homes. What did Joseph say He said all the apostles save two men left him. Those two men were Heber C Kimball and Brigham Young, and God blessed those men. .Nov in all our dealings we must remember that he that is not a good follower will never be a good leader. We have heard one of the beat sermons that we have heard in a long time. If we do not take it home and live it we cannot get the Spirit of God and keep it. We may go into the order of Celestial marriage, but abiding the covenants is another thing. there are a great many living it, but are they abiding the covenant? The result is that the adversary comes in. Brigham Young said we have no business with the adversary except that we let him in. May God keep us in the palm of His hand, and may he bless us, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Closing Song: " The Time Is Far Spent" Benediction: Brother Herbert Smart. LJAllred ..