Saturday, April 27, 2024

Use of Isaiah 1:18 by David H. Cannon (April 1898 General Conference)

  

At the time of the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple, I remember with a great deal of pleasure the promises that were made to the people by President Woodruff, that if we would go forth from that time and seek to keep the commandments of God, and conform our lives to the requirements of the Gospel, that our sins as a people though as scarlet should become as white as wool, and that we should be free to serve God, and have greater influence in the midst of the nations of the earth, and that the persecution that is being brought to bear upon the people would cease. I say I remember these predictions with a great deal of pleasure; and I have watched with equal satisfaction the fulfillment of every prediction that was ever made to the people. Wherever we have gone forth laboring to promote righteousness in the earth, God has blessed our labors, and His Spirit has attended His people in their undertakings. His servants have gone forth to the nations and have had influence and power wherever they have traveled, to an extent that was never before experienced since the organization of the Church upon the earth. And if the Saints continue to improve in their lives, as a people, this Spirit will continue to increase, and more success will attend the preaching of the Gospel. (David H. Cannon, Conference Report [April 1898]: 70-71)

 

Further Reading:

 

Refuting Matthew Paulson on Isaiah 1:18