We, as a people, should not treat lightly this counsel, for I will tell you in the name of the Lord—and I have watched it from the time I became a member of this Church—there is no man who undertakes to run counter to the counsel of the legally authorized leader of this people that ever prospers. … [Y]ou will find that all persons who take a stand against this counsel will never prosper. …
“… We have been governed by counsel instead of commandment in many things, which has been a blessing to the saints.