Yeah, pretty much. Here's the official Church declaration on the topic: https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/od/1?lang=eng

The pertinent part comes from an address by President Woodruff:

"The Lord showed me by vision and revelation exactly what would take place if we did not stop this practice. If we had not stopped it, you would have had no use for … any of the men in this temple at Logan; for all ordinances would be stopped throughout the land of Zion. Confusion would reign throughout Israel, and many men would be made prisoners. This trouble would have come upon the whole Church, and we should have been compelled to stop the practice. Now, the question is, whether it should be stopped in this manner, or in the way the Lord has manifested to us, and leave our Prophets and Apostles and fathers free men, and the temples in the hands of the people...

… I saw exactly what would come to pass if there was not something done. I have had this spirit upon me for a long time. But I want to say this: I should have let all the temples go out of our hands; I should have gone to prison myself, and let every other man go there, had not the God of heaven commanded me to do what I did do; and when the hour came that I was commanded to do that, it was all clear to me."

In other words, President Woodruff was quite willing to obey the Lord's prior commandments and keep the practice going in defiance of the government's actions. The Lord showed him that the consequences of this course for His church would be calamitous, and it was therefore within God's wisdom to discontinue the practice. We obeyed.

This is why a living prophet of God is required on the Earth. The Gospel of Christ does not change, but its application must be continually adapted to a changing world. A primary role of a living prophet is to guide that adaptation.