The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-18

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their former land, and the cities 0
Judah would be rebuilt. None OF thi
bad yet been done. When tn
Lord shall come ss promised
and speak, ne would stand
on the little Mount OF Olives
What will then take place was told
in the fourth verse, xiv chapter
of Zschsriah. The mount would
"cleave in the midst thereof toward
the east and toward the west. and
there should be a very great valley.
II anyone wishes 10 be convinced that
this prophecy hsd not been fulfilled,
ne could do so By going ID Jeruselum,
when he would see that Mount Olive
vas one mountain and not two.
Jesus has not yet fulfilled his pro-
pbeoy. The speaker portrayed how
the gathering would be brought
about, in the valley Of Jehoshsphat,
where would be the great vine press.
When Christ descenGs on the mount
all the rough places on the south side
Of Jerusalem will be made
smooth, and springs of living
water will 60 out Of the city,
and a fountain shall come forthout
of the house OF the Lord, where the
Jews are to be immersed for the re-
mission OF their sins, for when they
are convinced that Jesus is the true
Messiah, how humbly will they sor-
row. They will look at his hands and
sides, and he will tell them that these
are wounds received in the house OF
my friends. They will every one re-
pent and mourn, and when they
humi lie themselves, ihs Lord will
have mercy on them. Repentance
will not be sufficient Of itself. They
must be immersed for the remission
OF ihei- sins, hence the fountain that
would spring out from the thresh.
hold of the temple. Turning again
to the xiv. chapter OF Revelations,
Elder Pratt said the angel who
brought the gospel had another mes
sage important to all people, cay
ing thu hour of Gods judgment
had come. Although there hsd
been many Judgments, there would
never be one like that which is to
come when Gods gospel had been
preached to all tie inhabitants ofthe
earth. Pestilence, plaques, famine,
ETC., would visit the earth, and after.
wards would came a consuming fire.
where the inhabitants would be
burned, and but lew men left. These
things have been foretold, and they
would certainly come to pass. The
wicked, the proud, would be burnt
up by the brightness of Gods coming.
which would be like g consuming
fire. But the righteous would be
saved, and tread upon the ashes Of
those who had been consumed. The
speaker read from the 23G and 30th |
chapters of jeremiah, wherein |
grievous whirlwinds are foreiold, and |
said the winds of modern times
we're net 20 be compared |
with those to come hereafter.
There had been great cyclones, de-
cities and killing hundreds, |
but these were nothing 10 fury 10 |
what would come, which would not
occur once in a score OF years, bu! be
a continuing whirlwind." Great
cities would be devastated and thou
sands and scores of thousands de-
stroyed. the Book of Mormon and
the Doctrine and Covenants also told |
Of the devastation that wes to come
upon mankind by whirlwinds, earth
quakes, and a terrible sickness. All
these things proclaimed that this was
the day Of Gods judgment. The
Lord had sent his gospel that the
righteous might be gathered cut from |
the Inhabitants of the earth, before
the great destruction that was to
come, aud the speaker warned bis
hearers to hearken to Ihe gospel, ana !
obey it before it was too late.
The choir sang an anthem and
Bishop E. D. Woollsy pronounced q
OeDedlctlOp.