The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-23

Saints could hear the testimony. The
world was not willing to receive them.
How was itin the days of Noah2 That
ancient was disregarded, though he
preached for 40 years, yet the word of
God was fulfilled, and the people were
saved through the flood. Jesus, when
upon the Monnt of Olives, foreteliing
the destruction of the temple,
said. There shall not be left
here one store upon another,
that shall not be thrown DOWN" His
disciples inquired, "When shall these
things be? and what shall be the sign of
thy coming, and of the end of the
world?" Among other things, he told
them that this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world, for
witness unto all nations, and then shall
the end come" This was being full
filled; the gospel of the kingdom was
being so preached The Savior, more
be seen in the latter days, 1.-The sun
shall be darkened, and the moon shall
not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken" In referring
to this, the speaker was reminded of a
circumstance in Jackson County, of
which he was an eyewitness: a mete-
oric shower fell one night, at the time
the Saints were being driven from Mis-
souri,, which he regarded as one of the
signs referred to by Jesus; it was one
of the evidences of the approach of the
end. He knew of but one gospel-that
OF Jesus Christ-and it was being pro-
claimed as witness, in fnltillment of
the prophesy of Jesus, before his second
coming. He was proud of the gospel he
had received. and that he had raised his
voice in its PRONUNCIATION. God had pre-
served and blessed him in his labors,
and he W IS ever willing and ready to go,
yes, even to the ends of the earth. He
had borne his testimony, and would
leave the result with the Almighty;
those who heard il and rejected it must
abide the consequences; those who re-
ceived it and abided in the faith would
be blessed and wed.
APOSTLE MILFORD WOODRUFF arose
and said that no elder who attended the
Tabernacle knew that he would be
called upon to preach, consequently
there was noIe who prepared himself
in this the members of the church
occupied different position to the
people of the world. They were required
to treasure up wisdom and knowledge
from the best books. Elder Stevenson
had been stating the views of the world
regarding Mormonism. He could, in
the language of Paul, Il am nol
ashamed of the gospel of Christ. for it
is the power of God unto salvation 70
every one that believeth; to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek" And he
could also say, with the Same apostle,
IF any man preach any other gospel
than which We have received, let him be
accursed." There is but one gospel 10
to be taught to the people on the face
of the earth, and never will be any
more. There We're the same.effectS pro-
duced by the preaching of the gospel to
day as followed it in every age of the
world. There We're none, from Adam
down to the present day, but had had
the opposition and hatred of the world ;
all Who lived godly, in Christ Jesus,
must suffer persecution; for while we
have mortal bodies we also have Luci-
| fer and q thousand million spirits TO
work evil; we have two spirits to deal
with-hght and darkness The devil
himself cares not what is preached so
that the gospel of the Son of God is not
| he has the greatest aversion Ia that
anything even infdelity-was popu-
lar; but the true gospelwas condemned,
4 Joseph Smith was unpopular; but God
had stretched forth his hand and set
him aside TO establish his church and
| kingdom on the earth. There are many,
I he said, who were lecturing 10 prove
| that there is no God. THE fool hath
said in his heart there is no God, a" and
! Mr.. Ingersoll will discover, when he
lands behind the veil, that there is a
God. The gospel would cost all who en-
braced it opposition. What of it? The
disciples OF Jesus had been called on to
lay down their lives for it; they were
willing and ready to be sacrificed and
crucifed; and all, except John the Rev
elator, were put to death. Few i'll this
generation were willing to keep celestial
law and endure opposition; it required
strong men, men of independence, to
do this. Why do the Latter-day Saints
do it ? Because the Lord had called them
and made them certain promises. The
Bible contained many predictions which
never had been fulfilled had not the
gospel been restored in these days. The
! elders were willing TO go forth to pro-
4 claim il. The Saints looked beyond the
veil; the world was only temporary.
| They preached faith that was taught in
every dispensation. What nextG Bap-
| llSut IOE the TSHllSSlUu Vi SluSi Jesus
himself was baptized. Then they laid
hands on new members for the reeep-
ton OF the Holy Ghost, and when they
received it they received the powers and
gifts thereof. This was part OF what the
elders preached to the human family.
What does the Holy Ghost do2 1t re
veals the things past, present and to
come. Revelations were given in 1899
and in the early days of the church. II
Elder Woodruff were to call for sign
that the Saints had received the gift
OF the holy ghost. there would be sea
of uphfted hands in the rabernacle-all
had received it. There was no other
gospel than that they had received, and
if they would be popular with the world
they must preach something else. They
key to the opposition OF the world was ::
they preached differently to the world.
! Elder Stevenson, he said, had had m
teryiews with ministers, and as soon as
he had made himself known he had
been turned out; lit was all the time !;
the Bible was acknowledged, but the
principles it contained would not be re-
ceived if preached by the Mormons No
one was ever saved by merely believing !;
every law must be obeyed. Yea, o
man may say: Thou hast faith and
have works; show me thy faith without
thy works, and I will show thee my
faith by my works" Jesus himself
obeyed all the laws and requirements Of
the gospel, and said, HE that believetb
and is baptized shall be saved; he that
! boliaua{b nor shall ha -