The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-23

And let US praise the Lord.
Elder Arthur ]. Stayner offered the
opening prayer.
The choir sang another hymn:
o Lord of hosts. we now invoke
Thy spirit most divine.
The priesthood of the Eighteenth
Ward attended to the administration of
the sacrament.
BISHOP oRsoN F. WHITNEY addressed
The congregation, saying, 1 desire to-
read portion of the fourteenth chap.
ter of the book of Revelations. as re-
corded in King James translation of
the Holy Bible. He then read the
first eight verses. 1t has been asserted
that the Latter-day Saints do not be-
blieve in and properly acknowledge the
Holy Bible, and that they undervalue
1t. The words or scripture that have
read contain a prophecy. as seenin a 1
vision by an apostle of Jesus Christ,
who held the full powers of
the priesthood as given unto
them by the SAVIOR himself. 4
The Savior authorized, His apostles to
preach the gospel. giving them to bind I
6uQ IL c44OulQ -UC loose ana 1t
should be loosed. Their teachings and
administrations should be blessed by
gifts and signs. miracles and manifesto
tons. They were taught that they
would meet with opposition and perse-
cution to the death, which was their
hapless fate. The truth, taught by them,
was not popular. They were success
full in planting the tree of life, but the
time had not then evidently come for
it to grow and bear fruit Consequently
Notwithstanding they labored faithfully
the power Of sin was permitte1 to over
come the truth; SO that at the end of
the second century, the faithful had
been all put to death, and those not firm
in the faith had conceded unto those
who prosecuted them, SO that the power
of the priesthood was withdrawn from
them. All but one of the original
twelve apostles were put to death, and
this one, the revalOr st. John, was pre-
served through many dangers, but
finally banished on the Isle of Patmos.
refer to John the Revelator. Under |
these circumstances he, foresaw the
events of seven thousand years from the |
days of Adam until his own time and |
what should transp1re during the fifth |
and sixth thousand years. In this latter
period he says: 81 saw another angel fly !
III the midst of heaven having the ever
lasting gospel TO preach unto them |
that dwell on the earth, and to every |
nation and kindred and tongue and /
people, saying with loud voice, Fear /
God, and give glory unto him, for the
hour of His judgment is come" The
Latter-day Saints have no desire to re-
vile the belief of any man, knowing
that God has made every man free to
holioua w ot ho ohOOcac class
it devolves upon the Saints to preach /
the warning message and deslare that |
the angel, as foreseen by John the /
Revelator, had flown through the
heavens and again restored the true
and everlasting gospel. Very few people |
but will ADMIT that these are the last !
days, seeing that this earth is nearing /
the close of the sixth thousandth year |
of It's labors. Consequently its mlllen- |
NAL reign of peace, its sabbath or /
seventh thousandth term of years is |
near dawning, when the Savior Jesus !
Christ will come the second time, to |
reign as King of Kings. He has sent !
His prophets TO prepare the way of His /
shall be as in the days of Noah, when /
the world was warned of the Judge /,
ments of God. Noah was ridiculed for |
his preaching, and set at naught by the |
so-called wise men of his day. just as all
other prophets have been ridiculed and !
set at naught by those among men who |
consider themselves to be wise. The |
earth is destined to be purified with fire, |
and those who deny His message and |
offer of salvation Will be destroyed |
The food that followed Noah's preach
ing was a baptism of water and the |
judgments to come shortly will be
baptism OF fire to this earth. If we do |
not rid ourselves of all iniquity and pre- |
pare for His second coming, we shall
be consumed by the fervent heat of His
presence. Hear the word of the Lord,
o, We nations, said the prophet, Jere
niah, and prepare yourselves for the
great events which await you. In His |
great mercy He has sent forth warn ng
in the message OF the gospel which the
Latter-day SAINTS preach to you. Men
do not realize the events which are i'm
mediately near them. The gospel con-
templates saving the bodies and the
souls of all men. We bear the olive
branch of peace to all the world, and for
this we are prosecuted and despised. |
We are putting our lives in jeopardy in
preaching that which is unpopular with
the world to-day, because we have
desire to- benefit and bless all !
men. condemnation will follow those
why prefer darkness rather than light.
and win have themselves to blame. God
is merciful and just, and will let the
responsibility rest on those who reject
His gospel. pray God to let His
blessings rest on those who hear the ]
truth, that they may be led to obey il !
and obtain salvation.
The choir sang:
", 81, 49,
They've keenly felt the stroke
OF vile oppression iron grasp.
The solos of which were very ably
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