Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-04
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osthe Presidency Of the Seventies,
said in Substances: I have always
accounted myself blessed - BE- assO-
clateI with the wJr. o. CD in THE
DESIGNATION, AMI have greatly re-
ioicei that have been brought Ia
contact with the Gospel, e llei by
the world, ..SI0rm0ai-m." / cIn
understand the feelings o! gratitude
that pervade the hearts or the
saints rgsarliug this work,
bat 70 Is no wonder that
tine Ec!ll regard ]. with astouish-
rleu;. T.- iriii1l announcements
connected With Ii were calculate!
to siartie the religious world. In
the first vision VI Joseph Saith, the
Prophet Ms infOrmed by Christ
that thege we're hone Or the -aCls
right, tut all had gone ou. of tue
way. - bold a declaration by the
youthful Prophet was ca.culltl-l 90
asioniSh tine world. But this does
not arEue titst ther. are not thou
sands OF people In the world whom
God loves. TRe significance Of the
opening announcement in this die
peu,ati1u gas merely that men had
departed from the right way, and
that they should he informed Of the
fact, that the way might be prepared
for the re establishment Of the tTlie
Church OF ChIist. What Joseph lie
clarei Is predicted IN tie scriptures,
I'm which the Christians profess
b believe. John, while on tie Isle
81 Patmos, predicted the restoration
OF the tioSrgl in H. fulress in thc
latter days, through the ms-iiurn VI
an angel. This was 10 occur in ''the
hour of Gods judgment" Had tile
inhabitants u the earth teen in
possession Of the GCspel - II is in
Christ, this predicted Restoration
wOuli have beeu suVcrogg.oTy.
Connected with this pr. he,-y "
John x i cicirly s'at.i that the
inhabitants 81 the earth shculi be
Gale upon - gUTsaip the true Cod,
Indicating that sheer worship at
that time gsIli NO. bu dir,-;Ci To-
ward tia. Gr-i, Being \ portion
Of The fulii.urut gf that gre Iiction
was the bringing forth OF t..e recurl
called the BOuS 81 Mormon, adding
for Christ, the testimony u the
Prophets who existed on this CONT
nen;, they being thus united
with that OF those ON the
eastern hemisphere. Giadugily
the rich treasures Of heaven have
been developed, and the work %
a HH.H 4.
way fer the coming OF Christ, who
shall establish reign Of righteous
ness and pence. de shall take the
government into His own hands.
and We have the glorious privilege
Of increasing faith on the earth, that
n people may be ready % receive tine
LOui when he shall come. Before
another General Conference shall he
reached we shall have entered upon
tile year 1891. The speaker here
read from Sec. $50 Of the Book Of
Doctrine ami Covenants, which re-
latss 10 the coming q the son
OF Man, and referred to some
remarks made 10y the Prophe,
February lith, ISIS, at meeting
wherein certain Elders were toll
that they were called 10 90 forth
ami prun- the vineyard for the
time, before the coming OF Christ,
even So years should wind up the
scene. Continuing. Elder Roberts
said, tiiat these circumstances nave
clllei tae Saints b. believe that
some great elcch will open ~ that
time-thc year following tue pres
ent. Ny faith In the matter Is
that Whatever the L0ri has in
mind 10 accomplish in that year
will be performed. IL may he
something, however. that wCuli
scarcely create n ripple. The Or
ganiEatiou Of the Church % jesus
Christ Of LltteT-iay saints was one
o! the greatest events u the history
Of the world. IL was organized with
six members; aud lIt little was
known concerning Is even in tie
neighborhood where ID occurred, NJ
the time. Yet iehold TO what pro-
portions the work tLeu begun has
growa. IL may be that the great
nee u what shall occur IN 1891
will not be cJmHrehendel until