Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-16
REDEMPTION OF THE JEWS.

"Thus saith the Lord God: behold
I will take the children of Israel
from among the heathens, whittier
they be gone, and will gather them
on every side, and bring them into
their own land; and viii make them
one nation in the land upon the
mountains OF Israel, and one king
shall be king 10 them all, and they
shall be no more two nations,
neither shall they be divided into
two kingdoms any more at all;
neither shall they defile themselves
any more with their idols nor with
detestable things, nor with any Of
their transgressions; but | will save
them out ofall their dwelling places,
wherein they have sinued, and will
cleanse them, so shall they be my
people, and / will be their God. And
David, my servant, shall be king
over them, and they all shall have
one shepherd; they shall also walk
in my Judgments and observe my
statutes and do them. Aud they
shall dwell in the land that | have
given unto Jacob, my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt;
and they shall dwell therein, they,
and their children, and their chill
dren's children, for ever Moreover
| will make a covenant Of peace
with them; it shall be an everlasting
covenant with them. And | will
place them, and multiply them, and
will set my sanctuary in the midst
Of them for evermore. My taber.
nacle also shall be with them. Yea,
| will be their God, aud they shall
be my people. And the heather
shall know that l, the Lond, DO
sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary
shall be in the midst Of them for
evermore." IL. 81, ELS.
Had tins remarkably clear predic-
ton about the triumph of Israel and
NAAt NNAUEANE- VI vi NA0A
been delivered by David or Solomon,
at time when the Jewish people
were one of the first nations Of the
earth; when kings ami queens were
among the admirers OF the Jewish
princes, human wisdom would have
been willing 10 admit the p-Obabil-
ity oft. But il was not. 1t was
given by an exilcd prophet in the
land Of Babel. Jerusalem had been
destroyed, the nation scattered.
The enemies triumpbed; and yet
under such circumstances, we hear
the oracle of God announcing the
establishment Of a kingdom in the
Holy Land, where the ancient
covenant people shall be subjects
and David king for ever and ever,
reigning in peace, guided by the
presence Of the glory Of God in his
holy tabernacle. Wonderful pre-
diction!
For ages past people have been
unwilling 10 believe in the restOra-
ton Of the Jews. The idea pre-
vailed that theOverthrow Of Jerusa-
lem, and the scattering Of the ma
ton. by the Romans was the wind
ing up scene Of the Jewish part, as a
nation, in the worlds drama. All
predictions above n final restoration
and an everlasting establishment in
the Holy Land were accepted Is
describing, in n spiritual sense, the
spread Of the principles Of the Gospel
Of Christ. Ii was held to he con-
trary 10 the purposes Of God to once
more gather and redeem Israel as n
nation.
1t is no longer so; and for the
strongest reasons possible. God has
already commenced TO gather His
people, Ephraium and Judah. The
way is being very plainly pre-
pared. Tor the fulfilment to the letter
of the prediction delivered by the
Prophet Ezekiel in Babel some 1850
years ago. The nations Of the earth
are accomplishing the purposes Of
God. 1t appears that the world will
after awhile have no room for the
seed Of Jacob anywhere except in
Palestine.
II there is any one people who are
more than all others interested in
the restoration Of the Jews, IL is the
Latter-day Saints. Their interest Is
that OF brother in the welfare Of n
brother, and Of a sufferer for the lie
liverance of a fellow-sutierer. The
fate Of the descendants If Ephraim
and Of Judah are so closely woven
together that they can no more be
entirely separated. Their final re-
demptiOn goes hand in hand, Eph-
rain leading, Judah following.
In contemplating the promised
glorious redemption Of the Jews, a
thoughtful mind naturally enquiries:
How and by what means will it be
thought about? We have seen how
Ephraim has been called out from
the nations Of the earth by the
sound Of the everlasting gospel, in
which they have recognized the
voice Of their heavenly Father.
They have followed the call and
gathered as prompted by the Spirit.
VIII the Jews be gathered in the
same way and by the same means?
VIII Judah, like Ephraim, hear the
gospel, accept Christ and then
gather, or will God otherwise ac-
.'omplish His purposes with the
Jews? On these important ques-
tons, the word Of God through His
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