Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-12

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give unto his subjects the rights and
privileges in their relationship to
God which the Father Himself has
given unto them. Whenever these
subjects are deprived of their rights,
those who preside over them are
held responsible.
We are here upon mission. This
Is not our home. This j. not the
place where we expect to dwell for
ever Weare going into the spirit
world. / have been associated with
the Church for 81 years. l
was intimate with the Prophet
Joseph Smith and those that laid
the foundation OF this Church, who
were martyred for the word OF
God and testimony Of Jesus. They
today are In the spirit world, ming
ling with the Gods, where they can
plead for their brethren. SO too
shall we 60 In our day and time.
In view OF this can afford TO reject
the gospel, or 10 turn await from
that which the Lord has required
at my hands, because 1t does not
suit the world? / cannot. | have
got to meet my acts before the
throne of God, and so have this
nation and all the inhabitants Of he
earth. They will undertand then
that there is apOwer above them, and
that Is the God of heaven. All
men have got to appear at the
judgment seat Of Christ. And when
men shed the blood Of the righteous
because they follow the words OF the
Lord, they have TO pay for 1t. No
man can shed the blood Of the
righteous without II costing him
something. Ii was so in the days
Of Jesus Christ. No man was more
unpopular on the face Of the earth
than Jesus Christ was from the
day He was born until He assembled
into heaven. All Jerusalem was
against Him. The Jews were
against Him The Gentiles were
against Him, in n great measure,
They cried out against Him and
accused Him OF everything that was
wrong, and labored very hard to
find some accusation against Him
whereby they might put Him to
death. Ii istruethat theGentile judge
who heard the testimony against
Jesus told the Jews: Il find no fault
in this man" and he washed his
hands, saying, 81 am innocent Of
the blood Of this just person: see you
20 it." All right, said they, "his
blood he on us, and on our child
rem" How little did those Jews
know what 1t would cost them TO
shed the blood Of Jesus Christ.
Well might the Son Of God, while
on the cross, cry out, "Father, for
give them; for they know not what
they do" Strange language for n
man that was expiring on the crossl
Why did He say this? He knew
what would be the rcsalt 10 the
Jewish nation for the next two
thousand years. Whenever the na-
tiOns Of the earth have taken Il
stand against the Gospel Of Christ
or the people Of God, they have had
to pay the till. Ii has cost some
thing to shed the blood CT Joseph
Smith and. Hyrum Smith, and the
price is not fully paid yet.
While the world look upon us as
a strange people, while they have
no faith in US or in our teachings,
and while they have no faith in
the Bible which they profess to be-
lieve in, still their unbelief will
not make the truths Of God without
effect. The inhabitants of the earth
know not what awaits them. The
Lord Is going to cut short His work
in righteousness. If He did not no
flesh would be saved. AS / have
said before, We have been called
upon 10 warn this generation.
How was it when We first
went to New York, 10 Phila-
delphia, TO Boston. and to tie
various states OF the Union? We
went there and found hundreds OF
people who were ready 10 receive
the Gospel Of Christ. We organized
churches throughout the United
States, north and south, more espe-
cially in the northern and middle
states. At that time there was not
the feeling that there il today. There
were a great many who were willing
10 open their eyes to see, their ears
20 hear, and their hearts to under
stand. The Lord told Joseph Smith
thDt He had set His hand to prune
His vineyard once more for the last
time, and He commanded him and
Others 10 90 forth and warn this
generation 10 gather out the honest
aud meek Of the earth, and to pre-
pare for the day of His judgment.
And in one place in this book OF
Doctrine aud Covenants, In explain
ing the parable Of the wheat and the
tares, the Lori says: "BehOld, verify
say, that the field was the world,
and the Apostles We're the sewers OF
the seed; and after they have fallen
asleep, the great prosecutor OF the
church, the apcstate, the whore,
even Babylon, that maketh all ma
tions to drink Of her cup, in whose
hearts the enemy, even Satan, cit
teth to reign. behold he sOweth the
tares, wherefore the tares choke the
wheat and drive the church into the
wilderness. But behold, in the last
days, even now while the Lord is
beginning to bring forth the word,
and the blade is springing upand is
yet tender. Behold, verify / say
unto you, the angels are crying I'M
to the Lord day and night, who are
ready and waiting to lie sent forth
TO reap down the fields; but the Lori
said unto them, pluck not up the
tares while the blade is yet tender
flor verify your faith is weak lest
you destroy the wheat al,o.''
Do the Inhabitants Of the earth re-
aliLe the Judgments that hang over
their heads? They do not, no more
than the people did in the days OF
Noah, in the days Of Lot, and in the
days Of the Jews when they put to
death the Messiah.
You have embraced the Gospel.
How came you 10 lie gathered here
in these valleys Of the mountains,
in this once barren desert? Where
did you come from? You came
from England, from Norway, from
Sweden, from the various nations of
the earth and from the isles of the
sea. How was Il that YOU came
here? You reply: An Elder Of
Israel called. L heard him preach.
He told me il I would repent Of my
sins, l should receive the gift OF the
Holy Ghost. l believed him. /
went forth and was baptized. had
hands laid upon me for the reception
Of the Holy Ghost, and / did receive
the Holy Ghost. There was no de-
ception about this. / was moved
upon to gather with the Saints OF
God TO the mountains Of Israel, that
| might stand with them and be
iaught in the things Of the Kingdom
1f Col, that / might stand in holy |
places while the Judgments OF God |
we're Pourei forth In the earth.
That Is why you are here We
night have preached to you till we
iad been as Old as Methusaleh, and
{ the Almighty had not backed up
he testimony Of these Elders OF
srael, Utah today would be as bar
EN- a desert rs we found it. as far as
he Latter-day Saints are con-
'erned.
This Is the work Of Cox, and we
re called upon TO labor, no matter
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