Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-18
REMARK S
PRESIDENT GEORGE Q, CANNON,
Ta5e-nooSe, SAT- Lake Clty, january
Il, 1880.

is l., 1880.
t. If there were AIRY sevidenc
Is needed concerning the commo
re origin OF the people OF New Re
n land and those Of the Sandwic
y Islands, the similarity in I'll
r language would be sufficient
{ prove that they were iieHiieal j
Il their origin. One who understand
4 the language Ct the Hawaiians ca
: understand most Of that Of the NeN
ZeSisnders, a great many words be
: ing the slme in both languages; an
no doubt the tradition that the.
have concerning their emigration
from the Sandwich Islands is a cor
rect one. And tire same thin:
would apply 70 all the Polynesiar
group. On the Marquesas Islands
on the Society Islands, on the Navi
gator Islands, the people all speal
kindred dialects. And. one who i:
acquainted with the language of ONT
group can easily make himself an,
derstood TO the inhabitants Of an
other group, and he can understand
them also, there being so many
words in common. .ars-
have never heand the Maori
language spoken until this after
noon ElderGeorge Romney, Jf., Who
preceded President Cannon in adj
dressing the congregation, and vino
recently returned from a three
years mission to New Zealand, ct
the close Of his remarks. was re-
quested to speak shcrt time in the
Maori tongue, which he dbl and /
have no doubt that all the mission
aries who have been on the Sand
wich Islands, who are present, will
be struck, as was, with the great
similarity between the Maori Ian
guage, as spoken by Eidef ROmney,
and that OF the Hswaiians.
One Of the most remarkable fea-
lures CONNECTED with the preaching
Of the Gospel at the present time,
and one which impresses me very
much, as l have no doubt II does
you, is the disinclination of the
races and nationaiities from which
We are descended TO listen TO the
Gospel to the Son OF God. It seems
as though the words Of the Lord
We're being fulfilled concerning the
withdrawal of His Holy Spirit from
the GENTLE nations, and the near
approach for the command 10 I've.
given to His servants to turn TO the
Jews.
In the early revelations given to
this church through the Prophet
Joseph. it was clearly intimated by
the Lord that the time would come
when the elders Of this Church
would be required to 90 to the de-
scendants OF the house of Israel. We
were COMMANDED to go first 10 the
Gentiles- In ancient days the COM
mand to the servants Of God was to
go to the Jews; and after the house
OF Israel rejected the Gospel they
were commanded to 20 10 the Gen
tiles. You remember how Pauland
Barnebas testified concerning this.
And when they were rejected by
their own cOuntrymeR, they de-
clired that God now required them
to go to the GeGtiles; that they had
finished their mission 10 the Jews.
In the last days this was not TO be
case. The Lord had said the first
should be last, and the last should
be first. That is, the house Of Is
rael was first 10 hear the Gospel in
the days Of the Savior, and the
GENTLE nations the last; but in the
last days they were to be the first TO
hear the gospel, and after it had
been proclaimed to them and re-
jected 10y them, it was to be preached
10 the house of Israel.
For nearly sixty years the Elders
Of this Church have been labOring
among the GeHtile nations, of which
We who are here today are a part.
We are designated Gentiles in the
record which God has given unto US,
the Book of Mormon. And 1t Is
predicted in that book that the Gen
tiles would receive the Gospel, that
Is, some Of them, and that they
would be the means in the hands OF
God OF carrying this record, the
Book OF Mormon, to the descendants
OF the house of Israel, who should
be In darkness atthe time this record
should come forth.
L will read n prediction concern
ing this found in the book OF Nephi,
3Oth chapter, 2nd book:
For behold 1 saw unto Won. that as
many OF the Gentiles As will repent,
are the covenant people Of the Lord;
and as many Of the Jews as will not
repent, shall be east off; for the Lord 1
covenanteth with none, save il be with 1
them that repent and believe in his |
Son, who Is the Holy One Of Israel. |
And now, 1 would prophecy some
what more concerning the Jews and |
the Gentles. For after the book Of /
which have spoken shall come forth. /
and be written unio the Gentiles, and /
sealed up again unto the Lord, there |
shall be many which shall believe the |
words Which are written: and they
shall carry them forth unto the REM
nant Of our seed. M.
And then shall the rempant Of our
seed know concerning us, how that we
came out OF Jerusalem; and that they
are descendants Of the Jews.
And the Gospel Of Jesus Christ shall
be declared among them; wherefore
hey shall be restored unto the knowl-
edge Of their fathers, and also to the
Of Jesus Christ, which was
had among their fathers.
And then shall they rejoice: for they
SHAH know that II is a blessing unto
hem from the hand of God; and their
,cales OF darkness shall begin to fall
rom their eyes: and many generations
'hal not pass away among them, save
hey shall be white and delightsome
oeople.
And Il shall come to pass that the
Jews which are scattered, also shall !.
legIn to believe in Chris. and thew
'haH begin to gather in upon The face
u the land; and as many as shall be-
leve IN Christ. and shall become n de-
ightsome people.
And Il shall come to pass that the
ord God shall commence His yvorl-
'mong all nations, kindfeds, tongues
nd people, the bring about the
estoration Of his people upon Inc
arth.
And with righteousness shall tho
ORD Judge the poor, and reproye with
putty. for the meek OF the earth.
Ind He shall smite the earth with tba
cd OF his mouth aud with the breath
I His lips shall He slay the wicked.
For the time speedily cometh that
he BoTd God shall cause a great di-
ision among the people; and the
Ficked will He destroy; and He will
pare His people, yea, IL it so b-<ehat ,
ie must destroy the wicked by fre.i
This prediction plainly foreshad- ,
VS. that which is now taking plac,. 5
nj which has been taking place {
n some years. Gas many OF the ,
ientlles as will repent, +" the prophet I
iys, care the covenant people of {
40 Lord" By virtue OF Tins i
romise which God has made. We e
re His covenant people. Though I
GENTLE descent, aud numbered S
nong the Gentle nations. by and
trough our obedience to the (iosneI n