Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-06

will be crowded with stupenlous
Occurrences. God has thus spoken.
Judgments will be poured out upon
the Inhabitants % the earth, AMI
will increase until the Lcri Himself
shall come
/ took occasion to have the ser
mon that Brother joseph preached
hunted up, and will re7i 4 li,iie
from il 20 show you what ne said
upon this very subject, and 70 show
you also that we need not expec!
that 1881 will bring any such thing
rs the coming OF the Lord. IL was
said yesterday that no man know
eth the day nor the hour. This Is
true. But 1 will tell YOU what men
can krow. They can know that sach
and such u time j. not the time.
Men can prophesy that 1881 i not
the year. Although they cannot
tell YOU The day nor the hour, they
can tell you that He will no; come
this year or next yrar, according TO
ihe words Of God already givea-
There are several revelations which
speak plainly upon this point, allu-
son % which was made yesterday
by the brethren who spoke There
are n great many events O. take place
that have not yet occurred; ami Tie
Savior will not come until they DO
take place. BE assured Of this. and
be not concerned in your minds aud
agiia;ed on these matters, b-causc u
il elsy 70 understand that there arr
many things vet 10 be fulfilled he
fore that grand and glorious event
will come. Yet, a. He has told us,
lie will come rs n thief in the night
He will come when the Inhabitants
OF the earth are unprepared FOR him.
Joseph said:
II Wa once praying earnestly upon
this subject cha. =. concerning the
coming % the son % Mani and a voice
aid unto me. NV son. II thou Invest
until thou art - years % aso. thou
shalt sc the face Of the son Of Man "
This was what the voice said to
Joseph:
''if thou livest until thou art s. years
Of age, thou shalt sec the face Of the
Son Of Man"
He continues:
i was lefl 10 draw my own conclu-
-iuus concerning this and I took the
liberty % concluding that II / did live
q that time He would make His ap-
pearance. But do not say whether
lie will make His appearance. or
shall 20 where lie j.. I prophecy IN
the name Of the Lord God. and le. il
b. written. the Son % Man will no,
come in the clouds % heaven Till I an
= years old"
Now, at the time Joseph male
this prophecy, Miller, Of the Miller
ites. was making predictions about
the coming Of the SCR Of Man
about the years 1925 I. In these
years, a. YOU vino have been KEPT H.
formed will doubi!ess know, there
was great excitement throughout
the United States about the coming
OF the SON of Man, anl Joseph
prophesiesi that He would not come
for the next forty years.
He g0ss on and says:
: "rhe coming Of the son Of Man
never will be. never c1R be, till The
judgments spoken % for this hOar are
poured out, which Judgments are
commenced. Il j. nos the design Of
. the Almighty TO como upon tho earth
and crush IL and grind i % powder;
but He will reveal II % His servants.
. the Prophets. Judah must return.
Jerusalem must be rebuilt. and the
Temple, andwateT come out from under
the Temple, and the waters Of the Dead
Sea be healed. Il will take some time
TO build the walls Of the city ard team
Pile, etc, and all this must be done be-
fore the Son Of Man will make His ap-
pearauce. There Will be wars and
rumor Of wars, signs in the heavens
above and on the earth beneath. and
the sun turned into darkness, and the
moon 20 blood; earthquakes in divers
places, the seas heayins themselves
beyond their bounds. Then will np-
pear the grand sign d the son Of Man
in heaven But what will the world
sayG They will ssy il j. a planet.
comet, etc hut tue Son u Man will
clme Al tho sign Of the coming % the
Son OF Man, wich will he as the light
q, the morning coming out % the
east"
Now, the Prophet explains this
in connection with his statement as
a. what the voice hal said % him.
He did not ass.r; that Jesus would
CON. IL the ciJu,!> 4 heaven even
IL lac lived 10 he eighty-iive; hut he
Z was tnl.i that hc slould Ecf. Him.
and he qualified il, - that there
Hee,i ire ~ mislprreIensiou upon
! this subject.
I / might read "a you many revria-
! tiOns in this Rl0, 81 D. -trinC ~!
/ Covenants GAVIN Tie Dso,s ga az
Z hanUl upon this same subject, H.
which the Lord plIinly says that
I certain tiiU.s shall taS,' pia--. a.
ltsioa wss ma le ) gstefisy {, ssnI-
Of them.
"And again, verify ] sayu yon.
/ that the Son 81 Man clmsLif 10.
/ IN the form %; wnm1-l, neither -
a man travelling on the earth. Where
I fore be not deceived, but continue in
sieadiaSine~-, looking forth for the
heavens 10 h. shaken and tho earth to
| irsmble aud reel To aud fro a n
drunken man, and for the valleys to II.
exalted. and for the mountains IN b.
made low, and for tho rough FLA rs 10
bec1me smooth. and all Tins vixen the
angel shall sound his irunps;. But
before the great day OF the Lord shall
cJme. Jacyb shall flourish Ia this
wilderness, and the LamauiieS shall
blossom as the rose; Zion shall Hour
ish upon the hills and rcjaice upon
the mountains, and shall be assembled
unto the place which have APP
pointed.
These are the words OF God con
corning the coming OF the Son o;
Man. These revelations give uuto
US with grea. ciearne-s tine I'll gus
that shall precedc Ills coming.
Therefore, do not let us get ourselves
unsettled in our minds. feel Il
important that this Conference
shOIld no. scparate without having
IL clearly stated 10 them that YOU
need not Look for the coming OF the
Son OF Man either this year or next. |
Though We cannot prophecy the
day or the hour, We can p.O. lhesy
some things concerning His coming,
that j., that will take place before
His coming. God has not lefi Us ia
doubt upon these points IL You
have time. read the 18th section OF
int bpoh OF D4EAEAAt anu AoNtuahl-f
and the 18th section, aud the SSth
section. Therefore, Latter day
Saints, 90 ahead and perform your
duties carefully, consistently, aud
with a determination TO do that
which God requires at your hands.
Do not loOs for some great cataclysn
70 occur, whish will show all the
world that this Is the Kingdom Of
God. That has been one Of our
great thoughts. Perhaps such IA thing
will occur; but will tell you what
/ have observed during my life that
God works la natural ways. Ills
purposes come around seemingly
perfectly n7fural-sO natural that
the world cannot sec the hand OF
God in them II requires faith and
the Spirit Of God 10 show these
things.
/ REMEMBER my thoughts and
ideas when in my boyhOo1. Being
familiar with tht. revelation which