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

claimed by sword and by fire, and
that the Lord is pleading with all
flesh The sword is bathed in
heaven; 1t will fall upon Idumea
and the world, and who is able to
stand the judgments Of the Al
mighty Those who are striving
for our overthrow, if they have not
faith today In this and in God, they
will have faith whenever they come
TO Judgment, for the whole Of
them have got TO go to Judgment,
and they VIII be Judged according
TO their deeds done in the body.
Brethren and sisters, let us look
at these things as they are. We are
under great responsibility. In every
dispensation God has called men and
placed them rs watchmen on the
walls Of Zion. He told Ezekiel: 81
have set thee n Waterman I'M
to the house Of Israel; there
fore thou shalt hear the word ut
my mouth, and warn them from
me. When l say unto the wicked,
o wicked man, thou shalt surely
die; if thou dost not speak to warn
the wicked from his way, that
wicked man shall die in his iniqui-
ty; but his blood will require at
thine hand. Nevertheless, If thou
warn the wicked OF his way 10 turn
away from il; IL he do not turn from
his way, he shall die In his in
iquity, but thou hast delivered thy
soul" We have been called upon
TO warn this generation. We have
tried TO do 1t In our weak way.
have for the last fifty-seven years Of
my life. So have these brethren
here. We have Travelled thousands
Of miles without purse or scrip. We
have lifted up our voices and
preached the Gospel Of Christ TO this
dispensat.on.
We are also called, brethren and
sisters, TO perform some work in our
day and time that no other dispen-
satiori Of men hare been called to
do. We have been called TO rear
temples and 10 20 into those temples
and redeem our dead. II takes rs
much to save a dead man rs it does
n living one. II the dead have not
heard the Gospel, the Lord Is not
going TO send them 10 hell because
they have not received il. The
Lord is the Father Of all. He is
merciful 10 all, and He will save all,
except the sons Of perdition. Every
man will have n glory. Our Glib
crap friends here Will have n glory.
a man will have a celestial glory
IL he abides the law Of the celestial
kingdom; he will have a terrestrial
glory II he abidCs the law OF the
terrestrial kingdom; he will have n
celestial glory II he abi,es the law Of
the celestial kingdom. That Is the
law Of God unto us.
Brethren and sisters, l have de-
sired 10 know the truth from the
day / was a child. / read the Bible
in my boybood. | attended Sabbath
scliOOl under old DR.. Porter and DR.
Haws. ] read in this New Tesla
ment about Jesus Christ / read of
what kind OF n Gospel He preached
and what kind OF n man He was. !
read about the Apostles aud Of the
power they had; how they laid hands
upon the sick and they recovered;
they could east out devils, and, in
some instances, raised the dead. In
my bOyhOOd l longed that 1 might
live on the earth till could find n
servant Of God, an inspired man,
who would teach me these princi-
pies that | read Of in the New Tesla
ment. The Lord promised me, in
fulfilment Of my prayers, that /
should live TO see that day. | have
lived 10 see il. The Lord has called
n people from the nations of the
earth, from every sect, party and
denomination, TO receive the fulness
OF the everlasting Gospel. There Is
but one Gospel. There never was but
one Gospel; there never will be but
one. Millions Of people have been
born I'm the flesh, have lived and have
gone to the grave, who never saw the
face Of n prophet In their lives; never
saw a man that was called of God and
had power TO administer in one ofthe
ordinances OF the HOnse Of God.
VIII God condemn them because
they did not receive the Gospel:
Not at all. They are in the spirit
world-Our fathers. We are called
upon, as saviOrs on Mount Zion,
while the kingdom is the Lords, in
the latter days, TO 20 forth and re-
deem our dead. We hold in our
hands the keys and power Of their
redemption, by attending TO the ordi-
nances Of God for them. Ii lisa work
that the Lord has blessed us with.
| thank God for this privilege. 1t Is
one Of the blessings that the Latter
day Saints enjoy. When / go into
the spirit world | expect TO meet my
fathers, my mothers, my relatives.
| have been in the Temple Of the
Lord. ] have received endowments
for over three thousand Of them on
my fathers and my mother's side,
all that / could get access to. | 10
not want to go into the spirit world
10 meet these people and have them
say to ME, "YOu had power to enter
into these Temples TO get redemption
for me, but you have not done it"
Lay these things 10 heart. BE not
afraid with regard to the work; only
serve God and trust in Him. You
cannot serve man, nor make flesh
your arm, for your salvation. If we
are saved, If we are delivered. if we
have redemption, il will lie by the
power Of the God Of Israel. He
sent His Son into the world to lay
down His life for the redemption Of
the children Of men.
l feel to thank God that / have
this privilege Of bearing my testi
mony to the work. / know it is
true. know Joseph Smith was
one Of the greatest prophets that
God ever raised up in the earth,
save Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith
holds the keys Of this great and last
and fulness Of times;
he viii hold those keys to the end
less ages OF eternity. He sealed his
with his blood. And IL
we have TO do the same, what Of IL?
Thousands and thousands of the
children Of men lay down their
lives in going to war. for the sake Of
worldly honor. Is it any more for
n man TO lay down his life for the
gospels sake than it is for him to
lay it down for some other cause?
/ say no. It makes no difference
what we are called to pass through,
II we are united and do our duty all
will be we'll want salvation when
| get through. | want to go where
my Heavenly Father and the Savior
are, II / eau. | want 10 go where
The Apostles and Prophets are who
have borne the heat and burden Of
he day in their generations-Moses,
Isaiah, jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
md all the Prophets and Patriarchs
whose testimonies we have in the
Bible, n well as those who dwelt in
his land.
/ bear my testimony that this is
he Kingdom OF God. AS to perse-
-ution, all men who live gOdly
n Christ Jesus suffer persecu-
ion. Why this combination
" priest and people agaist Joseph
smith, an illiterate 10y, as soon as
le was administered TO by the an
,els Of God? Why did he wade in
Ieep waters up TO the day Of his
Ieaih? Why did he pass through