Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-19

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the highest principles Of the gospel.
IL seems to me that every soul must
have been fed; every afflicted sorrow
ful one must have been comfoTted;
every tried and tempted one must
have felt the benefit 81 these iB-
structions to refresh his soul and
renew his strength before the Lord.
[ wish TO testify that | have been
greatly blessed Of the Lord.
obtained the first testimony OF the
Holy Spirit 10 the truth Of this great
work in the midst Of what is called
the grand prairie i'm Missouri.
was crossing 1t on foot one
day in November, 1855. had
just heard that the Prophet, the
Apostles aud the Elders, 20 the
number o. thirty or forty, had teen
taken or to Richmond, Liberty and
other places, TO prison, and that we
need never hope 10 have them with
us any more; for the wicked had de-
termined that they should not dwell
with US, nor We with them. felt
as n 10y seventeen years old would
naturally feel under those ciTcum-
stances-ahout two thousand miles
from his native home, In search Of
the Gospel Of the Kingdom Of God
and the servants OF God. Right
there in that lonely place It was
that the Blessings and glory Of God
shone AROUSED me, and il was shown
20 me that we would have them
again; il was the work of God, 1t
could not be destroyed, II could not
be broken up, It could not bs i'm
paired. IL was shown 10 me how il
looked TO Peter and the brethren an
ciently when Jesus Christ was
erucified, and the Apostle his writ
ten for US that his hopes were wei
nigh gone. When the Lord male
this manifest to me, | rgjoiccd ex-
ceedlngly, and travelled over that
prairie with great lightness and testi-
mOny, and got up 70 associate with
the people OF God.
That was the first testimony I re-
ceivcd from God concerning the
work. Aud during the last fifty
years that l have been travelling
with you and throughout the m
tions In preaching the Gospel 20 this
and European countries, I have
| been blessed with testimonies re
peatedly, such as healings, tongues,
interpretations, prophecies, reyela-
tons, and the still small voice and in
divers other ways. l know this TO
be the Church aud Kingdom Of God,
just as truly as know any earthly
thing / have TO do with; and, know
ing this, / feel, and have all the
time, to cOnsecrate myself with
what little / am and have, 30 help
build up this Church aud 10 al
vance its interests in any humble
capacity I'm which ] may be situ-
ated.
You viii recolleCt that some few
years ago one among the Apostles
had the senseless reconsideration 10
feel and to say that our Savior was
only as another man; that he was
tried nui convicted, sentenced and
executed as 6iiy other culprit should
be; and you will remember thrt he
was moved out Of his place. This
thing struck deep into my heart. 1
was ordained, as you know, here IL
these valleys, in 1919. being then
the youngest member in the Council
Of the Apostles. But this circum-
stance struck me all through Ike
melted lead. II went down into
my soul, and I thought, what 10 i
know about our Great Captain, our
Lord Jesus Christ, cur Great Re
deemer, and called 10 be an Apostle
Of the Lord Jesus Christs. II came
home to me with an earrestuess that
set me at work with payer AID with
fasting, and with searching the
scriptures, until God in His pleasure
showed il 10 mt; and | can say that
| know that my Redesmer lives,
and He viii cUfne and stand upon
the earth in the latter day.
He came and went through His
ministry, until the earth and the in
habitants thereof did what they list
I'd w.-h Him, and when they had
done the last thing they could do
with Him, He triumphed over death
and he'll and went on high. He
lives there and viii remain there
until His enemies shall be made his
f0otsioOl. You and / are called up
on 10 prepare ourselves In body and
in spirit, in all that we are. with all
that we have, with all that we can
control, aid prepare our surround I
ings, for His coming, His glo.ious 7
return, when He stall iriug His .
ransomed thrOngs with Him.
No earthly pOteniates, lie he car, 4
emperor, king, lord or noble. or Of I
any lills, has had the prestige and Z
the attention Of the human family I.
as has this our LOri and Savior (
Jesus Christ. The most aneieEt .
tirle we hear Of-in the Garden Of Z
Edeu-it vas Aaii of Him that He /.
should come in The meridian OF time, I
and sacrifices were given and r. Z
quired 10 perpetu2te this knowledge, I
that He was 10 come Is the great I
living sacrifice, and by the wisdom /
Of the Eternal aud man on the earth /
il was 50 perpetuatcJ; -hi every I.
great mal that had any knowledge I
Of God offered sacrifices and perpet- I
uatei that knowledge ill Jesus came !
and dwelt i'm the flesh. These .
records that President Woodruff re ]
fsrrsd us 20 this morning contain 1
that have come down I
through the ages OF time unto .
us. ami we know that he has come, !
that He has passed through this or
deal, that He has wrought out sal
walton and the resurrection FOR all .
We live in 4 period Of time when
peoples hearts are hard. The ma
lion seems to be beclOudeds Terri
bic thought! cur nation Is filed
with lies concerning u. They DO !
not know US. We have not the
power to make ourselves known 10
them. They are unwilling 70 know.
They seem as II they are afraid we
are right. We canuot get them
even to that first birth, hy which
they might SEE TIE Kingdom OF
God, much les enter into ID. Oh,
what a terrible condition they are
ini Parts Of the United States Will 4
not listen 10 an Elder; other parts
are now receiving the Gospel n
little. But what has tie Lord 10
,ay about this NATTER We under
,tand, by the revelations, thai the
great father Of lies is the author OF
mis- condition Of things. He was a
liar from the beginning, and he has
these lies and false ideHs
IpOn the human family, and he is
keeping them under that cloud lest
hey should come unto n knowledge
" the truth. What did the Apes
les say anciently! That "God
hail send them strong delusiou,
hat they should believe a lie: that
hey all might be damned who he
ieved not the truth, but had pleas
IRE in unrights oUsnt S." Oh, ter-
-ible fate, terrible judgment, terrible
right here in the
lesh, without waiting 10 get cut Of
{, TO find the torments Of hell as
Promised by somel For God has de-