Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-05

| hu' tlahuels IN Ofucf 70 hNOiu tne alnd
bars. This d. true. Tho channel 4 here.
Tho holy Priesthood Is here.
81 was present with Joseph when on
holy angel from Cod camo down from
heaven and conferred on us, or restored
the lesser or Aarpnic Priesthood, aud said
10 NJ, nj the sainc time that Il should rc.
main upon the earth whiio the carth
| stands.
81 was also present with Joseph when
tho higher or Mclchisoluk Priesthood
was conferred BY holy angels from uii
high. This Priesthood We then conferred
on each other, by tho will nni command
mont Of God. This Priesthood, A. was
thon declared, j. also 10 rcmain upon the
Garth until tho last remnant % ilne.
| Ihis holy Priesthood, or authority, we
then conferred upon many, and 4 Just ns
| good uni valid ~ though God hnd done
/ u In person.
~ laid my hands upon that man VOC,
/ 1 laid my right hand upon his head
| pointing to Brother uydcl, aud con.
I lvrrei upOn him this pripsihO0d, and no
holds that Priesthood now. lie wa also
called through me, by the prayer uf faith.
an Apostle Of tho Lord jesus Christ
Soon Afterwards oliver Cowdcry was
robsptlzed, but while making ptcpara-
tions 70 come 10 Utah, he was sudden.
" stricken with death Ia Richmond,
Mo-, March ari, 1850. Elder fhlnehns
r. Young, who was present when he
died, testifc.;
"llis last moment. were spent In bear
INK testimony VI the truth 90 tho Gospel
revealed through Joseph smith, anl tho
power Of thr Holy priostho1i which he
had received through his aimIulstm-
ton"
David whitmer, who jlci In Rich.
mond, No, jan. 18th, lSss, was nlso
true u his testimony until the last, nj.
though he never united himself with
the Church after his cxcommunicatl0n
In ls3s. Daring the Inst few years OF
his life I've was frequently visited by
representatives OF tho press aud many
others, 70 WHOM he would always bear
strong and faithful testimonies Of the
divinity Of the Book Of Mormon.
On one occasion when the report
reached him that he was accused hy
certain party Of having denied his
former testimony, he wrote the follow.
ing, which was published In the Rich.
INond MOI COnscruatOr oi March -.
1881;
"Unio oil Nations. Klndrc1s, Tongues
aud poople.unto whom those presents
shall coinei
1T having been ropro-ontei nv one
Johu Murphy, Of Polo. Caldwell County,
Missouri, that !, la q conversation with
HIN ln't summer, drnled my testimony
a, one OF the Three Witnesses OF the BOOK
uf Mormon.
Up the end. therefore. that he niay
understand mo nnw, u he did not then;
and that the world may know the truth,
l wish now, standing ~ Il worc, Ia tue
very sunset uf life, aud In tho far Of
God, once for all 10 make this public
stAiomoni.
"ihm have never at auy time denied
that testimony or any part thoroDf. which
has ~ long sinuo boAn published with
that book, a. one Of tho Thrcn Wltnesaa..
Those who know me best, well know that
! have always adhered 10 that testimony.
Aud that no man may DO mislo1 ur doubt
my present views in regard 10 tho. ZANE,
do again nilirm the truth ofall NY state.
monls ~ then made an ! published.
"lla that hath IN car ~ hear, let him
hear u was no dolnsioni wha, IL written
j. wilton, and he TINT rc'lc,h let him
"In the spirit OF Christ, who hnth said,
Follow thou mo, for am the iifo, the
light aud the way I submit this state.
iuant ~ tho world; tod In whom trust
being my Judge ~ 10 tho slnccrii, of n,v
motives and inc G,ith and hon, tbaa
Ia ne OF eternal life.
80. ',,'..'S u,.lr. " ihht the world
~, ,,.,,',', ~ ~, W ~, P'''h anu SIM
aInJaIi tbc b,nor ti' IL, t,,,,.... a.,
Son. and tho IIoly Ghost ,gbirh ~ , w.
God. Amen!
DAVID WufrNpn. SIN.
RfcnMoSp, Mo-, March 10, ISL.
Tbr.. davs hefo,. his d.,u. -.
WhItmer called his family snJ -. '
f,isnJs 10 ia L.,i.Ii,. up ~ su,no
hlmself Ia IN, att.nJIns ,h..I,s
.aiJ. F"'S'V'"ni
pr buchanan, ] want you To say
Mhclher nr not nm IN my right mind,
o, .,.r,. i'Ne my wing s~tmony.'
II, ,,,,,, MIN, ,, Iii"S'." vs. you are
cgnvsr.,tio, Mn ~, "''o JUST had
"Uo then ndIre.sci bip..if .. -,
around hi. bedside In tho.n words, ~,
yon must all be- faithful Ia Chrlsi. 1 wan
10 say 10 you all, the Blblo and tho record
u tho Ncphiio. Hook Of Mormnn) IL
rue, 20 YOU can say that you have heard
ne pear NY ls.uninny on my death.bcd.
NJ, Nj, ~ i'.li'ul ~ ohilsI, anu your reward
'las. yoaan NJ w. ,g.I "orks. uod
,yer, worlds withont md Hmen ia '.'-
~ ~ '''' "''''"'
martin hatrls also absenlcd himself
rom the church Tor many year,, hut
vas anyways True 70 bis testimony Ia
egatu 70 thc BOOK OF Mormon. lie
inhliy smlkfhlch 70 ulah, arriving In
'ait Lake Sliy August 30, 1870, In care
u Elder Edward Stevenson. lie 10.
ated IN Smiihneid, Cache County,
ma iatcr IN Charleston, whero died
luly ~, 1870, being nearly nincty-throo
can OF age.