Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-19

There was yet remaining 10 he received
the authority 10 confer the glft Of the
Holy Ghost. And who should come
IN bestow that, Where could IL be-
obtained on the earth, II having been
taken from among mcn2 For the same
reason that John csmc, Il was uecss.
aary that other angelic beings should
come. Tho Son Of God while on the
earth ordained Apostles. On one occa-
sion he said 10 Peter, after Peter had
borne testimony that lie was the
Christ, "And | will give unto thee the
keys OF the kingdom OF heaven; and
whatsoever thou shaltbind on earth shall
he bound In heaven; and whatsoever
thou shalt loose on earth shall be lgOsed
In hcaven.n lie gave Peter these
keys aud authority. II was great
power. You will remember that when
the people Of Sanaria received the
Gospel and were baptized by a man
who had the authority 10 baptlze, but
not 10 confer the Holy Ghost, some
Of tile Apostles were sont to
Samaria, and they laid their
hands upon the Saniriians who had
been baptized, aud they received the
Holy Ghost. Now, Peter, james anu
John had this authority, and these
three Apostles, Joseph Smith ami
Oliver Cowdery testified, came 10 them,
laid their hands upon them and or.
dAined them 10 the same authority that
they had-thAt IL, they ordained them
Apostles; 40 that once more upon the
earth the Aposileehip existed, and this
A pOstlcship embraced all the authority
that God gives 10 man on the oarth.
And Peter gave 10 Joseph smith the
keys that he held, In order that the
authority might be once more among
men by which the Rift Of the Holy
Ghost could be bentowed.
No sooner did this Authority rest
upon these men, and they began TO
baptize, than a storm OF persecution
the same storm that had attended the
exercise OF that authority Ia ancient
days--again began TO rage. II ~ a
strange Thing that In this enlightened
age the same spirit that had sought TO
dratroy the work OF God should again
appear among men. Everything evil
that could be anid about Joseph Smith
was said. He was penecutod. His
Kindred and evefyOne that embraced
cutod. And, rs have said, his
FNlf tAlAlAu NAhHlFANh III A'NNANilk WV
Gospel Rs Il Il recorded In the b1oks that
have come down 10 Us. He said to men.
al you VIII believe In Jesus Christ,
repent OF your sins, be baptized for the
remission Of them by one having au.
thofiiy, and have hands laid upon you,
you shail have the Holy Ghost. aud
your sins will be romittei." What
was there about that doctrine that mon
should get angry Mt ~ IL Is not the
same doctrine that WAS taught by the
old Apostles, aud Tor which they
were peuecuted AMI slgin2 IL IA pre-
clsuly the same. tie did not say, 81
am some superior being; worship me ;
look upon me rs your Savior" Men
might have got angry at statement
OF that kind. But ho said, 81 avn a
humble follower Of Jesus Christ. He
has chosen me 10 be ~, servant. lie
has given me the authority 10 promise
10 you that II You will repent Of your
sins ami be baptized, you shall have
The remission of them, anu you shall
receive tho Holy Ghost" And
he said further, "if you doubt my
words, ask God, in the name Of Jesus,
Tor testimony, and you shall receive
IT," What more could any human
being say than thi,? Yet this
persecution continued to rage,
aud the people who be-
li.ved In hia teachings becam,
the objects Of II. A strange thing q
cay, that Ia our dry men and women
who believed such a doctrine should be
driven from their homes, their property
taken POSSESSION OF and their live.
threatened! AZ | have said before, II
would seem incredible II We did not
know that such things had occurred
We can read Of them ia bygone times
aud the wonder atisee In our minds. In
reading such events, how II was posi-
bic for people 10 become ~ excited and
have such deadly hatred 10 men whit
taught and believed In such pure doe
tuues. Yet It is n matter OF record
attes.ed by numerous witnesses, that
such was tho case In ancient days
/ We know that those who then be
/ lieved In Jesus were subjected 10 al
manner Of persecutl0ns-to the most
violent torture. and the most dreadful
| deaths. And rs we read about this W,
wonder at the cruelty and the blindness
OF the people who were guilty OF such
RtrociOua DECIDE. The names Of III,
men who perpetrated these thugs hsv,
come down 10 us and we execrat,
/ their memories. When W. wish /,
give strength 10 a description oil
| cruelty we use the names OF these per
secutOrs Of tho followers Of Jesus
| Would IL not seem incredible that II
our day, with all these illustrations that
have come 10 US, In this very land o
ours, and under this glorious form o
| governments similar persecution shOult
be prActiced, and that men aud womei
should suffer death because OF their
belief In the principles which Jesu,
aud HIS Apostles tRughtp Yet sucl
| In tho case. The Latter-day Saint
were compelled 10 leave Ohio becAus,
Of the prosecutions that they endured
| II was ms much "a their lives wer,
worth to stay there. Joseph Smi,l
had almost To leave the state 10y
stealth. Brigham Young, who hal
achieved some prominence at tina
time, had 10 leave In asimilar manner
besides numbers OF Others; and lhel
had 10 ilre 10 Missouri 10 escape tn
vcG atiOug ATTACKS OF those who hatel
them. la Missouri they were treate,
In u similar manner. They were driver
from Jackson county Into Clay cOun
~, their houses burned, their property
destroyed; from Clay into Caldwell
county, and from Caldwell county OH
OF the STATE. Many Of them die,
through the suffering they had 20 On
dure. They were driven out In III
midst OF an Indictment winter
and some Of them shot dow
like 80 many wild beasts. An,
what was It for? Because the,
believed that God had spoken from tn,
heavens, that the Gospel had boon re-
stored la It's primitive purity, and tina