Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-30

Lord had said 10 the Prophet, take a
book, Tor they lid not know anything
about books. They hal The Law rolled
up on sticks, aud He told him 20 take
! twO sticks, and write uron one, "For
! Judah, and iur tdo children of Israel
hls conf anl0ns;n and on the other,
"For Joseph, the stick OF Ephfaim aud
] tor MI tho house VI l-mcl his com.
pgniOns." "Anl whru the childr,u
/ % thy people shall speak unto thoe,
saying, Wit thou not shuw us what
[ thou moaucst hy thtqof Say unto them,
I Thus saith the lord God: Behold,
Z will take The stick cot Joseph, which Is
IA the baud u nphniu, aud the
/ tfibcs Of Israel hs fellows, and VIII
/ nut Mtm with him. even with the stick
NJ judah, and make them one stick,
and they shall he one IN miuD hand"
We have the Bible aud the Book oi
| Mormon nud we hayr the ptOmiHo
| that We shall have another record that
I Will come FROM tile house o. Israel.
l The Lord told US that " nuu We be-.
mu to spread this Gospel to tho
Lnmanites AMI the house Of Israel.
We might know that the work OF the
Loui had commenced among NIL the
| bWuchns of the house VI ispel. Well,
! n hns; but we dom know much about
I u. But there are the ten tribes In the
/ north, and messengers 70 them too,
| The Lord TOLD the bfBturou once con.
/ orrniug the Revulaiot John, III VIII
I tnlt ho larry ia l COME, wual u that
l 10 thuegr The last that we hear of
/ Johu's ptuocuturs 81 that they pui
l hiu Into O califUu Of b0lling OIL, but
/ lu Camu out uuhuft--n4 miraculous 49,
| whom the Hebrew children went into
| tho fiery furnace. And that John IL
| minletrring g. the house Of israel In
distant portions OF thu earth, Or whrr.
/ ever they ARE; aui record H. going o.
| come from thutn 10 us---thc snmu rs the
| HDlk oi Mormon aud the Bible have
come 10 us,and they three shall become
one. That means they snail contain
the same doctrince, the same pin.
ciploT, the eame Gospel ut salvation,
aud these three shall come together
ani be- one ia the hands OfGJl's Elders
In these last days; aud we or our
children will live 90 sec this come TO
pass 80 that the human family and
the Lnttor-1ay Saint. need not con.
tract ,hcir minds nor limit their iaith
10 think We have got all the word u
! GOd we are 10 have. IL would hs
good thing for Us II We would read and
study more what We have got. We
would then be better prepared Tor tho
feft when II shalt come.
The promise " this union OF THESE
records IL found ga the Book VI Nor.
mon, II Nephi, 21.h finr:
Tor l command nll men, both Ia tho
east and len tho wes., aud IN the north,
! aud la tho south. Hud Ia the Islands Of
J tho 500, tina. they shall write the words
which ! speak unto lhomi Tor out OF tho
books which shall be- written. | will Judge
I the world, OYcrv man according To their
| works, according that which II written.
And IL shall come 10 PASS that the Jews
| shall have tho word. Of tho NCphiie-, and
| tho Ncphitu. shall have tho words 81 the
Jews. aud tho Nophiics and the Jews
shall have the worlz " tho lost Tribes uf
Israeli and the lost irlbo- Of lsn,0l shall
have the words OF tho Ncphiios and tho
jews.
would like 10 explain certain
principle contained in the law. You
know that u n given unto us ia the
Book OF Covenants that In our tcsli.
monies before tho tribunals OF the
Church, ty the mouth Of two or three
witnesses every word must be estaU-
lished. That was tho method that
was given by Moses In his law 10 the
Childrcn OF Israel. They had 10 have
proof, and by the mouth u two or three
witnessts every word must be esinh.
llshed. Now, then, tHe Lord went aud
planted one vine away OF in tho
nothefmost part OF the vineyard; he
planted another In another part OF the
! vineyard, ami that was better than the
FIRST; aud he planted another In another
part Of the vineyard, that was the
wont part OF all tile vineyard. When
tho work Of the Father commences la
all these bTauchus " laratl, that will be
such "A wOrk,nnl similar 10, this among
ms, aud they will write an account Uf
those thiugs, as we arc writing them
| and keeping q history OF Gods work, aud
whom they com forth ami become unit
CI a- one people ON tho land Of pro Use
they viii bring thoir records with them;
aud these three records will he three
! great testimonies ~ all the branches
| " the house OF Israel, aud the whole
human family, concerning His work,
! aud IN The mouth ef these three Wit
uvssvs His great eternal purposes OF
! thr last days shall be established be.
lore the heavens and the earth, aud
all men that contend against these
principles viii be- placed without OK.
/ CusU.
] lhc Wu1lo pIlnolplc Is VIC anu rove
lati0n In each Of IA, life and revela.
Ton In the Church In these days, here
| among us aud everywhere, In all the
| regions whore His work Is goiuy on.
| We ought 10 understand this principle,
aud cultivate II, aud keep the exercise
aud love Of 1t grOwing within us. The
more wo get 10 know the more We SEQ
there " 10 learn, and the greater IL our
| desire " learn. We come 10 know
moTo Of the thinyh OF God, both Tor
time aud tor o;oTnIty. Thus 10y a faith
| fll, righteous liieaud cody conversation
| we can preserve our tlbcrnacles Ia
such condition that the Spirit can dwell
| with ne, ami We eau have tho minis.
| tratiOu Of the stlll small voice by lay
anu the voice oi dreams by night, aud
by other means that the Lord Ia will
Ing 10 give TO His people, that we may
grow up into Christ our living head.
Fot my part, In seeing this anu look.
| log Nj the wutk OF the Lord In its prog
| rrss, l.ol that wa have gieNt reason
20 rrloice and be glad ana praisD His
| holy name Tor tho work OF Ills doing;
/ 10 rularge our hearts and Increase our
!