Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-05

Savior promltod them great blessings.
On one occasion he said. 'Yo which
have followed me, In the regeneration
When the son OF man shall ut In the
throne OF his glory, ye also ahall sit
twelve tribes OF Israol.n What a gfeat
blessing this wasl What dignity Aud
Hen only promised 10 them thcse
blessings, but He sealed them uEon
them. We arc also told that thp
Saints OF God are to DO kiugs aud
priests unto the Most High God.
God gave His ancient servants ex.
traordinnry marks Of favor. Ito called
Abraham His friend, and made great
promises to him and his posieriiy. lie
told him that in his seed all the
nations Of the earth should he blessed.
lie repeated this promise 10 lsnac and
10 Jacob, aud their descendants &c.
cclvod the fuliillment Of IT, lIo gave
TO Abraham q promise that he ehould
have the land Of Canaan for an
everlasting possession, and that his
postcrity should inhnbit that land.
And through the faithfulneas
OF those men their posterity
today are marked because OF
the miraculous care that God has had
over them, in preserving them amid
the vlclssitudes that have bofallen the
human family, and keeping them rs n
distinct people, In many respects, up
10 the present time. | refer nov TO
the Jews. There are also other
branches Of tho House OF Israel that
have been In like manner preserved,
and will be preserved, through the
promises which were made TO their
fathers. There was some use in serv.
ing God In those Days. There were
blessings promised that wefe very
great, and that encouraged the men
who served Him to endure oil things,
even death itself; for they had the
promise that they should become kingn
anu have dominion ani rule, and
their postorlty should be blessed in the
earth, and they should have great 70.
wards In eternity. These were incon-
tlves for them TO keep the command.
menis OF God. Where are any people
who receive such promises now2 Out.
side Of the Lattof.day Saints, there are
none to he found Oh the face OF the
earth. Why H. this? Ia II becauro
God II dead2 IL 1t because lie is not
tho same today that He always was.
Is II because lie has become n re.
speclcr Of persons, aud In one genera.
ton lie Will bcstow great blcsslngg
upon His servants aud In another
gonemtion will withhold them? No,
II IN not for any Of these reasons. 1t Is
because the inhabitants OF the earth
have not lived up 10 His command.
ments and they have not exercised the
faith that the nncients had In order TO
receive these blessings. Can you not
ali perceive what difference thcro Ii
IN the world today, outside OF our
Church, from that which existed In
ancient timcs when men served God
and kept His commandments? The
Bible " full OF promises to them. They
were favored individuals, favored tnm-
iiies, favored races anu favored nations,
becausethcy kcptthe commandments Of
God. There 10 certainly something
wrong In this condition that exists now
In the world. Either God has changed,
or else He has died, or gone 10 sleep, or
elso the inhabitants Of the earth do not
live so rs TO receive His blessings. 1
prefer TO believe that God lives, that
He has not gone on journey, and
that He has not gone to sleep. 1 pre-