Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-15

Is not man on the ioutstool Of God
Almighty today who has power 10
preach tue Gospel sand testify to ita
truth, only by the inspiration OF the
Holy Ghost. Yes, We have revelation.
The Church of Gou could not 1.-Two
twenty.four hours Without revelation.
We do not have Ms much ~ wu ought
to have; and when 1 look at Ia. work
that has been piled up for these latter
day Saints 10 bear OF In the world, /
feel ~ though we need u good uenl OF
more Inspiration and revelation than
we have. We want our souls 10 hu
wide open to the things II HoJ, anti
H. understand cur positi0n and destiny.
l realize, Latter.dAy Saints require At
my hands, 40 President Ut the
Church OF jesus Christ u Lat
ter.day Saints, many things. They
also require many thlnge al the hand
Of my couuselors and these Apostles.
We can accomplish what Ia required
Of w II we have the faith and tue rs
sintance Of the Latter.day Saints anu
tho POWER or Col; but without that We
can DO nothing.
will say n few words With regard 70
another dispensatiOn. The whole
Christian world profess 10 believe IN
the Bible. You look through thns
book. and you will not Ind single Ia.
stance Of Prophet, or an Apostle, or
an inspired msn going forth 10 preach
the Gospel except by the power Of
the holy and everlasting Pfie-t'
hood. No man has had power
to 10 forth and administer In the drill
nances of salvation without that
Priesthood, from Adam down. Father
Adam was n great High Priest So
were his sous that were With him-
5eth, EnOs, Jared, Canaan, Mhhals.
leel, knoch and Methusclah; and 9
great many others bore the holy
Priesthood. All that Moses did was
by the power " the holy Priesthood.
All that Joaus Christ aud the Apostles
did was by the power OF the Priest
hood. Jesus Christ was our great
High Priest, aud He came into the
world and laid down His life ns great
sacrifice for the redemption OF tue
world. IL IL that dispeusation that
wish 10 say few words about. IL was
rather peculiar dispeusation. The
Savior came % the Jewish nation--to
His own--thrOugh the loins OF A0ra-
ham, leaac and Jacob, and David. The
Jewish nation rejected Him. He la
bored until they put HIM 10 death. He
lived only three yeate aud half
alter He entered the ministry.
He lived long enough, however, TO
choose twelve Apostles, TO organize y
church, 70 warn that nation, anu %
declare unto them what would come
upon their heade. Moses had also told
the Jewish nation Of these things In
hts day, 10y the inspiration OF the Lord.
Has one jot or title fallen unfulfilled2
Not Que. When the Savior suffered
that ignominious death on tho cross,
mud WAS about 10 give up the ghost,
He said, "FAther, forgive them, Tor
they know not what thoy do" lie not
that q strange saying for q man who
Wis being crucified and about 10 10
into the sp.rit world? But Jesus saw
everything that would hoiall the jew
lsh nation, and well might He make
such n remark. Ho saw that one
thousand eight hundred years after
His death this yoke VI bondage and
trial aud tr.bulatlon would rest upon
tho postetity OF Judah, and he was
ready to forgive them. No, they
did not know what they did.
They did not comprehend IL. They
did not ~ derstand that they we're put
ting 60 death their Shiioh-the king OF
the Jews, their great Rudecnief. They
were too overwhelmed with darkness
and iHiquity to comprehend this.
But, As was saying, Jesus chose
Twelve Apostles. They were fisher.
men, weak and illitenle. But the
Lord has always chosen the weak
things OF this world, instead of tue
great, and the learned, aud the rich,
aud The powerful Of the earth. Why
has He done II? That He might have
Instruments that He could handle
men who would obey Him, who
would tsSa Ills counsel anu carry out
Ills commandments. In pre- pairing
this deportation la which We live Tue
Lord has knowh perfectly well what
lay before uH. He has known the
mighty events that were TO he heaped
upon the heads Of both Jew mud
Gentle, saint and sinner, Zion anu
the world; and He mas prepared an
element 20 DO this work Of His,
which lie has gathered here
Ia the mountains of Israel. But In the
days OF tue Savior II WAS n disponen'
ton OF sacrifice; and Jesue Christ and
the Apostles only lived a little while
after they were chosen, 70 warn the
nation in which they dwell and that
generation. Jesus ChTiet was erucifieJ,
the A pOs.les were put 10 death, and
mt ri every mpn VINO bore the Priest
hood WAS slain, excepting John the
RevelAtor. The Lord had ordained
him to live, and he did not die, but
remains to-day upon the face OF tn,
earth, In fuliilment OF the promises oI
| God 20 him. But Ia that day thsy had
not the privilege OF building the Hiou
Of God or the Kingdom Of God. IL wal
not dispensation prepared for that
| These men laid down their lives, ant
| the judgments oil God overlook tbs
Jewish nation, In fullilment u the pre-
| diCtiOns u the savior and Tho Pro
| phe,s. Moscs told them In his day
"And thou shalt cat the fruit OF thin'
own body, tho flesh Of thy sons and o
thy daughters, which the Lord thy
God bath given thee, In the Siege, ant
in the strAitness, wherewith thine enc
mics shall distress thse." All thi
came to pass, and the kingdom wa
taken from the earth, the holy Priest
hood was taken up to God, who CAV
it, and the Church went into the vii
dernesP, and there remained until III
day set for Its restoration TO the world
but want to speak more psrllouiarl
about this great and last disp, nsstion
In which the Lord has said, through
the mouths Of all tho patriaIchs an
prophets, a mighty work should be pei
formed. 10 IL different, my brethren an
slsters, nom the days oi the Savior.
do not believe there ever was create
dispensation than the ono in whic
you anu live, because In II Ii cen
trsd the fulnlment OF all pTophec