Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-10

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theless, u VIII he done, because God
has said u shall be dOuC, and His
vori canuot fail. Wickeiuess will DO
laboiishod. 1 thank God Tor this pro.
mise. thNut God that I 1--we IN
Jay concerning which He has
nado such promises. thank
the hopua that can boz indulgpd
In concerning them; that N should
rnss away, the generation % come will
wltueis the fulfilmeut " thtss thiugs.
The heavens have lent Themselves 20
this. God has promised IL, aud in
order that 1t might be established, lie
hiss revealed uimself from the hea.
vens, and has sent angelic being to
give man the power and the authority
TO build up His Church In itg ancient
purity ard power. Aud there ~ no
power on earth that can stop II. They
may kill men. This IL In the power "
man " 10. They have douOii. They
can rob and destroy, burn aud drive
out, ne they have done. Nevertheless
the chariot Of the Almighty will roll
on and nothing tan stop no advance.
There 10 no power can prevent the nc
compllshmont Of tho p rposo1 Of Cod
concerning these last dnye. Wcshall
have scourgus, wars and pcstilcnccs,nnd
pcrhapi iauine, and various visits.
lions, 10 cleanse the earth; fof God has
said Y shsll hs clennaed, anu his word
Will hu fulfilled. The Scriptures are full
Of predictions concerning this, aud
there things will come 70 pass.
70 ~ 10 rfcnpe these dreadful calnml-
tics thnt Got has given To thcge who
give hee'i 10 His message the spirit OF
gathering; aud no mau ever embraced
this Gospel, no matter where lac lived
or to what race no belonged, without
having Immediately a. desire In hia
heart ~ gather with the'peuplo OF God;
and men and women have lett their
homes and everything that they valued
on earth for the sake " gathering with
their brethren aud sisters IN tnie dis
tant land. Now, this IN n strange
thug. hut ylu are witnesses to the
truth Of 10. rhese facts when | recite
nrs well known TO you. Among
the hundreds OF Eldcm dat are bore,
not one OF them, I am sure, ever knew
n man OF a woman 10 join this Church,
| Ia sincerity, without Oeing seized with
| n desire to leave their bono aud 30 Join
the people Of God. Ia every land
aud among every people this has
been the care. II ~ the uni
vemal effect that accompanies the
| preaching OF this meslage. Why IN
this? Because God has blessed them In
| the lsnt days. ScJufges and cllami.
ties viii be- poured out upon tho wick.
cd, aud you know how Il was In the
daye Of Lol--lhe angel Of God had TO
hurry him GU, heiOre the city could be
| destgoyed, IL could not be uone till
he got out. Tho Lord does not want
| the righte0I mingled with the
wicked " he u soipg TO pour out Gaia
NIFTY and destruction. Therefore, Ho
has given this spiTit uuto tho people
/ who have received His Gospel ia the
last days; aud II all the inhabitants of
tho earth would receive IL, then the
Garth would be converted Into Just
such place M Zion ought to he; Ia
fact, IL would 10 Zion. But while
there IL n large element Of those who
win NOT receive the Gospel, anu who
win persist In their wicked ways, IL Ia
necessary that those who receive The
Gospel should gather out 10 the place
which God has designated. Aud II will
be the same with the Jews. God IN mov-
ing upon the Jews, His sucient cove.
nant people, and their minds arc
directed toward Jerusalem, aud they
viii leave the nations after while
and 70 10 their own land-the land OF
Palestino--and fulfil the predictions Of
ihcholy ProI hets concerning that land.
This is n gathering disptnsation--a
dispeusation when God will gather all
thugs together, and when there will
be q separation, ut least 10 some extent,
between the righteous anu the wicked.
This IN the reason why the Latter.day
Shints have gathered together ~ they
have done. This Ia the reason why
they did not break up and scatter
when they were driven rom their pos
SESSIONS Ia Missouri and IN Illinois.
They could lido II; 1t would be do
ing violence TO every feeling OF their
nature. They could have made money
by scattering through the different
cities when they were peeled and
strippeda f everything; but they could
no more do that than they could deny
their religion. The spirit OF their re.
iigion wG8 TO gather together, and they
chung together. Those who stayed be-
hind lost the spirit Of their religion;
while those who came out here retained
IL, and have retained ~ in the great
majority Of instances ever since. a
man that belongs 10 this people can NJ
more scatter from tuis people than he
can do anything else that N wrong. II
II "A strange fact, but nevertheless true.
This h one OF the evidences that God
has given that Il Is our duty to gather
together and to remain together. We
feel DFat when We are together,
and we feel very badly when
we Ara separated from each
other. How snail this DO accounted
fOl? II we do not give the glory tO
\ God, 30 whom shall We attribute thii?
What II 70 that has sprung up In the
minds o. these two bundled thousand
Lalter.day Saints IN this Territory that
makes this a peculiar characteristic OF
theirs? Wns u Joseph Smiths power?
Was 1t Brigham Young's shrewdness!
WINS II, or IL Il, the power q auy Other
man? Certainly not; II In preposterous
for anyone to imagine such thing. II
liz Implanted In every heart, and II
cannot be cTGdicRied- IL Is the power
OF God, and nothing short Of that. II
dtscen1s upon those who receive the
Holy GHOST, and remains with them ID
long As tiey nouIish ahd cherish II.
Brethren and skaters, we ought 20 be
thankful that God IN his infinite
mercy has cnndeseendod 10 pour out
upon us H.s Spirit. u hss been thg
10y Of my eutire existence. The Senst
Of Loneliness that, u seems 70 me
would have II / did not have thi,
Gospel would DO Oyerpoweriug. But
here am connected with my brethren
aud sisters, the childten of God, la thl,