Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-27

| IIDElt JUN MethAN
was the hfst speaker. He expressed
his earnest desire that, during the time
he was led To occupy that afternoon In
addressing the Saints, he might have
an Interest In their fash aud prayers
20 that he might be blessed with u
! portion Of the SDirit Of the Lord 70 In
siruct chem. lie realized that none
could know theehngs Of God except
by the Spirit VI God anu that II Ia
necessary 10 be endowed with this
Spirit when speaking TO the Saints Of
/ God.
The speaker now read portion OF
the book OF the Revelation VI John,
chspter xiv, o, z!
And saw another nngcl Ny In tho
midst OF heaven, having the everlasting
/ gospel to preach unto them that dwell on
/ the earth, and To- every nailon, and kind.
rcd, aud tongue, and people,
saying with a loud voice, Fear God,
and give glory to Him. Tor the hour oi
/ His Judgment is come: and worship Him
that mnd0 heaven, aud earth, aud the sea,
and the fountains ~ waters.
The rovelatof had been told that the
Lord was about TO show him "thlngs
that were aud things that should come
to pas" and among the latter were
this glorious vision Of an angel flying
| In the midst Of heaven, having
nn everlnsting Gospel. At the time
when this vision was spread before the
| Apostle John, the Gospel had been
preached 10 that generation, by jesus
Christ aud afterwsrds.5y His Apostles,
by Seventies and Eldera. IL had spieA1
In tIR liant auH ahnTah.4a haH hssaH
established In various places. The
Gospel was thrn extant on tho earth.
but John saw that time would come
whenit should no longer be on earth
but lie taken away and consequently
have TO DO restored by n mighty angel.
The speaker recognized the fact that
the great body VI the Christian world
held that the Gospel has bern on earth
since the appearance OF our Savior or
even since the flfat preaching Of John
the Baptist. To this IL Ia
sufficient answer 10 Say that
there has always been truth
on earth. There have always been
| good men and women, desir-
Ing 10 do right "a far as they under.
stood II. Many were even willing TO
suffer martyrdom for what they con-
sidered TO be right aud for the prlncl.
ciples they held 10 be true, but the
| power aud authority Of the Gospel have
not always existed among men, and
this fact was admitted by many Of
these men themselves. They declared
that the scriptures were completed and
that the voice VI revelation had been
silencrd, never 10 be heard again.
Roger Williams declared that the true
church did not exist Anyw here, but he
expected that u would De again estab.
li-hed anu th,t Christ should come
and reign n King OF kings aud Lord
/ Of lords.
Many reformers have left similar cx.
pr,ssions on record a- Roger Williams,
the founder Of the Baptist dcnomina.
ton on this continent. Yet, these
men were all moved upon by the Spirit
OF the LORD. They were necessary In
the work u the Lord IN prepare the
way for the Gospel when ii shoul1 be
restored In Its iuincss aud power.
When In the providence OF God,
Martin Luther stepped forward NJ re-.
former, he did not recognizes the fact
that he should DO the instrument OF
briuh .ug about n revolution in human
thought, the effects OF which should
go down through generations for all
Tins to come. tie had but n faint
| idea VI the grandeur Of the work lie
wnlahoui to commence. But 80 ii was.
rhe Lstter.day SAINTS see In all such
men thcinstrumoutsi In the hands o. The
/ Almighty TO prepare the way for the
/ coming OF tue mighty angel with tue
everlasting Gospel, which should be
preached TO all nations, kindreds aud
| tongues on the whole earth.
The speaker then wished TO refer 10
a passage IN the Book Of Mormon. He
had recently read au account pub.
lished In the newspapers, Of the dis.
| cOvery OF what was called prehistoric
remains III Wisconsin, proving that
| there had neen a highly civilized
| people upon this continent, but the
whole Tace had gone, no one knew
whittier, leaving only the evidences Of
their existence behind. The Book Of
Mormon, the speaker said, contains
the history OF these ancient people. II
shows who built the cities and high.
ways, the ruins OF which still remain
In various parts Of North ani South
America. In the preface " this
volume VIZ read The following;
"And We declare with words Of sober.
ness, that an angel 81 God came down
from heaven and he brought and laid boz
forO our eyes, that we bOheld aud saw
the plates, aud tho ongravlngs thereon"
Here is recorded the fulfllment Of
the prophecy uttered centuries ago on
the lsle of patmos.
The Gospel had suffered many
changes during the past ages until 1t
was no longer the Gospel preached by
Jesus Christ. Now thp time had come
tot Its restoration.
In accepting lhcVo renewed rovela.
tons from God, the Latter-day Saints
have but been keeping pace with the
plans OF God 10 His dealings with His
people. II Ia the world that IL Laughing
behind. IL " with the world today as
II was In the time Of Noah. II " with
the world today as 1t was In the time
Of our Savior whenthey cried, Cruel
iy HIN, cruelty Him, and His blood
I've over va and our children. II h with
the world today ~ It was In the time Of
John the Revelator, who was sent
All exile 10 Patmos for the testimony
he bore. The world il tagging I've.
hind. Nor Is this strange, Ia view OF
the history Of the world in these
matters. There Ia n remarkable similar
itybriveen the clronmstsncessut
Ing the Saints today and those OF
former days. History repeats itself.
History also teaches what the results
have been OF rejecting the message NJ
Got. Have thepIrp oses OF thea mighty
ever failed2 Has man prevailed2
Sever. We read the results OF mans
failure 10 recognize tho power OF his
Maker Ia the lego Eds OF the nntiOna