Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-22

the worn Of The LORD Tor our guidance.
And above all that, we have thu great
consolation that we have tbia"moree SURE
word Of prophecy, ike unto a light
shining In a dark place, until the day
dawn aud the day star arises In all our
heartsv--the Holy Ghost, the Com.
forter. given TO every man to proiit
withal, with the same gifs, the same
manifestations, the same powers, the
eame light and the same blessings
that came with II formerly. IL u a
comforter, IL IL an enlightenef; 10 takes
OF tho things OF God ami shows them 10
Us todAy-now. anu all people who
live on the earth may receive that
blesaIng n they will. How uan they
get it2 Just ~ they obtained II IN
olden times. The word Of the Lord IL
the same today Ne 10 was on the day Of
Pentec1st. What IL ~ "Renent ami
be baptized every one Of you" Turn
frum your sins. Turn from your
wicksdnesp. Turn from your false
creeLs and your foolish notions; rom
your man worship, from your Bible
worship, from your wofahip Of wealth,
and from your coffuuilons, anu come
unto the Lord your God. "Rspent anu
be bapt zsd every one VI you In the
name OF Jesus Christ for the remission
ofsins, and ye shall receive the gift OF
the Holy Ghost. For the promise Ia
unto you, aud to your children, and to
all that are afar OIL, even n. many NJ
the Lord our God shall cill.0 And
Ho In calling the earth from the rising
OF the sun 10 the going down thereof.
i tell YOU, my ffltndf, u there
Is a
know These things Afo true, that
this testimony, anu 1 nm willing 10
meet II when 1 stand before the great
white throne, and every mAu ehail he
judged for hrs works. 1 bear you my
testimony that obcyed this call, thai
l repented, that / was baptized, that
received tue remission Oi my sius, that
1 received the Holy Ghost, aud Il IL n
reality. II Il not an imaginary
thing, but IL just NJ clear anu plain ~
the light that comes from the sun; an
~ that IA n reality, ~ II the liiht Of
God thatcomes from the sun Of Rig ~.
eLusness; and 1t gulies into ttuth,
makes plain the tninge OF God anu
dispela darkness from tho human mind
anu Hills the Alul with an A,suran,
and a confidence that nothing elise can
give. | know these Things aiu true,
And by its light anu able 10 read this
Bible and iind out the truth II contaius
and detect " there arr error; not be-.
cause there u anything rem ,rkable
about me, but have received tia,
Spirit, and 30 have thousands vino
listen to me today, and all may receive
It. This 0ospul shall be preached g.
all nations and tongues, ana the honest
and pure In heart will hear the SOUND
and obey II. Not many OF the rich,
not many VI the mighty, not many OF
the great ones OF the earth, at present,
will receive this truth; but the poor
anu mtek Of the Earth, as the Bible
predicts, receive the Truth, anu they r..
joioe In II. This IL why they are here
IN these mountains. THIS IL why thess
valleys are pe0pled with saints from all
nati0 q. They have received the iospel,
they have received the Holy Ghost, the
testimony OF thu truth, ana they nave
come up here that they may Learn
more oi the ways Of God from Hls
Apostles and HIS servAntn whom He
has called and Inspired In this ags oil
the world, who are the living orioles
to bring forth the living word
OF God.
exhort all my friends who are here
today, II there DO any not Latter.day
Saints, to look Into these things. 1 tell
you they are worth everything. Tnry