Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-01

! maize. We only know that God gave
! Noah a message and prepared plan OF
salvation Tor the inhabitants OF the
earth; and no doubt he DECLARED, with
| oil the power that he had, the message
that God had given unto him. But 1t
had little effect upon the Inhabitants
OF the earth. Our message has been
belterTeceived. We hav g thousands who
have listened to II, and who have be-
lieved II, ami who have taken the steps
\ which God has pointed out to receive the
benefit which follows obedience TO II.
AZ II was H. the days OF Noah, the
Savior saiJ, so II shall he 10 the days
OF the coming Of the Son Of Man. Aud
we are living In those days, and this
work that we are engaged IA Ia pre-
paratory w0rk-to prepare the way for
the coming OF the Lord, that the earth
shall not be visited by tho calamities
that shall precede His coming
without the inhabitants being
warned concerning them. 1t IL Tor
this purpose that the Lord has poured
out upon the people tn these last days
the spirit OF gathering. IL has rested
upon the Inhabitants Of every laud
VINO have received the Gospel, and
they have gathered to these M uutaine
aud valleys. They have oonlo because
they believe that God has cOmmauied
theln to come, anu the evidence thut
He has commanded them to come has
been received by them through tbs
outpourlng OF His Holy spirit upon
them.
Its a remarkable TACT, that OF all the
thousands OF Laiier-day Saints that
have crossed the OCEAN to come u ZION
there has scarcely an accident ever
happened 10 one VI them. IL IL now
liuy.three yenfs since THIS LatlUr.day
saints commenced to leave Europe for
America, aud during that period they
have Travelled as though they were
injured Of heaven. VINO ever heard
OF Elders being lost, OF c0tnpnuies Of
Saints meeting with Incidents anu
being destroyer Ii IL marvellous
when we contemplate IT, considering
the numbers that have Travelled anu
the length Of time that has been COW
cred by their travels. There has been
u special providence over the people
In gathering them from the fat
distant lands where they formerly
lived, and II Is because Col has com.
maudeI them 20 gather. Not only has
He commnudrd tins people " gather,
hut He has commanded all people 10
listen to this message with which the
Elders are entrusted, ana to Obey II,
and 10 gather out from BABYLON.
When 1 shy Babylon, mean That
corrupt System ~ things that prevails
throughout tho earth, anu whlch In
likely to be overthr0wn sooner or later.
Now, / have said that the Latter.
dpy Saints have shown their love, 10
some extent. While | was meution-
ing tnat, II occurred TO me that there
has been an exhibition Of love aud
self.sactlfice, covering some years, that
~ now scarcely thought VI by the
people. | allude ~ the sending down,
tor series OF ycirs, trains from this
valley ana from other valleys TO the
rOntirir, to bring OUT the poor Saints.
This IL almost forgotten now. A new
generation hna grown up sinCs those
tiInes, railroads have been built, and
no Une thinks now about our
Old mode OF travel. But for
"a number OF years there were
hundreds Of teams sent from this Terri.
Tory to bring up the poor Saints from
the Missouri river, anu after the rail.
road was commenced, from the end OF
track. For years there were sent 6OJ
wagons, 1900 yoke OF cattle TOR each
tpanlsters, with guards TO watch the
cattle, Hour to fuel 800 tesmtters aud
the additional guards, also the emf.
| giants that had to be transported. In
tniA labor they spent the most valuable
part OF the year for work, bringin the
saints up from the river, supplying
them with fOOu, cachlng flour as they
went down, and picking II up again
~ they returned. Think OF lhe tx
pense OF thiil This YVES all dOne by
the people who sent these teams with.
out direct pay--they got some credi,,
suppose on their tithing, but they got
no money. Each entire year would be
| spent In this manner gathering the
poor Saints WHAT was 1t ioi? Why
did the people do tnis7 Where can You
find such an exhibition o kindnesA,
such desire to help other? Nowhere.
You may search In vain elsewhere for
such an illustration OF kindness and
good feeling anu brotheiy love. What
was the mOtvt2 IL was to help the
people, anu 10 extend 70 them the
blessings that they Themselves EN-.
jDyed. II was to contribute TO their
temporal salvatlon--preclsely the same
principle that prompts them when
called 60 coupon missions, to leave their
wives, their children, their fathers aud
mothers, aud all tho tender associations
OF liic,tU carry the glad tiJinas Of saliva.
ton 10 the inhabitants OF the earth.
These are exhibitions Of love. |
thank Cod Tor them. thank God
that live Mt n time and among peO-
ple VINO are capable Il cOmprehendiug
the purposes Of God, aud who have
risen to such heights Of soif.sacrilCe
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