Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-23

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| authenticated tu tuuu 'ut Oh. One
/ Apostles. yAytu.tg JOIN Uu Rayr.
ltul. suffered aNtlerf death THu B
5Iau's work. aud Be woul. Hrol UIt
/ pail u, darkness uyts tle . .I tIa
children of men aud make .T.H 1..isga
iHat they cannot Utd God t.I 1Iny
cannot have tU. gNi that God Doe u.I.
missed, and tUat 30 il. moi Go. 500 i'.f
these gifts should |be h.f.N uHI
! enjoyed hy m.u 900 az PIE L.ug ilr
has been very ugC5s'ul ia .IIs FRO f.H
JH,H. BU che time lls come. fl. lHU.
csp..t.l uue, tawIrk which Prophets
! MI Apostles looked, aud CONSUMING
which they have uttered t.s most
GLORIOUS predictions ihc time Hl come
when God should stretch .u.H lIsllHI
| tg perform ~ great and mighty HUI.
% marvellous work aul 90 WHui.l
among il, children az men. Oh pfeUH..
tlt way Cor che comm. OF lhs IIl
/ Jesus, io warn lhc inhabitants 90. iNe
earth OF OH. dUa'ugiilns auI gl'Hute.
ihat are about TO come upan Them un.
! les they Igp.Ht
| This b tle dispeual.oh o 'la m',.
| ness oi time md To usbet Do BOO angels
hltc been sent from tIg Throne Ui uUI
| Almighty Father TO the earth. bearing
The message Of glad uir 'aa. die
Gospel b. restored again fhttf.. p.e.t.
hood ur tHc authority 90 administer ilH
ordinances OF the Gospel d once more
been conferred upon mIN Could any
more Elouuus ti0ugs have come from
the eternal worlds than me. lre Ii ths
description message ifIusst with
such m0mgu.ous Consgqu rgas 10 all
tuc Inhabitants OF the clriH ! cannot
conceive 0i anything moro glorious. So
angel, since thc iii.us Of tbf uIl %
the savior was communicated iJ mJn,
it seems 10 me, g1Ili bear @ more
glorious message Than iIs shat the
night ul darkness was ended, and that
ComWuniC4 was once more opened
between God aud man, between the
Father and His earthly children 80
doubt the angels flew with eager haste
90 convey the pure Guspylt 90 the earth.
and men 0u the earth, they were Boo.
sHifcd by the feeling which they should
have, would welcome the message as
the most glorious and heavenly con-
Criyablc.
This has come Ia our day. Yet we
. find, even among those who have en-.
: brdccd the Gospel, hearts of unbclIgf
Z How many of you, nay brethren ald
sisters, are seeking for these gifts that
God has promised 20 hHs,0W, How
many Of you, when YOU bow before
your Heavenly Father in your family
/ circle or DO your secret places. contend
for these gifts 90 be bestowed upon you.
, | How many OF you ask the Father zoo ihg
! name of Jesus, 90 manifest Himself Co
you through these powers and these
. | g.lis' or do you 20 along day hy day
{ | like q door tuning on i,s hinges, with
out having any feeling upon ihe subject
Z without exercising any hiih whatever
content TO be baptized and DE members
ofthc Church, aud 10 rest there, think
, / ING that your salvation o. secure because
YOU have done this ! say to YOU. IN
, the name OF the Lord, as one OF lli,
, servants, that you have need 20 repent
Z / Of this. Alu have need TO repent OF
8 | your hardness OF heart, of your indIilcr'
cncg. and OF your CarelcssuCss, There
! | Us not that diligence, there is not that
" ! faith. there ls not that seeking for the
power OF God that there should be-
4 among a people who have received IN,
precious promises we have. Instead vi
b the sick being healed, why, 10 Is as much
rs YOU can do To- get faith TO believe
ID | that the administration Of an Elder will
be attended with effect There is moi
3 that seeking for the gilt OF healing aut
Tor the gi.t 10 be healed that there ough
To be among the Saints, Aud so viii
B. other gifts and gICcs that God has
% placed In His Church Tor Ills people.
ID say TO YOU that Do Is our duty TO avail
ourselves Of the privileges which Coo
e has placed within our reach. n we have
done wrong repent OF our wrong, ana,
% feel after God, and not be satisfied al
b wc have found Him, aud lie hears an,
e answers as, aud he speaks by His 81
7 vine power in our hearts, bearing test.
mony 10 us in such manner as Cauno
I, be doubted that He hears as, that lie d
near To as, aud that lie Is watching
u over us aud ready TO b,slow upon as al
T. the blessings that are necessary for on
happiness here and hereafter
J.. / feel to bear testimony to you, m,
brethren and sisters, just ms thes
, prophets have done, that God Is thl
1, same today MS lie was yesterday; tina
God B. willing 20 bestow these gilt
G upon Ills children. ! know tina
d God Is willing TO heal the sick
that lie Is willing 10 bestoy
IS the gin OF discerning OF spirits, the giI
OF wisdom. oil knowledge aud OF pro
a phecy and other gifts that may b
Z needed. u any OF as are imperfect, Il !
n our duty 10 pray for the gilg that vii
y make us perfect. Have ] imperiection.
y / am full Of them. What Is MY duty r
pray To God 10 give me the gifts tia
, will correct these imperlections. II
, am an angry man, IL Is my duty 10 pTa
+, for charity. which sulierelh long and
= kind. Am an enylous mann II Is m
II, duty 10 seek for charity, which envict
y not. So with al the gifts Of the Go,
!, pei. They are intended for this purpost
No man ought 10 say "Oh, 1 canine
q, help this. d Is my nature" He is no.
justified in 10, for the reason that Go
"a has promised TO give strength TO core,
y these things, aud 10 give gifts that wi
y, eradicate Them, Tia man lack wisdom
? il rs his duty TO ask God for wisdom
:, The same with everything else, That
., the design OF God concerning II
~ Church. lie wants Ills Saints 10 4
!. perfected boz the truth. For this purpo.
lie gives these gifts, and b.stows thcr
I, upon those who seek al|cr them h
y order that they may be perfect poop
I, upon the face Of the Garth, notwtl
standing their many wcakneasysi b
, cause God has promised TO give the gl
. that are necessary for their perfection.
d Let us seek for these gins. Let {
4. be exhlrted this day in this Iabernacl
/. and bear In mind that these gifts are Il
Al us; and let MS seek for them with all OF
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