Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-30

them IN their own tongue. He re-
lntef the results Of tlielf vista Il
various Maori Villages, aud how soins
OF those who listened expressed lie.
size To be baptized. IL was In thp
Hawkes. bay district, IN the north islnnd,
That no made his first speech In the
Maori language, u knowledge Of which
he hai gradually acquired during the
earlier Iaft Of his mifsion. He re-
turned hous upon his rUlesse by way
bngIani, where he soDourned for about
tlircc months. He felt thankful that
hc had been accounted worthy to 20
forth Into the wOrlu and be- an ambts.
sador Of life and salvation to
those VINO know not those prin.
ciples which II followed would
lead unto eternal life. IN the course
Of bis closing remarks Elder Groesbeck
sppk" OF tbs rcsl0rstiDu Of the Gospel
90 tue earth IN these Inter days and
sn'd We must all become acquainted
with God anu with Jesus Christ ~ we
desired TO be the larttkers Of No
eternal. He dwelt upon the efficacy
~ prayer AMI trusted that ali the
Saints would 20 I've here below that
hereafter they would Ina Joy anu
pesce Ia the celestial Kingdom
ELDER HUGH j. CANNON
bore his tosti mopy TO tho remarks OF
this preceding speaker as TO the truth
Of this Gospel, and said that 4, We
lived In accordance with the iight
thereof, as the Lattef.day Saints
I'm iorstoOJ II, we would bc doing the
viii Of cue Father In heaven, and
through oDeIiencs 20 the principles OF
thu. Gospel would 70 back into His
presence ami obtain celestial he,
He returned Ghort time Since
from n mission TO Germany, and he
could truthfully say that the time no
spent Ia the mission field was the han.
plcst u his life. The Lord, hr knew.
would always answer tito prayer of
His Elder; II they came to Him Ia
hith He would bless them aud EMAIL.
tbom to perform works which would
astonish tho world, but which the peo.
pc OF the world could not yet under.
stand simply because they did not
possess thu Spirit OF God. He had seen
young Elders stand up before the
world aud explain the principles OF the
Gospel, M they uhderstooi them, with |
such y wur Us 10 astonish those who |
heard them. The Lori, through Hls |
chosen servants, sent them forth 10 |
iell The people how they could gain |
HIS presence; bat In order 10 obtain
TINS blessing II was necessary thht
ceft'in work should be done.
IL was absolutely essential that
we should obey certain laws.
Our mission was 10 warn tho
world VI the judgments to come, anI
II Wa refused TO do this when called
upon, we, too, would be under con.
drmnati0n. IL was n very difficult
matter 10 find any ono who would
take an Interest 10 the Cos ,ei ami
seek testimony for himself or herself,
to ascertain whether II was the truth
or not. hut II We preached the Gospel
unite tho nations anu Instructed them
what TO do n be saved, we hal done
all In our power; and n they then re.
Jectet II, they themselves would stand
under condemnation. IL u person OF.
tainel tue Holy Spirit he secured
something which cOulI not he de.
ceive and would thereby learn what
tho Lord required OF him. The LATTER.
day Saints were n chosen people aud
they could not 10 too thankful Tor the
light which had been given unto them.
We were placed here brlJw but Tor I.
short time, and II We missed the oppor.
tunity given us II would be iDpossib o
for US to gain n full share OF the blcs
lngs which were promised hereafter.
In preaching the Gospel 10 the woriu
the missionaries told the people, no did
Jesus and HIS apostles in ancient times,
that certain signs should follow those
who believe. The speaker instancei a
case which came under his own
immediate observation while In the
missionary Held wherein man who,
prior to being baptized by q servant OF
GOc, had bee bick anu uDahle TO work
for ivo yeats, but who, after going
down into the waters Of baptism,
believing that through that oriinsncs
he would bo healed, was restored TO
health and ablr 10 follow his employ
ment. THE was another testimony 10
him 1.-THE speaker) OF the truth Of the
Cos, 81 which the Ltttcr.dIy Saints
hni embraced. He prayed God that
we might all be found walking In the
path OF Righteousness nnd faithfully
doing all those things which the Lord
required ut our hands.
ELrER WILLARD YOUNG
was next called upon and made a few
remarks suggested by thoughts OF what
tho two preceding speakers had said,
Through obedience we may DO made
Joint lelrs with Jesus Christ, and the
speaker polluted out what is required
OF us in the Gospel. IL was the pur-
pose OF our Heavenly Father thai all
His Children shall have the privilege
OF being Judged according to the law
that pertains TO salvation. We were u
chosen people and professed to be better
than all other; because we had more
light and know ledge thAn they. We,
then having this greater light, must In
Urier to ohtaln eternal lie obey all
Gods commandments and strictly
keep his laws. The speaker dweit
upon the suhj sot OF missionary effort,
anu the WORK which was being done
by this Church In order to carry the
Gospel to all paris OF the earth. 1t
was necessary that we should obey
every Inv given unto us, and he prayed
that wo may all remain faithful TO
the onu.