Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25

instructed by inc lnJplIauou OF inc lioly
Spirit
can testify, as did the preceding
sneaker, to the truth Of the principles oi
eternal life, aud that the Gospel Of the
Lord Ie.us Christ, as 1t has been re-.
yealed anew In this dispcnsation Of the
fitness Of times, will lead those that
obey It back into the presence Of our
Father and God, and will In the end
regenerate and sanciiiy the human FAM
ily. as also the earth upon which we
dwell. and 1T and prepare Il as an
abiding place for those who have kept
all the commandments Of God. We
have today all the principles Of the
Gospel that are necessary for the saliva
ton Of the whole human family and for
the redemption Of the earth from under
the curse that rests upon II; and II we
shall obey these principles and live up
to them, the result shall be the triumph
Of those principles and Of those who
observe them. Our elder brother Jesus
Christ, has marked out to US very clearly
and plainly the path for us TO follow;
and the laws Of the Gospel that we are
obeying today are not man-madc, but
are principles that have emanated from
the Source Of all light and intelligence,
and have been brought to the children
Of men by the divine inspiration Of the
Holy Spirit OF God.
The plan Of salvation was made
known to our father Adam and to his
children, and they were informed that
IN the meridian Of time there should
come Redocmer to the earth, n
Savior, and a Shiloh to Israel. and as
typical OF His coming ana OF His death,
they offered sacrifices. The Prophets
OF God who lived In subsequent ages
were also informed In relation 10 this
matter, and taught that the time would
come when there should come a Savior
TO the earth, and IN very plain and dis
unct terms they spoke concerning the
nature Of HIS coming; they pointtd out
to land wherein Vie should be born,
even to the village that lie should
claim as Ills native place; depicted the
trials aud the fluctuations that lie should
paks through pointed out In detail
events connect I'd with His career-that
His blood should he shed for the saliva
walton OF the souls OF the children OF
men, and that through His death and
resurrection there should come a resur.
fection OF the dead-a restoration OF the
body aud the spirit into a living soul.
during the time that lie sujouncd Ia
the midst OF the children OF men, lie
laid down In great plainness to HIS
disciples and to those by whom Tie was
surrounded these principles OF the
Gospel that the Latier-day Saints have
embraced lie who came as a fore
runner before the face Of the Son Of
Man came as one crying IN the wilder
ness. saying, Repent aud be baptized.
Tor the kingdom OF heaven Is at hand.
Men went INTO the water and were bap.
tied az the hands OF John the Baptist
for the remission OF their sins. But lie
told them that there should come one
mightiur than he, the latchet Of whose
shoes he was unworthy to unloose, who
would baplze them with lire and with
the Holy Ghost. In due time the
parsonage Of the Savior was made
known 10 the children OF men, and lie
went about among them teaching the
principles OF eternal life, and His last
Injunction to His disciples was:
Go We therefore, and teach an nations, hap.
thing them in the name Of the Father, and Of
the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost;
Teaching them 10 observe all things whliso-
ever have commanded you. and. 10. ! am
with you always, even unto the end Of the
world.
After His resurrection and ascension
on high, His disciples, following that
injunction, called upon the assembled
multitude upon the day OF Pentecost, TO
repent OF their sins, to be baptized for
the remission OF them, aud to have
hands laid upon them Tor the reception
OF the Holy Ghost, which, when re.
ceived, should bring things past TO their
remembrance and show them things to
come. Men obeyed that Injunction and
went into the waters OF baptism, and re-.
celyed the laying on Of hands. The re.
suit was, the heavens were opened TO
their vision; light and knowledge came
down from on high and Illuminated
their minds and made known unto them
the things Of God.
Among other things that were made
known to the disciples In those days
was the fact Of the second coming OF
Shus'. When the Savior assembled into
heaven from tie Mount Of Olives, the
disciples were gazing upward, when
lhey beheld two angels standing by
HEM These angels said unto the
disciples;
We men Of Glllleo why stand ye gazing mp
nil hcaycu} This same Jesus which IS taken up
iom YOU into heaven. shall 30 come DO like
manner s yc have seen Him so into heaven.
As His first coming was foretold by
The holy men OF God from the days Of
father Adam, so His second coming has
been prophesied Of by the servants Of
God In all ages. They declared that in
the latter TINES, In the dispensatlon OF
the iullnesS OF times, all other dispensa-
lions should be gathered into one; that
all the gifts, authority, knowledge and
light that had been impaired to the
children OF men from the beginning
should also be gathered into the dspen-
satlun OF the iulncss Of times; that the
earth should be filed with the knowl-
edge OF God. and that IN due time
righteousness should cover the earth
as the waters cover the mighty deep;
that the heavens and the earth should
be brought together, and mercy should
come from heaven and righteousness
from the earth, and that there should be
raised up in the midst OF the people
Prophets OF God to enlighten their
minds and to prepare them for the