Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-24

mlnner Of prosecutions have been
sitcd upon the Latter day Saints Il
has cost human suffering To un indcs-
crlbablc extent 10 our generation. II
has cost human life beyond compute.
ton. Men. women and children have
died through the suiIeHugs that have
been cnlated upon them through this
innumin spirit which Satan has dis.
scmuated among the children OF men.
II would require the pen and the tongue
of an angel To- dcscul. the suIisruvs
that have been entlllcd upon the people
Of God through this power Of $ rian.
God alone knows the IuguHhCd hearts.
the pain and the sorrow which 10 has
caused. Virtue has been ttamplcd un
der loot Truth has been mthgucd and
vilihed, until It has been made 10 appear
OF the b aCkgst character An this has
been done through the influence oi
which ! speak. Satan has rcigurd in
the earth Doc has built up great power
In the earth; aud he Is determined that
he will maintain ms dominion IN this
earth lie aud those associated with
him arc bent on destroying the work OF
God ami wrc ting from the hands Of
lenovah the authority that belongs to
Him. This IS his determined purpose,
and he has sought to accomplish h from
the time when man was placed upon
the earth until tie present Under his
influence, blood has flown in torrents.
lc IS the father Of contention and uf
strife. and he seeks to destroy the child.
rem vi men. lie IS determined to de-.
stroy the work Of our Father, aud TO
bring as into subsection 70 him. The
great contest that IS going ON IN these
last days Is contest Tor the control aud
supremacy OF this earth, Satan being de.
tcfmiucd that he will maintain his COM
troll and the Lord having spoken and
said that the day 70 hand when the
earth shall be redeemed rom the power
aud dominion Of Satan. and wIcEedne,s
shall be swept from Us lace. We are
cnga sed, my brethren and sisters. In
repeatedly that God has reserved IN the
heivcn, choice spirits 10 come forth IN
this last dispcnsition, because of the
greatness and the magnitude Of the
work 10 be accomplished. OF course,
among the spirits OF men, as we have
proved in our mortal existence, there
nrc differences Of degree. IL has re-
quited app uently the most valiant men
aud women TO come forth m the last
days Tor reasons which ought to be
plain 20 those who reflect Inis Is not
a shou.liyed dspensiuon; Il Is 10 go on
increasing Ia power and volume until Il
shall hll the whole earth, and the earth
be redeemed and sauctlhed. Aud, OF
course. IL requires great valor, great
obedience aud great gifts IN order to
accomplish the end that sto be attained
under the promises Of God. The Lord
has permitted spirits to be born among
the various races OF mankind that are
hicd and qualified to accomplish this
great work. He has called His serv.
ants as fishers and as hunters TO 20
forth to the various Lations OF the earth,
and hunt aud gather out thereirom those
spirits who shall be drawn to the
Gospel. The Gospel has been like a
magnet among the nations. II has
drawn to Il the pure, the meek, the low.
ly. Thousands can testify that when
they heard the servants Of God pro.
claim the message which they bore, that
God had again spoken from the heav.
ems, that the everlasting Gospel was
restored and that the authority to ad.
minister is ordinances had been given
unto men, they embraced the message
with all their hearts. The only fear that
they entertained was that Il was almost
too good to be true. The Elders who
have gone forth know how this has
been. They have found these men aud
women Just as fishers and hunters find
the object OF their toll and search. They
have drawn these people together, anu
the power of God has been poured out
as never before. No human beng has
ever witne ,scd, nor mortal pen has ever
written, anything like this work. Never
has there been such work rs this In
which we are engaged Never has the
power OF God been poured out so uni-
yrrsally upon the people Of every land
and cline as It has been IN our day.
Under It's influence the people have
been impellcd To gather into one place,
there To worship God, to keep His
commandments, TO build up His king
dom and to prepare the way ior the
coming Of the Lord Jesus Christ
My r,thren and sisters, are you not
impressed with the grca ness Of the un.
dertakug that God has assigned unto
us2 Ar you not impressed with the
necessity OF iaithiulness to this work.
Are you not impress ed with the import
ancc OF upholding the authority which
God has restored to the carth} True,
lie has chosen the weak things Of the
world; but ID Is no evidence OF the in.
ieHouty OF their standing before God.
The lowllness Of their birth, the lOWii.
ness OF their surroundings and OF their
connections is no proof that they are in
ierior in the sight of God. The Son OF
God was born IN a stable, Graded In a
manger Who among the so OF men
had such lowly surroundings as this
glorious Bslng' One OF the Godheai,
the Son OF the Eternal Frlher, the Re-
dcemer OF the world Thinl, OF it, born
IN stable, Graded IN a mangerl And
who were His associates They were
ishcrmen-oi the most despiscd occupa'
ton IN the land, and yet, who were
theyp Jesus said TO them,
eye which have followed me, IN the rcgcnsra,
ton, when the Son OF man shall SO In The ihron,
OF hH glory, ye also shall 40 up0ntweiye thfonus
judging tho twelve tribes OF israel
That was to be the dignity that they
should attain unto. They should sit as
Judges OF the house OF Israel. And Pau
told the Saints m his day.
90 ye not know that Inc saints shall judg,
the wur.d' and It the world shall. boz Judged H.,
you, are yc unworthy 10 judge the smallest mat
lers' Know SO not that We shall judge inges'
1t is blessing to us that our father,
were IN such loWly circumstances as the
Gospel found them; for very lew Of those
who are IN what are called the uppel
classes Of society have received tn,
| Gospel OF the Son OF God. lthas seem
ed as though these spirits were purposell
| sent into loyyly homes into obsrttrt