Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-12
FUTURE HAPPINESS.
Communication on the Subject from
Ms. Spencer 10 a Lady Friend.
..,,,tsr t. kindly Advised How TO
accomplish m Earnest Desire
Of Her Heart.

The following letter from a well known
- hiybiy esteemed lady in this city to
- ;n,imate friend in England, who in
~, girlhood was well acquainted with
&c of the l.atter.day Saints, and
.h,se brother joined the Church and
J',d in Nauvoo. 1t relates to subject
,i .uprcme importance, and no doubt
s;u be very interesting reading, not
,,iy 10 those Of the gcntlcr sex, but 10
,,ssrs eho may have the privilege Of
,rrusins and bordering over IT,
Nv Dear Mrs. B.-Your kind letter Of
hg,1 10Th was pleasantly received,
,t.Bgb was sorry to hear your health
,. feeble, have pondercd your words
.,g,essinr a desire and willingness TO
go ANYTHING possible to enhance your
bsooiness IN the future state This
r,3rile,ts a good spirit, and ! conclude
,.g both will agree that the only thing
.,tber of MS can do ior the attainment Of
,,i. object "is to do the will Of the
T,tber.p Even our Lord and Savior
.sme not "io do Ills own will. but the
,-iI of Ills Father" "Ele that lovcth
me kcep,th my commandments"
am astonishcd az the prevalence
srong protesting Christians OF the idea
fblt they have only to believe In Jesus
to be- saved, when Ia the plaincst OF
words We are warned that faith without
vorks Is dead" When the righteous
yopuy man came to lcsus he was told to
Cell all thou hast and give to the
poof"-ihe sick man to dip seven
iimrs In the pool" Peter at the feast
of pentccost commanded repentance
and BAPTISM Now to us, IN our day,
has come direct commands from our
Heatcnly Father as iorcelul and as
binding on this generation as anything
ever was binding that has come to man
from the heavens IN another dispcnsa'
ton
Dear sister. my family were wealthy
people Of high social standing In Eng.
hni forfeited the loves, pride aud
ambitions OF my grlhood Tor O higher
love, pride and ambition, Tor the Gospel
OF lcsus Christ as brought to uf IN that
Iani by q humble, uneducatcd servant
OF God, In 1881. Since then have
tried in my weak way TO make the re-
uuiremcnts OF that Gospel the supreme
cndcavof oi my life. It's operations
upon me have been the same as upon
every person who has made Il his
chief aim, until hundreds OF thousands
can bear united testimony that the Holy
Ghost has led them from truth TO truth
until they have absolute knowledge that
this thing so despiscd as "Mofmonism'
IS the work Of Almighty God,
Daily my ihanksgIviucs are offered
that i needed that great instruction,
Come out OF her my people, that ye
paftakc not OF her sins that sc receive
not OF her plaques Tens OF thousands
Of those who ~ years past have known
something OF "M0monism" viii mourn
that they Jailed to keep this command,
failed 10 plant their pustcrltcs and
interests with the people OF God.
From your remarks ! conclude you
have had some affiliations with the so.
called rc-ofgauizcd church. II so, please
permit me to quote YOU the words of
isaiah, that IN tue last days the house OF
the Lord should be established in the
tops OF the mountains" and 10 ask
how long Ia reasonable probabilities the
Saints aud the world would have 10
wait before this prophecy would have
fulhlment through the action Of the So
called fe.orgauzgd church or all the
combined churches Of ChHstendom
Again. my husband is q living wit
ness that the Prophet Joseph smith
iofctold before his death that 1.-THE
SAINTS should become q numerous host
IN the Businesses OF tbs western world"
ask YOU, has the recognized church
sought TO help or have they sought to
hinder the lulhImcnt of this prophecy
sought to aid or 70 hinder the raising OF
this Temple OF God I'm the tops OF the
mountains" Have they followed OF
have they utterly neglected the example
set hy the Prophet Joseph Ia building a
Temple In Kirkland; and in Nauvoo
where be introduced aud emphasized
the holy ordinance for the dcad' II this
doctrine Is a cardinal, vital element en-
bmced in the salvation purchased bi
our Lord aud Savior; II the words o
the holy men are true, that this great
work OF the iullness OF the dispcnsation
Of times shall be cut short In righteous
ness" then will great rcsponsibilitie,
rest on all protesting l.attef'day saints
who have treated this matter lightly
The little band OF patriots who have
followed Ia the footprints OF the Prophet
Joseph under un5peakable dilllcultiei
have by the grace OF God fulfilled and
honored his words, thereby honoring
God who sent him. and tens Of thou
sands OF honest souls who never hcart
the Gospel Ia the flesh have been minis
tered for IN this holy Temple.
Jesus being dead In the flesh "bu
quiekened by the spirit went and
preached to the spirits In prison.
Paul said, III the dead rise not again
why are ye then baptized for the deadf'
Always, everywhere, wherever Coo
has had people, those whom lie &C
knowledged as His people, with Proph
cts through whom TO give His word
there have been "Iabernacles, 18th,
AK OF the Covenant, or Temples,
And yet to day boosted Chrstendom Z
so far from God aud Ills ordinances o
salvation that II we were to give then
our Temple all complete they woulc
not know enough to use Il Tor the holl
purposes for which their God and on
God had Il built.
You manifest a desire ITO do some
thing TO add to your happiness here
alter" II you could have but
sclntillation Of the happiness men an,
women have here in this life when thel
90 into this Temple and administer 70
their dead aud receive there and then
testimony that is accepted-teslimon,
that the captves are set free, you woul'
lose all anxiety Tor your future state
and would contemplate death as a uey
birth, as an introduction to unspeakabl
happiness; would realize that when yo
put OIL this mOrta body you would x
as a savior who had come up on Noun