Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-19

| ineUl. renamed IN tnat COnuitiOn un.
III the year 1855. was living with my
brother on the shores OF Lake Ontario.
| A man by the name OF Zera Puisipher,
sixty miles from where | lived. was
r"oved upon IN the month Of December,
with the snow three or four feet deep, to
arise and go to the Moth, the Lord had
some work for him there. lie called
upon another man to 70 with him. They
Travelled two days on the road to the
north, not knowing where they were
| going. Our house was the first place
that thev stopped at was numbering
at the time on the shore OF the lake.
Lera Pulsipher told my brothers wife
who they were and what they were. and
what their principles were. lie said the
Lord had sent him into the north coun.
| Try to do some work there. My sister.
in.law told him that her husband and
/ myself both believed IN the principles
that he taught. Well they held a meet
, ing. went 10 II, aud for the first time
IN my life heard Gospel sermon.
invited the men home. | borrowed a
Book Of Mormon, and sat up all night
aud read II, and mad testimony II was
true, In the morning ! asked to be
baptized. Myself and brother were
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try. From that hour I'LL this never
have had one moments doubt with re.
| yard to the truth OF the Gospel OF Jesus
| Christ know the work Is true. ! have
been called INTO the vineyard and minis
try with the rest Of my brethren. and
have travelled great many miles and
| quite n number Of years have held
the Apostieship iity.eight years. Bro.
l hEN hat 20 "a
| before he was slain. Brother Brigham
h,ld II abou, forty, and Brother Taylor
about the same length OF time AZ my.
self have labored all these years aud
| | know II Is the work OF God. know
the Lord is with this people. have a
| desire that we may magnify our callings
nd fulfil our position upon The earth.
God has organized tiis Church; He has
orRanized II with prophets. apostles,
astofs, teachers, helps. etc, in fulfill
nett OF the promises Of God In the last
DAYS. 1 travelled with Joseph Smith
quite length Of time. travelled with
Brigham Young forty years, athome and
abroad. ] travelled with him to this
country We came with the pioneers.
Brigham Young, though he never wrote
many revelations, had the revelations OF
| God with him from the day that he en-.
braced this WORK till the day Of his
death. have often thought Of the time
when he was asked II he would not 70
on TO California instead OF stopping IA
this barren land. What was his ans.
wef? was with him when he gave
that answer. He said. "No. am gong
to stay right here. am gong to build
temple here; am going to build a city
here; | am going to build country
here" Has II not been sop Yes. It has.
Was II not by revelation Certainly Il
was. We have all been called from this
low position in lie to the Priesthood.
Thousands Of this people have been
called to 20 abroad to preach the Cos
pei. In speaking OF myself and the
manner was led. so we lind IL every.
where throughout the world. Where
did you come iroml You came from
every state IN the Union; from England,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany.
France, Ireland and other parts OF
Europe, as well as from the different
nations Of the earth and the islands OF
the sea. One OF these simple Elders
came to you and you heard him preach
the Gospel. and he promised you II you
would repent OF your sins and be hap.
tized Tor the remission OF them, you
should receive the glt Of the Holy
Ghost. Did you not receive iR You
did, or you would not be here today.
Nobody could then keep you at home.
We have been gathered together by the
commandments OF God, and so far we
are trying to do the will OF God. Blu,
we have only just begun. ! was at the
concert here asst night and could not
help but think that II President NoLng
hal been there and locked upon that
vast assembly OF ten thousand people,
gathered not only from tins territory but
tom nelghboring states and territorier,
lac would have fit satisfied. Wfsd he
built this Tabernacle We did not have
peo-l c To- fill Il; but he told US that In
the hsildi1g " - Zion we could never
have house big aough to accommo.
date US, howe 'er large we might build
IL; ard II proved last night. 1 enjoyed
the concert. Go etnor Il Jmas inv,teu
me TO udd sss the assembly; but ielt
that people had gathered there, not to
hear preaching, but rusic.
Let me speak little further with re-
gard to the Lord preparing people for
this work. The history Of this whole
people IS in that line. | will refer YOU
To the year 1890. The Lord gave a
commandment Tor the Twelve Apostles
to 10 TO England. There had a few
gone 10 England before; Brother Kim
ball and several Others went in 1897 and
established the Church there. Nut in
1870 the Apostles were called as body
tn 20 there; and the devil did not like II,
He tried TO kill M all. There was
hardly one OF the Twelve Apostles who
went that was well. When left home
President Young padded me across the
Mississippi IN canoe, aud | was suffer-
ing with the chills and fever. | mad
spent two years In Tennessee aud Ken
lucky IN the midst OF sickness; but |
never had an attack Of chills and fever
in my life till | was called to 20 TO Eng
land. II was so with most all OF us, Tine
devil did not like It; but We went. II
was the harvest time then In that land.
We accomplished a great work. We
baptized about seven thousand that year.
opened doors throughout England and
and Scotland, and laid foundation for
the work which has been fulfilled up to
the present time. will refer to one
circumstance connected with that mis-
sion. was In the pot,eries in Stafford.
shire, having gone there when got TO
England. was doing a good work
there, baptzing almost every night.
One night went to Hanley 10 hold a
meeting, aud there was very full
house. Before ! got up to speak, the
Spirit OF God came upon me and told
me that that was the last meeting |
ahnulA hold Min that uannt, 10.