Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-10
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| teyihings I 10 lnls hiolhihA h"h "'h
,g,e, that stand In the flesh and have
,fain the privilege Of assembling In
roplefence. am thankful that ! have
4, privilege Of meeting in this capacity
p,oohe,s, Pairiafchs. Apostles, Elders
,sd Laiter-day Saints. For the sixty
a,ee years Of the six,y.siK since the
o.,,niration Of the Church have been
vs,,ed to meet. when at home. with the
,,seral conferences Of the Church. !
ave listened to the testimony Of Pro-
oh,,s and Apostles and Elders Of Israel,
,eluding tina, good and great man, the
Prophet Joseph Smith, whom God
nised up and appointed from before the
5undaiion Of the world to stand In the
s,,h in the latter days aud organize the
chufeh Of Jesus Christ Of latier'diy
SAINTS. to prepare the way for the com
az OF the Son OF Man. to warn the
shole world as far as doors should be
cpsned, and to prepare Tor the grea,
events to transpire In the generation In
vhlch We live. The testimony Of the
Prophet Joseph has been a strong one
Concerning the grea, aud last dispensa.
ton OF God 10 man ON the earth. Up
ssfds Of eighteen hundred years have
,ored away since the death OF the
Siyior OF the world and His Apostles,
and the God OF heaven knows what Il
cost the lcwish nation to shed the blood
oi their Satilr aud their Shiloh, and
he blood Of the Apostles. The blood
Il the LORDS anointed which was shed
by that nation In that day cost more than
,ie human family eau comprehend.
Well might the savior say, while pass
Irg through that ignominiou, death upon
he cross, "Fathcf. forgive them; for
they know not what they do" Truly,
they knew not what they did. but the
tasct OF u has been manifest with the
house OF Israel now for eighteen hun.
ffei Yeas, and the end Is not vet. So
viii say with regard 10 the Ceniilcg.
lhe God OF heaven knows what Il will
cot them Tor shedding the blood OF the
Prophet OF God and bis brother. and
" Apostles aud bfc hren WHO laid
.sEn their lives for the word Of God
nd testimony OF Jesus Christ. Il costs
. netting TO shed righteous blood.
And the Cenilcs have not got eighteen
hundred yean before them IN witch TO
pay the debt. The words ol the Lord
have got to be fuhlled upon them In the
day aud generation In which these holy
men have been slain.
refer TO these things because know
not how long ! may have the privilege
Of bearing my testimony OF the Gospel
Of Christ on the earth. The revelations
that arc In the Bible, the predictions OF
the Pairiarehs and Prophets who saw
BY vision aud revelation the last dis.
pensatlon and iullness OF times, plainly
lell Us what Is to come TO pass, The
lgh chapter OF Isaiah Is having iis full
hlmeni, as arc the sayings OF the PATH.
afchs and Prophets as laid down Ia The
records OF divine truth. And they will
be rapid In their iulGllment have
often said IN my teachings. u the world
want to know what is coming to pass,
le, them read the revelations Of ST John.
Read OF the judgments OF God that arc
gong TO ovenake the world In the last
dspensaiion. Read the papers and see
what % taking place In our own nation
fnd 10 the nations OF the earth, aud
what does II all meaup ID means the
commencement OF the iulhllment ol
what the Prophets OF God have predict.
led. In the Doctrine aud Covenants
Fhefe are many revelations given through
the mouth OF the Prophet OF God; these
revelations will all have their iulhllment,
as the Lord lives, and no power can
indef Il In one Of the revelations the
| rd told Joseph Smith:
i Behold, verify tay unto you. he angcs arc
lDing unto the Lord day and night. Who arc
IFeady and waiting to be sent forth to reap down
the helds.
But The Lord saith unto them. pluck not up
ths iafcs while the blade il YET tender. (iof
verify your faith IS weak, Leaf you destroy the
wheat also.
Therefore let he whoa, and the ,arrs grow
together until the harvest Is fully ripe, then "
Shall first gather out the wheat from among the
iafrs. and after he gathering Of the wheat be-
hold and lol the tares are bound Ia bundles. and
NE field femaneih TO be burned.
want to bear testimony to this con.
gregalion, and to the heavens and the
earth. that the day is come when those
angels arc privileged 10 40 forth aud
commence their work. They are labor
ing in the United States Of America
they are aboring among the nations oI
the earth; and they will continue,
These things are NJ our doors, and
neither you nor | can hinder them. We
need not marvel or wonder at enything
fhat Is iranspiung In the earth. The
World do not comprehend the revela
ions OF God. They did not IN the days
~ the Jews; yet all that the Prophets
had spoken concerning them came &c
Ppass. SO IN our day, these things will
come to pass. | heard the Prophet
Joseph bear his testimony 10 these
events thar would iranspire in the earth
] have had the privilege during my III,
TO see the beginning OF the iuliillment o.
the words OF the Prophet Of God unto
the inhabitants OF tho earth. lie lived
but a short time; but the Sayior's life
was much shorter after entering the
ministry. He was put TO death, as wer,
all HIS Apostles, excepting John; and
that blood has been paid Tor as Tar as
time would admit. We cannot draw q
veil over the events that await ihl,
generation. No man that Is inspired by
the Spirit aud power Of God car
close his ears, his eyes or his lip,
TO these things. do not know that
shall 1--we 10 see much more; II Is moi
hkely that SHALL but | have lived tC
see the commencement IN the earth.
have lived to see the words Of the Pro
phet OF God being fulfilled concerning
Zion,coneening the mountains OF Israel,
end the gathering together OF the Lord'i
people 10 prepafe Tor the coming OF tho
Son OF Man. We have been led Ia
these mountains in lulhllment OF revela,