Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-02

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preach the word oil God to the nations
OF the earth. There never has been a
time when we have been 50 able to do
Il as at the present time. ! know one
says, 81 am owing something another,
81 am a little 10 debt" &c. Arrange
these things from this day forth. rs u
YOU knew YOU had TO 30 on a mission.
Then when you are rcady to 10, you will
be ready to stay " you are not wanted.
] do not want YOU TO think Il Is difficult
thing. We do not ask anybody to 70
on missions until they can go reasonably
and consistently with the spirit OF the
Gospel, with the faith Of their kindred
aud with the blessings OF their Bishops
md Presidents In the beginning, when
Presidents Young, Woodruff, Snow and
others that are around me, were called
upon 10 10 and preach the Gospel, and
had nothing TO 20 with we went
whether Nc could or not. You do not
have to do that today; YOU arc given
time to 20 consistently and comfortably.
But give YOU notice that We want
| Elders to 20 and preach the Gospel; for
, now is the time when the desire ui the
people ~ opUn to receive a. II is the
great leading duty OF Israel to preach
/ this Gospel 10 the nations Of the earth,
| laid especially upon the Twelve Apostles,
with the First Presidency TO see that Il IS
carried out.
Think what the Lord is doing for u.s.
/ a little while ago we were set upon
hefcgly by the government, aud u the
| Lord had not come to our rescue 10 tell
rs We might suspend operations IN some
/ OF HIS ordinances, not only would our
/ public and our private property have
/ been taken away from rs, but our
temples would have been closed IN.
/ Now the government has come back, and
/ gave Us, while ago. our personal
/ property, and last week. by enactment
and the signature Of the Executive, they
restore to u the real property except
that which has been lost aud wasted To-
/ the handling.
We have occasion to rejoice in this.
| The work OF the Lord Is beginning to
/ triumph In some OF these matters.
/ This II the hut time VIC have had the
chance to hold the general Conference
/ with these Stars anu Stripes over Us IN
| the relationship we sustain TO them now.
/ Utah is no longer a territory, looked
/ upon with suspisioni but u has become
! a state had almost said q sovereign
state. Well, Il the states arc sovereign,
then I suppose Utah is sovereign, too.
| Heretofore we have always had 10 go
under the direction and counsel ni the
! President aud Congress OF the United
| States, but now We have a State Or.
/ ganiziiion, and a Governor. a native
born Governor, who can give letters
Of commentator to honorable men and
can introduce them TO governors OF
other States and men IN high positions.
Thus the Lord is opening tie way, by
which we can carry the Gospel wherever
| Il should be carried.
think brethren and sisters, We
| ought to rise up 20 the possibilities and
opportunities VI the situation, and
spread the knowledge OF this Gospel.
II you have relations ont IN the world
aud YOU may have been slow 10 com
municate with them, keep Up a kindly,
friendly correspondence with them. i
yuu have been backward IN sending the
word OF the Lord to your kindred, send
them some OF IL, Let them be enlight'
ened. Feed them little. As Brigham
and Heber used to say, hand them a
little salt, that they can taste OF II and
see how good IL Is. And so let as 20 on
with the good work Of the Lord which
lie has given to Us TO do, and let Us
work while Il Is today.
You know, In going out In great
field, where some oithe land Is high aud
some low, that which Is on tho knobs
ripens the quickest, while down In the
swales Il doesn't get ripe so quick IL Is
lust so with this great vineyard OF the
/ ord aud field OF the world. There are
spots and places where Il Is ripe sooner
than others, Hut We want to be pre-
pared aud ready that when the summer
Is on We may gather IN the harvest
When the Bpfingtime comes We want ~
cast IN the seed-the word OF the Lord,
that we may by and by, In the autumn
realize a great ingathefing, a harvest Of
souls, to Zion, that shall increase and eS'
tend and multiply, I'LL we will be build
ing other temples other stakes, and
multiplying the wards Of Israel through
out the land. You must not think be
cause we have become a State, and these
sisters must not think now they have the
franchise, that we have got II all and we
can ST down to enjoy Il. This Is simply
the aTmor that God gives us to pick up
and buckle on to 20 to work for another
summers labor. The winter has gone
again, and afer the sowing the Lord
will bring the harvest as He would have
Il. We need not wonder or maTve
about things in the iuIurei we want to be
up and doing today.
| Now, I want to notify you Elder,
that in going abroad we wish you, when
YOU get to be presidents OF missions, tc
bring home the very best published
histories there are OF those countries
that you 20 to, so that we can have the
history OF the generations OF men on the
earth In the Historians Office, and we
do hope, now that the government has
given us back our substance, that some
time we shall have a Historians Office
that will be credit TO the Church, SC
that we eau preserve the records prop
erly. / wish you TO see that there are
good complete records instituted In YOU
conferences, In your missions. And
when you 20 to those nations where theJ
are led by chiefs, in tribes, as In New
Zealand among the Alaories. land among
the Lamanites, II they don't get killed
OIL before their day comes) you get al
some OF those venerable old Maor
chiefs, and you will find they are full o.
the genealogy and history OF their tribes
and will take you back by tradition ioi
hundreds OF years. Get what they know
and write Il Tor the benefit Of those
people that live around them; for wher
they come up TO Zion OF when temple;
shall be built in their midst, they will
Ind that the people Of Zion are getting
up records OF their fathers. We mus
begin to he Israel In this direction more
I d.