Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-30

to them by whom ofTenses do come
But when the Church has once passed
through such an experience and has hao
A trial and proving, ihe great majority |
of the people will It member that sui
there is always with the Church per
centage OF the people who are below
the age G., understanding. They grow |
up, and generation comes along III
little season that knew nothing OF thoSe
trials, and have not been tried and ma
experience. Then the time OF RAJ
comes again 1t is necessary that these
times OF rial come. The experiences
that this Church has passed through
have BEEN necessary Tor the proving and
trial OF the people. II vas necessary
! that there should be an opposition, AS
| there WAS an opposition in the councils
| of ne LORD, when Satan led he hosts OF
| the disconnected against the Son OF God
and the Father. It is necessary mat
there should be opposition IN tfis wcii ,.
| The very conditions that exist IN TINS
| world are important and necessary lor
our trial and proving And Tor TINS
Church it is necessary for the leading
Elders of the Church to have experience,
and all the people to be tried also Sat
If we are wise as young men and Young
women II the Church we viii be led ana
guided BY the older ones and proht by
their experience, and listen to the wise
and profitable sounds that they may ut
ter in our ears, and profit by what they
have endured; and 1t will take all mat
we can possibly learn from their expert
ence to enable us to endure. If we are
wise, we may learn from what others
have experienced But some OF us are
so dull that we need to learn by expert
: ence. We are not always willing TO
( profit by the experience examples, IN
structions and precepts OF others. 1t Is
necessary that we should have some ex-
. perience, and important that we should
| he tried. But the strength oil the ex-
perience of the aged in this Church
s ought to be sufficient to preserve the
| Young and the inexperienced and to
e nrepare them to endure the trials that
$ shall come upon them But | was to
: read some OF the words OF Alma. lie
c says
u For went about with the sons of Mosiah
{ srekinp 10 destroy the church OF God but ne
P hold. God sent bis holy angel to stop US by the
y way. a.
4 And behold, he spake unto US, as it were th'
! voice Of thunder, and the whole earth dl'
II trenble beneath our feet, and we all fell TO th'
o earth, Tor the fear OF the Lord came upon us
y Bu, behold, the voice said unto me, Arse
3 And | arose and stood up, and beheld tn
Z And he said unto me, if thou wilt of thysel
II be destroyed, seek no more to destroy tn
church Of God.
p And il came to pass that fell TO the eartt
N and /, was for the space Of three days and thte
e nights, that could not open my mouth; neithe
lie had the sse of my limbs.
,e And the angel spake more things unto N,
A. which were heard by my brethren. but di
IN not hear them; for when heard the words
" tbou wilt be DESTROYED Of thyseli, seek no MOI
- 70 destroy the church OF God. was struck vii
10 such great fear and amazcnent lest perhaps
- should be destroyed. that fell to the EARN. an
ei | did hear no more.
he But | was racked with eternal torment, 4
n my soul was narrowed up TO the greatest d
ur gree, and racked with all my sins.
Yea, did remember all my sins and iniql
IN. | ties. for which was tormented with the PAL
81 of hell; yea, saw that had rebelled agaii
", my God, and that had not kept his holy col
OF Yea and | had murdered many Of
az Children or rather led them away unto u'
IN truction; yea, and in fine so great had been
he iniquites that the very thoughts OF coming in
lis. the presence of my God, did rack my soul vi
| inexpressible horror.
OF Oh, though, l. that could be banished
nd become extinct both soul and body tina
~ might not be brough, TO stand in the preser
not of my God to be judged OF my deeds
Ia And now, for three days and Tor three nlg
rer was racked even with the pains OF damn
IIHl, soul.
his And II came to pass that as | was thus racl
red with torment, while was narrowed up by
oul memory of my many sins, behold, remem
ah, | also to have heard my father prophesy unto
yo people concerning the coming OF one Je
hat Christ, Son oil God 10 ATONE LOT INT ''''
VIZ Now as my mind caught hold upon
thought, | cried within my heart, o Jesus, u
vi Son of God, have mercy on me, who art
roo the gall Of bitterness, and art eneircled ah
lor' by the everlasting chains OF death.
was And now, behold, when l thought TN
irst could remember my pains no more; yea,
on, narrowed up by the memory oil my SINS
He more.
of And oh, what joy and what marvellous
,nc, did behold; yea, my soul was hlled win
he as exceeding as was my PAIN
He would have you notice how quic
was light doth come to the soul OF man vi
and relieved from sin and transgression,
sur the transformation from the depth
me sorrow and condemnation to that
no peace, Joy and happiness supreme;
ime immediate transition by the penil
oHs soul that has be n pierced by the po
ave of God and is .edeemed by the ate
all ment OF the Son OF God; how rea'
had comes this change! Who cannot II
la'h the Lord when such witness is beior
lger of the blessing and mercy OF the Fai
nau and OF the Savior!
ne it
/, by Yea, say unto you. my son, that t
by could be nothing so exquisite and SO bite
and | was my pains. Yea, and again say unto
HE son. thai on the other hand, there can be +
the ing so exquisite and sweet as was my Joy;
III, Yea, me thought saw, even as our Il
my Lehi saw. God sitting upon his throne,
out rounded with numberless concourses OF an
man in the attitude OF singing and praislng
the God; yea, and my soul did long to be there
Be- But behold, my limbs did receive
noes strength again, and stood upon my feet
he'd; did manifest unto the people that had
been born OF God
nun That change is to be born OF God
-, ii required that very sentiment OF
,,.i,E mility and OF obedience and OF RE-
", %t VI lance possessed by Alma at that supr
" moment, in order to bring about
birth, that he might be brought bac
lie to His presence and into His favor
ction fellowship from the condition oil ali
, the ton that He had SO long been in.
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re- tn Yea, and from that time, even until n
lii have iabored without eeasing, that
80 bring souls unto repentance; that might
nun l 49, 90 toste oi the exceeding iOy OF wi