Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-18

the islands of the sea to instruct the
children of men upon these princinl's'
There is no better calling that n man
can have than to go and preach the
Gospel to his fellow man and to save
the souls of the children of men. The
Lord said to Oliver Cowdery and David
Whitmer;
And If 1t SO be that you should
labor all your days In crying repent
unoe unto this people, and bring, save
IL be one soul unto me. how great snail
be your JOY with him in the kingdom
of the Father.
"And now, IL your joy will be great |
with one soul that you have brought |
unto me into the kingdom of my |
Father how great will he your joy IL |
you should bring many souls unto mel"
Now. our Elders have saved thou
sands of souls: that Is the Elders have
preached the Gospel to them, they have
baptized them. ordained them, and
given them their blessings.
We ought to'look at these things as
they are. No matter what the world
may think Of us, or what their desire
may be about u.s. Even II we are all
saved in the kingdom of God, our
numbers will be very few compared
with the millions upon millions who
have never been willing to receive the
Gospel in the earth. and who viii oc-
cupy positions elsewhere than in the
presence of God and the Lamb. lis
tened to the Bishops this morning tax
about tithing. IT will be profitable to
us to pay our tithing. II will pay us to
do anything else that God requires at
our hands. BY doing 1t we Will be
justified.
thank the Lord for my life. I thank
Him for His blessings and mercies TO
me. / have reason to rejoice In this,
and am obliged to give God the glory
for all have ever received. II ] have
ever done any good; II have been able
to preach the Gospel and to pursue
course whereby ] have edited my fell
low man, at home or abroad, IL has
been by the power of God, upon Jesus
Christ, upon the Holy Ghost, the tes-
timony of the Father and the son. TINS
power has been with us. That Is why
we are here today. That Is why TINS
Tabernacle stands here today, i'll full
hllment of the predictions of the pro-
phets of God in ancient days. 1t Is
why the Zion of God Is planted here in
these valleys OF the mountains. II mas
all been by the power of God, and not
of man.
hope we may contemplate our posi-
ton, and realize the condition we are In
and the obligations we are under 10
Cod. ] feel thankful that | have the
privilege of meeting with the Latter
day Saints. / have met with this PEG.
pie nearly all my life when have had
the opportunity. l embraced the Gospel
the first sermon I ever heard. That
was in 1893. From that day till TINS
have rejoiced in the Gospel of Christ.
and In meeting with the I.atter-day
Saints wherever my lot has been rast.
| came to these valleys with the Pio-
neers, led by President Young. He
finished his work, as Joseph Smith
y asstaiaed his. But President Young
labored more years than was the lot
OF Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith, how
ever, labored long enough to perform
hp work that ba ordained to, He
organized the Church of Jesus Christ
1 of Latter-day Saints in the earth-a
thing that all the nations under heaven
could not have done. There was no
| man on earth could have done that,
| only by the power of God. Joseph
| Smith was the man appointed and
called of God. and he was u noble man:
| yes. a glorious man, man filled with
| the wisdom and power of God. His
life was short. but see what he did dur
| ing that time During the fourteen
| years he labored for God in the flesh
| he brought forth more than any other
| man that ever lived, excepting the Sa
| vior. The organization of the Church
| itself was one of the most glorious
works a man ever had the privilege of
| performing among the sons of men.
| Then he brought forth the Book or
| Doctrine and Covenants, containing the
revelations of God to us. Well. he laid
, down his life for the word of God and
| testimony of Jesus Christ. He was
! martyred. His brother Hyrum was
| martyred. Christ was martyred. His
| Apostles were martyred. Several have
| been martyred in these last days, be-
| sides the Prophet.
We should not forget these things.
Let us labor faithfully and pray unto
| the Lord for wisdom day by day. that
, we may have power to conquer and
overcome When get through
want to go where the Savior is, where
the Prophet is, and where our people
are that have gone who have been true
ana faithful If l miss that, / miss
the object of my creation; and
SO will any other man who has
received the Gospel We should
be very careful what we do, and watch
over ourselves and our course in life.
that we may be justified when we get
through.
want to ask this congregation a
question. Can you point me to any
Emperor. king. priest. denomination or
| > ier on the face of the whole earth
side of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. who has power
| to go forth and redeem one of their
dead? There never was soul any
where that could do this until God Or
ganized His Church upon the earth.
one of the leading principles with
Joseph Smith. Brigham Young, John
Taylor and MILFORD Woodruff, and the
| Apostles and leading men of this
| Church. has been the redemption of
! their dead. The Lord said He would
raise up saviors In the last days upon
| Mount Zion while the kingdom should
| be the Lords. This is a duty resting
| upon all Israel, and one that we should
comprehend. The signers of the
| Declaration of Independence and the
men that laid the foundation of this
| great American government know full
well that there has not been a power
| on the earth where they could apply
| to have this principle carried out In
| their behalf, only the Apostles that
held the keys of the kingdom of God in
| this generation. They have gone to
| them and plead with them to redeem
them because there was no other pow
| err on earth could do It, and this has
been accomplished. This principle is
| today with the Latter-day Saints.
\ There Is no more glorious principle
given to man than the power which
| You have while holding the Priesthood,
| to go forth and redeem your fathers.
| your mothers, your progenitors. II will
stand with you in the morning OF the
| resurrection. Such principles are wor-
| thy Of contemplation. There ls no man
| living that can point to any church or
| people that have this power on the
earth, but the Latter-day Saints.
| Whether the world believe 1t or
| not, II is true. l remember very
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