Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-17

dence,
7ns rau' ection Is established by
The hsiSiy OF the disciples, and of
,u,ps s.iaat follow in the hist
Of Cbu,in'ty. Blu. it was not al ne
In lbs E'Airn hemisphere tina, He
,en H,aiess. Here, on the Western
coriiHsrht ihs same time that great
ey,al. s.transpiring in Judes.e events
none ihs 90 Important to this bemi.
sphere ue'- ccurr ng. simultaneously
with thsNny on the cross there waa
instituted 20 Operations OF Gou,.
iu lensnl aon ;he wicked, in the
c.n,uIi'n,oi nature, when turisd
tea 5e,Aoi vslleys, rent the mquu-
aiai, att nlok The earth. But dthe
more iighpus part OF the peoplsU
wets .yiis to gather ia "lhe land
BoupdnLH There they herrd the
VOC iisn heaven declaring: "Be-
nod Ny tibved Son, in whom [ am
well psss. in whom hav. glorIiied
Ms tsne lear We Him. And the
peotl, bshd, as the historian says.
Aud It CSC to pass as they under
stood, lhsi o. their eyes up again to-
ward, le'st and behold, hey saw a
man dtsot2lg out Of heaven; and He
wa, eo'ada whie robe,and He came
down AMI sod in thc midst of them.
and lse go OF tho whole multitude
were iufrsd ipon Him, and they burst
NOT opsn .hda mouths, even ono to an
Other, and vst not what II meant, for
they ihoughl was an angel that hal APP
poared anloaem.
And itan TO pass that He stretched
ford ~. hia and spake unto the peo-
Bsbad, ian Jesus Christ, whom tho
prophss sfied shall como into the
word
All tsaol am the light and the
lifo Of lie Md; and have drunk out of
that Filtered which tho Father hath
given ne, an have glonhod the Father
n taxing npa me the sins Of tho world,
n the Nhisl have suffered tho will OF
the Fisher Eih things from the begin
Ing.
And i enc to pass that when
jesus bad suken these words, the
who's maliide fell to tho earth, for
they rmsahred that 1t had been
prophesiet mong them that Christ
shonll sheElimsel unto them after His
ascenson nlheaven.
And & en to pass that tho Lord
snake unio I'm saying,
Arse Andeme for h unto me, that We
may hrua our hands into my side,
and aO IM We may feel the prints OF
the nalsinE hands and in nv feet,
that ys NAY blow, that am the God OF
Israel, aud Mood of tho whole earth,
and have ht.slain for the sins of the
world
Andh anto pass that the multitude
went forth, a thrust their hands into
His ode, isliid feel the prints OF the
nails 10 Hh lands aud in His feet; and
this they dih, going forth one by one,
until they hI.all gone forth, and did see
with ihslfsEs ami did feel with their
hands, and dlknow of a surety, and did
boar ftesrd, at il was He of whom IL
was viiilu \ the prophets that should
come
And when toy had all gone forth and
had Slntssi for themselves. they did
cry out wakdo accord, saying,
Hoanbll besed be the name OF the
Most Hga lndl And they did fall
down lilAelst of Jesus, and did wor-
ship Hin.
II vn!u9, who had been slain at
JerusslsH-te came that the disci-
pies Ia Jaia testified as beir & risen
from t,ii In the Book OF Nor.
mon, eu'lsd rom, is the witness on
this lani TO risen Rsdeemer-tbe
resunseIed Ilrisi Is the central fact OF
that hliicy, he burden OF Its whole
Testimony, AID n this day angels and
the voice d G1d have declared u
men The ,hehie truth OF the Book OF
Mormon nesd. II Is record of the
Triumphant leurreoted Christ.
In cui cn day. In addition to
the angelic aclaration OF the truth
stated 10 ttsau Client records Of the
Bible and Boa OF Mormon, is the still
iurlhIiPfahnce OF Christ HIMSELF
the re,uussis Redetmer. He came
to the boy tseph Smith. He mp.
pehred sllsfvsds In the Temple erect
ed 10 His nae; and here Is record
OF one Hippearancss as perfectly
authenli,at'dH any other:
We, JOSEPH smith Jr. and Sidney
Kigden, belnla the Spirit ON the six
teenth Of FetrVry, in the year of our
Lord, one thoAnd eight hundred and
thirty.lwo,
by the pOsRDf the Spirit our eyes
were opened nd our understandings
were tnligh.era, so as to see and under
Athnd me taiaeof Cod
EYen ihose Angs which were from
the beginning before tho world was,
whlch were claimed OF tho Father,
through hs01t Begotten Son, who is
IN me bosom II the Father, even from
OF WHOM Vt bear record. and the
record which " bear Is the fulness Of
lhe 1ospel CLAUS Christ, who Is the
Son, whom VeAw and with whom we
eohNefsed In ihsneavenly vision.
In the New las,ament. which con.
lains The neOtof His first appearance
alter Iesumctiou, as well as in
the olhs' wilhnamed, there is prom.
lee Ola 'iill a,her appearing, when
lie shall canVhce the unbelievlns
Jews, Al laG, that He is the one
VINO ulel On Calvary, by showing
10 th'm The Wounds in His hands
anu sue Ba to the people oil
'ouay' 10 al lhse who have dwell on
eat'h 'n' past eighteen centuries the
existing 'e'!lmVay OF His resurrection
mas eesn in,ontrovertible when
"eisned cireiGly and critically. In
'niS d'sls1satkn OF the iuilness Of
times al ihsa witnesses ara being
gathered lnio cue, for the final can
uuuinhon Of tie second coming oil
whist Ann In ttta anHiyeIRhfy sea.