The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26

5 miah, referring to the gathering to-
gether in the last days of scattered
) Israel The Latter-day Saints. he said.
believed in the written word. and he
Heve in IL literally. They take the
Bible as guide to the future as well
: Is d compendium of events which
transplred in the past. and it is a part
| OF the faith of the people that the pos
ter1ty OF Jacob will be gathered in
! one place
Many Of the written prophecies, he
continued. are now being fulfilled, and
several of them are to be verified at
some future time. Besides the words
OIL Biblical scripture, the Latter-day
saints have the further record of Cod' q
deanngs with the world known as the
Book of Mormon They should there
lore De the wisest people in the world
on spiritual matters.
} In believing literally that Jeremiah's
words will be fulfilled, the Saints differ
from all other denominations II il
III Iuinilment or those very words that
TINS congregation is assembled here.
The belief of the people is that the
time OF gathering has arrived. The
saints proclaim that the gospel has
been restored to the earth by an angel
ana That IL must be preached every
Where as a witness prior to the final
scene in the last dispensation AS one
or the first fruits of this restoration.
israel is now being gathered from all
parts or the world The gospel came
again prior to their redemption. in or
der that they might be prepared for the
second coming of Christ
whenever there has been a dispense
ton or the gospel in the world. great
! penalties have been attached 10 in
diHerence to the message which God
sent by his messengers. The people did
not believe the testimony of Noah. and
the divine wrath descended upon them.
Enoch proclaimed the gospel to indif-
rerent ears, and when his warning was
rejected, the Lord took Enoch and his
followers unto himself. Later, God sent
! his only begOtten son. who was rejected
and crucified, and the people are now
paying the penalty for that deed. Now
another disDensatiOn has come. and if
the world again rejects the voice of the
true shepherd. they will have to pay
the penalty Of Gods wrath.
john on the Isle Of Patmos, saw the
time when the gospel should be re-
stored by an angel. He also saw nor
tent of vast importance in the same
vision. Another angel followed the one
which had proclaimed the gospel, and
this one called upon the people TO go
out of Babylon. lest they should be
partakers of her sins and receive of her
plaques. This proves that punishments
should descend upon the world as soon
as the gospel had been proclaimed in
all nations. 1t shows likewise that
Babylon at that time should be in
transgression, and that it was in order
to escape the plaques that were to de-
scend upon her that it was necessary
for the Saints to withdraw into one
place. Judgments are now hanging
over the world, as surely as they were
at the time Noah preached his last
message to his fellows. Christ once told
the Saints at Jerusalem that when they
saw the city encircled with enemies,
they might know that its destruction
was imminent, and he warned them to
fee TO the mountains when that time
arrived. Many of his disciples remem-
bered this warning, and when the
Roman army surrounded the great
Lebanon metropolis. they fed to the
surrounding hills and were saved.
Isaiah speaks of a time when the peo-
pie should gather to the mountain of
the Lords house, which should be es-
tablished in the tops of the mountains,
in order that they might learn of his
ways. This furnishes another cogent
reason why the people should be
gathered together. The Saints, when
they become members of the Lords
kingdom. entered into certain coven-
ants, and it became more strongly nee
essary to walk in his wavs and learn
of his revelation to his people The
chosen people of God are the salt of
the earth. and in order that they may
retain their SAVIOR, it is necessary that
they should receive the truth from the
living oracles of God.
The Saints are under obligation to set
an example of chaste lives and honest
deeds before the world, that others may
see the glory Of Gods people and join
in his worship This is a responsibility
which the Latter-day Saints cannot es-
cape. Having received the light which
comes with the gift of the holy ghost,
the people are left without an excuse.
whether they err in deed or in exam
pie. The conduct of the Latter-day
Saints must be guarded closely in the
midst of the evils which prevail on all
sides. Had this been remembered and
adhered to from the beginning, Zion
would now be redeemed The strongest
and most enduring lessons of the world
are taught by example. 1t is by reason
of example that wickedness prevails
this people. 1t is necessary that
Gods people should cease to be evil
doors. and then will they be held in
confidence and respect in all the world.
The one lesson always to be remem-
bered is that God brought this people
here to learn of his ways and in order
TO escape the temptations and evils
of Babylon Later-day Saints. by rea-
son of the knowledge they have re-
ceived, should be able to pass through
any manner of immoral atmosphere
and survive untainted.
Let the people not affiliate with Bah
yion. The Saints. if they are righteous.
will be saved when when the furv of
Gods judgments bursts upon the world.
Statesmen may puzzle their minds and
generals marshal their hosts. yet there
will soon be misery in the world above
that has heretofore prevailed
Elder c. w. Penrose addressed the
audience briefly in conclusion His
sermon was an modification of the
subject discussed by Elder WINS. He
said that il was not for the wine or
ell or the firstlings of the flock that peo-
pie came here, but in order to learn the
ways of the Lord. The people gath
cred in Zion, he continued. came from
Christian countries. having obeyed the
voice of the messengers from Christ
sent instead of the false note which
prevails IN Christian countries The
people had come out of the world in or
der to worship God more perfectly, and
they should no longer drink from the
golden cup of evil from which all Bah
ylon duaffed to intoxication-