Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-04

are remitted. know my sins were
RENTED by baptism through the she'd
ding of Chrlst's blood. was born Of
the water; and when the servants OF
God laid their hands upon me and
sealed upon me the Holy Ghost ] was
born of the Spirit. ] have received n
testimony from God that this work is
true, and that these things contained
IN the 10th chapter of Matthew are
true; that Jesus Is the Christ, the Son
Of the living God; that He lives on
high; that He is the advocate with the
Father; that He has come in person in
| these last days with the Father, and
restored the Church of Christ to
earth; that He has opened up the long
| lost communication between God and
man. and that Peter. James and John
have come ard conferred this author
| lty, and II is in the Church. and II will
never be taken away again. We may
| be prosecuted; we may be revilcd; we
may be derlded: our leading men may
| be cast In prison; they may seal their
/ testimony with their blood. ms the
| Prophet Joseph and his brother IIy-
| rum did. and as others have done; but
| this Priesthood. this authority, this
| power from God to bind and loose is
| here in the Church. and IL will never
| be taken away again from the earth.
The Gospel Will be preached to every
nation. and kindred. and tongue, and
people; and the honest and upright
Will he gathered out Those who love
the truth will not heed the scoffings
of men: they will not care for the no.
tons of men; they will not care II
their names are cast out as evil; hut
they VIII love the truth more than any
thing else. and they will come from
nfnr and gather with the people of
God. Zion will be built up, and all the
things spoken Of by the holy prophets
since the world began will be fulfilled |
glory of God will he seen upon her. |
The kingdom of our God will be or
ganized on earth, and His rule and |
dominion viii be established from pole |
to pole, and from shore to shore: |
ana the kingdoms Of this world will |
become the kingdom of our God and |
His Christ, and the power of dominion,
OF rule and government win he in the
hands of those whom God calls and
appoints and upon whom He bestows
the authority of this holy Priesthood.
These are things yet to come. At
the present time the authority is here
TO act In the name of the Father. and
of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost not
only to baptise and confer the Holy
Ghost but to organize the Church on
earth in all its departments and
branches, that not one thing shall be
missing in II: for II is a perfect body
the body of Christ on earth. The
power is here to gather the people OF
God together. to organize them in
cltles, towns and villages. to give
them instructions, to teach them that
which IL right in all things that shall
be for their benefit. in every sense of
the word. That is the power and au-
thority of this Priesthood II Ia not
nriestcraft. II Is not invented by man.
,The bearers of this Priesthood do not
labor for hire, nor divine for money:
they labor in the love of God for the
~ f..l.
edges their labors. The testimony
mat this is true Is in the henrts of
thousands of people who dwell in these
mountain valleys. and this Is their ioy
ana rejoicing. They have received
this Spirit direct from Cod TO their
own souls. They know that God lives.
they know that Jesus Christ is His
son; they know that the authority He
conferred upon the ancient Apostles is
on the earth now, and they know il
VIII remain: and they desire to be
guided by II,
Happy are they who are willing 10
nearken to the counsels of the servants
vi Gou upon whom He has bestowed
nus power! These men do not seek
lhelr own acknowledgements they do
no, seek to build themselves up: but
lhelr souls are set to glorify God and
TO benefit their fellow creatures.
and If their words. under tbe
inspiration of God. are hearkened to Inv
the Latter-day Saints, this peonle viii
prosper, and grow and increase in
numbers, IN power, In earthly wealth
rs Wen as eternal riches, and they will
become the greatest people upon the
race OF the whole earth for God win he
with them. WhatHis servants do nv His
minority on earth is Acknowledged Inv
dtIn IN the heavens. He will bless those
who bless them, and His hand viii he
against those who rise up against
them: and the time viii come wbar
very nation and kingdom that will
not serve Him and keep His laws will
perish from the earth. The earth will
pc redeemed from the curse; Satan viii
be bound, and Christ, our Lord Jesns
VIII come and reign "in Mount Zinn
ana In Jerusalem and before His an
clients gloriously."
l bear you this testimony TODAY In
he name of Jesus Christ; and the / ord
WI Dear witness to your. souls by the
Holy Spirit that 1t is true, IL Won will
seek to Him with sincerity Of henrt
and ask him: for he that asketh re-
,,elveth, and to him that knocketh the
ioor Is opened, and God will not turn
you away. May the blessing of God
rest upon this people. May the Lord
bless the remarks l have made this
afternoon; and may every one that lie
present have the blessed privilege of
receiving this great testimony from
iod In their own souls. and also be
Wiling to labor for the salvation of
humanity, that the kingdom of our
sod may come, and that the win of