Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-09

mas bteutStu the nItatl VI nv hhh htha
departed out Of the body into the
spirit world will have an opportunity
of receiving Gods truth ana accepting
Gods religion. But they must all come
to the truth, come to the lie ana 10 the
light. Those that have done things
worthy of stripes will be beaten, some
with a few stripes. some with many;
some Will have to pay the uttefmost
farthlng" for their corruption, wicked
ness and denominations. Eternal JUS
tice will surely claim its own. But
mercy will step in when Justice Is sat
isfed; and the time VIII come when
every knee VIII bow and every tongue
will confess that Jesus is the Christ, To
the glory of God the Father Christ
viii gain the victory, Satan VIII be over
come. evil viii be driven away, and TINS
earth which Cod created for His chill
drcn. win he purified and made glori-
Gus. like n sea of glass mingled with
fire, MS John saw in the Revelation.
Christ will bring forth all from the
grave, The sen will give up the dead
which are in It; death and he'll Will
deliver up the dead which were in
them, and all will be Judged according
to their works. Eternal Justice will
point out where and what place they
| shall have In the many mansions
that God has prepared for His children.
He has place for all things and He
| will put all things in their place.
| thing in relation to the Gospel that
| God has restored In these last days.
| There is no time now to enter Into
these things in detail but | will say
| that this is the reason why there was
need for the Gospel to be restored.
| This Is the reason why the Book Of
Mormon had to be brought forth Civ
ing the ancient history of this contin-
emit. showing how Christ came here
after His resurrection ana established
His Church here, with the same Gospel,
and power, and Priesthood that was on
the eastern hemisphere. This hemi
sphere was not then known to that
| side OF the earth. This book has been
brought forth by the power of God,
and translated by the Prophet Joseph
Smith. 1t contains the Gospel OF
| Christ, in its purity, In great sim
plicity and plainness. II Is the same
testimony as Is recorded In the Bille
The two books run together like two
drops of water. and become one; for
both are true. and truth never contra
diets itself. The reason why this had
to come forth with the revelation OF
the Priesthood and the establishment
of the true Church. was because dark
ness had been upon the earth Tor nun
dreds of years. and the p ople had be-
come divided and subdivided, and they
were quarreling and 1ansllns over
points OF doctrine, with no voice IRON
heaven to decide. There was no
LIGHT from out OF eternity TO
chase away the darkness from their
minds. Men were teaching by thor
wisdom and by their learning the
things which had been taught them
I'm college, whereas the things of Coo
can only be made manifest by the
Spirit of God. Now in these last days
in Gods eternal mercy. He has estsb-
! lished His Church again. He raised
l up a Prophet, whom the people OF TINS
t nation put to death, like the Prophets
l of old were slain. WHICH of the
4 Prophets" said Jesus, ''havevnot YOU
e fathers slaln?" That has been theil
g history from the beginning. He seale'
$ his testimony with his blood. We wh'
: have been gathered from all nations Il
n these mountain tops. because of GU
$ faith in the Gospel, can bear testimon,
(: that God has given us the witness tina
t He raised this man up to Introduce TIL
Y latter-day dispensation, the dispense
t ton of the fitness Of times; to intro
e duce this holy Priesthood again; to Sc
t up the Church as of old, with all tn
= authority, and orders. and blessings
: and gifts. and Spirit, and ordinances
0 and everything pertaining thereunto
4 to make 1t perfect Church. Co
: raised him up for that purpose.
n And we know that this Church vii
: abide. We know that there is no pow
t err beneath the sun that can root
u
o not profess to be anything very great
r We do not profess to be very mucl
o better than our fellows, although W
} ought to be. for the light and trutl
e that God has revealed to us; but I
q God be all the glory 1t Is His work
= He revealed 1t, He will sustain 1t. |
e will abide. 1t will prevail. The hon
a est and the true in all nations an
: climes will come to the standard tina
!. God has reared. Those that refus
n the message God has sent, those tina
n shut their eyes TO the light, they mus
reap the consequences of their ow
y wiokedness and folly. They are In tn
& hands of the great Creator But tn
o true and the good from every land wi
d rally around this standard that Go
: has raised. They will receive the Cos
It pei: they will repent Of their sins; the
n will be baptized by those that have au
Il thority to administer 1t for the remis
II sion of their sins; they Will receive tn
y Holy Ghost by the laying on of handt
G And then the light OF God will illum
@ mate their souls, and they will receiv
), witness from God for themselve
e that the work is true; for the promis
= Is Just as good today as when Chris
II made 1t with His own lips when h
e was on earth-he that doeth the wi
$ of the Father shall know Of the doc
/ trine. whether It be of God or not. 5
q doubt fees. misunderstanding is scat
- tered, ana tine ilBht ol the LORD shine
e In and our souls are filled with 1t, an
!. with Joy and eladness. We realiz
II that the Comforter guides into "a
n truth, shows things to come, and com
s forts our souls in the knowledge c
: God.
u This is my testimony. I know tina
u these things are true as ! know tina
n stand here. and bear my testimon
/ to them. May God bless this test
e mony. and bless all who will seek unit
Him for light and for truth; may IN
c darkness be scattered, and may doul
:; and division, strife and evil be bar
q ished from the earth; and may III
e light of the Lord Jesus Christ shin
y forth to the uttermost parts OF tn
: earth and OF the spirit world, that Go
:, may he Glorifed and His work cor
u summated. Even so, Amen.
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