Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-22
ELDER C. W. PENRosE.


There is n little time left. which am
requested to occupy. I have been very
much interested, as am sure you have
been, in the remarks that have been
made to us by DIR. Reiner. They are
very applicable to the Latter-day
Saints, because of the faith that we
have through the revelations of God
that we are indeed Israel not merely
in spiritual sense, but literally. We
believe that we are of the seed of Abra-
ham. God has revealed through His
servants the Prophets and the Patri-
archs whom He has placed in His
Church. that the great body of the peo-
pie are literally of Israel: that our fore
fathers were scattered among the ma
sied with the sentiIss. WI are chieay
of Ephraim, and. as the Prophet Hosea
predicted. "Ephraim hath mixed him
self among the people" In these last
days God is calling Israel from all the
nations of the earth. and He has a
special work for Ephraim to do. II am
a father unto Israel, and Ephraim IL
my firstborn"-that, is, the firstborn in
this great latter-day work. You who
have received your blessings under the
hands of the Patriarchs in the Church
have been told to what tribe you be-
ioH6, huu II uppcuTS tHdt the great pOuy
of the Latter-day Saints are of the
house of Ephraim.
We have proved the truth of the say
Ing made to us this afternoon, that
those who come to curse either leave
upon us blessing or their curses turn
to blessings. When this Church was
first organized God promised to us that
mo weapon formed against US should
prosper; that the tongue that should
rise In judgment against us should be
condemned and our experience has
shown that the word of the Lord has
been fulfilled. We have been called to
pass through great many trials. affiic-
tons and tribulations, and many have
risen UP to curse and to do us harm but
out of all these things he Lord has
brought us off more than conqueror."
And He will do 80. Nothing will mill
tate against US, but those evils which
have been alluded to this afternoon
that may arise in our own midst 1t is
true that We need not fear any opposi-
ton from without; we need not fear
any power that may rise against us, no
matter of what nature It may be, no
matter from what source 1t may come
No matter IL the powers Of a nation OF
of nations shall be brought to bear
against the Church of Christ, they will
not prevail; but the Church will re,
main. and endure, and abide. This is
. the beginning of that Kingdom that
Daniel saw in his vision, or the vision
that Nebuchadnezzar had which was
repeated to Daniel. (Chap. % This is
limestone cut out Of the mountain with
cut hands" II was to break in pieces
and consume all other Kingdoms" 1t
ras not to be left to another people, but
to stand forever. and no power can pre-
vail against II.
Our Church and our doctrines are
not derived from these scriptures. We
hall IT, N1.A NJ
Old Testament and in the New Testa-
ment. so far as they are translated cor
rectly; but We believe--I was about to
say, more. and / will say tive be-
lieve more In the living word of God,
which abideth forever" And that liv-
ing word comes through the living
oracles. through those men whom God
has called, and who have been appoint
ed and ordained. and are endowed not
only with the ONCE and calling of the
Apostleship or Eldership, hut with the
power and the spirit thereof, and with
all the keys. blessings, privileges and
rights which were enjoyed by the
Apostles of old and the SCI wants of God
who ministered with them, Now. we
prize these love letters" alluded to by
DR.. Reiner, the scripture that have
come down to US from times that are
past. We think great deal of them.
We believe in them. We read
We PohueT H'oh tncm.
We rejoice In them But we
have the same communication
opened up today that was open in
times past, by which these love let
tiers" have come down 10 us. God is
the same yesterday. today and for
ever" He is God of revelation. He
is God who can and will. when the
people are prepared for H. communi-
cate with His children. And we pro-
claim TO the ends of the earth that in
these days God Almighty has spoken
from heaven, that Jesus Christ, His
beloved Son. our Elder Brother, has
visited the earth again: that angels
have come down from the courts on
high, and have brought their MESA ges
to men on earth; that the old Apostle
ship has been restored by the ministra-
tion OF men who held the keys thereon
in former times. and that Apostleship
liz here with US; and one OF the rights,
powers and privileges OF that Apostle
ship IL to communicate with the Father
and the Son. and to have the Holy