Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07
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our doors.
am anxious that the Latter-da,
saints shall round up their shoulder
ana bear off the Kingdom of God Many
In the world have labored to try tn,
overthrow Mormonism. They hnv,
driven our people from their lands
Ihey have prosecuted and afflicted us
They nave put some to death, for the
WORD OF God and testimony of Jesus
But they have not thwarted the pur.
poses of God in any OF these things
| The Lord, In His mercy and wisdom
has led this people to these valleys OF
the mountains. 1t Is ordained OF Coo
that Zion is to be established here
Here Is the Tabernacle that the
1 the storm and the wind, etc. These
| temples are here In fulhllment OF
| prophecy We have four of them In this
| state. President Young was honored
| OF God in the establishment of these
things. He lived long enough to dedi-
| cate the corner stone of this Temple on
| this black, into which the Latter day
saints 30 and deliver their friends who
| are In the prison house, and attend
| TO the ordinances OF the house of God
for them, in fulfillment of the ancient
Prophets, who spake as they We're
| moved upon by the Holy Ghost. to the
| erect that saviors should be raised
up on Mount Zion In the latter days
while the kingdom is the Lords Zion
has got to arise.
Sing, o heavens; and be joyful, O
earth: and break forth into singing. o
mountains; for the Lord hath com
forted His people, and will have mercy
! upon His afflicted.
but Zion said. The Lord hath for
saten me. and my Lord hath forgotten
me.
Can woman forget her sucking
| child, that she should not have COM
passion on the son of her womb? Yen,
they may forget, yet viii 1 not forget
thee.
Behold. have craven thee upon the
palms of my hands; thy walls are con-
tinually before me-" isaiah. 40: 1850
All that has been spoken concerning
Zion will come to pass, and you and /
today are witnesses of these things.
We are here for salvation and cter-
nal life. We are here to obtain those
great blessings which Saints Of God
In every age of the world have obtained
when they have obeyed the command
ments of God. Shall we fail? No, we
shall not II We do our duty. The Gospel
Is Just as good today as 1t was in
the days OF the Savior. As to the glor-
ious blessings of the Gospel OF Christ
they have been unpopular in almost
every age of the world. Take Christ
Himself: where was there more un
popular man than the Savior of the
world In His day? And His Apostles
were unpopular. They were put TO
death for the word OF God and test-
mony Of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless.
Christ was the Son of God; and the
Saducees, the Pharlsees, the Essenes,
and all the sects that warred against
Him We're cursed and many of them
We're cast down to hell, while He re-
mains as the Savior of the world, and
received the honor and the glory which
His Father had ordained for
Him. want our young
people especially to remem-
her these things. Those who are going
upon missions must not neglect them.
Unless you have the Holy
Ghost with you when you so out
to preach the Gospel. you cannot
do your duty; but when you
have that you are safe, go where you
will, and your words will have their
effect In the hearts of the honest and
meek of the earth.
Brethren and sisters, feel to thank
God that we are as well Off as we are.
/ feet TO thank God that we are In the
position we occupy In these valleys of
the mountains. Here is safe place.
While In the dedication of that Temple
/ saw the judgments of God that We're
about to be poured out upon this gen.
Grafton. They will come to pass !
read the other night OF a terrible flood
Who ever heard of such a flood In
America before? These foods, and