Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04

Mufu the NlfltN OF ffIfttnint tNAN
come from the presence Of the
And he shall send Jesus Christ.
which before was preached until you:
whom the heaven must receive un-
~ the times NJ the restitution % all
things. which God hath spoken by the
mouth Of al Ills holy prophets since the
world began" Acts Q; 1871
Now. there II nothing mysterious
about that There Is NJ dark saying
In that II II not vciiod In the mystery
Of humnu learning II ~ plain. and
means exactly what IL says that before
the Son of God shall come 10 reign In
ruwfr UrUn tho sItth there shall he
n restitution. and that means bring.
Ing back oi that which was lost n
tiny had Apostles. that power must be-
restored. if they had revelation. u
must come again. N they had power
10 heal the sick. u must b. restored.
n they could speak In tongues By the
Inspiration and power ~ the Holy
Ghost. u must come again. So that "v-
cfy rin and every Efuce. and every
power Hnd qualification that character
laed tho work ~ God ln any and ali
previous diHponsatiuuH must be- rcs-
turcd " ! had time. I could $50 into
detail, ANA show you the specific state.
meats 81 prophets concerning rcstur.
alton l will read hut two OF three
verses. Before thu Savior entered
into the ministry actively. there
was fofvruunur. who went be-
fore Him aud preached repentance aud
remission ~ sins. ana administered iu
the ordinance of baptism for the re-
| mission uf finH. Whom they asked him
| u he was that Prophet u which Moses
had spoken. he said. No when they
asked him " he was the Christ, he
said. no. When they asked him, WHO
art th0uf' he said. Il am IN" voice
Of one crying In the wilderness. Make
straight the way " the Lord" Now,
! wish To show you that IN the last
days a forcrunncr should come
BEHOLD. I will send my messenger
ANA he shall prepare the way before
me; and the Lord. whom yc seek. shall
suddenly come to his temple. even the
messenger II the covenant. whom ye
delight In. behold. he shall come. saith
| the Lord % hosts.
nut who may abide the day ~ hir
comlnEf and who shall stand when he
| appvnrcth2 Tor he IL like "a rvnnur'a fitc.
| and like fulief'H soap.
And h. shall ~ ~ fcfincr and
/ purifier Of silver; and he shall purify
the sons " Levi aud purge them as
gold nnd silver. that they may otcr
unto the Lord nm oucrinr In righteous
ness" Malachi. a.i-a.
wish you 60 notice the items ~
.
/ ger should come before the Lord That
messenger IN the days of Jesus was
| John the baptist. lie never lost the
/ Keys 81 being the forcfunnor ~ christ,
AMI that messenger IN the last days
/ was John the Baptist. for h. came on
the 18TH day of May 1929. and he re-
I stored this Anfnnic frieathnpd-thiH
/ authority 10 declare the same old faith.
I the same repentance. and 10 huptlxo hy
1 authority for the remission Of sins.
| He came on that day. ana he laid his
hands upon Joseph smith and oiivcr
cowdcry, and he said unto them;
spon you my fellow servants. In the
name ~ Messiah. I confer the Priest
hood u Aaron. which holds IN" keyu
~ the minlstofin~ of angela. AMI OF
the gospel u repentance and ~ bnp-
tism by immerslon for the remission
OF sins"
And In harmony with the prophecy OF
Malachi hc made the statement
"nnd this shall never b. taken again
| from the earth, until the sons Of Lcvi
do oncr again an oncflng unto the
Lord In Righteousness" Doctrine ana
Covenants. Section 10.
How literally this fulfilled the words
of Malachi Hut " any should think
that this prophecy alluded e. the nrat
| coming ~ Jesus, let me call your at
tention 10 the specifications. Malachi
said;
And the LORD. whom yc seek. shall
suddenly come 10 His temple"
lie lid not come suddenly 10 His tom.
! pie then, did heT llp was born In u
stable. ,and Graded IN manager io
came as other babes. only In u more
Prophet say, he descended below all
things that he might rise above all
things How could lie come g. His
| temple suddenly, unless there was "a
temple Tor Hin 90 come tor who be-
lieycs In the building Of temples How
could there be temple for Him 10
come 20 unless there should be people
20 build ~ and how could they build
u unless they received communication
| from God. They could not get the necrH.
! nnry knowledge from the niblui they
could not got u from tho BOOK ~ Nor
mon. they could not got II from any NJ
the ancient prophets. There must be-
more light. even ~ Noah had 10 re-.
ceivc revelation In order 90 build
the ark. ana NJ Moses had 10 receive
/ revelation In order 10 build the ark ~
the covenant. ana Solomon to hailf the
temple. II requires revelation Co meet
the emergencies ~ every dlspcnHatlon.
In the next chapter the same prophet
says that there shall come a day of
/ Judgment. when those who have reject.
I cd the truth. who have turned q deaf
car % the voice ~ Inspiration, and who
have shed the blood NJ prophets and
saints upon the earth, shall feel the
wrath Of God.
"rhe day comoth. that shall burn rs
an oven and all The proud. yea, ana all
Z that 10 wickedly. shall be- Htuhblc. and
| the day that cnmrth shah burn them
up. saith the Lord ~ hosts. that It shall
l leave them neither root nor branch.
nut unto you that fear my name shall
the Son ~ righteousness arise with
healing In his wings. ana Sc shalt go
forth. ana grow up as calves Of the
stall" Malachi a. I. 2.
'Hehold. I win send you Elijah the
Prophet, before the coming ~ the great
and dreadful day Of the Lord" Malachi
| a. 2.
Here Is another prediction ~ one n
the Prophets that should appear IN the
last days. before the great aud dread
! ful day Of the Lord Aud AZ John tho
Baptist came ana restored the AaFonic
Priesthood w the Prophet Elijah came
aud restored the Keys NJ opening up
dispensation NJ the Gospel Ia those who
| had died without u, when the authority
/ OF God was not upon the earth 10 de-
clare Il and oiiiclate In the ordinances
thereof,
Now. inaamuch as have called your
attention "a the prophecy Of Daniel.
that the kingdom IN the last days
/ should not be- given 20 another people.
| aud 90 the fact that these Prophets
should visit the earth and TINT the
/ work of God should be established upon
tho earth I wish 60 say that In the