Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 1899.


ing Of your testimony concerning these
principles that you advocate? the an
swer would be, II believe that ! am
held responsible by the God OF heaven
for the delivering OF this message" or,
In the language OF Paul, Woe Is unto
me, II | preach not the gospel
a dspensatlon OF the gospel IL COM
mltted unto me-" This Is the feeling OF
the missionaries. They expect 20 meet
the people, when they stand before the
bar OF God to whom they have delivered
their message, and they desire that their
skirts shall be- clean from the blood OF
all men. They believe that they have
been made watchmen upon the towers
OF Zion. and God has declared through
the mouth OF the Prophet Ezekiel,
when | say unto the wicked, thou
shalt surely die and thou glvest him
not warning, nor speakest TO warn the
wicked from his wicked way, to save his
life; the same wicked man shall die In
his inlquty: but his blood will require
at thine hands" our missionaries 60
into the world without money and with
out price, forsaklng their homes and all
that they love upon the earth. for the
! purpose OF dlscharglng this duty thus
| bearing another mighty testimony that
] Allflf u n iAANNflNuN HNNNA lN Alllr "
| ligion that the world has nicknamed
| "Mormonsm"-a power that enables
men TO do things that are not done BY
| other religious denominations anywhere
upon the face Of the earth Where Is
there In all the world, aside from the
Latter-day Saints fifteen hundred or
two thousPnd me1 standing In The midst
OF their fellows today bearing testimony
G ncernlng the religion that they advo- !
cate. because OF the love they have In
their hearts for their fellow men and |
without any compensation or hope u |
earthly reward? There is not anything |
like Il IN the world. Compare the labOrs /
Of the Elders OF this Church with the /
missionary labors Of the Apostles and |
their fellow servants two thousands |
years ago and you will find that they |
run parallel TO each other. Now II |
our Elders are preaching the same doc
trnes and advocating the same way OF
salvation and in the same manner as |
the Apostles did. surely they have re-
ceiyed Il from the Lord. And these
men who are absent from their homes
In this ministry are not miserable men.
The Lord has promised that they who
follow Hin through good and through
evll report shall. notwithstanding per-
secutlon ard opposition, have a Joy that
passeth all understanding. We have
listened TO the testimony Of our brother.
and he has borne record that the mis-
sionary labor he has Just performed
has been among the happiest Incidents
Of his life. Though he has been OPP
posed by men who spoke eyil Of his
people. and who delighted TO misrepre-
sent the object OF his mission he has
haan AnMsnaaa AZ Hliud stft l
ness, but his heart has been full OF
Joy and gladness and peace. and he re-
turns testfying that II has been the
happiest time OF his life. Like tesr-
monies are borne by the thousands OF
men who are OF have been engaged In
this labor While In this work they are
full Of happiness and contentment, full !
Of testimony, and willing to bear record |
TO all men that the cause they represent
Is OF God. that II Is a fulfllment OF |
the prophecy OF Daniel, who, in in
terpretng the kings dream, said that
In the last days the God OF heaven
should set up kingdom, and that II
should stand forever In perfect ac-
cord with this proclamation made by
the Prophet Daniel is the prophecy OF
the Prophet joseph Smith that this
work should remain upon the earth,
that the Gospel had been restored In
these last days for the last time: that
II should never be taken from the earth.
and that the people 10 whom Il
was committed should never be des-
troyed. This testimony OF the Prophet
Of the latter days IN relation TO
the enduring character OF the work OF
God now upon the earth Is also In har-
mony with the testimony OF the
prophets who lived anclently and who
spoke Of this matter.
ANCIENT GOSPEL RESTORED.
The Prophet Joseph Smith declared
mat he received commandment from ,
our Father In heaven 20 establish this :
work; that the doctrines which he J
taught were not the result OF his own
wisdom or OF study OF the scriptures. /,
but that they were revealed from hea-
ven, and that the Gospel he proclaimed
was the old Gospel res lored again to the !,
Earth. Now. II the Gospel was restored /,
10 him. II should agree with the teach. !,
ngs and the doctrine OF the Lord Jesus !,
Christ II II Is not In harmony with !,
he Gospel taught by the Savior and ;,
His Apostles, then II is not the Gospel !,
n the Lord Jesus. II II will not bear =
with the holy scriptures. Il !,
has not come from God But II It will !
bear that comparison; II the doctrines :
ire the same In every respect as those =
aught by the Savior. then II is another :,
violence that Joseph Smith was called a
II God, and that he did not undertake =
o introduce among men a religious sys- -
EN- created by his own wisdom or by a
he wisdom Of those with whom he was ~
- ngfafaa When I ~
men who were willing TO believe that he a.
vas called OF God. he sent them out into :,
he world and commanded them 20 "
reach the Gospel. What was that Cos a
el? Faith In God the Father, In the ~
ord Jesus Christ and in the Holy =,
host. Repentance OF sin. Baptism for =,
he remission OF sin. The Prophet d. =,
ected those whom he sent out to ad- :,
Minister certain ordinances 10 those r.
Tho would receive their testimony :.
hey We're to baptize those =.
mo believed, by immersion In water. =
Or the remission Of their sins, and they =,
'ere to lay their hands upon them ana ~
eal upon them the promise Of the Holy -,
host. These are the foundation prin- ~
lples OF the Gospel introduced by the ~ ~
rophet Joseph Smith Jesus, when He ~
ant out His Apostles. commanded a.
hem 10 go and teach all nations.
aDtizing them In the name OF the ~
ather, and Of the Son. and Of the Holy p.
host; teaching them to observe all ~
llngs whatsoever | have commanded -,
on; and, 10, ! am with you Away 81
ven unto the end Of the world" II ~
on We're to ask this returned mis- ~
onary what was your especial business
lille you were laborlDg In Pennsyl- ~ ~
inia? he would answer that his chief ", wy
lty was to bear testimony that Jesus u. w
as the Christ. and to plead with the us
ao.le 10 believe In the Messiah, and W
hen they professed 10 be believers In ,ll'
lie meek and lowly Nazarene, TO then Ie,
* them 10 manifest that belief and W.
18th by observing the things that 'u
,sus taught All the missionaries OF %,
lis Church today are pleading with vi
ie people In this manner; ard when
e people have faith and repent OF
eir sins, they take them down into or,
l.