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

60 jealous ana 80 pnNious VI tnc ~ ar
| Ing Of your testimony concerning these
| principles that you ndvocatc7 the an
| swcr 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 Ia unto
me. II preach not the gospel
a dlspcnsation OF the gospel IL COM
| mlttcd unto me-" This II the feeling Of
the missionaries. They expect TO 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 watchmcn upon the towers
| Of Zion, and God has declared through
/ the mouth Of the Prophet Ezekiel,
when I say unto the wicked. thou
shalt surely die. and thou givcst him
not warning. nor speakcst TO warn the
wicked from his wicked way. 10 save hls
| life; the same wicked man shall die In
| his iniqulty: but his blood Will require
| at thine hands" our missionaries 70
into the world without money and with
out price. forsaklng their homes and all
| that they love upon the earth, for the
| purpose OF discharging this duty thus
bearing another mighty testimony that
| there " marvellous power IN this re-
llgion that the world has nicknamcd
"MormonlFm" power that enables
| men 10 do things that are not done by
1
\ upon the face ~ the earth, Where "
| there In all the world. aside from the
! Latter-day Saints fifteen hundred or
two thousrnd frci ttnndlnr In he wiiHt
Of their fellows today bearing testimony
/ 6 ncerning the religion that they ndvo-
| cate. because Of the love they have In
! their hearts for their fellow mcn and
] without any compensation or hope ~
earthly rcward7 There IN not anything
| like Il IN the world. Compare the lahorH
~ the Elders Of this church With the
| missionary lnhpra of the Apostles and
] their fellow servants two thousands
years ago. and you will md that they
run parallel to each other. Now, II
our Elders are preaching the anme doe
,rines and advocating the same way Of
! salvation and In the same manner as
| the Apostles did. surely they have ne
ceivcd II from the Lord. And these
| men who are absent from their homes
In this ministry ate not miserable mon.
/ The Lord has promised that they who
follow Him through hood and through
owl report. shall, Notwithstanding per-
aecutlon and opposition. have u Joy that
pnssrth all understanding. We have
listened TO the testimony NJ our brother.
and he has borne record that the mis-.
slonnry labor he has lust performed
has been among the happlest Incidents
Of his life. Though he has been OPP
posed by men who spoke cvll OF his
people. and who delighted 10 mlrrcprc-
| sent the object Of his mission. he has
not been downcast nor filled with sad
ness. but his heart has been full OF
| Joy and gladnerH and peace. and he re-
turns testifying that II has been tho
happlcst time Of his life. Like tos.-
monies are borne by the thousands OF
men who are or have been engaged Ia
this labor, while In this work they are
full Of happiness and contcntmcnt full
| Of testimony. and willing To bear record
| "a "a m TINT IA ghaKs .ftg
IN OF God. that II II "a fulnllmcnt OF
| the prophecy of Daniel who, In In
tcrprcting the kings dream, said that
In the last DAYS the God " heaven
should set up a kingdom. and that II
should stand forever. In perfect nc
cord with this proclamation made by
the Prophet Daniel In the prophecy of
| the Prophet Joseph Smith that this
work should remain upon the earth.
that the Gospel had been restored In
these laAt days for the last time: that
| II should never be taken from the earth.
and that the people to whom II
was committed should never be dea-
troycd, This testimony Of the Prophet
Of the latter days In relation to
the enduring character ~ the work OF
God now upon the earth Il also In hnr.
mony with the testimony Of the
prophets who lived anciently and who
spoke OF this matter.
ANCIENT GOSPEL RESTORED.
The Prophet Joseph Smith declared
that he received n commandment from
our Father In heaven 60 establish this
work; that the doctrines which he
| taught We're not the result Of his own
wisdom or Of study OF the scriptures.
but that they Were revealed from hea-
ven, ana that the Gospel he proclaimed
was the old Gospel restored again to the
earth. Now, " the Gospel was restored
10 him. II should agree with the teach
ings and the doctrine OF the Lord Jesus
| Christ II II II not In harmony with
the Gospel taught by the Savior and
| His Apostles, then II IL not the Gospel
Of the Lord Jesus. II Il VIII not bear
comparison with the holy scriptures. L
has not come from God hut II 1t VIII
bear that comparison, II the doctrines
are the same In every respect ~ those
taught by the Savior. then II IL another
evidence that Joseph Smith was called
Of God. and that he did not undertake
TO Introduce among men a religious Hys-
tenn created by his own wisdom or by
| the wisdom Of those with whom he was
associated. when Joseph Smith found
men who were willing TO believe that he
was called OF God. he sent them out into
the world and commanded them 20
preach the Gospel. What was that Cos
pelf Faith in God the Father, In the
Lord Jesus Christ, and In the Holy
Ghost. Repentance OF sln. Baptism for
the remission OF sin. The Prophet al
rectcd those whom he sent out to adj
minister certain ordinances 10 those
who would receive their testimony.
They were TO baptizc those
who believed, by immersion In water
for the remission Of their sins. and they
Were to lay their hands upon them and
seal upon them the promise OF the Holy
| Ghost. These are the foundation prin-
clplcs OF the Gospel introduced by the
| Prophet Joseph Smith, Jesus, when lie
sent out His Apostles, commanded
them TO NO and teach all nations
baptlzlng them IN tho name OF the
Father. and Of the Son. and of the Holy
Ghost. teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded
you; and. 10. | am with you Away,
even unto the end Of the world" II
you Were TO ask this returned mis-
aionary,what WAS your especial business
while You ware laborlng In Pcnnsyl-
vania? he would answer that his chief
duty was to bear testimony that Jesus
was the Christ. and to plead with tho
peo,le to believe In the Messiah, and
when they professed to be believers In
the meek and lowly Naznrone. to then
ask them TO manifest that better and
faith by observing the thinga that
Jesus taught, All the missionaries Of
this Church today are pleading with
the people In this manner. and when
the people have faith and repent OF
their sins. they take them down Into
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