Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03

Kirtiand about siSty-thrcc years ago
! was intimately acquainted with Che
parties concerned. tt BE- "a vision mani-
Tested 10 Joseph. the Seer and oliver
Cawdery. Ia lhe kirkland Temple, Apfi
3. 1885,
'rhs vail wa taken from our minds.
and the eyes u our understanding we're
opened.
breast work of the pulpit before w.
and under ISIS feet was "a paved work
OF pure gold ln color like amber.
Ills eyes we're nH q Hnmc ~ fire. The
hair ofllia head was white like the pure
snow Ills cuuniruancc Hhune above ihn
hriFhtucsa 90 the Hun. ana He voice
waa aa the sound % the rushing oi
great waters, even the voice % Joh'-
II an M mt and thc last. am n,
who Ilyeth. I am fie who was slain. /
am your advocate with The Father
"Iiehod your Sins are forgiven you,
you aro clean before mc. Therefore ilft
up your heads and rCi0Icc.
LET The hearts " your brethren 10.
joicc. and let the hearts of an Ny poo.
ne rejoice. who have. with their might.
built this house Co My name,
For behold ! have accepted this
house for Nv name shall De- here. and
/ will manifest sly felf a. My people
In mercy in this house,
Yea. ! VIII aprcur unto Ny servants.
ana sneak unto thrm With MN own
voice. n NY people Will keep ~ com.
mandmenta. and DO not polluln this
holy house.
Yea tho hearts ~ thousands and
tens - thousands shall greatly rejoice
IN consequence " tho bleHainra which
shall b. poured out and he endowment
With which Ny servants have been On.
lowed m ihI1 house,
And the fame ~ tnls house ahli
spread 10 foreign lands. ana thl1 o. the
BEGINNING ~ tho blessing which 1hnli
b. poured out upon the heads ~ NY
people. Even fo. Amen"
mirhi we'll say that 7 am fully sat.
irhcd and delighted with tho visit thnt
I have had with tho Saints 10 this
stake OF zion. haylns enjoyed tho puv.
ilcgc uf shaking hauaa Win your psau.
uful boys and Eifiu AVA OF kissing
Your tnbicn. one might suppose that
! could 80 home perfectly uauancl. ana
mlglt think ~ myself. but there are
some things that / feci under the most
sacred obligation 10 aay 10 you.
Il o. Wonderful pleasure 90 speak
upon the great things thstuud proposes
" bcatgu upon iiia sons ana daughters.
and that We shall attain To " We are
faithful. The uliimntum % our travel
IN thia pain OF cxaitation viii brinE 10
~ the tilnean of our Lord Jesus
Christ, o. stand IN the presence OF our
Father, 10 receive u ms fulincra. "
have the pleasure OF Increasing in our
p0stcrity worlds without end. 10 cn-
JOY thufa pleasant associations that
w have hal la this lie, 20 have our
aona and our daughioru, our husbands
and our wives, surrounded with all the
enjoyment that heaven can bant1W, our
bodies Ei0fined Ike unto the Savior r.,
free from disease and all tie iliH " life.
and free nom the diaappointments and
Nctationa ana tho unplruaant sacrifices
that We are making here. We portray
IN our minds the gluriea that are before
"a, ana We know that n We are faith
fui thorc viii ho no disappointment Ia
tAe Fccuinf % these blosaiuFu. Tho
power 20 prevent ua frOm receiving
these things ~ not IN the hands 0f any
mani u lies within ourselves. What I
have read 10 you shows that Jesus, tho
hon % the living God. has been among
the children ~ men. lie has talked
with thcm, ana they have seen Ills
glory I am ton times more uuru ~
this Than am 90 reference 90 what We
read about that which trauHplrod IN tho
land ~ 1uira when the Son ~ God
Mas there / know Joseph Smith aud
oliver Cowdery. I know that thry
were men of honor honest. Fun of phil-
anthfnpy, ana served the lord. loreph
rWllh and his brother ilyrum served
the Lord faithfully through an their
iiveA ana died aH martyrs tn the prin-
eiplca We now believe ln. We have rH-
tahllHhcd our faith upon % Huro f1un-
dalton. and there ~ 900 power beneath
the celestial worlds that can take u
from no. Everyone has the riEhi o.
secure, ana hope HaH secured, this
NHHN |IH a.. a.
arr founded each fnr himself or her
self We Have made "a discovery IN
regard 90 tho path that leads 10 thln
honor ana glory. ana we feHl uH the Sac
Ninr expressed 70 on one occasion when
He was with tho people In judoa Ito
"The kingdom " heaven r. like unto
TREASURY MD ln o. field. tho which when
man hath found. ne hiioth. and Tor
the ioy thereof r0eth and Hciloth an
that De- hath, and buYrth thht Geld"
Again The kingdom " heaven ~ Ike
unto "A merchant man, seeking goodiy
pearls
''who, when BE- hld found one pearl
NJ great price, went lud sold an that he
had ana bourht o."
81 with ourselves. We have found mo
Treasure 10 tho neld. we have found
tho pearl ~ great price, and
now we have rot 60 rive all
NNAl We NnNN fMr w. nt one flfnn OF ans
other The Lord has said that ie VIII
prove uH even unto death 10 no,
whether We VIII ataHd by the covenants
We have made with HIM Some Latter
day Saints have things IN th.lr p1nfrh
fi1u which ure M valuable 40 thrm tina
they would prefer death 10 tho loss o
those ihluEF We have 90 deal Witl
facts not a mere Ideal. IN one Tonso. j
q "a hard thing f0r M 90 soil AN that Wa
have that we mag secure these rlorir
that have been opened 20 our viow hu
n VIII pay uH in the end. jesus th
Son N God, was sent into the world q
make u possible Tor YOU and me ~ rc
ceive these extraordinary blessing
TIE had 20 make a great sacrifice. I
required ON me power that He had nn'
an me faith thnt tie could summon ~
Him 10 accomplish that which M
Father required Of Him. HAD Tie fall
On IN Tho moment ~ temptation. WhN
10 you suppose would have become 20
uH7 Doubles ~ some future per'n
tho plan would have been carried Uu
hy another pCrHon. nut Ito ava not fll
though rho trial was no severe that "
sweat great drops NJ blood when ~
Nnelt there Ia the garden N ucih
noWane. what agony he must h1N
eNnoreuced M contemplating liin Hui
ferlnvs ON tha rr1H8' iUH feelings NM
have been lncNprRa'lhle. tie tells p
Himself, o. you win ma recorded D
section 10 ~ tho nook of Doctrine nn
Covcnanta, that llla suffering was
rroat thnt n caused oyen Him 'i1
trcmhlH because n pain. and 90 hlee
~ every pore. ana 10 mror both boz
and spirits and would that TIE mlgl
ttnf Nrfrk She HTfF.r Htfn and shrink