Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-20

nants
.,.5 row behold this Is the VIII OF
- your God concerning his
lll NAT they should assemble them
ss.yss together unto the lanu y, ' cor'
H0' w y.birh bringeth pestilence.
agebo'd. the land Of Zion J. the l|oIu'
t,ileth 10 IN mine own manu- .s..o,h
.rsrtheless. I. the Lord, rendereth
~ Cesar the things which are
caesars, - ,ruie,,, that
IND purchase the lands that you
l'. 80 advantage Of the world, that
ual . Nave claim on the world, that
o' NAV moi be stirred up unto anger
''.t satan putteth Il into their hearts
49, sgsinst you, and to the she'd
oI n,1r y, the land Of Zion shall not
"t,,Inad but by purchase or by
tfa1d otherwise there Is none ''l''''''-
any .tp a. II by purchase, behold you are
O ,Ar5 ~ bv blood, as you are forbid
den 10 shed blood 10, your enemies a.S
s s XIV 40 city. and from synagogue
=, synaeogue, and but Few shall s'aHu
=, receive an inheritance.
These words were spoken OF the LoIu
Z, Joseph the Prophet IN 1891, .....o
Now the time is fast appro,acu,lns
when large portion OF me peOplo s"aV
ann now addressing VIII go Jun W
I. 'y county. A great many people
Ist ara now dwelling In the state OF
ffah wll have this privilege "neu.ti
~ ,ts brethren of the Twelve viii
,I I go gnow not. But a large p0r-
lion Of the Latter-day saints Una, no"
5..u In these valleys Will 20 back 10
49,, county 10 build a holy city To
.s. ' i"r1 AS was decreed by Jehovah
and revealed through Joseph smith,.
word or two about joseph 9inltn,
Perhaps there are very re-" men nov
i,,.irg who were SO well acquainted
With Joseph smith me IIopnefS
49, ss 1 was with him Oftentlmes'
visited him in his family SAY AZ h's va
tfs associated with him under various
'r''r'starras and had private Inter-
,#.,s with him Tor counsel ] know
T., rassph smith was a Prophet OF
God. know that he was an honorable
nm moral man. and that he had the
r.,rsrf ~ those who were acquainted
va,b him. The Lord has shown me most
clearly and completely that he WAS
p,orhat M God. and that he held the
Uoy Priesthood and the authority 10
t5niiga nspple for the remission OF their
SINS and 10 lay hands upon them Tor
he reception II the Holy Ghost that
'rsv might receive a knowledge them
selves IN relation 20 these things. |
ann one that has received from the Lord
the strongest revelation concerning the
truth of this work That manifesto
ZION was with me powerfully for hours
and hours and eyercircumstances
may occur In my We. as long az mem
DRY lasts this perfect knowledge Will
remain with me shall never forget
the first time ! saw Joseph Smith. II
was In Father Johnsons house in the
township " Hiram, In the state OF
Ohio, about twenty-five miles from
Kirkland. It was near Father John
sons where the mob tarred and feath-
cred him. When ] saw him he was
standing In the doorway. Before him
was a small bowery occupied by about
hundred and fifty or two hundred men
and women There for the first time !
heard his voice When / heard his tes-
t.m1uy In regard 20 what the Lord had
revealed 10 him. q seemed 20 me that
Doc must be an honest man. lie talked
and looked Ike an honest man, lie was
an honest man
Through this man. Joseph Smith, the
Lord has said 10 us what / have been
reading As some Of the brethren
stated IN their addresses here, / think
that there was need Of a reformation
among the Latter-day Saints. ! believe
that that reformation has already COM
meHced. One u the evidences OF this
90 me is that the Latter-day Saints
throughout an the Stakes Of Zion have
done that which they never did before
~ regard to paying their tithing
They have paid twice the amount
~ a,blng this year and last year
than hey paid two years ago. Il
Us wonderful how the Saints have re-
formed in this duty especially In view
OF the fact that the Latter-day Saints
have always had trouble 20 reform
themselves In money matters They
could not DO 1t In the day In which this
revelation was given Joseph tried TO
develop them so that they would con-
form 20 the law Of conservation, which
is IN advance Of the law Of tlthing. and
principle which. as sure as | am
speaking you and viii one day have
10 conform TO- When that day comes
We VIII Be prepared to go to Zion. We
WI not take possession Of the land OF
Zion by force. II we should do. Il
would turn out to US as It did with the
people who were upon the land OF Zion
When this revelation was given. As
lHe Lord here tells us. there are only
Two ways In which We can come into
possession Of that land. one way Is
ny purchase, "and n by purchase. be-
h'll you are blessed The other way
Us by blood and II by blood. as you
are forbidden to shed blood. 10. your
enemies are upon you. and ye shall be
'.oufged from city 10 city. and from
synagogue TO synagogue. and but few
slaI stand 10 receive an inheritance. ="
INese are the words OF God. They did
N'l come 10 US today, nor yesterday.
N.i last year, but they aid come to the
people 0f God some years ago. They
came 10 the Latter-day Saints who
were upon the land Of Zion at that time.
% not know that Il would be right
20 say mat they are OF more import
aahee 20 us than they were TO them.
hll there IL this about II. The Latter
va! saints IN these valleys have had
aA experience that the Saints then did
u,l have We have learned that
nhtsh they ala not learn. They We're
ull.f prosecuted and driven forth from
lne land Of Zion. and as the revelation
says but few shall stand 10 receive
an inheritance. There are some per-
mans within the sound ~ my voice who
NH receive an inheritance IN Jackson
r,,lh'l before they pass into the next
have not heard at any previous con-
I'nce such talk as has been given 10
Il' Latter-day Saints al this confer
'nle, II IL talk that bears upon n ref
.Nauon and preparation. when we
h'hk ~ the wonderful reformation that
'as been accomplished IN the matter Of
u'hlng II n A manifestation that n
tiand preparation Is coming, DO you
slp!ose that the Lord would ever
sehd you and me back TO Jackson
county until lie could feel per-
lreuy assured that We would
no those things which the people ~
Jackson county. failed 10 do FOR lack