Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-18

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| harm Elders 20 be imprisoned. / know
| lt is very painful and irksome 10 be de-
! prlyed of ones liberty. fOr / have tried
| H. But II any man I'm this Church eX-
| poets that this Gospel win be preached
| 10 the inhabitants Of the earth without
| there being painful circumstances
| connected with IL, II seems 10
me he IS very much mistaken
/ expect it win cost great
deal of self-sacrnce and suffering TO
warn the inhabitants Of the earth as
| God has commanded US, especially IN
going TO lands that are locked up so 20
speak. against the truth, the people Of
which win DO an IN their power 10 pre-
vent the propagation OF the truth
among them ! think We ought 20 be
prepared 90 lay down our lives, II II
be necessary 20 the preaching OF TINS
Gospel. and not 10 be afraid OF such
result According TO the accounts CIV
| en-, the Twelve Apostles who lived IN
the days Of Jesus were all slain, eN-
cepting John, and they tried 20 XIII
him, and they We're martyred because
they told the truth and preached the
GosDel OF the Son Of God with great
plalnncss. There was O charge upon
them that they should testify 20 the
lIANl OF AIlf 'NNNINl AAlNAN (" ''HA' H.N+AH ~
and they were treated with great sever
ity and prosecuted We have an ac-
count In the Testament OF some OF
their prosecutions. but the greater part
Of that which they endured Is not writ
ten. Peter was crucihed, We are told
with his head downwards. az his own
request. because he considered himself
unworthy 10 be CIucihed as His Lord
ana Master was. Paul was beheaded
Andrew was crucifed. Others OF the
Apostles were put 20 death IN various
ways. The Prophets Of old We're also
slain il has come down 70 us that
Isaiah. one Of the greatest Prophets
that ever lived. was sawn asunder, He
laid down his life for the truth, as
other Prophets have done both before
and since his day. And II we as Elders
expect 10 preach this Gospel TO the
world without suffering persecution and
perhaps death. we certainty have not
comprehended the character Of our mis-
sion II Is said that II the Elders were
10 so % a number Of countries where
the Gospel has not been proclaimed
they would be imprisoned Suppose they
would be- what difference does that
make? Are We 10 hesitate about go
Ing 10 a country and warning the peo-
PIE nFlhANf We AfhA AlloN tll'l lf''AiAAANafN
win follow? Certainly not. I DO not be-
lIeve that we viii ever 60 where God
and Christ are in the celestial king
dom unless we have manifested our
willingness TO lay down our lives for
the truth. We will be tested TO see
whether we love our lives better than
we do the Gospel Of the Lord Jesus
Christ and some may have 10
lay down their lives. In that re-
speCt We must not expect that we
are any better than our predecessors.
GOSPEL MUST BE PREACHED AS
A WITNESS.
This Gospel OF the kingdom has to be
preached 10 all nations as a witness,
Who shall preach Il? The men VINO
have received the Priesthood. IL IL
their duty TO do so. and God will hold
them accountable unless they do II. We
know this 10 be true And we shan
preach the Gospel too, without purse
and scrip according to the revelations
which God has given unto US. Now
instead Of lingering year after year IA
countries that have heard the Gospel
Tor nifty or sixty years we should nave
desire "a 20 among other peoples
who have not been warned. How soon
We could warn a city OF village II we
were 10 adopt the plan that God has
marked out II people do not receive
us and our message, 90 on 20 those who
will. Go from house 10 house; not, how
ever. In haste. for the Lord has COM
mandcd us not 20 preach the Gospel in /
haste, and the people must be thorough. .
ly warned.
Until the Civil War broke out the Ed. |
ers OF this Church went out in that /
fashion. ! was presiding In Europe ]
In lS60-i Money at that time became /
more plentiful IN this country and /
some of the Elders over there began TO |
receive funds from their parents, with |
which they might travel and see |
Europe By degrees this fashion has |
grown until now IL Is almost universal, |
Wei. / do not believe In II. Up TO that |
time we an preached the Gospel with |
out purse and scrip and you know |
how successful the work was. That |
fashion was then introduced, innocently |
enough and without any wrong inten- /
ton; but it has had a demoralizing eff
feet upon the Elders Of this Church. | /
noticed the effect Il had IN Europe on |
the few who received money from home /
while | was there In almost every IN |
stance Il injured the mans usefulness. |
and took from him his zeal, and his /
faith 70 a certain extent Why should /
man exercise faith for the Lord 20
provide him with friends 10 entertain /
him when he had plenty OF money In
his pocket? Why should he follow the
method the Lord set forth, and do as
He commanded when he was independ-
ent as 10 whether the people would re-
ceive him or not2
OF EARLY ELDERS.
am positive that we could DO a
greater work IN warning the inhabitants
OF the earth by adherlng 70 the word OF
the Lord. do not want 20 cast any re-
Elections az all upon that which has
been done or IL being done; ] simply de-
sire 70 call attention 10 the old way.
There Is not man who preached this
Gospel In the early days but preached Il
In the way pointed out by the revela-
tons. and God has prospered them In
doing 30. They know He has opened
their way, and has pointed out 20 them
His disciples. He has given them a sure
sign by which they might know His dis
ciples-they would receive them and en-
tertaln them. We have proved this time
and time again. The Lord says, Be
hold send you out 10 prove the world,
and the labOrer is worthy OF his hire
one OF the objects OF our going out Is
TO prove the world. and 10 gather out
those who are willing 90 receive the
Gospel ] know that !. as well as many
others, have taken great pleasure In
doing as the Lord has commanded In
this matter When people have re-
ceived me, even before they were bap-
tized. ! have read 20 them that which
have read this afternoon, by this We
may know my disciples, and tell you
Il filled their hearts with gladness 20
think they had done something accord
ing 10 the word OF the Lord. / think
that on my first mission we had as
many difficulties 10 encounter as any
missionaries could have, but we never
went hungry or naked We were fur
uished with that which was necessary.
Il may not have been good always. but
10 was all that was essential TO enable
us 20 hll our missions. We exercised
faith and we saved souls
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