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

poets that this Gospel win be preached
10 the inhabitants OF the earth without
there being painful circumstances
connected with 10, II seems TO
me he Is very much mistaken.
expect IL viii cost great
deal OF selt-sacrihce and suffering TO
warn the inhabitants Of the earth as
God has commanded us, especially ia
going to lands that are locked up, so 10
| speak, against the truth the people or
which viii DO all IN their power 20 pre-
vent the propagation OF me truth
| among them ! think We ought 10 De
prepared 90 lay down our lives, II IL
be- necessary 10 the preaching Of this
| GOSPEL, and not 20 be- afraid Of such "a
result. According 10 the accounts CIV
| en- the Twelve Apostles who lived IN
the days Of Jesus were all slain ex-
. ccptlng John. and they tried TO Kill
/ him. and they were martyred because
| they told the truth and preached the
| Gospel OF the Son Of God with great
/ plalnnoss There was q charge upon
/ them that they should testify 70 the
thuth Of the Gospel that Jesus revealed,
| and they were treated with great sever
| it's 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 crucifed, We are told,
| with his head downWards az his own
/ request because he considered hlinselt
| unworthy 20 be Crucihed as His Lord
| and Master was Paul was beheaded.
/ Andrew was crucifed. Others of the
| Apostles were put Co death In various
| WAYS. The Prophets OF old were also
! slain II has come down 10 US that
/ Isaiah, one OF the greatest Prophets
/ that ever lived, was sawn asunder lie
/ laid down his life for the truth, as
| other Prophets have done both before
and since his day. And II we as Elders
expect TO preach this Gospel TO the
world without suffering persecution and
perhaps death we certainty have not
comprehended the character OF our mis-
sion. IL Is said that II the Elders were
10 go 10 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 70 hesitate about go
ing 10 a country and warning the peo-
pie because we fear that imprisonment
win follow? Certainly not ] do not be-
leye that we viii ever go where God
and Christ are IN the celestial king
dom unless We have manifested our
willingness % lay down our lives FOR
the truth. We will he tested 70 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 70 be
preached 70 all nations as witness
Who shall preach IT. The men VINO
have received the Priesthood. IL Is
their duty 10 do SO, and God Will hold
them accountable unless they do H.. We
know this 10 be true. And we shall
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 IN
countries that have heard the Gospel
for nifty or sixty years, we should nave
a desire 10 90 among other peoples
who have not been warned How soon
We could warn a city or village II we
were 10 adopt the plan that God has
marked out II people DO not receive
us and our message. go on 20 those VINO
VIII Go from house 70 house, not, how
ever IN haste for the Lord has COM
manded US not TO 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 I was presiding In Europe
In lsG0-i Money at that time became
more plentiful IN this country, and
some OF the Elders over there began 70
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. |
Well. ] do not believe In IT, Up TO that !
time we all preached the Gospel with !
out purse and scrip, ana you know
how successful the work was. That !
fashion was then introduced, innocenuy |
enough and without any wrong inten-
ton. but lt has had demoralizing et- |
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, |
ana took from him his zeal, and his |
faith 70 a certain extent. Why should /
a man exercise faith for the Lord TO |
provide him with friends 70 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 az 10 whether the people would re-
ceive him or notY
EXPERIENCES OF EARLY ELDERS.
I am positive that we could do
greater work in warning the Inhabitants
OF the earth by adhering TO the word Of
the Lord. do not want to cast any re-
Elections az all upon that which has
been done OF IL being done; simply de-
sire TO call attention 20 the old way
There IL not a man who preached this
Gospel In the early days but preached II
In the way pointed out by the revela-
lions. and God has prospered them In
doing 30. They know He has opened
their way, and has pointed out TO them
His disciples He has given them a sure
sign By which they might know HIS dis
ciples-they would receive them ana en-
tertain them. We have proved this time
and time again. The Lord says, BE
hold I send you out 20 prove the world,
and the laborer Is worthy Of his hire.
one OF the objects OF our going out Is
70 prove the world, and 10 gather out
those who are willing 70 receive the
Gospel / know that !, a. well as many
others. have taken great pleasure IN
O0lnE rs the LQIu HhH N"il'i"''NNN 80
this matter When people have re-
ceived me. even before they were bap-
tized. have read to them that when
have read this afternoon by this yc
may know my disciples and tell You
it filled their hearts with glaoness 70
think they had done something accord
ing to the word Of the Lord / think
that on my first mission we had as
many difficulties TO encounter a. any
missionaries could have but we never
went hungry or naked. We were iur-
nishcd with that which was necessary,
Il may not have been good always nut
Il was an that was essential to enable
AS TO ON our missions We exercised
faith, and we saved souls.
remember on one occasion while out on
that mission, my clothes were getting