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

IN a very shabby condition. Brother
T. a Hammond. who NOW presides
over the San Juan Stake. remarked a
number Of times that i needed some
new clothes. and he dld not know what
! was going 90 do N did not get some
soon Wei. / aid not notice It. very
much ] said 20 him that the clothes
would come AN right. though { did not
know where they would come from. for
the people were very poor / prayed Go
the Lord about it for iu an my minis
try ] never called upon the people for
anything except TO entertain me, ]
could not ask them for money or for
clothing and the Lord spared me IN
that respect But ] prayed 90 the Lord
most earnestly AT last, when II seemed
as though something had TO be done, !
received present of % suit of clothes.
IL it had come from heaven, u would
not have been more surprising and
welcome than Ii was
FAITH OF THE ELDERS TESTED.
I might enumerate numbers Of cases
Of this kind What effect does this have
ON Elders? 10 tests their faith. They
have 10 exercise faith before the Lord
10 furnish them with the things they
need. This whole afternoon and even
Ink could De occupied by Elders ln Tee
latiug instances of the wonderful man
nar I'm which the Lord has opened their
way and furnished them means. At one
time it was deemed necessary on the
Sandwich Islands 90 buy press, paper
and an the material necessary 90 run
q printing office. for the purpose Of
printing the Hawaiian translation OF
the Book of Mormon. IL seemed I'M
possible TO raise the means among
people who were so poor mat they
would go 20 law over the price OF a
chicken. but the Lord opened the way
before as. and we succeeded in accom-
plshing what was desired. When IL
came TO returning from our missions,
the Lord was sought FOR, and 10 was
marvellous how the Elders were FUR
nished means with which To- return
home. The Elders OF this Church In
the early days had no other way Of
travelling and preaching the Gospel
MANY GREAT NATIONS YET TO BE
WARNED.
We have a large portion OF the
world yet 20 warn. Instead of crowd
ing into English-speaking countries II
seems to me that our Elders must begin
to crowd into lands where the English
language is not spoken, and 20 exercise
faith for the gift Of tongues, and for
the gift Of Interpretation These gifts
have been given for this purpose. Elders
win have 20 exercise faith before God
In acquiring foreign languages. 80
that they can 90 and warn the people
Of the earth and carry the glad tidings
Of salvation 10 them, because God has
said that from every land under heaven
there shall be people gathered 10 swell
the hosts Of Zion. Every nationality
must be visited. and when we can
not 60. as the Lord has told US, we
must send His word and not have 10
as II IS now. Lands famous In history.
people the most elevated according 20
civilized standards. have never heard
the Gospel In their own tongue God
has commanded us that we must
preach the Gospel 10 every land, 70 ev-
cry people; and where we have men
join the Church belonging 20 a foreign
nation, as soon as they are able and
qualified they should be sent 90 their
land TO bear testimony Of what God has
revealed TO them. As the Lord has said.
let every man be warned and warn his
neighbor II Is incumbent upon every
man 10 warn his neighbOr. and In this
manner 70 spread the knowledge Of the
Gospel. Think OF the lands that az
present have no Elders laboring IN
them, while I'm other lands
the Elders are crowded with.
out however, accomplishing much
True, they are warning the people; but
the people can be warned far quicker
II we VIII follow the command Of God
and our garments win be clean from the
blood OF this generation, which IS a very
important thing for all Of u.s. And lib
erty VIII follow US. You know how Il
was IN Germany when our Elders FIRST
went there. They We're rejected and
had 20 work by stealth Brother Maeser.
Brother Schoenfed. and others who
We're baptized there. had 10 be baptized
secretly The Elders were scarcely
known. n they had been they would
probably have been expelled. As II was.
many suffered imprisonment and others
We're b8nlshed. But the preaching OF
the Gospel and the appearance Of the
Elders IN that land. and their willing
ness 20 suffer imprisonment. have had
the effect to increase liberty there. The
Elders have more liberty now than they
ever had. II imprisonment has TO be
submitted 70, why let the Elders 20 and
be imprisoned, trusting IN God to defend
and save them, and to open the way be-
fore them that they may gather out
wen though IL be but a few souls from
zach nation The preaching Of the Cos
pei now Is like the cleaning Of grapes
after the vintage Is over. That Is the
used by the prophet and a
most striking one It 49, Brother Barker |
has told us about their lab0Ts IN Aus !
ralia The bulk Of the people reject the |
gospel. but they find q few honest |
Iouls. That rs our position We do not |
Expect to convert all the inhabitants Of /
he earth: but we expect 20 warn them. |
We expect 20 gather ont every honest /
ioul, and the Lord win deal with the |