Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

bewlldered, He had been around 70
some OF these revival meetings, He had
heard the Mothodlsts, the Baptists, the
Congregationallsts the Eplscopallans,
the Presbyterians, and a number OF oth"
ers that / viii not take time to mem
ton for n would take from now TIL
dark TO tell the names Of all the factions
and sections OF Christendom Ht llHt-
ened 10 this, that and the oyner man
they all preached differently YET all
claimed 10 be right IN me midst OF
this confusion he went To q grove near
his fathers house 10 pray The reason
he went there was because he had been
reading this Eplsle OF James. James
says In the list chapters
III any OF you lack wisdom let him
ask Of Cod that Riyeth to all men M,
orally, and upbraldenth not and II shall
be given him.
"3ut Let him ash in faith, nothing wa
yerng. For he that .wayereth Is Ike
wave OF the sea driven With the wlnd
and tossed.
For let not that man think that he
shull receive anything OF the LORD 80
verses 81,
II IL no use going 10 God unless you
have faith, without faith II IL linpo3ss'
slble to please God. Joseph SriI,,
when he read that believed It WIN az
his heart, He went into ne sroIe, a,lu
~ a child would ask OF MS lalner, lu
asked God 10 enllghten him anu shoN
him which was the right religion, lur
he wanted TO serve God. lmIheuleleN
there came upon him an lnnuehtc TON
the powers Of darkness, ana Whlcl oHsy
him TO the ground 80 great WuH Vit
power, While struggling WIN u
and calling upon the Lol' ny.
saw a light coming down ilon'
heaven. Finally the llght toucheo hlll'
and he was delivered In q momell ,'o.l
the power Of darkness He looheu W.
into the pillar Of Hight and saw tWo
persons, large OF stature ana very
much alike. one, pointing to me ON
er. said, "Ths is my beloved son h{N'
Him" The Son spoke to MN anu %.
seph asked which Of all the religions
was right Christ replied that he mua,
Ioin none OF them, for they we're a'l
gone out OF the way Said lie,
draw near to me with their lips, put
their hearts are far from me- th'y
teach for doctrine the commandments
Of men, having form of godlines, put
they deny the power thereof
That was the first revelation IN lne
opening of this last dispensatlon' MY
friends, | want to TESTIFY 70 you lnat
that light WI ,eh came down from heaV-
on. when the Father and son re-
vealed themselves to the boy Joseph
smith. has remained here, and the seln,
tllationa of that light are golng abroad
I'm the earth; the darkness shall pe
overcome, and the powers OF this word
shall become the dominion Of nm
whose right Il IL 20 reign, VINO VIII
come and take nossassion of HIS King
dom. Under the direction ana reveal
tons OF the Father through the son
Jesus Christ, the Church Of Jesus CHRIST
of L,atter-dny Saints has been SET up on
the earth after the ancient pattern WIN
Apostles, with Prophets, with Evangel-
lists, Pastors, Teachers, Elders Blsh-
ops, Deaoons, ETC. not merely In the
form of the early Christian Church,
but with the same Spirit and the same
power, Apostles who held the author-
inv IN former times have come back
10 earth and ordained men to the same
authority and Apostleshp which they
had That Ia how It has been restored
All under the direction of Jesus christ
our Redeemer, who Is with this Church
today That is why this people are
here--why this great state OF Utah 10
Leinr hunt IN. Most Of the people who
are here have come from the various
nations where they heard the sound
of this Gospel--the same Gospel that
the ancient Apostles preached, the
same faith, The same baptism,
the same Holy Spirit, the same
spiritual gifts, the same IN,
nuence, unity, blessing, power ana
communion with the heavens. People,
are here from the various nations OF
| Europe, from different parts OF the
| United States from various countries
on this continent from the Islands OF
the sea, from lands that are aiar on
For the word OF the Lord IL being ful-
filed, and His angels are going forth
and gathering His elect from the iour
winds, from the east and the west, INC
north and the south, God calls 10 the
north, Give up; and to the south, Keep
not back: bring my sons from far. and
my daughters from the ends or the
earth" He Is building up His Zion In
these mountains and the people who
are here received this Gospel In differ
ent countries, and they all have the
same testimony You may so where
YOU will throughout the state OF Utah
and talk with people from various ma i.
tons brought up IN different faiths and
under variety OF circumstances you
may ask them about their experience
in the Church, and they VIII all tell
YOU as do now, God has made known
| to us the truth
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
When was boy heard this Cos
pei, None Of my friends or family re-
| ceiyed It. / accepted 1t with q joyful
heart | had been taught TO believe In
| the scriptures, | was trained from a
| child TO read the Bible, and to believe
| that IL was the word of God. When j
heard the Elders OF this Church pro-
| claim the principles Of the latter-day
| Gospel, knew II was the same THAT
was taught In that good book, and l
believed their testimony. | went TO the
Lord and prayed that might not be
led astray by the cunning craftiness OF
men but that might be enlightened OF
Him, and / received that testimony
| from Him. went forth and was bap-
tized, in my boyhood, and | received
the Holy Ghost by the laying on OF
hands. After was baptized, hands
were laid upon me, and | received The
Holy Spirit, as did others with whom
| became associated In the Church
When the call came to me TO leave
everything home and friends and
| ali my prospects in life--and go Cut
| without purse and scrip and preach
this Gospel, / dropped everything ana
went out with faith In the Lord ana
wherever | went and bore this tesll,
mony. and people received my word ana
we're baptlzed. and hands were laid upon
them. they received the Holy Ghost
the sick were healed, the lame MADE
10 walk and the power OF God rested
down upon His people everywhere, FoI
over ten years on my first mission
travelled around in various parts OF
Great Britain, preaching this Gospel
without money and without price; and
wherever | went, ] can testify before
the heavens, that these blessings fol'
lowed the preaching Of the word
Therefore | know that this work Is the
work of God.
CHARACTERISTIC GOSPEL GIFTS
This Is the testimony that is borne by
hundreds and thousands Of Elders In
this Church, and all Of the people u
they were called upon, would bear tes'
timony that In being baptized by thC
servants OF God they received the re-