Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-17

preaching the Gospel; that has gath
cred together people from nearly every
nation under heaven. II brings the
American, the scandinavian, the Ger
man, the Russian, the Turk, the He
brew, and makes them one. believing
IN the same Gospel and actuated by the
same Spirit, | cannot speak the Ger
man language, nor the Scandinavian,
nor the Spanish, but when | meet one
or any of those nations who has re-
celved the Gospel meet brother and
a friend. ] recognize in him the Spirit
OF God, and | know that he has the
same testimony that Brother PenrOse
mas borne here this afternoon in rela-
ton TO this work. Is II not singular
now these people OF different nationali-
ties come here and combine together as
unit, and enjoy the same Spirit.
which Is so diffusive and yet concen-
trates itself In the breast OF every man
10 that degree that we become one
under It's influence, no matter what
country we come from? The shrewdest
Yankee that ever lived and the most
liberal men of all other countries come
together and are one, and are not
stihgy with each other. | am YAM
kee myself, and | know something
about It, The Gospel broadens the
minds of men. 1t makes them like
Christ Himself. He died for every hui
man being, and we feel that same
spirit so that we labor for all human
beings as our Master did Our mis-
sion is, following in the footsteps OF
Christ, TO do by our fellow men as He
has done. We are laboring In a manner
that the world know not of. We are per-
forming a vicarious work, lust as Christ
did for His brethren and sisters.
VICARIoUs WORK FOR THE DEAD.
The Lord said through the Prophet
Malachi:
Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming OF the great
and dreadful day of the Lord:
And he shall turn the heart OF the
fathers TO the children, and the heart
Of the children to their fathers, lest
come and smite the earth with a
curse"
Do the people Of the world know what
that Passage means? Well, we are la.
boring gay and night TO accomplish
that very work which was prophesied
OF so many hundreds of years ago. The
hearts Of the children are turning to
the fathers, and the hearts Of the faith
crs to the children, and we willlescape
the curse that is about to come upon
the earth. In this vicarious work
which we are performing We are car
rying out the first principles of the
Gospel IN behalf OF our race, so far as
our geneaiogies extend. We are OFF,
ciating for those who have died with
out a knowledge Of the Gospel. Do peo-
pie Understand this? Certainly not.
Paul said 10 the Corinthians:
ELSE what shall they do which are
baptized Cor the dead IL me dead rise
not at alle Why are they then bap-
tiled for the dead?"
What religious denomination OF all
Chrlstendom understands these words :?
None OF them. They are dark words to
the ordinary Christian. But we un-
derstand them: and what do they
mean? They mean that there Is a
baptism to be performed for the dead
a yicarious work. that the hearts of the
fathers may be turned to the children
and the children to the fathers. This
knowledge mas come unto US through
the spirit Of revelation and the Latter
day Saints are spending thousands OF
dollars every year In gathering up their
genealogies and performing this vi
carious labor for those who have died
without a knowledge OF the Gospel
People do not give US credit for this;
but they will by and by. ESre
Is a man who lives In this dis
pei,sation and has received the Cos
pei which has been restored to earth;
but what OF his forefathers who did not
have the privilege of hearing the Cos
pei? Why they win have the privilege
of hearing the Gospel In the spirit
world. and a vicarious work will be
done for them on this earth, that they
may be judged according to men i'm
the flesh, but live according TO God In
the spirit" And this work will spread
until It covers all the myriads of peo-
pie who have lived upon the earth and
have died without knowledge OF the
Gospel. All who desire will have this
vioarious work done for them, and they
shall live according TO God In the
spirit while they are OBLIGATED for by
men in the flesh. This labor rests upon
the Latter-day Saints, and we are no
respecters OF persons. only so far as God
has drawn the line. Do the Christian
world acknowledge us? No; and yet
we are doing more TO carry out the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ and TO diffuse
n knowledge Of its principles IN the
world than all the Christian world put
together; for they do not believe in all
these principles Who believes In faith?
The whole Christian world. Who be-
lieves in repentance? The whole Chris
tian world. Who believes in baptism
for the remission OF sins? Not the
Christian world. Who believes In the
laying on OF hands for the gift Of the
Holy Ghost? Not the Christian world
And yet these principles are just as
true and as necessary for the salvation
Of the human family as they ever were
We have them plainly set forth in the
New Testament, and we have also the
revelations Of Jesus Christ TO us in this
day, and we are commanded 20 observe
these principles as they are laid down in
the New Testament in the Book OF
Mormon and in the Doctrine and Cove
nants.
But we are charged with having a
new Bible. Do the people know what
our new Bible" ls7 The Book OF Nor
mon is the history Of the dealings OF
God with His people upon this contin-
ent. Just as the Bible Is a history OF
the dealings Of God with the Jews on
the eastern hemisphere The Lord had
people upon this ointment.
whom He brought forth from
Jerusalem. and the record which
they made Of His dealings with
them has been revealed to us, and We
call II the Book Of Mormon. II con-
tains precisely the same doctrines as
are given In the New Testament-Faith.
repentance. baptism for the remission
OF sins. and the laying on Of hands for
the gift Of the Holy Ghost. The words
Of Jesus 10 the Nephltes on this con-
tinent are practically the same as His
words to His people among the Jews,
DANGER TO THE REPUBLIC.
Now, desire to add my testimony TO
that which has already been borne.
know by the revelations OF Jesus
Christ to me personally that this Is the
work Of God. I have seen the prOphe-
sizes OF prophets fulfilled. l have seen
the people. when death stared them
Il.