Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

ernOOn, may continue until the Nlos' VI
our meeting. / have been highly inter-
ested. and am well pleased and satisfied
with the declarations and testimonies
The exhortatlons and Instructions that
have fallen from the lips OF our breth-
rem who have already spoken to u.s. a
great many things might be said, II
lime permitted. with reference TO the
divinity of the mission OF the Prophet
tosonh smith. may say that IN the
earlv days of the Church, Wheh nv 10"
no frieuds--ndeed, ! may say pelorD
no accumulation of the Church, BEFORE
:, mad any existence as an organized
body--Ioseph Smith was instructed un'
der the inspiration OF the LORD u
make predictions and prophecies anu
promisesc. They are recorded III NV
hook thai hold IN my hand-the Doc
,r,r, and Covenants. They were mauc
,,o,ore the year 1880 They are WONDER
nu predictions and promises N"n'
a, them have since been iulhlieo O',
ors that he made AT that early uaS WIN
-, ho entitled. All that he mas pre-
dic,ea All that he has promised u'oe,
~. trsn,ration of the Holy Spirit WIZ
eome to pass. There Is no p"os''o"
ahout II In my mind, nor can there w
any doubt about it in the minus "
those who have read the proulc'io',s
Witch the prophet has made. Here -
mrcdlctlon which I viii read ihyh'
S.drds we're spoken by an anger 10 ~
- smith while mt his father mus
a, Mancbester. Ontario county, ~ -
-, 49, e,ening of the 2lst Of Septem-
w. ,s32 seven years before the orsall-
yation Of tho Church, and while ne was
an obscrue and almost unknown poy'
without any influence, Wlthou. auy 80
lovers and without any prospects y.
the prophecy ever coming To pass, "a
40 making al il from human stahu-
t,,ts "Rehold I will reveal unto you
ne priesthood by the hand OF ElJah
Tho nronhet, before the great ana dreau-
mi day OF the Lord; and He shall pant
An tho hearts of the children the prom
ises made to the fathers, and the hearls
of the children shall turn TO lheir TAU
ers. ~ il were not So the whole eartn
would be utterly wasted at It's coming.
doc. and Cow, Section H.
WORK FOR THE DEAD.
Now. let me say word or two in re-
lation 10 this revelation since tnat
day temples have been bullt III WHICH
the ordinances of the gospel nave peeh
performed both for the living ana Tor
10 deod. But why for the dead? Be-
cause II was predicted at that early
time that the promisese Of the fathers
should be planted In the hearts Of the
children. and that their hearts would be
turned unto their fathers, ana the
hearts Of the parents to the chlldreh.
Now. the ordinances of the gospel COM
nrehend the baptism OF the living for
the dead. and In order that this may be
done the hearts Of the children must
certainly be turned 20 their fathers /
could not begin TO tell you from mem
DRY the millions of dead that nave oeeh
baptized for in these sacred places by
their kindred. | cannot tell you how
many thousands and tens of thousands
OF genealogical records have been
sought out, written, and gathered to-
gether comprising the names OF thou
sands and tens OF thousands OF different
families throughout the United States,
throughout England and throughout
Europe, In fact, throughout the world.
Records have been compiled by men
who have been moved upon by some
Influence or power that was strange
and absolutely unaccountable TO them.
They do not know why they have been
moved upon to write these genealogical
records OF their families for eight or ten
generations. There was no money In It
for them Some men have actually
spent their fortunes In collecting gem
ealogical records for their family and
their kindred. They did not know what
they were doing; they did not under
stand what use there would be FOR
them, or what prompted them TO gath
Ell together the history of their ances-
tors al an enormous expense, even TO
the extent Of using their fortunes. No
money came back to them for the work
collecting genea0gies Is not a paying
business. But bye and bye IL was dis
covered that branch or several
branches Of "A certain family had joined
the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter
day Saints, and they came into pos.
session OF the records containing the
geneaogies Of thousands and tens OF
thousands Of their relatives Here, then
are reprcsentatlves-tWo of "A family
and one OF a city-Who have embraced
the gospel and Joined the Church of
Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints and
their hearts are turned to their fathers
and they begin to hunt up these gene
NtN0iN''l ANN"A'A0f presume that INC
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter-day
saints has more OF these genealogical
records than any other church In th,
world today. The saints came into pos.
session OF these records, collected ant
preserved al enormous expense, aut
they are today going into the temple.
of God and fulfilling the prediction thai
was made In 1929, by the boy prophet
Joseph Smith. He was but a child al
mat time, ana could not have known o
could not have understood, when thesl
words were spoken to him the great
ness, and magnitude and yastness o
The work which was to be done. Blu
the angel understood 1t. Joseph wa
made the medium by which II was IN
stituted and handed down. aud thus W
see the fulhlment of this prediction
The hearts OF the children are turnin
TO the fathers and the hearts OF IN
fathers to the children, The childre
cannot be made perfect without N
parents, neither can the fathers be pc,
focted without the children. Their
must be uniting together in ord,
that tho parents may be made happ
and they may be perfected In the go,
pei OF Jesus Christ, ana I'm order th.
the children may he happy and al.
perfected In the gospel of Christ No,
this j. ono little thing that has bee
fulfilled II was predicted hy On
Prophet Joseph Smith Ga "a day Whc
he had no followers lIc stood ahsC
lutely alone I'm the world an chat tim
with the exception of his parents ar
gone " his brothers ANA SOME OF h
sisters tn his own family They b
lieved In him, They hod faith On mir
Thu church was not organized at thj
time, and thoy had no reason 90 belle,
thar his words would ever go beyor
H.