Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-13

! INFINITELY greater imam tncN conCClNei
them then TO be.
TAKE another Illustration. II was re-
Vcaicd IN the Rock OF Mormon that the
/ city OF the New Jerusalem should be-
hunt on this continent. They were told
by God later whore the city should be-
founded. which was Jackson county.
Missouri StreightwaN several thou
sand people gathered there desiring 60
/ build the city predicted. They we've
afterwards driven cut and they then
looked unun themselves as cNiios ftom
/ Zion ny and by the whole state uf
| Missouri rose against the saints aud
| 1000 were driven out and located at
Nauvoo. Many % them thought the
! cause Of God was losing and that IT'S
purposes were being thwartcd TIE
propnrt was then able 20 instruct
them more fully. telling them that the
whole land OF America IS Zion
"ThC great promise that God has mad
10 Israel that they shall be gathered
In this dispcnsation win be fulfilled
They have been scattered I'm al land.
After the DAYS OF Solomon. Israel was
divided into two kingdoms Israel. tbs
historian says. performed q journey of
q year and "a hale into the north coun-
I try and have since been known as the
lost ten tribes. Judah. after varied
experience i'm the land OF Palestine, be-
came a hiss and a byword since the
days Of Messiah Though scattered, the
tradition stin lives among the Jews
that they win be gathered again. This
Messiah of ours has always been ac-
companied 10y the promise that God
would gather Israel. The cry has been
speaking Of Babylon, Come out Of her
my people, that We partake not Of her
plaques And of those i'm the north
country it is said they viii come forth
and receive blessings at the hands OF
Ephraim."
Regarding the land " the north and
the ten lost tribes, Elder Roberts said
we recently have had the north pole
discovered. The idea has prevailed
that when the north country was PEN
etrated a people would be found there.
For some time past men have been 50
near the north pole that Il was ex-
tremely unlikely that any large body
Of people could exist there II Is
possible that there has been y miscoii-
ception regarding the existence OF the
ten tribes at the north pole. The idea
that they might be there is based on the
statement IN the Bible that the Jour
ney took year and half There
may be something said on the subject
i'm the literature Of the Church. I am
rot sure. but of this | am sure, there
is nothing in the revelations God has
given stating that he had located the
ten tribes around the north pole.
When he was among the Jews Christ
said he had other sheep who were not
NJ that fold. He afterwards told the
Nephitcs on the American continent
that they were those ~ whom he had
spoken 10 the Jews. lie also said he
had other work TO visit the lost tribes,
who were not lost 10 the Father. There
IL nothing said there that they were
located. az the pole, but merely i'm north
ern lands
Then in regard TO the return Of the
lost tribes some have located them
upon some detached portion Of the
earth. I know nothing Of that. But
/ know this that within the known re-
gions Of men God could fulfill all he has
spoken Of Something must be allowed
to prophetic language in this connec-
ton These men. enthused with the
fire they received from contact from
divine insDira ton see things large and
speak OF them in that spirit. Israel is
gathering to the land OF Zion from all
parts OF the earth. being brought by
the gospel You are chiefly Of Ephralm,
and arc ~ Israel MAY there not be
millions Of others OF Israel in the lands
whence YOU Gamer
The purposes Of God are not failing.
He Is imminent in this world OF ours.
and there is ample opportunity in the
world for God tn fulnll his promises,
without going TO the north pole
! rejoice in this work because OF its
breadth and scope. We anticipate the
millennium wonder what we viii
think when We wake up and realize
that the millennium Is already on its
way The promise that all things VIII
be made new is on the way TO rapid
fulhllment In ocean and aerial navi-
cation and in numerous other ways we
see evidence Of swift advancement along
the path marked out by God. We i've
ian the midst OF new conditions. when
personal liberty is more secure than Il
eyer was before. when the comforts OF
living among the poorer classes are
only To be compared 10 that or kings OF
other ages. when / see the evidences
of advancement and development OF the
last three quarters Of a century ! can
not help thinking there is some connec-
ton between this advancement and the
GOSPEL message When the Book or
Mormon should come forth, II was
stated then Israel should know that
cod had set his hand to do the things
Of which he had spoken by his proph-
cts However great may be our con-
ceptions Of divine things the things
themselves are Infinitely greater. The
prouhet said Gods ways are not your
ways. nor his thoughts your thoughts
and his ways Of doing things are not
always as we picture them