Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-06

, but ! tell you il should be your prayer
| that your way might be opened so that
| you. too, may help spread the gospel.
| The time Is here and will be hereafter
| when thousands upon thousands win
say in their hearts thank God for the
testimony OF that elder who brought
the gospel TO my parents. 70 my fatner
and to my mother. / have spent many
years in the mission field. and have
performed missions under Presidents
John Taylor, MILFORD Woodruff L0-
renzo Snow and Joseph +. Smith. I
spent l0la years in the mission field
in the southland. and / desire to nav
a tribute To the people Of the south
they are among the most God-fearing
people on earth
II look forward to the time when
the people among whom / am now la
boring will have a record even great cr
than those OF the south. for the peoula
Of New England are the sons aud
daughters Of God there it was that
the Prophet Joseph was raised up.
where the Book Of Mormon was
brought forth, and where the Church
was organized, And. the people by ths
thousands are hungry to hear the Cos
pei, and we need missionaries. The
time IL coming when account must be
given Of every idle word. and we must
do our share In spreading the rosDel
I'm the Eastern states, unable To preach
himself asked tor the privilege os
maintaining three elders i'm the field
and this he is doing now. One woman
in this city has for four years main
tained a missionary in the field; she
has no son. but is proud to assist the
work Of spreading the GOSPEL In this
way ! know the men at the head of
the Church are now as they always
have been, the men God wants 20 b.
az the head. Let US not be ashamed
OF the gospel, and let as assist In
spreading the glad tidngs far and wide
every day OF our lives.
Miss Esther Davis sang 3 soprano
solo. Christ Is Risen"
President Joseph r. Smith read a
message OF coincidence on the death OF
President John r. Wnder from John
w. Youns. dated In New York
ELDER GERMAN +. ELLSWORTH.
Elder German r. Ellsworth. president
OF the Northern States mission. ad-
dressed the congregation. He read from
The Book Of Revelations Of the neces-
sity for thusting iu the sickle for the
harvest ~ souls, FOR the time OF the
harvest f. ripe.
I marvel when / think Of the work
accomplished 10y the boy prophet dur |
ING the last century. Two weeks ago |
/ stood upon the last spot where the |
bodies OF the prophet and patriarch |
were known 10 rest. and two old men 4
stood with me, and told mo the story |
Of the place ! knew the story OF Jos 1
eph, and could hardly conceive how 1
such mighty and marvellous work as 4
that which has followed his humble be.
ginning could have been wrought i'm
the last 80 years Many believed Nor
mnnism only trausitory and that upon
the martyrdom Of the prophet the
work would go down but the old
prophets had fOretold that the king
dom would be set up In the latter
days never TO be torn down. and so /
Il was that the work continued to grow
and flourish
When Z walked tho streets Of old
Nauvoo, ! saw evidences Of the perma-
nent character Of the work Of tho old
Latter-day Saints In their buildings.
and the spirit Of permanency has char
actcriEod their work ever since II is
this spirit which brought them through
mob violence, which carried them
across the plains, which cleared the
sngebrush and dug the canals and made
the desert valleys 10 blossom. and
speaks volumes for the integrity of the
Latter.day Saints iu those DAYS ana In
The present day. 10 Is the duty OF the
saints 10 stand up for each other. ana
FOR the gospel and not TO be ashamed
)f the gospel. for IL is truly the power
)f God unto salvation.
The choir and congregation Joined in
singing, Praise 10 the man who com
nuned with jehovah" and the bene-
iiction was pronounced by Elder Sey-
nour 3. Young