Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-24

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fruit trees began to fall and tn. disap-
pear as new shoots sprung IN from
tneif roots. These blossomed and
iorined fine fruit. Coming out OF tho
VISION he prayed to the Lord and
learned that tho vision prciigurcd the
near approach OF Il new work OF God
when would bear the kind Of fruit for
winch he had been longing. Now for
many years before 1890 this aged man
WAS very Intimate with the boy VIII
iord woodruff, often cunversing earn
estly with him and teaching him. But
this vision lie never mentioned to him
save on the occasion OF his last meet
ing with him. and then only upon his
neihs lnpellcd, as he says, by tho
spirit of the Lord to do so. Now neither
tnls old man nor the young Milford
woodruff had yet heard anything con-
corning the latter-day work. But this
VISION and those talks profoundly i'm
pressed Wilford Woodruff and bent his
ACTS ana habits to the attitude of serY-
ice ana made 1t possible to do what lie
aid Tor the Church. Farley p. Pratt:
IN Ohio. John Taylor IN England, and
many more of our prominent men were
peing prepared as marvelously for the
part they were to perform in the
of It,
mere. TOO. the character of the
me or Joseph Smith, the anniversary
OF whose birthday we ought to re-
member today, Is n guarantee that
me visions that inspired him were
from God. From an earthly stand
point his life in support OF the lat
ter-day work was asonzing His daily
record reveals the intense love he had
for his parents. his brothers. his wife
ana his children. and one after
n h ,,r l,.y,
MS cause without dishcartening him
His father died because Of trials in
Missouri His brother Don Carlos died
from his own efforts in behalf of the
Church in the carly days of Nauvoo
His brother Hyrum was shot to death
before his eyes. And then ! remem-
Der how in, the days of Missouri! his
little son SO sweet to him was as
he was pleading to cling to him. thrust
aside with Il drawn sword. and he.
himself, under sentence OF death. was
taken away and kept in vile prisons
for many months. In experiences like
these II seems rs If a false man or
even one much dcludel would have
weakened and given up his cause.
Especially would we expect IL on the
day he LEFT his wife and children and
dear old mother and clearly anticipate
ing 1t, was 50 cruelty slain in Carthage
Jail.
The prophets great cause and ours
is also the cause of humanity. There
are no greater truths than those
which Mormonism has with which to
inspire and bless mankind. And God
will use this people If they will pre-
pare themselves and let him. in doing
a marvellous work for men. There is In
connection with this cause a gigantic
and an agonizing task for any of us
through performing which there is
much life and freedom to be won.
Each of us can and should be II
prophet standing for God and striving
to establish his supremacy in the
hearts of men. Each may be n Messiah
with ability to lay down his life in
joyous effort to make men free: each
should be an apostle. boldly witness
feet Saint, ever actuated by
the spirit of good will toward
all who stand in need OF his
help and benciicent TO all VINO
come into relationship to him
as God is