Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08
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ness, that an angel of God came down
from heaven, and he brought and lald
before our eyes. that we bcheld and
saw the plates, and the engravings
thereon. and we know that IL Is by
the grace of God the Father, and our
Lord Jesus Christ. that we beheld
and bear record that these things arc
true and IL is marvellous In our eyes.
nevertheless the voice of the Lord
commanded that we should bear re-
cord of It, wherefore, to be obedicnt
unto the commandments of God. We
bcnr testimony of these things. And
we know that IL we are faithful In
Christ. we shall rid our garments OF
the blood of all men, and be found
spotless before the judgment seat oI
Christ and shall dwell with nm
eternally In the heavens. And the
honor be TO the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which Is
one God. Amen.
"OLIVER COWDERY,
"DAVID WHITMER.
MARTIN HARRIS"
Then follows the testimony of eighs
witnesses. These were shown the
plates They testified that they hefted
them, turned the leaves over. and saw
the engravings and the workmanship
OF these plates. Eleven men signed
forth unto the world. Some Of these
men did not remain faithful; they
left the Church. In other words, when
they transgresSed they were dealt with
exactly as lay members OF the Church
Now it is very clear that II Joseph
Smith had been an impostor he would
have been afraid to deal with these
men. Why. he would have said To
himself, 'if they are cut of from the
tNi q world
is a conspiracy. that they had not seen
the plates" but Joseph did not fear
this. for he knew. as they knew, that
the plates were in existence. that the
cngravings had been translated cor
rectly, and that the Book OF Mormon
contains the contents of those plates.
and he did not fear what they might
say They had seen the plates
through the power of God. Before they
revelation that If they would prepare
themselves sufficiently. cast out all
doubt of their minds, they should get
to see these sacred things
In the seventeenth revelation We
read. Behold / say unto you, that y'ou
must rely upon my word. which II you
do. with full purpose of heart, you
shall have a view of the plates and
also of the breastplate and sword of
Laban. the Urlm and 1hummim whicn
were given to the brother of Jared upon
the mount when he talked with the
Lord face to face. and the miraculous
directors which were given to Ichi
while in the wilderness on the borders
of the Red sea, and 1t is by Your faith
that you shall obtain a view of them,
even by that faith which was had by
the prophets OF old"
Now this promise was given to these
three. men before they saw the plate,
and the Lord told these men that when
they had sufficient faith and should
come with singleneSS of heart and full
purpose of doing the Lords will. they
should receive this view They were
anxious to see them. and no doubt re-
joiced in this privilege that the Lord
promised them The day came; II
was given them through prayer ana
faith TO behold these things. They saw
an angel, and they heard the voice Of
the Lord saying that the records had
been translated correctly
1t is a strange thing that Oliver
Cowdery. Martin Harris and David
Whltmer all three were cut off from
the Church or drlfted away from IT.
Oliver Cowdery came back n few
before his death and asked
the saints at Council Bluffs to receive
him back into the Church. He had To
go the same way that any other mem
Der that had been eXcommunicated
must go to be received back into the
Church. Now. what could cause Oliver
Cowdery to come back into the Church
If Joseph Smith had been a false pro-
phct? Oliver Cowdcry could not have
been deceived. He knew what he had
seen He had seen an angel on the
18th of May. 1929. he and Joseph Smith
together had received the glorious
vision in which John the Baptist APP
pearcd and ordained them TO the
Aaronic priesthood, and gave them
power to baptlZe by immersion for the
remission of sins. He was together
with Joseph on the banks of the Sus-
quchanna. when the Melchlsedek
priesthood was bestowed upon them
and John. who formerly held here upon
the earth. the keys OF this priesthood
You see the great difference between
our religion and other religions. ours
has not sprung from any of the others.
II does not take It's authority from
men. but like the Church in the days
Of Christ received Its authority by
revela ton, so In our day tho priest
hood has been received by revelation
through those who formerly held the
KEYS of these priesthoodS. Oliver cow
derry was present on these occasions
he could not be deceived
He must have known. Why did he
want to come back in the Church II IL
was not true what he had stated? But
he knew IL was and he feared to die
outside of the pale of the Church; and
he begged that he might be restored,
not to hold any official position in the
Church. but to be n mere member and
he rejolced in joining the Church again
and he died some six months after
wards.
Martin Harris came back into the
Church and rejoced when he found
that the Book of Mormon was trans
lated into other languages. He heard
about the Spanish version short time
before his death He bore witness t.
his family that the Book Of Mormon
was true. that he had seen the plates.
on his dying bed he bore this teSti-
mony David Whitmcr never returned
to the Church. but he never waVeTed
I'm his testimony that he had seen the
plates, and that he had seen an angel.
He knew that the Book of Mormon
was true.
LOGICAL EVIDENCE OF TRUTH.
Some men refuse to believe this be-
cause they have not heard of such
things before, They do not believe in
revelation. nor that a man should be
inspired as a seer to translate: they
think such Il claim to be folly, But
the world raised just as much objection
to the Savlor's mission. to the state
mcnt of his resurrection Why. they
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