Arizona republican., 1921-11-23

in every land-the spirit of gather ing came upon them and thus was the message of Moses fulfilled. At the great Jubilee held in Salt Lake City, Utah. or July 24th, 1897, there was represented in person converts rep resenting IT different nations, thus fulfilling literally the conditions i'm piled as the reason for the keys of gathering" being bestowed upon them.
 Some may say the gathering 'of Israel from the four parts of the earth was a natural result of the preaching there. But the mission of Elijah as professed by the mouth of Malachi (Mal. 5; 4-5), if to be full filled, depended more upon God than upon the church. Note the object, ito turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers, lest the whole world be snitten with a curse,' and the keys of his dispensation Cor spirit of it) are committed unto your hands with the significant statement. and by this you may know that the coming of the Son of Man is near at hand"
 This turning CT the hearts of the fathers to the children and the chill dren to the fathers" that unless it occurred the whole world would be smitten with a curse" What was it must be done to save the world from a curse?
 Joseph Smith said it was the great work inaugurated by Jesus Christ, who, while his body lay in the tomb. went and preached to the spirits in prison opening the prison doors to those who were disobedient in the r., 1o I1n aT,l-x xxr.1C prepared, that they might be saved when they accept the gospel mes
 sage and were baptized for which was evidently understood by Paul when he said, ''Flse why are ye bap- tized for the dead if the dead rise 1 not at all; why are ye then bap- 1 tized for the dead 2" For manifestly | it would be both unjust and unwor- 1 thy of the Son of God to preach tht i gospel, to hold out the hope of sal vation to the spirits in prison unles: 1 there was a plan for their redemp' l tion, even though they rebeilet
 against God while in the flesh. Pete 1 testifies to this wondrous truth wheI 1 he refers to Christ preaching to th' l spirits that are dead, that they migh | live, according to God, in the spirit l but be judged according to men il
 
 And it is plain to be seen that il order to have those bapisms per
 formed. since each individual mus be identified as heretofore mentioned l it opened a eoor in a staggering Wa. l to genealogy
 The hearts of the children mus l be turned to the fathers that thei 1 names of the ancestors may be gath l cred, identified, and the relationshi ] of each be traced to their heir. An 1 certainly if the Savior's words ar 1 true. except man be born of tn | water and of the Spirit, he canno enter the kingdom of Heaven" tn
 earth would be smitten with a CUTS
 if only those who received the gos
 pei were baptized while living on tn
 earth are the only ones to be save
 in the Kingdom of Heaven" Fo
 but few of Gods children have live
 upon earth when gospel was her'
 What of untold millions who di
 not live upon earth and were not S
 blessed, who never even heard tn
 name of Jesus Christ and who there
 fore obeyed rot the ordinances ( the gospel?
 Today only about one-third Of tn population of the world are nominall Christian, and bat comparative