Show E EE ANCIENT PROPHECIES FULFILLED w Tho Great lO mid Tailing Palling DISCOURSE Away From In Kul r 1 of oC Prophecy Gospel Re Hell nt at thu tho Halt Imko JUlko City In Ancient Purity and Pow Power December Nth 1 l by y yI er by of ot Heavenly Do ne DoIngs Ings to Prophet Jo Smith I Joseph Its r ELDER MATTHIAS COWLEY F Leaven Is III Modern j I IA ralth h A gh S Nj p Jl 1 q c cY Y and nOlI andIn slate In standing you for tOI 11 II I I certainly desire your kind support In III the ex OJ exercise of ot your OUr and prayers I have ex exceedingly well the th report of at W IJ n Jt re reo a ino 1110 of at a 1 made by Apos Alloa Apostle tic tle Paul on the Die principle oC faith Uy It tho l obtain rd Id n good report 1111 lias hos not only borne a good report of ot thu of ot tin th Lori JOI in tho bestowal of ot Ills Spirit upon ulon him but ho has brought a u good goo or iho people aM given us such lIuch nu understanding ull of ot coiT co In the th land where li hll hag hus yd d that thai the hero been h clI Imbued with wll an nn additional tea concerning tho divinity of ot this work In III tho thu caily carly commencement of at this work worl tho Prophet Joseph Smith a II statement that the as us revealed to him would yet et revolutionize tho I world I believe that If IC thu tho facts were known i dative to the religious I sentiment of ot the IIII Christian world It I could he be proven that from Cram tho proclamation tion of oC this work by Jy the Prophet Jo Josoph soph Smith there then hns been a n stronger disposition lUon than over oil tho i art artof of o tho world to turn from Crom tho old ohl theories of ot the chinches churche f nd nn nil desire In III tho beam of at oft t tit f honest to receive more truth than they hud enjoyed In this connection I am reminded of ot a n very vel striking Inci dent In the tho history of ot thlu work Tho mado mn e n promise unto tho which was WM to be fulfilled In tho Hint days that I the tho Prophet should visit tho earth You will find It re ro recorded corded In tho Hh chapter ter of oe and I believe bellove I will road It First lot lot mo me say lIa that predictions of pr tho prophets antedating the tho coming of ot thy thu Messiah were lately directed to tho lost days While tho pre PIO dictions are 1110 very definite con concerning the first coming of ot tho Messiah and tho atonement that should bo wrought out by Him they UfO are Just Justna na lIa plain and positive concerning tho re remarkable events that should transpire before His second coming This chap ter Is as ns follows For behold tho day lY cometh that film II burn as ns an nn oven oen and nil all tho proud yea ond lint all that do wickedly be stubble and nn tho day that com oth shall burn bum thorn them up tho Lord of ot hosts that It shall leave them neith neither er root nor branch Hut But unto you that fear my name tho Bon of ot righteousness arise with healing In his wings and yo shall go fir forth orth mul grow up as calves of ot the tho stall And yc shall tread lawn down tho wicked j for tor they holl bo hl ashes under tho soles ol tI of ot your our feet Ceet In tha tho day that I shall do this tho Lord of oC hosts I will send 1 you Elijah tho ho pr hl l the coining oC ot the great anil dreadful day do y of the tho Lord And ho shall turn the tho heart henrt of tho th fathers to the tho children and the tho hut heart of tho children to their fathers Cathers lest I come and smite tho earth with a n curse The Savior prophesied concerning the thelast thelast last days duya that mens hearts would fall them for fear because of ot what should como toino to pass upon Ullon the earth When Hom Ho said m that before be Core Ills IlIa coming kingdom should rise Ise against kingdom nation nation and there should bo per por perplexity In the tho hearts of mon men He Ho re ro remarked romar marked mar lOll Except those days should ho shortened there should no bo raved tUell The Tho Apostle Peter makes maltes n striking reference recorded In tho 3rd chap chOll of or Acts to a n prophecy delivered by Moses and to bo found In tho chop chap of II Deuteronomy Deut which reads an follows The Tho Lord said unto me ne They have well spoken that which they thoy have havo spoken I will raise them up a II Prophet from among their brethren like unto unit theo and will put my words Vor A In hla mouth and he shall speak unto them nil all that I Ishall shall command him And It shall como to pass that who whosoever whosoever will not hearken unto my words wor s which ho shall speak In my namu I 1 will III require It of him The Apostle Peter emoted this prediction lc lion tion with this change And It shall como come to pass that every soul IOU I which will not hear henr that ahall be destroyed from Cram among the pea peo people pIc I TIm THE APOSTASY nut Dut Peter does docs not show that thin prophecy received Its fulfillment ot tit the first firt coming of ot tho Messiah for tor at nt that coming they hall had power to reject Him Byell tho ot Israel dill did not repent and Ind turn tho commandments ments given through the tho Savior of ot the tho world But Dut there wall waft to como a II time limo when He lie como Iome In power and glory when He lIe should come suddenly unto His temple as ns stated In tho thu third chap chapter ter tor of oC At t that limo who may Inay abide the tho day of His coming and who shall stand when Ho for tor Ho Is like a n refiners fire and nil fullers and He Jo shall sit as a n and 11 of oC silver and He shall purity purify tho sons of ot Lev and purge thorn as ns gold gole and silver that they ny mry offer unto the Lord 1011 an nn offering In III This prophecy was not accomplished In the tho lays days of ot the Messiah und lind I 1 might Connect with the tho some more You remember i glorious prophecy of ot Daniel found In chapter of or his book bool whore he ho statu that In the days da R of at certain kings which he hI had described as ns kings that should grow crow out of ot tho empire likened unto the legs leg of ot the tho Image which had scon In a dream and which the and nd the tho soothsayers being destitute of ot tho Spirit of ot God were absolutely In Incompetent competent to Interpret In tho days vt those kings hall the of at set up a kingdom which shall never bo be destroyed destro ed and nm the kingdom shall not lot be left lert to other people but It shall break brenk In III pieces and consume nil kingdoms and It shall stand It Is also Iso likened unto a n stone cut out cf the tho mountain without hands which should roll forth until it should nil the whole earth This prophecy was not fulfilled In tho days of ot JeSU He him said to the Jews Jew after referring to their rejection of ot the Messiah es There Thele say 81 I unto you the kingdom of at shall be taken from you and n nto to a 11 nation bringing forth Corth tho fruits thereof thus showing that lr the e king kingdom dom rIom of at God as established by the tho In that day was to be bo taken from them and given to another people To this the Apostle Paul bears witness when he said In addressing the Jews word of ot God 1 It was necessary that the tho should first have hlo been spoken to you ou but seeing yc e put It from Crom you OU and all mi udra yourselves unworthy of or t ting ing ng life io 10 wo we turn to the tho Gentiles c cc Q E E ElIo Ho lIo became tho grent Ap lIo to the The Gospel taken from the tho Hood of ot Judah mul it spread abroad In III southern Europe and throughout Anla Minor nut But It did hl not continuo continue with them for fel an tho Paul Iu stated to tn tho Romans If It God spared not tho natural branches take hoed hoell lent leRt ho also nut lint thoo thoe He warned them that they WITO WIO following tho example of ot unbelief as had hn tho Jews JOWH before helMO them thern end showed them the con consequences sequences He lie predicted that thoro would bo a n falling away among them You will find recorded In tho chap ter tOl of at Acts that when hon ho was In the th thelt city elt at ot Miletus ho called for Cor the lle ciders of or the Church nt Ephesus and he h said sull unto them Take lalo heed hee yourselves and to all 1111 the tho Hock over the which Im Holy hath made you Oll to tho church of oC which ho hath with his own blood For FOI I know this that after my IllY de do departing purling parting shall grievous wolves enter In among OU sparing the flock Also of ot your our own selves men mine speaking things to draw disciples after l Ono One of at tho perverse which they wOre were teaching was that the day of oC tho coming of tit tho Messiah was near noar at ILl hand hund Paul in writing to the tho Them Upon this subject nays Now wo beseech you brethren by tho coming cominS of ot our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him That ye 0 he ho not soon shaken In mind or bo ho troubled neither by hy spirit nor by br byword word nor nOl by letter as us from im 1111 so that day lY of oC Christ is nt hand Lot no man deceive you by any means for lor that day shall not come com ex ox except there t lere como rt rL falling away first that man of oC sin alII bo revealed the tho thoon son on of or perdition PALLING AWAY PREDICTED There Thero wa was to como a II falling away Out first and that implies a 11 turning aside from and a II subverting of ot the principles that had been bee II enunciated by the Messiah and lU u 1 turning away from tho organization or of ot tho Church as Ho hud hua established It upon tho earth Wo may turn to the words of ot tho Apostle John upon Ullon tho Isle of ot Patmos when the voice of or tho Almighty called him and Como up hither and I will show theo things thing which must he hereafter In n that glorious vi vision 1 slot sion ho saw tho last days and tho th manifestations of ot the tho power of ot God among tho children ron of at men lint Hut that great and glorious day ho saw that there should bo a 11 falling Call 1111 away In tho very first part of ot hl hlA Is a n warning to the tho seven churches In AllIn Ho commanded thorn thom to repent do o their first works over again or the tho Lord will como come un to thee quickly and will remove thy candlestick out of o his hili place Inco In III the tho chapter of ot that Inspired apoca John says concerning the Iho great we understand un to sent tho Roman empire And It was given unto him to make mok war wat with the tho Saints and to overcome them power was given him over Ocr nil all kindreds tongues and nations These predictions are plain both In tho Ole Old Now No Testaments regard Ing the tho apostasy from Crom tho everlasting covenant as IS expressed by IW the tho Prophet Isaiah In the i of ot his writ ings You may trace this unchangeable able fact In III tho history of oC tho world from the days when the Hw Apostles destroyed There Thero has been beon a n conten tion among ninon tho of ot men respect ing the tho of tho Gospel nn tho prophecies of ot tho holy scriptures duo to tho fact t ct that mankind have not hern guided by that spirit of ot Inspiration nn revelation which Inspired the ancient Apostles of or tile the Lord Jesus Christ AH All along through tho nuell since the Apos Apostles liaR fell asleep there thero hlo been boell theolo theologians gians who have had sparks of or Inspiration tion to tho condition of or the re 10 religious lolIs world and they have hn had tho courage to stand up and declare that the tho world was without tho truo Gospel of Jesus Christ Roger Williams the printer of at the oldest Baptist church In m and III liln hili old still stands litO lids In Providence Rhodo Island l stood up and declared that ho had not authority to tho Gospel he resigned his pastorate but eald that tho Iho Gospel would yet et be bo restored to the earth In InItH ItH purity and power John Wesley In his Pith sermon stated that tho reason renson the tho signs did not follow the believers was not ns us vulgarly vUlgar supposed they were no longer needed but be bo because cause causo the Christians hlo turned heathen again have havo only a It form torm loft lott We have hao several of ot Vesle hymns In our collection for tor I want to say ell that the believe In all ull truth Truth Is truth lis found whether on Chris Christian tian or on heathen ground Whore there have been beell sparks of oC Inspiration Whether uttered In poetry or In III any other manner wo have havo adopted them for we e pay that Christ Is the tho light and life of oC tho world worl ntH that there thol are aregood good gooc people In all ull the denominations of there are good peo Ico people outside of oC Christendom Wo We have 1110 in 11 this hymn hlIn boot book Irom rom which wo we sing sinH the praises of oC the tho Almighty hymns from Crom what hut Is called Collection tion und and one of at them expresses tho sentiments of ot tho author regarding regard thy condition of at the tho Christian world I will read tead a II tow fow from It II It refers to the tho ancient Saints of ot God tho Im Importance of divine authority and the necessity lly of or that authority being con upon the earth In order that men nay may enjoy tho blessings of oC eter cler eternal nal ML life lite It Jt says sno Meek simple followers of at the Lamb They IMy lived and spoke and an thought the They Joyfully conspired to raise Their of at praise There II no speculation among In regard to tho things of ot God They IlIe thought the pome bo muse they the bad been blon baptized by one Spirit Into ono one body bOily They Thoy were not led lerl by hy the ll theories of oC men but they the were united tho Holy was the tho source of their In phaton knowledge concerning the thet things t of at God With grace abundantly endued A pure multitude They ThoY nil all were of ot one heart and nm soul And heavenly love lovo Inspired tho whole Oh what nn age of ot golden days sl Oh what n a choice peculiar race mcew Washed w shell In the Lambs blood Anointed Kings and Priests Priest to God Where shall wo wander now to Ind they the have left lett behind Tho faithful whom wo 0 seek In tn vain lIln Are from tho sons lIOns of ot men Yo 0 different sects who ho nil all declare Lo here Js Is Christi Christ or Christ Is there I E Q Your stronger proofs divinely give alve giveAnd And show mo 1110 where true Christians live This Thill III and writ written ton ten by b a n Saint Jut but by hy a 11 aWan Wan who had not received tho light of ot the tho u man who hall had not received tho of or the Holy Priesthood nor nOl the tho ministration lion of ot holy huly nn mu but buta but butU a U man who van honest In III hla expressions concerning the condition of ot tho religious world TO 10 EARTH 1 I want to Lear bear my testimony that the tho Gospel haa been be on t that the tho or tho a Oo pel Is hI working limon among the tho children ot men It Is tho testimony of thousands who have embraced tho th In a tent where when Dougall has hns boon beon laboring and ln also aillo lit III nil all the tho nations the Gospel has hils found them that their theil hearts had born led lell to that they tho might ht live IIvo In III a II aday IIda day da when there thele mould bo Apostles and Prophets among the children of ot men ana they v ro IC to 10 n 1 certain extent pre to tu thu IIII heu it anno cumo unto thorn When the 1 of ot Israel declared dr unto that they could coull know of ot tho for tOI them th m whether It II was of oC God am or not lot they believed their words and un In an nil answer to their to the tho principles of at tho Gospel OO did ma mallo Ho known unto them that It was 11 1118 Ui work Going buck to tho Iho subject of prophecies ocle to bo fulfilled In there days daysI I want to lo Bay that tho day Is not yut for Cor the tho universal nl outpouring of ot tho Spirit of oC Clod upon all Mesh as all Will was pre predicted VI by Jr the tho Prophet Joul You know what tho Apostle Puter Poter said upon tho day ot Pentecost ho by bt bythe the tho gUt gift und power of ot the 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