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Show ' nation, he will do so through His prophet and mouth piece upon the I earth; a good spirit may be working work-ing upon the Lamanites, but the authority to act must come through the priesthood. The Lord did not pass by the president of the Church in the days of the apostles when the gospel was to be given to the gentiles. gen-tiles. An angel visited Cornelious, but did not bid him go and preach the gospel of salvation, but told him to go to Peter, and he would tell him what to do. An angel had also been sent to Peter, to prepare pre-pare him for his coming and according to those instructions the gospel was introduced to the gentiles. gen-tiles. Since the publication of the Rook of Mormon many of the prophecies pro-phecies uttered hundreds of years ago have been fulfilled. Our missionaries have gone among the Lauianites, and some have received the gospel, but it is hard to change all at once, and reforms re-forms in human nature are slow, but the light has broken, and when moved upon by the spirit of Clod, they will receive the gospel with gladness. The times of the gentiles 'are very nearly fulfilled, and the time is almost here when the servants ser-vants of God will be sent to the house 1 of Israel. It was prophecicd that I in the last dispensation the gospel should be given first to the Gentiles and afterward to the Jews and it has been fulfilled in our day. For the most part the Jews will be gathered in unbelief, and the great majority of them will reject the gospel of Christ to the last; some of them, of course may except it according ac-cording to the I5ook of Doctrine and Covenants. rfn the subject. Compare this document, for instance, in-stance, with what Mohamet says on the same subject, and see how far the latter falls below that of the Prophet Joseph. I do not call Mohamet a bad man or an iiuposter for by applying the test that a tree is known by its fruit, we find that the fruits of his work are good. I believe him to have been an earnest man and true to his principles. princi-ples. , In describing the glory of the different dif-ferent kingdoms, Joseph saw that all were not saved alike, but their reward re-ward and exaltation differed as their works had differed. Those who are valiant in the cause of Christ and true to the gospel, and all its precept, will receive a glory that is likened unto the glory of the sun; while good men who live an honorable life and serve God as they understand it, if they do not receive the gospel may receive a terrestial or telestial glory. It is a comfort for a Latter-day Saint to know that all those who would have received the gospel will receive an exaltation that the gospel gos-pel of Christ can and will be preached preach-ed to all those who did nut have the piivilege in life. Contrast the condition of those who would have received it, with llie condition condi-tion o( those who have had the opportunity oppor-tunity and refused it, and the latter will be found in much the same condition. Do net forget that neglect of duty, as well as commission of sui.will be punished, punish-ed, and that there is on such thing in the Gospel as standing still. The gloty ui God is before us, and He has promised all our he.uts can desire if we enduie faithful v totha.eud. To those who overcometh he has promised that tin y shall be clothed in white rai-ment, rai-ment, shall receive a new name, and sit down upon Ins throne. Go into lbs temple and perform the woik lor your dead relatives, strive to overcome all temmaiions that meet us, ami he patient tiud?r trial. All this is in our reach, and we can not affir i to neglect neg-lect lor gain the th ugs of eternity. Be Uiltigem in all tiling, and live so that when your life is finished and death comes, God the Father may be aole to say to vou "Well done thou jjood and fi.thful servant." May God Bless you Amen. - ; APOSTLE A. 1 1. LU X D. Extended synopsis of a sermon delivered at the late conference at . Aft. Pleasant, Sunday morning, Aug. ' 17th, 1890. k Reported by Mr. Ellrn Jaktraan. I earnestly desire the faith and prayers of the asembled saints, that all I may say may be in strict ac- cordance with our most Holy faith. I have been pleased with the remarks that have been made here this morn-! morn-! ing, and with the Bishop's reports, '' which go to show that the people generally are doing their duty. " The First Presidency, and the presiding officers of the church feel calm and cheerful; knowing God is - at the helm, they fear no crisis; and ' we need have no fear except that we shall not do right. Saints are ' apt to grow indifferent when all is well, and to grow careless, and to : forget God's dealings with them. ' We have an example of that in the ! conduct of the children of Israel. After the Lord had delivered them k' from the power of their oppressors, .' with so many manifestations of his ' power, even to the leading them through the Red Sea; it is wondar-1 wondar-1 ful how soon they turned to the worship of the golden calf. " The Lord commanded them to slay all' the inhabitants of the land, but they disobeyed, and this rem- ' nant of an unrighteous and idoli-' idoli-' trous nation, was used by Him as a chastening rod. We have those dwelling among us who are of anoth-; anoth-; er faith than ours, and who think '' differently to us, the Lord uses them ' to try us, and it is necessary, as wc are possessed of much the same 1 qualities of mind as the children of : ancient Israel. ' ' Whe.n the Church was first estab-: estab-: Kshed and the people saw miracles being performed, heard prophecies, and witnessed the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon the people, it : was the almost universal belief that ' the coming of the Saviour could be but a few years off at most, and any ; person bold enough to have preach-' preach-' ed otherwise, would have been considered con-sidered weak in the faith. When they see the Saviour, and see the scars in his hands a light will break in upon their ignorance, and they will begin to understand why they, the chosen people of Cod upon the earth, have been disinherited, disinher-ited, and scattered among all nations; subjected to the most violent persecutions. perse-cutions. Not long since, the Russian Rus-sian Czar, monarch of a Christian nation, issued an edict, banishing a million of Jews from his realm. It is hard to see what reason could impel this cruel order to be made against so many innocent people to expel them from their homes. We are of that same house and a branch of that same people for we are of Ephraim, those who are of the Hou-e of Israel have except ed the gospel. Where an occasional gentile has been converted, the conversion has been attended with more manifestation manifesta-tion of the spirit. , ., We ''look for the blessings of the kingdAn to come out of this church. The Levites were the tribe chosen to bear the Aronic Priesthood. Because Be-cause of the transfigession of Reu ben, Joseph was substituted as the first-born, and was one of that lini-a.e. lini-a.e. We hold the Melchiredek priest hood with all its blessings and gifts, and while many things of a trying nature are taking place, we know they can have no power pow-er over our destiny, for God has covenanted with us, and we can trust his arm to protect us. We can be assured that he will not permit per-mit anything to happen but will be for our good, and no more trials to be meeted out to us that will fill their cup of iniquity. When this is completed, the wrath of an offend-God offend-God will be directed against them. The world is not entirely blind to the siixns of the times, .When the gospel was first carried to Denmark, those who recieved it, did so with enthusiasm and it was thought the second coming of our 1 Lord and Savior, was near at hand, . I That was in '50 and they did not , think that '70 would still find mii- sionaries laboring in the vineyard. Forty years have passed since then, and the work is still going on, tBough each year sees fewer and ' fiwer baptisms. Still we need not ', siy "Our Lord delayeth his cotn-' cotn-' ing." With few exceptions prophe-: prophe-: cies made, both in ancient and ! modern times, the exact period of ' time of their fulfillment is with-held . from the knowledge of man, but ' certain signs and testimonies have been given for our comfort and to " build up and strengthen our faith. We can be sure that it is in the ! hear future, because the Lord told Joseph Smith in answer to an inquiry that if he lived to be a certain age, - he should see His face, which points ' to '91; there are many other great 'events taking place in the earth that are als'o great testimonies. The ' Lord will keep his promises, and the prophecies that have been made will take place, but will we know it? If he sends his angels, or comes himself will we know it? Not if we . are not prepared for it. If the Lord 'had told any person in 18 jo, of the great events that would take place in 1830, they would, no doubt, have looked forward with great interest in-terest to the time; and had such a person chanced to live outside of the state where the church was organized, or-ganized, the great event might have come and gone, and they have - known nothing about it. The migh-'ty migh-'ty culmination of the prophecies with regard to the last dispensation, sand the great and maraculous works inaugerated thereby, might have seemed, had they been witnessed, as utterly inadequate to their expecta-' expecta-' tions. Many who have read the prophecies have not been able to see wherein they have been fulfilled, but those unto whom the spirit of discernment has been given, can see the prophecies being rapidly fulfilled, and many signs of the second advent approaching. Zion for in a manifesto but recently issued by the Pope of Rome, he says that he does not expect that all will be sweet and serene, but that the wrath of an offended God will permit a sea of trouble to roll against the very foundation of the Roman Church. This is the church that is called the mother of harlots, therefore all the different sects, must be those who are spoken of as her daughters, since they sprang from her; they certainly are in a bad plight, as God will not recogmzethem. The Book of Mormon plainly says there are but two churches, the church of God and the church of the devil. This may be considered exclusive teaching butit is Christ's teaching. Paul says tht re is but one faith and one baptism. These six hundred sects who differ one from the other must surely be mistaken,or how can there be but one faith. God will not recognize these different dif-ferent churches; then some will ask, "will all these people be darned?" I say no. There is more mercy ' in will be redeemed, but there are still ?many things to be done, before that event, takes place. Temples will be built upon which shall rest a pillar 'of fire by night, and a pillar of cloud by day, and the prophecies with re-'gard re-'gard to the Lamanites, and the ten tribes will have to be fulfilled. ' There seems to be considerable fexcitment concerning the manifestations manifest-ations that are said to have been seen among the Lamanites. I have wften been asked the question if "Porcupine had been divinly sent to preach and establish the Kingdom of God among the Indians. I am pleased to see the awakening among the Lamanites, for I have been looking forward to the time when 4heywill be called to perform a preat work; but in the kingdom of God there is order and harmony. We have the assurance that the great Vork of the Latter-Day SainU will be done through His acknowledged priesthood upon the earth, and if; !God denres to inaugurate a movement move-ment with a view to establish His kingdom among the people of auv i i ( V the teachings of the Latter-Day Saints than all others. The names of all people are written writ-ten in the Lamb's book of life, and none w ill be blotted out but those who have committed the unpardonable unpardon-able sin. "Of what usi then is ail this suffering suf-fering and tribulation if by avoiding that deadly sin we will be saved eventually? ' There are different degrees de-grees of salvation. We should be thankful that we have been entrusted with the things of eternity; that we have been accounted ac-counted worthy of a fuller mead of light, and that , God has pointed out the way by which we may reach the highest state of glory. The description given by revelation reve-lation to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon and found in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, gives us some idea of what heaven is. While not conflicting with the statements of Biblical writers on the same subject, it certainly enters more into detail, and is the best and most lucid information we have |