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Show Tabernacle Meeting. The large congregation which assembled as-sembled in the tabernacle on last Sunday afternoon was addressed by Elder Orson Pratt, who commenced h'a rvmarks by reading the 10th ver-e of the 31st chapter of Jeremiah, "Hear the word of tho Lord all ye nations," etc. There was probably no subject more Ireoly dwelt upon in the scripturos than the oue of gathering gather-ing the people of God in the lat'or-days. lat'or-days. All tho particulars of importance import-ance were therein pointed out, and it would take houra to read ail tint was contiiiued iu tho Jewish Bible cm ibis subject. Net only were tho Hebrews interested in these prophesies, but all the righteous that dwelt on the earth, for all the happiness the Gentiles could look forword to ws that they shou.d be numbered with Israel, God's choseu seed. The wind of the Lonl coutaiued in tho text referred to people in all quarters of the earth, rue questian militarise in Ihemindu ol the strangers present. How will GoJ commence this great work of gathering? gath-ering? Elder Pratt then showed from tbe scriptures that it was to be cow-neucd cow-neucd hy the restoration ol the gospel, gos-pel, through an augel sent lruni neaven, and that revelation wiis to be imparted to those who should obey the message brought by him. That those who believed would be taught of iho Lord and would be gathered out from the various nations, while those who rejected tho gospel would become very bitter and be stirred upiu anger, wars and bloodshed should prevail rise against nation," and when the elders of the ohurch had borne a faithful testimony to all people, God would call upon them to go and labor among the house ol Israel to lay he-fore he-fore them the gospel, and the great prophesies concerning them would ihen be literally fulfilled, for God's poopie "would bo willing in the day of his power," as the scriptures declared. de-clared. The elders had already de livered this messngeduring forty-seven years, and it had penetrated every quarter of tho globe, it had been preached among all nations where they were permitted to labor. No one knew what day or date the "times of the Gentiles" would be fulfilled, but a revelation given iuriy six years ago declared that the generation then living "should not all pass away uu-til uu-til tho times of the Gentiles shonld be fulfilled." The speaker then dilated to some length on the scriptural and historical proofs in favor of the record called the Book of Mormon, showing that it was the slick of Joseph puken of by Ezekiel, who understood that this book would bo revealed in tho latter days, and had prophesied of tbe gathering which should immediately immedi-ately (ollow the introduction of the gospel through the revelation of thtit book by the angel. He then showed now uu might receive a knowledge of in truth, and related in an interesting manner how the witnesses of the book ol Mormon received their testimony from heaven. In comparison with the evidence in favor of the Jewiab record called the bible, he showed that the Book of Mormon was much more thoroughly endcrsad hy wit uesses, as tens of thousands of living witnesses could testify toallpeople tha" God had revealed to them its truth by nigna following he believers. Eider Pratt then Btaied tint lie could it no desired read fo'- twohours longer from the Bjok of Mormon, of prophesies , which had been fulfilled since it,i publication forty seven years ago, and asked how Joseph Smith, if he were not a true prephet, could forsce these things and publish them as tha word of God years before theLr fulnllmenl? It became all persons, in view ot these sacred things, to repent re-pent of their sins and sanctify themselves them-selves before the Lord, and prepare for the great events hat would come to pass, many of which would transpire trans-pire before thay were expected, and perhaps before ven the lainta were prepared for them. Urged the strangers present to study the scriptures scrip-tures and be forewarned of tho sorrows sor-rows and calamities which were therein foretcid, and prepare to meet the day when Christ should come in ' his glory. j |