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Show SU.M.V ttKUVUKS. Itcllglou. ervlcr. were held at the Tabernacle, Halt Ink. City, Huudxy, Alrll Mth. 1801. cororacncltn at S p. m, I'reildeut Angus M. Cannon pmlllng. The choir tangt lleholi la. eidnnttl. of u. Lord Ialiu.rili)iiaaUrlM. I'rayer wni oUtred by Uounaelor Jo-.eph Jo-.eph J-.. Taylor. The choir aang: Uo-I mo... in a mrmnoui wr IIU wo.J.n lo r.rrorm. Th prleithood of the Twnty-eiond ward ofllclaled lu the administration of the Hacram.nt XI m n Juiis .MCllDI sot then addrcMuvl Iho congregation, tho following IhIiijj a yuol. of lib rr-muki! rr-muki! I have bnu, uneiiectetlty to myself, called to U a apeak.r to this rait congregation, awe ruiltnl to worship Ood. I ask for your faith and yrupa-thy, yrupa-thy, that I may b able to Intolll- Sently and erfoctlv.ly ilbcharge the uty Imposed upon me. I am, for the moment, at a loMa. to what theme It may b tho moat approirlale to treat Uon. Hut the Uo.pol of th eJon of Ood and th dealgua of our heavenly rather relative tu Ilia children rovl 1 an ample Held, lufllclent for ovt ry 1 ur-peat, ur-peat, th.refora Uitrenevd be 110 lack of aubjettaon whlih to apeak. In the prayer ollered at Iho com-mencemenlof com-mencemenlof ouraervlct., I eapeclally ouarrved one haa of the petition which may .iiggut a comlatint sub-lect, sub-lect, I refer to the solicitation for the Divine I leasing upon a .petlal clau of the InhabltanU of the earth, who ar l prttMint commanding a largo share of the attention of the clvlllaeti world tli remnants of Iiraol. Ihtlr father., In age. Inut, enjojol special Dlvluo favor and bleudugs, licit they have for many centurlee been under a dark cloud, in fulfilment of predh lions de-llveteil de-llveteil by Inspired men, I roiu the time that the blood of the Hon of Uod wa. shed on Calvary, at the Instigation In-stigation of the J.wa, they have been a hi, au I a by-word where they have dwelt. Yet there are 1 n hecle. concerning that peon), which leid very believer lu Iheliui Irallonof th lllblo to anticipate a. tline when th ml.ta of disfavor utider which th.y havo .uttered will be dispelled fomcr, aud they will bank In the tunshlne ol the smile of the lord. ltmay boapi roprlatoto en leavor to ex lain scnio of the vl.w. of the Halnla In relation to lhatpeoi lo, for Ibey have a dtr Interest lu their future than any community 011 the earth, M far a. I am aware. The sinaker real a portion of a fevelatlou given tbrougliJo.e hrimlth, whom, he stld, wo eitsem as one of the greatest propheta that ever lived, and riganllug whose divine mission we have greater and more unanswerable proof than concerning the calling of any other apoilal uieneuger of (Jod. ThU may, tu aoiu extent, bo exj lalned on the ground that ho lived aud o;ier-atedlnourago. o;ier-atedlnourago. In the revelation referred to, which wasglven at Klrtland, Ohio, March 7, 151:, Christ reiterated certain its to. m.ntawhlchlte first made lo III. UU-clple. UU-clple. on Mount Ulivtt, aa to III. sec. ond coming lupowirand glory. They are to bo found ln,tbo twenty fourth chapter of Matthow. 1-ollowlug aro the quotation, from tho revelation In nueitlon, contained In th took of Doctrlnoaud Covunautat "And I will show It 1 lalnly at I showed It unto liry dlselj lo. as I sloo.1 bToro tb.iillnlb.ne.h, an I snak. untolh.ni, aylng, a. ye bal 0 akod of mo concerning concern-ing Hie .Igu.ol my coming In tb. day alien I shall coiuo in my glory In lb. clou I. of beaten, to fuldt tno j rnmlios that I hat mad unto your father., loraai.havolookod upon lb. long abwHioo uryour .plrlt. from your bodhi. to b a bon laire, I will .bow unto you bow tho day of rodemptloii .hall eomo. and al3 tb. roatoratloti of the svatured Israel. "An I now y. bohol 1 thb tompl. which I. In Jerusalem, wbloti yo call the homo ol Hod, an 1 your enemies ay that lull bon.e shall uover fall. II it, terlly, I say unbiyou.thst desolation deso-lation etull cum. uioii (his generation a. a thief In thn nlghl, an 1 tills ev lo shall bo ftctroyed au I Mfettsrod among all nations." .... "An 1 this I bavo tol 1 you ooncrning Jern..loui, an 1 wb.u that dy shall tsiuie, sbsll it reiuiunl bo aoatlered aiuoug all ualtoo.i ' llul (hey shall 1k Bathere.1 agtln, but ihey .lull roinaln 1111UI the Uiiiim of the lleullle. urulllllul. "An 1 lu that it ty shall bo beard of w ar. and ruiuirsof war. andthowlut. earlli fehall belli commotion, an I man, hoarl. shall fall Iham, add they aliall say that Christ deUyein HUcutiilliff unto lho.nl of (he earlli 'An! (ho loro of moil shall wax cold, and inlnully shall aboun ll "Mil when tbo times 1 1 tho (lentils. Is mm. In, a Hunt shall break f irlli am ing Ihcni Unit sit In iLrkuoii, und It shall bo the fulness 1 f my (Iuhk)I) "Hut Iheyrei'rlTelt not Cor tb.y iter-r.lvo iter-r.lvo not (bo light uul thoy turn their liearts from mo boouuao of luo prccci 11 of 1110111 "Ali-1 In that nonenttlon shall tbo (lint a oflhoUciKUo. U follllledi" 'And (lio rcmuant shall bo gatherv 1 uulotbu ( lace " Vn t 'ben shsll Ibey look for ine. an I, bohol I I will i.nuoi an I tber sh-ill are la. In tb. 1 loud, uf laaren, uL tb.il wlib oer and great glorv, with all tbo holy ai gel.i aud he ihat walohw. not fgr mo ttlljlt Itociituif rhedltTeri.ncalKitwe.ut1i lntrw-lion lntrw-lion given In Iht revel.lluu and Hint recorded by Matthew U that luthe later explanation the event, aru given In their consecutive order iviaT nze tuerbforu clearer, an 1 ouuiuivMiutly taslcrtobouiidervioiHl. Ihudthtructlon of Jerusalem 1. Ilrst act forth, then the scattering of thu Jews, then tho eti nl which wa expect to tnku place In our -a-"-..... i u tTwFl-JBBBBi own tima and which will constltulelho prerstratlon for the coming of the King oftilory. There Is a statement In Matthew In Iho eflVcl Ihat, a. one of the tlirna of the anroich of Ihe second advent, "ThUlJosivloflhe kingdom shall b prrai bed In all tho world for a wIIiicmi unto all nation, and then shall Iho end come." In Iho revelnllm given through Juki hHmlth thn same statement state-ment occurs In atiuther form. "A Unlit shall break forth among Iheui lhat.lt luilaiklicuanlltshall In the fulncMof my (Jo-pet but they receive It not for they perceive not the light. itc." 'This bono of tho ircursory signs. The truo Uoepel shall In) t leached as ateslluiony hi Ihe nation, store Ihe King ol king, shall appear. It wrail I tjowli)roprtoillrvrl)oiir attend in to tin, natiim of that (loepil, an I thn necessity for It reatorttlon, so that the prediction uf Unlit inUht bo fully terln.il. The H, rlitiirt sir that In the latter clays ' The last shall U 11 a flrstand tlTe llrst Ihe la. " When the Lonl wis ontheiaithanl personally nlmliils-tered nlmliils-tered to the cull Irrn of men, the Ho.-ril Ho.-ril waararrlvltulhe1 ltsherpoftl.u lioa-e cf IsrneL" At thn beginning of lllsmhiliiiihe admoiitshril Ilia sir-vant. sir-vant. to go not to tin. Oenlllcf , but to limit th.lr lalior. to the rhosen iieople. llutaubM'iueutly thb rvstrlctlon was taken olT, and Cornelius wa. the llrst (I.ntlle who embraced the Uossl, IVtrr I avlng It en si.vlallydlrectrl to admit him to U10 f jJ After this the memgewaa to be tlrclaml to all the worll. In this ago there I. n reversal of Ihe 1 rogratunie Tholi-t wiru to If the flitt aud the tint last, for the light wa. to bnak fortli among the (Jenllfl and go from them to th how, of lintel. In con-wiueucsj con-wiueucsj of this, the LatteiMlay Halnta are here gathered from the various vari-ous nations of tin earth, and w. claim that ll devolve upon us, who have received re-ceived thevirlaitlng(Josielto prvnch It to evtry pcoplo In orJer that the X,ord'. lairtsis-. may l accomi llshed. Now, a. to thechirarterof tho (lo-pel (lo-pel to which Christ referred, aud whlrll lie designated aa that of the King lorn, It enjoins tipouu. that wo hall believe lu Christ, arcetlllm a. our Itedeemer an I of Ihesacrlilco He made for tho wholo human family. Having taken thb step we must tctk to become new creature, by 1 lacing our feet upon tho atli of regeneration, repenting of our sin. aul all false Iradltlons. This repentance must be genuine, resulting In tbo taittlugaway ofallunrlghteouiuen. Wo must re-jwnt re-jwnt Willi a rtulauce that need not to be rejientcU of. Having placed ounclve In an obedient attitude, wo are repared to descend Into the waters of rrgenernllon being Immersed for the remission of tius, that these may bo no morere-memlred morere-memlred against us. This ordinance muit tie attended to by one having authority to act lu tho name of Chrbt. Otherwise It would be of no avail, n. th Itedeemer must be rc resented In the transaction. He muit bo preaonl through III. agent, whom He h.t authorised In 'order Ihat the administration admini-stration may b recogulisd by lllm. Urn our Lord say to Ills duly commission com-mission servants. "Ho who n-cevttli n-cevttli you ruc.lvth in and ha who rtlecteth you tejecteth me, and he who reject, th me rejicteth my rather who aunt roe,' showing Ihat tho Lord honor, hi. authorlied ageula when In the Una of their duty. Heuce, when rep.ntaut bell.vorl. IcplUed and th ordinance la almln-Islered almln-Islered by a aervant of (lod who hold. Ihe authority to act, hi. tin. are remitted re-mitted an I will never moro beheld against him. 111. now prvpared tu receive tho Holy Uhost, and the spiritual spir-itual gifts thereof, without which a church would be only dial body, having "a form of go.Jllnc.-es but deuy-Inz deuy-Inz the powir thereof. lliuHi Irlt of Truth I. communicated by the lmii.ltlon of hand, by author-Ueil author-Ueil servants of Christ, who can s.iY! "llrcelve ye, Iho Holy Uhost." Thb s Irlhial Influence consolidate, con-solidate, the Church, making all her faithful member, one, a. tho Kather and the Hon are one, not on In Icnran, which would bo Impossible, iutone!n.lrlt. TheLhuriliof Christ anciently wot dlitlngiilshetlbyasirclalcharaclerUtlo created by the Holy Hplrlt. There waa no doubt In the lulnJs nf her true members, a. to the course they were following. They knew the work Ihey were engaged In wai of Divine orlgtu. They had the aaurance that their feet were planted on the rock of age.. They could eayvi 1th the full assurance of faith: "I know that my IU. deemer lives," therefore Ihey had ouurag to coufront all klndt of peraeeutloni, even death In IU most appalling forms Unmoved they faced the second of two alternatives deny, lug their Lord or being slowly burned to dentil over a pile of Ignited fagot. There am no characteristic, of the ancl.ut apustolla Church that do not have th.lr counterpart In tbo Church of Jesus ChrUt of Latter-day Halnta. Tho principles aro the tame, pul the antagonbm It awakens Is not dissimilar. dis-similar. Oneof tho principal objections raised against the tjalnts In thb age I. based outhilrunlty, which Untjanlcd by tome a. a dangerous ft aturo. The o posers lay In aubitaun ! If we would Introduce strife and esnt.ntlon. among ui, thoy woul I gladly extend lo u. thn hand of fellowship, for then wu would bo lu a situation similar lo theirs. Hut the HalnU know the correctness of their position Whctv Is thi-rea faithful membtrnf th Church, either hero or among Ihe tatlous nations of tho earth, whole soma of them still livo la the number ot thoumud., who caunot truly saj, without fiar, favor, or hoju of reward, I havo received for in) sell a testimony that tho work In which I am engtgul 1. of dtvluo arlilht There ll the stmo iflict of tbo Iviwer wrought among tho ancl.nl Halnta. There aro also tho spiritual gifts These may becomo to some extent Lttent by I.Lk of exercise or neglect of duty, but they are among lh. opIe. It woul I bo Illogical ti say (hat w have tli H( Irlt, but not III. matilfi (tailors. (ta-ilors. It woul I bo Just ai iinrsason-at iinrsason-at louatu say that an lu llvldual po. sealing tuLlllgenc could be prtseut lu society without lu some way ur other eahltiltlng tho faculties and iow.rtlu his iioiseMloii. lu ricAl lltilale, thuo are the first prlhClfleiof the (lolvcl of the King, dorai 1 altliln Christ and In (loci thn 1 ternaWuthtr; repentauio of sin, or icelllluallou of ivjudiiit, t ttam by Immersion for the remission of sin. ndiutnbtinl by one hoi ling Jhlno authority, and tho laying onofhanda th it thitu Hover ma j reet Ivu the Holy (Jliosl llic form n portion of the Unlit tliAt tu to brrak forth In (he latter days, Hut to the Ot utile, nut then tu liiu Jews. This I. tho Uospel wblbh la to burrvoehedlu all tho world forn wlttiis. previous to tliecomlugof thoHluuTMaii. Hum of tho dclill. Immnl lately precursory pre-cursory to tli coming uf Christ are outlined In thesucred Herlturt. The Jewi or reiuuanU of ltra.1 referrtd to .ajl. Tr,,,,., In lh opening prayer, are to las gathered gath-ered and then, when they are In danger of lulng overwhelmed by their enciulM, jibe Havior shall dnctnd, accompanied ac-companied I y the hMla ot angel, and deliver III. people. The synijitoni of tho gathering of the remnant, of lh House of Israel are I (coining rapidly apparent, a. may bwgltnned fromlbn acctunUof evtnU nuw (aklug ilaeo III Ihe world, and whit li nro noted In Ihe public tin. InIliisla,wlieieaboiitolielialfrflhe liualern Jnw. nalde, Ilium puole are In a woeful condition. The )4rsrcu. tlousof thu dark age aro being revived reviv-ed and repeat!. Tiny aro pressed and dlirrlmlnated against lu evtry way, until It seen is a. If there mint lie either aiicxodus or extermination of Hebrew from that rmj Ire. The humane anioi g lii.il nro touched with sympathy for them lu consefucnco of thtlr sufTer-tugs, sufTer-tugs, and 1. tlllon. havo len sent from 1 usl.itnl to tli Cr, asking thai autocrat to modify lib severo antl-aeniltlomrnsurts. antl-aeniltlomrnsurts. A similar humane motemetit ha. Iiciu Inaugurated lu Ibis country, but without any oilier iiTirt than ti make Iho Jtusslan Jra,ror still more ditermlned In pursuing hla oprrslvo policy. Wo must recognize, In thtse movtmeuU, the luvid of our Heavenly Father. A Million waa rcceully forwarded for-warded by nieriraii humantlarlaua lul'reildi ut Harrison, suggesting that the uatloiial ixicullve lakuslcp toward to-ward an Intrtiiatlonal emigres, of all th. great power, for tho purpo of discussing dis-cussing thu meant whrrebj tho Holy Kau I could bo restored to the Jew?, that they may gather to tho laud of thtlr fathers. Aud thb term, to l-o Ihe only solution nf Ihe irwhtdtrtlculty, for how can th iseopj nwed millions In IIussIa (1ml n ristliig-ibicetlsewhere' The worklnguicu lu 1 ngland and In other nation, protest against the Introduction In-troduction uf Jewlihartixan.aiil mechanic. me-chanic. Into their sovrral countrlta, as such lufluxe. would deprcu Itbe rate, of wage. Thb obstacl exists tvculu thb country a. well as tls.wbero. It reems, thcr.rvr,thal the J.wa canonly a; proprlately go to l'ahitlno, a iiiurh mure attroctlvo pari ol the workl for them than the riouth American republic. re-public. Joseph Hiiilth said Ihe prophtclc. concerning the gathering gath-ering of thertmnanb would be consummated con-summated lu thb age and generation; that (lod Woul I, In Ihl.llmr, ttrttch forth Ills hind lo bring, In Ills iople from their long dbirslou. In till, age, II ha declared Ihetlnim of the (Jrlitlle Would be fulfilled. Th revelation quoted at the opening of my remark. make Dili declaration. Tho fulfilment of th llniMof lIieOintlle.1. to be lu the feneration existing at the tlmo the Icht should br.ak forth. Over sixty years aro now lu th post since the fulness ul the Uospel art. Introduced anew to thn. world. I know of no definite authority on which to base an exact statement of the period covered by a generation lluttlxtyyear.lt at least a large part of such a division of tlmo, and we may, therefore, reasonably Infer that the will flrawal of the preaching" of the Uospt I from the U.nlil Inhabitant! of th earth cannot be very far dlitant. It I. prtsumable Ihat when Ihe IxjrJ commands com-mands His servants lo tak that .ten It will Ugln at tb imtlalory point this country where It wu first Introduced In thltdUpensatlon. Judging Judg-ing from the way In which IU ta.SMii-ger. ta.SMii-ger. hav been trotted In mauy lace lu thb land, the day of OMsatloii will trobabtybe balled with gratification ly th pioplo of our nation ilut alter th trstlmonlvt of the hlders then will come others, accorJ-kg accorJ-kg to Ihe prophecies, that will bo still mora uuileasaut, it la to lei presumed that Ihe lord will withdraw with-draw the harvesters at won aa the soil refute, to yield a return for tli labor bestowed, for II. work, only when there Is a 1 reductive result. His operation, oper-ation, are baiurd on th law of economy, In which b exhibited tb glory of Divine wisdom. ' I pray Uod lo help lis lo he faithful anil to look for the ilgn. of th coming of the Lord, who will aiprar lu HI. duo tlmo and reword every man ao cording to bit works, and complete tbo redeni) tlou of Hla faithful people, Tli. choir sang the authenii Let ths noustslas ssoat for Jor- Ilenedlcllou by lllthop Alexander Mcllae, |