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Show Vunetuttcd.) JOSKNl SJllTII A TUUK I'ROl'IIET. A lecture itetletnd fly IPihr Andrew Jtnnn oiort the .Siii-fttft' .SViefety, In Ihe Stint Hall, Sail Lal.e t' Pi May etching, January II), ISOI, DtrriiKN a. fgrot.Aa. I will now refer you to another moil remarkable Vro)diecyniul Itafultllm.nt. Amongthei,ir.wilneiitmeu at Illluol, who befriended Ilia Hilnt when they weretielled from Mlttourl, wnt Bte. .heu A. Djuglat, afterwards known m Ilia "Uttle Want," antl who locnnio ono of lliu great statesman of our nn lion. Thl iiiii cuiiUtiuaJ friendly to IhoBalnlaforinmy years, and cs;wc. tally to JoterdiHaillli, In whco rate he, m mi Illlnoln tlUtrlct JuJ?c, rtn. dored fair and liipull.il docltlon l Monmouth, Juno It), ISII, at time when the Ml.toiirlaiit were endeavor-lug endeavor-lug to get Joseph Hmlth Into tliolr uwer. After that ho and tho lroiliot cichtuiel visits, and on ono ocoilon whMiJoK.lullnlwltli lilin In Cur-thaje, Cur-thaje, llllnola, May 18, 1811, lie U. leued to lengthy t-aplanatlou from the Prophet about the Missouri persecutions, perse-cutions, winding up Ida conversation, Joseph stoko of llit, dlro ef!ei.ts tint would IW lo tho nation If tin United Htnloa should refute to red ran ths wrongs nf murder, arson ami robliery rounnlttodngilnat Ihn Halnli In Missouri Mis-souri ami the crimes coinmlitc.1 ion tho Halnla by thu ofllcer. ol tho government, ho tumid to Judge Doug. Ian mid uhl: h .'.'.Vo.u. "!"' I1' I" the presidency ofthe United HUIm. mil If over yoii lurii j ou r run d ajalntt mi or Ihn Lai-ttPKlay Lai-ttPKlay HalnU, yoii w III f.i-l iho wcluht of tho hand of the Almighty upon you; nml you will live to sen and know thai I have testified tho truth to you, for tho conversation of thla day will stick to you through life." Tho lira! iut of this iroihcy hat of oiurae rot yit been com. lilctely fulfilled, but that which rifcia to Judge Douglaa ursmally '.'". 'i . Hrn fulfillment. Judge Douglie continued to ratio In prominence m tho nation a long aa ho remained a (Mm I to tho HtlnU. llul, finally ha turned agalutt tin, aud at th time tho excitement ran high aKalnlthe "Momiont" In 1837, ami preparations were Ulng made to wild ail army nzslixt tho people of Utah, Judge Douglas llioughldie would aid a little to tho great popularity In. bad ol. ready achieved by doing tho mit apular thing (Jul could be done at tho lime, naiurly, denounce tho "Mor-mom." "Mor-mom." Hence, In a lolltlcil speech which he delivered In Mprlnglltl.f, HI., Juiiol::ih,l6.-,7,niid which waa pub. llilml In tho ilMinirl JUpuUlaan of JuoolSlhfollowltinatid pirtly iiml llhl with TOmmenta In tie i)tKirr i:waof Hepttmlasri'ml. 1M7, rttnator l)oU(luiatlarkFdtli Halnla In Utah lnimott fli'ri'oauduiiMarraMtMl man nrr, and ainciiiir inauy othrr blllor ix-pnwloua ix-pnwloua whlih bo midf, ho cnllnl "ilornionUu" a loathtoinr, illacuntlui; nlcM," lo which briMiminitudMl that (.'uliirrna aiply Ihoknlfo and cut ttuut. In tho Duiiurr Xkwn of tho dnto mentioned, the pniihcy of Jocpli Huillti rrpuhhahrd with warn-Ine warn-Ine rttuiatki, Ulreclnl to Mr. J)oujlai, who at tint time, lu fiilflllmoDt of Joneph't word, wai already uplrlnir. to tha 1'raoUlenoy l the Ullllnt Ktatn', and III Ihecatu. lulKll of 1S'"H ho tavanie thu taudldato of the Injppoudent Democratic tarty for that iniltlon. It It aawrted that no man vrer entered luU a tniual(tu with brlRhler proaivcUofiucci'Mtliau illd Kvnator DouKloaon that ocvaflon. Ilia frlendi vlewrd him aarure to bo u-atrd In the rmldeullil ihalr, I. cae of lila Krrat iiulmlty. Hut. alii, be and hl friend bail reckoned without Divine liiUruulllou. He bad llflnl bl liande asalmt the Halnta of the Sloit illuh Uol and UeuounnU thoavplo whom he knew to he Innocent Inno-cent undwhom he ought to liwrdo. fendiil. The mult aa that be waa aadly defeated at the election, M he only received two electoral votea airalnat revoiilwu caat fur Abraham Lincoln (IteKiUllcau)and cloTiucait for J. (.!, llrerkciirld;e(Irmocnl). When the reaull of the clectlun became be-came known In Utah Aioallo Oraoti JlydepublbheJ the followloit lu the Dtir.lurr N i:vs of Drcemher 13, lhiW: "Criin tiH.Uiah Terr., Nor.37. 1W0, "tVIll the Judm now aikliowlediia that Jooi'ph Mmltli na a Into rrophci; If ho will not, tloiH horetllleot a ceitalncoll' vetullon ba.1 with air. Hinllh al Ilia hnma of HherllT lUcLii.l.), lu Carlliaiiii, llllnoli, In tho year 111, In which Mr. Kiulllieakl ! hlim -ouwlll yetaaplro to Ilia 1'rratilclicy i,r the tlliileU Muloa. Hut If you ever ratwuiir hand, or your tolcoaxatnit the l!lr.d.iv HalnU, vou ahall norcr bo Ireldciit of the Unltod hlilc..' "lioca Jude llotlsUa recollect that In a puhllo aiwcch dolirernl hy hhn In the yuir HOT, at hprliuflild, Illhul, of cm-IMrlni; cm-IMrlni; tdo Mormon oouiniiitilly, llion mmtliiillni; ll.o Inhaultaiila of Ululi'lVr-rllory, Ululi'lVr-rllory, lo a 'ltliMiin ulcer on Iho ltlr Illllo, aiul or re vuiiuendiiiff the knho tolnapi'llcdloilltltmii; "Anions other lldnpa tho Judito will donktloie rwllt llim I waa pre lent and heard the com erialton ttwei-u hhn aud Joeeph hmllli, al Mr. UMkentliH' rl. denea lu Oarlhage, Uforo allmlod to, ' M.Now Judire, what think you about Joacph fiiulth and Mumionhmr oimox llri't." A few nionlha later, or lu June, 1S8I, Judgu DjUKlaa died In dlup-lulntimnt dlup-lulntimnt and silef. Never hai J lie eaylDK of any I'rophet of (lud Uen more literally and minutely fulfilled than tho prediction made by the I I'rophet Jotcph Hinllh voiicernltiK till uau. OIIUltT'd MCU.NU UUIIKU. Homo have tboii(ht that Joaeph Mmltli waa an riilhualvt or a roll-Slout roll-Slout fitnutlc, aud that bla prophetlo utterantva wno the remit of bla Im 1 ulilve natuie or vltlonary mind. Hut audi waa notlliccaie. When he waa tinder tho Inlluenco of the Hjilrlt of Uodbla mlud aa rflly calm and oollorUil, and blacoiiiiteuance bcuiuvd with heavenly Intelllneixu. While aome of bla routemporarlia allowed al-lowed tbtlr leal aud cnlliualsnain to Jatd them Intoirronenua eiieclallaua, be would riaaoii with them calmly nud endeavor hi balance their Dilnda. Tu llliiitratothlat will relate an Incident that trenaplrwt thortly U'foro bo ul-fered ul-fered inartrydoiu: A man by tho name of Miller, the founder of the aectkuoan Mlllerllca wm preaching to the (wiplo In the ""deruHlattelnlStl, that the Havlor would mike II la uppearanoo that ) ear, llilacauaad conaWernblo exciteinant at the lima, nndn nutnterof people wcio 'lulle alartnN about It, Jonepli Hmlth ueailiigof Uiea prcdlctlotu, UitcUml that they ould not be luinilei), ami Mid he, I will Uko the reepotinltilllly utain myaelf to propheay In thu nime of the Iwrd, that Clirttt will iiot come thla year, aa Fa-ther Fa-ther Miller hai ,rophle.l, and I alao prophcey IhatChrht will not comeln forty yearrj and II Hud ovr fiokobyinoutli, he will not rotne In that length of time. Itrelhren, wl.eu you bo home, write thla doan tli it It may lw remembered." More than forty yeua have piwil aluco 18)1; hence hero wo amln nvn Joacph proven lo be n true Prophet, while Father Millar luluod II very much. Tin: Titiitiis vir.r.Mia. ii W.'.'"! J""f h tfm'"' w" trati'iatlnir theltrjkiif Morni'iii.wllhOllverCow-ilery Morni'iii.wllhOllverCow-ilery aa acrlbn, Ihe followloit wordaof Moroni illrectel to the tran.latnr, were leudtrcilaa follow a lu thetrauilatlon: 'llehol.l m may bo prhllejaj that to may .how flio nlaieauii-utlioan who almll aaalal In brllljr loth Ihla woik dneanllij he Itook nf Mormon). Aud unto Hire thall they be thown liy Ihe tamer of tloili whererora tl.ey ahall know of a aiirety that llue thtiuia are Iruo. Aud In the month of three wlineawa aliall luen thlnaa Ik' eatabllaheil, an 1 the teatllllony of three and thla work ahall atiml na a iKtlinonr avalnl tha worl.l at Ilia la.it iU .' I'.ther . !(. IIenilanioBltlve iiiIhi that the plalea nf the Hooltof Mormon aaould bo thown to thr by the iwwer of Ul. 1 will now read the twlliuony of threo men who, at aoou i thft promlaowaa undo known ilealred of the leird b I cboeen aatlime three fpecl.il wlIueeMa, ami their doalrea Imlnoj nrauled, they prepire.1 and ilKiml Ihn followlnii "ITio Teatltnony of Three Wltieea. "lie It known unto all iiall.ina, kin-ileila, kin-ileila, Innjnea and jiooplo unto whom I hit work .lull eonw. Hut we, Ihroiuh the praee nf I In. I tne Father, and nur laird Jeaiia Ulirial, luvn acen Ihe plalea which contain tliltrecnnl which It tho retard or Hie pilople of Nephl, ail I alao nr Iho Uiiunlk'.. ilielr bretliren, ami aim or the iple nf Jaml.who came fimn Hi. toworor which had been aoknn; au.t w ali know llial ther have Irnen tmut-late.1 tmut-late.1 by tlieeiriaml liwer of (ll, lor Ilia video hath declared Ituuto u, wherefore where-fore tl e know of a aurety llial the work la Irno. And we alao mitfr ibat we hale teen tho euirrailiijra which are nimu the plalea, ami thoy hai-elicno ahowit unt-i lit l.rtlmner of Mud, and not or mam and we declare with word of eobcrueo, thai an anrcl of (l.l mine down from heaicu, and he bmuBlr anil Uhl before our ryee.iiial we lialield and alwtlio plaiea and Iho emrravlnira thoreoni and we know that It la by ll.o era.1 nf Hot the Valuer, and our Ip Ji-n. citrlel. that o belli Id and bear rooord that llico llduna ore true- In, , mirvelnut In oor eyr-ilietprtheleat, Iho volet- of tho lird coinuiandil ua that we ahuuld lioar re--onlof III wherofore, kl Im ulaellcut un'O Hiecoimnandintiilaof tJol, we lieartea-llinniiyorilieae lieartea-llinniiyorilieae thllizt. And we know tti irwooroMllif.il In Chrltl, wo ahall rhl our pinnenta of the l.looit of all men, and be found K.tlca Iwroro lh Jinlo-. mentaeat or CMilat, end ahull dwell Willi l.liu cK.tiiAlH-In Hi.- braveun, And the honor lielo lb father, aial b. the Son, and l.i Iho Holy Uhoil, whlrli la one Hod. Anieii. th iviii fuwnauv, luvin WiiiTitkn. Mtnri.t lUnnia." Tlila la plaln.ttrouKti-atlmony. Joacph Htiillliorauy othir man could cully i-noush hare made a pruiulte likn tho one made In thollli chapter of lltlier, but lie could not hate celled down air amrel fnim henreu, nor cauicd the voice of (iod to tie beard, In order to have the pruiulae fulfilled. Tho 1inl only could fulfil thla perdlctlon, and lie did It, lu hit own way, time and place. Hut, aayi the tkeptlo, the three wit-neawa wit-neawa eulciiueuily left tho Church nn I detertcd Jo.ci.li rlmlth. Vie, that la Irue, and thla fa what inakri their teellrnony of ten-fold moru w i lilit. If their tettlnionlce wire not true, If any fraud or deception hod Ueu i.ractlaal In regard to the comlnic forth of the Hook of Mormon they would iindoubt-irlly iindoubt-irlly have eired tho time aa aoon aa Iho break occurred Ulwevn Jotcph Hmllli and thenieelrea. Hut the ficta atetiioM'! ihvyalwayareiualunl true lothelrtcatliiionyeveulu their dark-wthoura. dark-wthoura. Then why did they leavo the Church; They fell Into trauagrra. tlon; they tinned hfali.it (Iod ami hid to bo dealt with the name oi other trait. Rrtetorv, for alUinuli a man may have aeenanirclaatid hail glorloua vltlona, etc., that clria him no llcenao to tin any more than thneo b-ea favored, We will now briefly allude to the Individual wltueatee: Oliver Cowdcry, after bla expouimu. ulcatlon lu Far Weet, April II, ISM, engaged III law butltieta and practltnl foraome yenre aa a lawyer In Mlchl-lau, Mlchl-lau, liut believer denied the truth of tho Hook of Mormon. Un the contrary, bo ema lo have uatil nveryupiior tuulty be had to U-irletthnouyof lu divine otlgln. While In Michigan, a ICcntlcman, on a certain occatlon, ad ilrtiard bltn aa foilowa: 'Mr. Cowtfery, I aeoyour name' attached to Hilt Iwik. If you Iwlleve It to be truo, why are you In MIchlganVTheKontleinau then rt-adthoiiaineanftbeThrea Wlttiewea and tkrdi'lMr.(.'ovrilery,tlo)'ou tiellevo thlt book?"' 'So, air," waa the reply. "Very woll,M continued the gcntlo-man, gcntlo-man, "hut your uatue la attached to It, aud you declare here (ilntlug to tho hookllliatyoiiaawan ungel, and alto theplata,front which the Ixiok ir porta to ho traualatcd; and now yoii eav joii don't believe It. Which lime did you tell the truth?" Oliver C'owdery replied tvlUl eulphaala, "My name la attached to that book, and what I there liaveenld la true. 1 did tee lh: I know I aaw It, and faith hat nothing todo wlthlt, aa a rfrct knowledge haa awalluwed up the faith which I had III the work, knowing, na I do, that It la true." At a tKiclal conference held at Kaneavlllr, Uwa, Urtolicr 1, ISH, Oliver Cowdery wne prcteut and mado the following remarka: "Frlcndlend llrdlirem-My name la Cnmlery. Oliver lYiodcry 111 tlioiMilr hliiiryoft)ila'hiirch latool ldcnililo.1 wltli bar, and on In her raunolla. True ll la tl.it ll.o gift and rallluga nftlod aro without repentance: tint becauau 1 waa bettor than tho reat of mankind waa I called! hut to nihil Ihe pllrto of Ibid. He called ma lo a hlnh and holy calling, "1 wrote, with my own pen, the entire Honk of .Mormon ( ive a few luigori it MlfromHiellpaof tha I'ropliot JoMcph hinllh, aa ho tranalated It hy the gift and ponerortloil, hyllio inojliaiiftho Vrlm and Tl.tiniliil.il, or, aa It la called hr lh.it Umk, 'i.oly lotorpre'ert.' 1 Irtdiotdulth iny 0) ea, and I. an. II. 4 with my luodt, the gold plutea from whloh It Wat Ira'lterlliod, I alao aaw with my eyoa ami handled with my hauda the 'holy Interpreter",' That iiook la true, Ml Iney lllgdon did not write Itt M r, luiuldlug did not wrllo lt I wrote It niyuir aa II fell from the llpi of the 1'ropbet, It cuntatna Hie Hverlattlng tioapcl, and ciuiltl forth to Iho children of men In fullllnietit of th.t rovelallona of John, whero ho aaya ho aaw an ongnl come with the Kverlaitltig (1oihi1 to preach to tvrry nvlon, Kindred, tongue and pt ple Iteontaina prltielpleaofa.il. vatloni and If you, my Jiearora. w .11 walk . bv In light aud uliey IK prawpti. you will hi aat ed wUhau citrlattliig aalia.l Hon In the kingdom of (IM on high, llrother lty.So bat lust a ltd that It la very lnixrtant that wo keep and walk III the true channel, In order to avoid the iund liara. Thlt It true. Thoehannel la hare. The holy 1'rletlhoihl It hero, "I waa nreteut with Joteph when an holy angel fnim (11 oime down fnim heaven and conferred on lit, or rotlered, tha leer or Aamnlo rrteuh.wl,aii.l aal.t toua, ntthe anno lime, that It atiotild re-intln re-intln upon the earth white the earth atanda, "t waa alto proaent with Joteph when the higher nr .Mclchltilek 1'rleettioo.l waa cuiifermt hy holy altgela from on high. Tl.lt l'rleeihjod weUieneourerre.1 nu iMeh other, hi Ihrt will an I eotntnand men! of (1,. I. Thla l'rlatli.il, at wat men iloelareil, la alto lo remain utain the tilth mil. I the latt renin int of time, Thlt li.ly l'rl,tlhoud, or ailthtirllv, we Ih'tn itinremtl utou inane, and It Jt'itt at p l an 1 valid aj Ihough Uol luT donn It in iwrtmn. . "I laid my haiela ittn that nitn -yea, 1 latd my rlith. hand tii-ni hit bet I liilliig to llrother ItyJo), and I "ii-forre.1 "ii-forre.1 iiiou hlm thlt frhttthond, and he holdt that t'rletlhinnl now. Ilo waa alao called Ihmuirh me. by the prayer nf faith, an Ahh-i. of the nl Jei.it Ohrl.t.- Boon atlerwardi Oliver Cowdery wat rehaptlxeil, but while miking prenara-llona prenara-llona to come to Utah, he waa eutfdctl lyatrlckcnwlthdralli In Itlclimond, Mo., March .ird, 18 VI. KUcr I'hlnehaa II. Vouiw. who wai pretunt wbeu he did, teal I Act: "llltlitt neinientt woroeptnt In bearing bear-ing tcetlmony of I ha truth nf the (lnepcl rotmlod tliroueu Joteph Mmlth, anl tie. power of Hie Holy 1'rietthoo.l whli-li hu had iecclve.1 Ihniugh hit adinlulitra-tloil." adinlulitra-tloil." Dirll Whltuitr. win die I In Itlclt-mouJ, Itlclt-mouJ, Mo., Jan. Ulh, 14vt, waa uli tritelt hit tcatlnnay until Hie litt, al-though al-though be never united hlmtelf wllli IhetJhurcli after lila earomiiiunlcatloti IliU.nt, lljtlnf thelaatfew yoira of hla Hie Im waa frequently vltlletl by rcenawntallvea of tho preit nud intny others, tuwhout he would alwnya ln-tr troninnd raltlifulloetlmoulcs of the illvlulty of the Ilk of Mormin, Oil Olio occaalon wlteu the rciolt reached hlm that lie waa accueol by a certain rty of having denied l.li foriiu r tettlniony, bo wrote the following, follow-ing, which wat puhlUhr I In the lllch-itnnd lllch-itnnd (Mo.) Cbutert'uor of March Zi. ISII! "1,'i.Ui all Vatlona, K'lndr.-N, Tonuea anl I'oopte.uuki w hum Iheae proenlt ahall come: "II hating U.an r..pre-.ntel hy nn John Muri.li', or lido, Caldwell Couulv, Mltaourl, that I, hi a cunveruliuu with hlm latt aunitner, deiil my leatmiouy at nue of Ihe Three Wit net of Iho Hook of .Mormon. "To Iho end, therefore, tint he may underaUll.linen.lw. If he did n.4 Ihent an.l llial the world may know the truth, I wh.li now, atandln aa It were, lu tun very auuact i,r life, and In Ihe fear of lied, (.nee fur all lo make Ihla publlo alah.ii.enii "1 hat I l.ave never at any time denied llul tuatlmonv or any itirttliere-if, which lute an lone; tlnoo l.ein l.til,ll..e,l mtli Hut book, a nine of the Three WUuc.tea. Tlioto w ho know me Ixtl, well know thai 1 havoalwayaadhtrudlultiat ti-ttlni4nv. Aud Hut no nun may ha initio I or ihoil.t in f prow ut vlewa lu rvjird p. ,th. aaiue, 1 do again aflrni Ihotrulli of all uir ttalo-moiita ttalo-moiita aa then tn id ail I piildltbed. . "I la lhat hath an car pi haar, M Mm bean' ll waa no dcliHoni what It written It written, and he that riaidetn let Mm imderttalld. a .... . "In the nplrlt of Chrl.t, who huh ail.li 'Follow thou mo, for 1 am the life, tho light tnd the war,' I auhiuit ihla atal. luent lotneworl.li Hod III whom I imtt iK'luir my Judge aah, the aliiecrlly of rnv miilhvt aud Hie faith and Iioihi Hint (a hi me of eternal life. "Myalueero detlru la lhat Iho world Inayba lienetttailhylliltphbi and aim. pie autement of the truth. "And all the honor to the rather; the Mn, and tho Holy (Ihoil, which la one (iod, Atntnt IHviii U'liiTXrit, mat. Ittcuuoxn, Mo., March It', latl, Tlinai day before bla ilcith Jlr, Whltiucr called lilt family and tome filen.lt to Ida bedaldo and ajdrcejlnr hlnmlf to tho attending phyalclan, Midi "'Hr. lltirhnnan, I want you In aav whctbernrnotlaui lu my light iiiluj, before I give my dying tnilmony.' "The doctor anaweritli 'Yea, you are lu your right mind, fur t havo Jiiat bail a coitieraotlon w lib a ou. "lie then wldnvl hlmn-lf to all around Ida t.datdo In tin' wordat .ow m mutt all be filthrnl lu cnrUl, I want to auy to you all, tho III lite anil ll.o reeurd of the .Ncphltet (Hook of Mormon) la Iruo, an j ou enn my thai you havo heard me lar my letlmny on my deathdHtl. All l. faltliful In Clirlit, an.l ,r reward will In ae.tir.blig tu Jour worka. (Ir bleaa you all. My tru.l la In fhrltt for. over, worlda without end. Amen.'" Martin llarrli nlo ahaotittvl lilin.cif from the Church for many ycura, lut waa alwuya truo to lilt le.tlmoiiy in regard to tho llooknf Mormon, lie Dually emlgrate-l lo Utah, arriving In Hilt l.aku City Augutt 3d, )S7t), In cite, of Kl.hr Kdwnr.l Mievcnaou, le lo. catnl lu Hmllhlleld, Cache County, and later In Clark. ton, where died July 10, l87S,bclti nuirly nlucty-thmo j earn of age. Afewhoura before bla death, when pruatriitod with great wcakneea, llftbon Hlinon Hmlth rutna Into hit room: Martin lloitlttlntilicl forth hit liouJ. to aolute hlm nud ahl, "Ill.lioik I uui lEohu." The Iluhoti told hlm iliul l, ha.) something of lmorlance to tell hlm 111 relation to the Hook of M.,r. nton, which waa to la. aibllihed In tho Hunlah liiiijuagc, by the rinucat of lii.llom In Central America. Upon bearing Ihla, Martin 1 Inula brlghu-ued up, bla pulaitlon lmprove.1, and, ol-thutigh ol-thutigh vory weak, hu Iwin to talk aa ho formorlr hwl il.iiio previous to his alckneu. Hucuiivcim for about two hours, and It aeeme.1 that the mere mention of the Hook of Mormon put new life Into bint. It will also be remembered lhat Mar-tin Mar-tin Harris, roott after hit arrival In bub, aiaiko to u large congregation of Halnltniidatrangeraln the rabernaclo In Halt I..iko City, whrm ho boron faithful testimony hi tho truth of the Hook of Mormou. Alao the tight wltneaus, whoeeteatl. many la inl.ll.lic.l In the Honk of Mormon Mor-mon after the tollmonyof the three Wltlteracsreiniluod truo to their trail, monies until tho last; they are all dead now. TJIK BIUNS r'Ol.bOWINU TUB 111 MhVklU. In Deecnitvr, 183l,i few mouths after the t.'hiirch waa organized lu Fayette, N. V with six members, the following predktlons w ero madct "I glvo uuto then aeoiiiniandmont, tl.it Ihou shall baptise by water, and they ahall receive the Jloly Ohott hylhohiy-logoniif hylhohiy-logoniif handa. exiiaa the Apotth-aor old. For I am Awl, i.o.l mine arm It not ihortrnnh and I will show nilnicli.t, elgnt and wondara unto all tboau tihobclleteou my n.une. And whom ahall aak ll In my riaiuo In film, limy aliall nut out ilevllai llev aliall heal Ihe alck) thor ahall nine tha l.llint to re ci l o their tight, mid Iho dear In hear, and Iho dumb lo aitfiik.nnd Ihn lame In walki and llio lima speedily coinalh that gnait I tklugt ars to bo thgwu forth uuto ths children of nun," u.k i,r. xaxvi C-Io, Again, In September, 1S13. In a revelation iflveti titJoaepli Hmllli nnd tl I-.Uers, "at they uiivclloJ their tioarla nn.l llfte.1 their volcee on high," tho follotvltig glorious promlaos were made: " Therefor, aa I a.il.1 nnlo mine Apot-llea Apot-llea I siy unto yon aglln. lhat ,.e.-r aolil wlin belleteili on J our words, and la Ut,i. Hsol by watr forlhereiuttslon id elnt. ahall receive the Holy 111,,-.; u, slgua ahull follow Ihum tr,ot believe In my name Ihey shall il manjr .ou.l.ltnl worka; in my uaimill.et almll ca.i mn doyllt: In my name ll.n, .,,n binl llio alck: In my name Ihe- .i,n ,,,. tl. etet oftiie blind, end untiop II,. ,.r of tlieflcafj and the lAiigus or Hie tltimb aliall ajwiki and If euv urn,, .. iiiini.ierHiiiiunio uietn It shall not hurl tlieni! and the own or .iMrpei.t ahutt uit have imwer t, iiatin tlitni, H.W. audi .iv., (1,01.711. lfJoaepliHlllltlllia.1 been ail tluliotlor and hla revelutlona iMinniuenlly nut goiiuluc, wool 1 ha have dared lo makn promleca like those contained In tho lorrKvlngT (Ji.ulJ anything biivo proven mora illtutrotit lo his schemes than to pronibo tm.p'e r.lfte which weru not In his iwrr tn give'.' If he waa not a servant oHhsl would ha not studiously have avilde 1 1 connect the tAiid Willi nny of Ida a. hemes In such nwaj? Could h Imiglne that llwl would Mtictloti his ilmngt by imurlng out his gills ami bleMlnict Um people who were being di-oelve.1 by u wlcknl lnietoif CeKalnly nut. If Joaeph Hmlth was not called of j .l he would havn hid to ra-cciio the nil, old ato-tarlan ato-tarlan souk from the dara ages: Tluao things (the gifts nud blemlngt follow lug the liellevrr) have reated, becaux-titer becaux-titer are no longer r.eii-wary. It Ian Well kliown fact llial Hi. signs u-lihli wero pronihi.l by the rinvlor uud onuiiiiiatul In HI. Mark. I ..th chapter, I'llinnd isth velars, Ul.l follow the lw llavcte. The Acts of the Airnlha are fiillofexaiuplMnrtblaklnl. Itlaalm ftkiKiwn f.ict that when Chrlttlatilly InthnilaysiifUouitaiitlue the (Ir.ai. and later became tnliel up with I'aganlim nnd then made the Htate Itellglon of the Itomtu e.ui.lic, and Iho It-opl-i (umiiello I nl the e l of the swoid hi accept It, thlt tlieec signs did not follow tho .iiruibcrs of this ful.o Church, ll.it when the clergy, in order to blind tho intt, bile: the la-ople that lb reax n why Ihe members did Hot el.J.iy time l.hlngs at lu former ymre, was that they were no longer intceeanry, they told a dehUratu t.lM-hui.i. Tho real muiu wat that Hut auitilu Chtircli bad "Irauagn -vd the L, changitl the ordltianeia and broken the everlitllng covenant," and that Clulit did not teuognlie this new form of o-filled o-filled Christianity as llltilociiiues of I aulratlon, nor accepted of the order of their orgatiltttlonaa nn) thing akin to the Church organlnsl by lltm.alf am) Hla Apoatlce, Hence He withheld ills Rifts, signs and tlestlugt from them, mid for liundreda of years they were unknown so fsr f church gilts were concerned. Annno Unto that I heard related several jeats a-o will llluttratolhernnlratt Utsiin the true Church of Christ and fallen Christianity. Christian-ity. Apromluint cardinal of the Ito-man Ito-man Calhollo church, on n certain oc cation, vltlte.1 tho Pi)a( of Homo, and together Willi hlm cxaailnsd the content, con-tent, of the tr.-avure chainlet at the Vatican where golJdiamDnda aud other costly things were derailed In great abundance. While ralnjUioii the cwtly trena. uret the roiw rcinaikitl: "(Vo can not truthfully say now aaPelerntid John said anciently that we hue nn sliver and gold," "Nn, that I. true," oriawercd tho cardinal, "and thete la something clao wn cannot say. Wo cannot cminmin I the limn lu the name of Jesus Clirlal lo the and walk." Wo all reniemlrlhelnutlful story relnle.1 In the third chapter of the Acts of tho Aatlce, of a certain mm who bail ket'iiiaiiie from lite mother's womb and w ho dally hy at ll.o gale of tho rcmplo lu Jerutilrm hi ntk ubuti.r thoavwhiiciilercd; nud bow he, seeliu; l'cler and John aluut to go In, alto ntked Hum for alms. Tiler, alter f isli nlng his eyea uiwn the crlpplo together to-gether with Johr, said, being moved upon by the uwer of (Iml: "Hllver nud gold have I none; but such as I havo give I thee: in Iho name of Jrsus Chrlat of Nazareth, rlo up nn. M ,11,, u All''.,i"'.,."Vk ,,lm 'y" right band nnd lifted hlm up and Immediately his foot and nukln bones received strength. And he, leaping up, stood ami waited, and entered with tlieni Into Iho 'Inn-lie, 'Inn-lie, walking nud Imping, mid prakduc tied. Tho ronlrnst Is thlt: Tho A isistlca ol the tme Church had no silver and gold, for they had hern tent out to preach without purso or scrip; but they snMcd the 1mer of iod hi such nn exfeut that they heatol the shk. the lame, the ullnil, do. Iho Cathollo Church Is wcallhy, have plenty of sliver and gold, lait not the power of (led. JoeeitiHmllli waaalto jooraarcgarilsthlsworld'a goods, but ho wasiajweifulln Iho l'rlisthood.aml In the strength of the Iiord, and hundreds hun-dreds wire healed under hit minimis-tratlone. minimis-tratlone. How then about Ihn prombca made In the revelations from which I have quoted. The niitwer It cully given aud can lie staled briefly. They havo been fuHllicd to the very letler, Tlnre nra thoutamli lu the Church Who ran testify and who do la-.ir testimony testi-mony continually to Iho cll'cct that the gifts and blessings follow the Iwllevers, wholiavecmbracidthu Iotil aa ,e-store, ,e-store, through Joarph Hmlth. Not only In tbu United Suilcs, but lu iii-ro, iii-ro, Uvn th Ul.ii.Ut of th ,,, nud lu all parts of tho world where tho (los.al has leu reached by our Kldeis, have Hie sick beenbi-ale.iuuderthelriidniinl.tratlon, the lame bare received their strength, thebllml have been restored to their sight and tho deaf hi llitlr lieuilng: vll splrlU luv.i Iwcnca.t out; tho nlfis of imiphecy, of louguea, Ihe Interpre. tatlon of tongues, and, In short, allthe gilts and.blettlngs inloicu by the former for-mer day Halnta have been uud ore. now letlng enjoyed by the latter-day Hilntt. Our books, pamphlets, pam-phlets, pars and periodicals are full nf Instances of thla kind, nnd should ai attempt lw mida to gather, oompllu I and publlth twtlinonlea uf tl,u kind we would have material enough for k lawk larcer than tlia llli.ln .,,.1 n...,. of Mormou comhlned, In the face of nil these testimonies, what additional proof; do we nerd to establish ll.o fact that Joseph Hmllli wat a truo 1'iophel, CJNCLI'EIQ.V, Time will not irnilt me to multiply rrnofa any fiijilur, although I hiivo only prcaiuled a few of the many that might lai cited. Hut lu thu lux U tho udonco already adduce., I cl.lnt Positively that 110 ono has iho right to Ueuotinco Joseph Hmlth at n falte I Kophel, for lu the light of the key ' given by Moses, hu mutt of neciislty on truo ilroplut, as the things sikoii ly hlm (a (the name of inu'urd ll hva ojnw to oaia, liveuibU uvttl biter opinuentt have MM In one solitary Inttancebi prove hla prophetic utttrnncis fait. Add lo Ihla Ilia con-slttency con-slttency of hit life, hlaaluinatunieirab loled teal In bcnrlng Ictlmouy of lb" thugs thn lutd revealed to hlm, and this lu Iho mld.t nf the most trying lortonitlunt, suricrliiga.lmpiliounieiiU and trlalato which ho coo-tanlly waa Mibject, during hla eullre life, nnd flu-ally flu-ally bis ruirtyrdotn In Carthago Jail for tho aiko of the testimony lie bore an.l the principles be advocated. And 1 would k, What mom proofs docs mankind want bi riUbllsli the fait that Joaei.li Hinllh waan I'rophel ;r ll.o living Uodf Iflliedlvlne.nl). Ing of any I'rophel In any nge nn.l illtalitiitluii of tha world list Isteii pritcii, then I claim Joteph Hmllli'a proihctlc calling has Ucii.1daWI.lml la-yoml dlito. The proofa ror thlanrn m numtruiia, clear nnd .altlve that they ought lo com Inm every honest soul, Ami now, In conclusion, I will bear my own testlumny.wblrli It. thai I know by the Inspiration of the Altutih-ly,by Altutih-ly,by Urn e,wer of the I Inly Spirit, that Joteph Hmlth waa n Hue prophet, and that the doctrines bo proinufgtl.nl are aha true; for desiring to know tho 'will of the Fathir,"! somtht lllibi tlod to know whether "tin. doctrine waa of Uod"or whether Joseph Hmllli "epol of hlmtelf," and tlielc.iill wat the testimony that l bear hero tonight and that I have bornn tn Ihuutatida Mil In this land and lu Kiiro. I aak (Iod lo grant lo every honi.t soul, who !cslictalvtlou nud exaltation In thu kingdom of (tod the stme testimony, ll Iho name of Jesus Chtl-t, Amen, |