| Show CHRISTS SECOND COmINGo rjucourio Delivered In I the Tnbornnclo Bill Loko City Sunday Afternoon After-noon April IBtli 1804 by ELDER JOHN MORGAN = = = c = = KEFORTPD BY ARTHUR WINTEILI h = I In endeavoring to ddres the congregation con-gregation this alternoon I desire co Interest ln your alit anti prate and simpathy that 1 may be guided end initructct by the Iniplrallon of the Holy I Spirit I can testify AS did the preceding speaker to the truth of the principle ul eternal life and lhit the Goiptl of the Lord Jeu Christ as it has been revealed re-vealed anew In IhlldUipenjallon 01 the funew of time will feel those tint obey It back Into the pretence of our Ialher I and God and will In the end regenerate and tanctlfy human family fam-ily at ato the earth upon uhlcli wed we-d ell and lit and prepare It at ail abiding place for those who have kept all the coiiunindnicnts of God We have today all he principles of the Gospel that are necessity for the talva lion of the whole liunnn family and for the redemption of the eailh from under the curse that rests upon It nnd If we shall obey these principles and line up 10 them the result shall be the triumph of tlioie principles and of thom wino obsette them Our elder brother ciui Chriithas mailed out to us cry clearly and plainly the path for us to follow and the laws of the Gospel that we are obepimig today are not manmade but ore principles that have emanated from the Source of all Unlit and Intelligence and have been brought to the children ol men by the divine Inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God The plan of salvation was made known to our father Adam and to his children In the meridian end 1 they of were time I Informed I there should that come a thed I ernie r to the earth n Savior And A llIloh to Israel and as Ipica of Ills coming ant ol Ills death fndTiIIII sh they 1 offered sacrifices The 1rophtts of God who lived In subsequent age were also Informed In relation to this matter And taught that the bran woull come when thcio should come a Savior to the earth nnd In nery plain And distinct dis-tinct term they spoke concerning the nature r His I comlnj they pointil 1 out Vt land wherein Me should l be born 1 wen to the I village that He should chlm as Ills native place depkteil the triiilsand the tibuioiioo tOot Ito irould ol ILI i IOI p Ns through pulmcd out In detail events connectd with Ills career that Ills blood should be shed for the ilva nation of thu souls the children ol men and that through His ilcath and resurrection there should come a resur rectlon ol Hie lIcndn restoration ol the body and the spirit Into a lining soul I During the time tint He sojourned III the midst of the children of men lie laid down In great phlnneu to Ills fhsclples and to those by uhom He was surrounded these principles of the Gourd Ih1 the Ijitlerday Saints hate embraced He who came ns a forerunner fore-runner before the face of the Son of Man CAn1a as ona crmmng In the wilder nets toying Repent and ln be I baptlied lor the kingdom of heaven U at hand Men went into the water and were bal lIed at the hands ol John the llipllit Fur tire Icmlnlon 01 their tins Hut He told them that there should come one mightier than he the latchetol whose shoes ho was unworthy to unloose who lh rrl I would I baptize i them I with I lire and 1 wOk the Holy Ghost In due time the personage l ol the Savior was made known 10 the children ol men A Si He uent about among them teaching the principles 01 eternal life unit Ills bit injunction to I Ills disciples was On ye therefore sot ltnli ill nitloni hip 0 llinc them In UK run ol the tether cot of the son lad of the loir I Oliotl i Inching them lo olwrve all firings Hliatto 1 evenltnnreernnvnranrteIynueodIuIm I with too always even unlo the end uf the VfOl tU After Ills resurrcciion antI ascension on tilth His disciples following that e11 Injunction called upon the assembled multitude upon the day of Pentecost to repent of their uSSr to be bandied for h edhl the remission I ri them and to have hands laid upon them lor then cotillon of the Holy Ghost which when I received IId Jrd I reined should Lrlng things put to their remembrance and show them Unites to come Men obejcd that Injunction and went Into the waters ol baptism and reo celveil tine laying un uf hOlllls The result re-sult woo the heavens were opened to their 1 lilon light ennui know ledge I came down from on high and illuminated their minds and made known unto them the things of God Among other things that were made known to the disciples In those das was the fact of the second coming of Urns When the Savior ascended into heaven from Im Mount of Olives the ch pies were Razing upward when Ihcy beheld two angels standing by Ihcni Those angels wld mono the duciplcsi Yzmnnerrnfililbne itiny crash > gaslog my vuineanemn I iris cameo Iwhlch II LIken up noun ou Info hrII 1e1I is conan III inks in inner 114 ye h vu teen linn go Into heaven As Ills first comlni was foretold by tire holy men of God from the days of jllitr Adam no Ills second comlni has wen pruiiheklcd 1 of by the servants ol God 11 11r WI acii hey declared I thai In the latter tiirr In the dlipciisation of the Inline ol lime all other dupensa lions should be gathered Into one that Ml the Klfli uuiliuril knowledge and light that hail been 1 Imputed 1 lo the children of men from the beginning i should alto bo gathered into the dispensation dispen-sation ol the lulnvtt of times that the earth should bo filled with tire knowledge I knowl-edge ol find and that ill line lime rlshttoiismss should cover limo ranli as the waters cover the mighty deep that 1 the heavens and the till fllI should be brought together and mercy should come from heaven and nghteoiuncM frcm the earth and that Ihtre should be raised up In the midst of the people Irophets of God to enlighten their minds and to prepare them for the = second coming of Christ When flue Savior was upon earth Ho mid I unto the people thnt tine kingdom of heaven was amonit them but they perceived It not So In this axe of lIme world It has come near halo the world but lucy have nol recognised II It Is today Rill was anciently Can any good come out ol Naurcthf Can any good 1 come Iron inch a source ns the Latterday Salnttr The enemy ol nit righteoumeu hath covered the earth with a flood ol lies The minds of the children of men have been picjmhcetl as they were arulcnlly They have been led in darkness and they have Indeed looked through a glass darkly Ilut Ihe purpose and designs of our 1alher have not faltered In Ihrlr course but as the euro have rolled by His purposes have 1 been fulfilled I ful-filled il In the midst of the children of men HI I servants have been called 1 forth In thIs our day and they have proclaimed the rl truth to d1I nations fhey have railed a warning voice nud have laId the nations ol the marlin that It was the day of Guile judgments Fur eG j ilnty nears have the Klders nf Israel been traveling I lire mldtl of the children chil-dren 01 men proilaimln these facts nnd endeavoring lo prepare ihelr mlndi nor these great events that are at our Iou One ol a family anil two of a cily hive ohcjed I the i warning I voice aaC have gathered from the nations of the earth Ihelr hcails have been susceptible to tire lIulh They have sacrificed their all to far as earthly poisesslons lire concerned con-cerned and they nave gathered too slranice land and In the mldil of strangers lestifjlng by this act of gathering lo Ihe truth 01 the work In which they were engaged lucy have 1jcIr1 t had faith I In Cot and In Ills Son Jesus Chris they have repented of tlulr sins they have gone down Into the waters ol baptism and have had their sins forgiven for-given them they have had hands did upon them lor the reception ot fire I loly host nnd 1 God has I testified lo lel Ihcrn through lhal bulrlt lhat He lives lhat Ills I rSP are upon lIne I earth tint He I lias established Ills Church In fire earth wllh all the ordinances and authority author-ity with every key and gilt necessary for the salvation nl lire children of men He I has aim testified them that Hill Is I a preparatory work lo fine second c m lung ol r the Son r PIso when He shall i i again stand upon the earth not enduring i endur-ing ihe contempt and scorn of tire children I chil-dren ol men but lie shall come asKing as-King of kings and Lord ol lord surrounded sur-rounded by hosts of holy angels and 1 olrII Zn rh tl I lhal He shall establish upon Ihe earth a kingdom that never be thrown donn but shall stand forever and for dl ever Immutable and Indestructible I Doubtless tile days when flue Savior lived upon I tire earth those by whom He I was surrounded looked upon the claims flint lIe made AS being eryprelcnllous and In like manner Ihe children of men I lodty seep probably consider tint the Latterday Saints make very crest claims Well they do and they are entitled lo don because of the work In which they arc engaged It It a work which will fulfil I the sayings of the 1rophcls from lIre beginning until now and Is 1 preparatory to tine coining of fine Son of Man sod 1 el inhering I In of the millennial reign wherein Ihere shall bali ba-li Ct on f raW and day goodwill should come I to U I men bus been declared that thero should come In tine earth a situation ol affairs hal would cause the liearu of menlolall for fear ol the things lhat were coming upon them In the 34th chapter ol Matthew i It U i recorded And ai lie nl upon line mount of Olltei ihe ilnclplei came unlit him plrlt u > nc Tell Ul nOrm time lhln < shall U and what shall he the iltfn of thy coining and of the end of the world tIlls t-Ills disciples hid been calling His attention lo the mighty temple at Jerusalem Jeru-salem to Its size lo the proportions cf Ihe building etc 1 nnd this called forth Irom I Urn the remark See ye not all lInen tlilnjrt verily I tar UntO 11 1o you Hieie shell nol fe t left fare one none upon another that small nol be thrown down Whereupon the disciples niked Him ISI when these things should be Evidently there was further conversation for they asked 1 Him l What t shall be the sign of Ihy coming and ol the end attire world I I Jesus answered and said unto them Tale heed them no mtn deceive you For nunyiliall come In my name urine I am Chrl1 and small deatlii many We heard at our recent conference tint there were right In I our own Terri toni a mrunohner srI individuals who rnld dlslnc i damned to be Chrisi and wiuo were colrganifonug Ilnat tiirYsTiiad I line come people and thai leiliunc the lineal lived In a certain section of Ihe country Doubtless we bad the corr < < number of those who have come since lie was upon the earth declaring themselves as Christ tao would bo astonished There has been a ireat number of them and rbfml In 1 this I day Ihey seem lo be mulllnKlnr t Jesus however cautioned His disci pies aitainit such Individuals and said further fur-ther Ami ye shall hear of tsar and rumen of wan see llwt yo be nol troubled for all theto mint come lo pu I tat the end li nol fel hue nalOo shaH men agiunet nAloa end Lu loin galnsl I bicgnlemn iiid theme ihill I fe fsmOneo eel ynsfisnies sod ithqoakcs In divers planes All HIM ste the beginning of mint 1 hen cinch they deliver you up lo be afflicted and hall VIII you ind ye oIlAaloe I haled of all lion lu my 0 lake And lhn sMMnanir be oKnded and shall betray I one another and thull I Into one another an-other And I many Ute projeu sinai else and hall densie n Uctuie lul < ully abound I bolo of many thill cnn cold hut fw Hut shall lc sndnire uno the end tin time small lie I laved And Hill g p t l ol the kingdom strait be promInent In ail Ir world lor a wilnen unto all ruUoni and then ilull nine end come This Gospel of faith repentance bap Hum ann the laving on ol hands ol the resurrection of tine dead and eternal judgment was lu be preached In all fine world for a witness Was It nl taught In nil the world mama witness In Ills da > r No Looking forward to somo future time when that Gospel should be upon the earth lie siw n lime when It should IK nrciclietl In all the world What for 1 Ior the purpose that these hunters of Israel have gone lo the nations ul the earth as a witness to the world that the day ol God judgment is at hand and that the end 1 of wickedness on the earlh Is approaching And thus Gospel I of the kingdom shell he preached In all UK world for a cutsess unlo all 110101I1 inj then shethe end come ° Jr rtien thill he I nest tillniltllon such 11 wu nol HUM the Uilnnmf of lime world lo this lime no nor ever strain rAnd be r-And eicept how I days should be shortened Items ihould no Reah IK saved lit DM tumors selM those days irwll IK shorttMd fJ rw Ene there tYull J triM false Cbtltu 11 Idw phell and shall shew great tJilp tn4 wond nec Insomuch that rrilierepo4ble Ibsy skull deceive she very ekxt IVihoM I have told you benin Wherefore II they shall i > unlo you Ik hold he Is In Ihr deterl to not forlh Iwhold he Is In time secret chambers believe II not 0 S i Hut at Ihe days at Noe were so shall ih f > Ihe iamla o r the loG ul Mn bat ba-t tt In the days dial 1 wen before tin Howl they were suIng soul t dunk n marrying und Living In mtrnaM until the day thaI Not no f f laced she rk And knew not until tIe Rood came and look ham all OA y to tlul 1 sos coming ol Ike Son of Man Inn The KUcr shall proclaim Ihe coming of the Son of Man and the dawn of tIne millennial real but before those events shall transpire there shall be such tribulation tribu-lation In the midst ol the children of men as has never been dreamed of Le luanhl rIot meant ear hath not heard neither hath the mind 1 olh man conceived the condition of nflairs that shall exltt before lhal coming Immedtely after lire Inbualion of thoM day shall tin tun br darkened tnd the moon thill nol eher Hunt ant Iho iun shorn fall from names and IlK prunes of the hostess lull b l shaken And then I shall appear the tign of the Son of Man la heaven ush l then small I = ll lie tOnes of the einh mourn ind they shill see Ihe Hun > < l Mm iomini In Ihe iloudt vl heaven with I lower tnd great glory In this description Ihallie I gave In answer an-swer hi the uetilott What shall ha tire sign ol thy 1 coining He scud that I before these things should I take dII this Gospel of the kingdom should be preached In all the world for n witness Them are today hundreds ol Killers clothed upon with the holy Irhttnood raising Unlr voices In lire htjh places of fire urth as well a among me lowly In proclamation of that Gotpel and men cv eryu hero ore hearing the sound hereof here-of home nre being brought to tile knowledge of the truth of the Gospel The great body of the human family I however treat it ns tIne proclamation r of the Gospel was treated lnIOlhrII days of i f lw lca IIII Noah limit what I was to follow this proclamation of the Gospel Tribulation Tribula-tion commotion wars and rumors of wars pestilence famine and earthquakes earth-quakes We tonIc a nrsnt upon the nations na-tions of the earth today nnd what do we find Is here commotion Is there fear Is there dread Are there not peculiar Influences I taking hold of the beans ol uomenandnun and causing I llicmtomake movements that le cannot can-not explain Who Is there today wllh tine wisdom of tune worll can give the philosophy ol this movement that today Is sweeping I across our land and gathering gather-ing 1 men together I by the thousands with their faces turned toward the capital of our nation Who can explain I with the wisdom of the I world this conditions I that environ our own nation and time nations na-tions ol the earth Why is It that In the old world the nations maintain armed force such as were probably never gathered together bclore on the face of the earlh and this Is I time of pommel Only jcstcrday the declaration was brought across the telegraph wIres from the heir apparent to the throne ol Eng land 1 that the only chance lor peace I was the Increatlng of their army and navy We know what the Inevitable result of this must be Somewhere and sometime some-time the fuse will be Ignited l for tine nations ol the earth today dwell upon a volcnu that It liable to uplod at any minute In our own nation how many times do we hear from the pulpit and from the roslrum expressions with regard re-gard to the condition of affairs that ex IMS I In this land and firs results that mutt How therefrom 10w All throne things have been foretold by the prophets 01 God Two thousand years ago Jesus seated upon the Mount mrl adl sl t ol Olives delineated to the diiclplcs the condition of alfalrs that should surround us In this day We are but living In the day of the fulfillment of propliccj and In Hut fulfillment there shall I fl come lo lIre nations of the earlh such a condition of ali Ir as doubtless the world has never seen Mle brunt the very fact that except those dave should be shortened there should be no flesh Irh saved These judgments and calamities calam-ities shall overtake the earth w llh lightning light-ning rapidity for this Is a day of rapid movement We go from one nOaS I country to the other In five or six days Wo travel around the globe In about sixty da > s We talk whit the further mo > t pans ot the varlh in a moment or two therefore luy 1 we are living Inn In-n day ol rapid tinhnmgst day In which events can bo cut short and yet rnora can be accomplished In n day thus short tiled than could have been accomp lished In the past We read from time to time that some nation Ins discarded the arms with winch they have equipped their soldiers became they have lound more destructive weapons I does not hahn today so long to destroy an army as It iliil fly or I hundred year ago with the advantages they have now It can be done almost In the twinkling ol an eye So these things shall be accomplished ac-complished speedily and sudden de slrunlon hnr come upon the I children 01 men turrounded as they nre today wllh these Instruments ol death The nations of the eailh shall find that inline In-line end the word of dod will be fulfilled ful-filled Ills kingdom will be established antI Ho wilt bring to pal Ills purposes non In the bringing to pass of those purposes we read t Now learn a pamMe of the rig tree When Ul branch Is yet lender sad putlelh forth lyvet I ye know lhal 1 summer ls nijhi ISo llliewlM I ye when ye SnaIl tee ill Ihfvj ld things know that II It near even f fire doort Verily I say unlo you Ihll leneratlon shrill not pail IlU ill Ihete I Ihlnfs la fulfilled There are doubtless men alive today who were living In the day when the angel car multI heavin and with a loud voice proclaimed fIre fact that the compel was restored la the earth and rIms generation hal not pass till all these things he lulfilled1 We look hack sixty years 10 the Inception of this work lo the calling of the prophet tll Gul to the establishment of the gospel upon de the earth we follow It In all Us I wanderings and In all I III locations and every movement that I has made has been a testimony to the nation of the I euth of the fulfillment of thse lInings Tune elders have gone form anl warnid III people and aft their miming have come tribulation and sonoa and the beans of men have failed iiiem fjr fear of the things coming tnfnunn t iem Hut It has not been the hull 01 the elders that these things have n anne 10 puss Ihey have been hut Inslruncnls I In II the h Jsh of Ilno nI Father I lo warn the children ol men In tegard to the tribulations tribula-tions that should come tipiiti them tinleM they repented When Jesus looked upon Jerusalem taw tIm homes Its beautiful buildings nnd to < real temple Ills heart wept within him and Mid He O teniulem Jmitalf m thn Ui it ilnh the tms and sweeso ttMNI tllsll nmeeenInnvlu t p I ono cOUld I bin Kith urn i l thy shninienn pelher i men in a h ganI erenu 10 sIn skevs nnindmm bee misf I od ye 1 un j I 01 lhll h aom hUOM fs I toll asIa 1 I Fnelsoyuntu I faa Ye shell nu m hfncrfoith nil I In snail My BIwJ he 1141 vomttli in I the canoe of iho Kord III Ihur blindness and In their Mill nrckedness they pulled down the pillars of the temple I w Inch sheltered and protected pro-tected them In their religious and civil liberties and became a hlsaand a byword by-word in the mouths of Hit children ol lon So In this our day Illind to time resulis thai must Inevitably follow their course unable even to read the vims of Ihe times or lo comprehend the band of Gaul therein Ihe nations of the earlh are madly rushing to their own deitrucilon nUl In Ihe rmdil of this the Utter diy Saints are raising their voices v > am Ing are calling the attention of thaw who wl r IC I listen lo tine fact Ilial God has rtiab tlll Ills I work upon the earth and that He has a nucleus I ol people around whtili cm be gathered I those ih forces owl powers thai m the end i be unified lor line purpose 01 the redemption re-demption of the earth and the bringing ul It hack lo Its pristine beauty nndgiorv One thing alone nhould I convince mi n rli regard lo their ovv n blindness and that Inlay bo found In the allilrs In winch they deal with one another as witness this great conflict thai now cxuts between Irul cntcl filt tweet capital nnd tabor In most of Ihe nations of the earth a well as in our own there Is a spirit of unrest In the midst ot the u albInO classes because ol Io I1 condition I AntagonUms I I are springing I up In their hearts toward those Him ore posseocd ol the wealth of the world tnd today there is a dais distinction existing that bodes no good lo Ihe welfare ol the human race It ould leern A though It would be a wise tiling for men pos > e sed ol means to employ a little concl folios and to snntcavlnr to make the condition ol the human family belter unit more beirable Instead of this however tine Unit seem 10 be drawing tighter and lighter There are strikes upon the right hand and strikes upon the left hand and this conflict Is as a inlphty battle upon the earlh and we can realize 101 certain extent that sa > log ol the Aponle James Co U now it rich men weep an I howl for pose mUcries that thtll come upon y 0 They have brought this upon them selves lo a certain extent lpn both elastes are nt fault because of a lack ol Intelligence and of a proper understanding 1 tt log ol correct principles It was doubt leas lack ol knowledge lhat caused men lo say In the days ol Ihe Savior I Crucify turn I For upon the cross thu Lord saId Forgive them for Ihy know not what they do So It Is In Ihcse days notwithstanding t this warning i warn-ing voice and this work which Is AS a city set uK > n a hill to be teen of all the nations I of the earth they comprehend I com-prehend It not to doubt other evidences evi-dences will lie brought lo bear upon their minds which will enable them to comprehend more fully Ills desl nIt n-It beliovvs the Latterday Stints to endeavor to lIve the law ol God to hold themselves In quietness and In peace in I the midst of time distressing clrcui stances which surround the hunlan family today and doubtless will In mba future NII they may lie Indeed the I saviors sav-iors of l the human family in more ways than one saving them temporally as well I us spiritually endeavoring I lro to labor from lay lo day that their good works may be seen of men ami that God may bu glorified thereby I recognize I limo fact that the minds ol the c mrI ol men as a rule are unprepared to receive the principles of the Gospel I 11 maybe ea r eb to a certain extent because of the circumstances cir-cumstances by which they are our reunited I r recognIze I the fact that our Alhrr 1 Heaven Is the Ialher of all Ihe children of men of whatever sect or nation they may be or wherever they dvicll upon the earth and that lie I has a fatherly care lor them and desires their talvallon The hearts of the Latter day Saints should be Imbued with the Idea that It Is their calling and their destiny lo be In the end the saviors ol the whole human ef thl hl by preaching 1 the I principles ol 1 the Goiuel 1 to them hero and afterwards behind 1 the 1 J lee continuing contin-uing the proclamation of the truth until every ton and daughter of Adam shall confess that Jesus Is fInn Chriit and Joseph I Smith Is a prophet of God That AA of ao III time will come At sometime alt men will acknowledge that this Is Cods work nnd that His purposes have been fulfilled In Ihls work Tills Is I Ihe p frlmama tory work established estab-lished before Ihe second coming ot line Son of Man for Ihe regeneration of the human family from the degraded poil than into which they I ed placed f themselves I them-selves The conditions by which men are surrounded shall hi changed I and they shall be brought forth out of those surroundings today hind them hand and fool and shall sad upright In the majesty of the ely as > uni of God That time hall come upon the earth nnd these Latterd my Saints gathered together thall be Instrumental I in the hands ol God rl In bringing It lo pass t rldII II tInny shall receive their reward In Goili own due time when men shall bo rewarded re-warded for the deeds done In Ihe body The heavenly hosts around the throne of our rather and the prophets am servants of God tint have lived In days Lonebv are unlled I with I you In this great work Our Tallier has Ills eve upon It and our elder brother Jeiui stands at the head of It aiding you wino are engine In Ihls work upon the earth through the inipiration I of I Us Spirit leading nnd I gininilung I urn 1111 protecting protect-ing you Irom the nisaults ot the enemy of all righteousness If the I world but understood this work they would swing the pendulum of prejudice to the other extreme and 11 Instead ol the word Mormon Mor-mon being n term ol reproach lie who bore that name would be respected and honored In the midst of the children omen o-men The feelings of the whole human family would turn towards you In kindness kind-ness and respect II they understood but one labor that pram are engaged Intine talvatlon I of the 1 living I and I of F the dead by which the unnumbered million of the human family thai have died without hearing the found ol the Gospel nr that there was a Sivlor born and cruri bed > h1 hear Ihe proclamation of the truth a vlcailous work b dune for limn and tiny lena Ix placet nmoiig the savtd and the redeemed nI f our i Father in Heaven a phil of salvation salva-tion which Hie Utlcrdiy SaInts human embraced lakes within Its I trope all the lumen larnlly nnd eat only that but all that del upon I the carlli as well 1 lIme earth itself comes within Its nopi The earth shill b siveil and hniujiii to that condition It h I entitled Inn l < by keeping the commandments ol i nl I HaptlMd In water and with flrelt thill m Ihe end ktiiw Its place In the cele ml I kingdom uf our God end they thu abide the celestial law shall have an In heniaiirej upon It I hal be a roles I 1 lial kingdom to which their shall b no end ami It nhall go on In I one eternal I round of Increase I until the finite mind i Inst In contiemplttlon of It Let It not bo supposed lhal we hnve nn Idea that the men In Ihs earth the kings nine ernprron the presidents nnd lone lplr 101clI tales mnl the men In high places are willully lighting against Gad We do not believe Hint Ihousands if them are good and honorable men desiring lo be a benefit 30 a Infesting I In tIme f day and generation Hut what I have said are facts God has I let His hand to do a mirvelous work The world nay reject Ibul I Hisdesignt I and mum WHS sIll b fulhilcil and ultimately men In will acknowledge His hand In IL |
