| Show SIGNS OF CHRISTS COMING Discourse Dollvorod In I tho Tabornnoto Bolt Lake City SundAY Allor noon Juno 3rd 18O4 by ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON RFIORTHII MV ARTIICR WINTIIR I have broil unexpectedly leimwted to adelrwt 1 ibo large congregation ooonnl bled for the purpose cI contlderinj < < mitten that pertain unlo our prrtwnt and clctnil welfare In undertaking 10 perlotm Ihla Important duty I earnestly request not only the undivided alien lion of Ihe nuehcnce but kewte I your ijmrMlliy and your filth ill it vvhttevrr nu b ntteieil on his occasion hall be Ihe dull of lmprtth mmle by the Spirit of tutu There are many thetiiM upon which il It I proper fur ui lo dwell thou we coma together nt we have done today lo worihlp our Heavenly Father I appear lu me lhat the general condition 01 human allaim can profital ly occur > at lean A Hirliun ot our contldoralion etpeci illy when they ora connected In any way with what lha Loid lilt nticred concerning Hit children Tills Ihought being protent before me I ihall lake lie libeily of reading ruin one of tie ttanuarel bookl ol Ihe Church of Jetut Chrkt of Utter day Sulnit cantalnlng the revelation and commandments given In our day through Ihe mighty prophet who woo Inilrumenla in founding found-ing the chutcli la which the great nit Joiily of thlt congestion belongs l The jitterilay 1 S ilnl believe in pretenl at well at past tcvehtirn and tnal com munkallon from lIe rlernal I oilier fur llm guidance of his ch Wren 1luol I at netitful now at II wat In any age of the world 1 especially In the midst of thlt great conllicl ol rcllgloui thought that exlittln our own generation Pail ot lie revelation which Hit my purpote to lead refers 10 our time and Ito renewal of tIe leaching and predictions ol Jetut Christ that were given to Hit tlltdplrt when I convened with them on the Mount of Olive anil detcribed lu them the event that were moul lo occur in the Jeulili nation ol lit period and He alto directed their attention at-tention to our own day and pointed with great cleirnr to the condition that wcru la obtain In what are called lie latter llmei Thli rcvelaliun icsu given la the Church In I lrtil and I will begin on mice lii uf lie I liook ol Doctrine f na 3 t trine and Covenant And I will sboo II plainly at 1 shoot II loin my dl dpt sot Hood before Hum In I the Huh ned lpal ucla them savlmc as > lain aiked of me concerning tht signs uf my cum login irw day when I lha I come In I my glory In I Ihe clouds of heaven to In nl Hie promo that t have made coon your falhen Furs yt Ian lookol upon ill ooe tlxenee 1 of your spirits Iron your bodm lu irs l l m I lir I will r show lucia you how tin day of irdernrlion shall come and abx Hit 1 reilorallon of lit scanned Israel And iou ye Uhold this temple which It In Jerusalem which e call Iho IIIUM of Ood iml tour enemies say thou Oils houta thall never till llul verily I so r1a unto you Shot desolation i shall come upon tills irebeiatlon ts a Ihwf in tin night and Ihll people fcuall tw I dettruyed and tcallered rr nallont And thin utnple which y < cause shah 11 I Itt thrown down trial Hurt shall nol be loll one stone 1 Uion another And It shall come lo pats thai thlt tenrra rn = r lion ol lows shall nol pats away unliT rvrry dctolalkm which I haN laldaa conrernlri liamshaitcainslo soar so-ar lay Iliat y Vnow that lhn end nl I the world comcth ye say also hal yt know hAnd the henvent and the earth thall pait away And In this ya say truly for nail ts loll then thinn which I lave I loll you ihall 1 nol pass fcwav unIt III shall be fulfilled And this 1 have told IOU concerning leiu salem and wlenlhal day doll come shall a lemnanl Ui HHIIercd amonf nil natlont llul Iby chat beg lihered again 1 but Ihrv ball remain until Ihe time of tho Oennlet l a fulfilled And In lhal Jay thill be heard of wan and rumon uf mn tnd be hob earth shall U In commotion sad men Utrli I doll fall them and hy lath say lhal ChrHt delayelh his I coming until lIce tnd ol lit earth And Hit lovt of men halt was cold and liii I idly shall utiound And when the llmii I of lIe tlenlllei It I corn lea tIll shall brwk loGIc arnong them Ihil I II 1t kJ In ilallntll ind II I shall be limo lulnns ol rny I llul Ibey receive It nol for Iliey xreclve nol Ihe llhl and they turn hair balls l from me beeauM of tlie protptcll uf rn nAnd n-And In tint generation ibtll ibt times of Ilie Otntllel Ie I fulfUlnl And llwra shal be men Handing In lhal cen nation I lhal ihall nol pass until they shall f m nn otcrdowlag scourge lor a desolating tick V non slam color the land II n my rtitelplts shall stand 1 In I holy pUets and thill nol be moved but among Ihe vLLed rnrn tliall lift up their valves and curse Cod aid due Ana inert sliall IM earll uiVit alto In divert placet nnd many desolations yet men will 1 bardea I their rwaill If ilMI ine and Iliiy will lake up Ilie tword oneagulntl mother and they will kill one another And nov when Ih I lord hadtpok thne word onto my ditelpei lay were troubled I And I sold unlo them U I nol IrouUed tar when all mew Ihlnjt shall come lo pass ye may know tlwl the nrorniMS wlikb have I been fu nn MI Wll IM rllallml And oiec tie light tliall Uln to break fonlilt skull l a nub loot Ho unto a par shim hlch I will thaw you Yo look and beliotd lie fghiaa i and e I sue them I nub your eyes and ye toy uhn they begin lo lliool forth and choir leaves I are yelled d < r lou lummor u nigh at hand Clhlu i soil shall be in Ihtl ndarI when they shah in ull iliac Uiinci then shall Ihty I know Hut lie hour It nigh And II slMll como to pan lhat lie that feamiri me shall U loollng lorlh for the gloat thy of Ihe Ixird toeoine even toe the tlcnt of 1 Iii coming of lie Son ol Man And they shall see signs and wonders fan I Ilio dolt be I hoon forth In I lie heaven ubote oh 1 In I Ilia earth beneath And lucy sliall behold blood and fire tnd viiHirt of tmckf And before Ihe day cf the Ixud thall come him son shall be tUikenml and lilt niuon bern be-rn Into blood and liars fall loom hraec I And Iho temnanl shall ba gathered unto thll place I And then Iliey thall look for me sod behold be-hold I will come and they ihtll I see nit 1 In 3 lie 1 cloull I of leaven clothed wlih power and treat gily > UI h ill Ik lioly angtli and his I II at wai hi i not for me shall lo cul olt luau 11 t lie arm ot Ihe Lord > lull fall an imrcl 1 shall loutdlill I Hump soil ibm ianu bat nan iWtH cloth eemt toith lo rmei mea me-a tho 1oQdoj Wherefore If ye lute slttM In mee tiletud 1 = = = n e you lor u yuu now briold nw and know 1100 I meomososlaliy come unlo me and foliO Scout shall live and > our redemption ihall Ie I petrciled and Ito Minis I ihalt come forih from ihe tour qiurun of lIe eanh If I were to da 110 more than wlut I have dune In reading n portion ol tub revelation It cmboifiM a whole Mrmon oh > l liielf I with now lo Hate thai whal I rl laid hvfure vou It virtually a rptlitlim of Hut which It 1 contained In I the 4ti chapter ol Matthew III what I have tea however the event tlial ire defined 1 come In their consecutive order firit that winch won lo befall the IrwKii 1 nationtrie detttuition of the twin le icr I acalteimg ol I lIve nillon In all the worldandlhe gathering loitether or a remnanl in the latter davt Inuhom LhrM shall come when He I shall de 1 sceml I In the clouds of heaven Ii It I mated iwe Unit In I hIm preparation prepara-tion for sin githetlng of tlm remnanit 11 Hunt Mioiilei OICIK furih I among Ihe Gen me I which light th ill IK lIon lulnnt of I II Ijhlh nu Ootpel In lie Jllll chillIer I of Matthew lie language I 4 diflerenl Ihere ChrlttIt It I ttaled Mid And lint Gotpcl of 1 the kingdom ihall he preached I In all the world for n lInens unto oil nation and then tlitll tIle end conic Now why should thI pteclic 11011 1 he male hn A IIKhl thould break lorlli In tIme latter time and II should bathe ba-the fulncti of h the GcMpel ol Chritif Ur ally thould l Mallhew nay lhat In Ihe lat ler time hun eimpel me tame Gotpcl Hint watlaujlil by Clirlttthould log I treociird in all the wulU lu prepare 1 Ihe Yo y for Hie coming ol em Lord and Saviour letuiChrisir 1 hit imollon can wrhtM be more readily and 1 definitely iintweted Hun It generally luppotcd t The nnwer It I a delineation of what the Gotpelii i We arc told by Ills Aposlle Ijui thai the Gospel It I Ihe iower of God unluialvatlonlo all them Hut be llevr and obey It Ha Gospel of power loMslthew I r was Ihlt I 7 iotpel ol the IngUum 1 llul wn lo tc rcitoted the I tame Gmpel that Chrlit I and hue Apof tin taught Ill eonnuc r 0 Hill Interrogatory I Inter-rogatory Hut I have put at I have laid comet with tIme elelinltloil of wlut lIce Gospel It nol only In this condcnted i taimolrli I of the Apostle thai it It lie I bang of God unto salvation bul In detail de-tail no far at these principle can be irticnlarized l there 1 are whit arc termed by the Church tu which I have llm honor to be lung dIe I Initiatory principle of tho due trino ol r Quad rJr lust ot which I 11 necetMtily and fundamentally faith In Ihe Lord Jesus Chilled and In I lit atonement atone-ment and In God the Internal lather llicra II no lubjecl Into which thlt prln clplc of fallli duet nut enter It iu I a principle uf power hal operate everywhere every-where and especially in nutter lint pertain to lalvallon Without faith It Ii I mpotiible lapleno Gad and they who uould receive bletilngt Irom Him limit believe In Him I and tlul He I It I a reward 1 er 01 them that diligently seek Him I Ilee I Ice IAlogllolnl of Ihe candl date for tilvnllon In the Kingdom of God Ill Ii I Impossible also lo please Gall without repentance which It I Ihe hoot lInt for him candidate lo lake I In order lu travel onward and upward Into hot Kingdom of our rather When we lay the luunditlon by exercising filth we begin la comprehend tlm obligation Hut v e are under to our Creator anil I to we where wa have omitted tu fulfil lilt law and we repent ol all our ilni our lollies and rI imperfection to far nt God give ut power to do to that we may bo prepared lu become new crca tunes and have a genuine and thorough Jiango ol heart Then there are corm cor-m ordinance lhat are laid down connected con-nected with the Gospel which ore nlio nccostar 10000 w 1 taught In ancient I lime so now In 1 order lo lt become identified iden-tified with lIe Church of Christ we mint nol only excrcUe faith and repent but we mutt be baptized by Immersion for the remission of slot Thii woo the doctrine taught on Iho Jay nl I Pentecost when tIme ancient Apostle spukn by the power ol lha holy IrlcithiKxl and of the Holytihott which retted upon them ami when tlicra wcru vlilblo manifestations of Ihe power of God with them confirming Ills word Thoto who heard their preaching 1 Inquired of the Apostle alr I 1 Men and bnlliren 1 wlut thill wo do > Having believed Shot ChrIst wai the bon 01 Cod they felt pricked In their heart and repentant srot asked In all eainettneit tins question tetcr told 1 Ihem n hOI lucy thuuld do He tald without nullification Repent and be bapllzed I every one of 1 > ou In the name of J ClOt ChrU lor the remission of your sIlls and ve hall receive Ihe gilt ol the Holy Ghoit for the 1 promise il unto J 1IIS IIII i vou and to vour children and ta all llul are alar oil even at many as the Lord our God shall call I U lime were the doctrines 01 lie Gospel then they me the doctrines ol llm Gospel now because truth It I unchangeable un-changeable The Gotpel it I one and not lItany i > items Therefore llm Cieleri ol the Church of Jciui Chrltt of Latter day balnti who arc lent abroad imfi il h mid nroclalm unto tlie pco ple thai fll bat again I spoken from Heavciii I 1101 there me gI n on eanh I prophet apostlei high prieiti elders und mull hIcO olhce aulhoiied 1 and empowered em-powered to oily dch build up the Church ol Chrltt that characierljcd It Inlhcdavii ul Chntt and Hit anclem Am lei And these 1idrrscly 0010 ItI r lh alt r men wherever they go Have I faith in God who is a God 1 of revelation re ol heaven I It at neut fur lime kingdom innu 1 be iMptltedor the remission I of vuurilntby one huvlrn authority and h1It h 1It Ylr l e Ihall rtcelve the gill of lion Holy Giiun There are no men on Ihe earth other than Ihote who poison thlt power and niiiimrirv who dare make thlt prod pro-d Wh > llecaode I If hey did UIOII character of their claimi the tpuriout ditcoverid How would at once be would thli dltcovery hoe made lle hOle It I 0 promise alpched lo caute ubooiiruiCe 10 lion lIItago which te sasnsnw h l floe Iu I Ihal II you tJo as on teach rollllo 1mrcboive OU h1I receIve Ion gilt ollho 1I0ly Ghoil Therefore he who has not llm poiaer Ia AI lay hand opom oh leilua reunites and say r the authority God hat given me and In the name of jesu Lnrnt receive ye the Holy I Ghost ° cannot Inmirl tnt Holy Ghost Anil If It 1 It I not Impelled then the claim of him who prurnltii It It I nectt tally frnudulenl The Gospel ol jetui Chritl throughout through-out It a ivtteni ol promltei and lor lunalely fur ut it It not necessary In order to rrallie 0 < OIl of lad m thai we lay atiilo him morlil tenement of clay and pint I Into the be vond for there are many ol them tint lIe call Iousoenoouil enjoy now One ol those wa denned by the Savior when 1 It I Mid My doctrine It not mine but lilt llml i tun me II any nnm will I do Hit will he thill I know ol Ihe docttimi whether hil be of rbwrI or whether I 1 I sptnknf 1IIdl 1 I hit is Iho position usiiiincil by the 1 Jiltcrlny SWIll because be-cause that oilIness I stamped upon the soul 1m5 the Holy Ghost I Hence I when IheliHlividualrecelvet lha promise of liii Holy I Glum Hut Is I tillered on th condition of obedience he knows that the ducitiiHi It I not of man but I ol God and thai Ihe church witli which lie hat leiome I identified It i ol I divine oilgm Here it I a moil piclnc and dealt fclenho oh tett and who mined ta iw deceived In relation lo iP 1 Noro whatever what-ever latterday Saints wlut 1 glor lou blttslngyouenioy in hIlls rtgard S uu have accepted and acted upon lint pnnclple and when occasion ie < ulre > ou slmil clone mn and 1 women and My thai > ou know lust llm duCliliM divine you have received It I nut human but Theo are many conditions connected with tlio Hue church that are equally 1 plain 1 fur Instance I at hat been ul Intimated Inti-mated Ihe Hue Church of Chrlil It an organlied le body constituted I of ollicert 1uf J t and members There are at Paul de lilies II In tioa I dulls lo I the Kphnlant ajiotllai prtphcls evangclltu pallors and leuchtri Now it is lashtunabla throughout Ihe world to lay that aH > f llct and prophets are no longer needed they were necessary 10 establish Ihe Churchill lit Inlincibn there It nu netdol them now ef It IAN very well perhaps lu tlale that things ale not nrcctuiry because euple do not have Hum but the laci that lIen divinely Inspired uthiers have no existence In the uu loonIes abroad It I no cvl denteol iheir not being needed Wh > llecaute lie ApoMlle ta > t that they nude given lor the perfecting til hue Saints hoe the work of the ministry lor the difilngof the body ol Chritt till we 1 come In Hit unity of Ilie faith It I It not necetiary to have the woik of lIe minili > pctlormed 1 l Is I I I nol necessary forth budy 01 Unltl to be ediheO Have the people all come lo Iho unity ol the laithf Lcrulnly 11mm divinely authunied and 1 Inspired ollicert alit necessary Ihlt oonJitlon ol unity nuvcr wa 0 more cuntplcuout by lit absence than at tlm present time in tin vtabd < I hive now given tome lea of what arc termed um no hrsl prlnciplei 1 of Ihe jotpel ol Chritl I Ihero are other I conditions tlul are cleuily stated In the revelation i poillon of which I have read In I your beating nt being cucilv tint with the form of bringing ful tho light or the obese ol 1 lha everlasting tiunpeh In the latter dayt which wu declare hat appeared lore were lobe lo-be great disturbances among Ihe hoitt 01 men Wllhoul going into detail in regard llo Iho war of element thai wai lo b contpicuout In thcsu lIlIes I will dIrect our attention lu one brlel state ment in this connection that the whole vaith shall bo In commotion ° Are Ihere commotion among men nol 71m answer comes without any partlcu bar I reasoning being required lot an intelligent thinking person look abroad inlhli and other nalloiu and ha will tea unit tills commoilun hat already begun nl that hurls are condition KXMing in huin age in that ttgard that have never been hcretolorn pirallcled We do not require to go outside of iur uwn nation lor a reply lo this quei loin here I u a condition ol distant action and unrest among lha populace that It mot remarkable Inerait and there It no use ol people limning their eyes lo lliricl In Hilt nation louUy a tevolutlun m lit incipient ilaget and if It continues lo grow In Intcnilly and In extent It followi that lit maturity nlonl I matly hall come at tutu as lube tun rUe In ha colt and lets In Ilia will lj for 1 condillont In the allairt ul human belugt bung furth of their kind aiul I Ihltigii that are liuniin w hither they bu lociillus or organized luilunt arc nurlaland have an end Nation und ommumtiet like Individual liavc their birth I their Infancy their minhood und rl the culmination of tlieir I perfection and alter tho culminating point I 1 reached there Ii I a desunl the other way Hat there I I a promile for our nation that It shall bo perpetuated irombu that ho I very gratifying but of couite all nation without exception ihall eventually be luccccdcd by thin rule and r Ihe I luncrvlsion ol the king iloni of our lather and our God Theo ls I 1 ordeal however that confront con-front tie nitlun In which wa lIve 1 ha Prophet Joseph bmltli predicted it and punned to the outcome of II That there u a time of gloom I dilhculty and IN perplexity I becomes apparent I lo r pro plu of I hoot nation Hut take hoc trouble lo examine Ill Impoilanl topic and Ion Prophet In hit day spoke ol It ai definitely de-finitely A Im pointed to the civil war twenlynlne peals before the conllicl bursl upon hoe country Ha laid tlul beginning at Ihe rebellion of South Carolina due Southern States would be divided against the Northern butet and that war should l break out between them So hat he predicted a time when Hill nation hal be conlrontcd by another an-other dilhcult problem that will require greater power old wisdom loiulve lon the other The Prophet laid that loin would bo the result ul trampling under fool the palladium of the liberties of thin people of Ill 500011 Iryhion Constitution ol I the Uiiiledblaleiwhlcli according to lIon lailh of llm Saints wan I inspired In ilrument It It nol patent thai there is I growing In this country a spIrit to 11rll ignore thu Constiluiiun and the law that are nude conformable thereto I lop that It Is and you know that Ills l and 1 that 10 national 1 tendency it ex hibited among lag dianne ol tIle people peo-ple I rich lon11 poor Now when lion Constitution It ignored there It no eco ned standard lo preserve tIme social I la fabric intact and anirchy takes the plare of social fl order Ihe I Prophet Mid lhat Hill lime would come a time ol peril ol bloodshed and of woe and that It would be the high destiny of tlio Utter day Saints In that lime hal everything connected with national order would appear 10 < on iho point of vanishing lur oem lu cube tno ttinj and of liberty and call lo the r ul 1 11 I I uprlnht Ihe hontit and the i un lie of the wnoie country to rally ai mad I and teorgamn the government on the bull ol bIle noble and exalted pun tlpes i f Ihe Conttitullon Anil alh < condition eel lo be apurrau I Ing whntuclinrcKiie will br tailed mar 0cc hove lelO shill believe that Ihei occatlon will be filled nnd Hut thin IKilllon will be taken by Ha I Men of bun Chord l Hut lIme spbtl of disorder IhU spirit which runt tonaril national iluor anl gallon it tprcidlri and all the unions of the world aru nflecled by I In tome countries It 1 take the m tl terrl Me form Anarchistic crimes are common now In many natinn md I dlt com nl nnd commotion arc everywhere Whv lltcmitc Chihl Old that Hilt would bo olio of the tl in of I Hit ap hIbachI lull thevvholu earlh thai I be in I eoniniotlon nnd incni halls hal fall them However I Chilli will not com I in Hit jwwer and glory belotc another pail cf Ihlt revelation > hal be fulfilled and when Ihu praer Hut wat ollercd up in the tong tint wai tung at the opening of I these service dull it anwered tomr llu < u glorious day of r < r tmxe C i > 51i I inread thy cttmful r Win u Ihe I Katierad sheei uf luarl Shllno begin a 001007 In lhat which I have rend Chrltt that a remnant ihall b tcailcred among all natlont nt the lime ol Ihe destruction of Jerusalem but that they hall be gathered again When vVnpn the 1lh olln limes < the Gentiiet hal I u fulfilled When will thai IK I presume not long hence for the lime l of tin tienldet came In when the light broke forlli In loin dniwntallon I when Hut Gospel of the kingdom I noon rector cot from Heaven antI n cnurch enlabllshed by Ihe corn mind of Got through lIme grcal prop hoot of the nineteenth centui hour Ill IIr And when I 1C lIme I tiinet be lulfilledf 1 will be according to Hie law of divine econom when the Gentile Gen-tile nuke I completely manliest tint they rijcil the incstage ol the cverlait Ing Gopel which hm been proclalnud now fur upwaidi of ilxlv lour > eart hop his revelation ooyi hal In thai gelreolian In which llm light should generation teak forlli blue time of the Genlllet thould be fulfilled Tho Gospel In tint age It first to the Gentile and hen to the Jew At ii laid 1 In holy writ the foIst shalt be alt nnd the Utt I shall lie first When the Innc ol the Gentiles hall be fulfilled Hie icrvamt of tool will withdraw Irom the Gentile natlont for among them Ihere will no lunger be a fruillul Held In which lo labor and they will turn to hoc halt of hal Then lIe Jew will t gather to their own Und and will rebuild jciutalcm I and In n time ol cxlremity Cnnii their hhiloh will appear tu lave them from being annlhluled by enemies He nla come at I hrah staled m the clouds of heaven accompanied by Ihe and He I Illewed hevenly hotti la sops llelod sic > c II ye have tlepl in peace for then ihall ye come unlo me Simultaneously Simul-taneously with hoe coming of Clitlst In power slId glorv the dead who have t died in lie Lord ihall betbrnughl faith runs their tomb and Ihclr bod lei I purihcd and Immortalized shall be again united with lode iplriti and they ihall bo Chritlt at ll t coming The Saint who live and ole faithful hail undergo a Millal change and hall be caught up alto tu mlngm with tlm glorious glor-ious Huong My brctnren and listen and friend dfr nrJ lIds h I no chimera from our ilamlpulnl at lean Ihcio are Iriilht hoot have come tout by the voice of revelation from on hlgn And beiore resuming my teal I will take occation tu lay nut In bolo but In humility thai your humble lervant hai rcahted the prom Iso that Christ gave lo Hit ancient oIls ciplef Having taken tlm shell thai are Involved nfn Ihu 1 gaining I ol loll 1 lay now that have received n witnest tar invtclf lhal the doctrine Ii h of God and thai Clirut I thall i como and Hand upon the earth and the lalthlul who are Hit I shall leo Hit t lace I and hear Hit voice and know lhat it It I their Redeemer Re-deemer nnd their Gud I tetllfy that eelO Joseph bmllli wat railed I up by divine power luorganlie the Church of lulu anew and authorized and empowered toofhclaleln 1 Iho ordinancci pertaining < per-taining I to life I and talvalion and to con Inc Ion 00n authority that dl he cl had i received upon others Hut through them Ihu libor I ol salvation might bu perpetuated and extended among lIon children of men May God gum hat wa Latter l day Saintt miy alwayt i clierhll I the testimony r testi-mony of Jciu which it hoe spirit ol prophecy and continue to look for Ihu coming of hoe boil ol Man for Ho lays hero that Im who ilull look for lei ihall tea mo In lion clouds of hetven I lathed with I power 1 and ru 1 greal gloryt I May God help uo alwayt to sustain the light to luium Ihe intitulloni of our country that me the noblest human I In tlllutlon of government that were ever etlablithed May IhU ba our polllon without let or hindrance from Hill lime hcncefoilh I I my prayer through Jotui Christ Amen |
