| Show OF JOSEPH SMITHS S MISSION ABUNDANTLY I ATTESTED I Tabernacle Salt Raft City Sunday January 20 O tho dC at A t I k l 1800 00 by lIy ELVER ELVE HEVER HEMR J GRANT find d Unity ot at the th Marked Marled Evi Evl Evict GI er jog ct of Inspiration In An Example o q Living M of f tile ttO Joseph Smith Upon ol of a ol 01 0 Prophecies Fulfilled 13 I lii In n listening to torU teen tn rU o oe Of taroS whit Ii h li hf bas ia borne e t deep It Ii I ill nU r t to tV nil ull tho Latter daY n J to V LUV III n te is well dl ns alf n hn 4 DU hu AC 1110 nut members of at the tho thee thoi e of ot Christ of r f us i u 0 to n a recital that tha t I li 1119 to the i life lite and labors abor of ot ofu aDd liu jOr Je US Christ It Is 4 V r I t that thaI we can neer never neeri II i et d the labors which He lIe performed of ot the great reat mothers lu g gHe t iv hleb He lie a i amplified hed without II sure m in It II white while on the other othera theN V a IS r BO EO o Interesting In Inu I M In other u I hi ry of ot any on It Jal Jt it t Ly IJ 1 Iteming or rend read readie again agulO we WC become Im ie 1 I n If i bar t f rein loin loina reint ull iI I that the thea lice a if t ho thC life lite und and labors of ot o a r taVi it I JebUs Christ t the th LoII a au the Imp hap the peace the jo 15 wr lr that nil Oils my icy Ill i ih te what wh t lie He did dh It Su 1 I ia 11 old Did to toT becomes l liy r hi 11 iy mat n charm comes cume neW T ever eer e er a ne lie the tho words of ot our ard liar alor and the plan of ot life lite Jj r lt which lie He taught to tl tOni Ills lite tue thu tarth I It M Juts dUllar tel ni of ot unbounded Joy to me inc w U source II till ills my ini heart beyond my power h t 11 contemplate the feet fact father and our tit d Colour Oj Jur 1 1 us Cht 1st have Visited tho the thovA vA ar again revealed the Oll tan taD and ind t fills mo Inc with awl gratitude far beyond my II it that IK Iii IJ has hIssed blessed me 1111 with f of the tho divinity of ot the lie work I i we are My dy I VII at nl nI earnest earD ira ra er to Him Is III itY my mind may mn never nerr become dark 4 Out I may never ner ne lr depart from the I and right hut but that as ns eg VI in 15 IM reau 1 I may Increase In tin iiii ting g that the th light and i of the r ri of or o God t may burn In III 1 be heart art atil enlighten my under and HP hO p fir firm faithful ir my II H rather I a I 1 de lie ct Cl Tide labors that I shall perform te Ille lie rood food od 1 that I shall nerom t to shOW mj m unto my m miJ iJ Faille f rr r manifestations m to me In blessing mo Inc cli of or the work In which si And nd there Is nothing 1 with tin work vork II 11 I my lay m heart h art with more Inore Joy and Me je than the tle knowledge e that the 4 ay throughout these t ij S of ot f the mountains are itro blessed tUt thit same MIl and with tahiti faith that thaI they are en enin th tb in work of God mu that I 1 am run In InJO m JO nf 11 IV rho Lord in thin iet no na respecter r of at persona The rite tale lie the pc pi pIr if r the tue unlearned HO io far farfa fa duration of ot this world IK ill i con coil conid 4 id hae tave ben been le n as is abundantly tI tf or Jod with this thiA testimony ait aitt 11 t that hive have had more abundantly L things of this world From I Can Cant Cang t g 01 tb th north to 10 Mexico on the tho ft throughout this Rocky Hocky Mountain t to nn fad l of oC the hat Lai Laity iT ty Saints and In wU we WI find nOlI people that lint I keen from Crom nil all rf If f tIll tho iirth In lit fulfil f Ih ht h pi 11 that Ihal were ut uti i of Jr years ago ao that the tho thebe tl ai be bl brought to the tops fr tt M 9 n orl ati lit that the Lord LI 1 h Hig work vork hero here and 4 In settlements V r from rim n to for Cor ford d miles mile are iro blessed ble Rell with withof n of ot the lIu divinity of ot the are enGaged OF OP INSPIRATION to ti me m a marvel manel how t fo ana anol ability under ne tK of or the thc world worM and ond war i of ef t mm inn ran r look u unon on the tho thou r IC V t bo br Bin n In ln the life f nd and u I L with I rr I hating the lie fact 1 ga 1 this ihs people p ople to toI p I Sri lar r MJ said that the Uie doc lIlIc doch itoch Ib h b H IJ would make s 11 al t Mf i them one He Heat til lU 11 lie a Ilia at He lIe desired they theys be s e n 11 H Him even iven as 05 lie He Ie br hi b lie Father ll it P pro pre prot t If II a the Oo el should t I l ta J 10 III III the nj s i ll Kyle XI or God should be bethe beI irn 1111 s I the th nations of the thet t tn I n at k Ii ly City and two of ot u a fain p r uit ht un Unto Zion Ion where IIiI Ie J Ind 01 gunkI by 00 Clod Ir t Q inIS nh Me U living t ts s b r tf t r ot of that hM t pre Ire It 1111 a h he Y gath n I nt tn an f the islands of the io r 1 hen thc they came tt 1 h ha t I L VV I ble d with the theIn thet t t lied In affection In InV inGi t h love loe G Gi and ihy I Ht tM l Cen ln a Jesus lo loI l t the l tt I tb That ThaI lo love and t i to I t p n which chich wall walle e ho 10 would desert r r V rn nit alt that was wall dear tar t 4 natural heart of ot S Ib n 1 i by this tnt tt ot V I t t 1 gathered a tl lert MI hero here I tl ttY left Wl u I It h lr Ir relatives and an Jn up 4 1111 1 OIl lod I hall had hia fined filled I I tid J that Ho lie Hoi Hob b Ot u i brothers and tbt jp I 1 say ay that no noV V of ot the ihie earth arth not dot f 1 s Wise who men mon corn com 1 r t united the 1 11 t Oc t r th aM Ii them And andr AndI r l R a livIng t testimony t I J t tr 1 In t or of HIl work 4 d J t be L J I I l re of with fr I II that JO ot b q n wM nol nn nt unite 14 Inkt Tent national 1 tM aM the i one heart one i or e 1 rd th ar r SIre rt M tho the Ul hat Ln t I 1 I 1 Pt W lIVING b r ts tb t nf 1 It ln In I n S St O George Ore J tt Sk of oC r the theL 11 5 ot of Cf nfl 1 was Core fC t L r the faith that burti In tt ot r dIY ito Uti itoi hi hla t bi s t Ir tr elJ i f US ii t I i t 0 Oday d t r hit i 1 her k r rI I I t Q 1 Ih you to lIre b t i to Eurn and ea roa nt for and I l t very er day 1 t he hall hallL b a n h he L ir hi It OYer four four Cour U ot of oft III I mission he hc did didt didi t i t 5 Jut but he c sold worth or brill U hI fl Waft able to Ie fr Jew mOnth h At nf I ter terl 11 t changed hands for about aboul four tour times more than what he ho sold It for Cor He lie made this title and without one line dollar lIr j he lie wont to the of or the thu thi earth and apont tour four years of Jr his lila life lire proclaiming the Gospel declaring that that angel that thaI wee wax seen Hying tho lie midst of ot heaven having the to preach to them that lowit on the earth had conic come and nail that Joseph Was wan a prophet of ot ODd led who testified of at this Brother Brothe McArthur told me of or many man of or Ills J I mission lon that were truly trul remark remarkable able chic Among other things hc lie the lilt Prophet Joseph Smith visited him while he was on this tills mission And Ami AndI AmiI I 1 say sit Il to you today that you OU can travel from to tl Mexico and thousand yes ca tens ten ot of thousands of or men ruen and aud wo we mun Inca will stand stanl stan up tip and atul testify us na leArthur did Uld to Into me nt that God our heavenly Father has them lIe He has hns them thum manifestations mil lions of His Ills approval of or their labors whIch have been Inspired by the Holy Ghost and they will In nil alt solemnity It and without any ay an excitement testify tl to you that they do lla know for themselves that thay they are arc engaged cn In the work of ot God Tho lic labors labora and the tho Saints In lii this country evidence of the tho Inspiration of or the time Spirit of or God Q d that prompted those men melt who into ramo camo here UN a anti ami established the people In III these mountain mountains In lii ad ud addition dillon to the tho evidences that are arc to be found on an all honda of or the Inspiration and ani the uniting Influence of or tile the Spirit of God GoI among lh tC Saints Saint the cry Mry gathering of or this people II to these thele mountains Is a I direct fulfillment fulfilment ot at the tho promises matte made the Prophet Joseph Smith Mole Moia than titan once I f hove hearl President Wood Woodruff Wout ruff cuff ruf say nay In 11 private and In Iii 11 public that he lie has listened the tha to Prophet Joseph Smith stating to 10 them the 1 the fact that the Saints would yet come to the valleys aUeR of or tho the Hocky Mountains and be he become become come n a 1 great and aUth nd a prosperous people Wo We stand today tOllay an na a n living evidence to lu luthe the world of ot the divinity of at the mission of the Ihl Prophet Joseph JoseI Smith Why h hy e our very presence In these thes mountains IH Is a fulfilment of or the pre iro predictions dictions of that thal Inspired man Joseph Smith has been ridiculed umi charac characterized OB at old Joe Smith I stand before you OU today tl In a mere more boy loy and yet et Joseph Smith was martyred when he heI was wail I a I year ear younger than lieu 1 am This old oW man accomplished In a n very tow few yea i a a great creat and a marvelous labor When Whet we WO contemplate what he did considering the opportunities of education that he had hod It Il Is 18 Indeed a n marvel anti u a I wonder In 11 speaking of this I ant nin nl reminded of ot a 1 little Ito Item Iem that I rend read rell sonic Home HOle twelve years ago from rout a n book that Brother Brigham Young had with wih him on the train trIn as al we were go BO lag to The book wax was written by b Josiah QuincY Who isho was n a statesman nail and n a I philanthropist In It was W S the statement t INFLUENCE Nt OF TIm TIlE T JOSEPH It I Is U ty Ly no means Improbable that some sOle future textbook for the tue use ol ot generations yet unborn will wi contain a question something like lt this What hat historical melan of or the nineteenth century has hns exerted the tho most powerful Influence upon the destinies of ot hl his countrymen Ant An It II Is by b no moans Jeans Impossible that hat the answer to that in IU interrogatory may ma be e thus written Jo Ju Joseph Josephi seph Smith tho Ito Mormon Prophet Quincy From Uel ot the Past rast by b Josiah J We all ni know that hat no man over lived upon ullon the tho earth canh that exerted the flo same caine 1 Influence upon the tho destinies le of at the world worl UH Lord chit and Jesus Christ hirist anti and yet rl Ho lie wa wins born br In Ia ob oh obscurity cradled fn In n a I manger He lie Ie choho for Ills hilr 11 Apostles ost poor Ignorant fishermen Nearly nineteen n hundred years have gone Rone since ills His crucifixion and yet t all al over the world Is I In the tho hearts of ot mil lull millions mi lions luns of t people a 1 testimony of oC the tho dl dh of or the work that IIla He lie When I Wits was a n small boy bo I 1 went vent to the Thirteenth ward Sunday Sunda school anti and George Goddard van the superintendent with wih Brother antI and Brother Hamilton Park Paik as I 1 remember getting a little book out ot at the library I I r 1 written I 1 I think by b Dr Pa Pale Paley ley on the evidences I of ot Christianity I read several books boks written by h this Fame sattie Mie man one of at which I think was WIS entitled Natural I have never read them thel that time but I 1 have hn read enough of or tho the author to know that he lie was ivas WI n a nr avery very r wise wl e man jima lan and u a great creat student steh nt Among mong other things he ho stated that thaI one I of ot the greatest evidences that It I was 19 to bring to mankind of ot the di divinity d vinity of or the mission Iniss Ion of our Lord anti ami Savior Salor Je Jesus us Christ was thi nt that He lie le made lade no utter offer uler of ot rewards to those that followed Him no promises promise of or hon honora honora ora or of but on the contrary He lie Ie promised them that they the should bo be persecuted l that their names should be vast rost out as al evil 01 and that tha In he some sone Bore cases they would actually be put fut to death for forthe ci the testimony of ot the truth Dr I le said raid alt the tie fact that after atter at er the death of or orTt Tt ut men inca Possessed pawned such luch an nn of 0 the divinity of or Ills IA mis missIon lion slon that they ty were wert ready read anti and willing willingto to lQ JQ to 10 their death for Cor or that testimony ln proves more lore strongly than tItan any an other that could be made amOs the Hv hii I of or the mission of ot Christ I 1 remember her ber that while I 1 read that book I reid raid to It I this Is IE one on of or the strong c cit t 4 u that hunt it I li Ia I p to ad adduct adduce duct duce of ot the tho divinity of oC the of or our Lord und Savior Jesus Jesul Christ the same Mme evidence can cnn bo be b brought forth Corth as asto I asto to the divinity of the lon of at the Prophet Joseph Smith Joseph Smith made the same promise and anti to 10 the tie revelations contained In the of ot Doctrine and Cove Cone Ol Jesus Christ promised romle Joseph Smith the fame aine heritage that his name namo be cast cut out ns mis I evil that he lie should 1110 be b ridiculed and reviled that he hue 11 be persecuted Joseph Smith aird al d gave CAVO glO up 11 Mt his hl life lre for a testimony ot or orthe the divinity of oC the work that he pro proclaimed proclaimed ro claimed chimed to mankind Napoleon n Bona Ilona herb wild alII on one occasion In referring to the th that He lie Il must have hao beer tre tren n ft God or men nien would not lol be bC so o won wonderfully 01 devoted to Him otter after ICer WI Ills death Ho flo l paid Unit that men would mould follow him Napoleon Napleon to death btu e ot 01 their lore of at him hll but when he ho wah vai dead dond men would not follow him bun and ho he would have IO woul no n Influence over them Yet I men mel he lie le sold still tl followed Jesus to their death and He lie Ie therefore must mun have been ben a n God foil TI le same name arguments ci nl le o IH 1 forth to prove the divinity of the misSIon lon of ot the Prophet Joseph Smith The Tle Saints have seen een n of the tho prophecies that he hc uttered utere fulfill fulfilled to the very veil r letter ietter that came Into Ms his hl presence was waa U Impressed with wih the thu influence end nd which he manifest td ed Many Mans Is II the m roan man n whom I have met mel t that has baa hii ridiculed the late Tonne and lul 1 I nave have hA 1 such men to go Co with wih mo Pie 10 to meet him hint and they hey have hae Invariably conic come aWay uway from trout meeting him Inspired with n a 1 for tor tho time man because tho Ito Spirit of or God GOll I him day by nay day da I tell teU you 01 that It IH Is by h the inspirit tion loI of ot God not by Iy the tho lie of man maim ia I that Joseph Smith that Brig lintn Young that tat John Taylor that Woodruff have tavo been bell able to unite the tho hearts of fr the Salute Saints to establish and Ild build huld up UI the tho Church hurthi of oC Christ Without thu tho light and amid the tho guidance of or tho the Spirit of fr led God tho the work of or G God H on the th earth could not dot It I would and go IO to pieces Hut there t Is I In the th lie hearts of oC the people that lint abiding knowledge 1 which unites anti and cements them tl m together When they the hear the tho Voice of or the tho truo true shepherd they nUe nizo 1170 It and they are aro ready and to follow It I When We e contemplate the life anti and labors labor of ot men nien 1 It t should Inspire every one oie on of us UI to 0 be lie bl diligent and faithful In discharging the duties dutes devolving upon ripen us UI EVIDENCE OF oi CY CYOne One of ot the tho boldest predictions to my mind that hat Joseph Smith ever er made was wan to 10 proclaim the th fact Cl t that In a n land hanh landof of or liberty In a n land that lint had been res mes rescued cued t 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