| Show c PREPARATION FOR THE ADVENT OF CHRIST nt ft the i of tho Church of o Annual of Latter day Sain ta In n tho Mission Duty Dut of the te Saints saina to JesUS p I SuIt SnIt Luke Lake City Morn I feign n of Christ Sal J no n April 3 1004 by I for tor the tho D Missionary RESIDE TS ANTI ION II 11 LUND Work nt ot Homo home Abroad I I IW W AND AW JOHN JOUN 12 I WINDER L 2 a A AA a AA ANTHON H U LUND LUNDI r tU In the name Ihl 11 I ret have haveS LOrd and nd I ask sk that I may tI t S the 01 O U our OU faith P hare you I have en enI enrid b for I hall balI of ot our Present this thia the thi rid Have havo and I believe hi his i word every ever heart hearl Ho ha has found an fl echo ch in la fl our mission our unto u Us Cht f Con the which dutIeS here lC upon i are e for tor to serve Lord to o carry rry out lila Ills purpose purposed instruments in lila His handa to toMU aDd rd d to be about aboul th reign of peace t ho the reign MU bring This the Iho ho earth t I Christ here upon engaged w we havo rv in which ht wo we ore told laId Sid and ana we wo W have an all n 18 13 the work which Is Ia to prepare aro thereof e coming Christ for the th that the Is near at athAn fa v beHave hAn ming I lien wilt the bo be fulfilled Wo Vu know 1111 lila JIls there must ho bo hoa boI before parel to receive Him We Vo Wehm I a Ir ourselves trI d to iv hm amongst whom hom wo we labor for tor this thOle great rut orent nent And wo do this In which our other r WilY way than th thO one has hA out to 10 us tIe tIeI lisI I am that this U Is 8 Easter We celebrate today otay the glorious event About el f the lion tion of our event which this great Brent tf lEO yesra eon aso ago our hope of at eternal life lite took told l In a R anavi tIC Our ur was till iw navi and r 1 there until the Sir third ld O da y after fter IlLS His lis lie He arose nrose Mi and tool took upon uvOn Himself Ills body ho how ae body which had suffered upon HIP Ihl w aOU ui and hl h hail had been hurled buried and n M hi ho svia 18 ren ROen 1111 follow foliO ra u r V hat a 0 great grent gr nt event Is th the n of Christi Christ Ho lie 0 con eon conquered Vath death He unto tinto M UI thai d ath rt uld not reign thit though H U and all nil th thu Iho i 4 of Adam dam 10 ho to tn uh eath t t death should houd not nol continue to taw tv power po p wr r over thorn them Ho Ito duth He II brnko Its lis chains He lie took liP L Ills his body rig II In and fulfilled the tho ml lon for lor which II He lie came hero here hereupon upon tipon the earth What n II glorious hop hopu li I rl jives n unto in us through this event I Imro o the date of this anniversary IH Is rarI correct It was about this time of 01 the year yar ear when the resurrection took luei With Willi It II Is Ve ve H have hale nothIng to po SO o by b to how us 1111 tIt tilt I at the birth of Christ took ti t In December but we WO have SUit BUR made that It early In the tho ther j r and nd that It must have hae been nt at ft n atme time int when n It was lILS warm enough for tor the thi to be he out In the tho fields folds taking their flo k This event however howeler which Is II today throughout tl the lit Christian world orId we wo know accord 1 tri ti t to 10 the tho ls took tool place lace at the tho thet t ot of the In order It recur annually on a II Hi e Christian have made on the tho Sunday after the Mist full tull era that comis next rr the trio of 01 Ith uh rh It gives us pleasure therefore kno know that w e are tro near the tho right tI when eJ this event lucy lIny doubt douht the ho statements of of the tho 8 and ay that the th in not 1101 take lake place he hi arguments against belief In iii of 01 Christ With us how tm nr lOr th re is no douht doubt concerning It We believe th BIble to ho he the word of ot Owl God as i far a as an It IL U It translated translate correctly that book honk we find flud nn the oMm l writers to 10 the tho fart that Jesus Jesua I nu IU and ond that He lie e ns seen Reen fter lie had hail risen hy by the tho Apostles A by I at nt one time limo by u 1111 n uny t as Ue file hundred at nt This til U the II home borne by hy His ills cl when they went out Into the tho world the th om as a en lion nion of 01 Christ and anI they eta r silting to 10 suffer suITer nit nil things for lor tit that t They ilk did not bear th ny with any view of ot worldly honors In compensation for tor l laior bor or on the contrary they know tt lh bearing of this thia testimony con Christ would lead lend to 10 their foi tOl O Him flint even eun unto death but 41 dt not deter d tr them they the did not hold hail back bk or feel leel afraid of 01 w hat the tho world tuU huld WM do da but persisted In bearing tea tes I n that at hrit was risen anti that thy tIr had ha Men Ien pee Him t only rise fro from tnt dud it 11 lh t time but bul others otherA seen tu O n hail had d rii n from train their graves men ant nien who died be Je d Ill frI n I wll who had the lne privilege e him t I do I not ot ll the ton tOil then themi WM n a gen Ien gens genI tt 11 O ni e I j Hirvo e i It II t extended to those iwho who s hn upon earth had proved provet n to to tl nil alt H for tor or the thi L Im 01 J f a 0 1 j to whom neither 1 drar J hOMr Tr nor lor had been to 10 keep from 64 t th of 01 Oo foil the th LAItH IV believe In 1 a lit W fill ri I tt H th mh Wl do not t enter ill Idra M as many man In ln the A it mt world do III t e will be he e a II prun DI kit thit Th m ot of 1 the th Lord U Is e shall r our hate In v We look lon ileath death 17 I u a 1 ore y of the th lt Jm Jt 1 and ani the thc body The body of II In ln the Iho grave nod A ft a 1 W rd Mt no Neld b fori fori It but His 8 spirit pf t te J b be lm r there It Jt wan Willi only y I n dead The rho spirit u I at alive nn I in ht tho the spirit Ho Ibe t jj If 1 4 and righteous In j Para Porn 1110 tio Ih VIsited the 16 prison where Ii In of 01 men me been awaiting nil for tor b living beo bt K generations they tho It there thero for rejecting M u hs It t Preached unto into We v ti th thu in ne are Ste taid lold ln in tho Scripture II pI 1 Visited S Into unu W Ih spirits I In prison n anti VI With thorn thi No Nc o doubt douht they HH ills CM message Th ba a I I fro th thit the tho d d tho th Prophecies which o that len was to I I I returned e doors door this his u aa unto hod body rho It anti Immortalized tn a 11 proe or of which we no wr t if 1 a nut it It wn wag IR tho the tt lie td Ills ibis la tion appeared Ha e CUe t Th in h Ut their seeing how bod body vir ft go ser vV Ol elements in of tho the ire no rl If It Ih 1 corruptible 11 nOI thit h 01 I q IUd hod In hi lbs tho tomb It u lied bod t nl I in eor r tim III ii t 0 Ills his hotly hOlly a 1 IlIth by lila and Ito He WIB kill 1111 li bod body v Om when shien Ho no took b Mm 1 11 n h belonged l to PI dYaD It an l Ot no Yet when His 10 nb disciples a une j thim hom lie He 11 wn time the 7 or rt ri the r r Wound In III InU un hi ft In Ills IlIA side C I 1111 fl Vi I O unto tinto 1 U pw ed 1 r that Ills His 1 t body had hll Ihla lOok tn reu b to a time when I w its shall Come to umi n t t look upon 11 1 1111 RS as tho k no lag Ing Him eXistence On the to be tim la k 1110 th our pro fit assurance that ems ome that a there thera h 11 m death slUn ti re io 1 we theao samoa which wo we possess lIoness here hero upon the tho earth earthnut and nut that the tho union of spirit and body shall never ever be bo dissolved The Tho bodies bodlos wo we receive will wilt be bo Immortal and the spirit and body hody reunited will con comm constitute u a soul While upon this subject I will read n a few from time the t 10 section s of ot tho book of at Doctrine anti ami Covenants Covenantal And there shall b bl ba silence In heaven la en tot for the time apace of half an hour and Im hn Immediately mediately after shall shah the time curtain of ot heaven henon bo ho unfolded ns III n a scroll crohl Is tin Un Unfolded folded after It Is rolled up and tho the taco face of ef tho tha Lord shall hall bo be unveiled ulli ell Anti And the tho Saints that nr upon the Iho earth who are ora alive 1111 bo ho quickened anti anI bo he caught up to 10 meet meat him And they who have slept siept III In their graves shah come coma forth for their graves gracs chilli be bl opened and they timey al also obo o oshall shall b cAught up to meet maet him in III tho the midst of ot the tho pillar of ot heaven Thor They Iro ILES Christs the first fruit they who vimo shall descend with Him first Anti nOli they th who are nrc on tho tito earth and In their graves gravel who are first caught up to meet Him and all this by the voice of ot tims sounding Hounding of ot the trump of the angel angelof of ocl And after this thIN another angel anKel shall I sound which Is IA the second trump anti and I then cometh the time redemption of or those I who mire Christs nt lit His coming who have received their Part In that prison which Is prepared for them that they might receive the tho Gospel and be Judged ju according to men In tho the flesh Anti And again another trump pound which Is the third trump and then cometh the Hie spirits of ot men inca who are areto areto areto to be Je judged and are found under con And these are th rest of the tho anti they the lire IIvo not again until the thou thousand antI and years yearn are ended ron lcd neither again lignin un until til lii till the end In l of ot time the th earth And Ald another trump shall sound which Is the tho fourth trump saying There are found among those who are nto areto to remain until that great and nn last day even oven the time end who shall remain filthy still Hero here we 0 have through n II revelation given In 1832 n a prophecy concerning the th number manner of the tho resurrection It was given en n bj by II revelation unto tho the Prophet Jo And In 1 It gives us a 1 good Idea concerning that great relit event which wIll wll take place hereafter When Christ shall coma omo the tho saints that are upon lbs IhA earth carth will be quickened and caught up unto Him They Timey ThO will not have to 10 be laid hold In Inthe inthe the tho grave Irlo and undergo death In the tho or dinar way a but hut nil the tho change pertain pertainIng lag Ing unto death lenth will wiil como come unto them even eve If It It be bo as the apostle said In the tho twinkling of an eye Iye The Tho Lords pow power power er or will be Je made manifest for lie He holds holts the keys key of at the tho resurrection Ha lie knows nil concerning our physical organization tion and He Hc IB in l to accomplish this great t wonder of the tho resurrection So when the time comes cornea the tho faithful of the Saints will he be quickened and arni caught up to meet Him and tho the many thousands that are UC coming with lIh Him They who havo slept In their graves shall como forth for their graves shah bo be opened and they tey also shall be caught up to meet him In time the midst of 01 the time pillar of heaven arc the first fruits fruit of or that resurrection and Ind they timey snail shah descend with sith Christ They also who are on the tho earth shall be caught up to meet Him And all 1111 this by hy the voice of tho the trump of ot tho time angel ongel of 01 0 ad This brethren and sisters Is III some something something something thing worth working for We AVo de tie desire sire to live IIvo so RO that when this event shall como come whether vo wo be bo on the tito earth or In tho the grave G that this sound may tila 1111 be heard by us we may como comae forth fortim and Join that Imp py throng Tho The revelation goes on to describe those thoa who ho shall hear tho the trump but hut who vimo arc nrc of ot a 1 different class clasi to that to which I have Deferred Thero There will be he sonic Boine that did dill u t hear heur the tho gee gos gospel pel upon the tho earth but who received their portion In the tho prison We have generally thought that the doctrine or ot I salvation for the tho dead deRd was not taught until 1843 18 3 when the tho Prophet Joseph Jeseph received revelations concerning work wor I for or thu the dead but from tho the very begin ning tho timo Ih Lord revealed unto him that I theta W was wall B n a possibility of ot salvation be ing obtained by hy those who hall had passed 1 away without a n knowledge of the time foe Gos pol pei And so o we are told hero here of the next that shall bo ho resurrected And litter after this timia another angel shall sound which Is the second trump and then Ihen the tho redemption of 01 those who are Christs nt at his imis coming corning who have received their part In that prison which Is ts prepared for tor them that they might receive tho time and bo be Judged according to men In the tho flesh And again trump shall sound which Is IA the third cad Ind thou then the tha spirits of ot men who are oro to bo ho Judged and ore are found under condemnation And these are oro tho time rest reAt of 01 tho the dead and they live Ilvo not again until the thou that sand years are ended neither again I until the tho end cud of the tho earth Rrth And another trump shall sound which IB la tho time fourth trump saying There are found among those tho so who are aro to remain until that groat and last lay day oven even the tho 10 end ond who shah aha II remain lith II still tI 11 Perhaps tho the sons sans of perdition are arc tho the last clans All will ho bo resurrected Jesue died for tor us nil Ho lie became tho limo corner Ho ire bought ua us for tor a n price and His Ills death brought the tho privilege of ot resurrection unto every elver soul whether he ime be bo a 1 sinner Inner or not 1101 All Mi will receive a n share In Ia the resurrection not In limo tho first t resurrection But they the will bo be rca res and will viii bo be brought before the tho bar of ot our Heavenly Father Brethren and sisters let lot us so live Ilvo that thero there wilt will be bo no danger er of our be ing In the tho latter classes but hut that wo we may ilia be among the tho first fruits of Christ Sunday af after Itter er Sunday we promise that we will take us Ills Ilia name Let us not only take upon us ills His name Mme but show In iq very cry deed that we Wo aro Ills Iii Lot II us follow tollo tho the good counsel given us this morning iio our OUI holy h lY religion carry out tho commandments of ot Clod and not fear tear what man may Inny soy say Sll con corning us mis We know knoll what we wo have received we Wo know that this work Is la for tho time salvation and betterment of moo mOil then let Us Ua u carry out mit It Its Ita prin ciple This Is I my advice to you ou God Clod bless you nil all Amen JOHN JOliN a R I have no doubt my brethren and sisters sister but hut that you YOl with myself have hava greatly rejoiced In what we wo have hlo heard from froni Presidents Smith and LUnd With limos brethren I Join In extending to you ou a IL 1 hearty henrt greeting to title this confer conter once When I think that t many of you have hae traveled hundreds and Int some of at you thousands of mile miles to visit vii It this Conference I feel in my heart henrt to hope hopa you YOl will bo be amply repaid for tOI your Jour ney I trust wo 0 will keep In mind tha the good Instructions we wo have havo already re reo received anti and that wo We will be more dill dili gent and determined to serve the tho Ioro rd with all our might mind anti and strength Our motto as ns I understand It Is Peace iV on Earth Karth anti and hood Good Will to Men Some of 01 you my toy brethren who vimo are present lt today are aro laboring In the Iho notions nations of at tim th earth endeavoring to enlighten the time minds of those who are aro In darkness and bring them to a 11 knowledge of tima truth I lowe have no lie doubt the feeling f In III your our heart nil all the tho time U is Peace Penco on onearth earth good will viii to then men While we WI claim the tho right to serve thom tho Lord Lor 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