| Show MORMONISM AND TIIE MILLENNIAL REIGN REIGNS REIGNA A Delivered in in n the Tabernacle T Salt Lake City Sunday Afternoon May Mar 19 1907 BY DY ELDER ORSON F WHITNEY that thet the th Holy I Spirit with the peace that pA th 1111 Ill rest remIt r 1 upon in ItS inthis II title this afternoon n wo vi 1 nitty i tIle the hh for rOt which WI we hav hR pray tit Id d In here m t I worshIp led Clod This Ihl In itt a R tiny flay wt nm lie I apart l tot for the holding of t ponce Hi th abject of which Is I the Ih of or a it sentiment which It Is te will eventually bear hOIl fruit In Inho Inthe the Iho ho disarmament of the null mind Ih Oue he lIh ht In LIt of o the h Millennial tIn reIgn 01 f pence arc arp no lie l under I he 1110 sun more iste l In lit this hIM rc t limn the here hele J Is no religion thai LImit t point more mOIo to that period of if than the tho religion which the tho calls nl The reign Ign Ignot ot of f brotherhood ii and good tood will stilt which tIle lie prophets have predicted which bo Ille I Ii C have 1110 YC sung SO tint Ii 0 ml which alibis good and women all down the ases lI ll ho looked forward to 10 with fund an IK Ill I one ot Ir It iho tho th grout greet purposes till or ui which icis tins LItis was I ash t ti ted lI lIJO JO SMITHS The Thu mission of the tho round CI is i oC Of OUI our Church Cli was WIlS lo In the so pel of Christ to back tito lost ost knowledge ko ledge of ti f and ii prepare 1 I Eli 1111 IC he the I e way wn before the lie coming of th Iii FIng h In of o Kings 1111 1 the advent If it if Jest I ell t orts era when iv lieu men will i I ml beat hIli I their I Itoh I t Into I Ii Ii hi Is ICS und Li U t huh peaiR Into pruning hooks hoo when wh Ince nice will vill spread her willie white wings liver iver the thi II 11 and war 11 will tt lt l at fit her lier feat resl oat and a n il learn I eu ro wisdom iv for fI f s r a II thou thousand i I II II sand sit 0 tl yell years s Therefore filets Co r 1 I stand ii upon t solid ground In itt saying that no flu coil tout 1111 t with more III I re Interest I n L this devoutly wished for fill than tho called Mormons the Saints Joseph the he t prophet ti IOl was v Iii asked to tl toI I t I this its ii He 1 te hit II of Ii I f Si 81 im John 1 oh a unit mil in a 1 series of lit and null quos t lo Ifon nfl on sill lit t hu hI wrote II s I slit 0 e as ItS allows SIlO 8 APOCALYPSE AP NJ What hll Is ls the sell sea of or glass spoken or of orb orby by b John fourth chapter n ii nl nil sixth Ith rs ot tiC the It Is IN the In lit Us Its sanctified Im lIst I What uro 1110 wo we to understand by hy Hie Ihl I lit four beasts of r In III I it the t Is e samu 1 11 I IVI VI s rEt Ie tire arc sinis by hr th olin John 1 In iii describing d I mig heaven ii h he I paradise 11 11 Ise nf u I f t I sd d the tin happiness of man and of brails I dl nil of sst f creeping JI and of lit o the Iho fowls I a Is ot of the lie t air IIII It I Unit bitt I which iv lii eli Is spirit spiritual pt ri I IunI ual unI being In hit the likeness lIes of nf that which h hI In hi I t i and lIlt II that which ii Is III tIlts tem temporal l Is In I is tho till I I of II f that t tin I which xvI Is Ill spiritual tIle spirit of or man In its till tin likeness of lit Isis his person l as all IsiS also tin th ot Itt the beast null users every ICI thol clue lute which lias milted l 11 What hlll hiat are arc we to understand II 11 II I by II Ih thin boiU bossI which John sissy saw which witS was sial scaled ed Id i on 1111 the tho back hlll with AVe Ve o aro to tl tu understand that It II contains Us lh 0 revealed I will i ii I n lid iVl of sit Cud Iou the tho hidden things of ot Ills His econ con economy only omy m concerning this earth during the he heIn seven In thousand t years Is of Its I is I I is it CItes unco or sir its temporal existence What hal hiat nta uuro we 11 to lInd I by h tin time si ven wals lIln with willi which It II was IIII sealed We e art are to understand that tho tIle first firs wul nl contains III the lie things 1 Ii I tugs of o the lb s firs 1 rat t thousand ii years U i und the tho lie second nisi of ur the tue second e thousand I I 01 yearn III ii It il an ito anon on Ott until II Ii II I the III seventh Ii What hiat are ore we WI to understand by b bIho thIn Iho ang l lI from raIn tho 1110 eist seventh chapter and sec second e ond verse We Vs arli to Iu understand that the angel lug loIn from time the lh rant lIlAl U Iii he till to 10 whom i Is IA given Ien tho seal eul or of the living toil God 0 tilt the twelve tribes sir Jt brill n fore he v r I unto no Ill tho th Lb e four an gels having II g lie III I everlasting eve ing log gospel saying Hurt not lint tho 1111 th thrill earth rill cr the uhe I h sea ca nor 1101 the he I trees 1100 III I hIt we wc have hn n Healed Hea I tl the LIlt servants ser of if our Go ill In their forehead and a ansi and It If you vim will receIve cl It II this Is Ellas which h wan unit to route corrie to gather together I thu Ih tribes of Israel 1 unit and restore restate all ni I thing What hul me ure wn wo to 10 understand by tho Ihu sounding of sf the Ihl trumpets mentioned In ill the eighth chapter of ur the tho th Revelation tion We WI I e are ar to 10 understand lust Hint t nn Its God GOll mad iliAd tIme iho world III In MK Ix days f and on nn the seventh lay day be hurt His HU ork anti and sanctified It and man mt lit of the tho dust af f the th earth cocOs even so iso In the th beginning of or t th tIle IP seventh will ivIll Hie Lord loid d the II earth arth ami complete V fl plot C the t hid di I vati elm of nf moan man and Ii alt all hlll nash and shAll ii I deom all things that which He Ill hath bath not put hut Into Ills power when lie He shall havo haild hll nil all tImIngs things unto and the Iho Hound Hounding the end 1111 of sif o all 1111 things ing lug of the tIto trumpets of the an angels angels gels are IU a ii the tho t hi e preparing ansi and finishing II I mug of f its Ills II I oik In III the beginning if t the I lie he hes seventh s thousand thou years Oil ln In Ing or of Ihl way 11 before beote the tho time of nl Ills comIng HitIA OF 01 0 F There are all HI some soIl IC people lie ophe who Ii under understand II It cler clerI I stand fo Sri t 1101 uit they hwy It II to Ill be he II a i I i i thai hit I lt Ill I ts me nrc Ii le 01 It tU fit fitI H rh 11 H Its ItH principle jill urd I and U ts ml fill Its IU selfish and Hul 51 0 ii on II is I I aims a I iii 5 md 5 in nII st es ii ii Ii ii Hut I lot hoist I who ii ii I Ii f Is ib I I Is and is 0 l understand ii nd ista II ii it II I t for fUI 0 I II what I I is I II m III I th Ih the There h is ho I isI I I o 0 1 ys I in Dl of r religion id I 1511 or UI ii Pit thul hit t lulu Ii such Oli isid and a Ii dl at ill lIEC hen I I I I Mows that thill Is so u IJ so as asI 1111 0 Kw decil tot 10 nil I ills hili 0 U Ii lii I ii It III giving all Mn AC Itc acI I of it the lOH 1511 said V W w wui will willi Clod Id l d In Its tile tho down for fW sir there Ii Is space apace there inn inno ui i liT o will tell I tak lali of n It I ami tIm we WI will m ka k kd HII us a I II hilly ti itel I arid wco ive will ivil I lioe t I e if I they I the lo all their ansI till theY who hl III tush fill ansi tO bl be tI titi tehI no not lii III th not have with hole who ho 1 eI t their kingdom first till bitt Who keeli their second shall eve glor for v er r an smith ever ovet everli I flits li Ill II the mba I whole ch chenue h of T ol atlon still nd lh the whole hole purpose ut of I human tit In to Ind a 1 a ar It ItI r d by II IH the Ille Joseph I SmIth mi in lit th e f ft few w words wo he Ise Place th I h Its pi in fI If 1 nod tod in to this i I Ih human I tin Ih I Ill eyK s of or mankind THE JIU IH Iru NE NEW Wi W learn a lii It hIs hili li von ln hired I his earth oarth WM sM not tint w imI ar is 1 II di some I brIstle its heU vt out outi o t i lencho th the I I t y of it time the eternity of i ii I IiI i troll trinity y of sit Inti 0 It I t I 1 I 1 Issi l the thu e rih und land mon man I id I 1111 nl all ll that Ihal the I i r ly in III thus I mill l In the mite l body x tie ILl i did Iii ili iii suit Itt l lri dv i in lii 1 hd II l II It i issI l U the of ot limn upon the urill er hi h II its to In InI m rt I I 1 l 5 lilai I 1 dl whether h Its or sir jr i would i l y sill h t Hi I l HI 1 lii hili It explain thaI slur our if I rr lill II itS all Hii Irl life where till nil nili i W In III the II II I I 5 hen hell St C sire re lo lit walk l I II sight ih I H It I Ia sIng In l lt our l an e have luer b lieen IINO n peril d l to lu Is bun this thiN our ur sit id j heru 11 t In I r I Jr by fu n thu 1 ill Y I J r no n from Shige tn to I stage slaps of st du do duIn In I mi thu lIfe 11 LimIter we ws WIRt Rt rv told ot of the he world but hUl he lie h to sate savo milan In n his hili stun u ts agency to tn u he I h I of sit Ond oj IWI alid In Ibis HIM Mend lint HilI there II another n is worm who vho proposed to save SaC nan from his slits sins He lIc offered Ills iliA life Its 10 o redeem mankind III nIl hut but left let all nil free freeo 10 o accept accent or reject thin the truth to choose Rood good and evil right and arcing Hn I I si wits was Il cs ss s s the thc I SIts Sav Savor lor or lisi Ih I slain from before the th of Ute We world r re Ie of ii f ibi I hi I and atm 1 there ware many y who followed to I lowest after ti tt er him him t v n a n third of nt Clods In iii the th They the kept not loll their nt t they nere cast out nut of sf II heaven amId they now floss no up sIp end ond on 1 town down tIn till earth arth whom they Ihl can from their allegiance 1111 II e But Of I children having kept their tint lust estate were W te permitted to taberna tabernacle tl ell cle In the Mesh to have a Il this thin earth anti and merit If th they y would salvation and 1101 exaltatIon in lit the tle world to come com WHAT WHAr CO T I S tI contemplates the devel development 11 1 ot oC man Into bIte a It the th convert log IIII ot nt earth into n a heaven and the this purpose and a I id work ti ork of si f 1 I v t nil all mm hi down ilea n the ages age has haA been till the lifting up UI of o the tho Human ran race the establishment of o Ir nl il rl 4 ond l One tho ills ltd I t and ii nil ultimate ii I I hIltS I e glorification I I at of ot this h III IH destined to II as itS Il 11 Li celestial sphere ph tile the abode bOllI of o celestial beings John Ill rev revelator 11 elator looking down vista tIsta l la of or time lImits Sale a ti oca of or glans M mingled with fire flIe und Joseph Smith this to he be the Mirth it Im In 11 I a its I ts immortal I Ili I and is nd eternal st Slate P I a t ci when a h II I It II I t should Iii his vu fulfilled I Ill I ed the tilt ri of if C its I Is s ICil and Ii mimI become h becci no crowned with Witti till the of sit Us lis Cre Creator ator He lIe that hilt the earth Is 18 cap able of or o obeying ln law that It abides a 1 al law Ian 11 and iso d by that ti ut L law Ill shall shin I I it I I be hI I II and ii lilt by hy hat I Ito I law In ii w V shall slut I I It be lie glorified and II a III lull beings of f n 11 celestial ell order shall hlll InherIt It IS TUN TI IF TWO CITATIONS CHI fIO H HII It II l III li Mormon doctrine hOd mine that thai man Clouted In lii tIle the spit It he Iw clothed In lii the lie not only lIlly man but bill thIe Ih animals IIII I Ii trees rees I tile the Ibe tho lIt n IS and is iho tho I h earth um ri It Itself I fu all II created I Ii In ti the spirit before they 11 t were formed in I is the lie t body h d tu III answer lo IC Iho 1511 What hut arc io tIle the four liea sm is that ha I John J n hI I saw RUIl Sit a 7 Joseph 1 Smith I lb declared d ClI is that t t they t represented rep resin I the th I lIe dlf IlIf Ii I lorent fInt orders of ot i beings the cre creations of sif rod God III In the tIu Ih of Or I felicity In other words man lull Ii Is not nt the lit t only I itt y creature El that I God 1 iid Intends to III to tO Ho IIII I I Ii never II C made Iliad e anything Ii iii p for ti the thu purpose lilt of or destroying t It It I Ho II I 1 i created crus test tilts this Ihl earth that He lie might glorify It U Man the lite child hlll ot or Cod hil farmed In tn Ills His III Image ld and ii nd endowed with is I t It divine ml I v I lie tit trl hUle I ca is tim that t t he hI might In I have joy JO denial ci I Joy Jo and a mu 1 become h like unto u mm to his hI s Father Iut and i U oil III He H I I s who a created I sd Ih I lIe beasts of lIt 1 tile the IbId Hold the fowls ollIR of II tIle iho air nil the plants the tIu trees the shrubs lowers and nil all living things in Iii tho Iho t spirit slit uI t betote tHore Ih were 1 created cica tell In Ili the tI body Intends to redeem them and full perpetuate I s them I In I mi II heavenly ly glory 1101 p THE ph I AH Au to 10 the Ills book sealed with seven seals lIP sia I Is which John 1 sis w our nur flu r prophet In Iii effect hat hll I t it 1 la is 1 the tile history the tine I rh e history lu I s I itry of Or Ito tho t world ii We learn lions him Ii bin that S ha I there here t is a ul period ot sit years In iii which the earth will fulfill Its mortal mission What hlll arc ale these t I years but seven seen days hl which this planet will pass paM through Its Ita probation I Ilium laboring ng six sI 11 x slays days and lUll It I ira t Ing upon tile Ihl seventh which Is I the tho Millennium u t i hell ni U 01 of oC peace Ileac the I II C Sabbath Sn Lb of nC the thc world nol did 1 id not mini cicale urea ii tIle the sm lets in III six ssI 81 slays days of nf 24 4 each elich Tho warning lids ni in g given I h II to I n Adam A lilt ill In III I It th I lit Garden a of if the day III cutest tsi test them of at thou shall surely tile die evidently hush bad III no nii reference to 10 the tue days mItt of o our II based upon the list II revolutions of or orthis this planet Hut there th re Is I a is great plan planol ol it t railed called lol nearest nare t In to the thc throne of or God a it planet that revolves once Olleo In Inn n Ii thousand years Was IS It not nol a It day dilY dayon on loloh that thu I 1 was ivous Wj when the III Lord 1 said Sn Id to Adam ID The 1111 Ill 1 day 1111 y thou 01 OIl elitist thereof thou shall shuh surely lIe die Adam lived 1 to In lIe be MO 1130 years old and m sum died within ItI t hut the day do y hut hot that thai day da was n Cl thousand years In Ill duration third 1111 We 1 O 10 a II hint of this same samu period one of Cuds days Iu In III the tilt writ WIIt ings of nr this the apostle Peter Patel who says saysA A slay day with wh is the he Ih I Lord LOil IB IS liS a II thousand years ansi and a II thousand yearn eara arH as one olle ollen day do n y I Infer I n ei that gave our OIl I earth Ill six aIx days dl 1 In Iii which to II h labor labul Inas Inasmuch much illIcit n 11 nil R He us rested upon tilt Ih seventh day sjay and It He lii expects the Ihl earth after It tins has completed Its Ha week of or 11 I toll I to 10 rest upon II ItOH JIll I it Sabbath Sit blia lIt He 11 1 1 t hUll ban hii is also Ii Issi required un II I red man for rol hi iii s own good goad to In It labor ls tx days d 8 and andrest It mid rest I upon II the lIe II I n II wording CCO to the bin I o of this hubs planet Tho Thi book that hat I was os opened taut seal by It Ii seal senI U Is I lie Ii IU sus u history of or if this thin world not 1101 what men i 5 all history tull of ot errors full Ill of o full of false elSe elSeI I m r Oil and II nh favoritism fit to sI then hull but what thi I the Its eye ere of ii God has Imas een and ft th recording lingol ii has written ii rj m tit Napoleon Na 10 the III I Croat 1 mat once raid What I III his but what we ItC agree It II shall shah be It II was WR his cut IU eu loin 1 III after ft ft el a hattIe battle to tl t o call rim II his hie It is general g together I hem itCH hear 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