Show 1 REMARKS br joy tiri Jini iaal laal YOUNG xoung bavre bovre boerr ur kuusk 1 I reported BV BY G D WATT we ve have just been listening ening enins to the ibe testimony otone cafone of one of the apostles of the lord jebus jesus christ also an at apostle of him whom the lord has haa ca called lied in our day to establish his kingdom no more to be overcome by wicket s 1 on the earth to kay that we are apostles of joseph S ariu 0 hir iii jil rather a dark daik saying 0 o many jesus unjust being sect sent of the fath r to perform a certain work wort beame became an apostle it is written in the book callad hebrews wherefore ep holy boly partakers par takers of the heavenly calling consider tte tie tte tie apostle and high nih priest of car var profession christ jesus who was wan faithful to lim t im that appointed him hlin as also moses was faithful dinall in all oil hla hia house the savior called upon a num number berof of men to in the work his father had bad sent him to do and anti sent them into the world to proclaim his n and gospel 1 instructing them to baptize all believers in this ulis way they became the apostles of jesus christ and at the day of h a coining they wili stand at his hia right hand in a pillar of fire bein bang clothed with robes of righteousness nes aj with crowns upon their I 1 eads in glory to judge the he whole house of israel joseph smith was the first apostle of vla via tv I 1 Is church and ard vas was commanded of J sus christ to call and ordain other apostles and bend them into all ve tie ti tte e world with a message to all people and arid with authority to baptize all who vrho should believe the fullness of the gospel goepel and sincerely pince Fince rely depont of all their sins these other Apo apostles stes are apostles of jesus christ nd of joseph smith tiie tile chief apostle of this hist hiet dispensation joseph yoseph smith has laid the foundation of the kingdom of god goa in the last days others will rear the superstructure its laws and ordinances its blessings bleb blea aings and privileges have been leen laid beffre all people wiio who would hear the tile testimony of gods ier ter servants has sounded like the voice of a trumpet from nation nati on to nation aad from people to people arning warning the honest and mcew meek ot of the earlb earlu to ilee hie from babylon to the cb ambers chambers in the mountains for safety until the indignation shah shad 11 be past if it all the of the earth had been as diligent in id searching out the truth and as to receive r eci ezi ive lve it as hundreds in this congregation have been the wor woi world id would have been con veil ve edion edlon tong long ago but few people compared with the masses have ever received and ived iuie tue gospel of jesus christ in any age of the j world III in which it has been preached enoch possessed poss pois essed intelligence and tyis ivis wisdom dorn doin fr fram m god that few men ever enjoyed walking ing and talking with god for many years yet ic cordin ccorbin cc ordin to the history written by mose moses he was a great length of time in establishing his kingdom among mm men the few that followed c joyed enjoyed the fullness full ress of the gospel and the iest lest at ot 0 t the world rejected it enoch and his party wele were taken from the earth and the tit wold woid ly d contin continued tied lied to ripen in iniquity until they were overthrown bythe by the great flood in the days nys of noah and as it was in the days of noab noah so shall it be in the days of the coming of the son of ma man n so sure as the upon smith biln jun to bring forth bis his gospel and bis bia kingdom just so sure wilt will be tod toj this generation accountable for their actkin acts in relation thereto if any people reject the gospel god will destro destroy that people or na tron the majority of the people of the world ero ere hectare clare that joseph smith was waa not called of god if they know that then are they safe in r rejecting ejecting J hia bia teg tei testimony I 1 know that he wa was s called of god and this I 1 know by the revelations of jesus christ to me and by the cf of the holy ghost hd had I 1 not so le learned aari ta this truth I 1 should never have been Is ai called a Mor Nl ormon rmon raon neither should about d I 1 havn have been liere hire today to today daj day the world is as uncertain of the calling of joseph smith as their religious ministers are that they are called of goj god they hope they are arc so called they hope they have exper enc ent encee ed a change ot of heart biart they hope they are renesse renewed d inspirit they hope their sins are forgiven they hope th theford is gracious to them etc etc 1 I 1 I dl did lLord not know that iny my sins were yere forgiven my hope htide would do me roe but little good if fo fht PaT nr gumen s sake I 1 will say if ws we should b m 1 staken fatayen fa taken as to the legality of joseph S S h 1 i calli calling nr we still bear the same va i 6 ll 11 p towards the heavens as any other pol r 0 t m I 1 lof bof mai mal malkind mankin kind dand dald and havet bate the became sa me chance jbf of sea sra salvation ion lon standing on equal grounds kith with them joaeph tod us that jesus waa was the chrisi christ ithe mediator between god and man roan and the of the world ile he told us its that there was no other name in the heavens nor under the heavens neither could there be by which mankind could be saved in tile the presence of the tile aither ft ther but by and through h the name and ministry bf Of jebus jesus christ and the atonement in int he be made on mount blount calvary joseph aiso also told ua us that the savior requires strict obedience to all the commandments ordinal es and jaws laws pertaining to his bia kingdom ad aad I 1 that hat it w anid do this we should be made P pa of all the blessings promis d iu in his gospel we have already been made part kers of the blessings or of the gospel ruspel wh cb ch he fie promised pro poo to his disciples dici ples pies one in particular I 1 will name and arid that is peace jesus says saya these things I 1 have spoken al unto you that in me ye might have peace in the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer I 1 have overcome the world there are hundreds now before me who wi ean tan testify that I 1 in ri the world they have bave had tribulation but in the gospel as we believe it they have found peace again BI ased are ye when men shall bhail hate bate you and when aben they shall separate you from their company and shall reproach yon you abid alid cast out your name as evil for the son of mahs mans sake R jolce joice ye in in that day ani an i leap for joy for behold your reward is grat great in heaven for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets have the world separated the latter day siinto stints from their compan company they have for what for disobeying the laws of the land no thy th tb y cast them out for believing 7 in jesus christ and in joserh joseph smi h as bm his this whole people were cast 0 ont out it for b lieving that god spoke to joseph smith and chose him to be his messenger hh hia apostle ap astle to this gene rat on I 1 11 t stife to you that we were not cast out for teaching and practicing the patriarchal doctrine as our now enemies declare for at that time it had not been published to t the e world but it was for believing preaching and practicing ille doctrines of the new testament for believing in the events to take place in ill the latter days as foretold by the ancient ai at d for believing the declarations of joseph smith that jesus was indeed the christ and the savior of all men but especially of tuam that believe and that he had set act to his hand the second time to gather his bis people to establish his hia iiii kingdom baom to anila up zion redeem jerusalem empty the earth of wickedness wick edness and bring in everlasting righteousness joseph smith testified that lie he had lad received revelations from god that holy angela had bad a administered to him that he lie had seen the heavens opened had bad seen je jeus leus uj chiist chilst and knew that he be lived and that all people must acknowledge him to be the christ the savior ol 01 0 the worl dand to obtain salvation through 11 him must obey his ordinance nce keep inviolate their t air covenants with him and with each other and try with all their might to restore the covenants broken by the fathers that the celestial gates leading to the presence of god may be opened to all believers and this is our testimony last of all that god has spoken from the heavens command commands nc rr us its to 0 o preach repentance to this generation gene pene ration giving us authority to baptize for the re remt sion 0 of f sins and to bestow the gift of the holy ghost by the lacin on an of hands the remission rc of sins bins the gift of the holy gloat aid ai at d the favor of r god cannot be obtained in any other way these are godys goda unchangeable conditions for mankind to observe when they are called upon to enter into an ing ing covenant with him to serve him and ani none bone twe the vor tor preaching uns una gospel joseph smith was cast t and ai in murdene mur dere tiered and for the same samp cause this ibis I 1 people have been persecuted ard afflicted alid arid ont out beyond the ibe coif colf coig laeb iaea of go so called civilization what so do we now see abroad contusion Con in all the ramifications of society poci ety in the days of the great tower of babel god goa confounded their language and spread coffus on and dismay among them and ultimately scattered te ed them to the four winds winda of beav heavert tit ert 1 the I be confusion will be no less great in thee day days and the destruction of human life will be so i great that but few men will be left with the hople eople in it is fop lop 0 here and 10 lo 0 there christ is here and christis christ is there some say eay observe one ordinance and no more others say observe two ord ond ordinances and no more P seme say observe none at all and eo on there ia is no true falb for al is uncertainty tinty every mail man pursuing 11 his own way they have no yin ila 1 it of revelation to guide them and that which hare have saved this nation from its present awful chastisement they have cast out from them therefore behold the lord makesh the earth empty and mabeth it waste and burneth it arside down and gealt ereth abroad the inhabitants thereof the land shall be utterly emptied and it terly spoiled fp oiled for the lord ha hath th spoken this ibis wo word rd 1 I when joseph braith came to the pe pie with the message of the gospel in its fullness they said let us 1 kili kill 1111 iii ili hlo blo or be will change our customs overthrow our religions make proselytes prose lytes in foreign lands ank ant and i flood oar our country with them hem expose our political cor eruptions and may take away our place in the nation come let us 1 kill 1111 lii him they did kill him that debt is upon them and they have it to ray pay the lord pity them I 1 do I 1 pity them because uey are EO fo shor thor so wicked and BO so determined to fiby god anci anti nd hia hla laws they killed joseph smith and cast I lout out this people for believing a in him lim are the astill still upon our track they are I 1 in a correspondence between mr greeley of new kew york and abid the president mr d blared it his ins intention to do everything ins his power that he U ought would save uni n this was very j st and correct in him but has his course invariably tended to save the union time will show there ia is ro po man call can see unless he sees by the ciet and power of that every move that has baa been made roade by the government bas las been to fulfill the sayings of joseph smith pro het bet and arid all earth and anti hell cannot help it the wedge to divide tle the union was entered 4 in south carolina and all the power of 0 the government cou con d not prevent it the lord I 1 spoke to jo joeph eph smith on the day De december gember 1432 ag as follows verily thug thui saith the lord concerning the tile wara that will shortly come to pass beginning at the rebellion of south carolina Ca kolina which ivill will eventually ti tT Minate in the death and anci misery of many souls the days ays will come that war will ba be poured out upon all nations br beginning winning ginning at that place pace for behold the southern states shall be div ded against the northern states and the southern states lii will wili ill call on 0 her nation nations even the nation of great rat britain aa as it is called arid and they shall also aiso call upon other nations in order to defend themselves ag aga ga ast other nations and thus war shall be po ired out upon all nations etc the wickedness of the wicked is onward and downward while the righteousness of the righteous is onward a ai d u upward ward light and darkness or in other words rig t arlt aiu wrong are with us and men choose dark ess rather than light I 1 wrong rather than right this ia Is their condemnation they despise the truth and those who will declare it on or rne occasion in the wars of the he kings ol 01 israel and judah with uhe the king I 1 syria the file ki gs gi ot israel and judah sent for all he the pro bets they could fi id to prophecy good concerning their going down to the battle and a I 1 fits spirit was ivas sent to speak through the tattle dattle rophell prop hels heis to lure ahab king of isael Is ig ael acl to the battle fiala king of judah inquire inqui rel rei 1 whether there was waa not yet jet another prophet of the iha lord that they might inight inquire of arld and arid the king of israel said saig unto I 1 hat there ia is yet one oie laan zaan nil Afi calah the son of amish by whom A hom we may inq ure lire of the lord but I 1 hate him for he does not prophecy gcoy concerning me wt bill evil micaiah was brought before the kine kins and said 1 I saw all israel scattered upon the hiis hills as sheep that have not ash eherd ahab 0 dered micaiah t ibs tbs be put in prison and fed on the bread of afflic ion until he should return in re re ce cc an archer drew a bow at a vet venture ture tune and arid blew siew ahab ath h went vent to til ill the field of battle in diegue e wrid the words of the prophet were ere fu fure furi filed lied it is eo 60 hi ill this day the man who will speak the word of the lord fearlessly fear essly ig is batad enle fa a se be prophets prop heis and false teachers wha who pander to it man vanity and to human greatness for gain are fostered bj by wic wicked ed rulers and exalt ej ed e J to the chier chief seats in the aynaga aes ues wo we are to build up uhe le king kirg kingdom dom jom ot of god on tile the earth to bring forth zion to prom to te the file ciu chuc c of on the earth and to walk under foot sin and wicked tricked ness nesi there is an opposing party who ho are dete dele mined minerd that the kingdom of god shail shall not cot be built bulit and who do allin ailin all ail in their I 1 d destroy t 1 0 3 i and nd its supporters this has as been the case from the begil nid nin nide nice and wickedness has triumphed because the i 9 e measure of the eaith waa was not complete and those mighty spirits calculated to bring 1 to pass tip born in the flesh the time has now come when this work will be consummated sarana rule rue and satans king kirg acm will be and everl everi astir astin r 1 t h and peace will bo be brou brought in upon the face of the whole earth joseph smith knew khew what hat was cam coming 1 r upon the nat bat on of the united state and 8 eadd H id if ir they will let me I 1 will save the nation would not let him but treated him as a tr trai traT traitor altor aitor tor they arrested arre arro sed him in missouri for erelson tr eison elson when he had not maid caid a word stith with regard to political af affairs lairs but preached hed 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