Show w from the millennial Millen nial ulal star THE deliverance OF ISRAEL anes upon hearin tf 7 of the depredations of uw vie indian indians on the gentile eini fration near green mrm Jt eter lter and the departure of ot the united aa slates a t troops from great salt gait laae lake city for the scene of clion Altho aitho although tigh ligh now la in a foreign land 0 god in all we nye sec see thyr thy hand thy tender caro care thou spread st around thy saints who dwell on bibly ground in our loved home in deseret Dc De our enemies aro are striving yet to overthrow the work of god saint blood to spill upon the tile sod that arin arm against jehovah raised I 1 noer gocr prospered yet in former days in face of all that tolls us this tills mn still plunge in tho the dark abyss but let its tell those men and all opposing god surely fall gaeir doom Is certain may seem to tell their fate an idle dream will nothing theIr teli ToJI purpose stay atay till TU receives its prey let then the saints bo be of good cheer our ts Is for us who can cant fear ft B D Y ajan ydun atin the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my iny jeanot jealousy isy for then will 1 I turn to the pee people pec a pure language that they may all call cali C a I 1 upon tile tiie name of the lord to serve him him with one consent when a man rises up to speak in the tile name of the lord and is filled with the tile 1 light 1 flut flit and the tile intelligence and power which cometh from god ills his cou countenance ante alone will coave convey more to those who wilo are inspired by ofle the tho same spirit than call can possibly be conveyed by the tile word words of any language now used by mankind the tile brethren have testified today to day to ilat diat what they believe tind find to what they know they have traveled preached and labored diligently to do good and ana have returned home again to their families famili gs and friends and now they wish to hear ilear to see and to learn and 1 enjoy tho the society of the saints liere here at the tiie gathering place nil all and as a general thing they have no desire to say a great deal while a few like to preach among tile the saints at home there is is one tiling I 1 wish to say to the tilo E elders iders who have returned from their fields of labor do riot not for your own sakes lay ofir ott the garments of tile priesthood and think your missions at an end for have we not enlisted to build up the kingdom of god oil on the earth and establish truth and righteousness and is not this the tile work of a lifetime life time it is little matter how liow successful the tho elders are in bringing the spirit and understanding of the people to the tile knowledge of the truth or how successful they are in gathering the people of god from the tile nations for there la is not one man in all the ranks of israel that will ever be able to justly boast of having I 1 1 done one deed more than his hia duty ivl ivi when len ien we have labored faithfully and diligently all our lives until we have accomplished the full measure of our labor on the earth cartil not one will be found that has done one act to build up the kingdom ican doin doln of god more than liis ilis duty required require a of him while oil on the other hand it will very likely be found in the end that thousands have come short of performing all their duty and I 1 think I 1 am safe in sayin saying that there will be but few if any who ao have performed all their duty I 1 do not know of a man within the circle circie of my acquaintance who lias has performed every good lie has lias had llad power ability and opportunity port ort unity to perform if lie he has lias ewt been een cen guilty of sins of commission lie has committed wrongs through tile the omission of duties then let not my brethren consider thein their inis missions at an ail end if they wish to conti continue nug to increase in influence power judgment and truth in ill righteousness andin and in the tile knowledge of god which ho ile may inay please to constantly reveal unto them through their faithfulness but let every man be faithful inspirit in spirit striving continually to conquer every passion and to subdue every wrong feeling I 1 and bring into subjection every unholy aspi aspiration ralton of his being and bo be willing for the spirit of truth the spirit of the gospel to lead and guide him from day to day from hour to hour ilour and from moment to moment if we all do this we shall constantly have in our possession words of comfort colli fort for each other and be in readiness to act at tit all times in the performance for manee mance of every duty but let a man neglect ills liis duty in his earthly tabernacle and lie he will find in the end that lie he has haa committed mapy many a wrong through giu gli the sin sill of omission mission good and opportunity to do good is pres presented entea to toman man but because of his ignorance lie he neglects to do the good lie might and is in consequence full of darkness there isa is a peculiar trait in the tilo character of the kingdom of god that is diverse from all other kingdoms that has does orwill or will exist and the king we have enlisted to serve is different from hrom all other kings for lie he wishes all those over whom lie he reigns to share with him jim the glory of his llis kingdom he is dur our elder eider brother and we are arg tilo the children of the same great father and if calill dren then heirs heirs of god heirs with christ if so be that we with him that we may bo be also glorified together when lie hath bath made us kings kingg ad and priests unto god and ills his fat father her the tile king whom we serve has promised to make all who overcome the world tile tiie flesh aill and the devil devi I 1 ki kings g like unto himself whacking what king besides the tiie lord of glory has lias noade made such a promise to ills llis s subjects not only will tile tiie faithful and worthy subjects of the tile kingdom of god become kings but more each one will become abing a king of kings and lord of lords A few words in explanation of this may not be amiss when the tile holy j priesthood which is after the order of of the son soil of god 13 a upon the earth and its organizations ordinances gospel powers authorities and blessings are enjoyed b the children of men inen then L by ly means af pf sealing powers and keys acdan and an eyer everlasting lasting covenant the tilo sons of men become the sons of god by regeneration and are entitled every man in liis ills order to the privileges exaltations principalities and powers kingdoms kingdom and thrones which are held and enjoyed bu by the great father of our race and I 1 nil all these are arc obtained through the tile law of natural increase and the saving of that which the tile father puts in our power three years previous to the death of adam Adani lie he called seth enos enog Cal cai cainan calnan iian tian Mahala jared enoch and i methuselah who were all high hiigli priests with the residue of ills his posterity who were righteous into the tile valley of adam ondi ahman and there bestowed upon them ills his last blessing and the lord appeared unto them and they rose up and blessed adam all ail and d eal cal called led him michael the prince the tile archangel arch angel and the tile lord administered coart unto adam and said unto him I 1 have set thee to beat boat be at the head a multitude of nations shall come of thee and thou art arta a prince over them forever so in III like manner every faithful son of aad god becomes asit were adam to the tile race that springs from liis his loins when they are embraced in the tile covenants and blessings of tile the holy priesthood and in the tile lapse of eternity and in the tile progress of eternal lives every true son solf of god becomes a king icing of kings and a lord alord of lords and it may also be said of him as it was written of jesus christ christy of the tile increase of ills liis government and peace there shall be no end when death was the rel rei reign n of an earthly king kinu lie Is stripped of his regal power vil which vIi ieh ich gives place to the habil habiliments imenes of the tomb and another wears the crown lie wore sits upon the throne lie he occupied and rules kingdom he lie ruled not BO so with the sons of god when they tiley are arc crowned and receive their kingdoms for they have embraced the tilo everlasting gospel and have been regenerated re gen crated and sanctified sane atif ed through its institutions purified through the grave and raised again by tile the power of the tile resurrection to newness of I 1 fife file ife as it is written but is now made manifest by tile the appearing of our savior jesus christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through tho the gospel we have not yet received our kingdoms neither will we until we have finished our work on the tile earth passed through the tile ordeals are brought tip up by the power of the ord ori and are brou crowned ned with glory and eternal lives then lie ho that lias lids overcome and is found worthy will bo be made a king icing of kings and lord of lords over his own posterity or ill in other words A father of fathers tilla latter rendering is more morer strictly in accordance eor cor corrance dance danee with the original text while brother halliday was speaking in regard to testifying to the tile truth I 1 thought of a circumstance cc that trans aired pi red with me in canada some thirty two years ago five fire brothers had embraced the gospel soon one of them lost the spirit and came to our meetings to oppose tile tiie truth we always gave him an opportunity to speak in our meetings when lie he arose to speak I 1 would pray that the lord would give him his spirit the tile result was that instead of ills proclaiming against the truth r t lie would bear testimony to it aha hj that t joseph oseph smith was a prophet of the tile lord and that tile the book of mormon was an inspired record it is no trouble troubie for any man to bear testimony to the truth when lie is inspired by the spirit of truth As has been stated here today the tiie bands are being made stronger around the lower classes in the nations of europe and there is no doubt a great many honest people who wilo would embrace the gospel were it not for fear of losing their situations and their means of getting bread for themselves and their families were it in our power to offer gold and silver to such to sustain them when they are thrown out of employment I 1 have no douba that thousands aou would id join the church that now are bound to their old traditions and institutions for fear of losing their thein means of subsistence we cannot do this and it is perfectly right that we have not power to do it some of tile tiie brethren are fearful that we shall be tried trio by riches I 1 speak for myself when I 1 say eay that it is too degrading and too low for men who wiio are made in the image of god who silo understand god and godliness to descend to the spirit of the world so far as to ever become entangled by it I 1 say to all the E elders eiders iders of israel that we ww shall shail possess the riches of tile the world worl for the kingdom of god will be ours and the carthand earth and all things bilings which pertain to it I 1 or elsebe else eise we are not tile the people of god I 1 do not say kay but what some few individuals will go out of the church and others will come nto lato 1 this kingdom which the lord almighty ha lim establish crinthe latt erday it is establish est established ablis lied expressly to glorify man mail tha themay possess yli al things all the tite gold and silver and every precious metal metai and every precious stone and to own owl the tile earth and its falness ful fui ness and establish everlasting everlasting righteousness ness and peace and gather up tho house of israel and all that will believe tile the gospel among tile the G gentiles c tiles and save and redeem the tilo world of mankind and redeem the earth and prepare it to return into the tile presence of god or else elso we are not the king hing kingdom doin doln of G god ad we have llave already explored the tile very depths of poverty and you who vilo have not had poverty enough hand over what you have and send it down to tile the cotton country and go to days work for a living vve we have had poverty enough P I 1 kilow know of brethren and sisters in III this comman community ity who have a wagon 0 9 an in ox or a cow a ahouse house or suitable clothing to cover them in tiie the cold winter ant aut they thes have no stock of provisions and fuel oil on hand liand are not these poor enough how poor would you have us to be bc I 1 do not know but that the people are poor enough now the tile world is before us jeslis jesus christ has redeemed it and it is our business to purify and remove the tile curse that it may be brought back into his liis presence As for riches I 1 I 1 havo told these gold k seekers here that I 1 know where there is plenty of t gold in cheso mountains and they tiley have run ran over it and stub stubbed bed th their clr cir toes against it fallen down among it and run their noses into it for aught that I 1 know and yet could not see it li t and I 1 am not going to tell fell them where it is and they may help themselves our business is not to hunt gold but to build up the kingdom of god if I 1 had llad the power and I 1 do not know but that I 1 have I 1 would have cities without whiskey and gambling saloons I 1 would not have them in any of the cities of the tile saints but we have wise men a and nd statesmen adoll among us who wilo believe that it is policy to allow such susi institutions in our cities and the lord yields to such inconsistencies because of ou our ignorance and weakness I 1 do not dc delight I 1 lit in baholdin beholding an intoxicated person nor do to I 1 delight deli deil glit to hear the tile name of the tile god I 1 serve servo blasphemed although I 1 have not heard an oath for years from tile tiie mouth of any mail man for if they know that I 1 am present I 1 believe they respect me enough to refrain from BO so low and vile a ha habit bit in my it may b bo policy to have llave drinking saloons in our cities but I 1 have failed to see bee any good in it our returned missionaries say they do not like to see such institutions you tou ilku to see them no less than the tile saints hera hero do we submit to this some saine say through policy when men come with ropes in their hands ready to noose our necks we give them rope enough to td hang themselves I 1 wish the returned elders to understand that they cannot hate hato wickedness any more than the saints at home do near hear it ye elders of israel and ye mothers in ill israel and ye daughters of israel there is nothing elut glut but death and hell and the grave outside of tills this kingdom but inside tile the king hing kingdom doin doln of god all things are for the faithful to inherit hilleri tand and enjoy and for this purpose lias has he organized his kingdom in the latter iatter days that in the of the falness of times lie he might gather together in one all ail things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are arel on earth even in him men will continue to seek for find ana anft dig gold and silver I 1 thank them for these services they are gettin getting gout out the ore in abundance and casting it into cannon and missiles of death and their tine line steel into weapons of destruction this is all right for the lord will have use for all this metal by and bacil bye as s the prophet hath said and he shall shail sha judge J mong many people and ad rebuke strong nations afar ou and they shall shail beat their swords into plowshares plow shares and their spears into pruning hooks nation natto n shall not lift up a sword against nation neither shall they learn war |