Show 0 0 U R S E sf PY y 1 X PRATT 9 1 t i y 1 J v 4 I 1 tha the ff ren fek dr jaeh V 0 0 f TO Ocl fl ma 7 reported br dr DAVID W az V I 1 WILL call the attention of the congregation of the word of gre re to a portion fi god od contained in the tiie third chapter of nual lAal malacha achl achi 1 behold I 1 will send my messenger and lie he sila bhail shall it prepare the way before me and the lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple even the messenger of the covenant whom in behold he shall comee come baith balth saith alth the lord lora of hosts but who ma may V abide bhe ahe day of his coming and who shall shil I 1 stand when lie ho for he be is like a re real refa finers ners fire and like full fuli fullers erys soap he shall sit as a er and purifier of silver and he shall purify the ans of levi and purge them as gold andt sliver allver 1 that they may offer unto the tho lord ain rin 40 in righteousness ak 1 I have read these words because of the peculiar prophecy which la is contained therein of what tile the lord will perform about the time of his ills coming A prophecy that tha lord would come and anti tiie file he nature of br that coming should be such sueh that but a few comparatively will be prepared to endure that day that when he does come he will habba have a temple on the earth to which jie he will come A part of the pro gramme which was read yesterday morning if I 1 recollect right for the elders to speak upon I 1 dur dun during ng conference was in relation to build building hig temples templo the building of temple temples 9 of the lord is promised in his word for there we read that in the latter days he would have bave ii a houser built on the tha earth I 1 know that in the ears of this ken generation it will sound very ven strangely to talk about the lord having a house built on this globe of ours yet we ra nave suen a promise strange as it nav naw P e ana that when the lord jesus s shall laii be revealed from heaven in ill flaming nire fire and shai rhal litas a re finers fire an and d as hs fulle fullers vf on iri the tile sons of levi to purify them as gold aud and vilver he will lathat in that day come to his temple and come very suddenly that thal shows at once that bo he must have a teni feni temple tempie I 1 T le on the earth in the latter time there are two other prophets besides malachi I 1 who have spoken of the house of the lord isaiah in his hia second chapter mets refers to the building of the lords hoube house in the iatter latter days I 1 will repeat repeal the passage it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the lords house shall be established in the tops of the mountains and shall shail be exalted above the hills and nations shall flow unto it many nations mihall say come I 1 let us go u up unto the mountain of the lord an and to the house bouse of the god of jacob and hejhall lie he shall shail teach us of or his ways and anra we shall phail walk in his paths and the lord shall shail rebuke strong nations afar noar off meaning nations at a great distance from jerusalem where tho prophet delivered tile the prophecy he shall rebuke strong nations afar oaf and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares plough shares and their spears into pruning hooks books nation shall not lift up sword against nation nel nei neither ther shall they learn war any more korep the thu fourth chapter of micah contains a similar prediction which it is not necessary for jue ine me lo 10 repeat as it reads almost word for word like that in the second chapter of isaiah showing plainly and clearly that in the latter lays days god wo would uld have a house built on the earth earthy perhaps there may be objections by our christian friends to the latter bj r day saints proclaiming in the midst of christendom that the lord intends to h have a ve a house built on the earth they will probably say he has hundreds of them and has had haa forn lany fany generations god has houses c scattered mattered bere here and throughout all ail the tho christian nations I 1 and there never nevel bas has been time since the dayson the but what the lord has had a house horse either elther at corinth athens or somewhere else and you can read inscriptions upon them aa as you through the towns and cities chrls chris christendom 11 vh ube use a called mhd houses ot god arleu or jesus the churchon chur chorSt john sacs reds peter r st daul paul st mark and others all of them are considered the of goa god would to td god clod that were wele truel would woula bogod to God that had given some directions concer concern n building of houses but alakl when wa w come to lii iti quire concerning their origin wo we nind find ahat that they yve ive rebuilt bulit built by uninspired ins men that the tile architecture an devery devers everything thing lhing pertaining to them has been devised by thir the tho cunning lind and wisdom of bf inen men ask it god commanded them to select t the particular J on ton which oneff one bf these theeo houses s stand s they will ivill say gay no god does not direct now days a there was a time when the lord did direct iri ili such sueh matters but now we have wise who men we have bodies of learned men who have studied theology we do not need the lord to interfere in our day lie he dont speak anything to the people in the age in which wo we live these houses wem constructed according to ao the best plans and architecture we gewere v were were acquainted with by our wadom without any command mentor revelation from the heavens 11 very veny well t then hen tile the lord has nothing todo to do with them then what I 1 understand tand hy the building of a house of god is to build one after aften the pattern that ho lie shall give I 1 do not mean a pattern that was ivas given i times but ona one give fito filo to lilt very iery people to baom w in the revelation at loft comes come to build belld a ft house lo 10 his liis name has such been the case with the houses or 0 worship throughout the christian nations not in ili one instance you may travel all through this t great republIc from one ofie end thereof f to the other and among all ail the christian denominations who deny new revelation revel is there one house which y god commanded to be indeed these very prophecies would beem seem to indicate that in ili the day when they should begin to be ni fulfilled I 1 there should be no house of tile the lordon lord on tile the earth eaith Is it not a peculiar kind of allying that in th the C latter days the tiie mountain of the house of the lord shall be fished in the tops of the mountains and tind be exalted abo above ethol ethel the hills it hows that for a long period prior to the erection of the tile house of god ili in the mountains no such thing tiling could be found on the face of the tile whole earth and it was needful voiage to rlee rlue lord in the latter days to begin a work of that kind no place for nor jesus to he is to come in the clouds of he heaven in flaming fire firo in power and find great glory clothed luport with all the brightness of the celestial t lai lat heavens hl his face will outshine the sun mm and cause it to withhold its light in shame no place for t this his gi glorious orious personage to come to no temple prepared into which lie he can come when lie he does come conye I 1 ilow liow however this work will have been beu hc accomplished complis hed lie he will come to liis ilis temple suddenly it will not be like ill lil his is first coming then hist instead ead cad of coming to his liis temple suddenly we nind find gimborn him born in a very low condition not even in the common mansions or dwelling places of the I 1 inhabitants of palestine bild but in a i stable or manger when lie he visited tile the great temple at Jerusal bmw hen ben about twelve years old and also after he began bl his ministry when about thirty years old instead of sitting upon the sons of bf levi and purifying them as gold arid an dilver in a furnace of fire that they might offer un to the lord an ofner offer offering 9 in wt righteousness who was it 14 who 0 r rejected e the son of god in that day 2 the sons of le levi 0 they cried out against and persecuted him they i were hl his s greatest enemies they crucified him they were not purged and prepared to offer in the temple of the lord an offering in righteousness the glory of god did not appear in their midst and aniL their offerings were wele not acceptable 1 in that temple before i tile the lord but litif lie found his house in that day a den of thieves occupied by money changers and brokers speculation going on in the midst of the tile house of god anti and lie he was under the necessity of making a small scourge and driving them out b by whipping them not so ili in the latter iatter tatter latter times when becomes he comes to his temple in that day when the motin molin mountain tain of the house of the lord is established in the tops odthe of the mountains it will be an all indication of d a great period of peace a pernod period which Is go tb often spoken of by the mouths of f the ulc thenn an mi clent prophets in which nation shall no more lift up sword against nation when th they ey shall no longer have uso use for firearms or weapons ol 01 war or anything that is caie cale calculated to destroy life lire but these deadly implements clements cements ts will be converted into use ful tul ul articles of husbandry nation will not lift up bward sword against nation nalo neither will they learn war any ady more that time has lihs not come and such sueh a period was never knon known on the earth there is another thing connected with tho building of the them temple is the latter iatter days when it ii inbuilt i on the place and according to the pattern that tile the lord shall designate it will be go strange to the nations na tiona tlona that they will actually come ill up froth from uli ull ali all parts of our globe many of br them will say one to another come let esgo us go up to the mountain arthe house of the lord tot heliouse to tiie house of the god of jacob what do you sou want to go up there for NV why by do d you want to travel several thou thousand and miles across land and sea to go to to the mountain of the hause of the loyid 11 that he may teach ns ansof of hi hib his ways that wo we may walk in his paths ll 11 can you not be taught in lit his ways ili in your own chapels which swu you sOu have built in england scandinavia nav 1 a switzerland aust austria ria or wherever you sou may have resided can you not worship in your own chapels chapela oh reis reia no houte hout e of the lord we have no teachers authorized of god no prophets and apostles inspired by and called of god to officiate like the ancient apostles no one to say tous toms to us thus the lord god by new revelation no visions are manifested among us no angels angela have honor honored C d bur houses of won wor worship with their leipp I 1 presence re no glory no fire descending from beaven heaven to light up these cha and lind sanctuaries which we have teis eels built bulit lit and we have lost all confidence in our teachers co consequently I 1 jet let us go up to yonder mount mountavil nili alil oil on gods house has lias been built aud when we ire get there lie will teach us in ili his ways and we will walk in his paths Is the only object you have in going to tile the mountain of the house of the elie lord loni to tw receive teh teachings ings no there arg ar other fl things aings to bo be attended to in the house of god or in that ahat may be built in tile the tops of the tile mountains ains besides teaching vc have a great many important duties to perform pertaining to the house that can not be performed fam ed ahny where e else ise lse acceptably acce in hi his sight would you libelo know some of the of these temples temple sor or houses housed of god godt I 1 I twill will read a little froin one of our modern revelations given through joseph smith in ili N hau nau in on the day of JAnt january larY iary 1841 I 1 have not rot time to read the whole of the revelation but will select it few bee see chions sections speaking of building a house housie to his name the lord says verily I 1 say unto you let iet all ail rny ruy saints come from afar ethis rth this we have fulfilled so 0 o far as the gathering is concerned add aud ard again verily I 1 say bay unto you let all my saints come from afar and send ye swift messengers hits yea ya chosen ines messengers and say unto them come como ye with all you your gai gold 4 and you your r silver sliver and your precious clollis stones and with all your antiquities ties tiem and with a all nil 11 who have knowledge of antiquities that will come may come a and net not bring t the box tree andlee fir tree and tile the p pine I 1 1 I 1 le tree together kether with till all the precious trees of the earth and with iron with copper and with brass and with zinc and with all your pre re cigus elgus t things of tile the earth and build a house bouse to my name for the most alost high to dwell therein i for there is not a place found 0 on a earth that lie may come and reg restore tore again tha thai which was lost unto you or which he hath taken away even lle ile lie the ful ness hirthe of the tho priesthood for nora fora a baptismal font there is not upon the earth that they my saints may be baptized for those dead northis nor for this ordinance belo beio ngeth etli etil to m f Y 1 houe e and cann cannot ot be lie acceptable c t to 0 n me i e 1 only ill in th the e days of your poverty wherein ye are i not I 1 ot aate ab b bui bul build id a house unto me tile but I 1 command yon you all ye my saints to build a kp me and I 1 grant unto you a to build a it home house unto me and during this time your baptisms shall be acceptable unto I 1 lne ine sue me twant want this tilis confer conference encel to understand that it is not only only the saints who are here assembled but all in this territory and wherever our settlements extend all who have entered into covenant with the lord aia arl I 1 under this command I 1 will rea read d further IF but behold at the end of this tills appointment your baptism baptisms forvour for for fur jour your y our dead shall not be he acceptable unto me and if you donot do not these things atthe end of the appointment ye ve shall be rejected aa a church with willi your 0 u dead a sa saith ithe the lord or your our god 0 for kor or vp verily ily lly I 1 say gay unto you that after you have had ad elent time to build a house to tome wherein the ordinance of bf baptizing for the dead belo ngeth and for which the same was instituted from before the found alioti of the world your baptisms for your dead cannot be acceptable unto me tile fr therein are the keys of uie hie holy priesthood 61 ordained that vou you ou muy may y receive honour antl anil glory An and after dafter this time your baptis baptism mp forthe for the lead dead b by y those who are scattered abroad are arc not acceptable unto me saith baith the lord for it is ordained that ili in zion and in her stakes and in jerusalem those places which I 1 have appointed for refuge shall be places for conr baptisms for your youn dead and again 0 verily I 1 say unto you ou hoWs liall your washings bo be accept uble unto me except yo ye per perform norin forin them in a house which you have llave built to my name for for this tilis cause I 1 commanded moses that lle lie should build a tabernacle that they should bear it with them in tile the wilderness and to build a house in the tiie land of promise that those ordinances din diu anees ances might be revealed which had been hid from before the tile world wa was therefore verily I 1 say unto you that your anoint ings ft and your washings and your baptisms for the dea dead and conr solemn assemblies and your memorials for your sacrifices tay the sons of levi and for your oracles |