| Show TT BY ny ELDER odson PRATT delivered in irs now new tabernacle sail sall ai lahe lake lal ial c city vity afternoon august inus IMUS RE PORTED REPORTED BY GEO V GIBBS A A I upwards of forty six bix years agotha ago ngo the lord our god through the administration of holy angels organized his church in the state of new yolk and called men to the ministry commanding them to 0 go forth as missionaries and preach to the people of the united states thoy they in obedience to the command went forth in their weakness commencing their labors in the st state ate of new nev y york add and subr tub ceedee in baptizing believers and or organizing hulzing bran branches cheA cheti pf af the Ch church F from ig om that day to the pre present swit the thie lord has been with his serVant servants sl and with the people who hilve have emi emd embraced tho the message they proclaim in connect lodd iori with the establish a ing of this church ha the tho lord in auga rated the tho gathering whick 1 peculiar fo io the dispensation in which we 11 live ve this work of gath ering of the iho people hag bag continued for forty six pix years and we ean tan be hold its results ulis a pe people le settled throughout hout these mountain valleys num numbering ering a hundred anui nitty thousand I 1 have often reflected upon lupon the early prophecies that were given through our prop prophet het bet joseph smith smithy whom the lord called cabled to lo his Clit iteli in tuis jis est sst dispensa tion tio nand and have of ten marveled at their literal fulfilments I 1 will vill re 4 fer to some id 0 them I 1 i i 1 it is ithac the tho book of morman was vas translated by joseph smith fram rpm certain plates he discovered deposited in a certain hlll hill anciently called cumorah which is situated ia lu ontario county state of ne kow kew W york having previously beell beer shown the place ju jul lopen open vision this book was trail trall translated slate blate dand and its first edition of flye thousand dopler copier was published before the tion of this church it was stated that a church h should arise and the people who abound embrace the gospel which it contained should be gathered together into one body for the fulfilment of this I 1 have only to refer you to the people the body of this church chrell inhabiting these mountain vales this prophecy also speairs of the extent of this future work it should not only be preached to the people of this american continent but it should be proclaimed to every nation mation kind kindred redl tongue and people under heaven and the gathering should be from all these nations i an impostor esay toay prophesy but bue bu he cannot fulfill fulfil prophecies if joseph Smith gasun impostor aa as tho world say herwalt ho her was wast how COUN could he know bafo beforehand cehand of the tise rise of this church hild and that the gospel aou would id be 1 in all parts of this nation Sti stillmore still limore more moro how could he know that it would krould go 90 to every land and be proclaimed through throughout out but every nation of the earth and even to those inhabiting Inhabit ingi the islat islai islands ids of the sea has this been fulfilled all you have to do is to make youri your i selves acquainted with the fact you will find that the gospel mes mesi i sage has been carried by our mis i sion slon aries to the nations nati olis of great britain and ireland to france germany italy switzerland anu ana tile the countries of scandinavia toi tol ti austria and russia to asia asla and africa to australia and the island of bf new zealand and the various islands of tho the south pacific ocean aa well as asto to the sandwich and socie i ty islands among all these fluff ila iia lini i i tiona tlona this work world has rone in fulfill fulfil i ment of prophecy published benore before there was wag any church of jesu jesus of latter day sain saints tg tion sJ oseph ap h smith therefore so far as the ful his prophecies is is concern 4 i ed has so much to establish the divinity of his mission iet let us rener refer ar to iho tho ihn iho prophecies contained in th the tho book boob of mormon lV oread enthat in that book that not only a achurch church danise darise etc ete but that tle tie bood af f the saints who should embrace its faith falth should cry from the ground to the god of heaven against the inhabitants of this nation how unlikely a thing to be fulfilled here upon t this his land is one of the most free governments I 1 given to man bestowing upon a 1 civil and religious liberty in other lands persecution existed in conse quence of mens religious colv c lions here all religious societies enjoyed the freedom of religious liberty to the fullest ext ene if an were going to prophesy would he not be most likely to predict something that would suit the popular feeling of the people something that would naturally como to pass pash but for him to prophesy that the blood of the saints who were yere yet unconverted should cry unto god hor for vengeance against a people who gloried in their freedom who could believe it the people baid said euch such a thing never could come coine to pais pass joseph Joseh fsmith smith must be an impostor but how long was it before this tills met with mth its ita history shows shuw that three years after the rise 0 of f this thia church the latter day saints numbering some twelve hundred persons I 1 were settled in jackson one of the ties of Blis missouri sour where they posses sed flourishing homes which they had made out of the arnds ands they had bad bought of the U US S government and which had for and where in n consequence conse conee quence of their hav ing pread preached heu hea the ancient gospel W which 1191 ch had been restored q the earth through the of bf angis ang ls mey iney met meb with 11 beriou serious 1 s op po position sitio insomuch that they were finally driven en mass masse flova thelt possessions their homes were torn down slid abd dest destroyed Toyed royed their animals were shot down ag as you woud shoo the wild beasts of the tile their r hav hay stacks were burned 3 an and th their r corn fields despoiled and ua tua many eg y of the saints were also buet buck sho bho dead by the hands of their perse cu tors what foi was it because they had bad committed crimes that merited this treatment no thelt theu court records do not show a single instance I 1 ustan ce of our people havi having n g broken en the lawai laws was it polygamy no for tile tuo principle of plural mar niage was not known amon among guo us then they said you that god is a god of we not believe it you say that god has reorganized his church on the earth according to the anc ane ancient benj pattern i we do not believe it we wd do n not ot wish such doctrines we do i nob not wish our out fa families m blics corrupted by believing in them for prophets tsi tso and new now revelation and miracles are all done away with tue the therefore reford you must leave us we have pledged ours ourselves elves elvea our lives and all we pos post sess seas to drive you from our midst 11 perhaps you strangers may think I 1 am telling you that which is falser 1 it is written hild and printed by our enemies and forms forma part of history and at it furnishes another testimony the divine calling of the b boy who was inspired of the lord to translate that book after afier we had again established 3 ourselves in a new country an alq built up a beautiful city and when all was peaceful and p rb it tending us as this same prophet w 0 assembling tho the elders eiders of I 1 this church on h a certain occasion d aa Nati nauvoo vod told us that we woul have to flea flee flees to the irocky ro I 1 dion hion moun mount t talus for thib fulfilment of this prediction is apparent nt to th alli aili ail all I 1 might mention scores oro orb of others and in in no bue instance ha has S th that a man uttered a single prophecy that either hanot hatnot already been fal fulfilled filled to the very letter or will not ilot have bave its fulfillment fulfilment in thel thedie due timeo time of the lord I 1 will mention another prophecy which was printed in jq several languages ardd arid published among the tho various nations in ln whose languages ib it was printed which was twenty eight years yeara rea reaching phing its fulfillment fulfilment the lord revelle revealed to the prophet joseph smith th that at thero ibero would be a nb ab i tween the northern Northe ril rii and Sout southern hern bern states commencing hi bi the state of solid south carolina and that it should tei tel in the death and misery armany souls this aa ft you ou alii alli al know has been literally fulfilled fulfill edi eUi when was r a boy I 1 traveled ex i ten in the united states nad aad the canadas Oa nadas preaching this res tor ed gos gospel fel fei lel I 1 bad a manuscript revelation which ica iea I 1 car cart 4 t ried in my pocket aud atad I 1 was iu in the 11 habit of reading it to the people among whom I 1 traveled and preached As a general thing the people regarded 0 it as the height of nonsense gensei the union was too stion strong t to ibe ibey broken and andi tj 1 they sald said wag WI L 19 lel led away the victim of ah sh impostor I 1 knew the prophecy was true for the tao lord nord had spoken tome to me abd anad bad given ble ale rue yue revelation Iline liine I 1 knew waito walto ailo also concerning the divinity of this work yean year r after beir year passed away while every little while home some of the acquaintances I 1 had bad formerly made would say well what ia Is going to beci become time ot that prediction its never going tua tau I 1 be fulfilled said I 1 cN Vait valt the t i i 4 t K N V mi L lord 0 rd has hab asik asis hla hia bet set etame time by and nd b by r it came along alongi and the arst first battle battie was fought at charleston houth south carolina this is another testimony that thai joseph smith was wasa a prophet of the most high god he not only fo retold foretold the coming of a great civil war at a time when statesmen even never dreamed of such a thing but he named the very place where it should commence I 1 have not jime time now ti to notice any others JL I wish avish however to say more mure parti particularly euary to the strangers present that god informed us immediately after the organization of this church that this thia gospel should be preached arst first to the nations of the gentiles gentils and add thern thed the lord would call in his servants and gite give them a special especial mission to th the scattered remnants of the house of israel that are among tho the gentile nations you have not noti notT beard leard of ourt our trying to convert the jews jew why because god has decreed and determined that be W will iii lii fulfill fulfil the limes limey of the gent Sent lles iles first in accordance with ancient ato prophecy when that time arrive the lord Will have pr prepared red some of tho the he jewish nailon nation tur egidie tile the gospel hind and then 1 aney h fe willa gather toi to tot their own taun laff rebuild their city its former ue site yat doubtless will remember reme rem ember embey mb words of th saviour referring 16 16 the jewish swish natieb which gan pan cau can ie tp found in the sia sh t chapter I 1 of qt st luke for eor foi Fot there thera shall be bd great distress int 16 the jand and arnd arid wrath up on thia this people plo pio and ant they shall fall by the edge of the s sword word and bhail shall be led away captive into all na eions and Jeru jerusalem galem salem shall be trod den downor down of the gentiles until the time the geu Ged gentiles tiles be fulfilled 11 how and in what way will the lord fulfil fulfill the times of th the egen gentiles there canet first be a reveal ed message a gospel ines Jnes message sage sent to them the preach lug of thi message is referred to tb by the chapter of revelations by the apostle john who in vision saw the tho ange auge angel I 1 in the acton bringing aitto it to the earth amid and we iare lare are told it was ta tt be preached ito 10 nil all nations which may be sald said io be compo composed ged of tho th two peoples known as the gentile ie and the jews but lbernard the lord has said anid that othe the fas las ashall bookstand the first shall be lasel last jesus came camo to the tho last lost the house 0 of israel hut they rejected it and lb the apostles apost ida lda were moved upon to td my flo we turn tp to lue tue and they did so the jews h proved themselves unworthy of eter eternal rial life be taken from you says bays the saviour and given giren ton nation brings ing forth the fruit auit thereof tho th gentilesco Gentil gentiles esto gdp pel del was to be give given ret rei received ekow it and te gial gifts a anti antl graces pf af the tike church weichi were beford enjoyed by py ts srael welo were boy iov among the ge gen 4 kilps alps lips bu deu Det iod f d V ipg ing received the uhe the paul perel perceive we the cimie I 1 PC their falba raib falb sas was yas the fg itai 1111 11 of cir the great gra bahig fa hig which hein hi epistle plato pisto to abaid a mug mus epst t be bp the thedac day of or tha came also in thith alth aith chapter crar of romans romaus PAU thel Gen files flies 4 who ho received I 1 thel thet gesper desp i ajas artlie thi e wild olive tree baving having been beon graced into th the tame lame ollye tree anil an d cautions ahem them them I 1 n ihl I 1 a B because pf af unbelief they israel were bro kenoff silo ario ant thou stan dest by falth fautt be not nut hut fear fai fo for if god spared no the ahe natural branches take ahe heed afa lia les ies t he alo al o pare spare not bot thee hee this biln other prophetic warnings warnings 6 af f a similar character was disregarded 1 will reber refer abu you to another an i chent t prophecy contal contained net nei in the tile ath chapter of the decoud of timo th thy or tha will come when they will ivill not ot e endure aund 1 citrine tine but after awn lus lust tp shall ahall they heap to thein themselves selves teachers tea chena chera having itching eaf eai eamand and drubo shall alit ally turn burn urn away their ears edis from the cruthi a and tid shall be turned into fables fabies a and nd who he says in lif chaefer ch apfer shall have godliness but denying the power thereof from sueh such turn away it beems then th enthat tha athis this paul pap I 1 speaks of were ere to ha havo voi i a form of godliness ahey they were v re 1 jn in other othe w words 0 file rtin 0 o b be 6 a p ploua I 1 0 u 9 peb e apie aple p ej professedly J j fel fes sedly ly ii a very people dut out tit were abill clyto ly to joshes a 1 acing all power of apost apostles led and prop prophets hais haid miracles etc how long iong on taw was s the p elle elie to continue continue in this state slate john informs us that this state bf things would continue a long time ilme that instead of the church another great grent I 1 power should arise to td be called galled mystery babston the great the blather of ha harlots blots and ions of tho the earth ug in her ler ier hand a golden cup full of abominations and filthiness of her fornications which should be drunken with the blood of the saints hain iain fc and with the blood of the martyrs of jesus and this power was to prevail pr evall evail against the saints aud and nd destroy them how long was it t to exist until another angel hould should fly through the midst of or leaven heaven having the everlasting aspel ospel to commit to the earth with power lower to again administer its ordinances to whom is to fo bring ang the gospel the scriptures lay say the first shall be lastant last and thelast the last iball shall be first the les ies were the last aatto to receive ill the e gospel in ancient times but on 04 it restoration by the ibb lib angel gella in the tile last days th Ah eyare to receive it first and then the jews sews but |
