Show td DISCOURSE BY TEIM X ORSON I 1 IK IN the our tenth ward Wars Assembly rooms aa on sa sunday n d ay afternoon decem fe uzia I 1 18 1877 77 f i a reported rj BY dp ateo F r GIBBS V llwin yvel call cail the attention of the to a passage in the prophecy cy 0 of f J joel soel el I 1 second chapter g the verse a aland and it shall come to pass afterward that thai I 1 will pont pone out my spirit upon all flesh uld and your sons bons and your daughters shall prophecy youn your oil men shall dream braams breams and byoir yonn youn young men shall shail see IJ visions i aud and biso also upon the servants ser per vanta ranta and upon j the the tha handmaids hand maids in those days daya will I 1 pour iti iii 1 l out tout my spirit I 1 ans ad and I 1 will show BIOW wonders in the beaven heaven 11 s a d in id the hartfi earth blood and aire fire and pillars I 1 larsok of smoke and the sun shall be turned into dirk ness nesi and ana the moon into blood before the great and terrible day of the lord come I 1 these words were spoken by the inspired man long before the first coming of our savior they refer to he future condition of the woolda i s state 20 ate of things that has baa never i bean known to have existed upon upon our eaith since the prophet lived here all flesh should be under tinder the influence of the spirit of god and not only all human flesh but airo alao the animal creation and all things living the effect of the outpouring of this holy spirit upon mankind will be to cause the young people to prophesy making revelators revelatory of them and the older ones ones to to dream dreams this pro checy was quoted by the apostle peter on of pentecost when u uden under I 1 the influence of the same spirit it was not riot referred to however with the intention of declaring its fulfillment fulfilment at that time but merely to inform the unbelieving jews that it was the same spirit which joel spoke of ot it will be remembered that on the morning of the day of pentecost about had received this spirit ori on that occasion while assembled in the temple it operated so powerfully upon them that the illiterate and unlearned were enabled to speak in different languages and that it manifested itself in the form of or cloven tongues like fire in appearance pe arance the people who witnessed these operations marvelled marvel led and wondered exceedingly but B bame same me were inclined to evil and accused these men of god of drunkenness it was then that the apostle peter lu in order to correct any false impression the minds of the congregation arose an and after dafter denying th tha 3 accusation of i these evil disposed persons said 19 this is lei that which was spoken by dhe the ahe prophet joel quoting the prophecy nearly word tor word some have supposed that the prophecy was then fulfilled it is very viry evident to every one who will reflect for a few moments that such wan was not the case hut but that the which vested upon those thase th ose ase one i hundred and twenty was the same rame spirit that should in tho last days be poured out upon all flesh it is atit further evident that it was i not then fulfilled as appears from the following 1 if I will show condere jn in the heavens and in the earth blood and fire and pillars of smoke i the sun son shall be turned into dark i ness and the moon into blood 21 etc having reference to his second i Coming when these great events shoud tak place it is generally 1 believed by the various christian churches that there are to be no more inore revelations or visions or dreams given by the spirit of god and this belief has ben entertained for generations by millions of peo poo pie terming themselves christians but when this thia prophecy is really fulfilled all men and women upon the earth will become revelators revelatory iee rec iving from the helveus heavens r mation matron and knowledge by the power of that spirit poured out upon them I 1 think our present bible will then be greatly enlarged should i their revelations be written before nil all flesh receive the spirit of god the kingdom of god is to appear upon the earth the work Is i 8 to be commenced and his uis spirit poured out upon a few preparatory to te the coming of the bon boa of alan man that thab there may be prophets and revelators revelatory again on the earth and the true church of god again exist am ng men as anciently the time having fully arrived in this thia the century for the prophecies to be fulfilled in regard to the settin setting g up of the latter at to r day kingdom the lord and his bis angel as predicted in the chapter of johns johna revelations revealed the original plates from which the book of mormon was translated which book having been translated latz by inspiration and the aid of the arim and lm is found to contain the fullness of the gospel 0 of the son of god as revealed reye aled in ancient times to the israelites eilts eitts of this western hemisphere thi the fora tora forefathers fathers of f our dur our indian race tace they unde understood matood the gospel and also the law of moses til the e latter iatter of which they had kept for nearly goo years before christ crucifixion and res resurrection from hopa the dead they were favored with with hia hla personal ministry th the gospel was taught them in great grent plainness and tw twelve elve eive men inen were chosen on this his c continent 94 0 ne t ai and id commissioned to go dorthi forth and preach the full fuli fullness of cf the gospel to all the I 1 inhabitants of the ind land thie these se twelve men like theados the apos aros ties of oi the eastern hemi hemisphere pher Ps preached faith in the lord jesus esus christ and baptism brimm by immersion dision in water for the remission of sins sing and the laying on of hinds hands for the reception of the holy ghost and up upon on those who bell beli believed eved and obeyed the spirit of the lord was wag poured out to a very great extent they had vj visions alons and dreams and revelations I 1 and great manifestations eions Q of the power of god and the people generally of both north and south america were converted and were taught and instructed in the tho things of god yet this didiot did not include all flesh and therefore did not fulfill fulfil the prophecy of or joel the lord has brought to light these ancient records containing the falness of the gospel which he has commanded to be preached and published to every nation and in every tongue upon the face nace aee ace of the earth that all of bia his numerous children may have the opportunity to hear bear and through obedience to its requirements may receive the holy ghost the comforter which should reveal to td them the mind and will of god concerning them and lead them in the path of truth this command strictly specifies that this gospel is to be preached to all the world but first to the gentile nations and when they are fully warned and their times are fulfill fulfilled edl then the lord will declare the law and the testimony sealed so far as preaching any more to them is concerned and hud he will once more commission his servants to go to the jews the house of israel whom the lord will prepare through ugh his own power and wisdom to receive the and not reject it as they anciently did scores of thousands among the ij different nations haye have already received the ministry of the gospel revealed by the angel abgel and they have been filled with the holy ghost tie ile cording according to the promise made to every soul who will believe aud repent of his bins kins and they have measurably become revelators revelatory and prophets thi therefore is the beginning of the great latter day work which will never end until all flesh I 1 that will not be destroyed from the face of the earth by the judgments spoken of will be made partakers par takers of this same spirit and it will have the same effect promised you may ask why it has not been the case since the first firt century of the Christ christian lan lau era why it has not noi been fulfilled among the various christian denominations of our globe why they have not received dreams dreama and visions and revelations by the power of the holy ghost jt it may be a mystery to some why so a period should have elapsed among the people of the tho different nations during which they have had no revelations ve no visions no prophecies no voice of god the reason of this as revealed by the lord la ia because the people did turn away from the ancient gospel they did as had been predicted they woud would do change the ordinances and break the everlasting covenant they did apostatize from the truth so that the authority of the apostleship ceased among them the authority to baptize no longer existed the authority to lay jay on hands that they tuy might receive the holy ghost no longer existed and they were no longer able to nii nit minister nister authoritatively in the name of the lord in any odthe of the ordinances odthe of the church there were many good moral peo pie that lived but where was to be found the church organized according to the new testament pattern with apostles living apostles receiving revelation from heaven and possessing g the tile p power powen ower owen that those anciently possessed you could find churches in abundance which were called christian thus thug denominated by themselves some called by certain names and some by others all of them believing in ve parate separate distinct doctrines which characterized them one believing one principle of the gopel gospel and ano another ther then believing some other one believing in one mode of baptism another in some other one receiving the gospel and another claiman claiming 9 some bome other part this was the condition of the christian nations when the lord sen een sent bent t his angel to reveal the falness of the gospel to joseh joseph smith a mele mere boy who was raised up specially by th the hands of god to bring to light another record agreeing with the one which already exist existed edi edg called the new testament not another gospel but the bame same gos gospel ea taught i to 0 another branch of the lio jao bouse use of israel our heavenly father is not a re ector af pf persons he respects one branch of ofine ane house of israel just juat as much as another and aud inasmuch as bel hei did by his own power according to their own records bring a remnant of the tribe of joseph out 0 of f the land of jerusalem to this continent he had as much regard yon tor them as he had for tiie the jews jewby and ai as he had bad for the ie ten tri trl tribes bes who were taken away awny from 0 o the hp land of palestine some years before christ they were led fed away to the north country but where we do not exactly know he had equal respect to coill all ail these branches of the seed of israel and as ablhad all ali had a knowledge before their dispersion about tile coming 0 of f t the he future Messia messiah bj it would be perfectly reasonable soli able abie that when he should come to buffer suffer and be crucified for the sins of the world the jew jews only a portion of israel not bethe be the only portion who should be favored and bl blessed essed with his personal ministry it is perfectly reasonable that he be should go to the ten tribes and also come to this thia great continent where a part of one tribe existed and minister to them you know jesus himself says bays 1 I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of israel 11 not merely to the jews for they were only a part of them he had others dispersed iq in various countries and upon the islands of the seas and Irim inasmuch much as they all had bad a knowledge of the coming of christ and that he would omer offer the great anu ana last sacrifice thereby doing away with the friteof rite of sacrifice which they had for so sd many generations held sa sacred credit it would seem peem consistent that he should inform them in whatever land they might have beau that the true Messi messiah all ail had coine come and oldred himself and therefore they should no longer otter up beasts and birds as bacr sacr sacrifices I 1 i but forever afterwards believe in him it is also just as reasonable that a branch of israel existing thousands of miles from palestine iloe ilie having the personal ministry of christ would keep a 96 record of his teachings just as much as they did in the land laud of Jerum jerusalem lem and that his teachings would bej as sacred when written as the new testament is and it id Is again just aa as reasonable that they should receive the same got goi gospel pEl pei and thip the same spirit and that the same effects should be produced among them aa as among these at jerusalem jet fei us informs us too in st johns goepel that he had other sheep besides those at jerusalem the passage reads other sheep I 1 have which are not of this fold them also aiso I 1 must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall bs he one fold and one shepherd 11 he did not go to the gentiles as they were not the other glother sheep referred to they were never dever denominated in any of the scriptural writings as the sheep of israel they were always called by their own name but the sheep that jesus speaks of were those he be meant to visit they shall hear my voice that is he would minister to them and they would see him and they would hear his voice and the in tion lion that he be gave pave they were commanded to write with a view of its coming forth in the latter days preparatory to ti the time when the earth shall shail be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the lord as the waters cover the sea not rrie rife merely rely the knowl knowledge elge erge of god contained in the jewish record but the knowledge of god contained in all the records the book of mormon informs us that the ten tribes in the north country will have a record as well as the jews a bible of their own if you please indeed jesus I 1 after having instructed the of joseph upon this land laud and revealed to them his gospel said eaid to them but now I 1 go unto the father and also to show myself unto the lost loat tribes of israel for they are not lost unto the father for he whither he hath bath taken them and it was predicted concerning them by one of the ancient american prop prophets hetey hetes who lived in those day that when God should bring these ten tribes from frem the north aorta country they thoy would bring their records with them and it should come to pass that they sr should ouid have the reco records ads of the ke no phil teb tes and the Nep hites should have the records of the jews and the jews and aud the Nep hites should have the records of the lost tribes of the house of israel and the lost tribes of israel should have the records of the tho Nep hites and the jews jewa it shall come to pass that I 1 will gather my people together and I 1 will also gather my word in one drie the people are to be gathered gather eri erl from the distant portions of our globe but their records or bibi bibles will also be united in one in the good old oid book boob believed in by the world of christianity we have a prophecy which may be found in the ath chapter of ezekiel concerning the uniting together of two of the records I 1 will read the prophecy the word of the lord came again unto me saying moreover thou son of M man an take thee one stick and write upon it for judah and fur tile the children of israel his companion companions then take another stick and write upon it for joseph joaeph the stick of Ep ephraim braim and for all ull the house of israel his c companions 0 P a n bolls lolls gea and n d join them one to another into one stick and they shall become one in n thine band and when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee I 1 saying wilt thou not riot show sh ow us what thou meanest by these siy y unto them thus saith the lord lor mod nod god behold I 1 will take the stick of |