Show TODAY AT NANTI spiritual manifestations audless ings for the saints MANTI MANT 23 1888 special to t the he dasic news s j mauti manti and particularly ticul arly temple hill and the roads leading into the city from the north and south presented an interesting glad and animated scene this morning it being understood that the dedicatory services in the temple would terminate today people who hoped to gun admission to the temple were early astir apparently beart fearful al the they y might lose the brivil privilege ge As the writer viewed kiewe d from the tower of the temple the hosts flocking into the city and trooping up the hill long before the time for services her vices to commence he be was forcibly reminded of the words of the ancient prophet recorded possibly as he be viewed in vision while looking down through the victa of coming ages the very scene now presented come let us go 0 up to the mountain of the lords house etc words ar are 0 inadequate to express the thoughts which will up in ones mind as while alone and surrounded by the heavenly influence fluence io that pervades the temple he be traverses its sacred rooms corridors and stairways and gazes in rapture ti upon 0 the beautiful tul surroundings W which lc b I 1 in design and fini shand happy blending of colors are so nearly perfect or views from the windows of the lower towers the lovely panorama spread out before him extending as it does about thirty miles northward and a long distance to the south the abode of an industrious virtuous contented aind happy though persecuted people eople then it if ever I 1 is one apt to ee be of god gods marvelous goodness and mercy to his saints and the be obligations they are under unto him it having been made known that such SPIRITUAL manifestations as the st sight ah of f the spirits of presidents young and 1040 taylor jedediah M grant and others had been seen in the bhe temple within the past two days in III addition to a halo of light abouna around the heads beads of some of the speakers and the bearing of enchanting music the saints this morning were all expect accy ey at after ter the opening musical exercises and toe the reading of dedicatory prayer apostle lorenzo snow reminded the assembled saints that the services would be concluded today and that the spirit ot of god had been enjoyed to a marked degree during the past two days he said it was their privilege to have another spiritual spi feast today president D H wells read irom from the scriptures behold it is good for brethren to dwell together in unity etc he said it was the privilege of faithful saints to enter this hou seand receive endowments keys howera and blessings which the prophets in past ages had loved to contemplate he felt that praise and gratitude should continually ascend to god for revealing unto his servants the use and purpose of temples and in inspiring his saints with sued such hopes and assurances lie he reminded his bearers of the promise that they who were faithful over a few shingi should be made rulers over many counselor henry bea said he felt tile the present was the grea greatest tast privilege he be had bad ever enjoyed he had been numbered with the saints for forty years but never before felt THE POWER OF GOD to so great in an extent as during the past bat few days within t the e wa walls Is 0 of the temple emple he e fe felt it to testify as others r had done don that the kingdom of go goda was truly es established blushed bli shed never more to th be thrown down the he enemies of the saints had bad no power to deprive t them hem of the spirit of god they might imprison them but could not build walls high enough to shut out the light of the spirit nor to exclude hope from their hearts he could testify that the saints of tSan pete bad never been so fult full of faith as today president brig ham young had promised them that it if they assisted with willing hands bands to erect the temple they would be iner increased eased in substance and strengthened in spirit and hit bis words had b been ah fulfilled if the saints in the worp work and build institutions of learning in which their children could be taught principles of religion as well as science they would be even more blessed 4 elder lorin farr said he felt very thankful for the present privilege for a year and a half haefne he had bad not been able to stand before a congregation for over fifty six years he had bad been connected with the church and when a youth he be was intimately associated with the prophet joseph smith ile he never saw a man who manifested manifee ed greater kindness and consi consideration deratto towards his family than joseph di did he knew him then to be a prophet of god A greiter greater prophet never lived he held the keys of all dispensations and conferred the same upon the apostles temples would yet be built not only throughout america but in the var various I 1 ous nations of europe and asia as well he could promise the saints that it if aromise they won would be faithful faith lul the present temple temp le NEVER SHOULD ME BE TAKEN from them nor destroyed faithful men who had died in the past ages were engaged in the work of redemption in other spheres which work would bf be connected with that performed in the temples upon earth millions of the dead were waiting for ordinances to be performed by toe tho liv ingin their beb beh altHe could testify that the litter day saints were the people god it was the little stone cut out of the mountain without hands bands which was destined to till fill the whole earth apostle yohn john W taylor said be noticed a large proportion of young youn people in the congregation he ban listened with pleasure to tile the testimonies of his bis aged brethren and he be felt also to bear h his I 1 s when about eighteen years of age he was em age aryed at a saw ml mah at that time aloyed e made a reio resolution revolution lution to break away from the restraints of religion before retiring to rest he be was asked py by his bis companions to pray and did so in a formal manner after dying down he was carried in vision to 10 the place where he bad made the resolution the spirit of god came upon him and passed assed through his bis system he beheld geld a brilliant light and also a number of personages coming towards hims him accompanied by an influence which could scarcely be withstood he clun clung g to a tree stump to prevent him himself 8 if being forced backward and saw a being whom he be was informed was jesus christ whose power v as greit arelt but whose voice was pleasant plea sani bonear to near his father was present also and encouraged HINI HIM to hold on which he be did with difficulty he afterwards related the dream or vision to his bis father and had bad it interpreted by him telling him that the stump of 01 tree represented the teachings of his parents which he be had bad been tempted to break away from thinking there was greater liberty in sin his bis father charged him to be faithful in following their counsel and example that it would have been better tor for him to be dashed in a thousand pieces as it seemed he would have been it he be had lost hold bold of the stump than that he be should incur cur the displeasure of the almighty who had the power to destroy soul as well as body while his father was sick before ois his death he bore mony to the power of god and that thai jesus was the redeemer he bore an earnest and towers powerful at testimony to the truth of the gospel and predicted that the time would come when when the kings of the earth would come bending beading and pleading for the f BLESSINGS OF THE TE MlLE LX that it would not be long loner before president brigham young and many others who had bad died would come to the temple gle that many of the saints would have ave the testimony of dead relatives revealed unto them and also many other precious things elder Mil milando sado pratt said solomon was divinely permitted to build a temple in the dedication of which the power of god was ws made manifest fire came from ne avenand consumed the sacrifice on the altar he felt to exclaim when tie he came into tais nis and saw the temple on the hill bill surely this is the mountain of the lords house bouse the purposes of the lord were ripening fa would be fulfilled the saints should use all the opportunities to obtain the records of their dead he had bad a record of his bis ancestors for thirteen generations he had bad received a letter from a relative in the east inquiring about his bis mothers ri relations lations and received from him a lon glist for seven generations back he returned to him or names of relatives in utah elder pratt testified that the saints were engaged in the work of god he also te stilled to the divinity of the cal calling lipp of 01 joseph eph smith brigham young john ty or and ther the present apostles apostle H J grant testified that the patriarchs patriarch bs c of the church min estered at e r ed br by the spirit and power 0 of f G god 0 d also so th that at work in iii temples w was e efficacious in 6 r redeeming deer ning the it jiving v to and the dead he be read from toe the D doctrine ec ine and covenants the vision to joseph 08 smith and sidney sidne elder anthon 9 H lund said his heart was too full for him to express his feelings he admired I 1 I 1 THE BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE but considered it not no so beautiful as the principles I 1 of f the gospel and the plan of salv Nion n he had joy in ea engaging in ceremony emoDy apostle E F D richards said when he contemplated what god bad done in the past his bis mind materially turned to what mi might ht be developed in toe the future when the saints cameto san pete now called the granary of utah it was called barren and desolate some of bf the early se tIers returned and reported in ia discouraging terms now see what the lord has Rs done where frosts prevailed every month in the year we find thrifty tall full bearing fruit trees and all kinds of grain the climate had bad moderated and the happy homes of the inhabitants now blossom with luxurious life he referred to the blessings which the european saints had enjoyed in journeying across tile the atlantic so that even gentile ship owners were anxious to get them as passengers I 1 fee feeling itei that thereby ships were more safe he prophesied that the book of mormon would be translated into anti the hebrew and when the gentiles should more fully reject the gospel it should be turned to judah and that the day of deliverance FOP J was at band god had not forgotten his promises to that part of his ancient covenant people and all should be fulfilled the saints sometimes felt that patriarchal blessings were not to lo be fulfilled but when the te spirit of revelation rested upon toe patriarch and they spoke according to it amad maia was foretold that reached beyo beobi 0 the veil the saints did n live in mortality long enough realize all the promises made un them As so an instance in abraham abraha experience god save gave him a 4 t r I 1 r blessing that he should re receive cec e a 4 lag ci but the scriptures record that be dd 11 without having as much of itt it as to i his bis loot foot upon he would receive with his hia generations la in the are thorr the speaker testified fb 4 t divinity of the mission of jose joae smith and blessed toe people that t spirit of dedication this might go w them I 1 chief mason edward L parry i joicey in the privilege of mingling voice with those ol of inspired TOI in whose testimonies had bad i his memories of simi testimonies he be had rece receive ivd d di lug ing the past forty years dao dan said generations since that the f of heaven shou should d set up tip his kinga in the latter days there were no nor ants about it it has been and has been cven to the saints of t most high and they shall forever Coun counselor seler WH ot at sevi aei stake said it was not necessary I 1 fire to come from heaven to consul the offering on the altar to te show bl i that god ged ia had id ACCEPTED THE dedication of the kremple temple he had the test bedim luid of toe the spirit of god that itt it was cepter he testified to the divinity the work irr in which the saints were and encouraged the youth zion to be diligent and faithful tt they inight be prepared to take an tive five part in the work of god apostle J H shalli smith said kid be felt pressed to read the he testimony oliver cowdery as contained int in pearl of great price he tl th read olivers deac arg t of his e peri ence with wt th ithe the prophet while was translating att ngtye the book of and of t the e v visit I 1 sit of johst the bantit Bap ordain joseph ose p h and himself to te the I 1 aardal pr priesthood elder sra sin said the statement read shot impress every heart it v A sue irue it was indeed a joyo day ly when god again revealed I 1 will to humanity it was an j pres ve spectacle to soa se aged men rag pitying in this temir i 3 that god made inide it known to then them that the gos go was true the testators tors in this are a GRAND GALAXY who should command admiral admira of the world he invoked bit I 1 ings a upon the architects in mai mi builder ider mechanic tw painters and whose lodus industry try ge gedius avi u a and libera were mani manifest fw fost I 1 in burldine buil d dine altig the tern tem david M U st lart said when an orp boy in his hio native lanche land he had braced the gospel and received a I 1 of the truth he hc had felt pressed to come tu to this dedicato dedi catl i while comin coming lie he had bad brange re lions the cirit spirit of god beeme seemed brood over the valley he felt t the spirits of the dead n anxiously awaiting their I 1 the prophet job after being tempi bemp and strip edof ehst his property and c cl dren drea to testified that he lamew that j redeemer lived this was among last utterances before the cb abai came and the blessings i I 1 god were showered upon h that testimony had ace through ages and was with the sal sa today they obied it ahr obedience as job obtained it could read it in the faces of the sai sa whom be yesterday met return from t the 4 e dedicatory services he e I 1 tidied that he be knew to in a thousand chousa w that he was engaged in the or god that it would continue in poi 0 and that no power could over overthrow tj hi 0 apostle L snow said isaid he be had bad 4 t thinking i king of the wonderful events w wk h bad s d transpired since january i abea he slid and apostles erastas 8 and richards were ordained who were apostles then except P dent woodruff were dead who in kirtland three recell received md the G pel and were baptized by bk an ap acx who afterwards apostatized bad known joseph smith other I 1 prominent men and A bained a te testimony stimon y before he be h braced the truth father joi jo smith blessed him called him in broi bro ro and told him lie he should join the chu ch at that time he be had bad good pro r 0 apeci e ahe before him nothing bu but t h bis va d de tor for salvation salvati could have a e I 1 indi rid him to embrace so unpopular a I fi he saw the manifestation gods power ower before doing he has had heard beard speaking ti tongues and the interpret all prophetic in its nature he HA ma gis bis mind to withhold no ho P foiw god made it known to him that tha gospel wis was true the heavens f opened to him and the knowledge folded that got god lived and that i I 1 christ was his son this bestlin had bad continued with him and had bad I 1 41 added unto 01 counselor wells said that the p L of this temple district had been ge ly blessed and imbey itchey would COD codle faithful the bles blessings Angs of the mighty would be poured out u them in the future the blesi bles were e not alone due to the of the people but also becaas promises mady made anciently which q now being fulfill ell ane saints abundant proof that god had bad with and favored as as marvelously marve 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