Show DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL under above caption the foil following article la is published in the millennial star of october 1640 vol 1 I page it has baa been copied and given tj ti t j the news nawa by elder eider andrew jenson there la is no believer in divine revelation but who feels feela a lively interest in the liae history of the ancient apostles and elders in the christian church and as it is through their writings and the histories ot their lives jives and travels that we become acquainted with the church in the days day of christ and through the writings of the prophets that we learn of the things of god and the movements movement of his children in times before the apostles it has been enjoined on the elders and officers in the church of christ in these last days to keep a record of their proceedings or write a history of their travels and labors so that all the pawing passing events of moment way may be gathered in from time to time so that the generations to come may learn of our doings and of the work of god in sour our learned concerRil concerning Ig those chose who have gone before us 08 we have lived to see aee the commencement men cement of the dispensation of the falness of time the dispensation in which all things shall be gathered in one the dispensation in ia which all things which have been spoken of by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world arld began will bo be rul fulfilled filled and the secrets of all hearts shall be made manifest the lord jesus be revealed from heaven with all the hosts thereof aud and the judgments of the most high desolate the nations while zion and jerusalem shall again nourish flourish upon the mountains consequently we have abundant reason to believe that a history of our day of the in which we live will be one of the most interesting that ever was or ever will be penned panned in this thim the latest generations may learn of the ful aliment of the prophecies of the ancient prophets even as 9 we learn of their prophecies by their histories and it if the prophecy itself be glorious how much more the fulfilment fulfillment thereof the no Noone one need suppose that after the work is completed the dispensation ended if it were possible to have an enda end that god will give a special revelation and history of what has passed to some particular one of his many servants so that all may remain idle in this matter and thus leave all the work to god for this is not his method of doing business but god gi gives ves special revelations to man inan by wh which ich he makes known to us as those things which we otherwise have not the means of knowing and he will no more give a special revelation of those things which are dally daily pawing passing before us and which we can write at our leisure than he will cause the corn of that that sluggard to grow who is too lazy to plant iana it how then shall our posterity ity procure our history histo rj let all the elders remember the preface to lukes gospel and inasmuch as they also have a perfect understanding standing of those things which are daily occurring in their midst let jet them write them as he did and then by and by when the lord will there will be very I 1 atle difficulty in collecting the histories of the different elders and of compiling them in one thus forming a more full and explicit history of the church in the last days then than we have of the days day of christ and the apostles the gospels of matthew mark luke and john are the histories of their lives and of the things which wey they saw and heard board and of the events which they were familiar with in their day also the acts odthe of the apostles is a history of the A postles post lee and this thin la is the kind of history that we desire should be preparing concerning the servants and the work of god at the time we are aware that there are many who find little time to write and for this reason we have enjoined it upon them from time to time as we have had bad opportunity to keep a journal or daily write a word or two by they may refresh their memories until the holy ghost shall bring all things to their remembrance or they t h ey may find leisure to pen pan their histories hiB tories in full and of such we would enquire do you keep a journal if so meet abd you will have your reward and if not we would enjoin it upon you and upon all who have not before heard board the admonition to commence forthwith to keep a journal or write a history and see to it that what you write la Is strictly true and unexaggerated so eo that in the end all may know of all things con coming this last work and all knowledge may flow together from the four quarters of tho earth when the lord shall make his appearing anti and we all may be ready to give a full account of our mission our ministry and stewardship and receive the welcome tidings thou bast baat been faithful over a few thing I 1 will make thee ruler over many thin 0 enter thou into the joy of thy lord 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