| Show C W PENROSE there Is ie a little time left which I 1 am quested to occupy I 1 have been very uch interested as aa I 1 am sure you have ben n in the remarks that have been made to us by dr reiner they are very applicable to the latter day saints because of the faith that we have through the revelations of god that we are indeed israel not merely in a spiritual sense but literally we believe that we are of the seed of abra ham god has revealed through his servants the prophets and the patriarchs whom he has placed in his church that the great body of the people are literally of israel that our forefathers were scattered among the nations of the earth and there intermingled with the gentiles we are chiefly of ephraim and as the prophet hosea predicted ephraim hath mixed himself among the people in these last days god is calling israel from all the nations of the earth and he has a special work for ephraim to do 1 I am a father unto israel and ephraim ib my firstborn first born that is the firstborn first born mn this great latter day work you who have received your blessings under the hands of the patriarchs in the church have been told to what tribe trib eyou you belong and it appears that the great body of the latter day saints are of the house of ephraim we have proved the truth of the saying made to us this atter afternoon noon that those who come to curse either leave upon us a blessing or their curses turn to blessings when this church was waa first organized god promised to us that no weapon formed against us should prosper that the tongue that should rise in judgment against us should be condemned and our experience has shown that the word of the lord has been fulfilled we have been called to pass through a great many trials afflictions and tribulations and many have risen up to curse and to do us harm but out of all these things he lord has brought us off more than conqueror and he will do so nothing will militate against us but those evils which have been alluded to this afternoon that may arise in our own midst it is true that we need not fear any opposition from without we need not fear any power that may rise against alFaIn st us no matter of what nature it may be no matter from what source irmay it may come no matter if the powers of a nation oi 01 of nations shall be brought to bear against the church of christ they will not prevail pr evall but the church will remain and endure and abide this is the beginning of that kingdom that daniel saw in his vision or the vision that had which was waa repeated to daniel chap 2 this is th estone cutout cut out of odthe the mountain without hands it was to break in pieces and consume all other kingdoms it was not to be left to another people but to stand forever and no power can prevail against it our church and our doctrines are not derived from these scriptures we believe in the bible we believe in the old testament and in the new testament so far as they are translated correctly but we believe I 1 was about to say bay more and I 1 will say it we believe more in the living word of god which arideth forever and that living word comes through the living oracles through those men whom who im god G 0 has called and who have been appointed and ordained and are endowed not only with the office and calling of the apostleship or eldership but with the power and the spirit thereof and with all the keys blessings privileges and rights which were enjoyed by the apostles of old and the servant god who ministered with them now we prize these love letters alluded to by dr reiner the scriptures that have come down to us from times that are past we think a great deal of them we believe in them we read them we ponder upon them we rejoice in them but we have the same communication opened up today that was open in times past by which these love letters have come down to us god is the same yesterday today and forever he is a god of revelation he Is a god who can and will when the people are prepared for it communicate with his children and we proclaim to the ends of the earth that in these days god almighty has spoken from heaven that jesus christ RIB his i beloved son our elder brother has visited the earth again that angels have come down from the courts on high and have brought their messages to men on earth that the old apostleship Ap oatle has been restored by the ministration of men who held the keys the thereof in former times and that apostleship is here with us and one of the rights powers and privileges of that apostleship is to communicate with the father and the son and to have the holy ghost as a spirit of revelation and inspiration so that we can obtain messages from our loved one on high today and do not depend altogether uloa the love letters of the past it is this that arrested the attention of our friend who has spoken to us today As he said this is not place for debate we axe are not here tor for any such purpose but seeing there the isa little time to be bd occupied and I 1 wa requested to occupy it I 1 also must speak from my heart as I 1 believe h he has spoken form his heart heehaw he ha sef seen n some things that are good among us and some things that appear to be weak but we rest upon this that god who in ancient times spoke to the fathers by the prophets and who sent his beloved son when the proper time came to sacrifice himself for the eins of the world and to establish hl eft church among the people has in these still later days spoken unto us by hia prophets in the beginning dispensation pensa tion he raised up a prophet waa wa he one of the learned wise and edw edv bated men of the century no he raised up a a simple mp e boy a and nd spoke to him why did he not choose one ot or the learned doctors or ministers of some of the various churches that existed men of experience and learning who were trained in the schools of theol theology 97 and who were able to read the serf sarte tures in their original tongues simply because perhaps as the most moat learned of the ancient apostles Paul said not many wise not many mighty not many learned after this world god called but he has chosen the weak things of the earth to confound the mighty what for that no flesh might glory in his presence ft god had called some very learned and highly educated man to this ministry probably he would have taken tb the glory to himself or people in the world who heard him would probably say oh this man to is only another learned man that has come and established a new church but god balla called a weak and illiterate boy bov and he raised him up to accomplish his hia work he appeared to him with his son bon jesus christ and he said this tha Is my beloved son hear him and all the revelations that have conn com from the father have come through the son he ft has been so from the beginning jasi our elder brother stands between betwee ft mw and god Rs as the mediator with father the worlds were mada int by him all things are of the th but they are bv and through jeada Christ who Is the word and who was to the beginning with god and who dav WR god and all things were mra by him the revelations of god ohp father come through jesus christ his sw this church from that time has baft in communication with the powers ott a high through jesus christ Thre Thore tore raft this is the church of jesus christ because he made it because ma als power dower is in it and because he with it it is not the church of josetph Joset lh smith or of brigham young or of taylor or of wilford woodruff or of any man it is the church of jesus cheritt when the father and the son appeared to joseph the son told joseph that he was not to go after any of the churches in the world why because they were not accepted of god he said they had all gone out of the way they had departed from the true order of god that was established in olden times therefore when this church was established on the earth it was organized as the only church of christ on earth now we recognize the fact that there are many good people in all the different religious denominations and just as good people in heathendom among those who do not believe elleve to in jesus christ and do not know of him at all we recognize the good that exists everywhere we recognize the truth that exists everywhere that which bieh Is true is part of our religion for tt it embraces all truth our church is trutho magnet truth from anywhere and ad everywhere is attracted by it comes to it assimilates with it has an affinity with it truth from every source is recognized by our church another Ar lother thing we are willing to let eminent mi nent persons of other alons if they axe are respectable appear to in our public congregations and talk to rus why because we think that we may be turned possibly from our way and adopt some other way not tat at an all but td show that we do not fear comparison eom Vom parison with other denominations mm do not fear the truth no matter rw here it may come from if catholic timm item has any truth that we have not we will be glad to have it if has any truth that we aeve not we welcome it if has any truth that we have foryt at learned we will be pleased to get tt it if truth should come from any vart of the world that we have not yot anet obtained cewill we will receive it and re aaice in it we are not afraid to com our church with any other church me weare agrenot not afraid for our people to dwar ministers of other denominations bod lf they can convey to us anything oat i to of profit we are glad to have it we welcome wel tome the good that comes from wry arty source and we believe that all and all truth come down dow n tsway the th father of light but wi with tb run there Is no va variableness a eniss nor even iss ia chadow of turning 11 re fie is the same he always was waa a god of J evet atlon and H he always will be a loof of revelation and when people sim they ther cia caa find him when onica receive wb when enthey they itoi ook IMF ff door 0 oan be opened unto kilup iana is opened to everyone every one aho asks in proper way the lord jord revealed the gospel ervant joseph smith and gave harver aahl y power bythe gift ot of godio trans the book of mormon moppin from the upon the plates which AN A obtained from the hands of the 1 lord inspired him for this work tor the arthe last laet days and for the bot time and the promise was given abat hat the truth TIOW maw revealed should po waver verbe be taken away again the prom ase tee was oven given that the authority of aho restored to earth should ev erbe taken away again but tt it hould remain here hem bemuse because this is the dispensation of the falness of times in the which paul sald said god would gather in one all things that are in attim im both in the heavens and on ale he earth the dispensation of the ful ftera deft of times that was a mystery that vout jpaul said god had made known to him that in the dispensation of the of times all should be gathered ua ja one now our testimony is that tuu this is 6 that dispensation that it has been en commenced on the earth that it aul wul all that it will accomplish ie e work that god has betit set it to do y no power beneath the eternal heavens can move it out of its path individuals may fall men may apostatize to repeat the phrase used by our friend this afternoon men may turn away from the truth but the church will abide the truth will remain and the gospel will be preached to every nation natio nand and kindre dand tongue and people the honest in heart everywhere will be attracted towards this gospel those who have st stamina amilia enough to come out from the world in spite of all obstacles in spite of all they may have to sacrifice flee in accepting the truth will receive a testimony from god to their own souls that they have received the truth and they will gather with the people of god and help to build up zion and to establish christs kingdom on the earth the elect will be gathered from the four winds the kingdom of our god will be established and the kingdom of our god will prevail and spread over the face of all the earth and all the words of the prophets concerning it will be fulfilled when the apostleship was restored and the principles of the gospel as taught by the ancient apostles were made known in the church and the church was organized after the primitive pattern the promise was given by the lord in this way go ye out and preach the gospel to every creature and let my servants who go forth irom from this hour take neither purse nor scrip but let them go forth depending upon me and I 1 will open up the way before them and a hair of their heads shall not fall to the ground unnoticed whosoever shall feed them and clothe them and give them money the same is my disciple and upon whomsoever they pronounce a blessing they shall be blessed go ye forth baptizing with water in the name of the father and of ef the son and of the holy ghost and lay your hands upon the persons who are thus baptized and they shall receive the holy ghost and signs shall follow them that believe in my name they shall speak with new tongues they shall cast out devils they shall heal the sick and all the gifts pertaining to the holy ghost shall be given to themas a witness and a testimony that they have received the truth now men might go out and profess to have this authority but they could not confer the holy ghost they might baptize they might lay hands upon people but it is god who gives given the holy ghost man cannot bestow it except as lie he is commanded of god and is used as his instrument now here are people in these mountain valleys dwelling throughout the length and breadth of utah the vast majority of whom have come from the various countries of the world where this gospel has been preached our simple elders going forth in faith gua and clothed with this authority have sald said to the people it if you will believe in the lord jesus christ if you will repent of your sins by real repentance with a determination to forsake sin and turn from wickedness and to serve god and if you will be baptized for the remission of sins cewill we will promise you that you shall receive the holy ghost the same holy ghost that the ancient prophets had the same holy ghost that ministered on the day of pentecost the same holy ghost that was in the primitive christian church and was manifested in the various gifts and blessings spoken of in the new testament you shall have that spirit and you shall know for yourselves by the witness thereof that you are accepted of god and that you have received the truth the elders have gone to various nations in this way and have made this promise and nearly all the people who dwell in these mountain valleys are living witnesses witnessed op of the truth of their mission this la Is what we rest on Argurn argument ent to is almost superseded by it we hav no need to prove that all these differ ent churches in modern Christen christendom dorn have gone out of the way god al AI mighty has said they have all gorio gone out of the way and that they are nn lot accepted of him they draw near to me with their mouths they honor ua rr with their lips while their hearts aja are far from me and their fear toward rrie rn is taught by the precepts of men not no by the and power demonstration of raf the holy ghost therefore they are nr not my church the lord thus es ea tob lishes his church on the earth rn irl the last days and for the last time and ant sends out his servants in all the world wor is lo le bear this witness lu this is my testimony I 1 know that ahn this church is true I 1 know it by the rh witness of the holy ghost when I 1 was a boy I 1 heard the gospel preached and I 1 believed the testimony because I 1 had been trained to believe in the th new testament and the old testa ment but I 1 went to god and asked ackerl him to guide me not to suffer rne me t ti be led astray I 1 was the only 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