The genius of the disposition now referred to and its indulgence wean the mind away from religion, without which a man or woman is at a great disadvantage in this life, as relates to the eternal future. A moment's reflection ought to convince an intelligent youth that time is the most precious of all possessions, and should not be squandered in ministering selfishly to the momentary pleasures of the present, a course that never did and never will lead to greatness, goodness or usefulness. So says history from the beginning of the world.

The bent is in opposition to moral safety, as numerous instances of human wrecks produced by stranding and breaking upon the rock of pleasure-seeking prove. Young women frequently become a prey to human vultures, the latest instance that has come to light being that of the villain Price, who encompassed the ruin of the girl Angell, who is but a child.

This brought upon the perpetrators of those acts, to describe which no language is adequate, the rage of the people cognizant of them. The result was the beating, shooting or

they point to the ways and methods
of the children of neighbors, ignor-
ing the fact that the temporal con-
ditions bear no comparison. Instead
of young men preparing themselves,
by a course of economy, to assume hanging of the thieves.
the grave responsibilities of life, That all the stories relating inci-
some of them pay no heed to any-dents of this character were abso-
thing but the transient gratification lutely true, we are not prepared to
of the desires of the moment. All believe, yet numbers of cases of the
of these indications are inimical to kind were probably never discovered
the weal of the commonwealth. nor told. It is a notable fact that
most of the accused parties were
Huns, Italians or Negroes. The in-
tense popular hatred existing against
those races in some districts would
necessarily lead to false accusations.
How easy for an unscrupulous
ruffian to shoot a man down at
such a time for a special or
personal reason and cover the crime
of deliberate murder by shouting to
the populace, "I found him plunder-
ing the dead." This trial, judg-
ment and execution would at once
be accepted by a people laboring
under the excitement of the catas-
trophe. Even the undertakers, en-
trusted with the preparation of the
bodies of the victims for burial, were
caught pilfering the corpses.

Our advice to the young would not be to cast aside all efforts at pleasure-seeking, but to be conservative in that direction. Seek to build up character by endeavoring to adorn the mind. Read the examples of the good and great of history and emulate their virtues. Be unselfish and devoted to the wellbeing of others. Infinitely more true happiness is derived from the pursuit of that course than from that of a thoughtless human moth, fluttering around the flame of destruction.

ITS LIGHTS AND SHADES.

One of the most sinister features connected with the darker phases of the great disaster was the advent of a number of she-devils in the form of procuresses. These depraved creatures appeared on the scene in search of orphan girls and young women who had been left unprotected and homeless by the calamrace. ity. Their purpose was, by hellish Scarcely had this brighter senti- and deceptive devices to which ment spread, when the clouds again they resort, to lead their victims gathered, and the darker deeds of away to a life of immorality and men caused the full horror of the shame. Perhaps this phase of the situation to resume. Depraved dramatic occurrence was the most Example is contagious, and young wretches set to work robbing the damnable of all. people, whose parents are not in dead, wrenching bracelets from the easy circumstances, are thoughtless- wrists of delicate ladies who had ly adopting expensive methods of been drowned and fingers were conduct and dress, thus involving severed from their hands that hutheir guardians in inextricable per-man vultures might secure valuplexity. When remonstrated withable rings adorning them.

BUT few, if any, incidents that One of the most hideous features have transpired in the history of of this pleasure-seeking rage which this country have presented more And now the statement comes is now rampant and increasing is intensely dramatic constituents than that large sums of money subscribed the indifference which many youths has the Johnstown flood. Its occur- for the relief of the sufferers has of both sexes exhibit toward loving rence horrified the nation and the been pocketed by members of aland solicitous parents. Fathers wave of this sentiment traveled leged relief committees. This was and mothers whose affections are to the utmost bounds of the civilized to be expected, however. At the entwined around their offspring are world. beginning, when flurry usurped the often pained excruciatingly by the The gloom of this deep shadow place of wisdom, many of the felcourse taken by those who should was relieved by a wave of benevolows sent to work in the capacity of be guided by their wise counsel. lence whose activity was exhibited relievers, acted as loafers, lolling How often have many of them, by streams of substantial relief in lazily about and feeding upon the knowing what over indulgence in aid of a stricken and afflicted peo-supplies forwarded for the benefit of the pursuit of pleasure so frequently ple. Added to this redeeming phase the helpless survivors of the flood. leads to, passed sleepless hours of the visitation were the many Such men would be capable of robwith their heads throbbing and deeds of self-sacrificing heroism that bery. Doubtless these cormorant hearts aching over absent members occurred in the hour of peril. The are being, if they have not already of the family who remain out to tears of the nation, shed over the been, gradually eliminated. improper times of the night. Yet catastrophe had scarcely dried on the those young people have been in cheek of the Republic, when they the whirl and maze of worldly burst out afresh from the fountain of amusement, hilariously passing the joy as the recitals of brave deeds were hours away, selfishly heedless of the perused. Courage when exercised sufferings they were inflicting upon for the relief of those in peril has a those who brought them into being. powerful moving force upon the We set it down as an incontrovert- tender-hearted. It causes them to form ible position, that no youth who a higher estimate of the human has a spark of true manhood in his composition, and no girl who has the instincts of a genuine woman will be guilty of such inhumanity when the enormity of the offense is brought to their attention.

While those blacker conditions must be considered in the contemplation of the painful subject as an entirety, they are naturally turned from, as they are viewed, with a feeling of unutterable disgust.

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cases he has not exacted the maxi- on this matter are through any lean-
mum penalty permitted by the laws. ing to our side of the question. The
It will be noticed, however, that he
was not removed on account of these Herald gives full particulars of the
complaints, but because the Presi- correspondence between Judge Sand-
dent has become satisfied, without ford and the Attorney-General and
tration was not in harmony with says:
"policy" defined

reference to them, that his adminis

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Take the picture as a whole, it is a gloomy one, with here and there glint of sunlight. It strikes the beholder with terror, thrills him with admiration and inspires him with loathing. Certain it is that the light and shadow in strikat the White "The remarkable character of this ing contrast-the extreme phases of House. This correspondence will correspondence is sufficient apology human nobility and depravity-be carefully considered by the Sen- for reproducing it here at length. ate when it is asked to confirm the It is remarkable in that it claims nomination of Judgé Zane." for the President a Utah policy to some caustic remarks on this matter. ing assertion, boldly put forth, must The New York Post also makes the judiciary of the Territory must be subservient. This astoundAfter stating the particulars of the give good citizens pause. It is the case the Post says editorially, con- true theory that the judge on the cerning the Attorney General's let-bench is there to administer the

have met at Johnstown and
engaged in a struggle for mas-
tery. It is a drama of extra-
ordinary intensity. In these
days of disruption and violence,
what will be the next occurrence of
magnitude? may be justly deemed ter to Judge Sandford:

law, above the coercion or dictation a question appropriate to the char-This is an extraordinary letter to a seat on the bench is to be made of any "policy." If the holding of acter of the times. come from such a source. In the conditional to the political manipufirst place it contains a reflection up-lations of the President then the which either ought not to have been the people. The constitution of the on the judge's judicial character, courts are no longer a safeguard to made at all, or ought to have been United States makes the judiciary a stated more specifically. In fact, it distinct and independent arm of the is no sooner stated than it is abanremoval, and that cause is then said has subjected himself to impeachdoned as not being the real cause for in trenching upon its prerogatives government. President Harrison to be that the judge's administration ment." was "not in harmony with the policy" which the President wishes to was quick to see the weak spot in have pursued in Utah. The judge this statement, and used it with telling force as follows:

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Judge Sandford's reply is then given, and the Post adds:

THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY. THE New York Times of June 10th contains particulars of the moval of Judge Sandford because his judicial course in Utah did not correspond with the policy of the President. The Times is a leading Republican paper, and, though leaning strongly in the direction of mugwumpery, wields a powerful influence in the country, as its ability is marked and it is widely read and its opinions are valued by prominent people of both parties. "If the Attorney-General cannot It gives the do better than this when he is substance of the correspondence be-pressed for an excuse for making a tween the Attorney General and much wiser to attempt no excuse removal without cause, he will be the Judge, explains the situation whatever, but say simply, what was correctly, and after clearly stating obviously the truth in this instance, the facts makes the following comthat the removal was ordered bements, which will produce a pro- for somebody else.”. cause the President desired the place found impression in legal and judicial circles and will not be without effect in the political arena; "It is disclosed in this correspondence that in the opinion of the

The Chicago Times is another
leading journal that discusses this
naked facts, which it briefly but
question from the standpoint of the
pointedly relates and then remarks:

appoint judges with the design of
"The right of the President to
using judicial power to further an
executive policy will be challenged.
It does not exist. The attempt to
employ it is a gross usurpation of
executive power. Judge Sandford's
reply was unanswerable."

"This probably is the first instance
in the history of the United States
that the executive has intimated a
right to color and control the action
of a federal judge. Its impropriety
and illegality are too glaringly ob-
to require particular com-

President a judge may with priety carry out, in the discharge of prohis duties on the bench, a 'policy defined by the head of the executive branch of the government, and by that head regarded as 'proper to be pursued;' that if a judge does not carry out that 'policy,' whatever it may be, the President can with propriety remove him and appoint in his place a judge who will make the 'policy' his own. It seems to us that this is a new and rather startling doctrine as to the duty of a judge and the powers of a President. It has commonly been held that the vious duty of a judge is to interpret the law ment.” and dispense justice in accordance with its provisions. A 'policy' may The Omaha Herald of the 12th be embodied in new legislation, but inst. is another of the influential it is not the duty of a judge to pursue any policy that is not set forth papers that animadvert on the rein the laws that he finds to be in moval of Judge Sandford and the force and with respect to which he pecullar manner of it. The Herald has for some time been strongly We are not informed as to the na- anti-"Mormon," even bitter in its ture of the complaints against Judge attacks on the majority of Utah's Sandford that have been sent to Washington. Possibly they are to people. Therefore it cannot be said the effect that in certain Mormon that the comments which it makes

acts.

Of course there is not the slightest

the Omaha Herald suggests. But bability of any action such as its remarks concerning the constitutional independence of the judiciary are beyond refutation.

The following sharp editorial paragraph appears in that very conservative journal, the Philadelphia Ledger:

torney-general has made a mistake "Mr. President, either your ator you have been led into error—if the published correspondence between the department of justice. and Justice Sandford, of Utah, be true. The judge comes out of that correspondence with far the better ecutive-it had better be brought behind of a nature to help the excredit; so that if there is anything promptly to the front."

the 12th inst., also relates the facts The Wilmington, Del., Journal, of in the case, and remarks:

policy should the President have "The question is, what particular concerning Utah to which a justice of the Supreme Court must comply to hold his position? If there were any charges affecting the honor of Judge Sandford, they should have been published; if there were none he should not have been dismissed. This is certainly a novel idea introduced by Mr. Harrison."

And the Boston Herald of the same date has the following editorial, headed "A Poor Excuse,”

which needs no comment of ours:

"It is only natural that the letter moving Chief Justice Sandford of of Attorney-General Miller in reUtah from his position on the supreme bench of that Territory should Miller said: The President has beoccasion adverse comment. Mr. come satisfied that your administration of the office was not in har

Prayer by Elder Karl G. Maeser. the world, therefore the world hates
you."
The choir sang:

Farewell, all earthly honors;
I bid you all adieu.
The Priesthood of the Sixteenth
Ward officiated in the administra-
tion of the Sacrament.

ELDER WM. M. PALMER

In order to obtain salvation it is necessary for us to take upon us a new life, through faith, repentance and baptism, and to receive the Holy Ghost. We must walk in the path in which our Lord walked. This will bring us persecution, but that is the lot of those who walk The Saints

mony with the policy he deemed to be pursued with reference proper to Utah affairs, and for this reason he desired to make a change." This was not a discreet remark, and it was unfortunate, both for Mr. Miller and the administration with which he is connected, that discretion is not one of his strong characteristics. The functions of a judge are not to have was called to address the congrega-godly in Christ Jesus. a policy, or to assist in carrying out tion. He read from the Doctrine have accepted the Gospel, and and Covenants, section 133, as fol- obeyed its ordinances. Upon them If lows: came the spirit of gathering, and they assembled together. The world saw this and endeavored to break up the Church. They are actuated by the same spirit that produced the persecutions anciently. In this age the Lord will not allow the world to destroy His work, but come suddenly He will His temple, and bring judgHe will pour ment with Him.

a policy, but to fearlessly and impartially administer the law. Judge Sandford has been derelict in his duty, his resignation should not have been demanded, but he should have been peremptorily discharged, and that, too, not on a question of policy, but because of the necessities of good government. There are some excuses that are worse than confessions, and this one made by Attorney-General Miller may be classed in that category.

VOLUME ONE.

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THE present number completes the first volume of the DESERET WEEKLY, or the thirty-eighth volume of the weekly edition of the DESERET NEWS, accompanied by an From the many comments we have heard specting this new form of the DESERET WEEKLY NEWS, we are convinced that it is very much appreciated. The nature of its contents, and the convenient form for binding, in which they are printed, render them extremely valuable. In years to come they will be esteemed even more highly than at present.

Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the Lord your God, and hear the word of the Lord concerning you;

The Lord who shall suddenly come to his temple; the Lord who shall come down upon the world with a curse to judgment; yea, upon all the nations that forget God, and upon all the ungodly among you.

For he shall make bare his holy
arm in the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall
see the salvation of their God.

While reflecting on the situation
of the Saints, on the hatred mani-
fested against them, and the pres-
sure brought to bear in opposition to
the Word of God, these words had
come to his mind. It should be ap-
index. parent to all believers in the Bible
tavorable that there is a God in the great
It
work of the Latter-day Saints.
is a marvel that men cannot see the
hand of our Father in this work,
for He has told it so plainly through
His Prophets, and their prophecies
Christendom today does not teach
are recorded in the Scriptures.
the doctrines taught by Christ; in
fact they declare that those things
which He said were necessary are
As John Wesley said,
done away.
the reason they are done away is
because professing Christians have
become heathen again. The signs
do not follow because the people do
not believe. Men say this is an en-
the light?
lightened age, but whence comes
It is because God has
poured out revelation upon the
world, in preparing for the accom-
plishment of His work, but the
world will not acknowledge Him as

It has been deemed advisable to divide the year into two volumes, for the reason that twenty.six numbers when bound, make a book of a size as large as is convenient for handling; but this division has no relation to the subscription price,

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out His wrath upon those who hate Him. The judgment of the Almighty is being poured out on the nations to-day, as foretold by His prophets. These things betoken the near approach of the second coming of Christ. The judgments of the Lord will continue to rest upon the inhabitants of the earth, and upon those who are ungodly yet profess to be Saints.

There is a day coming when the Lord will make bare his arm in the deliverance of His people. Zion never saw a better day than the present, for the Lord pours out upon his faithful Saints the choice blessings of heaven. He answers the Saints, who observe and keep His prayers of those who are consistent laws. The time is drawing nigh for the coming of our Savior. We know it by the signs that we are receiving. May we be faithful and prepare ourselves for that great event.

PRESIDENT GEORGE Q. CANNON said: The remarks of Brother Palmer concerning certain spiritual gifts brought to my mind the words of an ancient Prophet:

And again I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they

which is $2.50 per year, or $1.50 per the source of light. Whenever He come from the same God. And there

half year.

It will be the aim to improve the contents of the magazine, especially in regard to the quantity and quality of original matter appearing in it, as fast as circumstances will permit; but an examination of the volume now closing, will show it to contain an amount of matter remarkable for variety, interest, quantity, and present and permanent value, its price being considered.

RELIGIOUS.

Sunday Services.
Religious services were held in the
Tabernacle Sunday, June 16, 1889,
commencing at 2 p. m; President
Angus M. Cannon, presiding.

The choir and congregation sang:
Arise, my soul, arise,
Shake off thy guilty fears.

has sent messengers to mankind
they have sought to destroy those
messengers. This has been the his-
tory of the world, many times re-
peated. As it was in ancient days
so is it at the present time; when
the Gospel is preached the servants
of God are subjected unto persecu-
tion by an unbelieving world. This
is because of the wickedness of
men, who are not willing to let
others exercise their free agency.

The Apostle says that God has set
in the Church certain officers. Who
has the right to remove them? The
Lord did not withdraw His action,
but men have departed from His
Word. Where these officers do not
exist, there the Church is not. The
Church of Christ is not without
Prophets and the gifts of the Spirit.
In this age, when this doctrine is
proclaimed in the world, those who
teach it are persecuted. The reason
for this is given by the Savior, "If
ye were of the world the world
would love you; but ye are not of

are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestation of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them;

For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that he may teach the word of wisdom;

And to another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

And to another, exceeding great faith; and to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

And again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles;

And again, to another that he may prophesy concerning all things; And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering spirits;

And again, to another all kinds of tongues;

And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of divers kinds of tongues.

And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man severally, according as he will.

Christ.

justly under all circumstances and
in every generation alike.

It is in this manner that the Gospel has been preached in our day Now this is a cardinal principle as in ancient days. It has not been in the Gospel of the Church preached by scholarly men, by men And I would exhort you, my be- of Jesus Christ. I would not who have been trained in schools er loved brethren, that you remember give a fig for a religion that seminaries of learning and theology; that every good gift cometh of did not possess these powers and but God has used His own instrugifts. I do not consider a Church a ments as in ancient days. The And I would exhort you, my be- Church of Christ unto which Christ Savior chose the humblest men of loved brethren, that ye remember does not communicate His mind the land of Palestine--fishermen and that he is the same yesterday, today, and will. I would not consider this others who were not of a literand for ever, and that all these gifts the Church of Christ if there were ary, turn; He gave them the of which I have spoken, which are not communications from Christ, authority; He laid His hands spiritual, never will be done away, if He did not direct it, if upon them and ordained them. even as long as the world shall He did not guide it, if He did not They went forth empowered by stand, only according to the unbe- in all things control its affairs, Him, and wherever they went they lief of the children of men. should pursue. and make plain the path that it had these blessings upon them. It is this which They came back rejoicing, and said constitutes the Church of Christ. to their Master, "Even the devils If man were to govern the Church, are subject to us." They laid their then it is the church of man. If a hands on the sick and they rechurch be named after man, and he covered, and did many mighty be the head of that church, then it works; and after His death they becomes the church of man; it is bestowed the gift of the Holy Ghost not the Church of Jesus Christ. on all upon whom they laid their hands, thus witnessing by the bestowal of this blessing that they were His chosen servants.

Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith, there must also be hope; and if there must be hope, there must also be charity. And, except ye have charity, ye can in no wise be saved in the kingof God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God, if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope;

And if ye have no hope, ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity.

And Christ truly said unto our fathers, If ye have faith, ye can do all things which is expedient unto

me.

And now I speak unto all the endsof the earth, That if the day cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it shall be

because of unbelief.

And wo be unto the children of men if this be the case; for there shall be none that doeth good among you, no not one. For if there be one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of

God.

And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they die in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and I speak it according to the word of Christ, and I lie not.

But the Savior, in laying the foundation of His Church, gave to it His name; His Apostles were called by His name. They were the Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ. They went forth proclaiming His name as the only name under heaven whereby man can be saved. When they went forth with this authority-authorized and empowered by Him-the promises which they made unto the children of men were literally fulfilled. If this were not the case today, then this would not be the Church of Christ.

But there is this grand feature about the Gospel as it has been restored in our day: The men who go forth claiming the authority of heaven to administer the ordinances of salvation unto their fellow-men do not depend upon the credulity of those whom they address. They do not appeal to them without having good ground for belief that they will have the evidences given to In the words of this Prophet we them from heaven that they are the servants of God. have clearly revealed to us the In every land causes which shall bring about the wherever the Elders of this Church withdrawal of those gifts to which go they are accompanied by the reference has been made. He says power of God and they make promthat if they are ever drawn away which no human being could fulfil from among the children of men it will be because of their unbelief. of himself. It is this which constiHe also informs us that it is the de-tutes the strength of the Church tosign of God that they should con

ises unto the inhabitants of the earth

But

In this way there was a great Church built up-a Church which would suffer all the persecutions to which reference has just been made, without faltering. Its members had received a testimony from on high. It was not man-it was not Peter, nor James, nor John, nor any of the Apostles who had converted them and given them a testimony. it was the Almighty power of our God. It was by the opening of the heavens and the outpouring of the Spirit of God upon them, a testimony which they received from heaven that convinced them that they had obeyed the Gospel of the Son of God. Therefore when persecution came they were sustained by that knowledge. They could go to prison, they could go to death, and suffer all manner of hardships and afflictions, God had given them and which supported by the knowledge which they had not derived from man. There can be no Church of Christ unless this is the case.

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As I have already said, it is folly for man to claim that there is such Church on the earth if Christ does not recognize it-if it has not obtained spiritual gifts and blessings to distinguish it from those who are When a man goes forth, he not of the Church of Christ. If tinue among the children of men assays unto his fellow-men: "If you there were no distinguishing fea

day.

will believe in Jesus Christ, if

in sincerity go forward and be hap-
will repent of your sins, if you will
tized for the remission of your sins,
Holy Ghost.”
you shall receive the gift of the

why should not this be the case? and the churches of men, what We have had reasoning upon this there be in the efficacy would effect this afternoon, and this reasoning is consistent-that if one geneGospel of the Lord? None. But there are distinguishing features; ration needs the spiritual gifts of there are powers, there are heav God which are bestowed by the Now this is a great and grand enly gifts, there are blessings, presence of the Spirit of God, an- promise. It is a promise which no and they are bestowed upon other generation which needs human being can fulfil. It would the children of men accordsalvation, and which stands in be an impossibility for any man of ing to their faith.

need of the assistance which these gifts bring, should likewise have them bestowed upon them.

himself to fulfil such a promise as this. Therefore, when that promise is fulfilled it is an evidence to the It is the greatest folly, it is a person who receives its fulfilment fallacy of the worst, and, I might that the man who made it is a sersay, of the most damning character vant of God, because God would not to assert that one generation needs lend Himself to any deception; He these gifts and that another genera- would not bestow a gift upon a tion can be saved without them. man because some other man said Such a statement is the refuge of he should receive it, unless that those who have no faith, or who do man had the right from God to not believe that God is "the same make that promise and He was yesterday, today and forever;" that bound by His own promise to fulfil He does not deal with His childrenit,

Some may have faith to receive one gift and some another, and these gifts are distributed according to the good pleasure of our God upon His people. There is one blessing, however, that everyone who enters into the Church of Christ can claim and will receive, if they enter it in sincerity and humility, repenting of their sins-the gift of the Holy Ghost.

If you do not, as Latter-day Saints, possess these gifts, remember it is because of unbelief, for God

has promised them unto you and is a most stupendous miracle being ing until they heard of them all who will obey His Gospel in wrought out in the gathering to- from the Elders. Then they had sincerity and singleness of purpose; gether of this people from the na- the testimony of the Spirit of God and when you receive these gifts tions of the earth. The concentra- in their hearts. From the various you can be strengthened, sustained, tion of the Latter-day Saints in states of the United States, from and upheld, because you will have these mountains is without a Canada, from the islands of the sea, the living testimony within you parallel in sacred history; from the various continents have that you have done that which God there is nothing comparable the people come in this manner, has required at your hands. He with it in profane history. It traveling in various ways, for the has placed His seal of acceptance is true, Moses gathered out purpose of being taught in the ways upon you, and upon your acts, by the children of Israel from of the Lord, as the Prophet said bestowing upon you these gifts and the land of Egypt and led they would in the last days. heavenly blessings. This is them to the land of Canaan; but To me this is a most stupendous the testimony which everyone they inherited a tradition from work; it is a great miracle; for I see should receive and cherish, and their fathers, the promise which had nothing like it among the children without these things there would be been made to Abraham and also to of men; I read of nothing having no Church of Christ upon the earth. the other patriarchs, Jacob and Jo- taken place like it. Then when I My brethren and sisters, these are seph, that God would visit them at witness the grand results and see important truths to us. some time; and Joseph commanded these people from the different na We are living in the last days. them to carry his body with them tions with their various habits There is every indication that the when they should leave the land of and forms of education-coming here words of the Lord are being ful- Egypt; for, said he, the time woulu as they have done and dwelling to filled concerning judgments and come when God would visit them gether in love and unity, I say it is calamities, wars and destructions. and lead them out to the most wonderful. What power could These things must come, and they land which had been prom- have accomplished this but that of will not be poured out without ised to their great ancestor, Abra- God the Eternal Father? What is cause. God never punishes a people ham. Moses did this with mighty there to bind people together as without first sending some message power; but this was one nation this people are bound? What is it

which had inherited tra litions of
this character for a long period of
time, and they knew by these that
the day would come when they

would be visited.

that makes this people so united and so full of love for each other? You may ask them in every settlement and every ward throughout these mountains where their affections are, and they will tell you they are bound to the Saints of God. They may have friends elsewhere fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters--to whom they were formerly attached by the dearest ties; but since embracing the Gospel, their love has been with their fellow-believers, and they have been drawn to them by a strength of love which they had never felt before and could not explain, except that it was the love of God which had come into their hearts.

These Prophets plainly predicted This has taken place in the eyes that there should be such a gather- of all the world, and yet people ing in the last days, that the people say this is delusion-that the men should go to the tops of the moun- who accomplish it are knaves and tains to be taught in the ways of trying to deceive them. Then if it is the Lord and to walk in H s paths, by the strength of "delusion" that and that they should come from all all this is done, how wonderful a nations. These prophecies and pre-work does this "delusion" accomdictions are being plainly fulfilled plish. in the eyes of nations in a most miraculous manner, if men would open their eyes to see. Where has anything ever occurred in the history of our race like it? Nowhere, and it has no parallel.

of warning to them. He never did
in ancient days. Even Nineveh,
guilty as it was, had the Prophet
Jonah sent to it to warn the inhab-
itants of their wickedness and ex-
hort them to turn to God, and How is it in our day? Here are
through their humillation and re- gathered together people from near-
pentance, humbling themselves be-ly all the nations of the earth. I
fore Him, clothing themselves, have myself stood on the docks at
and even their animals, with Liverpool and seen as many as
sackcloth, and by sitting in ashes, eleven different nationalities,
the Lord averted the destruction speaking eleven different lan-
He had threatened, and they guages, embarking on one vessel to
escaped for that time. He has sent come to Zion. If a man could un-
His messengers now to the nations derstand every word they said he
of the earth; they have been going would have heard them singing in
about for nearly sixty years pro- their own tongues praises to God,
claiming the near approach of the and saying they were going up to
day of the Lord. That day is com- Zion in fulfilment of the words of
ing and the judgments will be Isaiah and Micah.
poured out. But will they be poured
out without cause? No, they will
not. It is because men reject God;
it is because they will not accept
the salvation that He proffers to
them; it is because they will harden
their hearts an I reject the testimon-
ies they might receive-it is on
this account that these calamities
will come. Yet when they do come
those who witness them will not
perceive in them the hand of God,
and they will ask for signs. This
was the characteristic of the gene-
ration in which the Savior lived.
They wanted a sign. Although He Yet this is done by the preaching
was going among the people per- of the Word of God, by the declar-
forming great and mighty works, ing of the Gospel, by the message of
they asked him for a sign;and when salvation sent to these people. They
He hung upon the cross, in almost hear it in their own lands, and their
immortal agony, they said, "If Thou hearts are quickened and filled with
be the Son of God save Thyself; ioy by the testimony of the servants
come down from the cross." They of God. Though they may never
mocked at Him, and said, "He has have dreamed of forsaking their
saved others; Himself He cannot native land previous to hearing the
save." They derided the King of Gospel, yet after receiving it a de-
Glory, they derided the God of sire sprang up in their hearts to
heaven because He would not do gather with the Saints of God. The
some mighty work in their sight in love they had before entertained for
order to convince them that He was their ancestral homes and for the
the Being whom He professed to be. graves of their people, that love
So it is always. Men ask for signs, which had formerly been so strong
and yet there are the greatest in them and bound them by ties
signs taking place at the present which could not be easily broken,
time. If they would but open began to be replaced by a stronger
their eyes to see and their hearts affection-an intense desire to gather
to understand they might perceive
that the words of the Prophets are
being fulfilled. To my mind there

If this is delusion, where is the truth? Where are the true servants of God if this be delusion? Where are the works which correspond with truth if this be delusion?

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How is it that the Maories in New Zealand, the natives of the Sandwich Islands, and of the Navigator Islands are "deluded" these other people are, that they also have a desire in their hearts to leave the land of their nativity and come and mingle with the Saints of God in these mountains?

I remember, in the Sandwich Islands, how attached the natives were to the soil on which they were born; they loved it; there was no other place in their affections like their one hanau and the genial climate, the food to which they were accustomed and the feeling which they had, almost that of disgust, for our forms of living and of food. But all these feelings disappeared under the influence of the Gospel, and they yearn with an unwith the Saints of God, to go to a conquerable and unquenchable destrange land and live with a strange sire to come and join the Latter-day people of whom they knew noth-Saints in these mountains.