We live in a very important age
and generation; we live in the day
and time when God has set his hand
to fulfill a measure of prophecy and
revelation to man, in the great dis-
pensation of all dispensations. As
an individual I do not believe that
many more years will roll over the
heads of the inhabitants of the earth
before the resurrection will be upon
them, and then these children,
which we are called to bury to-day,
will come forth from their graves,
clothed with glory, immortality and
eternal life. You may ask why I
believe this. I believe it because the
revelations of God say so. I read
the Scriptures, and I believe that the
revelations and prophecies therein
contained mean what they say, and
I also believe that the saying of
every Prophet or Apostle spoken
under the inspiration of the Holy
Ghost will have its fulfillment, and,
as Paul said, no prophecy of Scripture
hath any private interpretation, but
holy men of old spake as they were
moved upon by the Holy Ghost. [2 Peter 1:20-21]
They spake the mind and word of
the Lord, and none of their sayings
will fail to be fulfilled, for the Lord
has said—"Though the heavens and
the earth pass away, my word shall
not fail, but shall be fulfilled." [Doctrine and Covenants 1:38] That
is the way I read prophecy and reve-
lation.

The Jews will be moved upon by
and by, and they will return to the
land of their fathers, and they will
rebuild Jerusalem. These Laman-
ites here will receive the Gospel of
Christ in fulfillment of the revela-
tions of God. The Prophets which
have been shut up in the north coun-
try with the nine and a half tribes
led away by Shalmanezer, King of
Assyria, thousands of years ago, will
come in remembrance before God;
they will smite the rocks and moun-
tains of ice will flow down before
them, and those long lost tribes will
come forth in your day and mine, if
we live a few years longer, and they
will be crowned under the hands of
the children of Ephraim—the Elders
of Israel who dwell in the land of
Zion. [Doctrine and Covenants 133:26-32] And by and by the testimony
of the Gospel will be sealed among
the Gentiles, and the Gospel will
turn to the whole house of Israel,
and the judgments of God will back
up the testimony of the Elders of
this Church, and the Lord will send
messengers who will go forth and
reap down the earth. The unbeliever
may say that what we term judg-
ments have always prevailed more or
less among the nations, and that
God has nothing to do with them,
they are all natural. Well, if they
have always prevailed, they will pre-
vail to a greater extent in these last
days than ever before, until every-
thing that God has spoken shall have
come to pass. Judgments await the
world, and they await this nation,
and the day is at hand when the
Lord will sweep the earth as with a
besom of destruction. [Isaiah 14:23] In the vision
which the Lord gave to Enoch, he
saw the heavens weeping over the
earth because of the fall of man; and
when Enoch asked the Lord—"When
will the earth rest from under the
curse of sin?" the Lord told him
that in the last days the earth should
rest, for then it should be redeemed
from the sin, wickedness and abomi-
nations that were upon it. [Moses 7:48-64] The
earth is now pretty near ripe, and
when ripened the Lord will cut them
off. These things are before the
Latter-day Saints, but the world do
not believe in them any more than
they believed in the message of Noah
or Lot.

Brethren and sisters, let us read
the revelations of God for ourselves,
and when we read them, let us be-
lieve them, and try to live in such a

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We live in a very different age and generation; we live in the day and time when God has set his hand to fulfill a measure of prophecy and revelation to man, in the great dispensation of all dispensations. As an individual I do not believe that many more years will roll over the heads of the inhabitants of the earth before the resurrection will be upon them, and then these children, which we are called to bury to-day, will come forth from their graves, clothed with glory, immortality, and eternal life. You may ask why I believe this. I believe it because the revelations of God say so. I read the Scriptures, and I believe that the revelations and prophecies therein contained mean what they say, and I also believe that the saying of every Prophet or Apostles spoken under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost will have its fulfillment, and, as Paul said, no prophecy of Scripture hath any private interpretation, but holy men of old spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1: 20-21 They spake the mind and word of the Lord, and none of their sayings will fail to be fulfilled, for the Lord has said—"Though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not fail, but shall be fulfilled." Doctrine & Covenants 56:11 That is the way I read prophecy and revelation.

The Jews will be moved upon by and by, and they will return to the land of their fathers, and they will rebuild Jerusalem. These Lamanites here will receive the Gospel of Christ in fulfillment of the revelations of God. The Prophets which have been shut up in the north country with the nine and a half tribes led away by Shalmanezer, King of Assyria, thousands of years ago, will come and remembrance before God; they will smite the rocks and mountains of ice will flow down before them, and those long lost tribes will come forth in your day, and mine, if we live a few years longer, and they will be crowned, under the hands of the children of Ephraim—the Elders of Israel, who dwell in the land of Zion. And by and by the testimony of the Gospel will be sealed among the Gentiles, and the Gospel will turn to the whole house of Israel, and the judgments of God will back up the testimony of the Elders of this Church, and the Lord will send messengers who will go forth and reap down the earth. The unbeliever may say that what we term judgments have always prevailed more or less among the nations, and that God has nothing to do with them, they are all natural. Well, if they have always prevailed, they will prevail to a greater extent in these last days than ever before, until everything that God has spoken shall have come to pass. Judgments await the world, and they await this nation, and the day is at hand when the Lord will sweep the earth as a besom of destruction. In the vision which the Lord gave to Enoch, he saw the heavens weeping over the earth because of the fall of man; and when Enoch asked the Lord—"When will the earth rest from under the curse of sin?" the Lord told him that in the last days the earth should rest, for then it should be redeemed from the sin, wickedness and abominations that were upon it. The earth is now pretty near ripe, and when ripened the Lord will cut them off. These things are before the Latter-day Saints, but the world do not believe in them any more than they believed in the message of Noah or Lot.

Brethren and sisters, let us read the revelations of God for ourselves, and when we read them, let us believe them, and try to live in such a