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ment of this great work, but there
has been an invisible hand at work
for our defence all the time; the
wicked have not seen the power that
has sustained us, they cannot see the
inside machinery that is at work in
this kingdom, the nations of the earth
cannot understand it, and they never
can comprehend it, but the Latter-
day Saints understand it, and they
know that it is the power of God and the
word of God, for the Lord has made
proclamations and decrees, and cove-
nants concerning Israel in the last
days, and all the Prophets, from
righteous Abel to Brigham Young,
have proclaimed it to the nations of
the earth, as with the voice of thun-
der, and we know they will be fulfil-
led; we know the Gospel has to be
offered to the Gentiles first, we have
offered it to them for the space of
twenty-five years, that we may be pre-
pared to go to the house of Israel.

The Gentiles in a great measure,
have rejected it; we have borne a
faithful testimony to the nations of
the earth, and they prefer to take
their own course, and act on their own
agency; they would rather build them-
selves up than the kingdom of God.
The consequence is, it will soon be
taken from the Gentile nations, and it
will not be long before the judgments
of God are abroad among them, and
those bitter branches will be taken off
the tree.

Now there is no personage, or sub-
ject, or work upon the face of the
whole earth, but what is more popular
than the Lord, and His Gospel, and
kingdom; His name is dishonoured
and blasphemed, with impunity by
nearly all the inhabitants of the earth
and in the midst of every nation un-
der heaven, but the day is nigh at
hand when He will make bare His
arm of power, and show the world that
there is a God in Israel, who will no
longer bear the blasphemies of the
wicked without bringing them to judg-
ment, but He will send forth those
angels, those messengers who dwell
in the presence of God, who are
waiting with their sharp sickles in
their hands to reap down the earth;
but this will not be until the Gospel
has been fully offered to the Gentiles;
then the bitter branches will be bro-
ken off.

This kingdom will go forward, for
the Lord God has decreed it, and
Zion will arise and be adorned with
beauty and power, and true refine-
ment, in light and knowledge, and in
every good gift that will prepare the
minds of men for the Society of their
Heavenly Father and of celestial
beings. These lessons have got to be
given, and we have to learn them,
and we have got to bring ourselves to
the celestial law of God; we have to
be quickened by the Spirit and power
of the kingdom of God and its righ-
teousness, that we may be prepared to
carry out the purposes of the Lord;
then this kingdom will be borne to
the house of Israel, and they will re-
ceive it.

The door has already been unlocked
to the Lamanites in these mountains,
and they will begin to embrace the
Gospel and the records of their fa-
thers, and their chiefs will be filled
with the Spirit and power of God, and
they will rise up in their strength,
and a nation will be born in a day,
because they are of the seed of Abra-
ham, and God has promised to bless
the descendants of Abraham, and they
will be saved with the house of Israel,
for the Lord has spoken it, and made
those promises unto them through
their fathers.

Again, here are the ten tribes of
Israel, we know nothing about them
only what the Lord has said by His
Prophets. There are Prophets among
them, and by and by they will come
along, and they will smite the rocks,
and the mountains of ice will flow
down at their presence, and a high-

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ment of this great work, but there has been an invisible hand at work for our defence all the time; the wicked have not seen the power that has sustained us, they cannot see the inside machinery that is at work in this kingdom, the nations of the earth cannot understand it, and they never can comprehend it, but the Latterday Saints understand it, and they know that it is the power of God and the word of God, for the Lord has made proclamations and decrees, and covenants concerning Israel in the last days, and all the Prophets, from righteous Abel to Brigham Young, have proclaimed it to the nations of the earth, as with the voice of thunder, and we know they will be fulfilled; we know the Gospel has to be offered to the Gentiles first, we have offered it to them for the space of twenty-five years, that we may be prepared to go to the house of Israel.

The Gentiles in a great measure, have rejected it; we have borne a faithful testimony to the nations of the earth, and they prefer to take their own course, and act on their own agency; they would rather build themselves up than the kingdom of God. The consequence is, it will soon be taken from the Gentile nations, and it will not be long before the judgments of God are abroad among them, and those bitter branches will be taken off the tree.

Now there is no personage, or subject, or work upon the face of the whole earth, but what is more popular than the Lord, and His Gospel, and kingdom; His name is dishonoured and blasphemed, with impunity by nearly all the inhabitants of the earth and in the midst of every nation under heaven, but the day is nigh at hand when He will make bare His arm of power, and show the world that there is a God in Israel, who will no longer bear the blasphemies of the wicked without bringing them to judgment, but He will send forth those angels, those messengers who dwell in the presence of God, who are waiting with their sharp sickles in their hands to reap down the earth; but this will not be until the Gospel has been fully offered to the Gentiles; then the bitter branches will be broken off.

This kingdom will go forward, for the Lord God has decreed it, and Zion will arise and be adorned with beauty and power, and true refinement, in light and knowledge, and in every good gift that will prepare the minds of men for the Society of their Heavenly Father and of celestial beings. These lessons have got to be given, and we have to learn them, and we have got to bring ourselves to the celestial law of God; we have to be quickened by the Spirit and power of the kingdom of God and its righteousness, that we may be prepared to carry out the purposes of the Lord; then this kingdom will be borne to the house of Israel, and they will receive it.

The door has already been unlocked to the Lamanites in these mountains, and they will begin to embrace the Gospel and the records of their fathers, and their chiefs will be filled with the Spirit and power of God, and they will rise up in their strength, and a nation will be born in a day, because they are of the seed of Abraham, and God has promised to bless the descendants of Abraham, and they will be saved with the house of Israel, for the Lord has spoken it, and made those promises unto them through their fathers.

Again, here are the ten tribes of Israel, we know nothing about them only what the Lord has said by His Prophets. There are Prophets among them, and by and by they will come along, and they will smite the rocks, and the mountains of ice will flow down at their presence, and a high-