twelve tribes of Israel, because they
were righteous in the latter days.
Following this, says:
"And I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every na-
tion, and kindred, and tongue, and
people,
"Saying with a loud voice, Fear
God, and give glory to Him; for the
hour of His judgment is come." [Revelation 14:6-7]
Again, John says:
"Again there followed another an-
gel, saying, is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication." [Revelation 14:8]
Following this, he speaks of the
reaping down of the earth and of the
judgments of God which were to
come upon the inhabitants thereof.
In fulfillment of the declaration of
St. John, the angel of God has flown
through the midst of heaven. He has
delivered the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to the inhabitants of the earth, and
revealed unto them the . The Holy Priesthood has also
been restord. This Gospel was to be
preached "to every nation, and kind-
red, and tongue, and people." It has
now been preached almost sixty years
—from the organization of the Church
until to-day; and in fulfillment of the
revelations of these inspired Prophets
and Apostles, a multitude of people
are to-day gathered together in these
valleys of the mountains. In fulfill-
ment of those revelations I stand to-
day in this , which the
saw was to be built upon the
tops of the mountains, as a covering
from the heat and the storm. In this
Tabernacle to-day, also, are ten thou-
sand Latter-day Saints, which is a
witness to Jew and Gentile of the ful-
fillment of the promises of God. Yet
the infidel says, "Behold, there is no
God." The man who says there is no
God is a fool. We are here in fulfill-
ment of prophecy and revelation. We
have received the Gospel of Christ.
The kingdom of God has been organ-
ized. It is rolling on; and it will
continue to roll on until this is
wound up.
Now, I want to give a little exhor-
tation to my brethren. Brother touched upon a very im-
portant principle this forenoon—a
principle which has often rested upon
my mind; that is, with regard to the
spirits that surround us. He said
that one-third of the hosts of heaven
were cast out because of their re-
bellion. I suppose we may say that
at least one hundred thousand mill-
ions were cast down from heaven to
earth. Where are they? Some are
in , some in , some
in , some in , some in ; in fact,
they are in every city and hamlet
wherein the inhabitants of the earth
dwell, and especially where there are
any Latter-day Saints. And whether
there are one hundred or not to every
man, woman, and child, there are
enough of them, at least, to labor for
our overthrow. I say to my , to the Apostles, to the , the High Priests, the Bishops,
and all men who bear the Holy Priest-
hood, do you suppose these devils are
around us without trying to do some-
thing? Are they asleep? Have they
not a work to perform? I say to my
brethren who bear the Priesthood, we
have got a mighty warfare to wage
with these spirits. We cannot escape
it. What will they do to you? They
will try to make us do anything and
everything that is not right. These
devils would be very glad to make me
and my brethren think we are great
men, smarter than anyone else; to
divide us one against the other, and
to cause us to seek to confess our
brother's sins instead of our own. We
should, therefore, watch ourselves
well. I should do this; my Coun-
selors and the Apostles should; we
all should. And unless we are united
together, as has been said before, we
are not the Lord's. But to-day we
have certainly manifested a union
here that the world is not acquainted
with. We have, however, a mighty
responsibility resting upon us. The
eyes of all the heavenly hosts are
upon us. The eyes of Father ,
and the patriarchs and the prophets,
both ancient and modern, who have
gone to the other side of the veil, are
over us. And if our eyes are open to
comprehend the things of God, we
can comprehend our responsibilities;
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twelve tribes of Israel, because they
were righteous in the latter days.
Following this, John says:
"And I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people,
"Saying with a loud voice, Fear
God, and give glory to Him; for the
hour of His judgment is come."
Again, John says:
"Again there followed another angel, saying, is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication."
Following this, he speaks of the
reaping down of the earth and of the
judgments of God which were to
come upon the inhabitants thereof.
In fulfillment of the declaration of
St. John, the angel of God has flown
through the midst of heaven. He has
delivered the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to the inhabitants of the earth, and
revealed unto them the word of the
Lord. The Holy Priesthood had also
been restord. This Gospel was to be
preached "to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people." It has
now been preached almost sixty years—
from the organization of the Church
until to-day; and in fulfillment of the
revelations of these inspired Prophets
and Apostles, a multitude of people
are to-day gathered together in these
valleys of the mountains. In fulfillment of those revelations I stand today in this , which the
Prophet saw was to be built upon the
tops of the mountains, as a covering
from the heat and the storm. In this
Tabernacle to-day, also, are ten thousand Latter-day Saints, which is a
witness to Jew and Gentile of the fulfillment of the promises of God. Yet
the infidel says, "Behold, there is no
God." The man who says there is no
God is a fool. We are here in fulfillment of prophecy and revelation. We
have received the Gospel of Christ.
The kingdom of God has been organized. It is rolling on; and it will
continue to roll on until this scene is
wound up.
Now, I want to give a little exhortation to my brethren. Brother touched upon a very important principle this forenoon—a
principle which has often rested upon
my mind; that is, with regard to the
spirits that surround us. He said
that one-third of the hosts of heaven
were cast out because of their rebellion. I suppose we may say that
at least one hundred thousand millions were cast down from heaven to
earth. Where are they? Some are
in , some in , some
in , some in , some in ; in fact,
they are in every city and hamlet
wherein the inhabitants of the earth
dwell, and especially where there are
any Latter-day Saints. And whether
there are one hundred or not to every
man, woman, and child, there are
enough of them, at least, to labor for
our overthrow. I say to my Counselors, to the Apostles, to the Seventies, the High Priests, the Bishops,
and all men who bear the Holy Priesthood, do you suppose these devils are
around us without trying to do something? Are they asleep? Have they
not a work to perform? I say to my
brethren who bear the Priesthood, we
have got a mighty warfare to wage
with these spirits. We cannot escape
it. What will they do to you? They
will try to make us do anything and
everything that is not right. These
devils would be very glad to make me
and my brethren think we are great
men, smarter than anyone else; to
divide us one against the other, and
to cause us to seek to confess our
brother's sins instead of our own. We
should, therefore, watch ourselves
well. I should do this; my Counselors and the Apostles should; we
all should. And unless we are united
together, as has been said before, we
are not the Lord's. But to-day we
have certainly manifested a union
here that the world is not acquainted
with. We have, however, a mighty
responsibility resting upon us. The
eyes of all the heavenly hosts are
upon us. The eyes of Father Adam,
and the patriarchs and the prophets,
both ancient and modern, who have
gone to the other side of the veil, are
over us. And if our eyes are open to
comprehend the things of God, we
can comprehend our responsibilities;