LATTER-DAY SAINTS' MILLENNIAL STAR.

in the wilderness. It is not necessary for me to spend time in tracing this
Priesthood through the six thousand years that have past and gone; but
it has been manifest in every age and dispensation when God has had
prophets and apostles on the earth. Jesus Christ came into the world in
the meridian of time. He was the Great High Priest to Israel. He was
the Son of God, the Savior of the world. He chose His Apostles, He
organized His Church. He bestowed upon these Apostles all the gifts and
graces belonging to the apostleship. In that dispensation it seems that
they were called to lay down their lives for the word of God and testimony
of Jesus Christ. The Savior himself was put to death. The Apostles
were all, with one exception, put to death in their day and time, until
finally the Priesthood was taken home to God, and remained there for a
length of time. But my views are that whenever the inhabitants of the
earth were prepared for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the power of the
Priesthood, it has been bestowed upon them.

In the days of the Savior and His Apostles, John the Revelator, while
upon the Isle of Patmos, gave an outline of great events which were to
transpire in the last dispensation of the fulness of times. Other prophets
and apostles, who spoke as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost,
left on the pages of history a record of what the Lord would do in the
last dispensation. Among the great events that the Revelator saw was
the one described in the 14th chapter of his Revelation, and which is often
quoted by our elders, because it is very applicable.

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the ever-
lasting 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. [Revelation 14:6-7]

If this revelation had not been fulfilled, neither you nor I would be here
to-day, this Tabernacle would not be erected, this city would be still part
of the Great American Desert, as we found it; but in the fulfilment of
the revelations of God, these things have been done and some of us have
lived to see them. The angel of God did visit Joseph Smith, the Prophet
of God, who was raised up by the power of God as a prophet, seer and
revelator, and who organized the Church of Jesus Christ in the earth.
From that day until this the work has progressed and the Gospel has
been preached. The Holy Ghost has been with the people. The Lord
Almighty has set His hand to carry out the great programme—to establish
the Zion of God in the earth and to prepare the people for the coming of
the Son of Man.

These are my views with regard to the calling of men in this dispensa-
tion. Gold and silver may pass away; houses and lands may perish; all
temporal matters will pass away; but the Priesthood never, salvation
never, the kingdom of God never, and prophecy will never fall unfulfilled.
We have had Apostles now for upwards of sixty years. Many have died
and gone to the other side of the veil; and those upon whom God bestowed
the glory and power of the organization of the Church have sealed their
testimony with their blood, as the ancient Apostles did. They have gone

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in the wilderness. It is not necessary for me to spend time in tracing this Priesthood through the six thousand years that have past and gone; but it has been manifest in every age and dispensation when God has had prophets and apostles on the earth. Jesus Christ came into the world in the meridian of time. He was the Great High Priest to Israel. He was the Son of God, the Savior of the world. He chose His Apostles, He organized His Church. He bestowed upon these Apostles all the gifts and graces belonging to the apostleship. In that dispensation it seems that they were called to lay down their lives for the word of God and testimony of Jesus Christ. The Savior himself was put to death. The Apostles were all, with one exception, put to death in their day and time, until finally the Priesthood was taken home to God, and remained there for a length of time. But my views are that whenever the inhabitants of the earth were prepared for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the power of the Priesthood, it has been bestowed upon them.

In the days of the Savior and His Apostles, John the Revelator, while upon the Isle of Patmos, gave an outline of great events which were to transpire in the last dispensation of the fulness of times. Other prophets and apostles, who spoke as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost, left on the pages of history a record of what the Lord would do in the last dispensation. Among the great events that the Revelator saw was the one described in the 14th chapter of his Revelation, and which is often quoted by our elders, because it is very applicable.

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.

If this revelation had not been fulfilled, neither you nor I would be here to-day, this Tabernacle would not be erected, this city would be still part of the Great American Desert, as we found it; but in the fulfillment of the revelations of God, these things have been done and some of us have lived to see them. The angel of God did visit Joseph Smith, the Prophet of God, who was raised up by the power of God as a prophet, seer and revelator, and who organized the Church of Jesus Christ in the earth. From that day until this the work has progressed and the Gospel has been preached. The Holy Ghost has been with the people. The Lord Almighty has set His hand to carry out the great programme--to establish the Zion of God in the earth and to prepare the people for the coming of the Son of Man.

These are my views with regard to the calling of men in this dispensation. Gold and silver may pass away; houses and lands may perish; all temporal matters will pass away; but the Priesthood never, salvation never, the kingdom of God never, and prophecy will never fall unfulfilled. We have had all Apostles now for upwards of sixty years. Many have died and gone to the other side of the veil; and those upon whom God bestowed the glory and power of the organization of the Church have sealed their testimony with their blood, as the ancient Apostles did. They have gone