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the day in their generations—Moses,
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
and all the Prophets and Patriarchs
whose testimonies we have in the
Bible, as well as those who dwelt in
this land.

I bear my testimony that this is
the Kingdom of God. As to perse-
cution, all men who live godly
in Christ Jesus suffer persecu-
tion. Why this combination
by priest and people against Joseph
Smith, an illiterate boy, as soon as
he was administered to by the an-
gels of God? Why did he wade in
deep waters up to the day of his
death? Why did he pass through
forty or fifty vexatious lawsuits?
Because he was a servant of God
and warned the inhabitants of the
earth of the judgments that were to
come. So it has been with all who
have followed him. If this people
were not the people of God, you
would not see a combination of the
inhabitants of the earth for our des-
truction. Are these Latter-day
Saints all the sinners there are in
the world? If they are, I tell you
the inhabitants of the earth are in a
good condition. But it is not so.
We sin enough, it is true; perhaps
too much; we are guilty of a good
many things, probably, that we
ought to repent of; I have no doubt
there should be a reformation among
us in some things; we do not pray as
much as we ought to; but we are
not so bad as the world call us by
any means. The Presidency, the
Apostles and these Elders of Israel,
our hearts should be united together.
We should labor with each other,
and for each other, and for the
benefit of the children of God.
We have tried to do that, in
a measure, I believe; but we
are weak. If, however, we will
do our duty, all will be well.

I pray God to bless these Latter-
day Saints. I know He will bless
us if we walk uprightly before Him
We will conquer, we will overcome,
Zion will arise and flourish, it will
stand as appointed of the Lord, the
saints of God will be gathered, they
will stand in holy places while the
judgments of God are manifest in
the earth. I say to the Latter-day
Saints and to the world, watch the
signs of the times, watch the changs
that are going to take place. I tell
you that thunders, that lightnings,
that earthquakes, that storms, that
cyclones, that pestilence and that
famine are gathered together in the
heaven of heavens, and the angels
of God are ready to go forth when
the testimony of the elders of Israel
is closed. Messengers will visit the
earth that they cannot mob, that
they cannot destroy, because they
are the angels of God. These are
eternal truths, written like pages
of living fire upon these records of
Almighty God, and they will have
their fulfillment. Prepare your-
selves for the things that await us.
They are sure to come. No power
can stay the hand of the Almighty.
God bless us and give us inspiration,
light and truth, that we may be pre-
pared for that which is to come, for
Christ's sake. Amen.