Times And Seasons volume 4

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THE
11 MESAND SEASONS.
CONT.-I.INJNG A
OCMPENDWM Of INTELLIGENCE PERTAINING TO THE UPBUILDING OF THE KINGDOM Of GOD AND
TOGETHER WITH A
GREAT VARIETY OF USEHL INFORMATIOlL IN REGARD TO THE DOCTRINES) HISTORY
PRINCIPLES, PERSECUTIONS DELIVERANCES, AND ONWARD PROGRESS
OF THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
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CONTEN'rs.
A Ditto Gen. J. G. Bennet 29
Ancient Ruins, MexIco 15' Ditto to S. Rigdon 33
Ancient Poetry 81 Ditto H. Tate 46
Apostacy, effects of 89 Ditto F. M. Higbee 47
Apostolic Religion 109 Ditto Justin Brooks 63
Ancients, Religion of 135 Ditto Otson Hyde 90
A remark 171 Ditto John Greenhow 91
Ancient records 185 Ditto Joseph Smith 97
Ancient of Days 204 Ditto John Greenhow 98
A beautiful Sllooch 20t Ditto J. C. S. 99
A Discourse DV A. Lyman 218 Ditto Sittney Rigdon 100
Appointments' 232 Ditto An Observer 10-2
A Land Slip 354 Ditto Jo.eph Smith 113
Attempt to Assassinate the Pope 377 Ditto John Greenhow 113
Apostolic LeUer 381 Ditto David Ball 119
Ditto A seeker after truth 125
B Ditto A lover of truth 126
Baptism by Junior 308 321 339 361 Ditto from Europe, Y. 1.32
Babylon, what is it 314 Ditto John Greenhow 138
Ditto H. R. 143
C Ditto P. P. Pmtt 144
Calamities 239 Ditto E. H. lUowel" 1411
Comet, singular eWect of 326 Ditto P. P. Pratt 162
Conference Minutes at N. J. 13 Ditto John Greenhow l6i
Dltto Dayton Ohio 13 Ditto E. M. Webb 166
Ditto Salem 31 Ditto W. 161
Ditto Olive Green 36 Ditto W. P. Harris 186
Ditto Liberty Branch, In 47 Ditto Sarah M. Clevelaml 187
Ditto Virginia 63 Ditto Benjamin Andrews 187
Ditto Manchester '76 Ditto Joseph Smith 194
Ditto Oakland, Canada 93 Ditto R. I"isher and T. R. King 194
Ditto Utica, N. Y. 11 0 Ditto G. P. Dykes 195
Ditto Hancock.} .Illinois 111 Ditto John Greenhow 195
Ditto La,peer, J\llichigan 111 Ditto A seeker after truth 205
DiUo QUincy, Illinois 124 Ditto J. H. Newton 223
Ditto .Qoylston Hall 114 Ditto Edwin D. Woolley 225
Ditto Ditto 154 Ditto John Greenhaw 227
Ditto Elders 157 Ditto Ana Adams 279
Ditto Iowa Territory 159 Ditto I_. A. Shirtlitf 280
Ditto New York 174 Ditto D. S. Perry 281
Ditto Augusta' 175 Ditto Elijah Streets 281
Ditto Special, Nau 00 180 Ditto H. Tate 294
Ditto Johnson'sCreek,N. Y 188 Ditto Wesley Wandell 302
Ditto Venite, Ohio 189 Ditto Viator (Boston Bee) 305
Ditto Genesee 201 Ditto ditto 806
Ditto Ditto 223 Ditto Wm. Rowley 320
Ditto Vinalhaven, Maine 238 Ditto John D. Lee 311
Ditto Special, Nauvoo 240 Ditto S. T. P. 318
Ditto Kirtland 282 Ditto N. B. Shearer, M. L. Bates 851
Ditto New York 286 Ditto An Englishman 354
Ditto Leeehbttry 295 Ditto J. H. 357
Ditto Briton, Michigan 299 Dltto Wilford W oodrutl 360
Ditto Utica, N. York 300 Ditto Rev. Durbin 365
Ditto Lima 303 Ditto Gen. J. A. Bennet 371
Ditto Continued 316 Ditto Gen. Joseph Smith 372
Conference, SpecIal 329 Ditto, ditto 376
Conference, England 332 Ditto T. S. Edwards junior and James
Ditto in Toulo!!l Ill. 317 Butler 377
Ditto Wayne, N. Y. 317 Correspondence of W. C. and O. Spencer 49
Ditto Buffaloe, N. Y. 334 Chru'tel'ed rights, remarks on 41
Ditto Preston, N. S. 342 China, I.etter from 93
Ditto Brant N. Y. 357 China, war in 96
COMMtrNICATIONS Calli!.<la, more riots in 127
Letter of John S. Fl.Ilmer 17
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Dialogue betw~n L. llnd W 101 Notice of Brewster 32
Destructive fire 126 Ditto Udnev H. Jacobll 32
Dream of Sister Robinson 213 Ditto • 80
Ditto 135
E Ditto 168
Election and Reprobation 1 Nauvoo. D. 179
Extract from H. C. Kimball's Journal 23 Notice' 185
Eruption of Mount Etna 123 Nauvoo, II visit to 197
Earthquake in the West Indies 134 Notice 201
Earthlluake 147 Ditto 216
DlttO in the West Indies 167 Ditto 216
Ditto at Gaudalope 172 Ditto 303
Ditto continued 178 Ditto 329
Editorial 188
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Ditto 216 343 359
Elias Higbee, death of 232 Old Times 95
Extract from a lecture 234 Obituary, Gen. J. Adams 287
Editorial 279 Ditto 316
Elders and Churches Abroad 360
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F Poetry, Mob! and Beam 16
Fire in Liverpool 16 Apostrophe to Death 48
Female Relief Society 287 Saturday Evening's Thoughts 64
Fate of the Apostles' 382 by W. W. Phelps 81
Jubilee Song 96
H by Wilson La.w 112
History of Joseph Smith 12 22 39 61 71 92 The Hero's Reward 128
108 117 130 146 172 177 193 209 241 289 The Morning Glory 128
305 320 336 352 368 Poetry, Book of Mormon 144
Heresy, Singular case of 26 On the Death of L. D. Barnes 160
Hymns, Sacred 95 Ditto John Kendall 160
Halos and Parhelia. 151 My Epitaph 176
Hailstorm 239 Response to ditto 192
The Three Witnesses 192
I Ode to ::prin~ 208
The Whlrlwmd 208-
Indians, Western 8 Lines Written in an Album 224
Immersion 172 Kidnappbg of Gen. J. Smith 288
minois and Missouri 292 Sketch of the Life of President J.
Interesting Work 377 Smith 303
by H. P. Young 319
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The Lord's Prayer 319
Joseph Smith, Release of 59 Physician heal thyself 325
Joseph Smith, Trial of 65 Poetry 335
Jews 6 85 109 220 233 347 3tH 365 Ditto Signs of the Times 351
Judge not from appearances in8 Ditto God 366
, Ditto to the Latter-day '$aints 381
K Prospectus 135
Kidnapping 375
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Melchisedec Priesthood 9
MMoorrmmDoOintn~toi,s mcBo anlttiinmuoerde Clipper 222784 RRReeigvcheetilepaottisuo,s nan etloisi slTt o. fB . Marsh 111204766
Milledsm 103 Relief Society 154
MissDouirtit,o EWxtirllaioarmd iSnmariyt hd Oings 111159 RReevmealarktiaobnl e Phenomenon 210772
. Mormons, What do they believe 141 Recommendatory 218
Mount Etna 152 Reward of Merit 364
Millerism 168
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Mormonism 180
Ditto 199 Sons of God 73
Ditto a heresy 210 Singular PhenomenOla 134
Ditto 235 Ditto ditto 147
Missouri '/18. Joseph Smith 241 Strange Light 150
Continued 257 Signs of the Times 153
Mormon Delusion 295 Singular Discovery 186
Millerism 307 Saints among allnatiolls 201
Mystery of Godliness 312 8rcecial Message 232
Ditto continued 327 8 orm and Loss of Life 290
Ma.~saere 344 Stephen'S Wod,s on Central America 346
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AND SEASONS.
1.~IMES
VOl. . IV. No. I.] CITY OF NAUVOO, ILL. NOV. 15, 1842. No. 61
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From the Millennial StuI'. \110 ordination, having possessed it eternally,
ELECTION AND REPROBATION. f;'r Christ says (Matt. xxviii: 18)aIl poweris
"Df) !,(Ju believe in ElecUon and Repl'obation?' gillen unto me in heaven aud on earth; which
To prevomt the necessity of r~peating a thousand could not have been if he was in eternal po&
times what may be said at once, we purpose to session: and in the previously quoted verse we
answer this oft asl;ed question in writing; SO discover that he that said unto him, i. e. his
th~t the saints may learn dGctrinc, and all who father glorified him to be made an high priest, or
will, may undersl3nd that such election and ordained him to the work of creating the world
reproLnliollllS is taught in the old and new ::trod all things upon it; (Col. i: 16) for by him
Teslam~n~s, and oilier revelations from God, were all things created that are III heaven and
we fully b~iiovc, in conncxion with every (ther that are in the earth, and of redeeming the same
principle of righteousness; and we ask this fa- from the fall; and to the judging of the quick
-lor of cll, into whose hall,ls our answer may and dend; tor the right of judging rests in the
come, that, tlu:)' will not condemn till they have, priesthocd; and it is through this medium that
read it through, in the spirit of meekness ond the father hatll cornmitkd all judgment unto
prayer. the San (John v: ~2) referring to his adminis-
T:w Lon.! (Jehovah) hath spoken through nation on the earth.
Isa. (4'2,1) suying, behuld my servant, whom 1 Hit was necessary that Christ 'should receive
uohold, mine olect ill whom my soul delight-,I the priesthood to qualify him (0 minister before
"ih' evidentlv roferrin!>' to the Lord Jesus Christ, I his father unto the children of men so as to re
the 'Son of G~d chose; or elected by the Father,: deem and save them, does it seem reasonable
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(1 PetN, i: 20, who verily was foro-ordained that any man should take it upon him to do a
hcfore the fJUlldaticll of the world, but was pint ()f the same work, or to (lssist in the sam. .
manifeEl in these last times for you, who by, priesthood, who has not been called by the spir
him do bdieve in God.) to serve him in the re·1 it of prophecy or revelation fiS was Aaron, and
demptioa of the world, to be It covenant of the;1 ordaincd accordingry? And can it be expected
people, (!sa. xlii: 6.) for n light of the Gentiles, that a man will be called by revelation who
and the glory of his p~op;c Israel; haVing cr- does not believe ill revclation1 Or will any
Gained him to be the judge of the quick and man submit to ordination, for the fulfilment of
dend, (Acts, x; 42) that through him forgivc- a revelation or call in which he has no faith1-
nees ohins might be (Acts xiii: 38) We think not.
unto all who would be obcdi~nt unto his gospel That we may learn still further that God calis
Every high priest must be orduiucd (Heb. v: lor elects pr.rticular men to perform particular
1.) and if Christ had not rtceived ordination,: works, or on whom to confer special blessings,
he would not have h:ld power to ordain others, we rcad (I8a. xlv: 4) for Jacob my servant.
ns hn did when he ordGincd the twelve (Murk sake, und r;flrael mine elect, I have called the"
iii; 14) t;) take a part in tho ministry which he (Cyrus) by thy name: to be a deliverer to IDJ
had received of his futher: also, (John xv: 16) peoplo Israel, and to help to plant them on my
ye haye not chosen me, but I have c:lOscn you, holy mountain, (Isa.lxv: 9, see connexion) for
and ordained you that yo should go and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall
forth fruit, (Heb. v: 4) for no mun taketh this dwell there; evell on the mountains of Palea
hOllor unto himself but he that is cr.ilEd of God tine, the land of Canaan, which God had before
as was Aaron, (v:5.) So also Christ gl<Jrijled promised to Abraham und hissced; (Gen.xvii;
nothi1nselfto be made an hIgh priest, bnt he that 8) and the particular reasoll why Abraham wa~
,mid unlo him thou urt my Son, thia day have chosen or elected to he the futher of this bltle
I begotten thee. sed llation, is clearly told by the Lord, (G en.
No being can givo that which he does not xviii, 19) for I know him, that he will com
possess; consequently no man can confer the mand his children and his household after bim;
priesthood on another, ifhe has not himself first and they shall keep the wily of the Lord, to do
received it; and the priesthood is of such a na- justice aud judgment; that the Lord may brin&:
'ure that it i~ impossible to investigate the prin_ upon Abraham tl1U~ which he hath spoken of
dries of election, reprobation, &c. without him; and this includes the general principle or
touching upon the priesthood also; and, al- election, i. e. that God chose, elected, or ordai
'bough 80me mny say that Christ aaGod needed 1n ed, Jesus Christ, hill Bon, to be the Cre8llJf,
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Governor, Savior" and Judge olthe world; and t sentiment thereof shall not destroy another, and
Abraham to be the father of the faithful, on ac_ when we read that whom he did foreknow, he
count of his foreknowledge of their obedience also did predestinate; and that known unte
to his will and commandments; which agrees· God are all his works; SO that it might 3ppear
with the ~!l.ying in the 2d Timothy ii: 21, if a from an abstract view thereof. that God fore
man purge himself from these, he shall be a knew all, and consequently predestinated all to
vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet for the be conformed to the image of his son; we ought
masters use, and prepared unto every good also to read Mark xvi: 16, he that believeth not
work. shaH be damned;' and John viii: 24, if yo be-
Thus it appears that God has chosen or elec_ lieve not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins;
ted certain individuals, to certain blessings,.or also, Mat. xxv: 4[, dopart from me yo cUTsed,'
to the performance of certain works; and that fllr I was an hungered and yo gave me no
we may more fully understand the movements meat, &c.
of the Supreme Governor of the universe in the Paul referring to the saints, (Rom. i: 7) caI!~
order of election, we proceed to quote the sa-i them beloved of God, called to be Saints; and
cred writers. says (Rom. viii: I) there is no condemnation to
Rom. viii: 29, 30, For whom he did fore- them which are in Christ lesu~, who walk not
know, he also did predestinate to be conformed after the flesh, hnt after the spirit; and goes on
to the image of his son, that he might be th!') to shew in his epistle to the Romans, that the
tirst born among many brethren: moreover, law, (the law of carnal commandments given
whom he did predestinate, them he also called, to the children of Israel, the covenant people,)
and whom he called, them he also justified, and could not make the comers thereto perfect, (see
whom. he justified, them he also glorified. And \. also Heb. x: 1) hut was given for a school mas
whom did he foreknow~ Those that loved ter, to bring us unto Christ; (Gal. iii: 24) so
him, as we find in the 28th verse of the same that when he had come, and offered himself
chapter, for we know that all things shall work whhont spot to God, (Heb. ix: 14) the sacrifice
together for good to them that lOlle God, to of the law should be done away in him that tha
them wha are the called according to his pur- honest in heart all migh t come unto the perfect
pose, And who are the called according to his law of liberty, (James i: 25) or the gospel of
purpose 1 Those whom he foreknew, for he Christ, walking no longer after the flesh, but
foreknew that those, who loved hrm, would do after the spirit, and be of that number who love
his will and work righteonsness, and it is vain God and keep his commandments, that they
for men to say they love God, if they do not might be the called according to his purpose;
keep his commandments. Cain found it so (Rom. viii: 23) and these were the individuals
when he presented an unrighteous offer~ng, for refered to, whom God foreknew; such as Abel,
God said unto him (Gen' IV: 7) if thou does! Seth, Enoch, Noah, Melchlzedec, Abraham,
well shalt thou not be accepted; and yet he Lot, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Caleb, Josh
was not accepted; but whoso keepeth his word ua" the harlot Rahab who wrought righteous
ill him verily iathe love of God perfected; and ness by hiding the servants of God whe.n their
hereby we know tbat we are ill him, (1 John ii; lives were sought by their enemies, Gideon,
5) or, that we nre the called according to his Barak, Sampson, Jeplha, David, Samuel, and
purpose. the prophets, (Heb. xi) wlm, through faith, sub-
But did not God foreknow all things, and aU dued' kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtain
ment Surely, known unto God are all his cd promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
works, from the beginning of the world; (Acts quenched th" violence of fire, escaped the edge
xv: 13;) hut does that prove that all men would of the swerd, out of weakness were made strong,
love him and keep bis commandments, so that waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the
he would predestinate them unto eternal life 1 armies of the aliens; these aH died in faith hav
Certainly not, for th"t would make God to fore- ing kept the commandments of the :Most High.
know things which were not to be, and to pre- having obtained the promise of a glorious in
destinate men to that, unto which they could heritance, and are waiting the fulfilment of the
never attain; (Mat. vii: J3) for wide is the promise which they obtained, (Heb. xi: 40)
(fate and broad is the wav that leadeth to des- God having provided some better thing for U6.
!~l uction, and many there 'b e W hI'e h go I. II t h ere- that they, without UG, should not be made per
feet,
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The principles of God's kingdom nre perfect The prophet Alma bears a similar test~mony
and harmonious, and the scriptures of truth to the other prophets concoming election in bis
9th chapter (Book of Mormon) saying, this is
mu:;t Idso agree in all their parts, 50 that one
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the manner after which they wete ordained: be or made alive as they had died in Adam, 1 C;r.
ing called and prepared from the foundation of xv. 22. In this. election is made manifest, for
the world, accQrding to the foreknowledge of God elected or chose the children of Israel to
God, on account of their exceeding faith and to be his peculiar people, and to them belong
good works; in the first place being left to the covenants and promise~, and all the bles
choose good or evil; therefore they having cho sings received by the Gentiles come thlough
sen good, and exercising exceeding great faith, the covenants to Abralmm and his seed; for
ate called with a holy calling, yea, with that through the unbolief of the Jews (Rom. xi: 17)
holy calling which was prepared with, and ac they were broken off, and the Gentiles were
cording to a preparatory redemption for such; broken off, and the Gentiles wero grafted in;
and thus they have been called to this holy cal but they stand by faith, , Rom. xi: 20, and not
ling on account of their faith. while others by the oath of election; therefore it becometh
would reject the spirit of God on account of them to fear lest they cease quickly to bear
the hardness of their hearts and blindness of fruit, and be broken off, [verse 21] that the
their minds, while if it had not been for this Jews may be grafted in again, for they shall be
they might have had as great privileges as their grafted in again, if they abide not in unbelief.
brethren. Or in fine; in the first place they The Gentiles became partakers of the bles
were on the same standing with their brethren; sings of election and promises through faith and
thus this holy calling being prepared from the obedience. aa Peter says, writing to the stran
foundation ot the world for such as would not gers scattered abroad, 1 Peter, 1a t chap. who
harden their hearts, being in and through the were the Gentiles, the elect according to the
Iltonement of the only begotten SOil, who was foreknowledge of God the Father, through the
prtlpared; and thus being called by this holy sanctification of the spirit 'Unto obedience: 1 Pe
calling, and ordained unto the high priesthood ter ti: 9, for ye are a chosen generatl0n, a roy
of the holy order of God, to teach his command al prie~thood, an holy nation, a peculiar peo
ments unto the children of men, that they might pIe; that ye should shew forth the praises of
also cnter into his rest, this high priesthood be him, who hath called you out of darkne!sll into
ing afler the order of his son, which order was his marvellous light, I verse 10] which in time
from the foundation of the world; or in other past were not a people, but now are the people
words being without beginning of days or and of God; which had notobtainedmetclI, but now
of years, being prepared from eternity to all have obtained mercy.
eternity, according to his foreknowledge 0f all ':fhy were they a peculiar people~ Because
things. God had chosen that generation of Gentiles,
Rom. ix: 11, 12. For the children being not and conferred on them the blessings, which
yet born, neither having done any good or evil, descended through the priesthood, and the co
that the pmpos'l of God, according to election, venants unto the honse of Israel, or grafted
might stand, not of works, but of him that cal· them into the good olive tree 1 Rom. xi: 17 und
lath; it was said unto her, the elder shall serve th us tbe house of Israel became ministers of
the younger. As we have before '3hewn why salvation to the Gentiles.; and this is what the
God chose Abraham to be the father of the house of !erael \V!lS elected unto, not onIv their
faIthful, viz. l}ecanse he knew he would com own salvation, but turoucrh themsalvatia""n unto
mand his children and hie household after him, all others, John iv: 22, for salvation is of th;,
so now we see by this why the purposes of God Jews~ Rom. :xi: 11, Ilnd through their fall sal·
aceording to election should stand, and that vation is come unto the Gentiles. Among the
{or his onth'ssakl'. Gen. xxii; 16,17,18. By promised seed, we find Jesus Christ noither last
mvself have I sworn, saith the Lord; for be nor least, but the great high prit'st and head of
ca~se thou hast done this thing, and hast not all, who was chosen to lay down his life for the
withheld thy son, thine only SOl1, that it bles redemption of the wOlld, for without tha shed
sing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will ding of blood there could be no remission of
multiply thy seed as the srars of heaven, and ~,ios, Heh. ix: 22.
as the Mnd which is upon the sea shOle; !lnd Deut. vii: 6, 7, 8, 9. Moses bClITs a similar
thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; testimony with Peter, and Paul to the princi
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the ples of eleotion; for thou art an holy people
earth be bll:>ssed, because thou hast obeyed my unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath
voice. Here tho Lord Jesus. coming through chosen tbee to be a special people unto him
lbe aeed of Abraham, is again referred to, self, above all people tnat are upon the face of
through whose 8uifIJrings and death, or in whom the earth. The Lord did not set hill love upon
all the nations of the earlh were to be blessed, yeu. nor choose you, because y8 weft! more in
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lIumber tUlillllny peopl~; tor yo were Ih .. few'- chi, Jaceb hove I loved and Esan have 1 hated;
est of all people; but becau$c thll Lord loved lind surely that was time sufficient to prove their
YOIl, and because he would keep the oath which works, and ascertain whether they were wor
he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord thy to be loved or hated.
brought you out with a mighty hand, and fa-- And why did he love the one and hato tho
deemed you out oflhe house of bondmen, from other1 For the same reason that he accepted
the hand ofPharlloh king of Egypt. Know, the olreling of Abel, and rejected Cain's offer
thtlrefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the i ng; because Jacob's works had been riO'bteous
faithful God, which keepeth covenant and and Esau's wicked; and wbere is there; right
marcy with them that love him and keep his eous father who would not do the Sllme thing1
commandments to a thousand generations, Who would not love all obedient lind affection.
which proves the long continuance of the bles- ate Eon, more than one who was disobedient
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.ings of this highly favored people. and sought to injure him and f\vertl.fow the
And the Lord said unto her, [Rebecca, Gen. order of his house'1 [Objection.] 'But God
xxv: 23J the elder shall serve the younger.- seeth not as man secth, and he is no respeeter
And why? llecause that Isaac, the father of of persons,' Acts x: 34. True, but what saitb
Ella.u and Jacob, the husband of Rebecca, find the next verse, 'He thutfearelh God and wQrk
the son of promise to Abraham, was the heir; etltrighttotlaness is accepted of him; bu t it does
and a9 Es:m was the elder son of his father not say that he that worketh wickedness is ac
Isaac, he had a legal claim to the heirship; but cepted, and this is a proof that God has respect
through unbe.Iicf, hardncss of heart, and hun- to the actions of persons; and if he did !lot, why
ger, he ~old his birthright to his younger broth- should he commend obedience to his law 1 for
or, Jaoob, Gen. xxv: 33, and God knowing be- if he had no respect to the actions of men, h6
fore hand that he would do this of hill own free would be just:ls well pleased with a wicked
will and choice, or acting UP('11 that ag.;ncy man for breaking his law, 3S 'l righteous man
which God has delegated to all men, said t9 for keeping it; and if Cain had done well he
his mother, the elder shall S"erve the younger; would have been accepted as well as A bel,
for as the elder son, Esau~ haa sold his birth- Gen. iv: 7, and Esau as wel! as Jacob, which
right and by that means lost all claim to the proves that God does not reEpee! persons, only
blessings promised to Abraham, those blessings in relalion to tJteir arts, sec JUnt. xxv. 34, ,,, the
and promises must ha.ve failed. if they had not end, eome yo blessed of my Father, inherit tho
descended with the purchased birthright unto kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
the younger son, Jacob. for there was no other of the world, for I was an hungered and ye gave
keir in Isra~1'8 family; and if those blessings me meat, &c.; and because that God blessed
had failed, the purposes of God according to Abel and Jacob, this would not have hindered
eleetion must havo failed, in relation to the pos- his blessing Cain and Esau, if their works had
terity ofIsrael, aod the oa.th of Jehovah wOllld been righteQus like unto their brethren; 80
have been broken, which could not be, though, God's choosing one nation to blessing, does not
heaven and earth were (0 pnss away. ' doom .another to cursing, or make them repro-
Rom. Lx.: 13.-As it is written. Jacob have I bale, according to the reprobation of God, as
loved, but EBau have I hated. Where is it some suppose; but by resisting the truth, they
written ~ Malachi i: 1,2, verses. When was become reprobate concerning the faith, 2 Tim.
it written' About 397 years Defore Christ, and iii: 8, and are abominabJe, and disobedient, and
Esau and JlIceb wcro born about 1'173 yean'! be- I unto every good work reprobate, Titus, i: 16,
fore Christ, according to the common compu-! consequently are not the fit subjects for the
talion of time in scripture margin, so tha.t Esau blessings of election.
and Jacob lived about 1376 years before the Rom. ill: 15, for he saitb to Moses, I will
Lord spoke by Malachi, saying, Jacob have I have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and 1
Joyed, but EMn havs I hated, as quoted by will have compassion on whom I will nave
Paul. This text is often brought forward to compassion, see Ex. xxxiii: 13 to the 19. My
prove that God loved lacob and hated Esau, presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
before they were born; or, before they had done rest, for thou hast found grace in my sight. alld
good Of evil: but HGod did love one and h~te I know thee by name, and I will make all m.,.
the other. before they had done good or evil, goodness to puss before thee, and I will pro
he has not seen fit to tell us of it, either in the claim the name of the Lord before thee; "''lid I
old or new Testament, or any other revela.tion; wilt be gracious to whom I will he gracious,
but thi& only we learn that 1376 years after and will ahew mercy on whom I wilt sb&.w
Esau and Jacob were born, God said, by Mala. merey, Rom. ix: J6. So then it is not of him
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that ",illeth. nor of him that runneth, but of Ex. ii: 3, by his mother, to save him from Pha-
God that sheweth mercy; havtng his Dye at the raoh's cruel order, and caused that he should
aame time directed towards his covenant people be preserved as a prophet and deliverer to lead
in Egyptian bondage. his people up to their own country; and wham
FOl: the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Ex. ix: he would be hardened, for he hardened Pharll-
16, l7, imd in vcry deed for this cnuse have I oh by passing before him in mighty power, and
rQiscd thee up, for to shew in thee my power; withdrawing his spirit and leaving him to his
and that my name may be declared throughout own wicked inclination, for he had set task~
all the earth. As yet exaltest thou thyself masters over the Israelites, to afflict them with
against my people, that thou wilt not let them their burdens; and caused them to build trea~
go 1 God had promised (0 bring the house of ure cities.for Pharaoh, and made them to serve
Israe! up out of the land of Egypt, at his own with rigor; and made their lives bitter with
appointed time; and with a mighty hand and hard bondage, in mortar and brick and all man·
an outstretched arm, and great terribleness, ner of service in the field, Ex. 1st ch.; beside
Deut. xxvi: 3, he chose to do this thing, that destroying the men children: thus proving to
his power might be known and his name de- the God of heaven and all men that he had hal
elared throughout all the earth, so that all na- dened his own hard heart, until he become a
tions might have the God of heaven in remem- vessel of wrath fitted for destruction, Rom ix:
brance, and reverence his holy name; and to 22, nil this, long before God said unto Moses,
nCl'omplish this it was needful that he should I will harden hi. [Pharaoh's] heart, Ex. iv: 21.
mect with opposition to give him an opportuni- Are men then to be saved by works1 Nay.
ty to m2nifest his power; therefore he raised up verily, by grace UIe ye saved through faith, and
a man, even Pharaoh, who, he forekne'w would that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Eph.
harden his heart against God. of his own free- ii: 8. Not of works, Icstany man should boasl,
will and choice, and would withstand the AI- verse 9. Not by works of righteousness which
mighty in his attempt to deliver his chosen peo- we have done, but according to his mercy be
pIe, and that to the utmost of his ability; and saved us, Titus iii: 5, and yet faith without
he proved himself worthy of the choice, for he works is dead being alone, James, ii: 17. Was
left no means unimproved, which hie wicked not Abraham our father justified by works?
heart could devise to vex the sons of Abraham, v.21. Shall we then be saved by faith ~ Nay,
and defeat the purposes uf the Most High, neither by faith nor worl,s; but by works is
which gave the God of Abraham an opportuni- faith made perfect, v.22, but by grace are yo
ty to magnify his name in the ears of the na- saved, Eph. ii: 8, and if by grace, then it is no
tions, and in Eight of this wicked king, by ma- more of works, otherwise grace is no grace;
ny mighty signs and wonders, sometimes even and if it be of works then it is no more grace;
to the con"incing the \\ icked king ofh;s wick- otherwise work is 110 more work. Rom. xi: 6.
edness, and of the power of God, Ex. viii, 28, Y c see then how that a mlln is justified by
&c. and yet he would continue to rebel, and works, and not by faith only, James ii: 24.
hold the lEraelites in bondage; and this is what Rom. x: 3, 4. For they, (Israel) being ig
is meant by God's hardening Pharaoh's heart; norant of God's righteousness, and going about
he manifested himself in so many gloriOUS to establish their own righteousness, have not
ond mighty ways, that Pharaoh could not re- 'Submitted tbemselves unto the righteousness of
sist the truth without becoming harder, so that God; for Christ is the end of the law for right
at the last, in his madness to stay the people of eOllsness to everyone that believeth. Thus the
God, he rushed into the Red Sea, with all his righteousness of God is made manifest in the
host, and was covered with the floods. plan of salvation by his crucified son; for there
Had not the power of God been exerted in a is none other name under heaven, given among
remarkable manner, it 'w(Juld seem as though mOll whereby we mUllt be saved, but the name
the house of I.rael must have become extinct, of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Acts iv: 10, 12.
for Pharaoh commanded the midwives to de- Bllt of this th" Jews werB ignorant, although
atroy the sons of the Israelitish women as soon they themselves crucified him; Dnd they have
as they were born, Ex. i: 15, 16, and called been going about, wandering among all the na
them to account for saving the men children tions of the earth ever since, for the space of
alive, (verse 18) and charged all his people say- eighteen hundred years, trying to establi~h their
ing every son that is born ye shal1 cast into the own righteousness, which is of the law of Mo
river, lVHse 22J and yet God would have mer- ses; which law, cab never make the comers
oy on whom he would have mercy, Rom. ix: thereunto perfect, Heb. x: 1; yet notwithetan
IS, for he would have mercy on the goodly child ding their darkness and long dispersion, there
Moses, when he was hid and laid in the flags, is a remnant according to the election of grace,
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Rom. xi: 5, whom God will gllther from among tIes, and prophets, have applied their word:,
all people whitber they are scattered, and will and ever continue the same applicatien, lind
be sanctified in them in tbe sight of tbe hea wisdom and knowledge will be added unto
then; tben shall they dwell in their land which you: and in the warde of the beloved Peter and
God gave to his servant Jacob, and they shall Paul, we would exhort you to work out your
dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, own salvation with fear and trembling: for it is
and plant vineyards, yea they shall dwell wlth God which worketh in you, both to will and to
confidence, when I have executed judgments do, of his good pleasure; Phil. ii: 12, 13, giv
upon all those that despise them round about; ing ail diligence to make your calling and elec
and they shall know that 1 am the Lord their tion sure, 2 Peler i: 10, for this is that sealing
God; Eze. xxviii: 25, 26. Isa. xi: 11, to 16, and po.wer ~poken of in Eph. i: 13,14. In whom
when this gathering shall be completed, it shall ye aleo trusted, after that ye heard the word of
no more be said the Lord liveth that brought up truth; the gospel of your salvation, in whom
the childr&n of Israel out of the land of Egypt; also, after that ye believed yo were saaled with
but the Lord liveth that brought up the chil that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the ear
dren of Israel from the land of the north, and nest of our inheritance, until the redemption of
from all the lands whither he had driven them; the purchased possesf>ion, unto the praise of his
and I will bring them again unto this land glory, 2 Peter, i: 11, for so an eotrance shall be
which I gave unto their fathers, Jer. xvi: 14, ministered unto you abundantly into the ever.
15, &0. to the end. lasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Rom. xi: 7. 'Vhat then 1 Israel hath not Christ. Amen.
Qblained that which he seeketh for, but the BRIGHAM YOUNG,
election hath obtained it.' And why have they WILLARD RICHARDS.
nol obtained it1 Because they sought it not by
faith, bUI as it were by the works of the law, for THE JEWS.
they stumbled at that stumbling-stone; ss it is Continued.
written, behGld I 13Y in Zion a stumbling stone We suffered a good deal from hent, the ther
and rock of offence, Rom.lx: 32, 33, to both the mometer sometimes 95 degrees, in our tent .••
houses of Israel; and for a gin and for a snare No object attracts your £:yo, there is only one
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and many of wide ocean -of sand round and round. No sO\lDd
them shall stumble, Isa. viii: 14, )5, but have breaks on the ear but the plaintive s~ng of the
tbey stumbled that they should fam God for Bedouin cheering on his slow paced camel; we
bid; but rather through their fall salvation is entered the laud of the Philistines on the firet
come unto the Gentiles, Rom. xi: 11, und Je of June; it may be described in one word as an
rusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles open pasture country. composed of vast undu.
until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, lating pillins, or more graphically in the words
Luke xxi: 24, and when the house of Israel of Zephaniah, "dwellings and cottages for shep
shall be restored to their possession in Canaan, herds and folds for flocks." I have counted 10
it may truly be said the election hath obtained flocks of an enormous size from a single emi.
it; for the fulfilment of God's oath of election nence. We did not enter Gaza, as the plague
to Abraham, as the father of the faithful, and was raging there j but as we stood on Sampson's
thepromi:.es to his children, will ob!ain that mount, nnd looked down upon the town, encir.
for Israel, which-he has sought for in vain by cled with gardens of figs and olives, we c'.mld
the law of Moses. trace the fulfilment of every word that God had
This is the election that we believe in, viz: spoken against it. The old city ofGaza seems
such as we find in pr"phets and apostles, Bml to be buried beneath smooth round hills of sand;
the word of the Lord himself, and as we have "baldness is come upon Gaza." The next day
we found the reapers busy in the valley of Es
not room to gite all the quotations in full, re!a
ling to election, in thiS epistle, we would in chol, and met many II camel carrying to the
vite the Saints to examine the scriptures in con threshing floor the ripe barley, its vincs and
nection whh these quoted; and whenever they pomegranates are gone; some fine spreading
find election or any other principle or blessing fig trees remain.
given or applied to the house of Israel, let those Our first view of the hill country of Judea
principles contmue with the house of Israel: was truly heart stiuing. EmEorging from II
and not apply that to Eaau which b&longs to mountain pass, the immense plain of Jeptha lay
Jacob; or to the churches of modern times, stretched like II map before USi the rays of the
which belollg to the ancient covenall' people; morning sun glanced on the brown walls of the
aud al ways 1l8certa.in how the Lord, the apos- many towns that Illy beneath us; the hills of
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j;;dah rose in tho back ground, tier above tie;. very old olive trees mark the spol, oaea of thelll
Wa thought of the ark of God carried back by snpposed to have lived a thousand years •••••
tho oxen, (milch cows)-of Asa's battle with About two miles from Jerusalem, descending
the Ethiopians-of Mary's visit to Elizabeth. the rugged pathway, you come unexpectedly
Thai 'Tlight we pitched our tent among the hills upon a village mostly concealed by rocks, and
of J udan; the nc.xt morning we entered a: moun figs, and pomegranates-this is Bethany! 'Ihe
tain defile of the wildest description. I have house of figs.'-Ihe village of Martha, and her
seen many mountain passes, but never one of sister Mary. Several houses are inha.bited Dy
such romanlic beauty. Arab fellah's; built of good stone and fia, loof·
The flowers that appeared on the earth, the. ed. Many aTe in ruins, and there are .epul
fig tree putting fordl its green figs, and the chres hewn in the ruck-one of which waa
voice of the turtle heard in the land, gave it a doubtless thai of Lazarus. Mr. Bonar and I
holy 1oveliness. The thought thut surely Solo twice visited Bethany and re~~ John xi, there
mon had often wandered here; and Isa.iah too; with peculiar interest. Of all places in this land
for here was, "in the wilderness the shittah it is nearest the condition in which Jesus left it;
tree, the myrtle and the oil tree ;-the fir-tree the curse seems to huve fallen more lightly 0:'1
and the pine, and the box tog.ether." The ter this spot which Jesus loved, and where so often
raced hills above all excited our admiration. be laid his head.
You navl> no idea (0 what an extent that won· The loveliest picture of Jerusalem that CBll
derful method of cultivation must have been be drawn is to be found in l\'li~ah iii: 12. Zion
carried on by the Jews; nor of tho perfect con is indeed. plowed like u field. I pulled some
dition in which the remains are to this day.- Ii pe barley from a field on the very top, near
iVa have scarcely seen a hill in the whole David's sepulchlO. Jfrusalem has beeoms
land however rocky, or barren, that does 1I0t heaps; nearly one half the city appeara to be
be3! the traces, more or less perfect, of having heaps ofruins; in one place the rubbish i$ ac
been terraced literally from the bottom. 'We tually high~r than the city wall. The moun
often counted fifty, sixty and seventy terraces tain of the houa;;, (Moriab] is like the high pla
00 one rocky hill. No spot was left uncultiva ces of 'he forest, it bears two lofty Temples of
ted, so that when the vines were planted and fulsli\ worship-the Mosque of Omar and the
trained, the words of the eighteenth Psalm were El-Uksar. These are surrounded by
literally true. "The hills were covered with trees, uuder whose lilhaae the Moslem ladies
the shadow of it." The question wa. . cOJatin walk 011 their soiellln days. God has fulfilled
uelly rising on our lips, where are all the vines his word to the very letter.
thllt covered those hills with their fragrant clua I should have mentioned that the plague waS
ters1 We find the answer in Hos i: 12. Joel carrying on its awful work in Jerusalem during
i: 11,12. Isa. xxxv: 7. The mountain shall our stay-indeed it has been little out of it for
yet drop sweet wine. Amos ix: 14. two years past.
But I must hasten to Jerusalem. The first The accounts we received at home UB to the
sight of the eity of the great King is truly a state of the Jews III this land is far from being
mOTing one. The question in Sam. i: 15 wlla aCcllmte. The largest estimate reckons them
felt by each of us. Is this the city thnt men to be about fifteen thousand; some reckon them
call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the as low as ten thousand. In the towns along
whole earth ~ And the word of the Savior we the coast there may be in Jaffa, 60-l{aiffa, 150
saw was true indeed; "Your house islef! unto or 200-Acre, 200-Tyre, l50-Sidon, :WO~
you desolate." Nablou in Bychar,200-Samarian, 150-villa
Calvary is the only place about Jerusalem ges of Galhlee. 500-total, 1660.
that yields nothing but disappointment. Buried The increase in the number of the Jews has
under marble pavements, lighted up by lamps of been very decided since 1832, when the Paahu
tapers, and watChed over by poor ignorant of Egypt took possessien ot Syria. For two
Monks! . . •• Descending the steep bank of years past the lucrease has not been so greal.
Moriah, you ClOSS the Kedron now quite dry, nwing to the ravages of th" plague,tbe illcrenaed
as David did when he fled from Ab.alom; as price of provisions-the embarrassed finances
Jesus did on the night he was betrayed. The of the Jewish community-and the oppression
path before you leads directly up the steep 01 of their Rabbies. In my 1asI I mentioned that
Mount Olivet! the path to the right gently as collections were made at ihe door of each syna_
cending, leads you round the hill to Bethany gogue io Europe, for the support of the Jews in
Between the two paths, enclosed by walls of the Holy Land-thesI! collections amount an
rough stones, you sap Gethsemallc. Living Iluwy 10 2600 pounds, 011 an average. Every
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