The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star Volume 24 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...and appreciated over the earth. You have nothing upon which to base any expectation that a Millennium will be enjoyed by mankind any sooner. "But," asks one, "did not the Prophets say it was to occur in such a time P" I do not know all that the Prophets said, but I will tell you what I do know; I know that an unregenerate man is a wicked man, and that the man whose feelings are formed to love virtue and purity--who has always been the one who would developo practical purity and truth, is the godly man, and the recipient of the happiness that virtue gives to all who practice it; and knowing this, I likewise know, that until there are men enough converted to the truth, embued with a love for truth, and subject to it to make it popular over the earth, the happy time which Prophets have spoken of will not exist. And when such a condition of things has been brought about in which the truth will become thus popular and loved, the Millennium will exist over the earth, for godly, truth-loving men will be spread all over it. That I know, and that you know. We need not trouble ourselves then about when the prophecies will bo fulfilled. We are not called to fulfil prophecies but to preach the Gospel, to enlighten the world and to open the door of salvation to fallen humanity. "Should we not be anxious to have the prophecies fulfilled t" We are here to take care of ourselves, and if the Prophets told the truth, their prophecies will assuredly be fulfilled, and we need not trouble ourselves about them. You are called to do a work which it was necessary should be done, and the labour that needs to be done is the reformation and regeneration of humanity throughout the earth; and we are embraced in those who are to be the recipients of the ble...