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Excerpt from An Address to the Sons and Daughters of Zion, Scattered Abroad, Through All the Earth
As 1 have now described the ordinance by which salvation is com pleted, I will proceed to remark, concerning the character and coming of the Ancient of Days, and. His throne, &c., as this is a subject connected with salvation. To commence, let me say that the word ancient signifies old. And therefore the name Ancient of Days means the olrlest living in time; for days of course means time, which also relates to the earth. Therefore the oldest person living on the earth, according to the above, is the Ancient of Days. I am now address ing believers in the Book of Mormon, as well as in the Bible, and therefore I shall refer to that Book, and to the Bible also, to show who this character is, who is to come and give judgment to the saints, when the Kingdom of God is set up on the earth. I will therefore first re fer to the Book of Mormon, Book of Nephi, chap. 13, 3d paragraph, where Jesus in addressing the three apostles who were to tarry, says to them, Ye have desired the thing, which John my beloved, who was with me in my ministry, desired of me, therefore ye shall never taste of death; but ye shall live to behold all the doings of the Father, unto the children of men, even until all things shall be fulfilled; when I shall come in my glory, with the powers of Heaven; and then shall ye be blest in the Kingdom of my Father. I will now refer to the Bible: see John xxi 22, 24: Jesus saith unto him [peter] if I will that he [john] tarry till I come, what is that to thee; follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that, that disciple should not die. And says John, 24ih verse, This is the dis ciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things, and then adds - and we know that his testimony is true, as much as to say; I, John, who wrote this account, heard, and know, that these words are true. Again, in Rev. X, 13, the Angel says to John, in Patmos, when he was about an hundred years of age, for he was banished there in A. D. 96 Thou must prophesy again before ma ny people, nations, and tongues, and kings. Which prediction could not have been fulfilled, in the time of the primitive church. There fore, it must be fulfilled in the latter days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
