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Excerpt from The Gospel Reflector: In Which the Doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Is Set Forth, and Scripture Evidence Adduced to Establish It
Some may think strange that the above is spoken in the past tense. To this we say, that it was common for the prophets to speak in the past, and present tenses, of things in the future: for instance the Lord said to Abraham: I have made thee a father of many na tions; even before Isaac was born: For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. This. Latter quotation is a prophecy te lating to the birth of Christ; but he was not born until several hun dred years after it was written. 71ndeed, we cannot always determine the time of the fulfillment, of prophecy from the' tenses of the verb; therefore, we are under the necessity to determine the time of its ful fillment from the tenor of the 'subject, circumstances, and conditions of the work, or people to whom' it relates. 'however the Psalmist, al though he spoke the above in-the past tense, before he leaves the sub ject places its fulfillment in the future, and gives an outline of the way that it shall be brought about; for thispurpose he says Truth shall spring out of the earth and righteousness 'shall look down from heaven. 'yea the Lordsh'all give that which is good: and our' land shall yield her increase.' - v Righteeusness shall go before, and shall set him [israel] in the way of his Steps. The above as we have stated in aformer number of this work is a prediction of the cornifigkforth of the Book of Mormon; and it is here connected with the subject of the gathering: hence it was to be a portion ofthe work of God to turn ungodliness from theghouse of Isr'aelf'
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