Third, _The name of Joseph Smith is to be known among the nations. The work which the Lord would perform by his hands would cause the righteous to rejoice and the wicked to rage: by the former his name would be held in honor, by the latter in reproach._ The probability of Joseph Smith ever being known outside of the nation where he was born was very limited, even in 1834, much less when the prophecy was uttered by the angel in 1823. It was a strange thing to say that his name among the nations would be held either in honor or reproach. But the fulfillment of the prediction will be so generally conceded that to point out the fact is not necessary. It will be enough to say that everywhere the new dispensation of the gospel has been proclaimed, there the people have been made acquainted with the name of Joseph Smith, and there he is known for good or evil--he is held in honor or reproach--the righteous have rejoiced, the wicked have raged, and in many instances have resorted to violence in resisting the message of heaven. The fulfillment of the three items just considered in the prediction of Moroni proves the genuineness of the prophecy; and therefore I have a right to claim for it the date on which it was first delivered, the year 1823. And when considered from that date--when the existence of the Book of Mormon was as yet unknown except by Joseph Smith; when Joseph Smith was an obscure boy still in his teens and unknown outside of his own family and immediate neighborhood; before the Priesthood had been received, or the remission of sins obtained through baptism, or the Holy Ghost imparted by the laying on of hands; before the work of God prospered in spite of opposition--when considered from that date which places the prediction before all these events, how much more the prophetic character of the prediction stands out in bold relief! And who can question its divine inspiration? Footnotes 1. Deut. xviii: 21, 22. 2. Isaiah xli: 21-23. 3. Referring to the record of the Nephites, the records lying before them in the stone box from which Joseph had just removed the covering. 4. Meaning the record of the Nephites--the Book of Mormon. 5. The plates comprising the Book of Mormon. 6. Meaning the people who receive the gospel. 7. Meaning the prophet Joseph. 8. The plates of the Book of Mormon were given to the prophet to translate in 1827. 9. It was in May, 1829, that the Priesthood was first given. 10. The Church was organized April 30th, 1830. 11. The first foreign mission in the New Dispensation was opened in England, 1837. 12. _Times and Seasons,_ Vol. II, No. 13. 13. Matt. xxiv: 14. CHAPTER XXI. THE EVIDENCE OF PROPHECY--CONTINUED.