he had put to flight an army of thousands? No; vain hope of all the adversaries to miracles! How long shall men wage a war of scandal, extermination, and massacre against the advocates of miracles? Yet the nineteenth century--blush to hear the undeniable charge!--yea, the christendom of the nineteenth century has espoused the old persecutor's warfare, as keenly as the persecutors of Stephen, Daniel, and Moses. Are they so forgetful of all sacred and profane history as not to know that they are fighting the battles of Cain, Esau, Jannes and Jambes, Judas and Herod, over again. The former persecutors fought against new revelations, and latter persecutors do the same--the former Saints were called lying, blasphemous impostors, and the Latter-day Saints are called the same. There always was an attempt to crush former saints by scandalizing their character, robbing and slaying them--the same luckless attempt is again renewed in the nineteenth century. Almost anything can be tolerated sooner than the admission that the God of miracles and angels reigns again on the earth. Bible saints never lived in any other age than an age of miracles, visions, and angels. They knew that true saints never would live in any other age. They knew that the gospel _could not_ be communicated to any people of any age without revelation; for therein is the righteousness of God _revealed_ from faith to faith. A gospel without revelation is _no gospel_. A gospel without the gifts and power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministry of angels, is no gospel. There cannot be found the first instance of a true minister of God, throughout the whole record of inspiration, who did not possess the gift of inspiration and the spirit of prophecy. _No man_ can say that Jesus is the Christ, but by the Holy Ghost; and the Holy Ghost leads every man, who is loyal to his dictates, into all truth sooner or later. The deep things of God, and the keys of divine power, are available to him. By obedience he is sure to reach the measure of the power and wisdom attained by Christ himself--the _manifold_ wisdom of GOD, even, is to be possessed and shown forth by the Church.