"And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel [not the Jews alone, but _all Israel_], and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth" (Isaiah xi, 12). So Paul: "Having made known to us the mystery of his will * * * that in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might _gather together in one_ all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him" (Eph. i, 9, 10). {166} And lastly, the testimony of Jesus: "And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other" (Matt. xxiv, 30, 31). All believers in the Holy Scriptures, then, must believe in and are looking forward to the glorious coming of the Son of God. They also must believe that these _four_ events we have named, will precede that coming. That is, they believe and are expecting that when those judgments connected with the coming of the Messiah are about to overtake the inhabitants of the earth, an ANGEL will come with the Everlasting Gospel, which must be preached to all nations; that a MESSENGER will come to prepare the way before the Lord, that ELIJAH will come to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and _vice versa_; and that God's SAINTS will be gathered together. And now, in all sincerity of heart, and in the fear of God, the writer testifies to all men unto whom his words may come, that the first three events have taken place, and the fourth, the gathering of the Saints, is now going on, and the coming of the Son of God, together with the attendant judgments, are near at hand. THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL occurred in the following manner: In the spring of 1820, Joseph Smith, then a lad between fourteen and fifteen years of age, being exercised on the subject of religion, and not knowing which of the contending sects of religion were accepted by God as His Church, fortunately came upon that excellent advice given by the Apostle James, viz.: "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James i, 5).