The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-08

been spent in deeds of goodness and
usefulness, to the honor and glory of
God and the salvation of the souls Of
His children. Thgse are they who will
have expanded their souls and prepared
themselves for His society hereafter.
The Savior on being asked who should
be the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven, took little child and reproved
His disciples, saying, Except We hum
BILE yourselves and become as this little
child We can in nowise enter the king
dom of heaven" Wha5 thunder bolt
to human pride and vanity, so prone to
think that all that greatness consists of,
is to ST. upon high seat, to be gazed at
and admired of men. He set them an
example himself, even condesCending to
wash their feet which Peter thought
was humiliation. This is the kind OF
being We are told to follow.
We must come down from our high
perch of pride. We must learn to look
at things as God looks at them. from
spiritual, and not from natural stand
point; for God looketh upon the heart
while man looketh upon the outward
appearance. Wiel Samuel, the pro-
phet, was sent TO anoint one of the
sons of Jesse to be king over Israel, it
seemed to the natural vision that
David, the Youngest and humblest OF
them, would be the most unlikely one
TO be chosen. But the Spirit Of God,
reje 'ting the oth' rs, sa d to Samuel:
"Arise and anoint him, for this is the
king of Israel" This Is oEly one in
s'ance of many that show the :allacy or
Judging things as they outwardly ap-
p ar. Man is too apt to look upon the
ex 7erior, instead OF gazing with spirit
ual eyes upon the inwardness OF the
heart.
1t is notable characteristic of divine
economy that God exacts from every
soul, fitting proof ofits worthinesl for
the exaltation to which it aspires.
There is no royal road to His presence,
no favoritism with God. He is God of
justice, reWarder OF all men according
to their works. This is the glory of
Misunderstanding glory oil the gospel
of Christ-that He is no reSpecter of
persons; but that ali men will obtain
that for which they labor. This is why
the Lord has told the Latter-day Saints,
Il give not unto you to live after the
manner of the world" What are the
world preparing themselves for? What
will they receiver Just the reward of
bACi1 WO4hON 4lO 4hol AO ASESs AS
goal for them is at the end of the path
they are pursuing. Our experiences
may differ, but so will our rewards; for
the glorles of eternity differ as do the
sun, moon and stars. We cannot hood
wink thu Almighty. When we gaze
upon some of our fellow-men who are
borne along like bubbles upon the
wave of pie asure, and upon others who
are drinking deeply of the cup of sor-
row, we may be tempted to exciaim,
How can God be Just, when such
things be?' Like the prophet of old
we wonder why it is that "the wicked
flourish like green-bay tree" that
some pass their lives with little
sorrow, while Others have scarcely
ray of sunshine to light up the gloom.
II we gaze at things from an earthly
standpoint we are tempted to call IN
Question the justice and mercy OF our
all-wise, just and most merciful Father.
But when we sLOp to reason, when we
a cend the mountain little and gaze
above the mists and vapors, we see
thugs afar Oft that we could not see
from below. If we change our point OF
view things that seemed to be, no
longer are, and things that were not,