The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-01


i Him, putting away from them their
pride and. coyetousness snd self-wiIl.
he called upon the heads of families to
set their 'houses.in order, first of all
purifying iheir.pwn hearts and assist
ing their families to do Likewise. In
that revelation the Lord promised
unto his people that, if they would do
these things, their enemies would not
pTevailover them. This revelationShould
still be fresh in our recollection govern
ing all our lives. We should not only
practice the priDcipl OF righteous
ness as a people, but also as indivi-
| duals; Tor the separate members make
Up the whole body ard as each indi>
vldLa. member has end exercises faith
iuiuess II creates within hin great faith
and this amassing of faith IN the sew
erai members gives st. ength to the
| whole body. When man thus eXer
! cise5 faith, he secures TOR himself not
only the blessing Of God, but cau also
assist his brethren by his example,
/ Were the Lord willing to lift the
| curtain which he has allowed to fall
| before the pictures of the past and
being to our minds a recollection of the
J Veuants which were made by us be-
lore Having the eternal world. OPEN
ing up TO our view the responsibilities
OF those covenants, it would enable US
- comprehend more clearly the i'm
/ n,ense value of the present moments
which are feeiing by. The moment
! whicb4pasSeS comes not again; the hour
| tnat Is gone is never repeated. TIE
| question, therefore, may well be asked.
Csn we afford to i0se the moments
that are passing, the opportunities of
/ ie6ectiou and of study2" Considering
! the responsibilities which rest upon US,
as Il people. aud the promises which
Goa has male unto US, it NAV
5a wondered il eYea the angels
| IN heaven are not surprised at
our carfiessness in utilizing the
! opportunities of receiving powers hat
rfsch bayond the Veil, and OF obtaining
kn0Rletge fresh from the throne OF
| God. When the blessings of the priest
hoodand the blessings of the gospel e.
given, te us, there is placed in our pos
lsessloa agolden key with which to un-
lock the mysteries of the heavens.
There Is placed within our possession a
!, cup from W hich we may drink streams
i OF intelligence that offer continually To-
J Row from the throne OF God.
! 1t seems that many years OF prosper
lty OF Z temporal nature have rend -red
! uS, 70 Il certain extent, indifferent to
| spiritual things. 1t seems that the
! things OF this world have drawn us
| AWAY Scom the gospel. This need not
| be laid to the charge OF the Latter-day
| Saints as q heinous sin In order to
! galDlwlsdoLa. it is necessary We should
pass through various experiences.
There seems to be- sn amount of
individual faith growing amongst us
| Many Oh the Saints are not now so
weak Is 20 pin their faith to thai of
/ somebody else. They are aware that
God lives and that the inspiration
which Portrays to their spiritual under
| Standing the mysteries of the gospel, is
given TO the Saints as individuals.
There arc many in our midst
to-day who will yet stand
| nobly in the defense of truth.
Amongst this people the Lord has
| many Daniels, many great and noble
spirits whom he is training for this pur-
poss. There are Many to-day whom
we regard WITH little reverence or re-
speot who Will yet be called TO occupy
high aud responsible positions in this
Chusch.
The Saints should endesvor to
exercise eelt-cOntrd and overcome the
STiAS tHSL dFc Nltulu tu6U. Nv
90 doing, it will not only benefit
power Of the Almighty TO check and
control evil III Others. Solomon de-
tciared that he who oyercomes himself
is greater fhRn he who taketh a city.
We should not neglect to ask our
Heavenly Father to give Us power over
ourselves. that we may put
away from US desires of q
worldly and sensual character
aud conform our lives to the laws of
the gospel. We sbodld take up our
cross daily and deny Ourselves those
pleasures which tend to draw our de-
eires away froaa God. We should put
into practice those principles which
Christ so clearly set forth in His life;
for if we are to excel the world Ia |
glory, we must excel the world in
righteousness. We cannot follow after |
the ways of the world and receive OF |
The Lord tue reward which He
promises to these who render obedience |
70 His laws.
IL often occurs that we homer men |
for the great things they accomplish |
and we feel to acknowledge the power |
by which they were inspired. For in
stance. We honor Columbus for his en-
ergy and perseverance, which enabled |
hiia Ito discover this continent. Aud
yet Ia the Book of Mormon it was re-
corded many centuries prior to Column
bus time that the Lord would send
such q man. Although We cannot
comprehend the reason WHY this par
ticular indiyiduai should fnll6il such a
it sufficeth us 10 know that
God inspired him, just as He inspired
Jesus Christ, John The Baptist and Jo-
seph Smith to fulfil their respective
missions. He inspired Brigham Young
to bring about the temporal establish.
ment of this people. To-day He in
spires His people to be patient in bear
ing The prosecutions of their enemie
The Lord will enable them to accom-
piish the magnificent work which lies
before them. The Church OF Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints has come
here to stay. It will never be re-
moved FROM the face of the earth.
Let this testimony be borne far and
vide. Let it be known that God is | /
behind this work and that He is before
dis work-that He established il.
nd that His power maintains it
there is no power that can crush this
YORK from off the earth. God has set
lis hand to bring about the salvation
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