Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-01

part Woulu hoN PREVAIL
That prophet Of ancient times was
very wisc who said, "Mnke me not
Iich leat Ue proud and high.mindel;
make me not poor leet ' lie tempted TO
stonl'--recognizibg that between these
two extremes was happy means that
was desirable for the chiidron Of men
to attain.
"Mofnonism." as II was called by
the world, was no dead religion dwell.
lug upon the problems Of past agcs,bu
had In II thosc priucii les which should
operate for the redemption Of man.
Mud from the evils by which we were
surrounded. We were driven to tho
conclusion that our Heavenly Father
hsd provided abundanlly fOr His chill.
dfuu, but that In tho distribution Of
the gifts and resources when lie had
placed upon the earth there was some.
thing fundamentally faulty. In one "
His feveintions % this Church He
said, "rhere IL abundance In the
EARN, aud 10 snare, for the wants Of
mnn,n and vet we found the unfcason.
able accumulation Of wealth on the
one hand and the direct poverty on
the other.
The solution offered Ia tho Gospel
hegan by recognizing Coz M the
Author Of the earth and the POssessor
u IL, and that which we held was
merely stewardship OF those thiugs
committed unto our care. Ia the c1u-
troll u that Stewardship Individuality
was 70 be preserved. IL was not iu-
tended TIM. "a mau SHOULD lose hit
agency VA IN the schemes Uoutrivcd by
communists aud socialist, Nut that HE
stewardship should be given to him
anu hu be held responsible 10 ODD i1r
It, management. There should be
snmeihing higher In view than mere
personal Acknowledgement.
The principle Of reforming mankind
had wider application than they hal
yet gwen to II. IL would not only
rrach men In their social conditions,
and Ia the indus,rinlsys,em that SHOULD
obtain, but even la the sphere OF civil
government. Tho fount,iu Of right.
,ousucss was the power that should
undo the gordiau knot which now
troubled us.
We talked sometimes Of centralized
power Ia government aud the dangers
which we're Threatened from u; inuoed
the experience Of the world read W
sad chapter pOu that subject But II
the world cJuld los assured always Of
righteous kings, ministers and Judges,
II would make no difference how much
power should be coutreu In them. Onu
OF the old Nephite kinFst Mosiah) com
pretended this subject when about ~
advocate q change m the form Of the
Nrphitc government from kingdom 10
arcpublic. Said lie, az you could always
have righteous kinga, then u would be
meet that you should have n klng 10
rule over YOU" But ho recognized
the difficulty OF securing righteous
men 10 rule; and therefore II was his
Judgment 10 put II out Of the power OF
IA king to lead the people a-ttay. 30
he advised the people to do away with
q klngly form Of government and ~.
tablish instead government Of
Judges elected by themselves. II
righleouness prevailed over the earth
II would matter but little what form
OF government was adopted. But the
difficulty was that men were not
righteous, that kings would constantly
abuse their power, that classes would
have power and grasp II wherever
they might aud by Whatever meeus
we're at their disposal. He.co 1t be.
came necessary that this power
should he restrained and circumscrih,d,
and that they should be demanded 10
remain within constitutional lines, that
the liberty Of the people might bo
preserved. The Prophet Joseph Smith
recognized the value Of this principle
when he snid, "Lot n government by
good men live for ever" because In
government OF that kind the rights Of
the people would ho assured, the
authority Of the government would be
respected, and there would be no evil
that should come upon the people.
The chief corner.stoneo OF the edifice
Of peace aud good will should be the
principle OF Righteousness. The doc
trincs OF Christ were ~ necessary In the
working out Of problems In the future
NJ they were In the present anu had
been In the past. The .orinciples Of,
iatn and repentance were eternal, and,
clinging to these, let us go ON INTO per-
ftCliHn.
The choir sang the anthem "Awake
My Soul"
Tho benediction was pronounced by
Bishop Albert IL. Davies.