Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-10

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esiing, and am sure that everyone
who has attended iia sessions will feel
amply repaid for the time they have
spent In the meetings. trust tina,
during the remainder Of this confer.
encc We shall be blessed with tbs
presence Of the Spirit Of God, that the
very things which should be said In
the way Of instruction and counsel
may be said, and that We may look
back to these days with pleasure In
recalling our feelings aud that watch
we have listened 10.
IL Is very grstlfyingto hear the re-
reports which have been made con.
cerning the condition OF this STAKE.
Although ] reside Ia the Stake, am
absent 40 much that did not have n
clear conception Rs to its actual con-
dition. l wac, therefore, greatly pleas
nj TO hear the reports which were made
as 10 the stand ny OF the people who
profess 10 be members OF the Church,
aud also ns TO their department, as well
M the manner In which the III iers
labor and their labora are received by
the people. IL certainly ~ gratifying
TO learn that there Ia q disposition 10
avoid everything like contention or
litigation. The position that I assume
lie this; When Letter-dy Saints are
living IA they should live there ought
to be no trials before tho Blshops or
High Council. There should DO no
difficulties Of this character; but every
man should be willing TO ooncede, even
u lao feels that ne 10 IN the right and
that the person who contends with him
Is In the wrong. The Savior taught
the doctrine that when men sue you
AT the law for your coat, give to them
your clOak also. | believe In that doc.
trine, although 4. Is difficult, doubt.
less, to carry out under present cir.
cumstances. Bnt when Jesus taught
that doctrine He expected those who
believed In Him 10 teach IL and carry
II out. The spirit Of the Gospel 10 EN-.
bodied ~ those teachings. "whUeo.
ever shall smile thee on thy right
cheek, turn 10 him the other also"
Some may say that this Ia imprhc.
tloable, and unnatural; but we have
proved In OUT experience that II IL per-
fectly practicable. And the God we
worship will bless those who carry out
the teachings OF His Son Jesus. II
we are animated by His Spirit, We
will seek 10 do as He did. We shall
love ono another. We shall seek ~ do
each other good. We shall prefer
another to Ourselves. We shall bo un.
selfish In our associations AMI our
dealings, and u some man Is cxaciing,
and determined TO have trouble, con
code 10 him that which he demands, II
II DO in our power aud let the wrong
be upon him. Suffer wrong rather
than 10 wrong, AMI leave the result
with the Lord. This II the ideal
society Of n Christian, and 1t "a the
mode OF life that our Lord aud Master
enIoined upon His followers. 1t
should be the aim Of the Lattcr.day
Saints 10 no live a. TO have this Spirit
constantly with them.
Therefore, was greatly pleased this
morning to hear that there was de-
crease OF trials before the High Council
aud the Bishops courts. trust this
decrease will continue until quar-.
rels and difficulties Will entirely
cease among US. We expect 10 make
this earth heaven, with the help OF
our God, and let us begin how and
carry out those principles that will
make II heaven. | know that in do.
ing this We ars blessed. GOA has
blessed those who have submitted 10
wrong and have not sought to rotaliate
or wTeak vengeuco. Ho has blessed
us IN msnifestlug in our lives the
spirit that the Lord DID. He said,
"Father, forgive them; for they know
not what they DO" and this, too, ia the
hour OF His agony, when hung upon
the cross. When We think OF Him,
the Lord OF life and glory, the CreR-
tor Of the earth, coming down and
submitting Himself as He did to un.
godly men, To be spat upon, 10 be
reviled, 10 be Knocked, 10 be crowned
with thorns, and then to be crucified,
AMI all this with the utmost patience,
car yiBg nut In His life the Teachings
H. & ~ eft on record for humanity,
u ought TO he n never.to-be-forgotten
lesson to us to seek for the same spirit
ana to make II practical by carrying 1t
out In our lives. The beautiful part OF
the Savior's life Is that He never
taught o principle that He did not
practice. This should be 80 with His
followers. They should seek TO prac-
tlce that which they profess,
and TO do everything In their
power TO benefit their Fellow men;
not those alone who ara their friends,
for Jesus said the publicans did that;
not TO benefit those only who. benefit |
W, 10 return good to those who do good |
to us, but 10 do good TO all men-to |
those even who may be unfrieudly 10 |
us or who may do us Injury. The doc. |
trlne that Jesus taught was to DO good |
to them, that Ills followers might |
show that they were the children OF |
God, who let's His sun shine upon the |
good and the evil, and causes His rain |
to descend upon the Just anu the I'M
lust, aud who bestowa benefits upon |
all mankind, whether they be good OF
evil.
We were told this morning that God |
has chosen this people. II seems al- |
most like arrogance, no doubt, to those |
who do not know the people, to make |
such n statement; but 1t Is nevertheless
true. We Rre not the only ones, how
ever, whom he has chosen or called. |
He has called upon all men. But We |
have been 70 favored that our hearts |
were toucned by the message when II |
was brought to US and we were pre-
pared 10 receive the glad tidings. The |
rest Of mankind arc equally entitled TO |
these iavors with ourselves. God has !
not selected few out OF His family 10 |
receive special blessings 10 the |
exclusion OF the rest. But lie Inns |
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