Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-25

uufei curing lunl three muulhai
Journey, as well a. their art ex-
rerienHg ~ this valley hut
the people dld not mufmur They
felt they were doing the will Of God.
aud Il H. q fact thRt those who en-.
uured much for the Gospels sake In
coming here, orc nmcuE Tee most o..
liable members OF tho Clutch.
Another evidence u the remarkable
change that has lnkon ilaec in these
valleys since the iifst fotllumunt The
soil wna ~ hyt considered mot only
barren but dead, ana 70 was thought
nothing could be- made TO grow here.
To-day ail This IL changed. Every
sp0t viii SION blossom ~ a garden nud
the very climate haH changed, until
70 Il celebrated throughout the land
for its nlubrity. The land wns
predicted this change, ANA IN God Is
the honor duc; Tor lie heard aud
answered tho Prayers Of liis people.
similar evidence could be- gathered
from another iaud, the couutty ~ the
Jews. About atty years ago ApOslle
Hyde was sent ~ Palestine 10 bles
that country and 10 dolicltu Il Tor the
gathering " the iewf. lie uld ~. A.
that time thufe were only ahou. 5000
Jews Ia jefusalhn. Now the descend.
ants Of .aei arg In % great majority In
that city aud the country IL being r..
claimed. This hn. taken place ia
answer TO ihn prayers aud IL o proof
that Joseph SMITH was Inspired In hl.
work.
The speaker next referred 10 the fact
that the Saints are accused OF bCiug
led by the Priesthood. that thcy have
given UP their own Judgment and ate
therefore not entitled 10 the right
which belong 10 free citizens. The
idea IL absurd. II should be rcmtm.
bered that We ARE living In great
Iepubllu anu that almost every family
has one newspaper or more.
In a land where there II n free press,
tyranny caunot exist. People would
soon rebel against II. Tue assertion
that the Saints do not have their free
agency Is not true. We are free to do
nll that IA right. Az Saints, we are not
at liberty 10 sin or to act wlckedly, Tor
II we do, we will lose our fellowship In
the Church, but further than that, tho
Priesth0od could not and would not
interfere.
The speaker closed by asking the
blessing OF God on His people, that
they msy be humble aud able 10 do
HIS VIII In all things, aud finally OBJ
tain eternal oxaltstlon.
APOSTLE ABRAHAM II. cANSoS
was the next speaker lie had listened
with much interest to the remarks made
by the previous speaker. We can all
RECOGNIZES the statements lie made as
true aud realize the necessity OF prac-
ticing In our daily live. the principles
OF which he has spoken.
II there Ia one thing more pleasing
than another IN connection with the
work u Col It IL tho fact that no init.
! vidual, lo he ever ~ feeble, No young,
10 old, 20 unlearncd, or N Intelligent,
and who has mn honest heart, bat will
Ind nh opportunity 10 aid Ia tho car
ry ling out Of This work. Cob has gath.
cred out from the various nations u the
earth men aud women endowed WITH
various qualities. He has united them
In QUE Church and they have one 81
| prrme ambition--to save Themselves
ard their fvllOwmen. God utilities the
/ various capacities Of His children 10
carry out His purposer, and II some.
times mistakes should acknowledgements
| 10 he made Ia the selection VI lnstru.
I ments iOr certain branches Of the work,
such Rre not due 10 Got, but 10 tho
lack Of wisdom In His children. There
! u a place fnr each one, where his tai.
| euis can be used t. assist In the progress
Of this laltrr.dny work. IL any "a en-
dowed wish peculiar talents, there will
be corresponding opportunities ~ use
them.
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sometimes selected TO perform duties Of
which they seem 10 be incapahlc,
Apostle Cannon mentioned, rs an la.
stance, that missionaries were some.
| times sent out who we're but poorly
prepared Tor that kind n labor, both m
regards natural ability and study, aui
the consequences h that Ia many Holds
VI labor men are found who are not
doing great deal OF good. Again,
among the people at hCme We nnd
men who labor To acquire property hat
because Of incspahiIity OF managing
| temporal affairs ARE LETT Ia a poor cOu-
dition, whereas the same men n they
were seat abroad, might be- the means
VI saving many souls.
The speaker further said he thought
| the Idea was becoming too prevalent
/ that only those are To be- sent out ~
! missionaries who have ample means to
support their families nj home and TO
pay their way. The tact Ia that tho
| Elders must bear tho Gospel
10 the world whether they are
poor or rich. The labor IL not lifiod OH
| their shoulders because they ARE poor.
In former times the Elder went out,
Notwithstanding their poverty, aud
| ,hey were not less successful on that
/ account. They reached the honest
/ souls who were waiting 10 hear the
! Gospel. Nor did they lack food while
I preaching the Gospel. You, yourselves,
| are Witnesses that they accomplished
| wonders among the nations OF the
| earth aud that friends were raised up
| to them ON every hand. II Is an error,
! II not n sin, 10 entertain. the idea that
/ the Elders must necessarily have re.
sources on which 10 draw when going
| abroad. This rubs them of the nocessiiy
Of acknowledgement outhe Lord,
and the wsrld VI a chance TO be proven
by the Gospel. The Lord has said that
| the lahOref Is worth his hire, and even
In this day when the harvest Is almost
gathered, yet, " the Elders are faithful,
the Lord Is willing to bestow ON them
! blessings similar TO those which He
gave Ia the early history OF the
Church.
The speaker sail he believed In the
division Of labor, lie had seen the
excellent results obtained thereby In u
celebrated European establishment iOg
the manufacturing Of watches, where
| man snvs thtfF Wlpl, Ivau .uph Ia