Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-21

enough 10 rebel. lie cared not that
this stfigglc. this revolution, took upon
IL the face ~ "a religious reformation.
To him ii was not u religious refurma-
ton, Tor be believed in all sincerity
that the Pfolcstau,s vino lett the
catholic Church lrit more truth In "
than they incorporated within the
ayslUms that they afterwards iOuudcd.It
was uot desire to establish n purer re.
llgiDn that was tue grand moving causa
90 that revolution 0f tile sixteenth
century: but II was an all.ah.Ofhlng
lvslfe 10 lie Tree intellectually and
politically; aud la proof % this ho had
! only 10 point 10 the one fact that whef-
ever any nation attained TO intellectual
aud political freedom, freedom from
theinicf'erence u tho Roman poniifl-.
that people were satisfied With the re-
suits OF revolution, and jid not seek TO
interfere further about religious mat
tets. sill there WINS strata Of re-
! ligiuuH reformation running through n,
But 70 was not that desire that
! prompted the urinces Of this world.
! They merely useI the feligi0ue Ntrata
! running through that revolution ~
means to an end, and that only.
| But their work had supreme good Ia
II. He knew Of nothing better than
liberty, and TO him, u they wanted 10
reform the people nnd to make pro-
| gress, the first eeesntial 10 that progress
wa liberty; hence u was necessary
/ that a foundation should bu laid tor the
| freedom NJ mnnlind before they could
| he lea up 70 those heights Of glory, In
/ tellgence, aud moral excellence con
| tUmpla,ed In the Gospel OF Jesus Christ.
| Martin Luther anu the other reform
| els associated with him were therefore
/ inspired and laid the foundation, away
| hack In the sixteenth century, for Tue
| political anu religious freedom
| that we enjoyed today. llo
recognized the hand Of God IN tbis; aud
IL was very significant withnl that
! about the time these elements were dis
iufbed IN Europe, aud the foundation
| stones Of the nov temple OF liberty
were being laid, TIL. great continent
was discovered by another character
| inspired Of God; aud when oppression
| denied liberty 10 tho people OF Europe
they Afterwards found an outlet for
1 themselves to this continent, where
| greater liberty had been enjoyed than
In tue old world, and where the chief
cornerstone Ofthe Constitution Is liher.
| " " State, liberty Of church, freedom
| Tor the individual. All these things
blended Into beautiful harmony, and
/ plainly over all could he seen Gods
/ guiding hand.
hut because We lived IN tut sunlight,
| IN the ciliilgence thereof, should we
desplse the dAwning day or those
flashes Of light when they came Ia tue
world In midnight darkness? a
thousand times no. In the midst Of
plot mud counterploi, IN the midst Of
the rise aud fan OF nations, IN the
midst OF revolutions, God had given n
portion OF His ruth TO His children In
nil ages OF the world, and wherever
the l,atler-dAy Saints discovered this
they recognized the hand OF God
blessing and pFcsporing His children
not all that lie could, hut
all that their condition would
permit Him " do for them. 30 they
took Couiuclus, Lycurgus, Scion, aud
the others by the hand; they rccog-
nilud Mahomei, Luther, Gavin, and
othcw notwithstanding their errors;
throwing these aside, they loved them
for their principles. They Joined hands
with this kind OF heroes and claimed
them Us part Of the common
brotherhood, as men whom God had
| IllHfl 10 NlEfn CHllulfls Ilt ~
these mcn led their people from dark.
ness into the twilight, must they stop
there. No, not II we could help IT,.
The Lltter.dhy saints were deter
mined that they should come into the
sunlight, and for that purpose aud 10
that end they were now lab0ring. To
accomplish this they sent missionaries
10 Samoa, to the Sandwich Islands, TO
China, Ceylon, and India; and while
willing to labor among these benightej
Peoples, they were also resolved that
those who had mistaken twilight
for full sunlight should he visited and
brought to knowledge OF the truth.
Hence they had not shirked going 10
England, Ia Germany, ~ the Scaudi-
navian countries, aud 10 all the world.
OF necessity their labors had been
confined 10 the poor among men.
They had bad to visit the cottages, be-
cause, fosooth, the door Of the palace had
been closed In their faces; but they
expected 10 continue knocking until II
should be opened aud kings should
know anu hear the tfuth--until sena.
tors aud governors, presidents and en-
peroTs should be acquainted with II.
For their message was to them no less
than TO the poorest.
There was one thing IN the Gospel
Of Jesus Chrlst-that the king or the
senator mist humble himself aud go
through the same door with bowed
head and breaking heart just m much
as the heather, and they would never
get there until they had humbled them.
selves M children.
lie reloiccd that the Gospel placed
men on that equality. II dragged
down the king from his throne, II
lifted up tho poor and the degraded
and placed them on an equal footing,
Now. IL there much bigotry, he asked,
IN this kind Of thing2 Take thes,
facts, consider well their depth and
helghth, look upon them In the light
Of Inspiration and tell ms II there l,
nothing In that faith which recog
niges all truth wherever II ia found
aud that would not withhold Its meet
ol praise from the great minds that
have arisen among the philosophers OF
the past?
The choir sang the anthem;
"fhe song OF the Redeemed"