Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-21
REFORMATION vs.. PROCRiSTI.
NATION.


Right aud wrong, good and evil,
happiness and misery are terms apple.
able to the acts and conditions Of hu.
msu life, determined aud adJudged to
man, both by law and conscience.
The conditions are that the right
and good bring happiness, and the
opposlte- eternal MISERY. These re.
suits are inevitable.
Mans moral Judgments, rightly de-
veloped, teach him there are things he
should do aud some things he should
not DO. Men seek after happiness, and
conscience demonstrates TO them tho
fact that they must ind II In the true
and rlght-never In wrong. The term
happiness implies something more
than mere qualification Of passion,
which Is merely hitting. l mean
that happines that is derived from hav.
Ing done an act aud pursued u course
that can bo approved by the
closest scrutiny Of both law
and conscience, constituting per.
petual appreciation "A perpetual
freedom from all condemnation. In
this condition there Is no remorse, no
sting OF sin, no wages earned that
death can pay. II lisa condition above
all, most desirable Tor all, and makes
life "A Joy even amidst the conflicting
powers Of wrong nnd error that have
sought the misery, overthrow AMI TX.
termination Of the human race.
This desirable condition Is obtain
able, otherwise mans aspirations are
IN vain; aud II attslnsble, how? is the
question OF our theme.
Man II conscious OF the fact that his
powers, both physical aud mental, are
for development and progress; that In
this direction, which Is one Of truth
anu right, his being aud happiness are
promoted. While he Is ON the
retrognde, which IL the result Of
the influence Of wrong and error,
his life Is a restless, unhappy
one, daily increasing his depeneraty,
anu the reproach Of guilty con-
science.
There il perhaps no day In mans
life that he cannot with careful thought
discover that II might have been
Improved either to himself, or by
some generous, kindly act he could
have benefited and made happier
some one In need OF like de.
velopment with himself. Whenever
this discovery Is made II demands i'm.
mediate reformation. Procpsti nation
or delay Is not permissible. From the
hour that wrong Is discovered In
ones habit OF lifb until II is forsaken
Ia time spent under condemnation, anu
for which we must account. When
truth and right are discornible TO n
human being, the law OF intelligence
demands their immediate adoption,
and that one hour OF delay Is tho hour
0f his sin, which must be accounted
for.
As We approach the time OF some
eventful period VI our life we deter.
mine in our minds that we will do
better, that we viii improve our habits
aud conduct. The Improvement
needed In plainly disccrnible; We con
less the past wrong, but We determine
we vii mol forsake and reform until
that chosen day arrives as an event
to he COMMUNICATED.
The conclusion ", W.T. have ainuptl i'm
the past aud we will sin little longer.
We love too well the pleasures OF sin TO
abandon them at once, anu "a day for
reformation n fixed upon that may
never come.
Who has assured you that yon shall
ever see that loOked-lor coming day, or
even another tomorrow, Ia which to
work your reformation? The procras-
tinat on OF one day even may bring
you Into THE presence OF your Maker
with all your sins upon you.
What q fearful thought 10 be so be.
guided by that soul-debasing monster
prpcrastinalion.
Now Is the accepted time, now Ia the
day OF your salvation, II you will use II, !
No other period Of time can he relied !
unon with any degree OF certainty. The !
very hour In every dayof life In which q |
wrong or error IL discovered, whether Of |
omission or commission, IL the time !
for reformation. to free ones self from .