Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-07

SINS anu litukluk FoulrfN w NV
better life AMI to obey tue Gospel caiI,
you will receive blessings from heaven
you will have strength enough "
Withstand the pcrsecuungs ana WIZ
even find pleasure in being persocutu
for Chri-ts sake. Ana even u you
were called upon TO lay down your lilc,
that wouldn't he any more ihan our
Saviour dill, and would lie VITO
knowledge that eternal lie waa yours,
and you would show % tho world thhi
you loved aId feared Col more than
your DOMAIN. | talked with hlm long
time, showing hlm the blcssllgs a rle
Christian receives, and though he nall
he beiitv dali, hchad not the con fn{e 70
fornko tho world ~ nrclm.us
Latter dny Saiut." This SONY one
instance IN many. There are thou'
sands upon carth Of apparently goa
people Ia tue world who wIui ilss 70
become member Vt our Churchi
but they rrc araii TO-
For such VIC should pray,
Dear Joseph, | am o. happy ~ my
wOrkl I don't fenr perH citlln ia We
least. Ia fnct, when II comes i0f my
rcllglon's stke | glory IN II. zee,
sorry for the enemies OF tfuth, nut
glory In the fac, that | represent
cnuso worthy the prosecutions oil thn
rover VI darkness. nnd great
many friends and have boon blessed
with opportunities OF bearing my mum
BILE testimony % n numbur OF Phles'
tines leading men, among them thu
u. 8. Consul II Jari, several mis'lon'
aries OF the Church Of England,n we'll
informed and very intelligent Pfesby-
terrain missionary aud May others
rnla class OF people ARE not friendly to
the truth. az n rule. When you Prove
10 them from the BiDle tina. tncy are
not Christians they dor'l like II am
they 10 everything Ia tneir power 10
stop the progress oi GIi's work. IL you
try TO convince them OF the filsliy Of
their doctrines aui OF tho fact that the
true Church Of Christ has again been
restored In NIL its simplicity AM
beauty, they will say they haven't
| time 10 discuss the question AMI snow
by their acts that they have no dooire
10 learn thu truth.
A. thu Lord Continues 10 bles, me In
the future ~ lie has done IN the past,
1 will not care how long nm Kept In
this part OF the vineyard, for have,
time and time again, dedicated my life
| 10 His service, anu what matturs it
| when part OF the vineyard I am called
| TO labor Ia? | should feel very uch
disappointed were to be called home
ut the present time, for feel that an
lust beginning 70 be Of USE.
You ask ms for "A description OF the
Holy Land ami It's people, aud am
very sorry am not bsltef abe 10 pm
one. There is plenty TO write about,
but am such an exceedingly poor
hand with n pen that iiud II would
DO impossible for mo 10 givo a dcscrlp-
ton Of thls land OF antiqnitlss Justice.
The Ariba are "a peculiar people.
Every move Ani act OF An Arab Ia s1
entirely different rom those OF other
people that ono cannot help be-
Ing amused aud interested even n
nc disspproves OF whnt he Sues. Their
customs and habits nre nv old, nearly,
as time, aud II the Arab hal hts way
they would be older than time, for u
there Is one thing that Arabs dislikt
more than another, II IL progression.
They don't want tue telegraph, the
Telephone, the electric light or tht
railroad. They have no Use for q
printing press and education 10 entirely
unnecessary. II you ask al
Arab how oil ho 10, h,
viii answer "God kuowH.n ii,
can't understand the use OF buricning
his mipd with the date OF hts birth
Ask an Afab woman tke age OF he
child and abe will corSentedly reply
"God knows" Ask ah ArGD how
many inhaoitaDts tnisA city has. If
Will shrug his shoulders'hs no answers
Good knOwsD Arabs DO SverythipI
backward, at the same time laugh a
us for doing II frontwarJs. Thcj
worship with their hats on AMI shoe
OF. They read and write from rlghl
to left. When n husband bids his VIII
gOod.bye before starting on n journey
he doesn't kis her; he sim ny give
her his hand, she kisses IT nnl some
times woops over It ana the paltinl
scene IL over. A son does tho sam,
way with his mother aud sisters, bu
father md son embrace and kiss enci
other three times, once ON either cheek
and once right smack In the mouth,
II u man meets u friend no hasn't seen
for some time he kisses him Just tn,
same ~ he kisses his son or father.
nearly mlkes mo sick ~ see a frienu
remove the cigarette from his mouth
TO kiss another fr.ead, but one can No,
such scenes nj any time II no Is walk
ing In the city.
Father anu mother will, II nj
Ia well, spend Christmas II
Bethlehem, where the wise mel
OF the East were directed by tho star
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