Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-28

heart " every SUI the praise may
ascend unto God, glory TO GJd In the
highest, for a son IL born uuto mau; n
Msssiah has come to c earth aud
brought redemption to the human
family. IL seems 10 me tha, this
Ia time whon Nil past auim0sities
should be buried, every feeling that
10 no, Christ.like should he removed,
and the example which our Savior
set us should be No firmly impressed
upon our hearts that II VIII cons,rain
" in tho future 10 seek the aefvlc OF
our fellowmen; 10 seek TO do them
good, instead Oi harm; that II we have
wronged br,thcr or sister IN the
past, il may come up before nv this
day and inspire IN our hearts feeling
OF repenlancc for that wrong, and n
determination upon our part that we
will, to the extent Of our power, make
good the wrong which we have done.
II we have taken that from our fellow.
man which did not belong TO US, that
the Spirit OF God may move upon our
hearts 10 such an extent that we will
be willing not only TO restore the thug
which we have taken, hut fouriold la
value; and that we Will, II IL takes
everything that we possess on the
earth, or II II humbles us In tho dust
before our fellowmen, atone here upon
the earth for the sins which we have
committees; that when the day comes
that the voice shall go forth that VIZ
are 10 10 hence ami meet our Father
10 give AN account for the deeds done
In the body, we shall have made
ntonement ON earth AS far AZ II lay In
our power for the sins which we have
committed, Then we can appear bo.
fore our Maker feeling that ii Is mercy
will be- extended towards u for those
weak nes-es and imperfections to which
/ ali iesh Ia heir. This day should cause
us to reflect upon our situation, anu the
place we occupy In the hearts OF our
ieIlowmen. Have we wr0ngei them?
Have we given them oifense? Have
we placed ourselves In n position that
they can Justly attack Us? Have we
misused the Priesthood which God
has given us? Have we exercised un-
righteous dominion over our fellows?
II 80, this day, OF nil others, which is
celebrated as the birthday OF our
Savior, should move upon our hearts TO
consIder our position aud amend our
ways, that the future may Ind US
more strictly following the path
which God has marked out for His
servants To pursue.
This glorious Gospel has made OF US
one family. Ii has brought the high
man do wn into n humble position. II
has brough, the exalted manwho have
received It's teachings down and put
him on level with the poor man who
has had scarcely sufficient food to keep
soul and body together. IL has made
OF us u common brotherhood. We are
| the children OF God. We know that
He liz our Father; and though there
may exist among men a difference OF
degrees, a difference Of position. n DIFF
ference OF wealth, yet In the Church
and In the sight Of God We arc equal,
we arc one, We are brothers
| and sisters. We cannot afford,
| therefore, in view OF these things, 10
denl unjustly one with another, to of-
| fend each other, to create divisions
among us, or to have our hearts set
ono against another. Our power will
| be- weakened IL we do 80. IL seems TO
me that IL there is any testimony
necessary to convince the world that n
| reformation has commenced such as
has never occurred In the earth, 1t II
the fact that this Gospel OF the king
dom il beng preached TO the poor
among men. When the disciples Of
John went to learn II Jesus was in-
deed the Christ, the word was sent
back, as evidence that He was, TINT
the poor among men had the Gospel
preached unto them. on, II II were
not for this Gospel OF the Bon Of God
how terrible would be the condition OF
the poor In the earth today! When
we look abroad anu see the oppression
that exists In the world among those
who know not Christ, and u feeling
that men who possess wealth are to add
thereto regardless OF the suffering
which IL entails upon their fellowmen;
when We see the hand OF oppression laid
heavily upon those who are In distress,
where can we turn Tor hope, or lind
peace and JOY, except In this Gospel OF
the Son OF God, which teaches us that
II 10 necessary for men TO impart OF
| their substance unto the poor and
needy, that there may 10 no suffering
among the children o God? Does II
not lit IN our hearts and I'LL them with
praise and thanksgiving to the great
| Creator, who has devised such plan
for the temporal salvation IN well Nv
the eternal exaltation Of His children?
And as no standard OF wealth has
been SGT up by which men are meas
ured who enter this Church, 40, too, no
| sta ndard OF education 10 necessary for
| a person to enter into the fold Of Christ.
| The ignorant, the unlearned, the UNI
lettered, are ~ welcome to the Church
and TO the fellowship OF the Spirit OF
| God as are the most wise among men.
Yet the Gospel teaches us that we can
not DO saved in Ignorance; that we
cannot remain an Ignorant people anu
! receive exaltation. But 1t IL q fact
that as soon as person Joins this
| Church and receives tho truth, i'm.
mediately spirit takes possession OF
him to advance and progress In
knowledge and understanding. Joseph
Smith, though, as we often say,
an unlettered youth, became one
Of the most learned among
his fellows, because the Gospel which
God revealed To him taught him that
advancement was necessary, Nor
did he confine himself To the spiritual
things, AZ we call them, but he devoted
his time and applied his talents to the
acquisition OF that owlsdge which Ia
esteemed among the people OF the
world. 30 II is with every true Latter.
day Saint. The Gospel inspires us 10
continued exertion In the requirement
Of knowledge, and especially OF that
wledge OF God which teaches
men not only OF things which pertain
to the eternal worlds, but also of
things which pertain to our earthly
existence-knowledge OF astronomy OF
art, OF science, and OF everything
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