Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-14

Of tile LORD reign ia every heart, Civ.
ing " TO every counienauce aud grace
ann correctness to every Ia ,vement In
| life. and restraining us IRON saying or
doing Anything that Is wrong. tthis
late date In our experience the Spirit
OF the Lord ought 10 have its perfect
work In the bitler-1sy 5lint.. II
ought to be 81 thoroughly DEVELOPED
aud have become sucn fountain Of
| light aud inspiration In u, that it
would restrain US from dong wrong
aud prompt us an doing everything
| thatls right. IL should be ouch power
In every individual that none ~ u,
would neglect our duiies. thought 10
b be with every father AMI mother,
every brother amt sister. IL ought to
To cultivated, talked about, cousi. c'cd,
sought after and lived for. Families
ought to vie with each other In trying
TO obtain a greater supply u the spirit
OF the Lord. ItshOuld tie ~ fully In
the heart that men would know on n II
occasions what they should do AMI
how they should do II; know how they
ought to perform their labors at home
as well ar abroad; how they ought TO
appear; when they ought 10 I've seen,
anu wnen they ought not 10 no seen,
how men should treat their wives,
wives their husbands, parents their
children,and onidien their pareuis
This church now is over sixty years
old, and we are measurably In "a settled
nnd fixed condition. Weshould be no
thoroughly established In the princi.
pies Of the Gospel TINT the fact SHOULD
actually be seen and known. We
should know II In each other, und We
should follow each others ROod
example. Where We have
brother or neighbor that out.
strips US IN his fidelity to the cause OF
God, wo should want to initiate him;
we should want leaf from his book OF
experience, and we should want 10
profit by his good example. There IL q
large percentage OF tins Latter day
Saints who haveihad sucha lengthy ex-
perieDce that II ought to tell In the com.
munity. We may De acquainted with
neighbOrs and friends that WE have
watched perhaps duringa generation.
We have followed their lives, aud have
noted their fidelity % the principles Of
the Gospel, their consistency ami their
regularity. They can always be relied
upon. fou Will always fun them upon
tue right side OF every matter that Ia
introduced; always. correct, always
moderate, not bOisterOus, not pushing
themselves forward. You do not SEQ
them possibly ~ quicAly IA you SEQ
oiners; tut whenever you do discover
them, you always fiud thom on the
right track anu In tho straight anI
narrow path that leads 10 life. Such
men arc not easily disturbed. New
movements and operations that present
themselves do not catch them easily.
They seem to have become 40 thor
oughly imbuei with the principles OF
the Gospel Of Jesus Christ that they
are not easily deceived. That H. what
ought 20 be with men VI experience Ia
the Church OF Christ. The Spirit OF
the Lord In us ought TO reign supreme,
and when anything new comes along,
if We cannot catch IL at the first
glimpse or mootlng, we had better |
wait little and watch until tbs Spirit |
OF tho Lord shall direct us; for II In q |
monitor In the hearts Of the Lntter.day |
Saints, to lead them into all ruth, and |
IL never leads In to falsehood. When
ever we 20 into falsehood 1t Ia because
we follow some evil influence. The
Spirit OF the Lord never leads to
evil; but II brings to our minds the
truth. IL reveals to Us the truth
Of the present, and 1t opens our
minds sometimes to see some truths
thnt are yet In the future. BUTT never
deceives, aud never leads men astray.
Tint 10 not Its Office. So that we need
TO give heed to that Spirit, listen to
lis voice all the time, and become nc.
Iluainted with IL and its operations, in
order that We may not be deceived.
The reason that We are still liable TO
make mistakes and 10 be deceived Ia
because we have not yet attained to
that degree OF intelligence aud light
mat we may obtain; and we have not
IL for the reason that We have
been careless, and not as earnest ana as
In tho performance of the
iuties that God requires OF us as we
night have been. For II the Latter.
lay Saiats had been as industrious
md devoted as they could have been,
not one that has had twenty years OF
or even ten, could be led
STRAY today. They would be 30 sohoolel
" tho inspiration OF the A lmighty that
hey could not be- deceived by the
'oice OF stranger, for they would
now tho voice of the true Shepherd.
nd this Ia very desirable; for In this
= our safety, and without 1t there IL no
afoty. The fact OF our having rs.
ented OF our sins, and having been
nptized, and having received the
ioly Ghost, and having received "A
sstlmony that the Gospel was true,
nd having gathered together and re- ,
eived our blessings In the Temple OF
he Lord, is not sufficient. To 10 al. /
Dlutely safe II takes constant labor,
lithlully exercising all our powers ana
rivileges III tue Gospel. Position,
and authority are moi i
nough TO secure the salvation OF 4
man. II IL just as neces- y
Try that the man who Is Presi- /
ent OF n Stake, or OF n mis. n
on, or who bears the Apostleship, | y
lould bo diligent, humble, faithful, q
eet often with the Saints to partake q
the Sacrament, and attend 10 his Ii
ayers faithfully, as 1t Is that the h
eacon or tho member should do these q
Ilngs. A man's position, RESPONSE. d
lily ana ordination will not excuse n
i'm from any little duty. but 4 say 4
at the man who hap received the n
estest responsibility and authority In /,
- Church OF Christ ought 20 DO the Il
ost humble, the most meek, the most n
Hing and the most obedlent, and 10 n
Nv the lowest II necessary. In him "
ould be seen the effects OF the Gospel "
Christ more plainly than In other n
ON. The greater responsibility there 81
placed upon n mans shoulder, | a,
y the greater obligation for him to do n
o viii Of God. just a. our Father b,
no Is In heaven stands At the head 10
d IL greater than all. His example al
perfect, and we cannot 40 beyond II; Xxi