Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-25
REM RIiS
BY
ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG,
1T the Tabernacle. sat Lake O'y,
Sunday, March l2h, 1893.
EN- AR KS
Rrronrrp ny ARTHUR wrSrrn.


before you feel grateful 10 my Father
and my God. IL isan opportunity thnt
l have longed TO come TO me. Although
stand here in the fear Of man. TO
some extent. and greatly In the fear Of
God, rejoice to have the oppor-
tunity Of beholding the faces Of my
friends once more. a stranger In a
strange land, though he be preaching
the Gospel, learns to appreciate the
home where his friends dwell. Al
though many changes have occurred
within the last two and half years
that have been absent-and you may
cay within the last eight years
yet It IL my home, 1t 10 the
home Of the Latter.day Saints, and
] rejoice to mingle with them once
more In this life. Happiness does not
come TO me from external circum-
etancee, but II comrs from within.
Within my breast IL the happiness that
God has planted there. Man did not
give II, neither has his labor taken II
from me.
rejoice today In the plenitude OF
Code mercles that have brought US to
see the fulfllment OF prophecy and
ms h"uu'"oiN "'"V"s '"''
among the nations Of theearth. Elders
arc not sent out into Babylon today
win IN. vary grant hmm, of converting
a, ,tI -, go, h,,n,'
'he "oi'o' Wv NV 'o''' w 49,
with the expectation OF pelhg huIo 10
convert the peolle OF Europe, nor In
Am,ric, but with nm int.nae deeire
80, a., ~ a.. ,,,ad
III my neH'. W '''' 'no p'op'o Wv 81
tidinge, declare unto them the knowl-
edge which God had given me, and
,Ioor mo .birts NJ IN, ,e.nunsIbility
.s-' '' -. ,...'
thht khe" 10 oe ieS''ns uPOu '"o'
Not many converts were made IN
comparlson with what has been done
bv In. Elders in yenfs that are past;
Int few choice spirits have boon
added 10 the people OF God,
and tho ptiuoiples OF the Gospel IN
ulainne.s nave been and nre bving
nlaced before the people for them to
r,cgiys mr. TO reject Hut have found,
sorne,ybat IN NV stIrurise. TINT a kind.
lier feeling seems TO pervade the
hearts, of ali honest men toward the
Lntter.,lay saints. A klndlier feeling
mas been manifested 10 me personally
nv pentl.men whom 1 have met In
Inc world. for thew believed that the
,amnnrltlesO OF my religion were
,iiminnted. As one .entIenar said 10
me uWhat religion will YOU adopt
now. ns / understand that your re-
ilginn ia wippd out entirely by law?D
4 tried 10 enlighten his mind In Tela-
linn IN th.s. matters. and he was very
much sstonished 10 find that the
Lattpr.d.y Saints believed In anything
exceut Mural marriage, hut the
G1spel OF the Son OF God, know,
circumscribes the universe aud all the
creations OF God. That which we see,
that We hear, that We behold, In the
heavens ana in the earth, liz circum.
scribed by the religion that God has
revealed, anu that this people have
received. do not feel that the Lori
hns removed from me, nor from tins
people. His arm " not shortened,
neither 10 He asleep; but He IL mindful,
watchlul, a present help TO those who
seek Him earnestly.
1 have met few individuals In this
city who have expressed some sorrow
at the situation In which thU Latter
day saints are placed. am new
conner among you, to some extent. 1t
IL sald there is chango In the social,
the religious, the political ami the
financial condition OF this people since
| mingled with you. But / find no
change IN the heart OF the Lattor.day
saint who IL seeking his or her God
with an earneslness born OF the testi-
mOny Of the Spirit OF the Almighty. |
have seen no diminutiOn OF labor
among the Elders scattered through
out Europe In pTomulgating the
principles OF the everlasting Gospel.
These changes have not Affected, no far
as know, the work Mt home or abroad.
For 1 testify TO you this day that |
know that the Kingdom OF Goa Ia roll |
ing forward; the Church OF Christ Ia |
Increasing, nnd the kingdom Of God II |
nign unto US. The purposes OF |
tn. Almighty will be fulfilled, and no |
power that IL arrayed against those |
pTOvidences shall prevail. This com.
forts my heart, for ! know IL by the |
testimony OF the Spirit Of God.
IL has been remarked by the Pfesi- |
dent OF tho Church, 40 | understand,
that In the enrly days when the Elders |
were proselyting IN Europe, one good |
sermon on the principles Of the Gospel |
would convert hundreds. To-day 1t
takes hundreds Of good sermons to start |
one person to investigate tho princl- |
ples OF the Gospel. 1 have known OF |
5000 invitations being given out to the
people of a CITY TO attenl q Latter.day |