Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-08

| principles from or youth upI When
Phillip went TO Samafia 10 preach the
Gospel OF the Son Of God, the people
believed and were baptized, and "when
the Apostles which were Rt jerusalem
heard that Samsfla had received the
word Of God, they sent unto them
Peter aud John.O What foT2 To lay
hands upon them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost. These are
simple principles Of the Gospel, that
you would thihk were easy 10 10 uhder'
stool; and wherever you iind servant
" God he viii preach these principles.
10 you were TO meet the Apostle
Peter. he would tell tile repent.
ant sinner lust the same ns he
did upon tho Jay OF pentccost. This
was the doctrine Of the Redeemer, aud
there was no need tor disputatiou.
There would not bc any reason fof
dispulatlon now N men would humble
themselves before the Lord aud obtain
the witness for themselves, and not
rely upon their own Interpretation OF
the Scriptures and their owl self
efficiency. II mankind could under.
stand .. methiDg of their own nothing.
ness they would humble themselves
In the dust, anu they would Ask our
Heavenly Father 10 pardon their
trsnsgressiOns, tholr false teachings,
and wherein they hal erred, aud
woul come unto the throne Of grace
ami receive tho blessing that the
Father hath appointed for the repent.
ant sinner. have frequently ssiL: 1
do not wish you to take my testimony
alone You have your individuality,
have you nul2 DO you wish to be
saved In the Kingdom of Coz? D. you
wish to DO associated In the rtdemp-
tion Of the human famlly2 IL you do,
then go TO the Father. 70 whom else
should you 20? Here we have 80 many
religions that tho question naturally
arises, Which Is Tlgnl? Therefore, 40
TO God, aud In faith believing ask Him.
Are these not plain and simple
principles? II we wish 10 attain 10
An understanding 0f Any science, - 1t
not necttsafy for us 10 accept the first
ptinciples2 DID not the Lori Jesus
tell Nicodemua that unless he was
born Of the water hnd ~ tho spirit hc
could In nc wise Inherit the kingdom
VI heaven, and that IN lets he was bOru
again he could not zee the kingdom2
That II what is the matter. Men 40
not 10 the right way TO obtain this
knowledge. Wherever you near q ser
want OF GId he will tell you these trin.
ciples arc { q fundamental pnuciples
OF the everlasting Gospel, which ~
without beginning OF days or end OF
years.
Now, n we desire to DO saved, we
must appeal u our Father. This IL
Individual salvation, d every lndi.
vijual has tho right 10 appeal TO
heaven, has thu right 10 the reeve lations
OF the Father, that he may not be led
astray, nor be the victim Of PRIEST
craft, but that he may obtain that light
ami Intelligence which Is promised un.
to all.
VIII tell you what IL the difficulty
with US, aud That ", thc practice Of the
religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ; the
bringing u cur Individuality In haf.
mOny with those eternal principles, g.
order that we may purity our character
anu be lifted for association with our
Heavenly Fla her. We are 30 ANXIOUS
Tor the things Of this world--we have
10 much ridt-so much desire 10 wear
costly apparel, anu the like, that we are
not tliled with the Necessary desire 10
be humble, aud chilJlike, and full Of
truth; win tho anxiety TO walk Ia the
light ~ God 10 In the light, that W.
may nave sweet fellowshi q with each
other, and the blood Of Christ may
cleanse Us from nil sin. This should
be our anxiety; for II We Will rens1n
little We will readily realize that We
brought nothing Into thls world aud
We will take nothing out Of Il, except
the Intelligence that we have obtained
here, IL II II ot tue EARN earthly, it
Will not avail us much III the heaven.
but u W. have striyen To obtain TIA.
pearl OF great price, to know GOu aud
Jesus CHRIST whom He hath sent, TO
live In accordance with those dIvine
principles which are expIessed Ia His
we viii be fllled with
thanksgiving and praise. When We lay
down our bodies NJ night II viii be with
thanksgiving and praise; when We rise
IN the morning II win be with the
ssue feeling. We will have 10 hard.
utss In cur hearts ngainst our
We will love tho Lord
our God. We will love the
And herein we will
know that we nave passed from jsaIh
unto life, because VIZ love them aud
arc Wiling to tacriilce for their good
anu benent. IL l. natural for US TO
have "A kindIy consideration Tor .ach
other when We have ihe fellow ship o.
the Spirit OF nod. | remember that
lately my beloved friend anu fellow.
isbOrer, Professor Karl a. Maeser,
came to Mexico. We had been asso-
clatsd together IN tbs early days NJ cur
experience IN tho Church, anu W. had
learned 10 love e,ch other, anu cOuli
MT help hut say upon our reunion;
II our fellowship below
In jesus be 20 sweet,
what holgnls Of rapture shall we know,
When round His throne We meet.
felt the power VI the brotherhood
that !s Ia Christ Jesus. Tuis 10 the
reason that we call each other brother
aud sister. IL may seem eccentric TO
our unbelieving trends who were not
educated this way. We also were
brought up to say Mr., or Mrs., or
MADAM; tut when We came to the
Light Of CHRIST and received His gloTi-
Gus Spirit, ana btca mo enrolled IN the
royal family Of heaven, We then un.
dtrtOOd what II was 10 love each
other, anu TO call each other by this
eBdearing family name Of brother or
sister, because We are now adopted
children % the same God. We I'M.
deriand that He had drawn us Into
His i0luj for "nO man can come 10
me-" saith the Lord Jesus Christ,
"eScep, the Father which hath sent
Me draw him"
My brethren END sisters. do you un.
dersiaud that our Father has drawn
you into His iolu? DO you young
people, who are sous AMI daughters Of
tue pioneers Of this work, realize thlt
God has appointed the bounds of your
anu that He hath gwen