Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26
DEsEREr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY, AUGUST &c, 1893

no knowledge on the subject.
o., but TIE Lord led this people forth.
lie fed them when they were hungry.
lie furnished them means. / never
behfd Of one starving 10 death. Wt
were pinched for hunger, and many
| were laid on the road side worn out by
| the exposure and hardships that they
had 10 endure, but the bulk OF the
/ people we're sustained hy The power "
| God. Their faith was rewarded. for
] God blessed them; and though they
bad but little 10 eat AMI litlle 10 wear,
| they could rejoice continually In the
/ blessing aud favor OF God and the
knowledge that He was their friend.
/ No happier people ever lived then, nor
I since, than those who lived here the
/ hret TWO years that we came iuto thls
valley-itOm 1917 10 184g-when the
| po'rle were deprived Of almost al the
comforts u life and eudcrrd indrsrrlb.
able prvations nnd hArd8hlps. They
were hnppy because the peace Of God
rested down upon then, and they
were sustained ami buuyed up Ia the
midst Of their trials an dliiicuItirs.
IL hos cen sO throughout the his.
tory " This Church. II WAS no Ia the
early days, when the people were
driven ovtOf Missouri, after suffering
tue Irfsecutiuns that they haI On.
duroI there. They did not lose their
iaith. They knew TINT q mai laid
ihu foundation ~ n %; they knew tuut
Cod had Orgauized HIS Church, aud
that He hRI restored the G. spel Of The
Son ~ God and the everlasting Priest.
hood. That testimony was "a living
aud burning testimony Ia the heart Of
every faithful man anu woman.
Persecution, trial, hardship, could not
uxtiuguish /; nothing but death iisel
could destroy II Ia the breasts OF the
faithful Saints. So Il has been from
that day until the present.
Ne 4 have sail, the experience Of
this people II different from that OF any
other people upon the face Of tho earth
that know anything about. We have
proved Col. We know He lives, We
know that iB viii feed ua, that He
VIII cl0the w, that He will shelter us.
We know that He watches over IN.
We know that HIS angels are round
about US, aud that nothing occurs but,
IN His providence, n we DO ught, viii
bu controlled Tor our good nud Tor our
eventual salvation. Hu Will let no
tfial dcJcrnu upon US without giving
u strength and grace 10 endure IT., u
We Will 1--we NJ M 10 obtain II. This In
His promise to M. Aud God IN h0uui
irtuvOcably by His cOvcuin; o. ne. Am
/ iftoveIent In saying thlt2 | hope
not. l do not eay II with any spirit Oi
that Kind. But II IL TACT. When We
went forth into the waters Of bhptlsm
aud cOveuautsd with our Father in
heaven 30 serve Him and keep Ills
commandments, Ho bound Himself
also by covenant 10 us that He w0Hld
never desert ~, never leave US 10 cur
sulveP, never forget ~; that In the
midst OF trials md hRrdships, when
uvnfythiug was Atrayel against
az, He would be near unto
u and would sustain US.
That was His covenant, aud He has
amply fulfilled II up TO the present
time, anu has shown that We can tie
10 the promises that He has made. We
have proved these things through
experience. Whena man goes f1rih
on a misslon aud knows that God
hears his prayer; when no wants n
pair OF shoes and he gets the shoes;
whom he wants coat and he gets
the coat; when he wants hat land gets
the hat; when he wants shelter aud
somebody hndly gives him shelter,
aud when friends are raised up 10 him,
can that man doubt after that2 Can he
fear after thuR Why, his faith IL
built upon r0cE, AMI he knows that
GO1 viii hear and answer him N he
viii do right. He knows that God is
his friend, aud that He cannot forget
him.
Now, here IA q combination Of people
Of this kind. This Church ~ composed
"a al
know this. They grow up In that
atmosphere OF faith. They know thai
the Lord hears their prayers. One OF
my little boys had Lost something one
day, and he wanted to find IL, aa ii was
something he was very desirOus not 10
lose. After searching for some time
aud not finding II, It occurred 10 him
that he might Usk tho Lord; and he |
knelt down by himself aud |
asked the Lord to help rim
ind that article, lie got Up from hi. |
knees and not minute passed before |
ho found II; yet he had searched before |
In vain. Now, that was tho natural |
impulse OF that child, because he had |
been told that God would hear aud |
answer prayer Our children have |
this faith, aud grow up in II. OIL
course, there are some VINO lose this |
faith, either through their own care.
lesiness OF the neglect OF their parents; |
hut the bulk VI them have THIS spirit |
OF Rith.
We ate passing through difficulties
Mt the pretent time. We have heard IA
great deal said about famine, We have
not talked 20 much about II OF late;
but Tor very many years the Elders OF
the Churcn spoke ABOUT famines that
were coming. Now We have n famine
OF money. j Am thankful that the
famine OF money has come before the
famine for food. l do not want to see
this people pinchel Tor food. / would
rather that we would take 10 hoart tue
we have received concerning
these matters. Some have stored up
food, and because the famine has not
c0me they have settled down to the
feeling that there will be- no famine
nnd thoy need not store any more food.
But famine for fOJu may come lust
rs suddenly gs this famine for money
has. IL hn- come llkeR wave, uueE.
pectid, almost sweeping over this en-.
lie laul, Cuuslng uuuitefable trouble,
every business enterpfise.
apparently, | thank the Lori that Al
Is not q famine IOr food. Il may be "A
lesson 20 us 10 prepare Tor that winch
may CIme after, The Lord has only
10 lot loosr the gTasshopIers through M
his country Bnd We should soon have
4 iamiue for food. Many may think
his VIII never cont; that 1t IL folly IN
alk about n famine lu thln land. But
, member OF Congress, who had de.