Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-26

do good by stealth and blush 10 dnd
Il fame;" seen Or hid, known or I'M
known, much or little, every such act
carries with II "its own exceeding
great reward" the "cup OF cold water
given In the name OF disciple" and
the 1.-TWO mites" thrown iuto the treas.
ury are equally certain Of future recos-
milton, wnen the proclaimed benefi'
oencc, tho osienlatious donation will
have had it, full reward In tine publicity
given to II In the columns Of n nows.
paper, the report Of asoclety, or In the
blatant repetition by word Of mouth
where It could have been sacred ne
love and silent a. the grave.
it's quite likely that there will be
further room In society Tor the practice
Of all benevolence, until giant minds
gifted OF God shall arise, who will solve
by Inspirations light the growing and
momentous questions Of these times,
such as labor, crime, poverty, creation,
distribution, land, wealth, marriage,
finance, education, politics, the social
evil, drunkenness, law, railroads, dett,
war, migration, suffrage, religion, In.
sanity, annexation, international limits
OF Interference, tarlG, pensions, silver,
and many other points which crowd
upon and are part Of the complexities
aud queries Of an age, upon which
"lhe ends Of the earth have come"
To meet those will be the work Of
time. perhaps OF the millennium, but
there Il no reason why the duty OF the
day should by this community
bo shelved or neglected In the inter
yuning years. President Cannon pic.
turod grandly little while ago the
promise and prophecy Of ga new
ordern-one In which labor for purely
personal ends should DO unknown,
where individual talent, ability, en-.
dowment, would each be uscd for tho
good Of the whole, ana where ~ q
consequence selnshnoss would nud 90
place, but how many weary years
would olapau before this contamination,
before this dream Of the Poet aud Wis.
ion Of the Prophets viii DO realized
none know, aud "hopc deferred lit 10
ssld) makelh the heart sick"
Nay, Is II not pertinent TO ask,
whether, while nearer in tins, We are
not further on Ia practice anu spirit
than during any period Of past history
Are not worldly methods, ideas, aspira.
tons and affiliations more potent, far.
, reaching and complex than ever?
while the burIhen OF counsel IL In
favor Of separation, aud against undu0
Intimacy; while association and ontang.
ling alliances ARC deprecated, and the
assertion 10 repeated ed h5tum that
tho Gospel includes "all things" neces'
sAry for mans welfare In time aud IN
eternity, and thousands arc assured Of
this; are there not features Of GENTLE
lilo, which, while we DO not wiih "a
, initiate, yet certainly ought to be
superseded by something original and
M much more effective ~ II Ia possibl,
~ create?
Are there not men today embarrassed
In business, who have assets beyond
all indebtedness, who have held ou
In humiliation yet Ia hope that they
might possibly extricats themselvet'
!, Have not such men been faithful mem
bors, devoted missionaries and good
oitiEeni; have they not hoRored law,
(, kept their coyenAntF, endured privalion
vindlcated the tguth, boon "luslant II
d, season aud out Of aeAson," and yet fO
lack OF sympathetic aid IN time o
= struggle have unwilllngly gone 10 thI
wall? Are there not men Of family
who have been "irom tho beginning,
Il yol are now struggling In "the ser,
and yellow leaf" Of age, to ge
!, . new or better foothold In life, VIII
have given years 10 public service au'
= duty, but lacking few dollars O
!, other timely aid are now In dOspOnd
oncy, alm0bl despair
!, Would not the jew suocor this kin
/, OF men, II Of thsir faith; would no
| NNN hhhh VI ANNkhNlhHAA hAh ANAAN
!, some way, and would not a msnr co
religiohisls Of any class try at least &
= meet these conditions by some process
!. unless they had forgot themselves an,
their obligations to each o,hef9
= Are there no. hundreds now In asso
Citations, Tor possible emergencies O
lie, OF enforced idlunoss, sickness o
death, who would not be there, II tn
Gospel had appropriated or originated
, similar provisions TO these societies Il
some praotioalway? Can mau OK
=. pend all his earnings In ralsing hi
family, in making donations, paylnl
, his tithing, building his home, and no
n feel that he Is subject to sloknesa an
n death, aud that there are consequeu
!. possibilities Of hardship Rnd pOvetI.
and dependence 10 his loved ones, with
y out struggle for preparation agains
|. such coniitions2
These are queries for today aul W.