Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-28

this authority and these timo5 bring O.
pass those pusslions Of mental, moral
Industrial aud religions lifo which
form turning points or hinges up1n
which Swings the destiny Of nations
and pcoplcs, ami the elects 81 which
/ ere seen after many duys.
Our age may be- more prolific in
these manifestations than any prcceI.
ing one. Events follow each other
with uncercmo i5us rapldliy. Limited
human vision may not always discern
mo connection between events nud
results. The world may object 10 this
sequence In the Divine dramn, may
d.sclnim supernatural ORDER rufpasr W
Influence In human bnur.. Vuf thu eye
OF faith dleccrns % dlmiy tho program
Of the Infinite. 10 feal1D that &c.
spifatl5nal power sEer'ci through
chosen vel o's 100 the ayea past pre-.
dicied all the changes and calami,ioF.
and made illusions 20 each Of theas
points or paragraphs Of development,
from time 90 tml
The Lord IL claimed 10 have ga con-
trovory with thp natioua," AMI the
Issue has been dccrol beforehand.
Our age IL more essentially transitional
because u d "the dlspena,ion OF the
fullnoss Of times" anI upon u3 "ibe
ends Of tho earth have comg" These
Impulses which have bsc1m1 historic,
these now 90 operation which viii
speedily become s1, are thc worsiner
OF unseen agcnc.et upon susceptible
mani iot "many 'plf.is are z ane abroad
into nll the earth, % subject DO part no
doubt "to those they have lisioi TO
oboy," but Sc. so overrulcI and
controlled that irom apparent evil
thofo will yet cqma the ulI.
mate good! Nor is this any
reflection upon Dluiy "who sees the
end from the beginning;" &C. s but for
the thoughtful TO know tina. calamity
every time brings Us own Lesson, one
probably which never could be learned
save In those startling czigoncios Of
sad experience and consequent
thought
Sill further, faith takes ON no feel.
ing OF alarm, though "the earth reel 10
and fro like drunken man." though
riot hold high carnival, ani hl3oisned
tells IT, bitter story to br0kon heart;
though social, civil or international
strife may devasiato neighb1fhl0ds or
nations, until carnage % Or familiar az
the noondny sua, and the scGeuud
heart may seek TO exclude tho sight
thereof as did the Prophet Joseph;
there will remain the abiding
solnco that through suffering and
judgment, the dicta Of Infinite wisdom
win be- made maniOst in its piaai.ude
and power
a true and flghleouo faith canuot
DO Indifferent 20 "thu signs OF tho
times" nor eau human wisdom
rgbuse the spirit u unrest which
iorsahadows tho proximity Of change.
The vision Of the wlso mou oi
the earth will be- taxed az meier before,
aud II has been dccrcod that that shall
perish and "the understanding Of
tho prudent shall be hiJ;" but "uuto
those that fear my name Saith the
Llrdl shall the sun Of Rlgntoou sness
arise With healing In hla wiug.."
The great problems OF society are
being cJgi,alel upon by numbers, aud
a solution 70 being asked Tor by tho
civilized world at least. What consti.
,u,ss righteous relationship between
"IAbor AMI caplial?" What can he
done TO equiIizs the question Of pro.
iuc,iou and distribution? How ahnll
education DO made universal aud pow
er,y b0 eIlermInnted from the ear.h2
What viii reduce crime 10 q minimum,
aud now can insanity be overcome
save boy restraining tho mental pres.
/ euro upon human kiuI2 Where
b. the restriction a. 90 individual
wealth, and how can tho guilt ba mar.
r1wed between that Rni the honest
AFFECT poverty, seen Ia the midst OF our
ciyiliAiIu2 What form OF govern.
mouJ can best meet the situation and
drlit OF today? Is absolute Or consti-
tutionsl monarchy, is palernalism or
mechanical anI selfish rule, or shall
republ.canism prevail?
These are queries Tor tho student In
tho abstract Or Tor the one who COM
uiucs with that the light OF ini,h-the
in'pln,ign Of tine Eternal SprIt-and
the answer will rhect the lower or
tho higher thought Surely there IL
already the dawnins OF a new era, thu
tmus.usion OF o brighter aud loilicr
spirit, Che conception Of a more heneh.
cent gale, ths creation OF better con.
diuJus, tho evolution OF more God.
Hike Iipl surely the manifestations
of brotherhood viii swell and grow;
Interest lu each other will iu-
crease, uuI provl-i5n viii be made
i1r man, which while "uutnt him but
ioT hm' viii nnI foo,h1II on the
car.h, no this an discipline tends, oil
uial works Tor good; sui this CONE
muuiryulrgaIy blessed beyond degree,
VIII continue under divine direction