Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-01

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! again, ! will repay thee.
Which nov OF these three. tlas"' H1l
! was urEha0l unto him that ieN anon. he
| ih.cvr5'
AMI De- said. tie that Showed mercy oa Hm.
Then sad Jesus unto him, Go, and DO h1u
lkrass.
BY this parable Jesus illustrated who
Is our ncighb1r Our ncighbor Is not
alone the man who lives next door 10 CO.'S,
but every soul that needs help, who
needs comfort aud blessing is our
neighbor. The whole world IS our
neighbor. II is because this spirit is boz
| the hearts Of this people that year after
| year missionaries are sent to the various
parts OF the world to preach this Cos
/ pei Of the kingdom. II Is that they may
! ill the hearts OF men and women with
| the same spirit which they possess, and
/ that they may rejoice In the knowledge
and wisdom which God Is pouring out
so abundantly upon tho human family
IN these last days. Il Is not because
! they desire to travel that our mission.
aries 10. Il Is not to see the world, as
some think is the case who do not
understand the labor which we have
taken upon ourselves. / admit that
there are some Elders who 70 outwltUo It
any clear idea Of what 10 TO be required
OF them. Some 70 with the view OF
gaining experience by travel and as,o.
citation with the world, aud they have
no greater object than this In accepting
the missionary call. hut even when
they 20 with this spirit. n the seed OF
the Gospel has been planted 10 their
hearts, II does not require long Tor them
to feel the spirit which fills the heart OF
every true missionary In the world aud
they pass through trials, they endure
fatigue, they suffer Tor food and faim-
ent and shelter that they may bring to
the people OF the world the glad mes.
sage Of the Gospel which the Lord has
| revealed. Then % IS that they feel that
the labor which they are performing b.
! the sweetest that has ever fallen 10 their
| lot; and thus Il Is that missionaries.
when they come home, testify that the
time they have spent In the field has
been the happicst Of all their expert
cncc. God Hills them with q love OF
human kind and with an ambition to
save souls, and they feel that II they can
be instruments In the hand oil God in
bringing one soul unto the trull. how
great will be their reward Boo eternity
feel sometimes, however, even in this
labor, tina, We are following the eN.
ample OF the world too much. They
send their missionaries to heuightcd
Africa, they gather up the means. some.
times obtaining u from those who are
~ greater need Of reformation than are
the poor negroes OF Africa; and they
send their missionaries To preach what
they term Christianity do not wish
to beliitlc the good they do. Many
sell'sacrihcing and noble men have per.
formed wonderful labor among the un.
civilized races OF the world, m bringing
them to a better understanding oSthc
object OF lie. But these Christian
societies too frequently neglect the
very things at home which are Ia such
great need OF reformation aud Improve
mcnL They will take money from the
gambler, from the corrupt men, and
from him who seeks to destroy his
icllow-man, aud sometimes they will
praise hun Ia their pulpits for his
hberality, when the money they thus
obtain could be better applied in seek.
ing to elect reformation IN the man
who gives Il. They send abroad 20
teach the heather how to live and neg.
lect the greater aud more important
less tall into this same error DO our
hearts not feel kindly towards the PEG
pie OF the world who sit iu dafknessP
Yes, they do. Hence, we 20 when We
are called, and sometimes We feel so
prompted that we do not wait to be
called bu, 20 to seek the salvation Of
our fellow men. When We have done
this, how Is Il nj homer We bring In
these souls which nave been saved,
these brands snatched from the burning
and where are they today Where are
many OF those whose conversion has
required dozens Of missIOnlriesp Many
OF them, am sorry to say. are apos.
tates to the truth. They have lost the
love which SO warmed them In their
native lands. They do not now feel that
zeal which once prompted them TO en-
dufe anything for the Gospels sake.
They have lost the faith, they aye re-
creant TO the truth, and are working
with Satan and his emSslrics TO retard
the progress OF the work Of God In the
earth. They are sending back 10 their
kindred and friends letters filled with
ialsehoods, though sometimes telling
the truth, be II said to our shame, con.
corning US, and thus giving oiiense TO
those who might otherwise receive the
Gospel. / think we need missionaries
to be called to the labor Of looking
after those tender and uniformed souls
that come In here from abroad, When
] was a missionary In the old countries
We frequently used 10 sing,
Think not. when You gather 10 Zion.
Your troubles and trials nee through.
That nothing hut comfort and pleasure
Are waiting To- Zion for you,
The Elders have frequently warned
the people not to expec, perfection in
the Saints Of Zion; but do you think 1t
makes an Impression upon theml No,
they remember the words, but they for.
get the meaning, they DO not realize
that anything but purity can exist In the
midst Of the people protesting
such principles as our Elders teach In
the world. And when they come here
they are almost thrown from the ears
and turned adriit, and leit 10 20 hithcr
aud thther to mingle with people Of all
classes. They see the weaknesses OF
those whom they have learned to revere
and honor while absent from them, and
they lose sight Of their good traits; and
especially do they find IN the most
shining marks the greatest amount OF
weakness, and they take oIIense, which
they should not do, at the acts Of men,
because they are not handled as they
should be-as children What would
you think OF a man who would build a
beautiful ship and who wnen It was
| completed, would turn 10 adrllt or would
launch it out among the shoals and the
hidden rocks, with no pilot TO guide il,
and no officers TO man lN Would you