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

bring out In prominent relief the virtues
and the noble characteristics OF men
and women IN and out OF the Church,
that we may be better by copying alter
the good aud not alter the bad that Is
TO the human heart Aud We are grad.
ualIy coming 20 this. aud II Is an inn
provcWent which IL seems to me should
take place Ia the Church. We say the
Bishops have this matter in hand aud
they are expected to look after the
people who locate In their wards. How
many Bishops eau or do do M
believe there are some who know every
member Of their flock and who carefully
nurse the weak and those whose step
has not become hrm To- the truth But
not all Bishops have the wisdom TO do
this, just as all mothers do not have the
wisdom concerning the proper feeding
OF their children. hut while all these
matters should occur under the dircc-
ton and supervision at the Is shops In
the various wards, wise Elders can be
found who have been iu the world, and
who know how 10 handle people, aud
they can be chosen to labor among
those who come here as well as those
who live here and teach them how to
progress IN the things OF God. By this
means We will gradually build W Zion.
We have TO get this spirit OF love
for the human family. d we do not
already possess 10. How Is Il with as
now How has II been iu the past few
years. Who Is there among us that has
not lelt In his heart that there were Ger.
tain men opposed to us who were
worthy Of dcstfuCtiun2 Who has not
tell to condemn from the depths Of his
soul those who have prosecuted as and
sought our iniury2 We have frit it But
Is Il the Spirit of the Gospel tn feel ~
No, 70 ~ not ] believe with 40 my
heart that there are men among those
who have been our most violent pcrsc,
cuiofs who are just as honest, last as
sincere, just as upright, SO far as their
knowledge goes, as some of the Latter.
day Saints. Aud they have been puf-
suing consistently and stcadhstly the
path which they thought was the right
one Tor them 10 follow. And say that
God will bless them, even though they
have done wrong, In following that
which they have conceived To be pfaper.
DO you think because Paul associated
with murderess Tor though he did not
take part In the Staying Of Stephen. he
looked on approyingly and was aces
sJry to the Cfmc) that God rejected
him' No, God called him out from the
darkness In which his soul was envel.
opcd, and lie made Paul TO see that he
was indeed prosecuting. not Stephen
alone, but God himself aud the Savior.
who was cfucihcd for the salvation vi
the human family. And how Paul there.
alter suffered for that which he had |
donel lie passed through the deep
waters Of alillction, and was overcome |
by the world, and paid the penalty OF
his trdnsgressiuns by all his noble acts
and his heroic death. So h will be with
mankind. Every man who Is honest In
his heart and acts according to the light
that God has given him will come up.
perhaps through tribulalion and sorrow,
but will still come up to glory and cx-
altation in the presence OF God While
do not believe that mutdcrcrs have a
place In the Kingdom OF God, yet / do
believe that though a mans sins be as
scarlet. Il lie repents truly and sincerely.
they may be forgiven; for the Lord will
reach out HIS hand to save the lowest
aud the most abandoned sinner, be.
cause he is a son or a daughter Of God
You parents who have children, how do
you feel regarding them1 Would you
not 20 to the ends Ut the earth to save
the offspring that God has given you,
Is there any labor too severe, Is there
any suffering too terrible Tor YOU to
endure, II you can but bring back again
TO yourself the child that God has en-.
trusted to you for a little iime' No.
Every true father or mother would be
willing to do anything that could be
required or imagined to save a child,
This being the case, how Is IL with God,
whose attributes are so much more per.
feet than ours, whose love Is so much
more intense, whose desires for our
salvation arc so much greater than ours
possibly can bc' DO you think lie will
leave His poor weak children who are
overcome Ia a moment OF passion with,
out any ambition for better thingsP No,
lie will not am pleased to know
that the God we worship IS not OF this
character. As lie saves little children
who can commit no sin until they reach
the years OF accountability, as lie saves
the heather who never heard the name
OF Christ, so lie viii also receive and
bless His children who come to Him
with souls bowed down with regret Tor
the evils they have done aud with
determinations that they will live better
hereafter, lie will receive them, and
will make their sins, which have been
as scarlet, rs white as wool.
Now, II this spirit should ON our
hearts rs concerns the human family,
how much more kind and considgratc
should We be 10 those Of our own house.
hold and Of our own church, and how
much more willing to overlook their
weaknesses, reproying them when nc.
cesslfy, but showing forth love which
will save and not degrade lhcm' With
this spirit cannot see how we can have
il in our hearts 10 turn against those
who In moment Of passion are over.
come In sin, but who repent OF their
SINS. and forbid them the association ul
the people. Much more do we need 10
extend 10 such the charity and love
which will save and cxalt them. Much
more do We need 10 show to them our
willingness to bring them into q purcr
atmosphere and into better associations.
that they may inhale with the air they
breathe the Spirit Of God, and thus be.
come better aud purcr In their lives.
We can do much 10 save them and yet
We find right among MS, with all our
professions OF love, that men are Judged
so strictly and their actions are so
closely guaged by the plummet OF Justice
unlempercd By mercy that many men
aud women today are outside of the
Church who are worthy Of a standing In
the community because they have lived
pure and vlrtuuus lives. only trust
that God will work upon their hearts
and cause them TO come back to the
Church. even though their souls may be
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