Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-01
CHARITY FOR ALL.
Salt Lake city, Sunday After
noon July ist 1894,
ELDER ABRAHAM H. CANNON.
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which felt that he owed a duty alone to
those Of his own society. But when the
Gospel was introduced by Jesus and
was proclaimed in It's purity; when the
law which required an eye for aud eye,
or a tooth iof a tooth. was done away
u was then that the spirit Of intefna.
uonal love, II We may call u such, was
introduced among the human family
aud men began, just ~ proportion to
the amount OF the spirit Of the Gospel
which they possessed, to enlarge their
souls and to embrace within the limit Of
their good deeds the people Of all races
and counties. Just so the spirit of the
Gospel has come upon the people who
have received the teachings ol this
latitf'dly work. They have not iclt
that their love or labofs were to be
restricted to a certain country but that
the whole world was their field that all
mankind were their brethren, that the
creature Of the dark skin and Of the
white skin, the bondmsn and the free
man, the high and low. the rich and
poor were alike the subjects OF their
care and OF their instruction, so lar as
God had given them instruction TO i'm.
part 10 the human family. But ! think
we are still prone to some extent to
worship the distant and the past instead
OF seeking TO benefit the present. How
is II with usi Look into your own
hearts, brethren and sisters. DO your
souls not 20 out IN sympathy iOr the
poor Welsh miners who a few days ago
lost their lives In the bowels Of the
eaflhl When you hear Of these earth.
quakcs In China, or when you hear Of
the tidal waves which sweep the coun.
Try and hurl without moments warm
INK into the presence Of their Maker
thousands Of souls, does your sympathy
not go out to these poor creatures who
thus suffer the judgments Of an offended
Cod Think OF the past. Do you not
look with great admiration upon the HE
aud the death VI the SAVIOR The whole
Christian world worship Him. He IS
the Being 10 whose honor they erect
their churches, and according 10 whose
teachings, as they understand them,
they give almost daily worship. But
what was lie when upon rarth' lie
was poor de8piscd Nizarcnc-one
who had not place vhcrcon to lay llis
head. But today lie Is the onc-and
rightly too-that Is exalted above all
the human family In the thoughts Of the
Christian people OF the world. So Il Is
going to be with the Prophet Joseph
Smith. In his lifetime he was not ap.
preciated; his virtues were not recog.
nized, his goodness was not seen, except
by few who lived most closely to him,
and who were filled with the same
spirit that inspired his heart aud moved
him TO the great works which he per
formed for the salvation OF the children
Of men. But the further We 10 away
from the period OF his lie the higher
do we raise him in our estimation. the
more glorious does his lite appear to
US, and the more exalted his character.
And II is not 10 be doubted that a few
centuries hence people will speak OF
Joseph Smith as one Of the greatest
men born Of womcn-a prophet, second
only to the Savior himself Ia the gran.
deur and the magnitude OF the work
which he was the instrument Ia the
hands OF God OF accomplishing
So Is In all the affairs OF lie. We
look back upon the past and We draw
from Il our heroes and our idols. This
is right, so far as those heroes and idols
are OF the right character We look
abroad upon the earth and our sympathy
goes out 10 the afflicted OF other nations.
Yet, how do we treat the poor the
afflicted, and the suffering, whose cries
are not heard through the newspapers
Of the land, but who are none the less
sufferers though they may conceal their
trialsP DO we feel tor those next door
to Us, who are within touch Of us} Do
we feel sympathy for their sulierings.
and do our hearts yearn to extend help
to themp | hope that We do, but fear
that we do not, II Is so IN the day In
which we live concerning the men OF
God. Who among the people appreciate
as they will do IN future years the life,
the example and the character OF Prosi
dent MILFORD Woodruff Who Is there
today excepting perhaps very few,
who can grasp the extent Of his great
nessl SO II Is m all our associations
We rub daily against great men and
women. We josllc them In the battle
fife. Some Of the choicest spirits that
God has ever deigned TO bless the earth
with are here upon the earth, and yet
they are not recognized; they are UNI
appreciated because they live today
Take Il IN the case OF parents. Who of
US, having lost children, do not think OF
them a- the dearest and best children
that God has given us' Aud hlled with
this spirit how often do we not neglect
the living ones, whose spirits are lust as
pure and whose virtues are just as
numerous as those upon whom the
hand OF death has been laid} We wof-
ship those that are dead and forget our
duty to the living We are oil more or
less in the condition OF those spoken OF
in the days Of the savior We build
monuments to the dead we worship
the memories OF the past, and we forget
the opportunities and blessings OF the
present and the spirits with whom we
minglc every day OF our lives do not
wish for q moment 10 remove any
desire from the hearts OF the people 10
follow the glorious examples lelt by
men Of old. Rather would elevate
them and portray, II had the language
and power, the excellence OF the work
they did while they lived. But do not
want to see the people today getinto
condition where they do not appreciate
the present. but will sigh with regret
that they do not live In the days OF old,
when these worthy men walked upon
Gods foots,ool. want 10 impress my
self with the TACT and ] would IKE TO
see il ielt by all the people every
thing Is here today that % needlul Tor
tbe benefit aud the blessing OF the chill
dren OF men. You know how Il Is with
you Who have passed through child
hood and youth. you look back with
repret upon the moments that are lost,
me hours In which you played tTuant
frnm school. aud the opportunities that
YOU neglected. And sometimes we