Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-22

the understanding to lay up TODD during
the seven years OF plenty so that he
saved not only Egypt, but enabled
Pharaoh and Egypt to save the nations
around by letting them have food to eat
in their terrible necessities. In the
Scriptures Satan is called the father OF
lies, the father OF deceit, Of misrepre'
sentation, contention and strife. George
Washington is called the father OF this
nation, by his skill, his waflike proves
and the readiness to stand at the head
Of his people, FIRST in war, first In peace,
and first To- The hearts OF his country.
men, and he so became the father OF
our country. Just so we may say con-
corning others. As ior instance the man
who discovered the control Of lightning.
Although Franklin brought Il down
from heaven In safety, yet Il was len Tor
Professor Morse To be the father OF
telegraphy ana otherwise communicate
intelligence by IL around the world. Mr.
| Watt was the father Of steam power
by discovering It's elasticity and apply
ing IL TO mechanics as motive power.
So with the Prophet Brigham Young
lie was the father OF Utah, because
under God he led the people and Is.
I tablshcd them here, to become a Terri
| tory or state, and made il possible for
many others to cons aud live here. We
! see, by the foregoing, the meanin. Of
| a father IN this general and broad sense
| IS % creator, CONTROLLER, q manager.
| Hence it was that the Prophet Isaiah
! said concerning the Lord Jesus. lie
| shall be called "thc Everlasting Father.
| The Prophet Mosiah Book OF Mormon,
| fifteenth chapter. verses ?, ANA a. has
/ told US that because OF the Spiut lie
was the Father, and because OF Ills
| having been born Ia the flesh He va.
the Son. and therefore lie IS called the
| very Eternal Father OF Heaven and
/ earth. which really means that lie Wa,
/ the very eternal Creator Of Heaven and
, earth. Ia the beginning lie Created the
| heavens and the earth Thus when We
I get am understanding OF the things oil
! God aud comprehend them, some Of
the difficult sayings OF the Scripture be-
come PLAN aud easy TO be understood.
! II We turn to the first chapter OF Johns
revelations, aud sixth verse, we ind that
/ great glory aud dominion wall be given
| unto Him "ANho hath made us kings and
priests unto God and It's Father 81
| we see that he does not assume 20 be tie
| Father Of all, but lie was the Father OF
heaven aud earth, aud was to make
men kings and priests unto Himself and
| Ills Father, knowing that lie aud Ills
Father were TWO persons, as % distinctly
maintained IN all the Scriptures. by
this We can see that rs we read tn,
Scriptures we read over great and
wonderful descriptions OF knowledge
lust as when we uncover the mine.
We find great treasures OF wealth. III,
mines, when they are found, are moi
pure gold or silver, but other material,
have to be brought together TO put VIA
thcm-what they call iluxing materials
to separate the pure metal from th'
dross, and to bring out the gcnun,
article liz for market. So II we seafcl
the Scriptures We lind the principle
described and the instructions given by
which we are enabled to understand
these truths in similar way, and 4
| comprehend the difference between tn
truth and the error
wish the brethren would study III