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


s,rument. II it so pleases God Of saying
something in His praise and that will
move myself as well as some Of those
who are present. to do better than In
the past. This should be the object Of
our meeting together. and time is
wasted u We arc not filed with that food
which will strengthen our spirits and
w.l help US to approach nearer unto
G1l.
I, seems to me that II time has ever
,ats.cd Ia the history Of the world when
.Hg Gospel was needed among the chill.
J.tu Of men and when It's spirit should
900 every heart, that time is the present
OF course, the saving principles Of ever.
lasting truth have always been requisite
to the human family who would be
saved and glodfed In the presence ol
God. but living as we do In the last
days, in the time when we expect the
early advent Of the Savior, and consider.
ing the wonderful events which are to
prccede His coming, II looks as though
we needed more Of the Spirit Of the
Gospel than has ever been the case.
We need that love, that charity, that FOR
bcarance and that long.sulering which
are so great and essential principles Of
lhc truth. We need them, not alone
among ourselves, where they should In
greatest measure prevail, but they arc
needed by Us in all our associations
with the world at large. Look at the
terrible condition OF things that prevails
in the earth. See the strife. the quarrel.
ling and the contention which every
where are manifest among the human
family Look a, the spirit which b
even creeping In among the Saints and
causing to some extent at least, feel.
ing OF division, Of unrest and Of dissatis-
faction. Then, after considering these
things, ask yourselves the question,
Does il not seem necessary that God
should more abundantly pour out upon
us In these days the spirit of the Gospel,
which unites, builds up and strengthens
all who are partakeB OF IN The more !
mingle among my fellows, the more !
read OF the events occurring IN the
world the more do | feel the necessity
Of exercising towards my fellow men
the spirit OF charity and love, and Of
seeking to show by my actions, more
distinctly than by my words, that am
indeed seeking to bless and benefit, not
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mlngle. Indeed, there are none OF MS
but that should be filled with the spirit |
OF love-love ior the whole human FAM
Ivy; Tor we are all necessary 10 the maxi |
ing up OF a complete world such as that |
10 which we live, and however exalted |
the stations Of some may be, however |
free some may be, or however low OF In |
bondage others may be, one class can
not say to another that It has no need |
Of il. The likeness which the Apostle |
Paul gave In speaking OF the body as |
compared with the Church OF Christ |
can likewise be applied to the world at |
large. The very members Of the social !
fabric, which are sometimes considered !
the most degraded and OF least use, are |
those sometimes from whom the great |
est amount Of good proceeds. Those |
parts upon which we bestow the least |
favor are sometimes the parts which are
most needed for the benefit and blessing |
ui the body whose habltatlon Is the
earth. We may think, perhaps, with
our exalted ideas OF the civilized races,
that We have no need OF the African
Houcntot, OF the South American
Indian, OF the degraded inhabitants Of
the Pacific Islands, OF the EsquimauN OF
the North, or OF those creatures TO whom
We now and again send missionaries to
teach them the ways Of temporal as well
as Of spiritual life; but these classes,
degraded as many Of them are, are
needlul to the world In which we live
and many Of those very beings whom
we look upon as degraded and low are
living nearer to the law Of God as
written IN their souls than are the So
called Christian nations OF the earth,
who boast OF their enlightenment their
wisdom, and their inspiration. do not
believe that there is thing created In
this world, or In the universal system,
that was not made by the Great Creator
With some wise purpose IN view. In
other words, | do not believe there Is
any waste In nature, or anything that Is
useless, We may think there Is, We
may not be able to comprehend the
uses Tor which God has made this or
that thing; but the further science pro.
Errsses, the greater knowledge and
light we receive, the more abundant
does The testimony become unto US
that God has not made anything to be
useless upon this earth, or upon any
other earth, And II becomes US To
accept the conditions which surround
us aud to endeayor by the light Of the
Sp.nt OF God to improve, not only our
selves, but everything else connected
with the earth, upon which we not only
1--we now, but which, we are told, shall
DE our eternal home, II should be our
effort to make improvements wherever
We 20 and leave our mark upon the
world, that It shall be better for our
having existed In IL, and not allow the
talents that God has given us, feeble
though they are, TO be wasted in idle
ness, In folly, and In sin, which degrades
us here, and which will bring to Us In
eternity the condemnation which every
unrghteous man will merit. There was
a time when 1t was the feeling among
the human family that man owed some
duty to his own house, or to his own
race. The Roman sought to favor the
Roman; the aTlstOcrat bestowed bless,
ings upon his fellow arlslocrat, the p c.
bians had their ideas OF the duty they
owed to those OF their class; and thus
mankind became broken up To a certain
extent into families, and clans, ard
various organizations, each member Of