Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-19

anything OF mans device. Il is that
/ thought which ! desire to impress
/ upon the Llltcr.day Saints. God has
| founded Zion, and the poor Of His PEG.
| pie will put their trust In It. There Is
/ nothing lacking In this organization.
/ There IS no benevolent society that
exists, or that can be formed by human
| beings, that will reach the wants Of the
/ children OF men as effectively as the
/ organization which the Lord has given
/ 10 ms. and Of which we now are a part.
/ ] know that there are men who have
/ very plausible and attractive ideas com
| corning the evils that exist DO society
| and the. manner of correcting them.
| Attempts TO correct them have been
made for years aud years. but they have
not resulted successfully / can state,
without the least fear OF successful con.
tfadiciion that the Latter day Saints
| have done more as an organized society
| towards fcdeeming the people and cor
| rccting the evils that exist in society,
and under which society gro3ns, than
any other organization ON the face Of
the earth. ! make that statement with
q full understanding on my part Of It's
! meaning and extent, Aud that which
we have done Is only the beginning Of
| that which we propose TO do in the
Lords good time. The Lord has not
Ten as in Ignorance concerning these
matters. This doctrine of equality that
| the anarchists, nihilIsts, socialists aud
such people dwell upon some OF them
are fcsouing 10 the most dreadful
violence 10 carry out their schcmcsh Is
understood by as. for the Lord has
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/ d shall be fulfilled lie has given Us
/ the law with a great deal OF pliinncss.
| But we are not prepared to carry d out.
The leaders OF the people are doing
! their best 10 teaching the people the
| primary principles Of equality but d
will take time. 70 will take the power OF
God, Il will take circumstances that will
almost compel as 10 adopt that which
/ God has revealed, in order to carry out
that which lie has laid before rs az
duty that We must perform. want TO
say 10 you that the day will come-dnd
u will be brought about by the Latter.
| day Slints-whtn there will be such an
equality in all things among Us that
there will be no want, no deficiency Of
any element necessary for mans happi'
ness, no monopoly, when one man viii
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another man De destitute. We are aim.
Ing at that, my brethren and sisters, and
we are the only people, am free 10
say that can entertain the least hope
that they will ever accomplish a. These
secret organizations may throw down
thrones; they may destroy dynastic5;
they may cause blood TO flow in tor.
rents, but they will never accomplish
this reform that we shall achieve and
that, too, By peaceful methods-ny the
operation Of laws which God has made
plain, so plain that, as the Bible says,
wayarlng man, though fool, necd not
err therein.
The Lord has given enough to the
earth to make al is inhabitants happy
There is no element that is not IN sulh.
cicnt abundance for all. And Il Is con.
trary TO the will OF God, so lie has re-
ycaled to as, that one man shall possess
so much above another-one Wallow in
luxury while his neighbor goes desti-
tuic, lie has taught Us the way by
which this shall be corrected. This
being the case. shall We turn our eyes
from the Zion OF God In this or IN the
other direction. looking for something
beterl II we do, We despise the wisdom
and counsel OF God. we throw aside
that which lie has revealed Ia the
greatest plainness, and we turn our
backs upon the history and experience
Of this people.
Let me say TO you that Il Is In vain
for men to endeavot 10 patch mp sys.
tens to remedy the existing evils, They
have not the wisdom to do IL. You can
see the condition OF the world in Consc.
qucnce Of mans wisdom beng cXcr.
Cised. On every hand there b. con-
fusion, turmoil, strife. There IS poverty
and misery on one hand and luxury
and a supembundancc on the other
hand. This Is not right, aud 10 will be
corrected. How Well, the Lord at,
tempted il in the early days OF this
Church; but the people did not have
faith. lie Is now schooling us. We
shall have faith sooner or later,
and we shall be Chlstened probably
tlll we do IL, do not want 10 prophecy
any evil concerning Zion. | do not want
TO threaten. have none OF the spirit
OF gloom about me connected with
Zion. ! feel to prophecy good always
about Zion. But the Lord will bring US
through circumstances that will open
our eyes, and cause Us TO see the value
OF the counsel that lie has given TO us.
We should teach It to our children. We
must unlearn the traditions that we have
received from our fathers. Those ira.
dtions teach us that Il Is the duty oil
each one TO look out for himself and to
care but little for his neighbor. We
have got to unlean that lesson. We
have got TO live for the benefit OF all.
But. like all beneiactors, In doing so we
shall very likely be misiudged. Did
you ever see a man that was bcnetaC.
tor from the Lord Jesus down, that
was not loaded with opprobrium.
aud misunderstood Jesus set rs the
example OF sell sacrifice. WHAT a lie
His wasl The Redecmer OF the world.
coming down from the mansions of
glory, taking upon himself mortality.
living Ia humility, and doing all that He
could tor mans redemption; yet lie was
hung upon the cross crucihed between
two thievesl So Il has been, to
greater or less extent, with every man
that has attempted 10 benefit his fellow
man. lie must expect 10 be misunder-
stood, TO be misrepresented, aud to have
his motives tHduced. lie must not ex.
pect to have the love Of those he Is try.
Ing to save lie may have q little Of Il.
but men are so ungratelul by nature that
they do not recognize their true bene-
factors II requires the Spirit Of God To
enlighlen the mind. You Bishops who
have labored incessanuyi you Presidents
OF Stakes, you Apostles, and all who
have labored among the people, you
Lu,tfH lao eWpeFfYuga that tf,ttr IYI.Y.r.