Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-02

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quietly among his brethren. lie bears
the holy Mechisedck Priesthood, but he
IS not called TO be particularly promin
ent But v he Is called to be a Bishop
IN the midst Of the people, then all eyes
are upon him. An Israel expects that
bishop 60 be an exemplary man 10 all
things. And they arc entitled 10 expect
o. lie Is a representative OF the Lord.
lie bears not only the High Priesthood,
which Is the greatest Of all. bat he Is
called TO a prominent position. lie Is
set upon an cmiucncc, above everybody
else in the ward. Hence they all look
up 20 him. lie Is the head and centre
Of that ward, and the High Priests, the
Seventies, the Elders, the Lesser Priest.
hood and all the associations and or.
CARNATIONS Of the people are entitled TO
have good example from that Bishop.
Not only SO, but the whole Church, SO
ilr as he Is known as % Bishop, Is ca.
titled 20 expect from him a proper cx.
ample. And say that the Bishop who
does not set such an example b not en-.
trcly worthy OF bis position. So It Is
With every other officer Of the Church.
The president Of a quorum Of Seventies.
or OF Elders, or Of the Lesser Priest.
hood, Is also under obligation to set
correct example. II Is quite Just that
the people should expect OF him a good
example. lie should be proper In bis
conversation and In his associations with
the people. For when a man Is called
10 a prominent position, he Is honored
OF the Lord. II Is e direct preference
expressed for that man. Not that he
may be so very mush better than the
rest Of his brethren with whom Dc is
associated, but the Lord shows prefer
cncc for him, and puts a responsibility
upon him above that OF his brethren
Therefore, more is expected OF him.
When a man Is called to be Bishop he
Is called 10 one Of the most responsible
works that there Is IN the midst Of the
people. do not know olany office In the
Church that makes a man as much ser
want ana almost slave as the office OF
Bishop. a Bishop Is expected 10 serve
everybody. lie Is expected to b. at the
beck and call OF everybody In his ward.
And q Is a most difficult position 10 ON.
Not many weeks ago we were selecting
a Bishop for one OF the wards In Provo,
and High Councillor remarked that Il
was very much easier to yet High Couu-
cilurs than 10 find a successful Bishop.
High Councillors, OF course, are men OF
prominence Ia the midst OF the people;
but they do not have their moses on the
grindstone" all the time as the Bishops
do. Whenever High Councillors are
brought prominently before the people.
Il Is In some case Of trial, as a rule, on
appeal from the Bishops court, or
originally before the High Council. But
the Bishop Is always In the fray. A
great many things are required Of the
Bishop every day; and, as was said at
Provo, Il is very difficult thing to find
a Bishop. Why this same man said,
I've can find Apostles great deal easier
than we can find Bishops. and pointed
10 me, as Il to say It was easy TO get an
Apostle when was chosen.
hold that Of all men In this Church
those who are called to be Bishops
should not only be tho servants OF the
people and working constantly, as they
are, but they should be men as near
iaultless as men can possibly be, because
they have TO look everybody Ia their
wards square IN the face. Every family
In the ward looks 10 the Bishop as 10 a
father. lie Is their cxemplar, thcir teach.
er, their head. Aud a father IS alwayg
expected to set a good example before
his children, The chief requirement Of
the Gospel is that we should be like the
Father. The Savior said, "Be ye there.
fore perfect, as your Father which Is In
heaven Is perfect" We ought TO be as
perfect as the father OF the ward Is, and
he ought to be perfect as our Father In
heaven. The Lord expects him TO set a
good example before every family and
every department Ia his ward. The
Lord also expects il OF every other man
that lie has honored, aud to whose lot
II has fallen to be prominently before
the people. And an cNemplar is n man
who sets good examples aud no bad
ones. A man Us not an exemplary man
who sets bad examples; he Is not II he
sets even one bad example. lie NAV
be nearer than a man who sets two bad
examples; still he lacks. An exemplary
man Is a man who sets good examples
and whose examples are proper to follow.
These prominent men particularly ought
to be exemplary men, Bishops Coun.
sellers as well as Bishops should be
exemplars. They are the men that are
likely TO become Bishops, aud they
ought to be prepared for that The
schooling Of a Counselor should iit and
prepare him to make good Bishop
The High Councillors also, who arc not
called to have their noses on the grind
stone" all the time in the service OF the
Lord, should be cultiyaling themselves
for any position the Lord may want TO
| call them to. High Councillors are con.
sidered as men who stand al the front
In re Stake, and they should not only
set good examples, but they should be
good teachers. II they have not labor
to perform In the High Council, they
should be llbarIng us teacher, by cx-
| ample and preccpI Ills not enough TO
teach by example, We ought 20 teach
also by prccepL Examples are good,
and better ,hln anything else perhaps;
| but it Is well that a man should talk.
We are given our tongues that we may
talk We should bear testimony to the
truth OF the Gospel, encourage the pco.
! pie and let our voices be heard; Tor
there Is great power In the voices oil
the men who Keep the commandment
OF the Lord, We judge men very ire.
| qucnuy by hearing them talk, aud we
can weigh their spirits. heard a young
man out In Oakley q few weeks ago
1 lie was returned missionary, and was
| given fifteen minutes in which TO ialE
/ lie only took ten minutes; but IN tina,
/ short time he revealed to the congTegl.
ton his faith aud hope aud determine
| ton In the Gospel as he could not have
! done without years OF faithful labor
! The testimony that accompanied the
| words that he spoke came rom the
/ bottom Of his heart. lie might have sat
! there in the congregation while tue rest