Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-16


testify TO- you. as a servant %. Cod ilat
V you viii humble yourselves In thi5
manner. God will pour uui Wis Holy
Spirit upon you Boz power Your souls
will be- ciclusui by that power You
will be slnci.lCi aud renovated and
made anew, as 10 were. and you NIll feel
the power OF God, aud can testify con.
corning DO, and then YOU Will feel a5
though YOU could forgive the whole
world. 10 any Of your brethren aud
sisters have wtOuEgI YlH, you wiU i.eI
20 forgive them with 100 you. bead. For
] Tell you when men HUI women .tt
the Spirit Of God on them. 70 they have
done wt0ug 90 uto,IuL they viii zee
pgut OF 81, !. any have offended mg Zoo
any .uncr. all ask is that God will
pour out Hls Holy Spirit upon iHgm
That is 900 iha revenge ] wan. For
know that 3. God will pour uut li.g
Spirit upon them, 10 they have done me
wrong they yi'l see d. and DO ] have
done wrong, / Wi.l see 30. aud Wi.i feel
90 make that wfung right Therefore.
we arg commanded 60 pray iof our
/ enemies and those thar dcsnig'uI.y use
u8. Why Because if Wc pray for
/ them, and they get The Spirit of God
ilay Will repent of the wrong they have
/ done and make % right We should
/ cherish love Tor the human family. Tor
God Is love, he 8 @ loving Father. aud
we should love, aud not hate Hatred
| i' auiagunisNg To- the Spr', of God, and
! % cannot reign iu taa heart where Che
! spirit OF Good D.. % b. love chat Will
| conquer Do D. love that will WIu. 10 ts lg
owe tIJl God draws DIS children 90
/ Him, and DO a by love chat we ull. draw
u o.
seeking % rgJIiaie. !. you feel prompt.
/ ci 90 fculntc, ur a.mgu lY, 'Eet even,
sou may know that chat spirit Is not of
God, that feeling s not one OF the fruits
/ ui the Spirit uI Cod.
We are engaged 300 the greatest wur..
| That has ayct been upon che utItl. God
has chosen the l3Ugr.jly Saints 20 JAS
! IUc foundation ui work .hll wall stand
forever For one thousand y,lu there
WilI hg uninterrupted peace ON this iaif
| earth OF ours. Satan will De bound,
aud will not have power TO tempt.
! There will Doe such q righteous people
/ that they will not listen o. DIS tgmpa.
! lions. The LlitHrday Saints are the
people whom God hls chosen t1 DO iuIs
work, h they viii, 10 they wIl not do
| DO Tic Will raise up those WHO WiI.. Tor
! tna work cannot stand suI, ltWay Dee
| that many ul tNa people viii Doe like che
| children OF israel whom God Jed uut of
| Egypt he designed o. they bad been
/ willing 10 have lgd them into Che
| promised land. lie did everything lhat
| Doe could iur them, De manifested III IS
/ power lie led them with cloud hy dIy
/ aud 1plIlar ul fife by night; lie TED them
| with angels food from heaven. as lhe
| lsllmist call, Do, llr brought them water
| from tHu Il.uiy rock; ilg wrought many
I miracles m their behalf Ntttisasll
| thing 10 say that ouf of tbe multitude of
/ ihe lsHelleg uhu lcu Egypt, only TWO
| OF them over twenty Ftlu ui ggu lived
! 60 enter the promised land. lHc car.
ras,ys of tHe people laid in the wilder.
ness, because they were hard iu their
hearts, aud they provoked the Lord,
and lie swoIc Boz Hs wrath that lhry
should not enter into that land lie
took away the Holy Mclchzudgk PRIEST.
hood from them, and gave them the
! Alfuuic Priesthood, and the law Of CamIl
commandments, which should be- asa
schoolmlsier TO bring them 10 Christ
So hard in their hearts were they that
when they were bitten hy the fiery SER.
penis, they persisted because they would
not take the trouble or did not have the
faith 10 look upon the buzen serpent
/ which Moses had made at the command
of God. The savior 900 1lludluE Co this,
! said that DE should De- lifted up even as
Moses lifted up the 1asgn serpent boo
thr wilderness. and those who looked
Go him should receive salvation.
Now, my brethren and sisters, wc may
not be 40 hard boo our hearts as they
| were, but we are ln somewhat similar
condition. We arc bon state of urlha.
ton and of uill. God has assigned us
great work, % we will take hold of b.
II should be the desire Ui every man boz
this Church 10 go live that the promises
of God will Dee sure % him, that God
will spare bis seed, So that iu every gene
Grafton, as long as time shall last. he
will have faithful men OF bis dc cent
bearing the Priesthood, 10 stand up be-
fore God aud TO serve Him, "Oh that
my pustgrity may live and De faithful To
the truth, so that when wCkcdness and
all who do wiCkCd'y shall be swept from
the face Of the earth. they will remain
numbered among the people OF God %
! This should be the feeling OF every
lattgr.day Saint And how shall they
remlin' Only by keeping the com-
miudments OF God ourselves and teach.
ing them 20 do So. Every man should
feel that there Is @ great responsibility
resting upon him % ser proper yXam-
pie before bis family, and every woman
should feel the same, that their children
may copy after them, and with profit 80
that II shall not be sold that through our
uulithulUesa our children have gone
asifay and done that which Is wrong
! Some OF them perhaps will go ustfay
anyway, DO the best we can, but there
will be no responsibility attaching 10 us
) | % we do our duty we sail no least have
our garments clear of their blood and
the blood OF all other men. Therefore,
Ia all our dealings, my brethren aud Sis
) tiers, let u8 remember who we are, let us
! ! remember what God has promised unto
as, and what He has chosen Us TO DO,
| lie has chosen u5 to be kings and
| priests, aud 10 hold great dignity and
! power in the eternal worlds, aud we
] | should live worthy of b, We should
o bear testimony unto our Father by our
{ lives that we have not received these
e bIga5ugs In vain, that we shall not De
. ! cur oil as the children of Israel Wglt
. | without seeing the luIhlmeut ui thl
. promises OF God, but that we may live
{ uut our days, and our children after u.s.
] 10 behold the goodness Of God and The
e going forth of His mighty power ~ thJ
e earth. For Ills power will be more and
2 more manifest and wickedness will b,
4 swept from the face OF the earth, Tn,
b day Is approaching when this will be IN,
2. case, and when all who practice wicked