Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-07

scute. II we hurt the feelings OF a
Bishop, or an Apostle, or some man
holding high position, We may feel under
obligation to make II right with such
man; but we may be Indifferent to men
who are obscure and apparently insig-
nilicant Now, whoever INDUCES IN
this feeling and spirit makes great
mistake. | tell you, IN the language OF
the Savior, The angels Ol even the most
obscure among the children Of God are
constantly before the Father, or have
access to Him; and we cannot offend
one another, we cannot grieve one
another, we cannot trample upon one
anothef's rights or iniufe one another's
feelings, IN the least degree, without
gfieving the Spirit OF God and placing
ourselves IN position where we need
TO repent and confess our wrongdoiug
to that individual.
We should also be careful about this
In our families. | would not offend one
OF my little children. / would not gficvc
him or trcsspass upon him without
asking for giveness. / have never done
It Intentionally; but II have happened
to do something OF that kind, would
ask that child's forgiveness as carefully
as u It were a grown man or woman.
Aud so with the humblcst oil my
brethren and sisters. feel / am
under obligation to ask forgiveness
when hurt anyone's feelings. do no,
Know that ! do so Intentionally, but y !
should happen 10 do so unintentionally,
1t would be my duty to ask iofgivsIc IS,
50 mat soul would not be grieyed or
offended. feel that this & the way
men should live with their wives, and
wives with their husbands, aud children
with their parents. We should cultivate
this feeling OF respect aud love Tor each
other, aud take course to build each
other up, aud to foster that ieelin. Of
love that is so precious and which O.
IN His mercy has given TO ". II we do
this, we can make our homes heaven on
earth. We will have heaven IN our owu
bosoms and IN our own habitations; and
our children will grow up under is IN.
iluence, and the effect Of 1t will be ielt
IN the circle IN which we move. The
example that we set will have the effect
TO suOdue others and to diSarm them,
and Il will conquer that feeling OF hatred
and auimosity and strife that Satan Is
seeking TO ongender In the midst OF the
saints as well as IN the world.
God has gathered US out, my brethren
and sisters from the nations Of the
earth TO effect great revolution IN the
earth. II any Of YOU think that all we
have to do Is TO Join the Church and
come and live here Just like our fathers
and mothers lived. and be the same kind
OF people as were our fathers and
mothers-liye with the same traditions,
the same nartowness Of view. and the
same want Of progreSs-theu the galhcr-
INK has been OF little benefit to us. The
spirit Of gathering has been given 10 as
Tor a purpose-nUt merely 10 come here
and live according to our old habits and
ways, but 10 make rs new people, to
take away our old hearts OF stone and
give US hearts Of flesh; take away the
darkness that has enshroudcd US and
give unto US the light Of truth, and to
make MS an entirely different people.
God intenCs TO accomplish through us
a great work In the earth, aud II should
be the aim OF every individual who Joins
this Church to contribute his or her
part to this great change that the Lord
Is working out. and to hold himself and
herself in readiness 10 carry out the
counsels and Instructions OF the Spirit
OF God. We should all open our hearts
TO receive the teachings Of the Spirit,
and not be content without we have
them. We should not be content to pass
along like other people; hut we should
seek constantly TO have more and more
Of the light Of truth In our hearts and to
have broader comprehension Of the
character and purpose OF this work that
God has established. II every man
will do this, Il will be astonishing the
progress that will be made by the
Lattrr-day Saints. Il is our duty to do
Il. God has called us to do IL. lie has
brought rs out from the nations OF the
earth for this express purpose, lie has
sent His servants to teach MS, and they
labor with us constantly. But the diff
Guilty with some OF Us is that we allow
their tcachngs-to use a familiar ex.
pression-to 20 in at one ear ind out AZ
the other. We hear them so often that
they cease 10 have effect upon US. am
striving continually TO overcome this;
but feel In myself the consequences OF
the fill, AS we all do. We are here in a
slate Of probation. There Is a veil Of
darkness drawn between Us and eternity.
We are. lett TO gropo IN this condition
and to Struggle with these surrounding
o.
purpose IN this. lie has not put us here
to crafty a whim; lie has put Us here to
accomplish an end, and that end IS to
give US the experience that we must
have in order to I'LL the destiny that
awaits uS lie wants US to be like him.
sell. lie loves us just a8 all parents
should love their enildrsn-supTemely
so. And lie desires, In placing Us here,
that we should realize the object that
He has in view In giving us this proba.
ton. He wants us to understand the
power Of Satan, 1t seems as though
evil Is as eternal as good, error as
eternal as truth, aud therefore He wants
Us to know this power. do not know
what the Father has in store for us To
the full extent, but | suppose that evil
will always exist, and though we shall
be emsnCipated from the power and
dominion OF evil, IL will Ee by keeping
the commandments OF God, and we
shall understand IN eternity that which
we have learned In the flesh, and we
shall know the dreadful effect OF doing
evil. This Is the object that God has
had in placing US here and leaving us to
the exercise Of cur agency. The DAYS
OF our probation are not many. We
shall have but one probation. This Is
the opportunity for Us TO gain this ex-
perience, and we should make use OF IL
carefully. We should not allow the day
to pass without proiting by H. We
should look upon this existence as an
exceedingly precious one, in view oi the
object OF our Father in placing US here.
lie has given US our agency. II is in