Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-30

quirements that are made Of US TO pay
iithes and fast day donations, and TEN.
pie donations. and meeting house do.
nations, and TO contribute OF our means
TO send the Gospel 10 the nations Of the
earth--these requirements chase out Of
the heart Of man every selfish and sor-
did disposition. Instead OF being sci.
fish, the faithful Latter.day Saint Is filed
with love Of the Gospel, filled with a
desire to contribute Of time and means
for the onward advancement Of the
kingdom Of God. The Gospel, Il we
are faithful to the requirements that are
made OF US Of a financial nature, takes
the selfish, sordd man and makes Of
him a generous. noble, lree.hearted 10.
dividual-one that we can love, one that
God can love. The Gospel fills as With
a desire to leave the things OF the world,
Il need be, TO 20 10 the uitermost ends
OF the earth, without one dollar OF r..
ward, for the benefit and salvation Of
our fellow men. The natural uispOsi.
ton OF men is to practice all those things
that are gratifying to the appetitcs aud
to the passions with which we are beact;
but the requirements OF the Gospel are
such that We arc not permitted to graft.
iy ous appctites; that Il Is necessary for
us 10 be sclisacrliclng, TO overcome
aud subdue those appetites. Wien We
come to examine the requirements,
such as the Words Of Wisdom, we ind
that by obcying these we grow In
strength OF mind and strength OF body.
aud our tabernaclCs are ut dwelling
places Tor the Holy Spirit OF God. We
expand and become more and more
Godlikc when we subdue and put under
our feet these passions and appetites
which are contrary TO the mind and
will oil our Heavenly Father. So
might 20 on and enumerate all the re.
quifements that are made OF ". The
natural disposition Of man Is to become
lifted up In the pride Of his own heart,
to be sell.sulhcient, to forget God. but
the Gospel requires that we snail pray
every day OF our lives, not only with
our families, but IN secret. This re-
quirement prevents Us from becoming
scli.suilicicnt, for II makes u like little
children, bowling down anil praying to
God for the light aud inspiration Of His
Holy Spirit. AS Latter day Saints,
having received the testimony OF the
Gospel, II devolves upon Us to improve
upon this testimony by keeping the
commandment OF God; aud ! say to
you that the man that grows each day
OF his life IS the man that fills the
plain, simple, everyday duties wncn
deyolve upon him. II is not the test.
monies that We have had, Il Is not the
many visions that have come TO US.
Why the men above all men who were
abundantly blessed by seeing angels, by
even seeing our Lord and SAVIOR Jesus
Christ, as did Sidney Rigdon aud Oliver
Cowdefy-,hese men were not kept
firm and steadiast in the Church by
these great blessings aud manifesto.
tons. But the men who kept the CON
mandments OF God. the men who were
faithful in.thelf prayers, the men who
sustained and upheld the Priesthood OF
God at all times and under al circum-
stances, the men who obeyed the Words
Of Wisdom, the men who paid their
tiihing. have always been true aud faith.
ful. aud have never lost the Spirit o,
God. Those. however, who have got Ia