Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-15
|o,lr Present Duties,
=, the TObornae,e. SAT- Lake city. Sunday Feb
IA pelvered J" r,,ary end, 1896, by
ELDER ABRAHAM H. CANNON
,.,,os1Fp ny ARTHUR wrNrER.J

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'aais PC Y md Is, viii be pleased to give give.
',' ,s Lo'I which will strengthen ,, Gu,
30 = , 'n.' q. n the great work which
\. y ~ e,Iled Us to perform .,
p Wv n there is any member Of
, ,'o,,b ' realizes the great res res
- W., ,b,, rests upon US as a pe1-
''I ,,o.s, his very much indeed
,0r, that many Of US have but
~. ! - comprehension Of our duties
", ..'i,,,ion,, Il We may Judge rom
80, Of those who profess to be
~ saints. / have wondered
Y, .', -, condition would be in a cen,
~ ,.o Il God did not now ana
1 Y. i,',po,e to bring to US realita'
"a, inporanee Of the principles
y. y. Ne Ia, revealed; ior you know
-..,v and again become careless
. \ ..fs,reni, when something occurs
IA ( ins1plieablc to US and some
aver tying, to arouse our thoughts
lnofe,s Us with the Importance
| ~, lorro,ien or neglected duty !
/. rs.rdsd Of a story told by the
~ ,sd Roman churches. 1t runs in
4 ,,,; Atthe time the prosecutions
=, nrns so bitterly against the early
y, ,,yen youths sought escape in a
T.. and lonely cave. After a time
I, Lord m,reliully permitted them to
/ n YI,tp; and SO deep and long was
| M aanbsr that they did not waken
4 tso hundred years had passed
Inc they we're aroused from their
=. A,y went forth into the city OF
|E,ssus to which they belonged, and
-iy hey began to enquire OF the
''7s . mere were any N'',"", ~
= ay' Nhi''iihs. was "S
,si. "Ehy. we are all Christians, and
,lsnee Of I, they pointed out the
4 .,-,;,,l churches surmounted by the
fss, Hhsftin the worship Of God was
~, and as these young men visited tue
|,,ossoi learning they found the prin-
Il, o,,hs cosn.l there taught ae.
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efaHs 70 inc written "oiu' in'y
I'D i was popular TO be Christians,
asid Of unpopular, as II was when
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~ Ns''u, professors WIN 'ne'' 'ea'h'
q tsa the humble workmen, were
.los,n Of the cross and proiessed dis.
lead I,ws. For time ,bev greatly
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,sps they found that while the pro.
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4, o., ,i IVY, HS'S no, laillesseu among
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4 TX ! ~ ' ~, mem mem unto Himself;
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.os, , MN w, 'V ,l, 70 compare CON
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NJ an, co,I itipe's We aIe gong INTO
s,,, yor oy, ,,s', ,. n.a' prevailed when
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d d M sarlv ,, wy ny nsst wa manifesto
Ip ,S.n ' eon.; ,ise o. me Church. IL
v,,lss .a .OuIlueIed an evidence Of
SAINTS q dscsnd d 1,i.n ior La'ter.day
h Ne r,,ip,a,ior guy" We man upon God
lain, r,msn'h o. lhelr sick unto
.o.btle,, b ',n'ellv't Ieadlng-and you
D; people lwsf pe ' aGl,.,Is whenever
eo,hi Il ny ,sl,,; ai,lle'ed, the first
'l's, 4 lh,y were I e,nai AUG OF them
"a 10 ,,e{ ~ sapauie OF thinking,
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sNt, q the a Sris,Sn' believing in the
svu, | 6nd MAJ 1"re u,e slGk. Now,
aziiss among nv many hundreds OF
Fought Is, moi for Gpe eV lnG whose first
,aoi he Elder oS log 90 ana I, Ills power,
sHia skill and wisdo ,'le shuLeh, but for
d, - a., S' PAN paiE. and sickness with Which
Tuned 10 h p pS,,iae agency has been
~ isad for tbs FlJs,, 'len lhe people
n N n. o. 4, frst resort; and II e ,bsi,
On they comp IsSn circumstances, too
ls'ag he psopls , arS AZ ,I ,hs lack Of faith
,.ao'g The Elders aot ,i :, loss OF power
~, .a ! they would sssI /" Me church,
~ o. the aiiIIc,iorn,s s,S, the cause OF
S -,g they would iJOF ss winch come upon
aitsei,nss, and md ma !! Ia their own
no y 4. much in he condition M dHiI55 ., 81.
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