Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-28
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pacticei and conceived Of in their true
/ light by those who profess 10 be Tue
I followers Of the meek aud loWly Jc'ra
/ IL Is a comparatively easy thing Tot
man to say he believes iu God aud DO tue
atOuing blood Of Jesus Christ, that DE
/ believes iu repentance Of sin, in baptism
I iuf the rem. sion OF sin, and in the ay-
/ iug ON Of hands Tor the gIit Of The HOY
Ghost 10 o. apparently easy Tor a man
Z 10 progress thus far. but when % tom
/ TO loving ones nuighbur as oneself DO o..
not 500 easy. Here we come Co lhg
! difficult hill to climb, where We ind al
our powers taxed 10 the utmost Go get
l 20 the top OF Il. and climbing as we may
have been for many ycar of our ives,
. ] will venture the assertion that We woke
up tuis morning and found uuBelNrs
I climbing still at the loot Of the hiIl, VA"
have not even approached the summit
/ or lew men indeed, or women, even boo
/ the Church of Jesus Christ ui latiufsday
! Saints, can say lrulhiully ~ love NV
! uuighbur as ! love myself We go not
%, rule love our nc.ghbor as ws love
! ourselves Professor Holding once
! said "Di 40 my mothers sons ] love
myself the best" So it s with God .
Chi dfcn upon this earth. Though our
! Father has many OF them, and We are
sll Of one blood, and We are members
| perhaps OF one community, ui one faith
| believing In one God and 900 ONE Lord
/ Jesus Christ, yet each Of cas- loves him.
| self or herself the best. THIS iguIug
crops out 90 our daily Iiiu in our hourly
/ association with each Uiuur % TOO often
crops out even betAtyn husband Iul
I wife, often between iltF tUd children,
I and 10 is very prayd.cr. among CuUdfru
| j. tus Christianity ls tHH the doctrine
! of Jesus Chusp Not accIrlIu. Coo the
! way read the books aud understand
| the principles OF DIE aud salvation. The
! scriptures tell us thlt we should prefer
one another iu love, THAT We should
I yield yur own comfort. our own con.
! yuuicnCc, our own desires, our own
hIppues, TO the desires. tus comfort
and happiness OF our uyiEhnuE, 10 say
nothing of our kindred and loved ones.
I Jesus has laid down the doctrine that We
arc not tJTciurn wtouE iur wrong, nor
/ DO evil Tor evil, and furthermore, We are
not merely 10 do good Tor good. Even
/ the publican ana the sinners DO mat.
OF course, this b. goo as Gar Is 10 goes,
and % IS the prevalent idea 10 the world.
I 10 "a man does good to me, ] vii do good
/ 10 him; u he bvifend me, ] vail bJiucud
| HIM. sill, though he does good to
me, vet am very careful 10 watch bis
motives, and 60 see that not only does
, he not yet the advantage OF me, but b
possible that / might get advantage OF
| him, What b there Ia the prevailing
/ principles Ut tue world 10 prevent d
man from doing this' Why. not only do
the pub lean and sinner so, but the
Saints do scat least some VINO profess
60 be Saints. Though We have had iailh
though We have Tcpentcd OF our sins.
lat least, % nlmc) though we have been
baptized Tor the REMISSION Of our sins,
auI have had hands laid upon as tor tue
giit Of the Holy Ghost, am sorry to say
that many OF "a, do not appear to have
progressed but little lar her than that.
We nave not gruHu great deal above
the fathers. We have not even aiytnC.
ed very much fom the condition they
we're IN before they knew anything
about this Gospel and Priesthood Even
now, with the gilt U, the Holy Ghost u
our possession, with the uEut and pa.
yilcge OF revelation from God, with all
the increased ligut within uIy reach, with
all the plalnness OF instruction aud COuu.
sc. that mas been aud is continually be.
IN given to Us, We still are travelling tu
tue ruts OF the fathers 10 very great
extent, and We are not me- glng the
progress that men aud women uugL. 10
max, who profess to have received a
remission Of their sins by tue inter
position Of the power OF God, and the
hOl Ghost by the laying ON Of hands.
Why bless your soul, have been listen.
ing to things within the asst twenty .lour
hours that have iair.Y made my hair
stand on ends-ani u was told m the
utmost sincerity aud CindOI. We hear
tals about some men once protesting 10
be laltcTddy SAINTS, engaging ~ steal.
INK their neighboTs cattle, stealing their
ne ChBors wagons, stealing their nelgh.
! tors harness, and, for aught | Know,
stealing their neighbours chickens.
Chicken thieves, cattle thieves, harness
thieves, thieves OF every description, so
to speak, dwelling IN the community,
shielded and protected by kindred ana
friends And yet they live, and move,
anu have their being as Tree and as indie.
pendent as their honest uelghbur. Is
10 possible that such a condition. as this
can exist IN "a community like this. A
community Of Elders, Priests and Itach-
eTs, High Priests and Seyenticss Can
such a tnluE uc and the people SIC down
auI fold their arms, saying "a utJle more
sleep and little more slumber'" 10 ]
lived ~ a community where / had any
influence or power and Was convinced
tlal thieves and robbers aud bandits
existed there, / would not steep good
until had pat on foot an organization
Of honorable aud honest men who
would ferret ont the thieves and prose.
cute them To the bitter end, and put q
SOP to such condition OF things 10 II
exists. The good men and women IN q
community that Will quietly settle down
Jy tlelr ureMlgs, SHOWING that the ptO-
PIE were being plunucred b. thieves lud
| do nothing 10 upfout the evil from the
land, are N part guilty with the thieves.
| hey should not cease a moment until
every thlui was hunted out and hls true
character brought into the lght Of day,
10 be seen Of all men, ur until nc should
be- punished according 10 lne law OF his
uiitusc, that sin auu IuIluuy shall be
put stop 10 20 this region. The man
VINO shields the gully one, because ne
Is his ueighuur or AIS brother from just
punishment under the law IS carr my
the doctrine OF love tor hla ngIghuor TOO
Tar. Did you ever hear Of Jesus asking
men to shield tue wicked IA their WICK
cdness, to sLl-ld even their brother and
nurture him m the continuance OF SIM
DIl Christ ever prumu.sate sucn a
doctrine as this! No, tie an not The
doctrine that was taught by Christ was