Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-19

IN the faith that you have accepted, and
IN the stability oil your character, the
name OF Laitcr.day Saint shall indeed
become a synonym for integrity aud for
honor In the world. There are cases
that arise In the midst Of Our business
experiences wherein men, In some IN.
stances, are seeking 10 hide that which
they possess aud TO avoid the result OF
their actions. The spirit OF integrity
should be fixed among the people, 30
that every Obligation We assume we puf-
pose TO meet, II il carries US even be
You'd the pale OF this existence-paying
every debt 10 the uttermost limit, that
our record may be without stain In the
experiences OF time rs well as when we
shall stand in the presence OF our God
and make reckoning for the Stewardship
that has been committed to US. We
cannot afford TO be FILTERED about; we
cannot afford to be tempered with.
There may be conditions OF public
policy IN connection with our lives that
may call Tor us to do our part In seeking
TO allay cxcitcmenis aud to restore with
IN ourselves, as far as possible, the
strength and iortitude to continue TN the
proper line. There may be very
peculiar circumstances arise among US
They doubtless will arise in the future
as they have In the past. But hope,
so far rs ] am concerned, that there
shall never occir In the experiences Of
my lie a condition that shall IN any
sense turn me away from that which
every fibre Of my being Is convinced Is
correct, or IN any sense cause me 20
seek to lower the standard OF the cause
which the Lord himself established, and
which lie will make honorable Ia the
earth, even though perchauce we may
| tall from the ships side and be lost 10
the torrent that may sweep us away.
The spirit Of the Gospel IS the spirit Of
peace. Of happiness, OF love, OF iofbear.
ance extreme iofbeaTance. A. has
| been suggested, time has been given 10
our brethren and sisters who are not
fully meeting the requirements and
obligations OF the Gospel, Il no doubt
will continue to be the case. The man
that does not pay his tiihes will be found
sitting In the church side by side with
the man who does pay his tilhes.
The man who does not attend to his
prayers will be found minging with anu
enjoying the social companionship OF MS
brethren and sisters. But were We to
bring the principles OF government In
the Church strictly aud squarely IN their
application, how many OF MS would find
ourselves properly within the limits OF
the rghig Let every man ask himself.
let every woman look into her own soul.
let every boy and every girl canvass the
situation In their own lives. and see
wherein they have missed that measure
Of righteousness, OF earnestncss, OF truth
and OF charity. We have been informed
that charity coverelh multitude OF sins.
We should cultivate that spirit OF
charity, and exercise II In wisdom
without Gods mercy and love. without
His temperate use Of justice, lew Of US
would have been found within the fold.
But lie has tempered the wind to the
shorn lamb; and I, with my weaknesses.
can stand up in the presence OF the
Saints and say lie Is good Father.
| eau say lie Is possessed OF divine love
eau say lie has been possessed OF
charity IN my case, or | should have
been banished from the companionship
OF the people love above all other peo-
pie In the world Tor my disobedience
aud INSTRUMENTATION, and for my lack Of
a proper comprehension possibly OF the
relative positions that we occupy IN the
accomplishment OF the work our Father
has set US TO do. But thank Him that
my feeling has been that with my ASSOC
ciates desire TO live, with them de.
sire TO mingle. with them ! desire 10
mainiai' the standard lie has planted,
and sc, .he uplifting Of the human race,
that the brightest and purest examples
that have been among men shall be
magnifed, and that these impure and
vicious examples which have arisen
among men may stand Tor men to look
upon and recoll from them as they
would from the gates Of hell. May the
spirit TO do the bidding OF our Father
govern Us In all things. When the scales
Of justice must fall, let them fall with a
feeling In our breasts that we wish II
could be otherwise, that our brothers or
our sisters drifting away from the path
OF life could learn the spirit OF humility
and sense the operations of the spirit OF
love and charity, turning to the fold and
saying, ~ am with you heart and hand
la the accomplishment OF the purposes
Of the Lord. | am with you determined
and fixed that justice shall be done,
tempered with that legitimate mercy
that shall give each man and each wo-
man time to reflect upon the position IN
which they stand and elect as toy the
course they will pursue" | believe that
this spirit has been manifest In the
Church by lis leaders from time to time
| believe that 1t will continue to be man.
Tested, and that the efforts and labors
OF every man possessed OF the Priest
hood OF the Son of God shall be ior the
salvation of our Fathers children.
My brethren and sisters, feel that
language Is inadequate to express the
feelings In my heart in regard to you
and to the work In which we are en-.
paped. II Is the work OF love committed
10 us by the Maker. You men with grey
hairs and bowed forms have preached It
In many lands and elmes. You ladies
whose forms are bowed down with care
have made sacrifices in the separation
from your husbands and bread winners,
and YOU have sought to implanl within
the breasts OF your children faith In the
Supreme Being. desire to say before
Won here today, though Maynard sons
and daughters may arise m our house
holds. DO not believe that your prayers
u,iil he unheard. / believe In every
home where men and women have
goupht 10 reach their Maker IN the
form prescribed by HIM, the maynard
ones will return to them. They may be
scared, they may be bruised, they may
have passed through bitter experiences,
but they will come and bow At your feet
and thank their Heavenly Father that
vou were their fathers and their mothers,
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