Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-28

on this occasion, as il has been q mum.
her OF years since ! last met with you
We have all, no doubt, passed through
varied experience since then. A mum.
Der Of us. TO my certain knowledge.
have grown much older and grcycr. 81
not better; and ! presume large pro-
potion OF this congr lgauon have grown
up from comparative childhood TO man
and Womlnhood since I was last here
and that to such am comparatively q
stranger and they strangers TO me.
But hope that We have grown, at least
little, IN the right direction during the
lapse Of these years. We arc here upon
the earth Tor the purpose Of growing, Of
progressing OF developing, and Of ul.
filling the measure of our mission upon
this iootstool Of our Father We arc
born into the world in very helpless
condition, one Of great dependence and
ignorance. We have TO begin at The
very foundation and learn all that We
know in the course Of a lifetime. We
have not only to develop the body, but
also the MIND, tHu spiritual or immortal
part; Tor We are dual beings, possessing
mortality and Immortality body and
spirit. While the body may reach the
limit Of lbs development in q few years.
the spirit IS OF q different character. II.
to1, may reach lba limit OF i,s dimen.
sions; but never perhaps vii itIctcn to
thc limit OF rs capacity to acquire knowl.
edge. power and understanding. There
is uu limit 10 growth and development
10 this direction, so ar as We have any
knowledge ior there is no end 10 pro.
grcss on. God or Heavenly Father Is
su.l progressing, While lie knows all
that is, all tina, has been, and possibly
al things that lie designs for the future
and what will be IN the future, yet lie Is
constantly adding to His dominion, con.
sant.y increasing His power, constantly
developing In lis resources and in Ills
glorious aspirations. This, ut least, Is
cur understanding Of the condition OF
our Father In heaven. The thought has
been expressed and accepted as truth,
that as we are now, God has been. ami
as God Is now We may be; and n we adj
mil this 10 be a truih-and / have no
disposition to dispute it-ihcn ] repeat
that even God our Heavenly Father has
not reached the ulumatum oi His great.
ness, tbs power OF HIS capacity, but
that lie Is continually increasing aud OK.
panalug boz power. in dominion, in glory
and IA greatness % / may be permitted
TO use such terms %, these which some
people who knew n1 better would cal.
blup .gmIus, boz connection with the Su.
pfume Being, the Father of Us an, All
OF COS have mad more or lees experience
in the world. aud from the time We were
born until now there has been Oppouu.
nifty iuT us TO improve our mental and
spiritual condition, TO enlarge ourselves,
Intellectually aud spiritually, to increase
our powers of comprehension ami our
knowledge, and to plOHt by our eNpcT
fence iu the world. Those OF us who
have not improved our opportunities as
we should have done, ought O. be
atour ed o possible, to renewed deter
mlnaluu, To- form resolutions that We
viii begin again 10 the school OF life on
tie road to spiritual and mental growth
and development In every way that Is
good, The man who is still gtuyuling
under the weaknesses of mortality
should resolve that from this time forth
he will begin anew to ny to rise above
those wcdkuesses. Let him pick out an
object IN life, It he can Tor an example
unto himself Let him study the chanc-
ter and attributes OF that chosen exam.
pie, aud see Il Il Is not possible, weak
and prone as lac is to evil, to overcome
his weaknesses, impereciiOns and
burst the letters that bind him 10 these
gTuyellng things aud rise above them,
and emulate tue example OF one who rs
more perfect, more noble. and better in
some Il not ia every respect than he Is.
II any man has been guilty In the past OF
doing wrong, let him say at once, "l
will seek TOT an eNemplar, who will be
as a beacon light to me, To guide me il
the ugnt path, that heuceioTth and tor
ever ! may rise above the evil that
have been guilty OF, and become a bet.
ter man than have ever been" This
Is the mission that We have come TO
fulfill m the world. The man who
slaCkens his hold and loses heart Ia this
great battle OF life proves himself q COW.
ard IN the performance OF the great mis-.
sion that he has come to fulfill A man
should determine m his heart that he
will emulate the examples OF the good,
that he will never cease to try aud 10
Try again, however oft he may TAIL in the
attempt unIl he shall attain 10 the high
mark he has set Tor himself, no matter
what the obstacles may be. II man
feels thus m his heart, ne will succeed,
there will be no such word as tail In h.s
vocabulary. Though he may not sue.
coed at FIRST nor again aud again, yet
each time he does not succeed he will
gain strength for the next attempt The
ulaCksmths arm at llral becomes weary
IN welding the hammer, but every blow
itstrlkes prepares II better Tor the next,
and by aud by il becomes strong and
well adapted 10 the labor which It has
TO perform. So II will be with as IN our
resolutions aud determination to over.
come evil and 10 establish UutstlyeA IN
works Of righteousness, As ! said be
fore, we are mere tupfogress and increase
IN every good word ana work, The purest
and best standard that has ever been
set for men In this world Is tae man
Jesus Christ, the son Oi the Living God,
lie has given preCepts and laws which
the world today after eighteen bundled
years OF experience and culture IN read
ing the VOID OF God, still TAIL to com
pTcheni or appreciate. Some OF the
most important principles laid down by
cur Savior and the most easily to be
understood are today among the least