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

Rte,hten and sisters, desire to en-
,se the sentiments and feelings eN'
,.sed by Brother Grant and President
,,ph 4. Smith this morning. While
ave made some effort 10 study, and
,ye sought to comprehend the doc
mes and views entertained by religious
k,otle, that might know the ground
,,n which they stood, cannot re-
L,mber when did not know that the
ospel was correct. In the very earliest
L,oetienees OF my life can remember
hen the gift Of tongues was manifest
the Church; can remember having
abiding faith In the laying on Of
and, Tor the healing OF the sick; and !
an remember when ! was so certain
Ia, would be made well by the I'M
ko,ition Of the hands Of good men, that
Il ere was no question OF doub, in my
hind in regard to this matter. When
La father Elmer Harris came to bless
kne as child. no matter what the all
bnent might be, | never had the least
nloubt but that health would be my por-
Mon. had seen and realized so iully
bhe blessings OF God in Connection with
his that my faith then was fixed. And
h believe Il Is lust as fully and more
Thoroughly established at the present
moment than ut any other period IN
H. life. have heard the voice Of
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ViVpnee) "''e,S "" -
llment. had the opportunity W
Iouth TO commune with that Spirit which
N. ..,,,s.ls IA an certain and 40 sure.
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nat quesuoh ih 'Fe"lu W ''s "
he Lord has never since arisen III my
knind. realizf that the white man Is a
Ionde,fullv ,aeertain man: that little
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Ihlhgs uhsea' Vu' luub"iu"' "'' wv
burn our 70 dsol. and that conditions
bfise In hue an experience that 1t is dit
81, A., =. ,t.,,ys % o,,iy c,,,,,ehepd
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But 90 u pehe'e 'na' ou' '''ie' ~
heaven u ever abandon any mau or
knv NC. aan who find themselves pulling
Eipon he tugs, with their necks in the
Lolla. straight and SQUARE, lor the
blessing OF His children. The convic.
Hos Is SO deeply settled within me in
:cgard to this matter that |, like my
Brethren, feel that II would be impos'
Dble for anything to shake that feeling
bud determination to be found striving
Tor the advancement aud the upbuilding
| ti God among the childten OF men.
The work oi the Lord. as Il has been
committed TO MS, requires OF all a
Broken heart and conirite spirit. There
NDTe none OF us In danger while this con-
tition1s with us. We arc only IN dan
her when ambition, blighting our minds
with the ilattery OF our friends impels
b into the idea that We are possessed OF
Intelligence OF a higher order petehanee
than our iellowman-ihat we have been
Especially endowed LOT the accomplish
inent OF some SPECIFIC purpose, and that
e ourselves ale a necessity TO our
lther In heaven in ,heaecomplishment
pl that purpose. whenever this sent.
inent becomes Undecided IN the mind
~ man, then he stands upon danger
fous ground. Not that man may not
become imbued with a knowledge OF
mission that he may have TO perform
Cod may mark upon MS mind and write
n the lihres OF his being that there IS a
duty lying before him IN the accomplish
ment OF a lie work which he must
struggle to attain. hui, u he becomes
heady, ambitious. proud. danger turks
In his way. When as q little child he
can come before his Maker ana pour
out his heart; when he can cultivate
within his soul humility, recognize the
dangers oil the higher rounds upon The
ladder, the misstep or the breaking OF
one OF those rounds, ana the possibility
that may come TO him IN the iall when
he can place his loot upon one round,
eeking to his Maker ior. strength and
ald IN the onward struggle OF Tile, aud
ihen plant his loot upon another round,
ana notices the round 70 see that u
possesses the strength to bear MN, and
step by step moves up that ladder with.
Out osttntation and display. ne VIII
ihen be able to inlhll The mission that
God has planted IN MS breast, AZ the
same time acknowledging the source OF
hls strength, and not aflogaiing TO
himself aught that does NOT belong TO
MN, but being as the man VINO present.
/ ca To the world the great blessing OF the
electric telegraph, and VINO, when the
news was flashed form 10 the worlu that
men at great distances apart could CON
Verse with each other, exclaimed,
/ what hath God wrought Morse
brought TO lght these wonderful PCS,
hollllies' he turned the Key; but ne uid
1 In al Il