Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-20


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,,''.r,,i,,rs al ,t,iU r,,',r,H e. ,,. do not
have die spirit ana gifts Of our re-
llrlou? N We do NOT have the love Of
cod and the shirt of uuion which the
Lord has prninis,1 we ar,s working
aud enduring without ANYTHING to sus-
tain us. sat The Lord gives To those
who live for II his Holy Spirit lfc
comforts th5ir hearts and checrs them
IN the midst of their difficulty and
theii poverty, and He l,fts them up
and they ruiolco because He IL near To
them and they know H. They know
that they cannot ask Him FOR anything
without His hearing their petition, and
He is ready to listen to them nnd 10
give them comfort ana peace ana
JOY far greater than everything else
that man cnn obtain on the earth. 1t
Is this spirit that sustained the saints
in coming to these valleys nud thht
buoyed them up IN the midst of the
privotions Of early days here. Hun
dreds Of those who came In would nave
died rather than to have LETT TINS place,
Notwithstanding starvation stared
them in the face for whllci lh'E
would rather starve TO deatn IMAM
leave the people because they had the
testimony of Jesus, the spirit OF God
that this was the place for them. 1t
is this that makes us strong as a peo-
pie. When we are devoid OF that
Spirit we are Just as weak as any
other people.
Therefore. we should live so MS to
have this Shirt with us. then our con-
duct is a witness to the world that
there is something peculiar about this
and that this is indeed the work of
God. because the fruits of the Gospel
are manifested in the lives Of the peu-
pie who belong to the Church.
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,r,,S ,ho ioas+ it, ~ t, l strnngiv Arm
L. baiia,.o n AM have noticed one
u,i,f, and / ,rart 10 coli If To tho Mt
tentiop ~ those who are members of the
church In NV exnerlence have. seen
hundreds Of individuals and families
v,ho etarted nut Vol ns though tbcy
yvera Going 70 endure 10 the end. hut
Who have rnIlen nv the yyavsidr and
are no longer numbered among the
,ao,,,a Of Co1 OCcnslonallv when I
Tisit Tho difrarent STAKES and come in
contoct win old members of the church
WHOM, I have known and whose assoc
,.yybo,.. Ia so-ondIeoo'i "ob no ia dand
"fs bts Vic deado' ,tyes " "yberc arc
tboir cbitdren o., "Ob tbeir children
have zone ar somewhere" Not in
no rbnrcb 90 mo NOT in tho Churcb.
thew have lost the faith" This has
Impressed me very much. A cleansing
nroness is going ON among us. Men
and women nre losing the faith; their
children are losing tho faith and they
are leaving the Church Of Cod. God
has told MS that He Will have a pure
people He has assured us from the
beginning that no one else can stand
In His Church. II Is impossible for an
impure man to remain connected with
this Church for any length OF time.
People who will not live so as Ia have
the shirt of Cod with them will be re-
moved from the midst of the people.
Tint is another sign, another evil
danrc that This is the work of the Lord
believe that the Latcr-day Saints, no
matter what their professions may be-
who do not keep the commandments of
God will lose their standing among the
people of God. / have seen this illus
trated through all my mature life
The Elders who go forth accompanied
by the power of God, IL they commit
sin and fall into transgression, lose the
faith and. unless they repent. they be,
come cold and Indifferent, and
lose all interest In the work
Of God; and after a while
they lose their standing and become
aliens TO the Church. And this Is not
confined to one class; 1t is the result
with all classes. oliver Cowdery the
man who was ordained with Joseph
Smith by angels, and whom you would
imagine would of all men IN the
Church next to the Prophet himself
been firm and steadfast, lett the
Church. and the Priesthood, gifts and
powers that God gave to him were
given to another. If this man could
not stand, who can expect TO stand in
this Church? And all who know his
history knew what the cause was. He
INDUCED in impurity; he was unNirtu-
Gus. In consequence of this he lost
the Spirit of God and fell Into DARK
ness, and was severed from the
Church Of Christ. And he Is rot alone.
might mention the names OF u mum
her who are distinguished In our his
tory who met with the same tate. The
Lord will not tolerate imumity No
matter what man may know, or
what testimony he may hive, IL he