Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-14
,arronprD ny AnrHu, WINTER J

u,.re is a saying that wn s cod:
~ 70 good and to do soou' IL a. evil.
faas ..,er leads to evil ana 10 ~ re'
whH.s' a, wicked one" The hrs' ~
Is Oh We" ,,.,sb 10 make Is In relation ~
marx w." in my mind ooncerhihs
the m's.s have transplred since tue
ess ,,d was made and God ereuseu ,a,nnr
", W. ali belong to Him. we 10 nv -. ue
We gu aay,l He never made u.s. iie
to wv - the world. He does nov Wv"
never Una na is here ON earth. the ihys-
It, pa' $50 ia why the God OF heuVe"
~ 50 much more unpopu'a' ,s. why
on the face of the eartn' VIZ
us ,rhabltants Of the earth' wiz 90
ue ,,ndron of God, feel so much 'io, :
the '"' 4, that that is evil thah 10
p'U" ,he commandments oil uou' iia
foho" ~, ,vben He came to the earth
,se meridian OF time, dieu 70 saI ,,
~ n.orld. The devil did not 90 IT, s,n
Wv ,s christ was the most uhpupu,u
'es.9 .ha, tabernacled in the iiesh III ii'''
n'a" :, generation. He had more enc
Gay ~" .san almost any other being 'ha'
'ar lived. The nation IN Whi.n
wal, warred against Him, ana "t'e, "
VIVA while they put Him 10 uea'n,
WV WV do men feel that the deVii - u
WY more consequence than CHRIST
NC themselves more READY 10
a"U ~ ,han good? There is no being
.s,, has power to save the sous ol insn
wa Give them eternal life--Sxcept the
.r, Iesus Christ, under the comhianu
~ ~ rather. Take the whole history
n ,,o,la from Father Adam down
~ s,v and the commandments Oh
cod and those ordinances thai WIN
W.. men have always been very "n
,ar How was it in the days VI
popu,SsA' Jesus spent about 'hrIe
sssrs and a hair a, nd then
entered ,,'t 10 death. They wafred
ne m Him aud His principles; anu
agauist arnlnst Him but ais
no. tIis followers. HIS Aposties
~ iii mt to death, excepting ohe,
were az uin,,id have been destroyed II
anu ny could have killed him; put
ins IN, M Reyelator was preserved by
~. I'm roSver OF God. while the others , were
m tain Why were they killed ihes
war; unpopular. The world dio no. re-,
I'VE their doctrines. Read tne h'stuis
es's ,Yorld in the days Of Adam. SETH
=. u,e Tared Mahnlaleel, Canaan. Me-
!L lvs' Noah, when men lived al
us, a thousand years, and you WIZ
and mat even In those early times the
hHaran az men turned against Coz.
Nh, sonrht that that was evil, ana
,nr:,,sa course wherein the LORD was
pugry with them, and He swept them
M the face Of the earth with a hoou;
Noah and his family were saved anu
,ha nnly ones that We're saved 10 you
over mediate upon this strange pre-
ssr,o,inn 10 our minds in the history
m Inc dealings of God with mem IL
doss no, matter what age of the world
,,o,, inos at whenever the Lord has
ra,saA mn prophets and Apostles, Pas
tors and Teachers, and commanded
them 10 DO a work they have been I'M
popular and their work has been I'M
popular. Take jeremiah. for instance.
when the Lord sent him forth to teach
and warn the people he was very un-
popular They put him in the stocks;
they cas-. him Into pit; they pessecut-
ed him continually. until II seehS to
me he must have felt like saying. You
may all go to he'll. for aught | care. 1
am not going to bother my soul about
/ you any longer" But he could not do
that The Lord had said to him in
sending him forth:
Before formed thee in the belly ]
knew thee; and before thou earnest
forth cut Of the womb sanctified thee,
and | ordained thee Prophet unto the
| nations"
He commanded jeremiah to go and
do as He commanded. What was the
C0nFolllanpa9 Iprpp1inh ttfu l.
ed, and when he complained of the con-
dtOn OF things, the Lord told him ia
90 unto Zedekiah, the king of Jerusa-
lem, who had prosecuted him,
and say unto him that the judg-
ments OF God would come upon him,
his eyes would be put out. he would be
carried captive TO Babylon, and he
would die In captivity.
| need not dwell upon these things;
put they are worthy the contemplation
OF The Latter-day Saints. II has seemed
such hard work to do right, and So easy
10 90 EVIL Temptation to % evil is on
VERY hand, from the day Of our birth
until We go to the grave.
HOW is II In our day? Those Latter
Gay Saints know our position. The
IOl OF heaven sent nm angel to Joseph
snllth, That angel taught him many
,h'ngs, and told him what to do.
'N'H "hil'l llllkts ne tOlfi MN mere
was a record Of the ancient Inhabitants
Of this land hid mp in the hill Cumorah
ana commanded him. in due time, To
go torth and receive that record and
translate y into the English language.
we have that record before us, and II
true. 1t has come forth In fulfill
neht 81 revelation. John the Eevela-
And J saw another angel ly In the
hoo 49, ~.
uospei To preach unto them that dwell
on The earth, and to every nation. and
Nneiel, aud tongue, and people.
saving with loud voice, Fear ciod
sho give glory to Him; for the hour ci
his judgment IL come"
mat angel appeared to Joseph Smitl,
N MS youth. The Lord also gave unto
p,ln many revelations, He received the
my priesthood from under the hands
" heavenly messengers who held the
Avs OF the Priesthood. He received
,ae Aaronic Priesthood and tho Mel.
,,hsedek Priesthood. by the .tdminlstrn.
g WI 81 angels from God ont of heaven
ne organized the Church OF Crist. Tho,
au hVeu fourteen years after he en-
Wrea INTO the ministry He brought
Nm MN mo Book OF Mormon and Tho
,puVtrthe and Covenants: he organized
,ios Cnuroh' and then he. like the Amos.
Ca al o 9'a, vas slain for Tho VIVID OF
uy Wand ana testimony Of Jesus.
"na' mas been the history of the
a,sf-day Saints, even on this great
tS nv continent, and under one Of
va v n.y., liberal governments God ever
ma !" man Joseph was tormented
persan rs,sseuIed. His followers were
innds .Id' They We're driven from the
nlo, e,ey occupied. and scarcely had
,o nT,uee to plant their feet. Tribnlo tin,
p.rsS eu them, until they were com.
inorr,. ~ come to these valleys of III,
10 Nv ems, We have had a hard time