Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25

i'.i hln ~ ~ Il lN'INuu OF inD Ic-
spunalblllty that dryuivsa upnn the
whole. Each individual must be AM
gent In performing his duty. ny doing
this. and kccping himself pure aud UNI
spotted from the world. he assists
others TO Keep themselves pure
and unsputtcd. For Instance. a
man who ~ faithful 10 OBJ
serving the sabbath day and In
attending 10 the duties Of that day.
will 1t i,1rt set an example unto nll H.
~ ASSOCIATE aiih. 1h' man who H
prayorful before the ispf1 will st an
example before all others who 49, and
know his conduct. The man who "
honest in dealing with bis nciEhb0r viii
set an example Tor good Those who do
this are genuine rtprrserutiycs Of
Zion: they nrU Tho children Of God In
decd aud Of truth. aud there rests
with them the Fpllt of light and The
love u God. THY are ln a saved
condition, and will continue 90 be In "a
.lvci condition Hn long vs. they Cnn-
tIuuc 90 uh..fto thD principles OF the
Gospel 10 b. uaelUas Tor ua tu mourn
ptur the evils that wc ourselves have
Dtursd. unless hy repentance We may
make restitution Tor the evils We have
done. 10 "a terrible thing Tor mon
and women 60 allow Themselves 60 SO
H1 nir in the ugrltU of duty that OWLS
win result from their misconduct which
ihey will hH pow ricsf thereafter To-
eradicate or Co.. mako restitution for.
Let ua repent now. let us observe the
commandments OF the Lord. let us do
uur duty from this moment on; lst ~
he honorable ana honest before God and
men.
May God bless tho poonic. ana may
His Spirit abide IN pur huurtH ana lead
uH In the path NJ duty, aud may an
this people realize that they nru aHHu.
DATED with Gods Erat ltttor.dly
work. which hla for iA purpose the
reclamation of tho world and The saliva
t.uu OF the children u men, both those
who are living In the earth and those
who have died without a knowledge NJ
tho Gospel; Tor God has revealed "a plan
and has established means ln HIS
Church By which the Gospel may Do
preached not only 90 the living but 60
tfs drld. This iho last call upon the
inhabitants VI the world 90 repentance.
All mon are now called upon 20 repent
~ their sins, SO forHlke them. and 10
turn unto God and live, and 10 receive
Ills rrirg h0ld. which lie Will frecly
give g. all who ufr worthy that they
may receive cNnitltl1n in Hia kingdom.
Men cannot b. exalted In the kingdom
~ God who receive not thiH Gospel
and this Priesthood. Men may Boz saved
without possessing thy Priesthood, but
NNN NNNNN NHNNN w HHHANNN'A W NNNN"NNN We "" IT.
and women may b. saved alnFly but
men ana women will not b. eNilted
separately, They must ho bound toe
grthor In that union which has been ~
yUilrd IN this great latter dlHpsnHltlon.
The man ~ not without thu woman In
the Lord, ana neither in the woman
without the man in the Lord. what
ever men and wom'n may aly or think
In relation 10 this. they cannot obtain
an oN,ltatlon In the kingdom 81 God
single and alone. Therefore. I rupaut
what ! aid laforr. that We do not la
Dor Tor ourselves alone. There o. no
such thing nH single eNaltatiun In the
kingdom of GOi. We ore bound
togctcr hy. cords which can
the fathers are turned unto the chill
drtn. and the hearts ~ the children
must bo turned unto tho fathers. Tho
fathers and the children must be- bound
together IN the new and everlasting
covenant and they must be- bound BY
tho power ~ God, else they may b.
Put usuudor This uniting together of
husband and wife. and ~ parents ana
children, under the new and ever.
lasting covenant. ~ nn essential part
of th' glorious Gospel that has been rc,
Nenlsd In the latter days. and man
who has neglected these essential dutic,
viii ho IN q sorry plight when he pre-
HrntH himself 40 the door Of the cOlcs.
tlal city ana asks for permission 10
enter there. No man VIII ever enter
there until he has contaminated hl.
mission; Tor We have come here 20 hN
conformed 20 the likeness of God. ilr
made ~ ia the beginning ln Ills own
Image ard In Ills own likeness. and iie
made ua male and female We never
could be- IN the image of God n wa
were not both mnle and female. Read
The Scriptures. ana you viii see it for
yourselves nH God hnH said %. liz
has made ~ In His own form and like
ness, ana here We are. male ana female,
pir'n,s ana children. And We must
become more and more like
Iiim=morr like Him In love. In
charity. In forgiveness. In pn-
tlrnce, l0ngHuiferng and f0fheurnnce.
In purity of thought and action. IN In
trlligrnco. ana In an respects. that we
may be worthy of cSlitAiion In ilis
presence, " IN Tor this that We have
come 10 the earth. This Is the work
We have 20 perform, God has shown
Ms the way and given M the means hS
which We may oonHummnte and fulnil
our mission upon this earth and per,
feot our destiny. Tor We are destined
and fnreordilnod 90 become like God
ana unless We do become like Him. we
win never he permitted to dwell with
win ma that We Will be- presented be-.
fore Him In tho form IN which We were
created, male ana female The woman
win not 20 there alone. ana the man
win not 60 thnrn alone. nnd claim
eNnltation. They may attain n degree
NJ salvation alone. but when they are
exalted they win he exalted according
o. the law ~ the celestial Kingdom
They cannot he exalted In any other
way, neither the living nor the dead
n h well Tor us % learn something
about why We build temples, aud why
we administer In them Tor the dead
as wcll ~ Tor tho living. We DO this
that we may become like unto Him.
ana dwell with Him etcrnhlly. that We
may become sons Of God. heirs of God
and Joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
Therefore II win not do for ua 10 al
low our children 10 grow up like noxl-
Gus weeds. We must bring them up
In the way they should go. that whom
they got old they will not dennrt
therofrom. We must instil into their
hearts a love FOR the Gospel M Christ.
80 that they viii love n more than
they love tho world or anything IN tho
world Men should love God ana HIS
truth moro than they love women and
women should love tho Lord more
than they loys.@1 We should love
God first and foremost Iie should
be uppormoFt In our thoughts, We
should prefer Him 10 an else IN the
world. We should ohey Him nhovc
everything else I'm the world. Then,
next 90 God l0t us love one another
Be sure Ms II re- stated In the Scrip
lures that whose s1ys he loves God
nud hates hlG brother iH liar, and
ft,. tFutH o. mot Iu him W. ruUu,F