Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

has been paid TO accomplish what We
now See done IN a temporal way The
Offerings also have been generous
enough 20 perform "a great work. Tor
we have paid onerluga ua well aa tlth-
inE. We have made offerings uf our
time M preaching the Gospel 10 the
world without purse ct scrip. We have
made offerings Tor the building ~ tome
pies. Tor the erection Of meeting houses
and Tor other public works that have
beon accomplished among tho Latter
day Saints. iy our unorluHl the poor
have been reasonably cared Tor. and u
our offerings were us Generous ua they
ought 60 Dr. np poor person among the
Latter-day Saints would ever have TO
cry Tor relief without receiving lt freely.
but We want our names recorded in the
Lambs Book OF l.ifc, ana % b. not done
by the Observance % arr one principle
alone. but 20 every principle there are
special blessings promised. There are,
IN the records " the church today the
names NJ every man. woman ana child
who has given N their means Tor uth-
lng. ThoHo records can BE- scanned ana
our faith ana works can De- understood
by the Presidency ~ the church. And
we ought 90 Boz known. we want 90 De-
known. We want 20 be recognized. not
alone nH having % name among the pou-
pie. but as boiling faithful, devoted, hum
bile ana obcdicnt
OBEDIENCE THE FIRST LAW OF
COD.
Obedience IL the nrst law Of God. II j.
most important that We should be-
obedicnt 10 the word and Will ~ the
Lord. II was that which entitled the
Son Of God a. be anointed above ITS
brethren for lie was IN all things most
perfect and obeilcnt. Re put not forth
His own VIII but lie submitted 90 the
OF q NHH adj
10 the laying down Of MS NE iu order
that lie might be- indeed the Son ~ God,
the Savior OF the world lie has earned
that Important position. ana through
the shedding Of Ills blood AMI iila
ntonemUut We are redeemed. by hu-
mllity and faith and repentance we.ob-
tain tho forgiveness ~ our aims. and
are entitled to have our nantes upon the
records uf the Church a. members %
the Church. Hut that fact does not
demonstrate particularly any very lu-
portant work that we have accomplish
ed In sustaining tho work of the Lord
by II We urr entitled 60 enter in. but
ufter We have been recorded members
OF the church we must then work out
our salvation and earn eternal life. Tor
Il 10 not obtained without earning H.
MUST EARN SALVATION.
The Lord De- not going 20 give us every
thing without our doing something. lie
requires of ~ broken heart. "a con-
tritc spirit. an obedience 10 the mind
and viii NJ the lord Aud this ~ rca-
HOuable. How generous the Lord ~ 90
ua when lie declares through Ills proc
phci, ~ from this time forth you viii
do my will with regard to tho law OF
iithlng. the past shall be blottcd out"
IL ia not only gunoruuH but Il IL ren-
aonablu and philosophical. The object
u the Lord IL the salvation Of the peo-
pie. and u lie should como out with
revelation today, saying that the Lat
tcr-dny Saints must square ~ all their
back tithing do you think they could
do IT. No. IL could not be DONE any
more than u man could gather up the
sins be has committed and blot them
out. They are committed, ana We can-
not change the fact that they are com
mittcd We may be- forgiven. we may
be redeemed, they may be- finally blot
ted out, n our repentance % genuine ana
We do not return TO our sins again,
but u II done through the atoning blood
uf the Lord Jesus No man can for-
give his own sins, no man can redeem
himself from hls sins. Neither can any
man pay his back tlthlng N hu has
been "a member of this Church forty
or ffty years and been paying only part
Of his tlthing all that time. and pos
Hlbly paying none at all The Lord
would not require such a. thing. be-
cause lie knows the Latter-dhy Saints
could not do ID. Why. IL ls AN they can
do 10 pay their timing today. SUM
Client for the day II the tlthlng thereof.
sufficient for the day are the offerings
thereof sufficient Tor the day are the
lnbura thereof, sufficient Tor the day III
the repentance and reformation rc
quirrd OF men. They cannot do two
days ~ one, Yesterday has gone for
ever We cannot recall H. any more
than We can bring 10 a. tomorrow. to-
Iaa uh.uA laF
To-day ID the day Of salvation, and the
day in which AN our inhorH must be
performed Therefore we want to re-
member that lie hath forgiven the
past, thank the Lord, But DO not let
you or / regret II We have been am0ng
that number who have paid their tlth-
ing reasonably well, ana feel sorry that
We ala not Keep our tlthing back pa
that We could be forgiven, For there
~ an advantage there IL q blessing and
an enlargement OF the soul that comes 10
the man who ubfyH the word and VIII
~ the Lord II ~ better that We have
done Gods viii than that We should
have need 10 be- forgiven FOR neglect
lnT IL. II ~ better not 10 have bccn a
sinner. II iH better that our sins
should be very light, and not OF q uerl-
Gus nature than that they should be
deadly sins. 10 n better that we should
live without sin, and be like the Son
or God. II N not necessary that We
should be- sinners, God has designed
that we should not be sinners but that
We should live lives OF purity and
Righteousness and walk In obedience TO
Ills Will na the Savior did. The Lord
desires, Just as you desire, every
one OF your children 90 be obedient,
honest aud purr You do not want
them dehled and dishonest, In order
that you may forgive them. Therefore
| say 60 my brethren ana sisters who
have paid their tlthlng and have little
or nothing To be forgiven Tor In That
respect, thank the Lord, and only wish
that there was nothing that you had
need TO be forgiven FOR and that you
had done the VIII u the Lord most per-
fectly
TESTIMONY OF THE WORD OF
GOD.
A great many OF the Latter-day
Saints have done very Wen, Thank the
Lord FOR what has been accomplished
since last May. thank the Lord that
the people have listened, ana that you
have had testimonies In your hearts,
as well as President Snow, You are
entitled TO know for yourselves, Every
one OF these Apostles knows that fresi-
dent SHOWS testimony u from the Lord,
Tor lie has told w, We comprehend IL
most thoroughly so does every Latter
day Saint who has done the VIII of the
Lord. Every fntter-day Saint who has
now decided and determined 10 do the
win OF the Lord also knows u. Those
Who do the viii OF the Lord IN the IN
ture shall also know that God hn7