Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-28
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ton of Jesus Christ. whom we profess
tu love. De ~ our neirhhor whom wo
very often uhuno and dpHplao and hate
and refroCuto DO We ever reflect that.
according TO Christianity and our pro.
fH9sl1ng that we are thereby ubualug.
dHfplH.ng. hating and pofHccuting
Jcnua Christ hImrDlf2 DO We ever rec
nHct that when poor woman comes
Go our door and humhly asks Tor food.
clothing and fuel " kcop herself aud
hnr little family from furnishing that
We are favored with vision from
heaven and that we arc offered the
great privilege ~ feeding. clothing and
warming Jesus Christ HIMSELF DO We
ever think that that popr woman IL re-
representative " Christ and that che
hHr FAR greater rIaht 10 what she
nrkn, n We con rlve 10 To- her. than tho
butcher and grocerymun have tho pay-
mont ~ their respective bills ana t1
r,fuso her il 10 refuse Jesus CHRISTI
nut we must not only love our
nolghhor because they ore Representa-
tivc4 ~ Jesus christ and hold am order
from Him ON uH. but we must love them
nl ourselves. but hear some one say.
How can be- expected 90 have a.
much Interest in my nrlghbnrH ana
frlluWahoiuWu nH IN mvHulfH Many NJ
my hgiHhbnm are murdor0Ts and
thieves. and generally bad men. and
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them because you VIII not. hut Def me
nHy you. what harm would it do you 60
love thom7 What benefit DO you derive
from hating your fellow mUnT Who
ever derived anything from hatred OF
he fclluw-heinrs except veNutl1n uf
nplrltl You Hny you cannot love your
foll0wmen because they arr bad Who
mnde them budT 10 certainly was not
the good God. who. when he created all
things, pronounced them good. Reflect
ON your present lie AMI SEQ whether
you have ever Huid or done anything
calculated Co mako thieves and robbers
Have you always treated your follow
mon with confederation. Kindness ana
in Christian manner Hnyo you uI-
ways loved your uslEhhor uH yuurHClfP
lf you have. thun thurp Would be no
mufuurUrF, no thlevUH=un bad men O.
complain ~ The presence of these bad
men around today Dr. living proof that
aomg p,gi.ons, lh ne pact perhaps, have
Ignored the great Injunction uf Jesus
Christ, Love your nUlghbor ua your
selves
and now lot ne gee why We should
love our nHrhh1r nH ourselves. In the
writings uf 81. Augustine we ind % Dr.
passage No relationship iH nca 'rr
than that which exists between man
nud man. This o. n remarkable state.
mont and our FIRST thought would be-
Go reject 10 uE untrue, FOR would 10 mot
appear that the Relationship between
one friend and another, between pa
rent and child, or between % husband
md wife ia closer than that which cx-
lists between one man and another
hut tho fact ~ this proposition was
the expression Of one or the greatest
minds that WIS ever uu earth come
mnndH uH 90 reflect before rejecting 10.
and after little reflection we nnd how
true Il H.. What a. the relationship be-
o IL
mean not the material and pefishublo
part 81 man, but the spiritual and linz
mortal uurtN on tho first page Of tho
Bible we find. Lot uH make man uf our
own Image md likeness Every hu-
man being, then, us to hls soul. o. 10
iho Image aud likeness NJ God. u fol-
lows, then, that na tho Image NJ God
n Identical 10 every human being. that
one man Or related a. another Just aa
one Image ~ God a. to another What
could BE- more close and
moro Intimate than thRt9
Again u little further ON we read
That God made man OF tho earth. Ills
cody COMES Of the earth. An. but when
ho had @ saul 90 make 10 was another
thing, II was not au easy Go make tho
soul ~ man. llp had tn breathe into
llW. God made man % the slime on the
earth. but be- brD1thrd into hIH face
ana Dc became living soul Conao-
NN'NNNN 'N"IN NNINNN hHINN IH related
10 another Just as one breath uf God
H related 90 another How FAR uu exc
.HrUul ana accidental rclaUnnHhIua
such ng those arising from uureutlra
lr marriage IAN short of this mighty
physical relationship which exists boz
Tween one breath of God and another.
Aud that ~ precisely the relationship
n which one man stands 10 another.
Nud then you tel me you cannot love
your fulluwmCn, Do YOU love Code
lhon you must love Ills children. HIS
images, His property.
Again, why do / love. or should I
owe mysolff IN the Christian sense l !
'huull love myself not Tor my own |
nike but Tor the sake OF God. because |
am His child, because I am Ills prop |
riy and lie has commanded mo 10 |
Owe Him. Hence suicide IL Just as great /
crime ana ain as to murder your |
loighhor because both are equally tho |
o. Gods property and the
murder 81 lllH children. Now, my /
'ulghhor holds tho same relationship 10 /
lud that ! do, ami IL follows that 1 /
huuld love my uulHhbur ua myself |
'hi4 IN the grand secret OF the true |
rInclplo OF an true civilization and we
hnull never call ourselves a civilized
'n1plo until We have recognized this !
ns such ana until we have I
huWn ut least disposition TO carry
: out BOO word and action ln our very ]
ives. Moreover we should never claim
70 Roe followers and disciples uf Christ
nill we have caught Ills spirit Of love
md compassion and mercy FOR poor
Mortal men. and until we have learned
% treat them as Tic treated them.
Indy patiently Justly and Chlrltahly.
"Tho injunction thHn 90 love our
nlghnOfH as ourselves lH not u mere
rhltmry command, hug tho expression
Z truth. OF fact, 0f the real order ~
hingsi 10 lH "a storm, imperative come
iand, not only by Christianity but By
oaspn itself FOR the good VI an. f1r our
wn pguco, prosperity and happiness
Z should not, therefore, b. founded on
which rs tho expression
our mere sensitive feelings, philau-
lrOpy takes mo- corulEnuce of the close
which exists between man
nd God ana therefore between man
ma man, and therefore cannot rar1g-
lgo any real strict obligation TO love
ur fplluWmon. In Philanthropy We
lNn our n0lrhhdr because we haVO "A !
uturnl Impulse 90 do so, and because
{ the satisfaction, pleasure, or tum-
oral reward that our acts may call I
lrth. THIS iE cummcudublu. and Gar
81 n from mo Co condemn 49,. hut !t "a [
ir from being that full ana complete
icnaure OF love and charity which ]
and reason commend us 10 l
I've % and 90 have Tor our uuighbor.
ecnuHo II il founded on more hont- !
tent and feeling
~ congratulate. then. with an my
cart the noble. gentle fouudrCsB OF this |
lstitutlnu, and ! have "a great many |
God things tp sly Of her but her WOLF
nOwu Christian modesiy and charity /