Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

OESEhEl T. ' LIN I'm I
IS that the midnight hour is long past
and the morning approaching which
is to usher IN the most glorious day in
the history Of mankind II IS not left
as the last mournful resource. 10 found
our faith upon frail humanity The
Rock OF Ages IS as firm as ever
The lessons Of the past are highly I'M
structlge as to the present. From the
plnnacles Of our civilization we may
look far back to the time when the
world powers were PROSTATE IN worship
before birds. serpents, aud other creep
ing things OF the earth; when man
made gods were heated FOR the sacri-
Zee OF innocent infants. and lceni-
business was enthroned 10 the sanctu-
aries. But when an seemed lost, there
was found among the burushes Of the
Nile a little child destined In due time
10 break the chains OF bondage and 20
proclaim. amidst thunder and lightning
flashes. the truth that gave a new life
70 the world
Again we see the world sinking In
Pharsaical Journalism, I'm lnndelIty, In
slavery, In gross immortality In deep
darkness. But the star Of Bethlehem
appears The Savior Is ushared into
the world, and the message is deliv-
cred. the acceptance OF which changed
the entire current Of events
We see again a period Of gross SUI
perstltion. OF abuse OF religious lnstitu-
tions. OF the prevalence Of vice and Of
violence Tyranny made slaves Of the
masses, and grotesluely attired
priests parcelcd out salvation at so
much a dollar But az a rather OBJ
scure town Of Germany boy was
born IN poverty, the result Of whose
lie work was to open up the way Tor
freedom Of thought for universal edu-
cation Tor liberty a work without
which the existence Of the most Won
derful Republic on earth would. in all
human probability. have been an i'm
possibility.
And all these epoch making events
took place without ostentation with
out the n're OF trumpets. Little did |
the Egyptian ruler know what the
finding Of Moses in the river meant to
his country, and TO the world. Few |
had any premonltion Of the conse-
quences Of the teachings Of Jesus OF |
whose earthly mission APP |
parently, was cut short In the agony |
OF Calvary. And none could see in I
the little hand Of the boy from Elsie
ben, as he went from house to house /
singing and playing for a piece Of /
bread. the hand OF an intellectual /
giant destined TO turn the world, as II /
were, out OF It's course. History must
be read in the light OF history to be
IL may be but too true that the
world again is in the grasp Of the sa-
tanlc power that at so many times in
the past appeared 70 triumph. It may
be true that materiallsm. immortality,
and oppression are growing, while the
churches are silent specta
tors to the conflict against every Cod
given instinct OF human nature. But
il is also gloriously true that the AL
mighty himself has sent the message
10 the world, as He did in former ages
IF darkness through Moses, through
His own Son, through Luther and 9TH
,rs-the message OF approaching re-
iemptlon from sin and all its conse-
luences. both present and future. No
natter II one generation refused to
,ccept the Prophet Joseph as Gods
and shea his blood, as the
blood OF Jesus and so many martyrs
vas shed. The work ne commenced
.annot die. II lives and prevails, and
n the due time Of the Lord, peace viii
eign upon the earth; universal broth
rhood will be, no longer, a beautiful
Iream, for the children OF God will
AVE returned to their Father, and the
}edeemer OF the world will direct its
fairs. This Is the testimony Of
at the grave Of the
century. There is light IN
he yarey'-eyen in the valleys OF the
and to any honest watch
nan Of the night who may turn in
ulringly toward this, TO the world so
TRANCE phenomenon, the reply comes
hat It is one OF the signs Of the times
{ means that the Millennial day Is
omlng, with truth, with justice and
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