Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13

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man spear that had been thrust into His
side, that they might understand He
had received His body again, and that
He was not merely q spiritual essence
HIS disciples were afraid and terrified
when He came into the room where
they were met with the doors shut, but
He said TO them, why are ye troubledY
and why do thoughts arise In your
heartsG Behold my hands and my feet,
that II ls myself handle me, and see;
for spirit hath not flesh and bones, as
ye see me have" duke XIV, $500
Jesus Christ. while In mortality, speak
Ing upon the power that He had from
the Father TO lay down His life aud to
take II up again, said: Marvel not at
this: for the hour Is coming, In the
which all that are In the graves shall
hear His voice, and shall come forth,
they that have done good, unto the res
direction Of lie; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection OF DAM
nation" John v, 2S-9) All are to be
raised from the dead. Jesus taught II.
II am the resurrection and the life,' He
said. He had the keys OF the resurrec-
tion and the keys OF death and hell,
as He proclaimed when He came back
from visiting the spirit world. He also
said, "All power Is given unto me on
earth, and In the heavens"
! Then, my brethren and sisters, and
friends, as Jesus died and went Into the
spirit world, so shall we. Our sojourn
there may be great deal longer than
His. Some people have been there for
hundreds and hundreds of years But
when we 20 we VIII go where we belong.
That Is something for US to reflect
about. We are Intelligent beings. and
therefore we are responsible beings, and
therefore we shall be judged. We are
responsible TO God who gave us the life
In our bodies. and who Is the Father of
our spirits He has sent us down here
TO gain experience, and II we do good, il
shall be well with us; II we do evil It
shall be sad with US. We win reap the
fruit OF our own sowing BE not de-
ceiyed; God Is not Knocked" said the
ancient Apostle, what a man soweth,
that also he shah reap" Jesus Christ
died that we might live. He shed His
blood for the remission OF our sins, that
we through obedience to the Gospel
might obtain forgiveness OF our past
transgressions, that henceforth we
might live in newness OF life and be-
come united with Him and be His at
His coming
JUDGED ACCORDING TO WORKS.
We shall find that the Lord has laid
out everything In perfect order.
The resurrection Will come 10 US all, as
death viii come TO us all. Through
the transgression OF Adam death came
into the world; through the righteous
hess and atonement OF Christ life will
come into the world. "As In Adam all
die so In Christ shall all be made
alive" And they shall all come forth,
every man In his order every man In
his own place, every man In the sphere
which he fits himself for. II by
righteousness and goodness and OBJ
taining the Spirit OF Christ he is fit to
associate with Christ and with the
Father. and with the pure and the Just
OF all ages, he shall enter into that
glory and receive his reward. II he
has made himself unfit for that society
by his corruption, wickedness and
denominations, he will have place
where he belongs, and he will come
forth in his time. John the Reveator
saw 1t all In q vision. First were those
raised who were Christ's at His coming
He saw thrones, and they sat upon
them, and judgment was given them
He saw them that had been beheaded
for the witness Of Jesus,t that they lived
and reigned with Jesus Christ for a
thousand years. Said he This Is the
first resurrection. Blessed and holy is
he that hath part In the first resurrec-
tion." The blessed, the holy. the pure,
those whom God calls His Saints, both
OF ancient and modern times, IL they
are Saints In very deed, blessed and
holy are they: they have part In the
first resurrection. But the rest Of the
dead, as a general thing, live not again
TIL the thousand years are past. Then
said he: Il saw the dead, small and
great, stand before God; and the books
were opened: and another book was
opened, which Is the book Of life: and
the dead were judged out OF those
thing which were written In the books,
according to their works. And the sea
gave up the dead which were in II;
and death and hell delivered up the
dead which were In them: and they
were judged every man according to
their works" CRev. XXI
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
This is something, my dear friends.
for you and me to consider today. at
the close OF this year. We can look
back, and while we cannot remember
all that we have done through the year.
We know what our general course has
been. Has II been such as to recon-
mend us TO God, and to Christ, and to
the holy ones? Has II been such as
TO recommend II 10 ourselves? We can
be judges OF ourselves 10 large extent;
and We should be, We should SIT in
Judgment upon our own acts. What
has been our course during the past
year? Are We pleased with It? Have
we done the best we could? Have we
striyen against evil? Have We tried to |
trample under our feet our weaknesses,
our follies and failings, and to be bet. |
ter men and women? We are Just
about to enter upon a new year. Shall |
we not In our hearts resolve that next |
year We VIII try to be better than we |
have been In the year that has past? |
Do not go and tell anybody; do not go |
to boastlng about It; do not go and |
say, II am going TO be better man: |
am going TO quit this. that or the |
other" but let the resolution be in |
your own souls. and ask God the Eter- |
MAJ fatner 10 help you carry out your \
good resolves. II is a good thing 10 |
make good resolutions: II is a bad thing |
to break them, II is a bad thing, too.
to boast about what you are going 10 |
DO AS sure as you'do that. the evil |
power that We call Satan will step in |
and try to make you break your reso. |
luton. Make your promises In secret
to the Lord, and strive every day OF
your lives to be better. We only
live a minute at time. Do |
not try TO live a year at a time.
Try and live every day for that
day, according to what is right and
true. Do right by one another Live
proper lives before all men. and also in
secret Remember that there is no Sc
cret thing but II shall be revealed.
there Is nothing hid but shall be made
manifest. Let the desires Of your hearts
and the Intentions OF your souls be
right and pure before God, and your
acts viii be in accordance Herewith.
al least TO a very great extent. Yon
may fail through some weaknesses that
you have; but II you strive In this wav
you viii grow In grace and in the
knowledge Of the truth.
IDENTITY NOT LOST IN THE