Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-01

br.tbrop ln relating their experience
obroad and also 100 the Instructions
thai they have impaired 10 us. When
che Elders of OBJ. Church have been out
int, tbe world and nave tested the
promlses o. thc Lord made 70 them
have been witnesses Of the bestowai OF
tbe power OF God. and have proved Tor
themselves by experience the goodness
and mercy Of our Father IN heaven as
bearing upon this work. il is a satisiac-
zion to me 20 listen TO their testimonies
The Lord has laid upon His people IN
shs day the responsibility OF preaching
the Gospel 90 every nation, kindred,
tongue and people. This responsibility
is being discharged, and through the
experience that many Of the Elders
have gone they have demonstrated bee
y0ud an question the truthfulness OF
the promises made boy the Lord unto
them. n o. true. they have passed
through some trIbulation They have
been tested 10 % degree sufficient 90
show our Heavenly Father whether
they possessed the elements OF faith ana
fOrtitude necessary 20 obtain the prize
that He has offered Tor fidelity. They
have proved their devotion 10 the Faith
er and have satisfied themselves be-
yond the pcradycnture Of a doubt that
the mission 10 which they were called
was OF God, and that the obligation
was upon them TO preach the Gospel DO
the world While IN the beginning there
might have been doubts In the
minds OF some as to the
help they would receive
from the divine source. time has dem
onstrated 90 them. II faithful, that our
Father in heaven has indeed been their
friend, their help their guide. and their
strength This win continue to be the
case II The spirit and conduct Of the
Elders shall be- In harmony with our
Fathers holy VIII. II there have been
failures. they are not due 10 the Lord
II failure has come In any single in
stance ID has been due 20 the fact that
the Elder has failed TO fulhll his part
with fidelity and has not applied him
self IN the way pointed out when he
was set apart TO labor In the holy min
istfy.
GOSPEL TO BEs PREACHED TO
ALL THE WORLD.
The Gospel Is 20 be preached In all
the world for q Witness Many things
have risen that have prevented the en-
tire fulnlment OF this sacred charge
We have preached the Gospel In the
United States. in parts Of Canada and
In Mexico 90 a limited extent Brief
visits have been made To South Ameri-
ca and many Of the Islands Of the sea
have received the visits OF the Elders
Of the Church Of Christ The Gospel
has been preached In Great Britain; i
has been preached In limited way IN
Germany, II has found Its way slightly
into France. and It has been freely
preached among the nations Of scandi-
nayla But in Russia, In Austria, In
parts Of Germany and France, In
Japan, in the great Chinese nation, and
In many other sections Of the world.
the seeds of the Gospel have not been
scattered and the warning message has
not been delivered. In times past we
probably anticipated that the work
would speedily be- horalded among the
children Of men, and that as soon as
the warning voice had been raised In
certain parts OF the Gentle world our
mission would be measurahly done. l
have held different Views In regard To
the dissemination OF the Gospel among
the children of men, | have believed
that through the efforts OF our govern
ment the principles of liberty would De-
ftAAUlArllfNA CIV IANnAAN ~ NAA NAlN ''f..'f
50 that the seeds of the Gospel might
in the due time OF the Lord be scattered
among all bis children.
DIFFICULTIES III THE WAY.
1t Is a well known fact that with the
conditions which exist In the nations
OF the earth IL ia extremely difficult to
introduce new doctrines clearly ana
thoroughly among men. England, In
the brightness of her liberal education,
has opened the door quite freely In all
her possessions yet Notwithstanding
the generous feeling and sentiment
which exists I'm the government OF That
country. there has at times arisen eN-
IRENE prejudice among some Of her
people. who have sought by persecution
TO prevent the spread OF the Gospel
The same thing has been the case on
our own soil where the Constitution al-
fords so high a degree of liberty The
minds OF some of the people have not
been CorTespondingly liberalized and
iu some places ndrrowncss OF intellect
and lack Of understanding have sought
tOcuTtail and prevent the propagation OF
the faith which the Latter-day Saints
have to Introduce among the children
OF men The Latter-day Saints are not
the unlN ones who have suffered from
this natTowness OF feeling for 10 has
caused at times displays Of hatred and
injustice against other peoples The
laws OF MANY lands are such that 10 i-
extremely difficult TO introduce the Cos
pei In those lands and TO fulhl the rg-
sponsibility placed upon the Elders of
the Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints, Go We into all the world,
and preach the Gospel TO every Crea-
Ia1faa..fl t t.NI H. Ilr.fIF..#H
shall De- saved. but he that btlipyeth
not shall be- damned" In those lands
wherr the principles Of liberty have
leln iuIiy and thoroughly established.
as in the case OF this country, of Great
Britain. and TO quite degree
In the scandinavian countries. the
Gospel has made its way and the Elders
have been able 10 discharge the Obliga-
lions placed upon them, IL has been
much more difficult 10 SOW the seeds OF
the Gospel iu France. and also among
the GermaulD races. with their free cit
les and with the principles of liberty
pretty thoroughly imbedded among
them. as Wen Bs IN Austria and other
European countries. Men have been con-
signed 20 prison whose only crime was
that they declared that an angel Of God
had come from the courts of glory. ana
that their mission and ministry was tn
preach Christ and Him cruIihed and the
principles onunciated by Him and His
APOSTLE Upon one occasion q brother
was brought before "a tribunal. and he
declared his innocence OF any violation
OF law or any thought OF tramplIng bee
meath his feet in amy degree the princi-
plea underlying The government In
which he WAS lahorlng Tie said 20 the
judge. Upon YOU wiz rest the rpspon-