Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-13

earnestly trust that during the few
minutes may speak unto you he spir-
nofGod may Dee with me and with you.
and that we may De mutually blessed
and benefited. rejoice exceedingly
IN listening Goo thn testimonies of my
brethren when they return from their
missionary hhurs We can Feel their
spirit Even the stranger " De should
accost one OF our returned Elders,
could not help but feel that Doe was In
deed filled with the Spirit Of God. After
our Elders have been absent for sew
eral years. ceyoung an their time to
the ministry laboHng with an eye sin.
gle TO the glory OF God and with de-
youon that the world knows not. and
having no other desire in their hearts
than 90 save souls and 20 make plain
unto the children of men the principles
Of NE and salvation, one cannot help
but feel that they are endowed with a
power from on high Though many of
them 20 forth as mere boys. ineXperi-
enced In many cases not fully quail
fed FOR the lgbOrg that devOlve upon
them. and relying entirely upon the
Almighty for help and strength. they
return unto us In fun manhood. spirit
ually stronger even than some of us
who are laborIng at home. though our
testimonies NJ the truth Of the Gospel |
may have been received many many |
years ago. All we are proud Of our
young men who are thus performing !
missionary labor. and We feel 90 ask |
God continually 90 bless and strengthen i
Than, Irt / Nkfrtlr
that o great deal OF the success that |
attends their labors is not only due 10 |
their own individual effort. carnestness
and humility. but also TO the earnest /
prayers OF their loved ones at home
For the two thousand missionaries that
may now be IN the missionary field |
there are In Zion thousands NJ
loved ones. united with them by the
ties 81 nature. and night and morning
those thousands OF Latter-day Saints
bow the knee and pray God the Eternal
Father 70 bless their boys, their hus-
bands. their fathers. while laboring for
the salvation OF the children ~ men.
While they In foreign lands are earnest
~ beseechlng that God win strengthen
and qualify them for every labor the
loved ones AZ home are also petitIonng !
God 20 bless them IN their efforts. with |
such a power behind them. with such |
faith and prayer exercised IN their be-
halt, how can they fan? Nay, God has
given unto them promises. Before they |
20 forth 20 preach the word. they come
very humbly unto the servants Of God,
who have received the Priesthood ~
the Most High and they SIT before
them. Why2 That these men of God
may place their hands upon their heads
and bless them, set them apart Tor |
fhnfr he1as /
the powers ana blessings Of the Priest
hood Every word spoken by those
faithful men OF God is implanted firmly
In the minds Of the missionaries. and
remembering these words and depend
Ing upon these promises. they 70 forth
believing and feeling that God win
bless them
DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF
CHRISTS CHURCH
II seems 10 me that the very expert
ence Of the Latter-day Saints In con-
nectlon with their missionary lab0rs.
the very work that they are doing.
should be a testimony unto the strang-
ers who come amongst us that there Z
Is bower In "Mormonism' that dis
tlngulshes II from every other religious
denomination upon the face Of the
earth. You find Ia no other part Of the
world that which Is before you here.
The very faith and devotion of our boys d
should be a sufficient testimony And | {
when you appeal 90 the parents how
do you find thom9 Scarcely one OF
them but has the feeling of Abraham VI
old when he was called upon 90 offer ! !
his son Isaac Some Of MS have passed
through that ordeal. We know what 10
Is TO be called upon 20 give 90 the service y
OF the Almighty our only SON. / have ! $
passed through H. Knowing as we lu
that the Gospel OF the Lord Jesus | &
Christ Is true, that God has restored | b
His authority unto the earth, and that | !
our boys are called of God 20 go and | f,
labor In the vineyard for the salvation ! a
Of souls, we give our boys and our Z
girls we sacrifice our own lives 10 needs .
be 20 testify unto the world that God | ID
has indeed established His kingdom ln 4
the latter days We have endelvuf.i | +
by the sacrifices OF the past 90 prove I 3
10 the world our sincerity Even when | e
scattered among the nations OF the i
earth, we endeavOred 90 prove that $50 | Il
did indeed believe In the Gospel of the | .
Lord Jesus. for when the word come
that We should gather unto Zion mo ! .
sacrifice was TOO great FOR us o. max. !
10 comply with IL. So 1t has been iu ,
connection with AN our experiences Iu b.
AtAN ~AAhAAN 90 II I"NH lIN latter quay ]
Saints rejoice in the testimonies of the .
Elders / have often sat in the congro T,
CATION and watched our young men !
come 20 this stand. and heard them ! 3
with fear and trembling bear their tes- i
timonies, and while they have been | I,
speaking ] have watched the gJunto. +.
nances Of some Of these old veterans ON ,
the front seats and as the boys have
borne testimony OF the truth you could y
see the smiles upon the faces N those 4
who have borne the heat of the day =
and they would nod approval unto a
those words Of faithful testimony. Il
These aged men and women OF God \
drink Into their souls the truth as 10 lg ,
presented here from Sabbath 10 SAB !,
bath. Their hearts are made glad also | II
when our choir sings some OF the ola n
SONGS. They, themselves sang them |
thirty. forty and City years ago, and
they enjoy singing them today
NOT AN ALIEN RELIGION u
! rejoice % be- associated with this 81
people ! rejoice 20 observe the prog. Cd
ress that Is being made amongst our Oh
young people 10 the sunday Of
school ] was quite Interested c
short time ago In reading %
some statements made by certain sl
gentlemen not 90 our faith who were n
meeting iu salt Lake City and review Do
ing their religious work LOO this state. Oh
Among other things one reverend gem Oh
tleman urged that bis co-laborers "a
should Poe very iiugeat n nbarInr D..
the young. saving them t pos.
sihle irom this allen flth that pre- SO
do"'natei iu this state ] questioned -
myself as tO who wur. aliens and [
took the opportunity OF referring the
matter 20 my sunday school class
] asked them t1 define their position.