Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-27
DEsERET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901.

cannot hope to receive any benefits
from It, The man who carouses and
Is continually drunk upon our streets Is
not benefit to the law. On the con-
trary, the law Is made for him, TO
chastise him for violating the rights
and peace OF the neighborhood. SO
the prison world on the other
side OF the vell Is provided for violators
Of Gods commandments In this world
and heaven is for those who observe
the Gospel OF Christ In this world, II
we obey the principles taught by the
Latter-day Saints, there Is no need for
us TO violate secular laws. We are told,
however that we must be In subsection
to the conditions by which we are sur
rounded and | believe the Latter-day
Saints have been truer have given up
more, and have observed the law more
than any other people In the world.
They live above the law, II they do
their duty. OF course, all men have
their agency, and they will be punished
or rewarded for the use or abuse Of that
agency,
Know this, that every soul Is free
To choose his life and what he'll be"
They can choose the UPWARD or the
downward road. They can obey the
Gospel or they can leave II alone, But
II they leave Il alone they cannot re-
oeive the blessings and benefits Of IL.
II they desire the blessings and privl.
leges OF the Gospel they must live IL all
their days, They may run we'll for
short distance, but II they then fail
their works avail them nothing. IL they
desire TO obtain salvation and exalta-
ton, they must serve God to the end,
they must manifest their love for God
In their everyday lives, and they must
love their tellowman. II they love their
fellowman, they will labor for the sal.
walton OF mankind. Acting upon this
principle, the Elders Of the Church OF
Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints for
sake their homes, their families and
everything they have, and go out into
the world to preach the Gospel. DO
they do this out of curiosity? Never.
They do II because Of their love for
their fellowman and Il desire for their
salvation. They manifest their love for
God and His children by leaving their
comfortable surroundings and going
out into the world for a season,
enduring hardship and privaton, in
suit prejudice and persecution, Tor
the purpose OF peaching this Gospel
and perhaps only reaching one or two
honest-hearted souls, It matters not.
however how few or how many they
may bring to knowledge Of the truth:
II they forsake all TO go out into the
world and find but one OF the lost sheen
OF our Fathers house, they have done
their duty and manifested their love by
their works. They have desire TO
serve God and benefit their fellowmen.
or they would not go out as they do
There are very few Elders in the
Church Of Christ who are not willing
to 20 out into the world, when called, TO
take the Gospel unto the people. II
seems 10 me that this should speak
more for the Latter-day Saint Elders
than almost anything else, and that
honest and consistent people In the
world would realize that these young
men would not leave their homes and
all their financial interests as they do
for two or three years, II they did not
love their fellow men and desire their
salvation. People ought to give us Gre
dit, no matter Of what denomination
they are, for being serious and consist
ant In this labor, serving God as we
understand Il, and manifestlng our love
for Him and for His children II seems to
me that this fact alone should be the
means of drawing reasonable and in
telllgont men and women to the Latter
day Saints and TO the principles which
they teach. The tree is known by Its
fruit and when men are willing 10 for
sake all for their religion, It certainly
shows good frillt