Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-01

! an happy to see so many OF thu
Saints present on the first day OF 0uI
Conference, and / have reJoiced in the
instructions given by the brethren whs
have addressed us. | was much im'
pressed with the remarks OF the last
sneaker. He bore testimony that tn,
leading brethren in the Church are
humble men. The Apostles have just
concluded their quarterly conference
md one OF the subjects dwelt upon
was this principle Of humility II was
shown that il Is absolutely necessary
10 cultivate humility, II we shall make
progress In the kingdom Of God, J
can also bear testimony to the fact that
the Twelve Apostles are one and seek
10 be one with the Presidency OF the
Church. When Brother Cowley read
the words of the revelation in which
we are told that the disciples OF Oh
had feelings against one another, | fe.t
10 rejoice that II could be said Of the
Twelve today that they are unit, ana
II is desirable that this oneness OF feel
ing should peryade all Israel We know
that Il Is required of US to be one. IL
we are not one, Jesus Will not acknowl-
edge us. In one Of the revelations lie
makes this statement
"But. verify. I say unto YOU, teach
one another according to the Office
wherewith | have appointed you,
"And let every man esteem his BROTH
err as himself, and practice virtue ana
holiness before me.
and again ] say unto you, let
every man egteem his brother as NM
self
For what man among you having
twelve sons and Is 10 respecter OK
item. and they serve him Obedienty,
oid ne saith unto the one, be thou
clothed In robes and sit thou here
and To the other be thou clothed IN
rags and sit thou here, and looketh
upon his sons and saith am Just
"Dehold, this / have given unto you
a parable, and II is even as / am
say unto you, be one and II you are not
one. We are not mine. doc. and Cow
Sec, IS; g327.
This requirement ia made, not only
Of the Twelve, but Of all the saints
n we shall be recognized and acknowl-
edged BY our Master, we must
prove unto Him that we are one
not only one In our bellel,
hui one in our acts. and one In our
conduct and In the treatment OF one
another We have heard II read that
one should not have above another'
The Lord has always laid stress upon
unity. In the last teachings OF our
Savior 10 His disciples during the
week before lie left them. how imnres-
sive are His words upon this prlncl-
plel He wanted them to be one as
He and the Father We're one; ana lie
asked in His prayer that this might
be. Unity Is the distinguishing charac-
terlstIc OF Saints In every age. AS Lat
ter-day Saints, we want 10 try to be
united with one another and with tht
Presidency. Let us carry out the coun.
sells that come to us through them, ana
lei us not feel one above another.
IL one man shall acquire more OF TINS
worlds goods than another let II not
lIft him up and make him feel that
that makes him better than his brother
Remember that the Lord withstands
the proud and purse-pride | think IA
meaner than any other pride. Yet II u
natural to us. There should not arise
class distinctions among the Latter-day
Saints | do not believe there Is much
OF this but al certain times there
midst than there ought TO be, The
other day had the pleasure OF attend
Ing q reception given our President on
his birthday by the workers In the
Temple. ] was pleased to be present
and feel the spirit there In talking
with one OF our Bishops, ] remarked
how pleasant Il was to see those who
had not any Of this worlds goods min
Cling with those who had. as brethren
and sisters, and he said, 81 have heard
some say that we have class distlnc-
tons In our midst, and men who have
riches are accused OF feeling above
their brethren; but / have never fell
anything OF that kind" Now, that man
has plenty OF this worlds goods but he
aid not feel that wealth exalted him
above his brethren. | believe that as o
general thing the possession Of wealth
has a tendency 10 Mt men up. II the
Lord blesses us with temporal riches.
they should not have this effect upon
MS. II may not be the fault al
together Of those who have
means that there sometimes arise
lines Of distinction between them and
Their poorer brethren We who have not
much Of this worlds goods are not en-
lirely free from pride; II for instance,
our brother with whom we have been
well acquainted, ard who has acquired
more means than VIC have, happens 10
pass US without noticing u.s. though he
Ices u unthlnklngly we are apt 10
Judge him harshly and say TO ourselves
Vat because he has a little more means
han we have he will not notice us now
lie may be entirely Innocent yet We