Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-27

wants OF God are sent out now into the
various parts Of the earth 10 preach
the Gospel unto all people. Where they
find men and women who will repent
and come into the fold Of Christ, the
gifts and blessings are poured out
upon the Believer as they We're nine
teen hundred years ago. Now, the
Christian world teach the people that
the gifts and blessings which followed
the Saints nineteen hundred years ago
have all vanished, because there was
no need for them, nor for Apostles and
Prophets. except In the establishment
of .he Gospel OF Christ. But the Apos-
ties themselves did not say they were
not needed longer than that. Paul said
that these officers and gifts were to be
in the Church until we all came TO a
unity Of the faith The people never
have come 10 a unity Of the faith yet,
SO that these gifts and blessings must
be In the Church. In fact we are told
that the gifts and the blessings were
unto all who would believe, Peter said:
''For the promise is unto you, and 70
your children and 10 all that are afar
OF, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call. Acts II, 80,
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
The Gospel Of Jesus Christ is Cos
pei of charity. We are told by the
world that We must be charitable: but
they have changed the significance Of
that word charity" until its meaning
ls very different today to what II was
when Paul declared that charity never
falleth," They say now that II you give
aims, II you give freely 10 the church
and TO the ministers, your charity will
cover multitude Of sins. But In the
days Of the Apostles charity did not
consist In the giving OF aims. It meant
then the love OF God and the love Of
our fellowman, A certain lawyer asked
the Savior on one occasion which was
the. greatest commandment In the law,
and the Savior replled
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy
soul and with all thy mind
This Is the first and great command
ment
And the second IL like unto It, Thou
shalt love thy nelghbor as myself
"On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets Mat
thew, xxi, 37-iO.
No matter what else we have. II we
have not that love Of God and love OF
man, upon which hang all the law and
the prophets, our works avail US moth
ing; but II we love God and love our
fellowman, then our works avail much.
Look over the decalogue and observe
how true is the statement OF the Savior
that ION these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets"
Thou shalt have no other gods before
me-"
n We love God with all our hearts,
there Is no chance for us to have any
other gods before Him.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any
craven Image, or any likeness Of any
thing that is In heaven above, or that
Is In the earth beneath, or that Is In
the water under the earth;
Thou shalt not bow down myself
to them, nor serve them. for the Lord
thy God am Jealous God, visiting the
iniquity Of the fathers upon the chill
dren unto the third and fourth genera
ton OF them that hate me-"
We VIII not bow down to any craven
image II we love God with all our heart,
mind and strength, and we win not
worship anything but God
Take the next three commandments
and you will find that they are all COW
cred by this one great commandment.
Investigate the rest Of the command
ments, and you viii find that they are
all embraced In our love for our fellow
man, If we love our neighbor as our
selves, We will not steal from him, we
VIII not bear false witness against him,
We Will not commit adultery, and we
VIII not covet anything that he has.
SO that upon these two commandments
nang all the law and the prophets.
Charity. as | have said, is this love
OF God and Of man, and not the mere
giving OF aims to the poor or being
lenient with our friends. And this
charlty, or love, comes by obedience to
the laws and ordinances Of the Gospel.
u Is manifested when we do the Will OF
the Father. II we do not do His Will
II Is manifest that we have not that
love- but II We do the will OF the Faith
er, His love is with us and we know
whether the doctrines are OF God or Of
man. But we must be consistent and
reasonable In our lives. and we must do
the works which God requires.
Many will say 10 me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and In thy name have cast
out devlsY and In thy name done many
wonderful works?
And then Will confess unto them,
never knew YOU depart from me, ye
that work iniquity?"--Matthew VII. 20,
20.
On another occasion, the Savior told
the Jews, who boosted that they were
ADraham's children, that II they were
the children OF Abraham they would do
the works Of Abraham.
so II Is with the Latter-day Saints.
II you are Latter-day Saints you will
I'VE the Gospel OF Christ after you have
accepted Il; YOU will not only love God.
but you viii love your fellowman. II
would not be necessary for us to have
secular laws II people would obey the
laws OF God. Laws are not made for
people who do not violate the rights
OF others; they are made for the pur-
pose Of protecting people In their rights,
ana 10 prevent people from molesting
NAlAIlo Hi AHe tkeTClse Oh tHelT priv
leges. Such laws would not be neces-
sary II We loved God with ell our heart,
with all our might. and with oil our
mind. and our nelghbors as ourselves.
II Is because we do not love God and
our neighbors as ourselves that secu-
lar laws are necessary. The Gospel
OF Christ Is not TO save men who do
not want to be saved; II Is for the sal
walton OF people who want salvation.
The Gospel was made for the beneflt
Of the people; the people were not made
for the benefit OF the Gospel, We are
told that the sabbath was made for
man. not man for the Sabbath, So the
Gospel was made for man. not man for
the Gospel. The Gospel OF Christ Is a
blessed privilege that is given unto the
people, in order that they may receive
salvation and be redeemed from the
present conditions OF mortality.
BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL FOR
THE oBEDIENT.
ASH have said. the Latter-day Saints
believe that the Gospel is for all the
world who Will receive II: but the bene-
FITS and blessings OF the Gospel are on.
ly for those who live IL. II a man
does not live the Gospel OF Christ, no
matter what his professions are, he