Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-12

| for the world to raise a hand agains
the Latter-day Saints to retard theil
progress or check their Advancement
They cannot be etopped they must g.
on; for God Is their leader. AS Brother
Roberts said he must exult little, J
often exult great deal because Of The
goodness of God 20 His people IN
thwarting the efforts Of unrlghteous
men to check the progress Of and e
bring reproach and ignominy upon tn
Saints OF the Most High. rejoice In
this, and love to see the Church grow,
In spite Of all they can do. love TO
see the people live near unto God obey
His commands, accept the leaders OF
the Church as men chosen of God,
hearken TO their counsels, and meet to-
gether with smiling countenances.
All OF us may have a knowledge that
this Is the one and only religion In all
the wide world Of which It can be sail,
"all they have Is true" Yet how glad
~ we would extend It to everyone else
How gladly we would give to others
that which we have received, and how
assiduously are we working for the sal
walton OF men, as is evidenced by the
hundreds upon hundreds Of Elders sent
forth to proclaim repentance and saliva
tion to the world!
EVIDENCE OF ORGANIZATION.
Another evidence OF the truth
of the Gospel-a very strong
one to me--ls the organization OF
the Church. Look at 1t, my brethren
and sisters Men In the world have
wondered and could not understand
how Il was that God could be omni-
solent and omnipresent and the teach
ing OF this doctrine has led them Into
all kinds Of error as TO who and what
God is. Now look at the Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--a
church composed OF nearly four hun
bred thousand people divided into
stakes and wards and missionary fields
presided over by men holding the holy
Priesthood Think of all that number
Of souls, and then bear In mind that
the President Of the Church can within
a few hours, get In touch with the
remotest parts Of the Church, and be-
come acquainted with almost every In
dividual member. His knowledge con-
corning any part OF the Church, scat
tered throughout the world, becomes
almost omnlsclent. All he needs TO do
Is to communicate with the president
of the stake, whom he knows, and that
president may communicate with the
Bishop of ward, the Bishop may In
form his teachers that he desires in
formation concerning family or an
individual In HIS ward and the infor-
nation Is received, and transmitted
right back to the head of the Church.
In this way the President OF the Church
Is brought In touch with all the
Church, in all It's branches, however
remote they may be. IT, then, one
man, in finite condition., can become
so thoroughly acquainted with peo-
pie numbering four hundred thousand,
can we not understand how easy II is
for God who Is infinite to receive all
knowledge concerning all the works OF
His hands? The organization OF the
Church Is as perfect as 1t can possibly
be in our present state. All has been
given us that we are capable OF receiy-
Ing, And Oh! how we rejoice In II,
my brethren and sisters, and In the
knowledge, too, that eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither hath II entered
into our hearts, what God has In store
for US as we march on In that infinite
progression and advancement. All
things will be given TO us--all power,
all glory. all knowledge, even as our
Father In heaven possesses it.-in due