Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-09

and not the righteous. pharisees or self.
righteous; that sinners must be saved
by the righteousness OF Christ alone
without mixing any Of their own right
eousness with His then you will see
that He can as well save all as any.
| And there Is no respect OF persons with
God, who will have all mankind TO be
! saved and come TO knowledge OF the
| truth, viz. That there IL one God and
| one Mediator between God and man,
the man Jesus Christ, who gave HIM
| self n ransom for all, TO be testified In
due time And when you believe this
you Will enter into His rest, and when
you enter into His rest, you VIII know
what rest Is, and not before. And hay-
Ing got the evidences that God Is true,
be still adding to your evidence and en-
Joy your present assurance DO all 10
God as to your father, for His love Is
ten thousand times greater towRds
you than ever any earthly fathers
could be to his offspring
In the next place strive for these
graces most which concern your places
and conditions and strive most against
those tallings which must threaten you.
But above everything avoid melan-
choly disposition, that is u humOr that
admits OF any temptation and Is cap
able OF any impression and dstemper-
ment as death, this humor which Will
work you TO all unthankfulness against
God, uni0vngness to men and unnatuf-
alness TO yourselves and to one an
other.
DO not talk and make noise TO
set the name Of forward men. but do
the thing and do II In a way that Is
fair and honest which you can live and
die by and rise and reign by; therefore
my children. do more than you talk OF.
In point OF religion satisfy your own
consciences In what you DO; all men
you shall never satisfy, nay some will
not be satisfied though they be CON
ylnced
'As for your callng-Ahy honest |
calling Will honor you II you VIII honor |
~ II Is better to be rich cobbler |
than a poor merchant; a rich farmer |
than poor preacher; and never be |
discouraged, though sometimes your
schemes should not succeed according
To your wishes.
"PerseVere in the way OF well doing
and you may hope for success, for my
self ! Iwho had never your parts nor
helps) never found anything too hard
Tor me In my calling, but discourage.
ment and unbelief II | was dlscour-
aged and did not believe | could do
thing, | never could, therefore when
you think anything In too hard for you,
do not undertake it.
'As to Your Company--Abandon all
Infectious, ilattering, self-serying COM
panions; when once you have found
them false trust them no more. Sort
with such as are able to do or receive
good. Solomon gives you the best
counsel for this In many places. Read
the Proverbs and remember him In
this. Forsake not an old friend. Be
friendly and faithful to your friends.
Never trouble nor trust friends unless
there be necessity, and lastly be long
In closing with friends and 10th to
loose them upon experience Of them.
AS TO Your Marriages. DO not
think II worth while to say much about
Them, for | believe that God hath ere.
ated the persons for each other and
mat nature win find its own.
But for Your Chlldren-Make II
your chiefest work TO bring them up
m the ways OF virtue, that they may
be useful In their generation Give
mem II possible a good education: IL
nature hath made no differences. do
YOU make none In your affections.
'ountenances nor partlous Partially |
.heir way begets envy, hatred strife
md contention.
And as for Yourselves Within Your. I
'elves-My desire hath been to carry
IN even hand towards you all and /
nave labored TO reduce you as near
IS l could, all circumstances consid- ,
red TO an equality and therefore INV !
asst request and charge is, that YOU
viii live together In an undivided bond
II love: you are many Of you. and IL
'ou join together as one man. you need /
lot want anything: what counsel. what !
omfort what money, what friends {
nay you not help yourselves unto. n /