Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
CONTINENTS OF THE SEASON


the birth of the oordS Rcdeemn IN this t,Ocnfieh eN-
try Of ne Christian era Jesus of Nazareth stands pye-e0
iutm IN the minds Of men among all the notables Of edyh
The influence whch He left after His bTcf sojowu in NOR
tally increases 1uh each succeeding age and tends oauds
the idedlc conditions predicted by all the sees and sages
and prophets OF former times Many millions Of the most
adoanced men and sUomea Of me times behcoc in Jesus Of
Nazareth as the 0eyidbe Son OF God part Of Deity, God
SasiOr the Aoney for the sins Of tie word His cords are
10 them, IN the fullest sense disHe His tragic death on the
cross they beeae followed by His resurrection and as
eeaaon They look for His second ddoeHt as the King Of
Kings and Lord Of LORDS en all nations and peoples shall
and obey Him. Others Svho do not accept The doctrine
Of His digiaiy look upon Him the Great Teacher the
Master in bhosObhy and theology The Etcmb1r as wcH as
he Pyeceboy and praise Him for the sblcador of His char
oeter and the benefcehce Of His Instructions Among all the
sons Of there is none that can be called His eqnai The
Latey-day Saints understand Him 10 be the Fiyst.bou
among all the spirits born Of The Eternal Father and the only
BegoHen Of God IN the Resh HE'S be their ruler svhen He
comes ihe second time Scithom sin unto sa0dion" There
FORE they celebrate Christmas evtn though The day selected
may not be really the date Vhen Christ came into the woyd
wM fill intent 10 do Him honor in TIC highest CAPACITY
SOhich mo,tals can ascyeibc TO Him
They do this 1oh rejoicing feasiing, and worshib He
Gseeic He sieoed the good things of this life as The
gifts Of the External He cOmselcd temperance and modera
don but not abstinence 10 an noydnaic dtgree The GARTH
He taught made for man 10 be enjoyed in cdom and in
prudence and not TO This should be kept in gc,o BY
all SUho beieve III Him He also incnlcaicd brotherhood
charity and peace. He blessed the little children; he COM
fOrcd those 9Oho mOwned He healed the SICK and fed the
hungry He 50dJ stern only TO me Sckcd he seoraed The
hy8Oe and the dcceivr and those sOhO made merchandise
Of the SoaS Of men, He fed the acak and the faQeu and
died that we might ii1e III this Christmas season we should
initiate Him as nearly possible for fallen humanity 10 d.
Beac'one help, aud aid 10 the poor should be extended
ard Everybody made as happy as gifts aud kindly uords and
tender acts render il universal The little ones abo1c all
should be remembered Christ looed them and said "Of such
is the Kingdom Of Hedoen" Forgiveness, Gbeyaliy, and
sood'VH should abound among men and e1cn orr enemies
should be fOygivm ha the spirit Of the Christ may increase
among humanity
The Desad Meas rioites the prosperity 5ptch has
attended the people Of this state since the merry bells sounded
year ago the tokens of the Sailors GnipcJaE Great ad-
sOnces haze been made all lines of material progress
Prospects are bright for continuation IN this omcayd and
Hpard direction When the stumbling blocks ohich feso M
eongeHial spirits haze placed in The ay of the state through
ety Of the Church. this commonwealth 5VH moye fo,7tayd
Scth rapid strides Ow population oW 1pondGfnHy increase
capital Sv fo7v IN for Investment and the dc1eiObment Of
her rich resources and the everlasting mountains 7VM re1ry
bcrais 5ch the sounds Of industry III the glad nfyas of
people blessed and aoored ,cih all that makes life enjoyable
One Of the great factors IN Utahs sum OF prosperity is the
means Of intercourse @ the rest OF the Soord byovided BY
the rdSpOy systems that haze been built BY enterprise and
weah and SKILL and chch goe promise Of still greater bcne-
fits than those already tabcd hcefrom Among these may
be specially mentioned the road that is noao almost COM
flete connecting the Cy of the Saints oih the CITY of the
Ange The SAT- Lake. San Pedro s Los Angcics Ra,cay is
Hou reality From its inception the DeSyet Meas had faith
IN H. encouraged its building and iauded its projectors Fow
years ago published special Los angeles edition of this
paper SCich recognized one OF The best Christmas ed
lions eocy issued from The PRESS This Christmas day ace
publish another Issue ah special features as 10 Los angeles
We hope 'pW be as thoroughly appreciated as former
effort in that direction We reach ont 10 orr friends in the
Golden state the glad hand Of ,gceomc melting them 10 our
city and promising them that we ,pA come to them in return
We haze looked forc0d 10 this union Of interests and asSo-
cations ih Peaswdbe pieibdtionS our hopes are about
TO be fully realised merry Christmas to me beautiful city
sch'eh rH soon be joined 10 us sc bands Of STEEL We pe
come the glad esm At the same time spe recognise the
saae Of other enterprises Of similar kind and all the efforts