Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-04

reward you according to your faithful.
ness III observing the laws OF right
e0usness and OF truth. No man need
fear In his heart when he Is conscious
or having lived up TO the principles of
truth and righteousness as God has re-
qulred II at his hands, accordlrT 20 his
best knowledge and understand. ", |
do not suppose that you think or that
anyone will think that We esteem our
selves as perfect, or as different and
apart from other people of the world.
We are, indeed. ] am sorry to Sa-, al
together too much like the rest of the
world In navy respects. We are people
with like passions, Ike weaknesses, like
imperfections, 20 doubt, results OF hui
| man nature-as the rest OF mankind.
But the difference lies here; We have
made n covenant In our hearts with
God, me Eternal Fa her, that We will
forsake sin, that we viii eschew the
very appearance of evil, as far as We
possibly can: that We will overcome
O. the utmost our weakness and prone
mes to evil and '7rong-doing, that We
will seek light from all sources OF light
and intelligence that we viii seek
knowledge that comes from above, and
lid our ears open to listen to the
words of truth, to the voice of under
standing, and to the voice OF inspiration
that comes from tho Lord, or that may
come from man, inspiring men to do
better, TO improve, TO advar e In the
scale of righteousness and Of intelli-
gence in the world; and that We will
DO. aNtsu ltfass f.s. L.. .aeth Il
for us TO DO so, clean and pure and
unspotted from the sins OF the world.
That Is the difference. We have COW
enanted with God that we will do this.
and we expect that God will require us
to keep this covenant that we have
made with Him, and that we will strive
with all our might to live consistent
lives before the Lord and keep His
laws.
It is hard. very hard indeed, TO make
the blind see or the deaf herr; and II Is
a truth laid down In the doctrines OF
the Gospel as taught to the ancient
Nephites upon this continent, that
there are none SO blind as those who will
not see, and there are none so deaf
as those who will not hear. There are
those who will not see and who will not
hear, and II Is vain to attempt to open
| their eyes for they will TO keep them
shut. 1t is vain that We attempt TO
open their ears to hear, for they hove
closed their ears against the
everlasting truth and they wiz not
hear &. Whp are we 20 do undoI slch
rs these? Are we 10
grieve about IT, Shall we slacken our
effort In the least bee Use these condl-
| tions exist in the world? Shall we turn
| back from the pillow to which we have
put our hand because there are those
t..C void that viii not see the
trith and will not hear the voice OF the
| 5pirit OF God calling them 10 repent
| ance and 10 obey the commandments
| OF the Lord? Verify no! lie would
be weak and vaclatng and an un-
profitable serl ant Tho would turn
ay Y from lPht usnt5s because there
are those who wall not repent Of their
sins and turn unto righteousness
Our duty is to keep steadily onion
| and upward In the direction that the
| Lord Almighty has marked out for
| us TO pursue, Keep the faith, none
| the name OF God in your hearts, revere
| end love the name OF Him whose blood
was shed FOR the remission of sim 'or
the world honor and hold In the aigh-
est esteem him whom God raised up In
his childhood to lay the foundations Of
| this great latter.day work honor that
power and that authority which We call
the Holy Priesthood, which Is after the
order of the Son of God, and which
has been conferred upon man by God
| Himself. Honor t'.-t Priesthood.
| What ia thrt Priesthood II IL nothing
more and nothing less than divine au.
thor.ty committed u.to man from God
That is t. principle that We should
honor. We hold IN keys OF that Nu'
| .orlty and Priesthood ourselves, 1t
| has been conferred upon the great
maeees OF me Latter-day Saints, IT
| has. indeed, | may say, been bestow""
upon many that were not worthy 10
receive II and who have not magnlh u
| il and who have brought disgrace u IN
| themsel es and ulIon the Priesthood
/ ,,h,,h was conferred upon them, The
! Priest hood ~ the Son q God cannot
b exercised IN any degree II unrght'
eousnt ~, n, ither viii Its power It's VIZ
| tue md auhor' gbi'e With him who
| IL COZ II, who IL treavhelous IN his
soul tocprd God and toward rs fell " /.
men 4, viii nc abide = force ana
power with him who DC - not honor 1t
in his life by complying with the re-
Nrer ents OF heaven,
some people think II Is dreadful
sin Tor people like the Latter'day
saints to claim that they believe VIII
all their souls that the world
would be better " only me laws
OF God could be enforced IN
the world. Some people think
thai II Gods authority, II
Gods law. n Gods Righteousness were
10 be enforced among the children OF
men that IL would deprive meu Of their
liberties. Il would bring them into hond-
age, and that II would debase ana de-
grade them. We do moi look az this IN
this way. We believe that Gods Will
is to exali men; that the liberty that
comes through obedience 10 the Cos
pei OF Jesus CART, IL the greatest
r!easure OF liberty that can come C
man. There Ia no liberty that men en-
10Y or pretend 10 enjoy In the worlc
that Is rot founded In the VIII and N
the law Of God and that does not have
truth for It's underlying principle and
foundation IL Is error that makes
bundsmen. Ii Is untruth that degrades
| mankind II ls error and tho lack 81
4 knowleds, Of Gods laws and Gods WI
that leaves me In the world on pan
with the hrutq reatlon; for they have
no higher instincts, no higher principle
no higher incentive, no higher Gsplra'
ton than the brute world II they have
not some Inspiration that comes from
higher source than man himself,
believe IN Gods law. ! believe tha
It IL His right 10 rule In the world.
believe that no man has or should hay'
any valid objection IN his mind 10 th'
| government Of God an1 the rule o