Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-12


IN which ho moved lio admired him
then ana had done no all hls life, Dur.
Ing his affection the speaker said he
had been honorcd by Visiting the sick
man IN his own home, whore No found
him rounding out and finishing up u
llfo Of devotion and unsullied chnrao.
ter On such Visits he felt 10 hloas
him IN his last hours which were no
fOll OF pain His was alwOya "a strong
ana active mlnd-wondprfully 80, The
possession Of a body whose fraillties
ana weaknesses We're such ~ to pre-.
vent accomplishments that woro dear
10 HIN must have indeed been "a source
or blttor regret and sorrow
TRUE TO EVERY TRUST,
II there was ono fact he wanted
To Impress more Vivldly than
another with reference to Brother
Dunbar II was that N his integrity. lilo
never betrayed friend, lilo was al
ways loyal 10 the faith he never
broke a trust lie never bore false
thoughts wero pure his intentions
Kindly and his deode good For that
reason the speaker loved and honorcd
HIM nnd that was why ho wanted 10
meet him when the frnll clay labtr.
nacles we now inhabil shall have
inouldered and passed away, when tho
body and soul should no moro DO sop-
nrated.
Ana ltt me say horo,' said prcHl-
dent smith "Mormonism teaches that
that time VIII come, And let me say,
too, for my own satisfaction NJ least,
that Mormonism II the pure Gospel Of
Jesus Christ, Of Him who was tho
Teacher " the resurrection u the dead,
who was the great oyemplar OF that
mighty and potent principle; who was
Himself changed from mortality TO i'm.
mortality thereby only ihore ia
this great difference between us'~dod
would not permit His body 20 see cor.
Christ whom ITO worphiped TO whom
he prayed would not permit That
This 10 Mormonismi this IL pure chris
tianlty"
AZ TO "ouTdRoWlNu,"
As 10 "outgrowlng MormonIsm,' the
speaker said no had heard Of such
claims being made, but he wanted 10
say that no man ever did or ever can
do that The person who left his faith
on such n pretoxt would wocfuly de.
ceIve himself on that score, Some.
times q man M he floats down the
great stream Of time, slips occasionally
into q side canal or channel or slides
into slough or pond ana cpncoives for
the moment the thought that no has
reached happier position 'hnn he
occupied when he WAS ont ON the DO.
som Of the brond rolling river itself,
But the day viii surely come when no
win reach the doecrt sands ana be lett
dry ana desolate while the great river
has gone ON Ito way into the shorecss
ocean OF eternity
THE LITTLE TR0CK COAT
Az another illustration, President
Smith told OF man "who had loft
Mofmoninm behind" nv he had the ~.
llo frock coat ana knickorbockers hla
mother had made for him when he was
four years old, lie had "outgrown"
them His logic ana qualification were
that he had found no much consolation
IN spirltuoliem which had enabled him
TO penetrate the ven separating life |
and death and see an old aunt with a |
little dog Ne knew IN his childhood, |
II wan all no perfectly wonderful That |
was how he had outgrown Momonlem, |
That was how somo people would aeise |
a hobby, thought, principle and |
stick 10 II IN tho n0rrownona VI their |
Vision and oonaummalo ignorance ana
declare thoy had oulefown Mormonlen'
THE STALK or CORN.
Tho sneaker was reminded Of the NJ. |
tlo boy and the stalk OF corn, Tho lad |
mad gone into the field IN tho sprlng |
time with his father, and seeing n green |
blade some inches high, inquired OF |
hs parent what II was, The answer |
canlo that II was corn, Father ANA |
child left the field and nothing further |
was heard or snld Of the matter for |
several months, A, that time ihey |
returned and the youngster missed the
greon blades but saw l their. stead
a large stalk MystInod and nom
phsscd ho asked hle father whore tho |
corn wne. The reply was that tho |
largo stalks that flood IN front Of him |
were the corn, The child know not |
what TO say for no dld not understand
tho mystery Of growth The Gospel |
said the speaker, was Ike thN stalk
1t grows while those who once he
held II have been away, They don't |
understand tho power That Hust0InH II |
or how II grows But Brother Dun-
bar dld, lie was with the corn all the
time, lie saw II from blade 10 insfrl
and from toHac 10 rich, ripe oars,
More than that, he had taslod NJ II ~ |
no had " other fruits ~ tho Gospel
And having tasted no know that II was
good,
ALWAYS ON DECK,
Brother Dunbar was unlike me
father Of whom son said, We'll
fnther has stuck 10 the ship all the
white anyhow, oven II he hnn been
overheard half ~ the time" Brother
Dunbar was not Ike that lie was
Oh deck All the time lie was never
overheard Tor a minute after embark
ms ON the Gospel craft lie never went
off ON n tangent lie never had n
hobby lie thought pure thoughts he
said good things AMI did them TOO,
which was better
Said President smith II may be full
OF errors. ] may mako mistakes,
don't claim 20 be perfect But Nor"
" perfect ~ plans VIII never
fail may 10 wrong You may. 80
wrong hut n neypr Will so help
me God Those ~ No who are
true viii como on triumphant Don't
forget that, honor good men ana
love them, God bless good men ana '