Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-20
DEsERET EVENING NEWS MONDAY. MARCH 90 1905

and sisters, n you do not receive any
very great marvellous manifestation
| or II you do not receive any very won
| derfu revelations from heaven. IL YOU
| Will only live 80 that God can reveal
Himself to you II lie will. You viii
be all right YOU will have nothing to
fear you VIII have nothing lacking.
so far as you are concerned II you
are I'm a position TO receive the win
of God whenever lie is ready or desires
TO make II manifest 10 you. That is
enough And then God viii only re.
veal to you that which is necessary
for yo1r development. for your growth
aud advancement IN the knowledge of
the truth.
The Lord Almighty has revealed TO
me many things for my own guidance,
to assist me in the discharge Of my duty.
as an Elder IN the Church, as n High
Priest In the Church as an Apostle, one
Of the Twelve Apostles I'm the Church
Of Jesus Christ Of Lattar-day Saints.
And I ferYently believe that God has
manifested TO me IN my present ca
pacity many glorious things, many
principles and ofteutimes much more
wisdom than Is inherent in myself. and
| believe that lie Will continue TO do so
as long as ! am receptive, as long as |
am in a position 20 hear when He
speaks, TO listen when lie calls. and 10
receive when He gives TO me that which
He desires,
Did you ever hear OF good man, an
honest man, a man who was vlrtuoua,
and who was noble and upright. IN
whom Satan was well pleased? Did
you ever hear Of a Saint or OF a SER
want ofGod who received the encomiums
and praises OF the father Of lies? I
don't think You have, and do not think
you will. The devil generally lies
about the good, the honest and the up-
right and when he speaks Of them at
all he speaks Of them TO dcfame them,
to beiittlo them and 10 make them APP
pear contemplate to the world. He
does not speak IN a way TO give them
honor or TO establish them IN the con-
hdcnce of mankind. Not at ALL That
Is not the mission OF the destroyer, Of
the enemy Of all Righteousness. His
mission is to destroy them. You need
not fear when men say all manner Of
evil against you falsely. when they call
you, as thcy call the Master, the friend
OF Beelze5ub, the friend Of pubncans
and sinners and associates OF the wick
ed, unjust, and ungodly IN the world.
You need not wonder at that As the
Master Himself has stated, II they have
called HIM thus, IL they have spoken OF
Him in this way If they have treated
the Master of the house IN this way.
VIII they not also treat them that are
Of the house IN a like manner
In my mind, one OF the strongest
things, one OF the strongest evidences
that appeals 10 judgment and UNDER
standing OF the divine mission that we
are engaged I'm, IL that those who are
eyllly disposed, those who love and
make a lie those whose mission seems
TO be TO blacken the character OF their
fellow beings, to speak no good but all
the III they can Of them, that such
characters as these are arrayed against
the people Of the Church Of Jesus
Christ OF Latter-day Saints. That Ia
evidence enough to me that God Is
here, that the Lord Is with His people.
that His truth is here and that It il not
dead but living.
do not fear to be judged by my
friends have no fear or hest
fancy TO be judged by the impartial
and just; but most men rather object
to being judged by their enemies,
hardly think that any Of us would be