Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-06
BIRTHDAY OF THE
CHURCH TODAY.
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Christ Of Latter.day Saints, when a man
led the Church, not for one moment
NEVER Will BE so.


since 1t never viii be So The direc-
ton Of this work among the people Of
the world viii never be left TO men.
IL Is Gods work, let me tell you, and
i hope you win put II down IN your
memorandum or memoranda, and do
not forget IT,, that II is the Almighty
that Is going To do this work and con-
summate II, and not man. No man shall
have the honor for doing IT,, nor has
any man ever had the power to do IL
through himself It Is Gods work. II
Il had been the work of man II would
be like the things of the world; II
would not have stood and It would
not have been true that God had chosen
us out OF the world, but we would be
n part OF II and Hall fellow, well met
with IT, but II Is true that God has
chosen us out Of the world; therefore
we are not OF IT, and therefore they
hate ny and therefore they VIII night
us and say all manner OF evil against
us falsely. They have always done so,
from the beginning and they viii con-
tinue to seek the destruction Of the
I.atter-day Saints and they win con-
tnue TO feel in the future as they have
felt In the past, and don't you forget
Il my brethren and sisters, When
YOU go home, II you have not been
in the habit Of doing 1t or If you have
neglected your duty, when you so home
today or to your homes In distant set
Elements, carry this injunction with
you. Go into your secret chambers
80 into your prayer rooms and there
by yourselves or with your families
gathered around You, bow your knees
before God Almighty in praise and In
thanksgiving TO Him and for HIS mer-
rlful providence that has been over
you and over all His people from the
inception OF this work down to the
present time. Remember that Il N the
Gift OF God 10 man, that It Is His pow
er and His guiding Influence that has
accomplished what we see has been ac-
compllshed, and what has been done.
II has not been done by the wisdom OF
men. II Is proper we should give honor
10 those who have at heart the work OF
God and have been instrumental in
bringing to pass much Righteousness.
They are instruments In Gods hand,
and we should not ignore that they are
such instruments, and We should honor
them, but when we undertake to give
them the honor for accomplishing this
work and take the honor from God
who qualified the men 20 do the work,
we are doing an injustice to God, ana
we are robbng Him of the honor that
rlghtfully belongs to Him and giving II
TO men who are only instrumental IN
the hands Of God In accomplishing His
purposes.
BOW IN SECRET PRAYER,
Now may the Lord bless you, my
brothers and sisters and keep you IN
HIS holy keeping. But let me say
referring again to the last remarks,
when YOU 20 home see to II that you
observe this duty that deYolves upon
ali members OF the Church, to 20 before
the Lord In prayer, then when you rise
up In the morning, before you go out
into the world to engage IN your daily
avocatons, bow you knee before AL
mighty God with a heart full OF graft
tude and with thankful spirits before
Him and unto Him, for His mercy,
which endureth forever, and for Ills
loving kindness not only 20 us as indi-
viduals but 70 the whole people ana
TO the whole people OF our great nation.
The Lord has blessed the people OF our
nation. The Lord has given to them
the choicest Of all lands upon the
face Of the earth. and He has made
them a great and free people and lie
has blessed them with wealth and
with power not only In our own land
but power among the nations Of the
world. The Lord Almighty has made
these people great and they viii con-
tInue deserving this greatness and lie
viii magnify them 80 long as the
people OF the nation VIII observe
honest laws, virtue, purity OF life
and equality and justice to be
meeted out unto all men.
PROUD OF OUR NATION.
| feel proud Of the nation OF which
we are a part because ! am convlnced
in my own mind that there IL not an
other ma don upon the face OF the globe
where the Lord Almighty could have
established His Church with so little
difficulty and opposition as lie has done
here In these United States. This was IA
free country and religious liberation
was the sentiment OF the people OF the
land. IL was an asylum for the OPP
pressed. All the people Of the world
have been invited here to make homes
OF freedom for themselves, and under
these circumstances The Lord was able
TO establish His Church, ana has been
able to maintain II and preserve II up TO
this time, until II has grown and spread
until ii has become respectable-not
only by It's numbers, not only by the
few years OF age that It possess, but re-
spectable because OF It's intelligence, re-
spectacle because OF its honesty, itS
purity, union and industry and for all
its virtues. II has become respectful,
before those who are intelligent enoubn
20 come and see and understand the
truth for themselves. 1t is true there
IRE those In the world who are So pre-
iudlced and darkened IN their minis
that they will not see. They close their
ears and will not hear, though the
truth " snQkon unto tbom,and they shut
their eyes so they cannot see and close
their hearts that they may not under
stand. Though you declare unto them
the truth they will deny 1t and reject
IT, We cannot help this. God Will
deal with them IN His own time and
IN His own way and we only need TO do
cur duty keep the faith ourselves, to
work righteousness IN the world our
selves and leave the results in the
hands Of Him who overruleth AL
things for the good OF those who obey
Him ana keep His commandments
CONCLUDING REMARKS,
Now may peace be and abide IN
your hearts, May the union that has
hitherto characterized our associations
ANNAlllut HlilhNh w. AANN OUT people
continue IN their love for the truth
and I'm their love Tor one another. May
they continue I'm their honesty Of pur-
pose IN their uprightness, IN their in
dustrY I'm the spirit " non-compaint
and IN the spirit Of rejoicing and
Thanksgiving to God for the blessings
that we receive the blessings Of the
earth the blessings Of The Spirit of
the Lord that Is given TO us. Aud now
] hope that we viii continue during
the sessions of this conference to have
n good attendance, ana that we may
have a peaceable spirit OF love un-
fogned IN our hearts, one for another
JOY ineNpresslble for the opportunity
We have Of meeting together In this
house that has been built for this pur-
pose and TO attend to the duties that
deVolNe upon us as members OF the
church, ana that we may 10 hence
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