Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-03
REV. ISAAC B. HARPER.
Visiting Missionary Says There is More
Love Than Hatred.

Rev. Isaac j. Harper "a missionary
en- route to the Philippines, preached In
the First Methodist church last even
ing, OH the theme that there is more
love than hatred In the world when
is not wilderness OF woe. The speak
er said In part;
You recognize this statement az
one of the Beatitudes. II Is one OF
the numerous sayings OF Jesus. MAJ
thew has the distinction of being rec
ognized by critical Bible students as
the first one to attempt a written rec
ord of the teaching OF Jesus. This
he did not I'm the form OF our present
record known as the gospel OF Mat
them; but In a very much briefer
form. That was known as THE Say
ings OF Jesus" and formed the nucleus
around which the present gospel Of
Matthew was written. 1t was also
used quite freely by Mark IN the writ
ing of the gospel.
Blessed are they who possess the
priceless virtue of humility; blessed
are they whose hearts are athirst for
n likeness to the Eternal one.
Blessed are they who I'm their hui
man relations are merciful and kind.
Blessed are they whose lives Of
courage and gentleness make for
peace.
These are the Blessed Folk and
along with them and perhaps we may
Justly say the highest OF them Jesus
places the people OF the text Blessed
are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God
This Is q familiar text--you have
read II over and over and over again,
These Beatititudes like the 23rd Psalm
and the 14th OF st, John Is fav-
orite trysting place for lovers of the
Lord--you have hung these sayings
like beautiful pictures upon the walls
OF your memory You have repeated
with ever intensifying appreciation
these words of the text-Blessed arc
the pure IN heart for they shall see
God. And then you have thought OF
the dim and distant hereafter where
you shall see Him. Two men are en-
gagged In conversation. The one an
artist, the other a raiser of pigs ana
corn The artist says to the other;
Did you see that sunset last evening?
The man says. why yes. l believe the
sun did set last night just as | was
feeding my pigs. All, says the artist,
but did you notice that supreme splen-
dor Of the west? The sun seemed
to sink into a shining sea of gold That
mountain peak yonder looked like a
monster giant clothed In purple and
gold with a helmet OF flame on his
head and the punches of clouds
seemed transformed into flaming fire.
balls. All, such a sunset with It's prod
igal profusion of azure and purple and
gold Did you not notice III?
Now one OF the happlest things
about these Blessed Folk IL that they
are able to see God everywhere, and
he. al n
see good everywhere. In the first place
they see God and good In the general
world all about them. Such vision is
worth a deal To any life. Don't you
know there are folks who seem UNI
able 10 see God anywhere, or good any
where. Everything has more bad than
good In It. The world is out of joint
at every point Dean Swift was such
a man. He could sec neither goodness
or beauty anywhere. He wrote his
"Gulliver's Travels" to show his utter
conempt for humanity with all Its de-
formlties and sins. He had the yellow
jaundice OF the soul This Is Gods
world, and Gods In II. And there Is
more OF love than hatred, and more OF
virtue than shame, more of roses than
thorns. more OF sunshine than cloud.
THE Blessed Folk do not go through
this life believing this worlds Will
derness OF woe. How can they when
they see so much Of God all around,
so much OF good overlapping the bad2
The world belongs to their God and
I'm It's fertile valley His roses shall
bloom, and on Its broad plains His
sweet smelling spices shall flourish.
'Ah. friends, It's blessed to De able to
recognize God In the world. II
wreaths the face with a perennial smile
and nils the heart with song of hope.
And when the darkened heart sees
only spectacles OF disaster, the pure In