Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-09

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same fundamentals pertain 20 both
! ~ ls only reasonable 60 conclude that
! lnc same principles obtain throughout
the growth and development Of the
| spiritual lifa. Sew let us reason upon
this ooint None % us cam select our
! own parents SO Ear as we know az
/ least II eraditY then is responsible
! for our birth. but after birth wc have
! 20 De sustained. This life has to be
! nourished. cherished and dcvcI1pcd.
ana that Is done hy another principle
! outside " ourselves Tho scientists
/ call u environment" That is very
! expressive word and we NAV ae well
use Il as any other. II simply means
! an outside of ourselves. outside of our
] individuality. For example. we cannot
! continue 70 live unless we ONT
it We fail Go comply Win
that requirement OF the body. death
must Follow. We coui not continue
| 10 I'VE q am. OF course speaking of life
pertaining 20 the human organism
unieas we could breathe, ana unless We
| hhd air 10 breathe. unless we had the
/ sun 20 give forth warmth. unicrs wa
had the water to drink. etc. These ar-
| environments and they not only gus-
! tam as IN life, but they develop our
/ organism. We have been speaking now
/ from a physical standpoint we iiv.
I ana move and have our being in ot~
surroundings but from moral stand
/ point these have also great deal 10
I DO with us. The associates we keen
company with, the schools we attend.
| the teachers who Instruct us. the books
we read-all these tend 10 make the hui
man being what ho is We are fn-
| fuenced by those things 20 such a de-
gree that thQt environment has almost
/ everything % do with what we are
after we are born. ID ls verify So with
lhe spiritual lie. n order that we may
attain 60 that development Tor which
we were created. even 10 become as
God our Father ls. by cont nucd
course OF observing the commandments
and laws that are instituted for that
purpose. il Is requisite first that we
should be born the second tine. to be
free from the effects OF the fan FOR
there Is natural principle within
man, continually operating upon him,
dragging him down inch by inch 70
the mere animal plane-seariug con-
science binding roason and para w
Ing the will" This Is the principle of
sin that we receive from our first pa
rents; but there Is another p inciple
ordained o. God. and that is TIE prin-
ciple Of salvation. which provides that
by the exercise Of our free agency our
willingness TO comply with the terms
ciple OF sin IN our natures and become
AS God Intended we should be; and
that principle, the spiritual life that
we receive from the second birth is
salvation. But, inasmuch as we are
free agents, we have the conscious
power OF choice as 20 whom we shall
serve. In the case Of the air we
breathe and the sun that warns us
we receive these almost automatically
N.nHH Of N.HtH -.
and development. we have 20 del bor-
ately choose which we shall serve
whether we win listen 10 the voice OF
eyil, that corrupt principle that IS With
in as which leads us TO sin. or whether
we win listen to that spirit which we
received when we are pure by obey
ms the commandments OF God, by
faith, repentance, baptism. and the lay
Ing on Of hands for the git OF the
Holy Ghost.
GIFT or THE gOIY GHOST.
From this point Of view we cannot
fail O. see how important Is that or
dinance that the IAtter-day Saints
teach to all mankind, and are willing
TO testify FOR themselves that they
know by Obedience thereto that they
have received, through the laying on
Of hands. the gift OF the HOLY Ghost,
even the power OF God, the gift OF
spiritual hfe-the germ thereof plant
ed within them; that they may de-
velop II through communion with the
Eternal One and grow day by day ana
year by year unto that fulness Of ever
lasting life. Spiritual life IS not the
mere DEVELOPMENT OF natural lIfe 81 IL
something distinct from that. and can
only be received individually from God
Not only DO we have 10 be born
gain 10 obtain that principle within
us, but We must so ON from the day
OF that second birth. studying carefully
the path that Is marked out for us, So
that Fe may keep the commandments
Of God. the requirements OF heaven. IN
order TO attain unto perfect salvation.
Let us consider what Is required OF
us as Latter-day Saints. one 81 tho
hrst things that ] was impressed 90 do,
after ] joined the church, WAS to gath
err 90 the land Of Zion That was I'm
1854 Feeling as 7 ala that had en-
tered the Church - christ 7 had no
more reluctance about gathering 20
Zion than ] would dave about eating
q meal Of victuals when Z was hungry
and know tho necessity of 20 and the
benefit that would grow thcrcfrom. ]
came ont here, 90 am unknown land.
From one standpoint this might be
said 60 he sacrihce on my part for
4 gave up nay home, my associations,
and my oC,upa tion. Z had come Oh
strange land with 40 probability OF
making any money nd my profession.
How would I I've? % the Lord would
provide. That rs as flr as I went ana
1 trusted Him When $40 came here,
] found We were expected 90 pas tithea.
Why? Ia order that we might receive
blessing Az things are governed /
by law. and the law which Us connect
cd with that blessing De-. Pay your
tthes aud thls VIII Do land of Zion
unto you" u ia q lhnd of Zion unto
every man and woman who com NIIts /
with tle Requirements mat are made I
and 90 I'd with ful understanding IN I
their hearts, of the purposes of che AL /
mighty
SACRIFICE BRINGS FORTH BLEs- I
SINGS.
heard q brother taudng about |
sacrifice the other day aud /
could not HON but think 0t /
that occGrrl BOO our /
early settlement here our beloved |
Precedent Woodruff bless DIS memory I
--Nas telling about Planting some puta- I
toes just after bis arrival here. he /
would have given almost anything Oh |
have eaten one az them be was potato
hungry But there we're very feW ln /
me land, ana rather Than erttify BIS
latur taste Boz put an the potatoes in /
NE aqn lu order that De might eet more /
bore after That was "a sacrifice. wasn't /
tf lu ONE sense. yes, but li WHs also
blessing. because for every potato be
pat ln ihe land be- got crop therefrom' I
Inl inI. nald ulW fHr hIH hIN 30
j. ls With ah that we. as L1tter-day