Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-01

(Reported by i. w. OllerslroIl''
The appropriate and beautiful music
that has been rendeced for Us 9t the
beginning of this meeting has caused
me to think of the occasion that IN
spred II. We are wonderfully blessed
In this tabernacle to enjoy, from sab
bath TO Sabbath. the sweet strains of
the OF gan ana the voices of our tFeth-
rem aAd sisters, singing praises to our
Father.
ON this day that is so near CHRIST
mas we nave met together TO worship
on this the last Sabbath of the year
1907. NV ewes were moistened during
the rendition of the last selection py
the choir and | have been thinking Oh
the history OF the world and the bless
ing that has come To men and women
who dwell in the flesh, in the blrth
OF our Lord and Master Jesus Chfls.'
and while / have been rejoicing IN thS
thought of what has been accomplish
ed by reason of His coming into the
world, living so pure life ana pr =
pairing the way for the resurrection, 1
am reminded that the race of people
from which he sprang is In ignor-
ance today, comparatively, OF the d.
vine mission OF our Lord. am re-
minded Of the terrible circumstances
that have surrounded the Hebrews
since Christianity became power ia
the word. They have been driven i, ,i
place 10 place and in many lands they
have been almost slaves-these people
who we're of the same blood as our
Lord aud Master. The world mas
heaped upon the Jewish race untold
privation and suffering, and most I'M
fortunate of all is the fact that IL mas
been done under the guise OF CHRISTIAN
so-ealled Christians that have oroushl
distress and trouble to the Hebrew
race.
Wa who are believers and have res
ceived a knowledge OF the divinity CT
the mission of our Lord have nuch
to be grateful for, and our gratitude
should not be lessened toward the RAGS
that furnished us the Redeemer Ga
mankind. The Jewish people VINO are
scattered In all portions of the world,
were practically the beginners OF Ito
civilization, and when your ancestors
and mine were in comparative ignor-
ance, when they were living almost IKE
saVages. the people from whom our
Lord and Master descended were lay
ing the foundation for the literature OF
the world. The Old and the New Tes>
taments, that we have received as the
word of God to His children, came
through the Jewish people, and the
climax of the great good that was
brought to the world In that day was
in the furnishing for us Redeemer
Therefore, my heart is softened to-
ward them and my eyes were moisten-
ed with tears as 1 listened to the
beautiful anthem that was rendered by
our choir--singing praises TO Jesus or
Nazareth to whom we owe so much,
when l remember that His brethren,
they Of His own household, the de-
scendants OF His own associates. that
great race of people are today In com,
parative ignorance of the divine mis-
sion OF our Lord. They are not always
to remain unbelleVing, and am
grateful that there is prospect OF
time when they will know that Jesus
Is the Son OF God when that great race
of people that has been so strong along
many of the avenues of life-peculiat
I'm their kinship for each other, de-
voted In their family ties faithful to
the gods OF their fathers as the con-
celve him. there Is a time coming, l
say, when that great race of people
VIII known that Jesus is the Son or
God. and they Will rejoice with us
and Join In singing Hosanna to II m,
and they viii he grateful as we arc
grateful for our Lord and Master 1t
has been predicted that in our day they
would begin TO believe In Jesus Christ.
The Book Of Mormop contains two or
more prophecies with reference to that
matter. one is 10 the effect that when
the Book OF Mormon should be pub
llshed the Jews would begin TO believe
on Jesus Christ; and when they begin
TO believe on His divine mission, they
were 10 begin to gather in upon the
land OF their fathers. yea the kings
OF the gentiles shall be nursing faith
ers unto them and their queens shall
become nursing mothers" And the
nations OF the gentiles shall be
great in the eyes OF me, said God
In carrying them forth TO the lands OF
their inheritance So Il is not far
distant day, my brethren and sisters,
when that great race Of people that
has done so much for us. the people
beloved of the Lord they OF whom He
spoke so tenderly and affoctionately up
on many occasions they who turned
their backs unwittingly upon the
greatest privilege that could come to
them-a knowledge OF the gospel of our
Lord--the time Is not far distant when
they win thus rejoice In the knowledge
that God Is our Father, that He is a
personal being, that Jesus Christ, His
Son. was the manifestation OF God I'm
the flesh, the Redeemer OF the world,
and that He Is our elder brother.
LIFHs RBTRosPEcT.
As men and women. in the not far
distant future. we viii stand In the
presence OF our Father TO give an ao-
count OF the labors we have performed,
and as this year concludes LEI us eK-