Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04

| nave an idea tnal rest means cidnSS'
] am overworlted; my mind is weary
and / am going to change my line OF
thought. and get the rest that l need.
| Now, G laying down one book and
taking up another really gives change.
| 1t undoubtedly brings rest. But II may
| not be a complete rest; 1t may only be
partial II General Garficld's mind
was overtaxed, if his brain. having
been ovcrworked. was weary. what he
| needed was a complete change-not
| merely from one book to another; for
the tired brain would have to work on,
Just the same. y man who writes
who uses his pen nearly all the week.
| and then uses his tongue on sunday
! which is my own case, largely--doeS
! not get fun rest, because II is not
| q complete change. If writing meant
| simply to make little black marks with
| a stlck-and | think some people I'M
| agine that Is all il mcans-then the braln
might rest Or if preaching meant
to open the mouth ana ie. ou'
n flood of words without ideas
then the brain might cease to toll. But
it is not so; when anything Is pro-
duccd worth reading or worth hearing,
the brain must work. whether inc
tongue or the pen be used as the med
ium of expression, and tho man VINO
writes all the week from Monday
morning TIL Saturday night, ought to
have a chance to rest upon the Sab
bath day.
SPIRITUAL FOOD.
There is another consideration, how
ever, Il saving constellation. and 1t Is
this: When we come to the mousse OF
the Lord upon the Sabbath day. there
is a compensation in the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit, whether we speak
or listeh. When we assemble as we
have today. and sing praises to God,
and invoke his blessing, we are en-
titled to that frcshening influence
that comas from the presence of the
Lord: and this is rest in Itself.
greater rest than to go into the noun
tains. or out to the lake, or to fritter
away the Sabbath day In foolish
pleasure and dissipation.
The Spirit of God is the food of tho
spirit of man Man is spirit and body
combined, and the spirit and the body
constitute the soul Thu spirit came
down from God. 1t was his son or
daughter In the pre- existent life. 1t
came here to obtain a body, that 1t
might become soul. II Is written
concerning our great ancestor, Adam,
that God created him out of the dust
OF tho earth, and breathed into his
nosJrilS the breath of life, and he be-
came n living soul This is true not
only of Adam, but OF all men who
have come through the lineage of
Adam. our spirits. that were born
and bogotten of God in the heavenly
worlds took thssc bodies that were
born and begotten here. with the
understanding that II faithful. the spirit
and the body, though temporarily di-
vorced by death. would be reunited.
and the soul go on to eternal porfec-
tion.
XNo;Ia u,o , rn l,nro cario il, Ia borO ara
required OF us. in order that our bodies
may be fed and clothed and cared for;
and we are pretty faithful I'm caring
for the body-in looking after material
things. Some are not-they neglect
thdir bodies. They take good care Of
their horses, their cattle. their sheep,
and their swine. better care than they
take OF themselves. AS a general rule
however. we are compelled to look
after the body and it's comforts, be-
cause that duty Is forced upon us; but
how many arc faithful In caring for
the spirit the most important part of
thd soul of man? 1t is the part that
God made and sent down from heaven.
while the body Is the part that man
made. as Gods agent, and It came up
out of the earth.
The Lords plan is perfect; his COM
mandments have In view tho salvation
Of the body as wJll as the spirit. for it
Is the soul that Will he redeemed
from the grave and gloriilcd God has
commanded us to care for the spirit,
as well as for the body, and give 1t
food I'm due season. and he set aside
the Sabbath day that man might
rest from his temporal labors and 60
to the house OF the Lord and be fed
with that holy influence which nour-
ishes the spirit OF man. That is why
we meet together on the Sabbath day.
Our spirits need their food, the same
as do our bodies and If we neglect
them. they will starve and dwindle
and die upon the same principle tnat
Its proper nourishment
The first symptom of starva-
tlon is a desire for food; but
there comes another symptom. later
d.staste for food; and this applies to
spiritual starvation as well as to the
starvation of the body. Go without food
that YOUR body needs. and note how
quickly II begins to faint and fade 1t
was not made TO be starved Fast DAYS
are instituted for wise purpose Some
people. perhaps, think 1t a great bur-
den to be required to go "a hours with
out food, and give the cost OF that days
living as a fast Offering to the poor But
if ey looked on 1t Alright, they would
see II blessing In that requirement The
body IL weakened by the fast. and IL
must be weakened at times. lest ii gain
and keep ascendency over the spirit
Fasting humbles the flesh. brings IL
into subjection. gives the spirit the as
tendency. and the man receives a
spiritual blessing as the result of his
temporal sacrifice. This IS why fast
days are instituted and why we are
required to observe them. But we are
not required to fast every day in the
week or month-only once a month, as
rule We are not to carry such things
20 excess. Anything good can be per-
vcrted and made evil. Fasting can be