The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-05

stewardship which viii be acceptable
in the eyes OF the great judge, our
Lord and Master.
we have gained sufficient expo
rience by this time TO realize that no
man, no Individual no clan nor sect
can combine with a power suf1cient 20
overturn the purposes Of the Almighty
or any cause of his making
Many and many individuals in times
past thought they were going TO rake
wonderful reformation in the church.
and m q short time they anticipated
that our people would desert the stand
ard and that they would follow a new
shephe.d The people Of God know
the voice of the true shepherd and viii
not heed the strangers voice or the
couusels of him who assumes un.-Ie
authority.
Are Steadily Progressing.
I'VE have had to face the entire
world from the bcEinnins unit now.
and while the world apparently is al
rayed against the &. orks of the chill
drcu Of God. we are -teadily progress
ing. II Is not that they are VindictiVe
or DESTROYS of harming MS a. ndi-
yiduais, but they are ignorant, they
know not what they do They know
not the truth. therefore they are
against the work Of Cod. From the
time President Joseph Smith first de-
clared his mission until row tbs enc
mics Of good have been srrayed against
The work
.'Wiu any man who really loves
Righteousness. Cod and purity OF life
array himself against the cause. the
only object of which is that which they
themselves seek? And when they fight
against Zion and the church Of the Lat
tcr-day Saints they are fighting against
truth, knowledge, purity OF purpose
and advancement
Duty Is Plain.
The question arises, what shall We
do? Our duty is so plain that none
should misunderstood it unless he al
low the prejudice and weaknesses of
human nature to prevail Our plain
duty is to live in a spirit of progress,
humility love of truth more than our
own interests ana the love Of self.
The Lord told the young man who
loved the world. if he desired to be per
feet ne should sell all he had and give
Il to the poor and serve the Lord
Come and follow me- he said. This
may be "a simple form of expression,
but ii contains the essence Of truth
that which. above all other things. IS
of God.
Every man and woman who has
embraced the gospel Of Jesus Christ
ought to ieei in their hearts today. ana
should feel it i'm their souls always.
that Whatever God demands of me,
that viii I do
we of the faith have reached the
point where we can fOregO the pleas
ures of home. profit making and the
call of affection. Consecrating our time
to the preaching of the gospel until It
is said to us Tt IS enough and we re
ceive honorable releases to go TO our
homes.
IF I were asked To give up all am
uoSseSsed of for the purpose of build
ing nm Zion or the advancement of the
cause. 7 would say Father. this is all
I have and give il all without a re-
ErCt
.This want. I want TO live so that,
40 matter what any man in the world
may think. no matter what any one
else i'm the world may do or say, there
is but one thing for me to do, and that
is TO be true u the covenants I have
made To my Father I'm Heaven. 7 want
10 live so that / can forgive my brother
his trPsDasses as he would forgive
mine. There is no salvation but in the
way God has mapped II out; there Is
10 hone for everlasting life but
through obedience to the laws fixed by
the Father Of Life.
Lord Is Omnipotent.
These questions are beyond perad-
venture I know them to be true
Therefore I hear my testimony to you
that the Lord is omnipOtent in that he
died for the salvation of mankind, that
he rose from the dead and that he
took his seat at the right hand Of the
Master.
1T is necessary that we call upon
him from time to time, from day TO
day. admitting our sins and asking
his forgiveness Let US so order our
lives that the one desire Of our hearts
is a prayer for everlasting life.
Seek TO do good unto all men; above
ali things. be true to your church and
yourself. I know that il is Christ s
church. I know that the principles of
the church Of Jesus Christ, as revealed
TO Joseph Smith, are all true. are of
God. and that they will stand forever.
Let US do that which is good. leaving
undone that which is evil.
Il see i'm the progress Of the Latter
day Saints work from the time Of its
conception until now, the mighty, ire