Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-05

on ak helu ~ years ago, Whcu the
Church 81 Jesus Christ N
Lntter-day Saints was organized.
Many missionary MEETINGS iu different
states exceed On number that little
gathering but that meeting was
fraught with great moment To- mani
kind, for on that date the doctrine of
God was taught Co mankind by the
prophet and Die few and humble fol-
lowers and not the doctrine of man.
They went forth preaching the gos-
pei of salvation and comparing lls pre-
ccptF with the doctrines taught bv
men. and leaving men to judge OF tho
difference soon thousands assembled
to build The church Follow Che re1-
pie in their wanderIugs and SEQ how
cities sproug up ana hur..n places
were made fruitful--buldcrs. yys bcuc-
factors OF the race.
Tn miraculously short time arose
the city OF Nauvoo. the pride or tho
west Builders yes ihe N0mous
were builders and bcncfact1rs But
were they permitted 90 rest. 40. Doc
short tnuo those hardy blild-
ers were again driven and took
The frontier bound for the wilderness
thousand miles away With only
buffalo. lndiaus Wild animals ahead
OF them, these people set out for the
houndless west ana what for7 To
buildf Yes. 90 build a church and a
commonwealth. whore they might wore
ship God and build their cities and
temples Their motive was to build
The Church TO save the principles of
salvation revealed 90 them ON July
~ 1897 they arrived in this valley
What ala they ind here They found
the sagcbrush they heard tho howl of
the wolf they saw the camp fires oC
the sa1ages. Look at the state today
Its climate modified, lis fruits uucN-
cclled To whom Is the world indebted
for this2 To the pioneers and their
followers, the beuefdctors OF mankind.
They did not tear down, they built uu.
with a view 20 bless the world
Not alone as colouizers and COM
munIty builders rests the record OF the
pioneers. but the homes of the Lat
ter-day Saints are the proofs OF their
integrity. These homes are not homes of
experiment but OF eternity between
husband and wife and children-tho sac-
redness of which must Doe respected by
the man as well as the woman. Such
homes arc of value Co the nation
thank God for the homes of the Latter
day Saints and for the community
builders who came into the western
wilderness TO make their homes
The murmuror, the malefaCtor Isl
ready 90 attack our motive You
came here under false pretensc," hoy
say. Only recently a preacher in South
Dakota attacked the missionaries la
boring there, saying that they had
come 20 destroy the home.
There is inspiration in the history 1f
this Church H. should be read with
out prejudice. There Is nothing done
under the Inspiration of the Lord but
tends TO uplift and bless humanity
We have two classes i'm our Church.
the builders and the murmurers. and
/ ask today iu which class shall ] b.
placed. a majority OF us go forth will
ingly % perform the tasks allotted but
some mulmurers are there. who mis-
judging the motives Of those in author
ity. begin Co find fault, and they fau
in the class with Lamar and Lemuel.
and not with Ncphi Many have sacIi-
feed their an even their lives for .he
Advancement Of the cause or God. and
yet there are those who can give
scarcely any Of their time and effort
I'm aid Of this cause Beware OF the
faulthnder, De d. OF the malefactlr
class and not OF the benefactor.
To murmur IS q poisonous thing and
should have no place among the Latter
dav Saints In this church men are
not called Tor their own personal in-
terests. This applies from the prosi-
dent OF the Church an down the line
II YOU see q fault, DO not tear down
the Individual but seek 10 build him
up. Slandercrs and defamers are mals-
factors Why not build up rather than
to tear down. LIES mission should be
TO build.
God revealed TO Nephi the necessity
for building a ship. He did not know
why, but did he falter, or fau2 His
brothers reviled him and tried 20 tear
him down, but he persisted and sue
ceeded IN carrying out Gods commands
Let us build up our homes and make
them beautiful and show the world
that We are builders. Let us above ali
build up character Let our hearts be
filed with love for each other. and all
mon, Dot ms be- dutiful. faithful and in
am our quorum work, let us do some
thing % build up the church. Men OF
the priesthood. let Us fall into the class
Of bepefactors and not Of malefactors.
of builders and not OF theses who would
tear the work down.
ELDER CHARLES II. HART
In contradistluction 20 the spirit Of
the book alluded 10 by Elder Wins, said
Elder Hart, are the comments found
On a book written by Col william L.
Cody and col Innis I'm which due Gre
dit is given 70 the Latter-day saints
for their achievements I'm the far west.
it Is gratifying 10 know that some