Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05

the question Is how to get in
harmony. how to do it. In religion
we might say this; First be true to
ones self: true to the inmost prompt
ings of the heart; doing things because
You believe them to be right-not be-
cause you desire to please anoth-
er, not because you want to get
financial gain, not because you want to
crafty an appetite, a whim. or a pas
sion, but doing things today because
you feel they are right That is what
we mean by being true to ones self.
Conscience Is not always sure guide;
that is. it viii not always lead To the
best results, probably-but the man
who follows it sincerely VIII eventually
come to the right 1t is the hypocriJc
who goes wrong: 1t Is not the sincere
man If we could all be sincere-act-
ually. really so-we could more quickly
bring the Millennium 1t is a good
guide, to be true to ones self. 1t is
not theoretical; 1t Is practical One
poet has expressed Il this way:
admire the goodness of Almighty God,
He riches gave. he intellectual strength
To few. and therefore now commands
to be
Or rich, or lcarn'd. nor promises reward
worth
Bestow'd, and moral tribute ask'd from
all
And who that could not pay? Who
born so poor.
OF intellect so mean. as not to know
What seem'd the best; and. knowing.
might not do?
AS not to know what God and con-
science bade
And what they bade, not able to obey?
And he who acted thus fulnll'd the law
Eternal, and its promise reap'd of
peace:
Found peace this way alone: Who
sought it else.
Sought mellow grapes beneath the Icy
pole;
Sought blooming roses on the check of
death;
Sought substance in a world of fleet
ing shades
ITO thine own self be true; and il
follows, as the night the day, thou
canst not, then. be false to any man"
But there are principles that may be
followed, obedience to which will place
the true believer in harmony with his
spirit; and this is applicable, partcu-
larly. TO the Latter-day Saints
This is the quarterly conference OF
the Ensign stake of Zion The admo-
milton which l am now going to read
comes as a result of inspiration to one
who was In harmony with that great
source OF knowledge. and who received
revelations from God-not theoretical
ly, not formally-but who claims abso-
lutely to have received that knowledge
from the unknown world. We need not
despise that young boy for making that
pretension when the whole Christian
world processes and prays that such
revelation might come. And another
th1ng-that young man, Joseph Smith,
did not receive one revelation until he
asked. until he first put himself in har-
mony. His soul yearned; his mind
pleaded; he Knocked; he prayed: the
door was opened, and his prayer was
answered-but not until he was in har-
mony. Note that. Every revelation
which he claims to have received came
just that way. Here is one that refers
to saints being In harmony, being one
not separated. not divided by hatred
by antipathy. by Jealousy. by merce-
nary spirits but he seeks to make them
one, that the whole Church might be
In harmony with the Holy Spirit. Three
conditions are named. They might not
be all. but they seem to me to be com
prehensive. l read from the thirty
eighth section of the Doctrine and
Covenants;
TEACH ONE ANOTHER"
Verify, 1 say unto you: Teach one
another according to the voice where
with l have appointed you" Now.
what element is that2 Not a selfish
one. not j desire to act for ones own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. for ones advance
ment or enlightenment, but a desire to
Ibless the world, Teach one another"
Lattcrday Saints-you teachers,
ffty-six of whom were reported
today-teach one another in tho
office whereunto you have been
appointed. You are looking after the
welfare of another-not self: and there
in is the true Christian spirit mani
fest Christ came-God manifest in the
fesh-and revealed himself as man
What for? That the whole world might
see IN him the expression, Love your
fellow men," That was his whole mis-
sion-love for one another, not for self
Lose yourself for my sake" What
does 1t mean? To lose self for the good
of another. That is the spirit of Christ
Is 1t mere theory? Can 1t be prac-
tised today7 That is the thing. Is re-