Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

There are the stakes OF Zion. the bish-
oprics. the Relief societies and auxili-
ary organizations. And what A won
derful ministry is our Relief society.
us special duty is to administer tc
tnose In need: TO care for those In
dlstress, the poor. the afflicted.
we have our sabbath schools, to
wnlch are entrusted the care OF our
children. where they may be taught
the true religion OF the Lord Jesus
christ. We have our Mutual Improve
ment associations for the young men
and young ladies. organized for the
Deneht of the youth of Zion There
is the home ministry and the ministry
abroad; there are lesser priesthood
quorums, and the seventies quorums,
the special duty of the seventies TO
carry the word OF the Lord to all the
nations OF the earth, fulfilling the com
mandment of the Lord that the gospel
be preached to every nation, kindred
tongue and people. This work must
continue until every soul has had an
opportunity to hear and obey the word
OF the Lord What wonderful bless
ings Will follow the faithful discharge
of these duties, and how terrible will
be the results of failure and neglect TO
perform this work
The teachers have great work to
perform in the wards. They should
see that there is no iniquity In the
Church; no hardness of heart no Bit
terness. and see that the Latter day
Saints attend their meetings. This
work is important and It must be
faithfully performed. and terrible will
be the results from neglect. And so
on, every one is concerned. every one
has personal ministry to perform
Of Sol
Some arc given to criticism because.
for instance, they think the bishop does
not come up to their ideas of his du-
ties. ] agree that the bishop should
be the best man In his ward. a pure
man, q man OF charity for his fellow
men. And then let us turn around and
say; That Is the kind of man l want
to be"
Every man in the Church. from the
humblest up. Is called to perform his
part Of the ministry of Gods kingdom
upon the earth. Then let us labor for
the establishment of his work and the
spread of the truth. Let us seek the
salvation Of one another and labor for
the salvation of all When we labor
for others we are building up our
selves. When we learn to love God
with all our mind and soul and our
neighbor as ourselves we may know
we are on the path OF truth and this
should be our mission.
To perfect ourselves we must prac-
tise. we must labor; to be virtuous we
must practise virtue; to excel in good
things we must practise them. How
proud we are of our magnificent choir
and Its talented organist BY practise
and unccaslng labor they have at
tained their present excellence. They
have made a name for themselves
throughout the world and brought
great credit upon this Church. And
all this has been accomplished by prac-
tise. And this has been done by 60
ing over and over again for months
and years in qualifying themselves in
these things.
So it is with all OF us: IL we expect
TO excel In virtue. In truth. we must
practise these things. Some people
think anyone can be religious; that 1t
is easy. That Is not true. Anyone
who attalns to any spiritual height it
Will be by the exercise of the greatest
diligence. 1t requires a constant prac-
tise and toiling to overcome the weak
nesSes Of man. We must learn to
distinguish between right and wrong.
The Doctrine and Covenants says, "Wo