Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-24
||. !. UNIVERSITY
| CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
49, -. IN ~ -
| ives Of the Savior and Modern
Prophet Referred to by Prof.
Chamberlain.
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FINE PROGRAM RENDERED En-
FINE PROGRAM RENDERED En-
,,Osical selections We're of an Unusu-
ally High ortlcr-Occasion u
Memorable One.
1sneclal corresp.ndcnce.l

q Especial Corrcspondcnco.)
a Provo. Dec 24.--Thc devotional period
H,rotedng the holiday vacation was Civ
q. N over to student body program
a !, the Brigham Young university.
aryery number was characterized by
y ,he Christmas spirit and was received
4 NTH great enthusiasm by the students
q snd Visitors present. The following
musical selections were rendered.
ID, Night in Grenada" .Krcut.er
a Chorus and Orchestra.
4 "polonaise in A Hat. ......... Chopin
a Arreva Davis.
3christmas Selections ......... Orchestra
B Good Night" ......... College Quartet
q . The seer" ~. President John Taylor
a Prof. Lund.
The excellent address, What Can
s Ne Do for Christi" by Prof. w. II.
chamberlain, and the song, Joseph the
Seer" sung with much feeling by Prof
! lind. we're both significant in voicinS
: The theological attitude of the school
While the I.ntter-dny Saints distin-
rllsh clearly between the character
and mission of Joseph Smith and the
character and mission of the great Re-
dsemer, they do not hesitate to honor
+ ina natal day of their modern leader
simply because of its close proximity TO
greater anniversary.
In his address. Prof Chamberlain re-
fprrcd cloQuently to the great work
reformed by the Savior, and also TO
that OF the modern prophet. Joseph
Smith.
His remarks were as follows:
When was child, I was much I'M
pressed by Christ through vivid pict-
ures was able to make of him, and /
would often think: Oh how happily to
have been able to hand him u cup of
cold water. Since that could not be
| concluded that / was at disadvant-
age for lived In days In which no
onportunity to supply Il need felt by
Jesus could present itself. for was he
not now In heaven and far beyond the
reach of hunger and thirst or any such
human i'll. But later reflection helped
me to realize that he has needs still,
and needs vastly greater than those
which grow out Of hunger or thirst,
and that il Is within our power to
perform a service UNNECESSARILY more
satisfying to him thar would have
been a cup of cool water in time OF
earthly need. For Christs greatest
needs grow out Of his appreciation OF
the infinite value of person and Il
genuine love showing itself in an in
tense desire for our welfare. To pro-
vide for the satisfaction of such de-
sire he lived on earth and performed
The agonIzing task OF Messiah ship and
thereby set forces ut work that
will result eventually in the fullest
riches and In the happiness of Gods
children generally.
Now IT is our conviction that Christ
still lives Il life warm with feeling and
eager with desire and moved with the
same love chat actunted him when he
lwelt among men, and that by CO.
operating With him, we are satisfying
his needs.
What a grand opportunity for joyous
living this fact reveals to us! Even
our heavenly Father finds his life in
cooperating with his son, the Christ,
for the perfccting of himself and So
cety. a vicious modern tendency TO
place a sclf-running nature between
lis and God blinds US to Gods nctiv-
lty for MS and binders the realization
OF the fact that Sin him we live ana
move and have our being; causing
US often to rejoice to see him In mirac-
uous phenomena when he Is actively
present in the sunshine: or to seek him
! in healing when he Is present III ms
wisdom and love in sickness ana IN
death just as he is in health: to seek
10 see him in his work of creation in
far distant ages when In the ratndrop,
the ice crystal and in the stream he
I Is even now moulding the sublime
forms of our mountains: to ask him to
visit us with his spirit when he Is low
ing interest in us IS the life of the
sweet mountain air we breathe. WITH
such beneficent life as this we may
cooperate and help to satisfy the thirst
and the longing of our Lord.
And we need not go TO some distant
land to gladden. him; he has hopes to
be fulfilled right here, If we his m
istruments arc willing. And he, nm
sself, became great enough al home III
The littlc town Of Nazareth to later
reveal the kindly life of God to me
world But we, if we would help
|chfist. must be patient and serve him
,only in little acts. for God cannot use
Eblg things in his work, He efforts are
revealed in drops Of rain and IN little
iSunbcams. We shall never help him
much or ut all save in little acts and
IN the ordinary acts that 70 to mike
|up Our lives. There Is no act so small
but God needs It's help in his wo:E or
creating the rich life Of the fnt"rc.
He can cause no flower to unfold ana
'slslu us sweetness to us SiVe pS tiic
OF microscopic plant
|cells. But In yielding our ordinary acts
10 him, he Is himself aided and blessed
pm unfolding the higher beauties of the
spiritual life of the world and ut the
same time he doubles. trcblcs or IN
|'efnltcly increases the value of the act
|aS that value Is appreciated by the one
VINO performs 1t.
mat student who through sympat thy
|'"ilh Christ concelvrs any act of study
pm me spirit of goodwill towards Gods
tthildrrn not only realizes In his feel
lhss the success Of tho act from an
Intoinary standpoint but lie realizes IL
Ft another and an ndditiona! value that
tohes from It as an act of service, III
E"iVng n problem III algebra one has
EJoys IN his success. This kind OF JOY
ING all know. But in solving 1t for
thriSt and with Il view to becoming
more efficient help to him in the serv-
L'e or our fellows VIC may Know the
poS llko that which giving to him u
ruh of cold water in his need could
lptlilg to us: and by acting habituallJ
p'y such reference to him we see how
we may realize Il life indefinitely more
I Eh and full than that which would
,f liVed by Us. without any regard for
l.m at the same time we give help to
,,hfist that he ncads and without whicl,
..,e measurably fails ind must put off
,ne bringing In Of the better day he
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