Arizona republican., 1917-10-01
DUE REWARD TO EACH
 WILL COME IN TIME . SAYS REV. J.E. YATES

"In this present world some merit and receive not. and some receive and merit not. But there is yet to be a complete administration of equity, said the Rev. J. E. Yates yesterday in his sermon at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
 Let us direct our attention to the very familiar text which is found in the twenty second chapter of Revelations 7 Rev. Yates continued. It is as foliows:
 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be- The time is coming when all rewards will be in exact proportion to the complete sum of all the labor performed by each individual If this were not true, then there could be no such a thing as jus tice; for it must be evident to every ob- server that in this present world many praiSeworthy, herois and deserving deeds of righteous labor are performed where the circumstances make it inn possible that proper recognition or ade- quate reward could be given in world where true merit is not always dIs- cerned, and where many complicated
 
 tullrewarus, ahu eneclually bar the way to justice and sometimes even combine to promote the most cruel and vicious injustice.
 If we are to believe that there is no hereafter, as some skeptical minds profess to question, no final full reward of merit and no suitable punishments for contemtible wickedness which would use profession of piety merely as cloak to hide their meanness, then
 surely the greatest incentive for true nobility among men expires and we are reduced to plane of beastlineSs which is sickening to contemplate. This IS not to say that the mere SelfiShneSS of desiring reward, is the main or best incentive to do good, for it surely is not; for good men do right because it is right regardless of the considera- ton of reward, but there is more in
 volved in this question than that. If the idea of future rewards for such labors are not fully rewarded i here, be abandoned or disregarded en- l tirely, that carries with it the elimina- ton of God from the plan of life and 1 from the universe, for where Su- premely Righteous and Perfect being exists, an ultimate administration ot | righteousness and justice must prevail | Find the man who denies the existence ot a Supreme being in whom centers righteousness. and power to execute Vengeance and administer rewards. anC | you have found q man who will prove unreliable in every crucial test where | the fires of temtation fiercely attack the best traits of character. The mar without a deep and abiding faith ir | God may be your friend when it is al l gain and no loss to befriend you, wher | the air is balmy and the skies clear | but let some diversity arise which would make it to his great advantage | to abandon you, and it is then, wher | you most need a friend, you will look i for the goddess one ami ne Is gone iron l you.
 "The man without an abiding faitf in God has absolutely no anchor to tht
 soul when the pillows of wicked ad- versity surge against every most noble attribute of his character and life: ht l is at the mercy of vice. helpless in the
 worst If storms and sure to be lost
 unless there is some power to rescue l even the fallen. Whoever believes tha l the principles of truth and right have i superior qualities, powers and values dDONt ldiStiioDu, QuPlItItS dHu WloIt 1 between man and man, believes in Goo indirectly, even though they may moi | have much confidence in the popula , representation of Him; and they will b' reliable people because of their recosni- | tion of the true value of real virtue
 Find the man trusted with large sum!
 of money in banking istitutions or else
 where, who has not this exalted con 1 ception of right, which connects man l kind to a certain extent with his God
 and you have found man who will b, trustworthy only until such time as th' grab that he can make seems bi. | enough, and the clean getaway seem
 easy enough and he, the once highly re | spected citizen has turned embezZle and is gone.
 What held the man to his place O
 trust before? It may have been the bono l of responsibility which every man 0 1 any standing among his fellows is loatl | to break; it may have been that tn opportunity to steal never seemed quit
 so flattering before the temptation ma,
 never have presented itself before, bu l the fact is that when it did come h. had not sufficient protection, no an ! chor for the soul. Those who los money by this mans theft are victims l but the thief is the more unfortunat' victim of all. If he is caught ant brought to justice, it is quickly brough ! home to his soul that he is the greate 1 victim, but if not, that fact filters int him wherever he is as an outcast iron his friends and from responsibility, ant | time drags but to punish, and eternit, i waits with fiery sword to pierce hi l guilty soul. As a stronger preventative | to sin and crime every man needs th | consciousness of God.
 | Find the man who in loves fai l morning, pledges his troth to the maid en of his choice, but who has no con
 ception of God and of the most nobl characteristics of truth, reliability an, | integrity which belong with godiness
 9"d that same man who in order tt
 win the love and confidence of the life l companion of his choice pledges to he
 tiiaL ne will be hers, and hers only, anC | --ou howe fC'ind a man who will liv
 up to the spirit and letter of that mos
 sacred contract as long as it may sui
 lis wnm and natural inclination to d, i so; but he has no other stay in thos
 matters than is common to the lowe animals, and when the evil hour O temptation shall cone .ie will not keel |