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Show m- f A t rti' . ViT--, ' ' ' - . --, --. 1 KM 1 S., 'y wvva a34juHf.-w4i- W3ut r - u. 0, L3ri2u.-- rj, v s UTV ITT A TT sbJIms Je havr VOL. Devoted to Evangelical Christianity Education, Temperance. Exposition of Mermomsm and General News ia Utah. COSPEj-- mode of fight-IN- G WRONG. BY tnuy is great, mAm w bi fh? fefe SAi;r LAKE CITY, UTAH, 2. REV. A. L. SEWARD r: une f w. no.; . MAY. 1885. changed his speech to a mure dehcate use of language; those present asked tin ttmasion of the change. The father replied, I could of swearing in the presence of mv danahtm, The pun of childhood was a reproof and check to his evil passions. The fruits of good lives already appear upon my field. The, fe.i Lj era influence has been such as (? lead, the children to wish her their mother. One young lady, religiously inclined, was left by her parents, to sir 'church choose what would join. ,IIer immediate choice was the church iu which fiejr teacher belonged, without knowing surely whether she was a merhbeir bind or strike down a person with- of any visible church. The life qf out improving his character. But her teacher had impressed ' her as where love conquers, the will is re- consistent and noble, and such n ' versed, your foe becomes a friend, life she wished to live. it was said of John the fore run your adversary an ally. The power of love may be seen in the follow- ner that he was a burning and shining incident: ing light, llowmay we better style A lady is betrothed to one addict- those who run after bringing good ed to the use of strong drink. Their tidings, publishing peace;, of to on be is condition that the with God, marriage Spirit burning lie who has won her heart shall re- and with zeal for his cause, shining nounce the cup. All appeals fail, with borrowed light from the great and it seems certain that the tie luminary of the universe. must break. Let your light shine, yays the One day the lady, passing along Master, do not try to force unnat the road, saw her intended in the oral light from a d gutter wiih his face toward the sun. Christian experience; bu t be filled She tooK her hankercliief and with with the Spirit and abound m love, that your light is womanly tenderness spread it over then will men his face. When he awoke from from above, and will give God the his drunken sleep, he recognized glory. the act, and from the name upon Great moral issues will arrive, the hankerchief the author of it. our attitude toward which may lie had resisted the power of have much to do with their success the sense of si) a me, and or failure. It is not always wise to the promise of good; but this act of denounce we believe what publicly love he had no power to resist. to be wrong; such a course might This arrow from the quiver of affec- defeat oar aha by closing the avenue tion pierced the evil to its heart, of approach to the heart. Neverleaving only the good for him to theless, there should be strength of embrace. character sufficient, to define om This is only one instance among po&itiun, anil a consistent life to the t linn sands wheie love has tri- suesk onr convictions. umphed over evil. Love disarms On icy field there are three the foe; it is a weapon he is an pre-p- a! evils to contend with intern ed to resist; it pierces the heaviSabbath desecration and est coat Of mail, and is sure to pens rice, profanity. I speak against these reach the victims heart. evils whenever my subject leads me The good way is to love your enso to do, oi opportunity emies. The apostle of love made a naturally Seem' favorable. great mistake when he would call But the radical reform can np.lv down fire upon the Sams ritant, betake place by the introduction of cause they refused his Masters He had not fully good. The complete reformation hospitality. learned what spirit iUU w of, 11) (1 of the inebriate is assured only when the good of Christian grace was justly reproved the evil of ape rite. Our mission is to do good unto supplants The glory of Christianity is, that all men. Thus shall we be the chil- it has superior good to offer in the dren of our Father In Heaven, and of all evil denounced. thus skull we exhibit His spirit, place Robert Ingersds teachings, if I who loved us, and gave Himself understand its drift, aims to destroy for us. Christian faith without offering can who measure the Finally, anything better in its place. But power of a consistent Christian life, Ingersol or any other, with no betSuch a life Is radiant with a force ter motive, might sooner hope to as mysterious as the wind, and as undermine the Rocky Mountains. penetrating as the sun. On a win Tb1 rock of truth shall stand, but ter morning the earth Is cold and error and wrong shall fall. Had bard; presently the sun appears wa norbim DfHifr ?c oner, om pouring in its warm rays, when ih forts to overthrow evil would be frozen tao Uliu till U Ijr If. ho good outweighs VdKl, the rs pliable as potters clay. tne evil. Acting upon thin pried-bac- h. Is Hi power ot apare fife j pie we may plan for social meetings upon the hard heart oi a 8UifnljwpFre the associations shall be pfeasunc. yet of such u, character as A father mated is a saloon was j to re prey-- wrong ;nd cultn (tkV tnv pouring out a volume off uuths. As j taste for good, his little daughter came in he Th1 boys may be C3lfed from the evil where gospel puei is not We should not underestimate felt. But this is my, point, where the importance of our work, so lung the gospel reaches keait and life os there is darkness to be expelled a more complete nu lasting victo- from onr land. The and , will have Sunday-schoolis always ry gained; ?j that through the introduction of an an important mission as weapons good, we are capable nut only of in scattering the darkness cf eu or overcoming the vowtr but of main- and wrong. Lose, as a weapon; says the taining the position won efli-r Further, what are the most Prophecy Apostle, never faileth. dent weapons of our warfare,' and may fail, tongues cease and know hmw may we ve them o t1P best edge vanish; but love shall abide purpose? These I classify under and her power must prevail. three heads, viz,: The most effectual way of con quering an enemy is, to "heap Light, Loth and Life. , To introduce light is dm only coals of lire upon his head, i. suc essful way of dispelling dark- of course, in the gospel sense, doness. In like manner if we would ing a kindness that shall prove as efficient as the most bcvme punexpose wrong, we must let in the You may ishment of olden time. of Utah. Christian Advocate.! stay the st m&Mmi - day-scho- J j 1- -. Cnnr.mx Advocata. I shall first speak of otsr conflict with self. Paul was conscious of twc prin cipies within him at war w?th esmh other: so that when he would do good, evil was present, and in his body he recognized a foe which in tllG figure of the Grecian combat light required Mealing under rim eye to j keep it in subjection. Fan! was a man of like passions with us. We must wag a continual warfare with self. The evil within springs up with the subtlety of him whose agent it is. Indolence, pride, apatite, selfishness, mass be mastered, how shalF it be done? Yes! Crush the bad habit; suppress the unholy desire; correct the fault, and right the wrong. But how; Not by simply striking the blpw, and then leaving the citadel unguarded against the approach of a more dangerous enemy; but by introducing a good, powerful enough to drive out the evil and hold the forti ess. Tnen you have gained a lasting victory. This I understand to be clie Gospel mode of fighting wrong. But self must not require all of our skill and efforts; there is a con quest without an evil world to overcome. To disdain the power of wrong is not tvis0, to boast of superior strength is vain: for evil is a formidable foe, the best of human skill is too weak for Its contest. There are different ways of over- powering wrong. Legislation aim3to reach this end by enacting just laws. It is the promise of law to suppress evil and protect the good; to develop the resources of the and promote the welfare of the peoph. But the will of the majority is not always what it should be. License is agreed upon as a compromising expedient. legal force may avail to check and hold in abeyance the evil. Yet as a reformatory measure it too often fads, simply overpowering tlm wrung without bettering the Ha-li- on, agent. I claim superiority for the Gospel method in that it stands squarely against Us foe, and demands an , truth. America may well boast of her scnools and churches, they are the fountains of light-t- he truest exponents of liberty and promoters of lasting good. Error and wrong love secresy, revel in the night, and skulk behind screens. But those institutions, calculated to enlighten and elevate the people; offer free privileges to every one. Like the city sec on a hill they give light to all the world. Some say, keep the people in ignorance, for the intelligent men do more harm in the world. Yes; this may prove true in some cases, but what class of people do the most good in the world; Since the original of character has been lasted, you may imprison a. person, or banish him to some lone island without effecting your purpose to keep him pure. Evil will make its attack from within as well as with out. It is best to know the strength of onr enemy, ami be qualified by discipline to met. his attack. History proves the more enlightened people, as a class, to be freest from error and wrong. Go back into the dark ages and you will find barbarism and superstition rife, see motheis burying true instinct, as they cast their children into the fire while the priests drum to drown the pitiful cry of the helpless little ones. It was thought a religious duty thus to sacrifice human life to an imaginary deity. We could hardly credit the story of such cruelty and and crime, had not religious fanaticism led people in onrown land to resort to a similar expedient. We ned not look over many years to find human beings feasting upon human fierii. And even now in dark Africa, women are bought and sold, as cattle and u sed by man as beasts of burden. How has woman risen in the civilized woxld run degradation and slavery to her princely home and society; what has effected this change? Was it because tie people were kept in a blissful ignorance? Nay! If is be- . in-ace- ncy unconditional surrender. The weapons of onr warfare ac complklx the end without injury to WOfI? rrriGk infil rsa th- person. The sword and pri-o- n are required and some love the light rather than ia tile legal a? si mg but the Christ- Hie darkness, and were willing not but ian soldier has long aim beat Ids only to rejoivt In it iucuiariV-sto others. it to impart sword into the plowshare, and were glad can tract the shining Well findyou mad1 of his prison, a hospital, ri of the missionary, as he goes way ing Christian truth mightier the palling down of strong Holds." j forth into ait ice worid, ! I nave noiLiag to riyilization, eduusdios, freed mi it as and Christian life are found in Ins effects) political power, so far justice. Jnfc laws are needed to path. , agr-insi- 5 ! -- half-hearte- ent, Dare-face- d I.s-- 1 1 - - ' saloon by imitation to upend tlio evening in senes or peanf games. If we fire. o:i the alert, how many vay viU open for fighting evil with good. Yet much depends on how improve opportunities, and in what spirit we work. Every Christian grace should shine out from tlm life. Patience is a virtue which we need to cultivate ami exeruse; must "lea in to labor and to wait. A life will lack the power to gain, itself confident and vain, imtabfe and full of complaint; such si life repels rather than draws. will we ui n i. mast characterizfl! the life that wins; there is no place for gloomy forebodings in the conflict with evil. The cheerful spirit does discomfit the enemy and en- courage the faint at heart, though there be eversoxnuch to discourage below, if is always bright above. We should live in the ve.y atmosphere of Heaven, where our citizenship is, and find our sweetest home in the companionship of our Savior. The cheerful soul rides over the hard places, like the buoy upon, the waves. Those who come near Mm catch the same spirit, and are in like degree shorn of evil power. One good w ay of breaking up a family quarrel, it is said, is to have the friend? sing together, the cheerful melody seem to harmonize discordant hearts, lleve must remain bright, else our experience will be most doleful and our work without an inspiring motive, Hope anchors the soul, maketh not ashamed, lives in the spirit of future victories, while defeat overshadows the present. And finally faith which looks unto Jesus as its author, and finisher, This is the victory which The eneovercometh the worid. be fierce and my may strong; he may advance with bristling steel anu fill the air with hissing missiles, still the shield of faith shall quench every fiery dart. Therefore, with the weapons placed at our disposal, we are sure to triumph, if we fight a good light. Echo Guy, Utah. : More Delay. The Mormon protest resorts the old dodge of asking that a Commission be appointed to visit Utah to ascertain and report the condition of things here. The Government hay a Commission here already; it has beea existence a couple of years aad has, during that time, been brought direct contact with Utah affairs, is, moreover, a nen partizan Commission, bffing composed of men o both political parties, according the act creating it. Here Is an impartial source ot inform arion, which cun be relied i by Congress and the President, At first, this Commission, as it now confesses, was deceived by falm representations, as any flying wra irrissioa would certainly be. Their yes are open now. After a c lo& scrutiny o! two years, the opinions cf the present Conimlssiosers for Utah are p Piled to the highest consideration. J .& |