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Show Gospel Doctrine . . . THOUGHTS ON RELIGION Following is one of a series of articles on religious subjects, written for the Review by Harold Jacklin, former LDS Church missionary. by Harold Jacklin The gospel is very simple when we understand it properly. It is plain and easily understood. It is always right, good, uplifting, comforting com-forting and enlightening. It prompts men and women to do that which is acceptable before God, who is jtist, righteous, all-wise, all-good, all-good, and all-merciful. The gospel teaches us to forgive, to overcome, selfishness, covet-eousness; covet-eousness; to abjure anger, wrath, fault-finding, complaining and the spirit of contention and strife. The gospel warns and forewarns the children of men against the evils which bring disunion and contention and shut out honesty and love from among the children of men; which mislead people to acts of injustice, selfishness, covetousntss, wickedness wick-edness and sin, things which the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us to eschew and avoid as we would the gates of hell. There is nothing intricate or incomprehensible in the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who possess the Spirit of the Lord. There is nothing mysterious and unaccountable in the dealings of God with the children if we can only see and understand by the spirit of truth. Jesus has given us in this life the example, the type of that which exists in greater perfection, in a purer, higher and more glorious e-xcollence where He dwells now himself. The gospel teaches us to do here jvst what we would be required to do in the heavens, with God and the angels, if we would listen to its teaching, and obey it, and put it into practice. There would be no strife, no anger, nothing of the spirit of un-forgiveness, un-forgiveness, unchastity and injustice, in the hearts of the children of men, if we loved the truth and obeyed it as it was taught by the Son of Man. With this spirit we could advance to that extreme position that we pray for. There would be no contention, dishonor, nor dishonesty among neighbors nor in the communities of the people. None would take advantage ad-vantage of the unwary, the weak or unsuspecting; no one would seek to wrong another; but, on the contrary we would feel like Jesus himself him-self expressed it, "he that is greatest among you, let him be the servant of all." If we would be great among the children of men, let us show that we are willing to serve and to do good to our fellow-men, fellow-men, set them a right example, shield them from wrong, show them the right way, help them to avoid error and sin, and to walk in the light, ,as God is in thte light, that they may have fellowship with Him and with one another, and that the blood of Christ may indeed cleanse them from all sin. |
