The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-09

! III ID. JOSepnS, Evansville
Edward NJ. Dalton. P;lrOwan
Grorge Howe. 18th Ward. City
Jesse NJ. Smith.
James Meikle, Smithfield
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
john Mellrum, Provo
james Langtum. Smithfipld
Vim. George Farrell,
NEW ZEALAND.
James KiIkbridt, Smlthield
! William Barber,
Ephralm Ralph. Brigham
10 'eph ClIantrili, logan
Lueiam Farr,
Nathan Kicks, Benson
ARIZONA. (St. john.
John r. Stewart, Kanab
L. H Fuller,
Alex. Findley
The missionaries will be set apart
on Monday.
PRESIDENT CANNON then said
There is one thing 0ugnt to be- said at
| this juncture concerning missions
| Elders should MT get their feelings
down 10 the IDEA that they have 10
60 for Il fixed time-that it is an en-
liStmeml To Il service, and then TO re-
turn home at a certain moment.
whether the demands Of the mission
need thtm or not. [ do not thus
understand The nature of being
called on mission. A man being
on a mission for one year or two
years may. possibly, just have COM
m.enccd 10 be IF great service and
be able to co more cool in the en-
suing few weeks OF months than
;he whUIe time he had been labOTing
before. | he men who have charge
of the fields should have the Say
whether d man should stay On- year
Or ten. And light here | wish to
say that | auI not i'll favor Of short
missions. n few years of d young
mans life cannot be better spent
than III the field of mission life, for
they can learn more and obtain IL
better experience in that field uhan
In Il college. Go on your missions to
stay just as long as the Lord wants
you to stay if you have this feeling
with you you will not stay one day
too long. Do not ask to be released
or get Ii stereolyped idea in your
head that YOU should IeLuIn iii one
TWO years. 1t is very gratifying to
find such demand for eluerS in the
various fields. u ld / see i'll this call
for labOrerS a iield where Will be
Feared Il number OF well educated
missionaries. capable of controlling
the affairs Of tile church wherever
they may be living. Tue OppOrtuni-
ties OF controlling the regulation OF
the workings OF tue church are not
confined 10 Il few persons or d few
Fanatics, bat are extended to all the
families of the earth, and there are
hundreds of young men now in OBJ
Scure families who will make their
mark and be leaders among the peO-
pie OF this community. There is 10
patent OF nobility from the Lord.
The pure in hear, the meek and the
lOwlY cdh prosper and stand in this
work for time. Men in the world
can earn power and position by
money, 10y chicanery and impure ac-
tons, but they cannot do SO III this
church, and if anyone should happen
to become elevated by these means
he will soon be found out and will
be sunk lower in the estimation of
goo men than frOmwhere he sought
to be elevated by such means
Corruption may not always Ue
immediately round out, but it will |
crop out one way or another, often |
in unbelief. being afflicted with |
doubt, ana often apoStaSy. An apt |
ii uStratiOn Cab be given 10y the his
tory of the prophet Alma and his
three sons. COriantumr went alter a !
lewd wOm.n, and Alma had to |
argue with him, overcome his
doubts, and press him along in the
path of right, while the other two
sons had faith in the prophet. faith |
III God, and performed their mi--
siOns faithfully. One c.rn always
imagine the foundation for doubt |
and unbelief When Il man gets
into bed with his neighbor's wife
he is certain to lose the Spirit of
God, yet he may appear the more
technical as to the literal cOnStruc-
ton of the acts of the different pre-
siding authorities of the church.
There is a loose spirit growing
among us that must be checked. \
Some men are married to cover up
things, and children are coming
into the world remarkably soon
after marriage. LEGITIMACY is a
cursed thing, and the faith of God
will not abide with them who are
guilty of bringing it about; no sin
s greater than this in the sight of
God, except it be the shedding of
blood, and it must be checked.
The man who commits adultery
s unworthy to live. especially if he
has been in holy places and made
covenants for purity and chastity.
Every boy and girl should love :
as they love their life, and
parents should take every precau-
ion in every way to prevent the
mixing of the sexes
parental watchfulness. Pa
'ents. do everything IN your power
% encourage marriage-encOurage
Tour children to marry early. II
nope to see temple in every stake
n Zion, and everything done to
facilitate marriage. If the family
S not kept pure. the state will be-