The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-08

he was rich man and will be found
with those who have fought the
good fight. May this be said of us.
Let every man ask himself this
question: Has my mouth always
spoken truth, given good counsel
and teachings TO those around me ?
IT it has not let it do so in future.
What boon we have in getting the
Holy Spirit that we may have a
knowledge of the truth, and enable
us to become good men and women.
We renew our covenants, and fell
lowship with the father, and
ask his forgiveness. When We take
the sacrament on Sundays, and
when we all do this worthily, there
will be less sickness and quarreling
among us. have thought that the
elders should study why these laws
are given unto us, but we have been
satisfied with the portion of the
spirit we received in the beginning
and have not progressed. We have
remained stationary. We have gone
into a lethargy, and are so wrapped
UP in the thirgs of this world that
we have not time to look after any
thing else. By the observance of
the word of wisdom many of the cal
antilles that come upon us would be
averted, for our faith is weakened
on account Of our neglect to keep
all these commands. The man who
would approach the throne Of grace
should dose in humility, but with
firmness, not taking a denial, for he
should be able to say l have kept
the Lords commands. Let us al
ways be found in this way.
ELDER c.. W. PENROSE said: Il
take pleasure in bearing my testi-
mony to the truth of the remarks
to which we have listened. II we
could remember the teachings that
we get from time to time, and obey
them, we weuld then be Latter-day
Saints indeed, and no power could
prevail against us, for the spirit OF
the Lord would be with us. He has
promised to subtain his people as
long as they do right. Ii we unite
to do his will, and do the work we
are called on, we shall be up
held and prosper, and no weapon
raised against us will prevail.
From the time Joseph Smith
received the gospel to the present,
there never has been a moment
when the saints could not tell what
to do. There has always been a
voice to tell us what God requires.
At the same time the Holy Spirit
has been with us and thus in our
own souls was the voice of the AL
mighty showing what was right,
and strengthening US. If we do
ANYTHING wrong then. it is our own
fault and we consequently will reap
the fruits Of our own actions
whether they be good or evil. Our
mission is to do right and to teach
others to do so. We are to be a
people different from the rest of the
world. We have the same flesh,
desires, and organization as other
people. but we have been called to
sneciai mission. Not simply to &C
o1ire wealth. but to establish the
order of God that the time may
come when his kingdom will be
established so that every part, man
and beast, shall be sanctified, that
the Lord may come and dwell here
The Lord has no objection TO OuI
acquiring wealth, but has com
manded us in doing 50 that we hold
ourselves subject TO hI6 will. What
I we do must be done in righteousness
and we must seek TO secure 0thel
people in their rights the same as we
would be secured in ours. Abraham
was q rich man, but he held all Tx
had subject to the LOrd, and il
gaining it he did it by righteousness
and was ready to pay his titheS. His
heart was not set upon these things
he wanted them for their proper use
we are told sometimes that money
is the root of all evil. This
is a great mistake, money is neceS-
sarv. It is the love Of money that
is the root of all evil. God has
brought us up here in the mountains
and he has blessed the land and the
labors of the people, and some OF
them have WaXed rich. He has
blessed US when we have sought to
| 90 Ills Will, dnu uC " LII COllbA1oO w
bless us. He has promised Us the
wealth of the world. but he viii not
| give it to us unless we have an eye
single to his honor and glory. God
designed that these things should be
| used for the benefit of the whole
people and not boarded up for the
use of few. We are called then
to a different calling from the rest
OF mankind. The eye OfGod is over
all, and by his power all things are
sustained. Sometimes ne raises UP
great warriors and great statesmen
for certain purposes, but the Latter
day Saints have been called to the
special work Of receiving and pro-
mitigating the laws of God to all the
world. Therefore it is said, Be We
clean. pure and holy, and be perfect
even as your father in heaven is
perfect. A man may be near to the
Lord and yet be walking in the
cities Of the GentiIes We have to
be separate and distinct from the
world in spirit. We have to have
clothes and food ard houses, and the
Lord likes to see US comfortable, and
l expect to see the time when nc
poverty will be found amongst the