The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-11

Pilui are IN the church. apostle
elders to cultivate the ri t%Sh the
the gift of healing, do w,aavnularly
what seems To have becemo With
eSSity. That nf employing q hec-
Wheh SlcAhcss comes. Iut Se1,5t0r
the elders and have th4 s S5nQ for
anOinted. This would Inc - TiCA one
to God. This gift should Pbe o
Vated; father Smith had this SUI u;i
and the Latter-day Saints in 'G pg!l tt
land were never satisfied unio AIt
would administer to them Ms he
Of you have this gift, but vn laly
not cultivate it. What an advsUUeN
1t would be if you would do 50
would increase the faith Of 1t
people, and the power of God We
De made more manifest among
All gifts should be cultivate ~ "
gifts of knowledge, and of wiSd i Sae
May God pour out his blessiDu-'
upon you.
PRESIDENT GEORGE @. CAv>,o,
said: 80 large an audience 30 -'U IA
have here to-day ought 10 Sit stir
and represS every noise as mucb -
possible, for no person can be TaapS
unless all are quiet. We should y
coming together, be So united tbaSt
the people Will draw from r5o
speaker that counsel that thew ~
quire. Some of you have come nv
wards of 800 miles. and YOU wan,
such instruction that when Won o.
back you may know that the j0urnsvv
was not made in vain. We are
peculiar people. 1t is remarka6Is
that the gospel has gathered bers
and there one of family, and Won
will see that you are each of Won
little different from the other Of vour
family. The teachings YOU got in
your different churches aid not sDit
you. there was yearning after
something better, more Godlikp
more like the apostolic plan. and
the elders of the church. in
their ministratiOnS among The
people, although frequently mobbej
have found it an easy matter Ia
bring those who are now Latter.
day Saints into the church. When
they have found the honest in heart
they have never hal any difficulty
III gathering them out. for the word
of God has come to them with the
power of the Holy Ghost. This is
very remarkable. They have re.
ceived the truth, and borne test.
mOny to its truth. l remember nv
own mothers experience the first
time she saw IN elder. She was an
EpiscOpalian, and she did not know
that the elder was even a professor
of religion, but when he had gone
she told me, George that is a man
of God" There are thousands of
such experiences. The hearts Of the
people who were ready received the
truth without difficulty. God has
predicted that in the last days there
should be just such a work as that
in which we are engaged, and men
talk about evidences in favor Of
MOrmOnism. They want a sign;
why here IN these mountains is the
greatest sign that eyer was shown.
Here are people from every civilized
land, all gathered together and wOr-
shipping God in union. Men often
talk of the ShreWdneSS Of the lead
ers, and OF the way they hOOdWlnk
the people, but think it takes more
faith to believe that than it takes
the Latter-day Saints TO believe in
the divinity of the work. Such a
system can be found nowhere else.
1t is like a little leayen put into
meal, it will leaYen the whole lump
and in a little while the influence Of
this people and the power which ac-
companies them will be felt more
and more, and will continue to
spread, and those who are not pre-
pared to receive it will sooner or
later respect and admire 1t. Every
speaker would like to impress
upon YOU TO carry out in your
lives the principles you profess.
Live your religion, that is
all that can be said TO you.
There is no gift or power
that does not accompany it. On the
other hand, If you deviate from 1t
there is sorrow and misery. The
gathering Of the people under Moses
fades away before the one now tax
ing place, but the great difficulty is
we bring with US our traditions ana
it gives US great labor to overcome
them. Let us be pure in everything
we say and do. teach the principles
of the gospel to our children, and If
we do this there will be no vice in
our midst. 1t should be our aim to
so live that liquor saloons and
houses Of prostitution could not
exist amongst US. Drunkenness is
a gross vice, and the loss of the
spirit will be the result to him who
practices it. We should be honest
and truthful. A promise should be
sacred. and when we borrow we
should repay. If man has horse
to sell he should tell his neighbOr all
about IL, and not take advantage of
him. A man who calls himself a
Latter-day Saint will grieve the
spirit of God if he cheats his neigh
Dor; work should be done as agreed
upon. and payment made IN the
same manner. But there is a good
deal Of trickery among us. Such
things are from beneath and not OF
God, and when we take advantage
Of our neighbOr in a trade we grieye
the spirit of God and make Satan
lor,nk Tho 7 Re r1yOrE-c or1d