The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-08

.o,ctified bv marriage. But what
SeiS % we now behold! A tide OF
C 81 L.,-(-es around US. 1t threatens to
eY.1 o, H,9l MS and to reduce US to ruin.
g.a VFDnod-gates OF vice are opened
- - ns and not content with Jne rush
u as filthy stream mo our cltleS ana
Set--eiliien 49, Tbpv would invade our
DO I.tVlC' tbev would destroy our
dWell,--9' hey would loosen every
famit.es ,.bicf has held society
bono thew would array wife
tOZetleI' brsblnd, child agains {
asains- friend against friend; they
pa-5;-1Is,, make every man, woman and
WO-." Snv. an infCrmer and d be-
c1l-o f6ey would sap the foun-
tI.l- of faith, confidence and
IL and make every one dis
ms lgcft MS fellow. Satan never
uus- greater ruin in Eden than
#IJ--7t.na,1ies of ours would work in
.le,idst if we would listen to their
9Hh,Tisbmeuts or be frightened by
yL,ir threats And is ali this havoc to
'I--orrhl because Of our WickedneSS?
~, +an thousand times, NO. Let those
No are SO loud ia denOuncing US, 50
.-.-- u prosecuting US, look around
nm Are there no people but the
.v.-~0nS' to regenerdto and purge
rom sin? Read the daily record of
I'D, crime which fills the journals OF
In. land. If the correction of evil, the
mr-Ovencnt Of morals, the uprOoting
nj twice, the repreSS on Of violence and
.rfue we're the objects which animate
nose VINO seek TO 0eStrOY society III
.be5e mountains, then we could say in
.be language Of the Savior: Thou
tbrsef DehOldeSt not the beam that is
utLine own eye. Thou hypOcrite, first
.sl-t out the beam out OF thine own
eve: ana then shalt thou see clearly to
EAST cut the mote out of thy brothers.
eye"
We speak TO you, 4 people who have
aaye.ed ana mingled much in society
ID over the world. You are not iguO-
rant CT the world, its ways Or its cor
-uptiOns. You know, therefore, how
gEeat Is the beam that is in the eyes of
hose who TeprOve US for the mote they
imagine they perceive ia our eye. We
Know that from the household OF every
flithful Latter-day Saint daily and fer
vent thanksgiving ascendS to the God
o. heaven for having shown them how
10 escape from the frightful evils under
which society gTOanS IN SO-calIed CIVIL
iZed lands. Nevertheless, we will not
indulge In recrimination. We sincerely
mourn over the existence OF the dread
fui sins which are permitted to flourish
and TO spread with unblushing front
through the land. AS q people we nave
lifted our voices in warming against
these sins and against those who prac-
tice them. We shall still continue to
DO so. If in return for all this we are
treated with violence and reprOach, it
is no more than our Lord and Master
was before us. We may rest assured
that the predictions concerning the
calamities and judgments which are
about TO fall upon the wicked, the IN
believing and the uurepeDtant viii al
be fulfilled, as viii every word G1d /
promise which the Lord has spoken 20
Us But while we warn others, let us
not forget ourselves, or our families. |
Let US look well to our own lives and /
the conduct and lives of those who be- I
long TO our households. If We keep I
ourselves unsp0ttCd from sin, rest as |
sured the Lord will never forge or for !
sake rs.
Upon Presidents of Stakes, Bishops /
and other leading officers great reSpOn- /
sibility rests. They are placed as
shepherds over the flock of Christ. If /
through any neglect of theirs the flock /
IS injured or destroyed, the blood OF f,
those souls viii be found upon their
A2TOnlC PrieSthOOdS confer great 1
power and authority upon man; they /
Lift man nearer TO God and make him (
His representative. But woe to the |
men who use their Priesthood for base /
purposes, and fail to use it for Gods |
-loTy and the salvation of His children. /
Far better for them If they had never /
received If.
We have been commanded of the /
Lord to set our households in order.
apostles, Presidents of Stakes and
Bishops, have you done this with your
own households Have you also seen
that the Saints have done the same?
Have you impressed upon the people
under your charge the absolute neceS-
sity of purity If they desire the blessing
and protection Of the Most High?
Wolves never watched with greater
cunning and more raven0uS hunger
lock sheep and lambs than the people
Of your Wards and Stakes are now be-
ing watched by those who are ready to
leVOuT them. Are you awake to this
LANCER and do you take every precau-
ion against it?
Parents, are you full of fidelity
yourselves to every principle OF god
HnesS, and do you surround your sous
and daughters with every safeguard to
shield them from the arts of the vile?
Do you teach them that chastity in
both man and woman should be more
highly esteemed than life itself? Or do
you leave them in their ignorance and
ineXperIence to mix with any society
tAey may choose, at any hour that may
De convenient to them, and to be eX-
posed to the wiles OF the seducer and
the corrupt? These are questions you
VIII all have to answer either to your
shame and condemnation or TO your
log and eternal happiness. Know this,
mat God, in giving Us the precious
blessings we possess, demands from
Us a suitable return. By receiving
them we ere placed under obligations.
II these are not discharged, cOndemna-
non Inevitably follows.
We hear favorable accounts of the
action OF Primary Associations, Sun
lay Schools, Young Mems and Young
WOmen's Mutual Improvement Assoc
cations, and Relief Societies. These
organizations have unlimited OppOrtu-
mites OF doing good If those who
nave them in charge are faithful in at
ending to their duties, great will be
-aelr reward. If we desire the pros
perllY OF Zion, we will carefully guard
ma train our young. They come 10
is pure from the Lord By proper
raining We can make them mighty in