The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-24


among the people than they were then.
Foolishness was detrimental to the pro-
gress toward the unity of the people.
Darkness would prevail wherever 1t was
practiced, and it was growing denser.
The Saints had been instructed to live
the lives of Latter-day Saints, up to the
professions of good people, to follow in
the paths of righteousness; to fight evil
and overcome the Prince of Darkness.
1t rested with each individual whom
they would serve-God or Mammon.
The enemies of God were up early and
late perfecting plans for the overthrow
of the church. Were the Saints laboring
as diligently to oppose him? He de-
precated the following of fashion, and
deplored the practice among the people,
by which means and time were being
squandered-much that would have to
be accounted for in the final reckoning.
Each individual had his own agency. 1t
was failing to be seeking about for
the mote" in the neighbours eye and
neglecting the beam" in their own.
The Saints came to Utah under the re-
quirements of the Almighty to aid in
| the establishing of His church on the
earth; how far the speaker had been
successful was not for him to say. He
did not come for his own aggrandise-
ment. All had to be tried in order to
render themselves fit companions for
Jesus and the ancient patriarchs in the
world to come. Are we not building up
our bitterest enemies? He had no wish
to have anything to do with the enemies
of truth, only SO far as his Father
wished him to benefit them; he did not
want to associate with nor even deal
with them. Were the Saints, in ming
| ling with and dealing with their enemies,
putting blocks in their own way. He
was willing to aid and benefit them. He
did not hate his enemies; he hated their
wicked acts; he did not approve of their
pernicious course. Hoped all would be
rue, faithful and diligent in all things,
emporal as well as spiritual The
dvance of the truth had been remark
! bly, rapid in the latter days, because
there were more people to embrace it
than in former days. He hoped the
Saints would be wiser and live more
after the knowledge they possessed. He
wished that the counsel and advice
impaired Sabbath after Sabbath would
not be permitted to go in at one ear and
out of the other He counseled the
casting off of habits of folly, cultivating
means Of happiness; pride was an evil
benefit to accure from it; it wasted
much valuable means, etc. He con-
tinued by inquiring if the Saints were
as united as they should be? He hoped
there would be q reform in this regard,
and that all would be able to so live as
to render clean record in the final
settling up The world will not be able
to accomplish much in regard to the
destruction of the Kingdom of God. The
combined influences of the wicked would
have no avail against the Saints, either
Temporarily, spiritually, or in any other
way, if the Saints would be united and
DESTROYS to live up to their privileges.
He realized that the Latter-day Saints
were greatly in advance of the world,
but were they as far ahead as they were
required to be? He was sorry the
people were not building each other up
in their most holy faith. He saw the
approaching perfection of the Israel
which should be Israel in every sense of
the term; yet how weak mankind was.
He spoke of the necessity of all en-
deavoring to do the best they could to
build each other up in the
principles of the holy gospel.
He said it was not right that there
should be poverty or misery among the
Saints, and if any existed, it could be
traced to fault on the part of
those suffering. 1t was an
obligation of the people of God
to help the worthy poor. Asked if it
was right to exhibit spirit of grabbing
and accommodating wealth. The world
had no power over the Saints if they
do their duty and keep the command
ments of God. These were plain and
unmistakable facts. He closed with an
earnest appeal to all to build each other
up, to serve God with might, mind and
strength; it was the only true course to
secure the help and blessing of the Al
mighty.
The choir sang the anthem,
Daughter of Zion
Benedietion by Elder William H.
Miles.