The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-09

ana let LnOSe OF OLnSr men alone, that
we may go on in the way OF life, keeping
the commandments of God, which it is
our duty to do, and which, if we per
form, will earn from our Master q well
come home to Himself.
APOSTLE HEBER ]. GRAFT
felt that the Saints had been blessed
during this Conference. and that instruc,
tons had been impaired which would
be for the benefit OF all who had heard
if they would carefully put them into
practice. 1t is not the instructions
that we receive by which we will be
benefited, out the instructions that We
carry out and actually put in pra tice.
There are many who go to meeting
Sabbath after Sabbath, who attend our
Conferences regularly and who feel per-
feclly secure, because they listen at
tentiyely to them. A person who
Imagines Tor one moment that the
listening TO the servants of God and the
counsels and the advice of the Holy
Spirit is going to save them, is very
much mistaken. The oftener we attend
our meetings, the more faithful we are
In MISUNDERSTANDING to carry ont what
we hear, the greater will be our con-
domination. There are none uf Us but
what thoroughly understand that it is
the amount of nOurishment that we
take and aSSimilate that is beneficial :;
but that If our systems are out or
order. and we partake of food that the
more we partake of the more liable we
are to make ourselves sick. It is ex-
actly so with reference to spiritual food.
When we do not receive and digest and.
put into actual practice the cOunsels
that we receive, instead of growing and
increasing by what we hear from time
to time, We grow weaker and weaker.
The principles of the gospel when car
ried out in our every day lives are cal
culated to perfect Us as men and wo-
men, and the requirements that are
made of US are calculated to overcome
within US the weaknesses, follies and
imperfections of our natures. The law
of tithing was revealed for the imper-
lection of the Saints of God. 1t was to
assist those of US that are Of q selfish
nature. by calling upon US to make sac
rifees to. overcome that sel6shness.
The Word of Wisdom has been
revealed to US that We may
overcome and subdue our appetites,
and have healthy and strong bodies.
be An individual labor to each one of US.
Belief and obedience on the part OF one
will not save another; each must work
for his or her own individual salvation.
When we have learned to consider our
neighbors as ourselves, we will have
taken long step IN the right direction.
1t is believed and preached by some in
the world that no matter how deep
may be the crimes committed, the
criminals will be relieved Ofresponsi-
bility and may attain a salvation in the
Kingdom of God, if they viii only BE-
lieve in the Lord Jesus Christ. Such
teaching could have but little effect
upon any person, if he would stop and
reflect how we obtain the blessings we
receive in this life. We find recorded in.
ScriptureIthat the greatest of all gifts Of
God to man is eternal life. How can
any one expect that the greatest gift
that God can bestow upon us can be re-
ceived without WORK and without
energy, when we find that there is
nothing that we can obtain in this
life unless we labor for it. None of
Us can expect to obtain the blessings
of this life by simply wishing and
praying for them. The individual who
does not expect to get the simple bless
ing of bread in this life without toll, is
foolish indeed to expect that be can
get the greatest blessing of God to man
by simply exercising faith in the Lord
jesus Christ. The Latter-day Saints.
having received light and intelligence
from our Heavenly Father, know that a,
doctrine of this kind is absurd. We
know by the word of God, through his
Prophet Joseph Smith, that there is no
blessing that viii ever come to[Hsr IN
less we fulfil the Law upon which the
blessing is predieated. If We desire to.
work for exaltation in the kingdom OF
God, then must we place the wealth and
the honors Of this life in the back
ground. A man but wastes his powers
and the nobility OF his nature If be
seeks only for the honors- of MAJ. The
speaker was sorTY that the Latter day
Saints required 50 much earnest.teaoh
ing, and thSt by the suffering Of Others
We cannot learn TO keep the eouznansi-
ments of God and thus avoid suHsPkag
ourselves. 1t is the disposition of
many to End fault and to criti-
else the counsel that they receive
from time to time from the stand. One
says, che was speaking abORt me- be
was trying to belittle me in the eyes OF
my brethren and sisters. What
earthly good could it possibly be to
stand up here and try to iajnEs sRyO
to dest- By the influence and character
of any IndiFidual? None a. all. The
speaker could heartily endogsel the re-
marks which had bsen made with zefer-
ence. to personal purity. Theirs IS too
much, disposition on the part Of the
La.ter,day Saints to feel that their
children are all night; tAat it IS other
peoples children Who are going astray.
They expect that because their children
have received great promises and bless
ings by the servants of Cad and IN His
holy temples Tat they are safe, that
they viii be good La,ber-dsy SAINTS
Withcat their taking pains to instruct
them This is great mistake. We
did not become Latter-day Saints with
out teaching, nor can we expect or
children to dc4soa. ] have heard Nor.
mons" say q would not call them Lst-
ter-day Saiats, thae they would not
teach their children religion. They
would leave them free TO accept or re-
fuse religion themselves. God does not
require that we should teach our ehh-
dren our, own ideas, but the principles
OF truth, and if We do not do it he has
declared that the sin will be upon our
own heads and we VIII have to answer
for it. The speaker had heard parents
lament. l"0h Z that could lire my life