The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-08

go 10 the house of prayer and offer up IN
sacraments upon my holy day;
For verify this Is day appointed unt'
you to rest from your labors, and pay TN
devouons 10 the Most High;
1 Nevertheless thy VOWS sna De offered vi
! IN Righteousness OH al days ana atail times
But remember that on tins The Lords day
! thou shalt offer thine citations and thy
sacrdments unto the Most High, confessins
thy sins unto thy brethren, and before the
Lord.
And on this day thou shalt do none othel
thing, only let thy food be prepared VIII
slngieness OF heart that thy fasting may D'
perfect, or, IN other words, that thy JOY may
JG FULL
These commandments of the Lore
do not admit of Sunday excursions tC
the lake or the canOns or other places
any more than manual labor, That day
will be held sacred TO the service aEC
worship of God by every true Latter
day Saint. Those who desecTate il
reject the word of the Lord and viii
not be held guiltless. We admoDist
all members of the Church TO obey this
commandment and the officers OF The
Church to see that it is not broken witt
impunity.
The mania tor recreations of various
/ kinds which mas seized upon many Of
the people is harmful i'll several ways
Ii units them for the regular duties Of
life. 1t renders them restless and ira
| patient Of proper restraint. IL OBJ
| Structs business. 1t tends To contract
habits of dissipation. 1t throws Oul
| young folks lutO the company
of persons whose society should
| ne >hunned. ItcullivateS wOrldlineSs
! IL conduces 10 many evils, and the
| spirit of purity, temperance, holiness
and peace will rot abide in IesOrU>
such as have been established for the
purpose Of enucIug the Saints into
! Jolly. Many thousands Of dollars have
| Ottn worse than wasted during tue
| past summer on excessive amuSements
and sometimes unSeemly diversions.
! IAr influential uen ana women OF the
! Church should diScounteDance this
evil, and with ali wisdom anu prudence
endeavor to check il 9rd prevent it,
! increase among Tie Salhts.
We have no disposition to deprive
| either Dung or Old Oi prupe.' amuSe-
nent. 1t is necessary 10 perfect
| health aud rational enjoy ment. II
! SaUuld be provided 10y those VINO have
! tue Watchcare OF the people, especially
! Tor the young, and conducted without
Sinfulness and without excess. But IN
these times of trial and distress to
many, is il Scemly 10 indulge in fire.
quent and hilarious junketiDgS and to
act as though we diSregarded the aff1ic-
tiOns of our brethren and sisters VINO
are placed in difficulty and JEOPARDY?
When most OF our leaders are in exile,
when good men are thrust into prison,
when many families are plunged luto
gIief at the enforced absence of those
who are dear to them, when the cords
OF Oppression ere being drawn more
tightly and the small liberties remain
ing to US are being gradually taken
away, when our enemies are forging
letters for our feet and planning
for our utter destruction, and when
Satan is working with all mis- forces To
weaken our RANKS by leading the Saints
into sin, is it q time TO waste our days
in useless pleasure and spend our
nights IL noisy revelS? Rather, should
we not humble ourselves before the
Lora and seek by faith and devotion to
good works to obtain power that We
may prevail against our foes? We do
not believe in long-faced sadness or
the plety that consists in 9 Sanctitied
appearance. There is no need for
dropping heads or sad cOuntenanCe.
4 cheerful spirit should be cultivated
and hearts should be giaddened by
words of cheer. But these are serious
times and the sorrows OF the afflicted
and the carOuSingS of the lnOugltleSS
seem utterly homogeneous when all
profess TO be brethren and sisters. Let
unseemly leVity be abandoned and let
the sOlemnitieS of eternity rest down
upon those who are called the Saints
Of the Most High Goa.
SACRED YICARIoUS WORK.
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aSating opposition which Is arrayed
against Us the work of ministering in
the ordinances of the Lords House
continues, and the blessing of the
Heavens still follows these admins
tTatiOnS. As we have so long expected
and so frequently been warned, Satan
RACES as he views his domain tTenChed
upon, his captiveS delivered, and the
souls of men Wrenched from his grasp
by the labOrS of the living for the dead
in and through those sacred Ordi-
nanceS that belong alone to the Gospel
of the Son of God, administered in
holy places by His chosen servants anC
handmaidens. And it must not Spr
prise US if the rage or the arch-eneLc5
of mankind increases and his ennis
saries grow more relentless and cruel, !
more brutal and inhuman in their ef-
lOrIS 10 stay JQlS WOIk, dS the uuUDcT !
of temples increases and the thOus- |
ands of Israel 90 in thereto TO minister |
the ordinances OF salvation for their !
and departed friends. We |
further rejoice that the work of erect !
Ing the Salt Lake and Manti Temples !
goes steadily forward, land that the lat
ter is nearing Its completion with all |
the rapidity that could reasonably be
expected when we consider the c0ndi |
lion of the Church and the people |
and the difficulties Under which they |
labor.
TRAINING THE YOUNG.
1t is pleasing to notice the increased |
feeling OF anxiety on the part of the
Saints to have their children educated
n schools where the doctrines of the
Gospel and the precious records which
God has given US can be taught aud
-ead. Oar children should be indoc-
srinated IN the principles of the Gospel
rom their earliest childhood. They
should be made familiar with the con-
tents of the Bible, the Book OF Mormon
md the Book of Doctrine and COyen-
lutS. These should be their chief text
books, and everything should be done
% establish and promote in their
hearts genuine faith ia GCd, in
dis Gospel and its ordinances, and
q His works. But under our common
,oboO1 cvsfam this ic NOT DOSSShia In