The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-16
and cause His people to come off more
h an -c0u ouer0rs a

and cause His people to come off more
han cououerors. q
Apes tie John Henry Smith also
SPOKE. 1t was a pleasure 20 him to
lsten to the REPORTS of the brethren
who had pIeced d him When the
elders of the church were called uLon
in the commencement of this work,
they were INSTRUCTED to 60 INTO all the
world, so far as it was possible. and
where they themselves could not go
they were to send. Their mission was
to proclaim the truth 10 those who
knew not o. that living priesthood, who
were lot conveIsant with the Ordi-
ma ees OF Gods b use. and who were
not made partaker5 OF the bl sslngs
that belong to the gospel. W,re the
questions to be asked of those VINO have
returned from missionary fields OF Ia
boz, "Do you find in Scotland the gosp i
OF Christ? do you ind the people az
cepting the doctrines of faith IN God,
IN Christ living and active Pr est1
hood. who proclaim the principles OF
lite and salvation, calling upon the
world to repent. and administering the
ordiDancts of the Savior in
structing His spostiesP were these
things found among the good people OF
Scotland were they found among the
people of Wales9 we're they 'ou d
among the good people of Old England
whose religious systt m is aov estab
lished by the law of the land?" They
would answer tha'.they have found no
apostle, except Elder T dale who pre-
sides over the Saints III those lands.
They .ound not among sectarisns. The
doct-iue. that @ mist taught. II ey ound
not the ,ivlug evidences winch Gvd salo
should characterize His work. The
speaker himself had wandered in many
parts of the earth, AID nowhere to-day
can be found that perfect system
of government established by Christ
Him self, except amongst the people
who inhabit this land and who are called
by the world, "Those deluded Nor
mons"
Apostle Smith also felt led to speak
upon the subject of marriage. Paul,
in writing to the Corinthians, leads us
to understand thar man is not with
out the woman nor a women without
the man in the Lord. He has informed
US that the doctrine of forridding to
marry is doctrine of evil. He has in
formed US that the man is not without
the woman in the Lord. 1t is true that
in the midst of the perplexities and
wranglipgs and quarrelines of those
who came to him for the SIT lement of
d .tfculties, he may have made remarks
on this sabj ct that are not in harmony
altogether with this idea. But IL is well
to remember that thew were not the
commandments OF God. He believed he
was enjoying the spiris of God; but in
this instance he has, in no sense. de-
clared that that relationship of mar
riage was the most sacred when they
failed to follow the law that the Lord
had established.
1t is believed by those of the Catholic
faith that men and omen can offer q
much more sacred offering to the Lord
by the non-otservance of this rule
which God established in the COM
mencement. When man and woman
were Gre, ted and sent upon this earth,
here was implanted in their being a
love of offspring, and it was
the divine purpose, in order
to accomplish their mission, that
they should answer this law
They should obey this comman1, and
it was written in every part of their
being that they should do SO. In our
own day and time we can see the effects
of refusal to obey the laws of God on
this matter. Wherever marriage has
grown into disrepute and people think
that they can offer to their master a
more sacred offering by its non-observ-
ance, the result has been disaster; and
men and women nave fallen into de-
baucherv and untimely graves.
The Latter day Saints have been
divinely instructed On this subject.
They have learned that the law of
marriage is not like that in which the
world INDUCES. WeNhave learned in
the revelations of God, given TO US in
our own day and time, that in the re-
lationship of which Paul spoke, it
was Gods decree that men and
women should be united IN the
sacred bonds of wedlock, and that they
could not be in the Lord unless they
observed his law. Apostle Smith ex-
horted the young men and women, who
were under the sound of his voice, to
sands of young men and women who
are neglecting this law.
The speaker knew that the Saints have
the gosple of Christ and that it is the
power of God unto salvation to every
AAoo oAo WOAAoA WAO Will OOCy bu6
principles thereof, including the law of
marriage; and he earnestly urged upon
the young men and women to enter into
that relationship which Will meet with
the approval of God himself.
The choir sang:
o, my father. tn on that dwellest
In the high and glorious place.
The benedietion was pronounced by
Elder Homer Duncan..
A wonderful girl has been discovered
up in Massachusetts,. it is alleged. The
girl is spending her vacation in doing
homework in order to let her ma take
a rest. The story will doubtless be
ciassed with tale, in reference to large
catches OF fish or thrilling adventures
with snakes.-Scrant n Truth.