The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-09

[ > AHRlL - 1859.
Saints are here. The Saints should come
TO meeting instead of attending to worldly
affairs and pursuits. 1t is because of our
disobedience that we fall short of the bless
ings that we should receive We should
not speak evil of each other, and thus sow
dissensiOn and strife. tbs because we be
come careless of these things that we are
sometimes Overtaken with chastisements.
We have need to remember, also, the fast
days. There are too many in Israel who
are careless in this regard. God has not
appointed any of these things in vain, and
he says that If the rich man does not min
lister to those in want, he shall raise his
eyes to heaven in vain. These
are small matters, it is true, but it is Just
such things that go to make up our future
salvation. 1T requires constant labor all
the precepts to obey, but if 1 lovemy neigh
Dor, I'm in the narrow way,n is one of the
songs of Zion, and it is good precept. To
the outside world, it is an unsolved prob
lem, why we Saints should build temples;
| they do not understand that it is within
those holy edificeS that we get nearer to
our father and to our God. The world may
be rich in intelligence, but when they come
to a knowledge of God, they are poor in
deed. The gospel thanks be to God, has
come to the poor of the earth. One Of the
greatest evils of the earth to-day is that the
| Saints are
! IN TOO EASY CIRCUMSTANCES;
they realize that they have great temporal
blessings, but they forget to thank God for
it. Itdoes our elders great good to so forth
ON a mission-thOse who have been born in
| this valley. These elders comes back from
| their experience, and then they appreciate
their homes and the blessings surrounding
them. The powers of the priesthood can
only be officiated in righteousness. We
should continually sanctify ourselves before
| the Lord. We cannot attain to salvation II
we neglect the duties imposed upon us in
| our rush to get rich. He that maketh haste
to be rich can scarcely be innocent. The
principles of right and justice and eternal
! truth must enter into all we do, and
it should be done with an eye sin
| gle to the glory Of God. We must
put away the selfish feeling that this is
mine" 1t is Gods, and we are his. Treat
your wives and children with love; love
one another. If we do this, and keep His
commandments, the world may howl
heave around US, but we will be all right.
l feel with you one labOriny to work out my
salvation. May we have grace to overcome
all that is before us. Let us be prepared
for the worst, and we will be prepared for
the best. Let US be thankful that many Of
! the apostles and elders who have been IN
prison have been released.
Bishop 0. F. Whitney.
| 1 hope you VIII sustain me by your faith
and prayers, while speak few words to
you. l have reioiced with you in the teach
| ing and instruction we have received. 1
rejoice in the glorious manifestations of
! the spirit of God, exhibited in the words of
wisdom that have fallen from the lips OF
Gods servants, and 1 am thankful that |
! live in such an age. 1 am thankful for the
presence of so many of the Twelve, who
are permitted to be with us. | acknowledge
the hand of God in respect to these mani
| festations. But it is not simply in pros
perity, in peace, in success, or triumph that
we are required and expected to acknowl-
lar in many respects, but not any
more so than in this, that
we are required to acknowledge
the hand of the Lord in all things-in our
pleasure and in our pain; and even if our
pulpit to-day were stripped of all of or
high officials, I believe there is still faith
in the hearts of our people who could
BOW BEFORE THE LORD
and acknowledge His hand. 1t is a great
thing to acknowledge God in prosperity,
but still greater in adversely. 1t is in per
secution, trial and poverty that the great
est opportunities are given to men to find
out what mettle is within them. We heard
from this stand some two weeks ago elO-
quently portrayed the act of General Grant
when ON the field of AppomattOX in refUs-
ing to accept the property of the defeated
rebels. But l consider that General Lee, !
the man who then surrendered, showed
equal valor and equal greatness on the CORY |
field of Gettysburg. There on the decisive !
day he saw the enemy repeatedly encroach- !
ing upon him, his shattered forces melting |
like snow before the sun, in the moment OF |
defeat. Where a weak man might have |
blown his brains out, all that Lee did was |
to say, I'VE can't always win victories"
The patience he thus manifested showed |
the greatness of his soul, no less than did !
the action of Grant show his on
THE FIELD OF APPOMATTOX.
There is no one people on the earth who |
have better opportunities to show what |
they are made of than do the Latter-day |
Saints. Even the most humble will have |
an opportunity at some time during their |
lives of showing their patience and their |
fortitude. The opportunity comes in the
life of every Saint to manifest the attri- |
butes of JOb-tO confess the hand of the |
Lord in all things. 1t is greater TO believe |
and not see than to believe and see.
1t is always greater to walk by faith than
it is to walk by sight. The genius which
creates a thing is greater than that which
is created. Then let us walk on believing
in God, even though we do not see him, be-
cause the spirit Of God, the spirit Of reve-
lation, unseen, runheard, is neverthe
less d fact; because our hearts are filed
with the pure love OF God, to do right be-
cause it is right to do right, and not be
cause there is any happiness therein. l de-
sire to be faithful, to be humble, to cling to
the iron cross, and if l am saved, even as
the humblest member of the church, 1 will
thank God for His goodness to me,
The choir sang an anthem, President
Angus NJ. Cannon pronounced the bene-
diction, and conference adjourned until
, p. m.