Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-01

eAa&cH ~ vNL VIEWS, tue llIllc VIII
come when the conduct OF the Lat
ter-dny Saint during the last five
years VIII stand out as the brightest
page In the history Of humanity
IN modern times, az Least. and men
VIII dwell upon u ami -ay that such
exhibitions OF courage ard integrity
are credit 10 our FACE. | am look
ing Tor that believe most firmly
u viii COME. We lave g'Seu the
best evidence Of Our sincerity that
II Is possible for MEN aiid wonien
10 give, and whether the world ac-
/, cents these testim9nieS AMI eyiden-
Gee o: n1ti We SIC si.ss that GJdand
angel5 viii accept tbeir. dft1 that
! they VIII lie recorled IL orr fIvGr.
IL may he IIeces-ery fer ~ To- do
other things that come i. contact
with cur feelings. But ] believe
| tha, this people are capable Of any
sacrifice that they shall he called
upon 10 make; aud theg csn bow in
Submission, when il i necessary
and right, as easily n they can
stand eseGi ami resist .hat which
they esteem to he Vfuns' We viii
show m1nkind-we nave shown
them. and We will show them more
abaBdantly-that the Latter-day
/ Saints afc PsJple Of truth, "a people
OF integrity, = people who are loyal
TO God, loyal 30 tie country ofwhich
they are citizens or Of which they
ought % Re citizens, loyal % tie ln-
situations witch Ccd has permitted,
in His providence, to lie established,
and loyal in ali the relations OF life;
n people strong in fidelity, anu
above all things, pure and virtUOus.
I | tell y0u would lose all hope my
self for humanity II II were not for
our people. IL has been my lot 10
tEsvti and niiugie With men, and,
without prtiDg Into affairs. things
have cOuie g ray kuoTledgc that
have SLED rte wili-weH, I Cannot
describe the feelings tina; I have
{ had. When | sec the C7ursa That
men and women are taking outside
Of thi. Church, and witness the fate
that i coiiiiug upon the people, !
/ feel thankful TO God thst lie las
established this Church, and that
the standard OF purity Is r4ised
among the L1;ter-Jay Saints, and
I that all iuipliiity y denounced and
dealt With! that thefe Is q people
upon tile fate or the earth Who say
tliat The virtde % ueu aud the
virtue Of wOfileu j,!glit t. Ire equal
/ 20 tile angels'. II you Were 10 see
the face Of I3cn. IS !. have seen
then when thtF lave bser told
that we look upon the sal =! ndulle-
ry n the greatest crime next 10
the shedding OF blood, il would be
a picture TO you; for | tell yoJ that
J virtue among men l. almOs. I'M
known outside Of this Church, and,
iOf course, when mems virtue has
fallen 20 low you tan depend upon
| IL tie virtue Of tie other sex Is not
ieyoni QUESTION. Tie testimony
I that we bear 4 th1t IKE j5attS-day
I Sain. who iIidUlges in sexual sin
viii lie dsmBei, Il he do not re-
E ptnt. There las been 10 greater
cause Of ap1stacy - this Church
than the want OF virtue. "a can
predict the future OF a man who i
guilty OF sins OF this kind, unless he
repents, as sure rs yen can predict
that darkness viii follow the setting
Of Tic sun. g5i will Eaye yirt.tcus
people, and those Of you who are
not viItuous will 20 the way that
others have gone, unless you repent;
you will loss the faith, for the Spirit
u God will not dwell in an unhoiy
tabernacle. The man or the woman
that Is unvirtuous cannot retain the
Spirit Df God. They mas be MEN,
bcra cf tie Church today, in full
fellowship, unsupported rs their fel-
lows; but II they do not repent.
thelr wicsedness will produce iis
fruits AMI tire. result which God has
said WO1.d attend Z. TSlrE II what
the word OF God i. In two reveal
tons that lie has given 10 the
Church, lie has said that ''he that
loOketh upon woman % lust after
her. shall deny the faith. un-
less he regents" He that ''iOOketh'
upon a woman, TeulembeT-nOt lay
liis hands upon her-but ''he that
lOsketh upon a woman TO lust after
lie., shall deny the faith.7 There
fore, We n-ust not Cuiy bc pure in
deed, btft IL p;;re iIi tho:;glt. IN Onier
to retain the Spirit 81 ICED and 10
have il dwell in our tlbeEnacles.
twill rce tS'ell I'm those who are
i.e.f.,I.
This is the s;auds-d t.lEt GJd has
raised for y = people. He wants Us
to come up 10 this s,audard-to be
pure as angels are pIEcs = ~ WY
should not we be? II We are going
u dwell with God and Christ and
With the holy angels, why should
no. a. tulriatt ~ the earth the
putty that tiiet pJssess. r.Eich
makes leaveii Ire hiest abode that
il 81 ;tm. tLauEfuI that this
stafidatd ms zee. sa;s-d SynSug us.
Ii gives hope fer the future Of
humanity. Otherwise, the fate Of
this generation is sure. They are
going the downward road. aud
nothing can save them except
thorough repentance. The Elders
wonder why II is that they do not
gather out more from the nations OF
the earth than they did formerly.
The reason Is obvious. The people
arc corrupt They are full OF last
;tud acUgnsnahlo evils. Abortion
and feotIcfie attl hiHdreI sins are
praciced almost uuiyefsaiis, An
Intelligent nIau with whom Z was
travelling fsw weeSs ago told me
that when lie revisited his hOme
il Massachusetts, about twelve
years ago, To-. see his mother, he
went TO Tic -chOCl. houses where he
had gone 20 schoO. in his boyhood.
In the first school that lie visited.
out Of all the scholars that we-e
there he found only four who were
Of native American families, aud
two Of them were cDlOrcl boys. The
rest If the children were all OF for
eign extraction. In the other school
that nc visited slcrS were ten out Of
The entire school that were OF native
.tm-rican families. He went back
70 iii- naglher's hcIse. aud there
was Il lot Of Old maids there. He
said b thenE the Yankees are
dying out. You women are not
having cifiilren; ysu are old maids;
and those who afc married do not
have childreu. VIVA, u % become
% ,'sf'' That was his comment
Ant yot: can mingle amoag the
better class o. this nation mean
those who are IN good cigeUnl-
stances, and OF old american fam
slies-aud you will find that very
few = the young men marry. Lux
ury prevails - such an extent that
they think thcs cannot marry.
They do not want ~ rsarry and
take their wives into a jJwer enu-
ditiOn than they have occupied in
their parents houses; and n young
iran they have the entree 10 society,
and ln,S 80 wherever they please
and are Weicome; therefore. they
do not marry. Tie result Is, the
best blood in America il not being
perpetuatcd. The old fnmilies are
not being kept up, and their places !
are being filed with foreigners.
When they do marry, they 10 not !
haze children; or, IL they do. they |
fia - only one or two. What viii |
God dC with a people % this kind: !