Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-04

many were rich and had ample homes,
| our visiting friends at Conference
we're under the necessity Of obtaining
! lodgings at the hotels. Whether this
I WINS because we were less hOspitable
/ Than formerly, or because the people
4 were growing 30 numerous on the out
side That the lew Inside were unable TO
\ entertain them was question
/ that they must answer for them
| selves. Rat he hoped the day would
never come when the LaltoT.day Saints
| would feel inhospitable toward thor
brethren and sisters, the people Of Goi,
/ or towards the stranger within our
gates; Tor hospitality, kindness, charity,
l and love were some OF the chafac.
tcrislics Of the Gtspel'of Jesus Christ.
] IL behovsi the Saints always, and
/ under all circumstances, TO he Kind to
/ their nelghbors, true TO their friends,
/ TO beware Of their enemies, to be
humble and submissive unto Got, de.
/ voted 10 His cause and alive ~ their
/ own salvation.
Our salvation was the great object
| We had in view In gathering 10 Zion
aud embracing the principles Of the
/ Gospel which had been restored 10 the
Garth In this dispensation through the
Prophet Joseph Smith aud his
| brethren. Anything that would de-
Tract from that object aud from our
pursuit In that direction should he
carefully avoided, while every
principle that tended 10 advance US
should he constantly sought after.
The Lattor.day Saints were paid to
DO n peculiar people. Ia some respects
| perhaps theywefc, but In many respects,
II seemed ~ him, they very much re-.
scmbled the resi- Of the world. II We
had received knowledge or proof Of
those principles which cmanntcd from
/ God, aud OF which the rest Of mankind
! were destitute, then 30 far NJ the saints
observed them, lived up 10 them, aud
/ were true md faithful unto them, they
/ were distinct and peculiar from all
/ other people. hut with this exception
/ they were like the rest Of the world.
/ How far we deserved credit that was
not due TO all mankind besides would
depend upon our adherence 10 those
superior principles Of light, truth and
knowledge which we had received In
this dispensation Of the Gospel which
the world had not yet received. There
were hundreds Of Thousands OF people
on the earth today who were as honest
IN every particular rs the Latter.day
Saints, who were quite as sincere, just
aa earnest IN their faith, In their relig-
ion aud aE devoted 10 God. He had,
however, In the course OF his ex-
| pefience, met many who did not be-
/ lieve NJ all In Mormoniam, who did
not believe the Gospel Of Jesus Christ
~ the Latter-lay Saints believed 1t,
and who were w prejudlced against
them that II seemed impossible TO
open theis eyes to the truth; yet they
were more consistent according 10
their faith, according 10 their ideas
OF religion, and In their duty 10 God,
more earnest aud devoted than hun
dreds, aye, thousands, Of those who
protested TO be Lat,er-day Saints and
TO have received the Holy Ghost. He
had seen people who had such faith
nnd such love for Jesus Christ, the
Son OF God, that they would not allsw
nn ornament or an image In their
house, nor even picture TO hang upon
the walls, for fear that their thoughts,
desires, and affections should be drawn
from the great object they had In view
the worship Of God. And yet they
were not Latier-day Saints; neither
could they 10 convinced ms to their error
with regard to their religious belief.
He had asked himself often what
would be the condition Of this
this class Of people when they came
to be Judged 'ior the deeds done In the
body" While they had the privilege
u hearing the Gospel preached
In their lifetime, yet because
Of the superstition In which they hau
been brought up, because Of the trndi-
lions OF their forefathers, Of the preju.
dices that had been begotten in the
minds OF the people generally concern
Ing the Iatter.day Saints, concerning
new revelations and new religions, they
closed their ears against the truth as
revealed by God In these latter days.
Tho point to which he wished to draw
attention was IN regard to this thought.
How would II he with the Latter.day
Saints who had received q fulneSs ofthe
everlasting Gospel and the ordinance,
appurtaining thereto, but who were not
sincere In their religion, who proved
by their acts that they were not gene.
r0us and kind TO their brother and their
nelghbor, who were not honest
Ia their professions aud promises,
who did not honor the Sabbath
day and keep II holy, who used
sf0ng drinks and tobacco, who vio-
lated the Word Of Wisdom aud the law
Of God ns revealed unto them, who
were not charitable but judged their
brother harshly, who were willing
under some circumstances and In
some cases even to wreck the kingdom
AZ God on earth, hs 1t were, anu betrny
their brethren Into the hands OF their
enemies out OF spite, out OF n feeling
rnnkling In their bosom, and who were
In every sense OF the word anything
but good Christians, to say nothin.
about being Latter.day Saints. He
asked, what would be- their condition
when they stood before the bar OF God
"to give an account Of tho deeds done