Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-15

This law was not 10 be dead letter,
net given simply to be placed on the
statute book and know no enforce
menL While the children Of Israel
were In the wilderness they found
man VINO gntnetei sticks on the Slh-
bath day, they brought him unto
MoseA aud Aaron and ali thu conere.
gallon; he was stoned without the
camp, aud dicj, ~ the Loot o,m.
manded Noses. The Sabbath hrtaker,
then, was IN those days deemed
worthy Of death. q
aages from Holy VIII bearing on the
subject u hhllowlng the SABBATH day,
ami went on to remark ,hat sutus per-
tons who did not understand
the principles upon which tho
Church oil JcEus Christ ol Latter
day Saints wa. founded found fault
with their professions that they could
receive continual revelation. These
people afserted that continued revel.
alton might, In many Instance, CON
lradict aud set ~ nought revelations
Which had been received before. MI
such criticism should lie always
answered by the request that they
wou pOlut out one single instance VA
which the Lord had ever given re-
violation contrary 10 necessity. L. der
Gnlmhge read from the revelation given
through the Prophet SOteph Smith In
JncksOn County, Missouri, August 7thi
1881 4 Doctrine and Covenants, SEC. %,
verses . to 49,
And that thou mnycst moro fully keep
tlyseif uuspoitud irom the wOr J, thou
shalt 70 up 10 the house OF prayer and
oilcr up thy sacAmonts upon my holy
! dpy;
For verify this il day appointed unto
yon TO fcst from your labofs, aud to pay
thy dayotions unto the Mos, High.
Nevertheless, thy VOWS shall bc offered
up Ia righteousness on all days ana At ali
times;
hut remember that on this tho Lords
day thou shalt uucr thine 0hlntiOn~ aud
/ Thy sucnmeuts unto the Most High, con-
/ Tossing NY sins unto thy brethren, aud
hoiorc the Lord.
Aud on this day thou shalt do none
other thing, only lot thy food be prepared
with singluness Of hoart, that thy fasting
may bo perfect, or, In other words, that
| thy JOY may be full.
let the Iistier-day Saints hear and
undt ntint tbis for their own benefit.
| Tue Great Lawgiver had thus re.cnnct-
ed or rc.btaleJ TINT law Of hallowing
the sabbath, lest some OF them might
now say that u peflliucd only TO tue
! lays OF the lsrRelites-to former times.
| ~ they Jailed now % observe that law,
/ Tho signs which had been established
between God aud His people would de.
| art.
hut upon looking abroad In the
world we saw that the people had
! g.. a atl.uHA NuE
| ui pleasure. Theatres, OrVra houses,
anu many places Of far worse repulc
we're kept glaringly open on that day Ia
many OF the great cities Of this land
this land wiicn had such need 10
ucknOwlu lgo the baud Of God-thlB
nation " hich had Teen raised up Ivy
| Ills haud-lhis nation hose indepeud-
rnce WAS i0undo1 upon u Declaration
shich parlook Of all the nature OF an
syftd document The PEOPLE were
RAINING away and forgetting alto ycther
the SabDtth Of the Lord their Gol.
| Coming nearer home, among those
who called themselves the Saints OF
htlei-iays, did We iind growing dts
POSITION 10 look upon the Sabbath lny
with rov,rcuut2 Places OF pleasure,
rcdOTtA cor Aiuutvmon,-and iu mhuy
eases tor unhliluwcd anu ungO1-
~ Amusement - were kept open,
and he people were tempted
g. 20 into the canyons, 10 the
takes, ard turn these natural blessings
anl great beauties Of tho land 10 thor
own uetrlmcnt and 1caiTucuon. They
d,scctatud tho sabbath OF the Lord
their God anu trDd under foot the
mlvnty statutes which Ho had csttb-
l!slud ~ the sgu between himself nud
nia people, making His great day like
unto Dthet days, negltcting his sauctu-
ary aud forgetting they aru the people
VINO pf0fussud n bD the Sain,g OF the
living God. Whst was it TO be- a 5si Etg
I { was to DO a molly ono OF the Lord, aud
lie had always been Jealous OF Holy
ones bo they mon or things,
places " days. let them thinR
VI what tGcy were doing by
dragging down into tue miro OF cons
mOu-plnoc things this holy day. The
Lord would not allow such triiiing
With holy thlngs TO 20 unpunMhed,
aud no eDmelimoA felt that We We're
scarcely better than the impious king
lieiphngkar, who ut his unrighte1u,
feast buh.ld "the writing on the wali.'i
lie had thought, nj times, that SOME
%. them who were 80 neglected. Of thl,
molly day should fear lest the hanu
saOuld he seen tracing on the wall tn,
words which spoke their punishmen,
anu doom, because they had desocratpu
the holy thingso God.
In conclusion tho speaker hesough
his hearers to beware aud live more
godly lives, keeping invihlate those
signs or symbols by when the saint,
OF God might DO distinguished from
those who claimed not 10 be His ppo
| ole. Let them load true Christian
lives ami suck every day 10 demon
strate unto Him that tnUy deserved
tho fond name which lie had hpplet
unto them-His children.
COUNSELLOR CHARLES W. PENRlsE
said no desired while the choir wa,
preparing TO render the anthem 10 ado
n lew words 10 the remarks Of Eide
ralmage. Not only should the Latter,
day Saints kovp the Sabbath day
I holy and refrain from going on ,xcuf
sions to places OF puOlic resort, bu
, they should teach their ohildren to oh
: serve this Jay and walk uprightly h.
! lore the Lord; Tor 80 had Col com
) manded. He would ask his brethren
and sisIers, the fathers and mothers IL
/ Israel, to use all the influence thcy
. possessed to Induce their children {,
! keep the Sabbath day holy. PARENT
Ia zion should also exercise 1
, careful watch over the young
especially at night. lie had been In