Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-17
AposrI,r ugBEn J. GRANT.

APOSTLE HEBEh D. CRANE
have been interested this afternoon
in listening to the romarks OF Brother
Cannon, and desire that whatever l
may say while standing boioro you
shall be- for our mutual benefit.
| reaiize, Ms every Lattor-day Saint
must do, that unless we az people arc
united In our faith aud In our lahore,
we caunot be- acceptable In the oight OF
our Heavenly Father. read In the
Doctrine anu Covenants that Ia days
Of old the disciples sought occasion one
against another. and for this cause they
were sorely afflicted. Now, It docs
seem TO me that there are many Lat.
ter.day Saints wno are guilty OF
seeking occasion one against M.
other, undertaking TO cut everybody
oil or 10 pull thom out, ~ the
case may BE-, 10 ~ their particu-
lar iron bedstead. There was con-
siderable said at the last Conference
with regard to fsult-lndlng. IL was
one OF tho principal topics dwelt upon
by those who addressed the Saint;
and believe that II all Of Us who hal
tho privilege OF attending that confer
ence would endeavor ~ take 10 our
selves the counsel and aiyice that was
there gwen, we would bu benefited
aud proiitod thereby. Presumably,
we have all embraced the Gospel with
firm determination to Keep all the
commandments OF our Heavenly
Father, and 30 far AS | have been
able to learn the duties devoivlng upon
the Lstter.day Saints, those duties con.
sist Ia keeping the commandments OF
God md Ia setting examples before our
fellows which shall bs worthy OF their
imitation. do not discover among
the duties devolving upon US that OF
undertaking TO regulate, by hnd.
ing fault, the conduct OF any
l. itter-day Saint other than our
sclv,s. do hot md that II Is neces.
sary for Us, Ia order 20 increase In tbs
Spirit Of God and TO 6e more perfect In
the sight OF our heavenly Father, to
devote portion Of our time to Hiding
fault and seeking occasion against our
brethren.
was very much surprised at our
late Conference TO hear some Of my
friends criticising remarks that Were
made here upon tho subject Of home
manufacture, intlmating that those
remarks had considerable political sig.
nificance, and that they were In the
Interests Of n political iparty. When
heard those criticisms | was very sorry
indeed that had not tho privilege OF
bearing my testimony 10 the truth OF
what was said, seeing that happened
to be on the other side OF the iencs,
politically, from,the brethren who spoke;
because, II there h one thing more than
another that have been guilty OF, both
in my public preaching aud By going
down Into my pocket, 1t has been that
Of sustaining home industries. And
want to say right here that any inii.
vidual Ia any political party who
undertakes to claim the monopoly for
his party Of sustaining home industries
makes very great mistake; and any
body who imagines that any Latter
day Saint who stands up anu breaches
to us the doctrine OF sustaining home
industries and furnishing employment
for our own friends 10 trying TO make
some political capiial--I say that such
"a one Is trying 10 seek occasion against
his brother. | say 10 you, do as do
wear Provo goods. l have done IL for
ten years; you go and do likewise, anu
you will furnish employment for hun.
dreis OF people that are now idle.
Now, 1 generally endeavor, TO the
best OF my ability, to seek TO
know the mind and will Of God
rs It comes through the man who
stands az the head OF this Church-who
| either Ia prophet OF God or the whole
structure OF "Alormonism" Ia n COM
plete fraud-and have discovered that
the President OF the Church teaches
us, by his example ami precepi, the
spirit OF meekness aud OF humility and
| a disposition to sustain and uphold his
brethren and sisters. i discover that
he does not ask me to do that which he
| Ia not willing TO do himself. [ dis.
cover that he desires the onward adj.
yancement OF Go1's kingdom more
than everything else, and that 10 what
every Latter.day saint should deaire.
But 1 find that there are mauy OF US
who desire, above all things else on
earth, our own advancement, our own
| financial welfare, or our own political
welfare. We 10 not seek first the
Kingdom OF Coz and then expect all
things else will be added; but We seek
irst for our own personal aggrandise.
ment.
We were told at the late Conference
that 1t was the mind aud will OF our
Heavenly Father that we should
complete this Temple. The same
words were uttered by the President OF
the Church a little over year ago, in
the Eighteenth ward meeting house,
| Pre.ldent Woodruff stood up there ina
meeting Of the Apostles, the Presidents
OF the various stakes aud the Bishops
Of the various wards, and he told us
that i. was tue mind aud viii OF the
Lord that we should 20 at once and
complete this Temple. AT the late
| Conference, after the general meetings
had Adjourned, there was meeting
held In the Temple, and the Prophet
OF this Lord once more told tho author.
tiles who preside in all tho stakes and
wards OF Zion that II was the mind aud
Will OF God that that Temple DO spec.
Oily completed, and hs called
upon those assembled thers to
show their faith by their works
Ito donate toward the compile.