Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11
The Lives We Lire.

what are The necessary qualifications
ior one desiring 10 80 into the Temple!
The near approach Of the ceremonies
Of dedication Of the Salt Lake Temple,
give rise to many and very serious
thoughts. What better question can the
women Of this Church ask themselves.
Than this. what shall we do in order to
be ready for this great evcntY Let us
hear what you all answer. One little
I5lcr with bright brown eyes. says She
thinks people ought to be very chari-
table and hospitable IN all their walk
and work, she does not think ID wise 10
pick too many flaws with ANYBODY.
Another with equal decision Of tongue.
thinks we are not 10 SET up a standard of
uthpiying for women to follow. 10
ne sure she makes a few bounds of
uutier every week. and has a few
chickens, Or she earns little money bv
selling milk, but II the men nav tbe
Utilizing that is all that should be ncccs.
'aty. Another good sister thinks lolks
need not. suppose that q cup Of tea IL
going TO damn % woman. and if She cate
pork and drinks occasionally glasses M
VINE or beer there Is no occasion Tor
any one aposlatzing on her account
Another sister, who keeps the Word Of
wisdom because her husband insisis
upon u, objects 10 our Questioning her
rs to her duties IN the matter Of praying
She has been too busy all her he To-
teach her large family to pray, and when
iaihcr IS not present, she secs no harm
M letting the children drit off TO he'd
without formal prayers To be sure she
lelIs the older ones TO say their prayers,
and sometimes She remembers hers be.
fore getting into bed. But she rucsscs
the Lord is not so hard upon poor
women as some people might suppose.
hen another good sister, who rarely
oiiends IN any oi these ways, but whose
city life has used her to the ways and
walks Of Babylon, thinks ii very pre.
sumptuuus IN Us 10 ask her II she is NOT
Inclined to run rccklessly after and INTO
outside society, aud who perchance
prefers that her children make intimate
associates Of those outside the Church.
what u one or two OF her children have
married outside the faith. do YOU NOT
thlnk she will be- Just as anxious. ave
ten times more SO, TO badger her bishop
into letting them attend the great ser.
vices than will be the humble woman
who fears to tread where angels arcp
Then there comes the woman who has
never found time, iorsooth to attend 10
keliei Society meetings, who scarcely
ever goes out TO Sabbath meeting mi
who asks no odds Of You or me. sbe is
rich, OF perhaps She is the wife of or 4
related To one who has influence. she
may ihinl; she can afford to do lust as
she pleases aud you and are not TO ex.
pect to be judged by her own supreme
standard. Here too comes the humble
accuser OF self and the more worthy she
is OF going there the less she will feel
so. She has i nc her best. Kent all Inc
laws, has donated when il took Inc
bread out Of her mouth, but She. better
than any one else, knows the weak.
nessess OF her own mortality. and She
ieels supremacy her own unwouhiness.
Dear sisters, u you and ! take orr
own special weakness or sin or bad
spirit with Us into that Temple, there
viii be quite crowd Of peculiar spirits
there seeking admission, won't therep