Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11
DISCOURSE
DELIVERED ny
TIDER TRlNEIIN !. RICHARDS,
s,,day. February i2m, 1903, al he
Morgan stake Conference, led
at Morgan, Utah.
,,rponrED ny ARTHUR wINTER.)

isy,s yeiy much and very earneoily
,ho, may be led by the dictations Of
mo sdrl, to speak Of such things ns
,nau be beneficial to us lail, and that
.n,lle iliy lin the knowledge Of God
snd His purposes, and with such mea.
.a,stbereof that we may be made to
..lthat our coming together Is not In
vain In the Lord.
We arc apt not to sonso the favors
and blessings that Providence bestows
mon us. II we could live In the way
Of wisdom, and tho way the Lord
would like us to live, 80 as to cherish
all the powers Of life within u and the
vitality that Is natural TO us, we would
rrow aud increase In intelligence q
great deal faster than we do. We
would learn to treasure up anu retain
knowledge in our minds much more
Than we do, and we would appreciate
these things, and sense that they come
from tho Lord. While We have our
nelds full Of everything that II good
each year, and our 1Ocks aud our
herds increase and abound, we arc
blessed with good health In these
mountain wales, anu with those pure
healthlul streams OF water that are
flowing down--if we could sense tho
value Of these things we should be very
thankful Tor them. Suppose the Lord
wero TO let loose the crickets anu the
lOsusts as Ho did few years ago, 10
eat up our crops year or two; then
suppose we had lack Of snow for u
season or two, until we came 10 really
find II difficult TO produce our food;
for Instance, II We got 80 low that cur
husbands and our fathers bad to go of
into the world to hunt for work In
order TO get something 10 oRt---if We
were made 10 feel the need Of these
things, We should be- more thankful
than we are now, for we would realize
that they came from the Lord.
remember how matters and things
were In Missouri In 1888, when the
SAinia were surrounded with mobe.
Tho Prophet anu his brethren, to the
number Of about thirty, were gathered
up aud taken to Liberty Jail, Richmond
Jail, aud to other places, anu were kept
IN prison. happened 10 arrive there
about that timo-Just n few days after
the Prophet and brethren had been
taken away. The Saints were making
their plans to get out OF Missouri, as
they were required by the exlerminat-
ing order OF the governor. i Tecoilect
just how pleasant 1t was TO alt down TO
n dish OF boiled corn. Some Of the
meals we had salt to put on 1t, but
quite few meals We did not have
any salt, and We learned the
difference between eating boiled
corn with salt and having II
without salt. Ii Is TO bc hoped that
wewill not get TO any closer times thnn
that. But then We acknowledged the
hand Of the Lord In obtaining the
means that were necessary for our
daily support, while the wicked were
shooting down the pigs ana turning
their cattle into the corn fields Of the
Saints, laying waste their hard.earned
substance, aud they obliged TO
remove, during the winter, into
Illinois. Some OF you remember this.
1t Is In the prints, that can be read by
many. But we are apt 10 forget these
lhings; and when we get full, wax fat
and kick, then is the time that we are
not thinking OF the Lord or OF our
duties to Him, and are not feeling
thankful, unless we are careful 10 bear
these things la mind. We need 10
reuse all these things.
The Lord has been very munificent
In beslowing upon Israel tho Prlest-
hood. Ho has made 1t possible that
nearly all who come to the estate OF
manhood IN His Church may be made
partaRers not only OF the Aaronic
Priesthood but Of tho Molchizedek
Priesthood. Just think OF MI this,nighty
host OF men all over Zion! Think Of
all these mon around mo mere today,
hardly one OF whom but bears some
portion Of the Holy Priesthood, and
most Of them the MelcnizVdek Priest-
hood also. 1 wonder II We are suitably
thankful for this and sense the value
o. it-that every man almost who IL
The head OF u family,or who IN starting
cut 10 become the head Of family, has
had given unto him the privilege TO
live and become, not only an Elder In
Israel, but, through faithfulness, 10
attain to positions Of importance In the
church; anu not only 80, but 10 become
apalriarch, and establish n household
That will inherit the same blessings
Let me remind you, brethren
and sisters, that the Cod OF
Heaven sealed upon Father Abra-
ham, and confirmed upon Isaac
and jacob, that their seed should
become as numerous as the sands on
me sea shore, aud that they should In.
merit the earth for AN everlasting
possession. Under this same promise,
.Nefy head Of q family has "a right TO
iooR forward with just ambition to
become patriarch aud stand ut the
head OF "a numerous race. This H.
gwen To all who will receive II and ex.
sielse II In Righteousness before God.
suppose this had not been the Gaze,
sal there were only u few-the Presi.
s-hoy, the Twelve, few Seventies, a
wv High Priests-permltted to attain
70 this, aud the mass were, as in other
societies, simply laymen, bearing no
toHlon ofthe Prlesthood; how different
nNould bel lisa goal OF honor, OF
sAAI'atlon and blessing offered to every
nun who starts out in the name OF his
vow, TO become man among mon, TO
m alse family and to build up the
nnulch OF Chrst In the land. How
NVNhly the Lord mas bestowed
,htsn blessings upon utl DO we sense
HH'se Things? Do weappreciate them?
1--WE take II to heart that the LORD
an undertaken TO raise up, as lie ages
~ slld He would, nation OF kings
4nu Priests unto His holy name?,
~ Is good for uH that we have our
swehllon called 10 these things once IN
aNhlle, for II we do not sente or nm.
'oelatv them, We do not rejoice la
n'eili nor in the Giver OF them. AMI