Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-14


I desire the assistance Of the Holy
Spirit and your faith and prayers IN
my behalf; for It is not possible for me
10 edify the people, or to speak to my
own satisfaction, unless the Lord
INSISTS me, and shall be pleased TO say
wha, ought TO say rs the Lord Will
give me utternnce.
appreciate the fellowship OF the
Latter.day Saints and the privilege Of
MEETING with tho people on the
sabbath day, to worship tho Lord, to
partakeof the sacrament, and to have
my strength renewed, as | feel that |
need Il from week TO week. l wonder
sometimes why such n percentage OF
the Latter.day Saints can feel con-
tented upon the Sabbath day to absent
themselves from the house OF worship,
because the Lord requires us to keep
the sabbath day holy, to refrain from
labor, from pleasure.seeking, from
business transactions, and from secular
pursuits, and to meet together to
worship Him, to offer up our prayers
Of gratitude, TO speak OF His goodness,
anu TO hear His word anu will made
known 10 us. understand that these
requirements ARE Just as necessary to
MAINTAIN healthy condition in the
spirit ~ II IL Tor us to partake OF food
10 maintain the health OF the body;
and | believe that all Latter.dny
Saints must feel q measure OF condemn
nation when they neglect these RS
quirements. | do not believe that 1t ~
possible for us to please the Lord and
neglect any OF our duties. There Is no
doubt that nm amount Of pleasure Is
enjoyed by the Lord when He notiues
the obedicnce OF His children Ia some
things; but His pleasure can hardly be-
complete unlsss His children are
obedient In all things.
The Sabbath day mas been provided
for man AS day OF rest and OF worship;
aud tie Latter-day Saints, OF nil peo-
pie, acquainted IN they are with the
principles OF the Gospel, and measure.
ably approaching them, should keep
holy the Sabbath day. We have the
plan Of salvation complete and perfect,
rs introduced by the Father, and ms
revealed and made known In detail by
His Son Jesus Christ. We not only
advocate these doctrines TO the world
az correct, but every Latter-day Saint
That has uone the will OF tho Lord
knews that these doctrines are true.
therefore, / say that the Latter-day
saints should he more careful and
cifcumspect Ia regard to these things
than any other people.
Our pieces OF worship should be con.
tldered sacred pnd holy, for they arc
invariably dedicated TO the Lord,
and the movements OF the Latter.
DAY Saipts In them should be
pleasing, to the Lord. We should
enter them, remain In them
aud depart from them with cir.
cumspction md decorum. There
ougb to be a spirit OF reverence for our
honses OF worship that ID not always
manifested by the Latter.day Saints. |
Weave come irom the world. The
Later'day Saints that have been con.
ygted and gathered together were
formerly Gcntiles,as we considert hem;
nod the example Of the world, from
shieh We have come, Ia, % far as /,
pas's Of worship and proper appear
ahe IN them arc concerned, worthy
o' inc emulation OF the Lstter.day
sauts. This house, perhaps 1.-THE
Iaprnaolel more than any other
nope OF worship In Zion, Ia considered
ssered house. But ordinarily In GU.
meung houses there Is degree of
htfty and freedom, anu u free and
sy feeling INDUCED In by Latter.day
Hlnh that 10 sometimes offensive to
spirit OF the Lord. Especially IL
l,s lhe case among the young. / have
pvught That this has come among the
-altsr'uay Saints because OF our
'iohuot experiences. Our meeting
HOUSES In the beginning-snd up to the
pesent In some parts OF ZioI-were
a assu ,ot purposes, for schools, for
ta'n,etlhgs OF political character, for
Iuslness purposes. for concerts, for
~ anu the like; and IL has seemed
~ uie lhat the people OF the world who
!, n.y. in among us must feel offended
:, " ho want OF respect that the Latter.
SAINTS have for their places OF
hlp. IL Ia not desirable that
saints should put on solemn
'oG Gn n','i,ces that they should appear
on, anu sofrowful; put on hypocritical
' ~, races, anu pretend to bc very re-
sous ana very sanctimonious. The .
ao7Pel OF Jesus Christ does not reauire
!, 70 look sad, or to feel sad. l
a,,o 70 make ourselves appear uncom. ,
,swi but rather That we should
,nd loyous countenances, light hearts 8
inv nv. s'nillng faces. But have some. O
on' es ielt that 80 hayegiven ourselves q
,es,' ucn 10 nght'mindeuneas, and have 4
pSm, 'oo careless In regard to our 3
NJ, y, ~ very desirable that we should v
go,iss 'Ns unnecessary oiiense TO the n
iSb,., because We are preachers of II
anu are called upon 10 a
,avs LUIS 10 the truth. Therefore. our o
M ought TO be winning. moi a
no. " 90 not disagreeabIe, not disgust. A
man. ~ mat the world, when they come n
lIenn.us' may not be unnecossariIy u
h onui mat they will obsery. al
e,asin n The Sabbatn day on nil f,
Tul,s and discover In us In, b
: dI.oanu effects Of the Gosnel NJ
'0Vsr refinement, anu modeta. h