Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-01

our midst succumb to these in'
/ fluences after all that has been
done to bring them to
knowledge OF the truth. They forget
the lessons that God has taught anu Ia
teaching, and they yield Themselves
TO the spirit Of the world, from which
we have been gathered. | suppose
this will continue 10 be the case until
Satan IL found. God win not take
away our agency. He has given
you ana me our agency 10
do as we please. VIII not
cay that He cannot take away
our agency; that would DO IT,
reverend; but III not consistent with
His plan 90 take away nnyhOdy's
agency. Every human being has
bis agency, We can serve God or we
can serve the devil. We eau listen to
the voice Of the Spirit Of God and tho
eDtrenties that We hear frOn II, or we
can reject them AMI listen to evil
Establishments and nllurements. There
IL a percentage, perhape,-l trust II Is
very small, and Am led TO believe II
| is--oi the Latteruay Saints who forget
| the lessons God n teaching, anu VINO
Yield 10 Hlu and seek To build them
selves up instead OF the Zion OF G0d.
Now look upon II that when u man
receives the truth it H. his duty u seek
| to build the truth ~, to labor for Zion,
ami not 10 build up anything that Is
opposed TO ZION, from the dny that no
receives the Gusfel Of the Son u Col
Throughout his mortal career. Per.
sOuRlly | would not want to do any,
thing elin knowingly. But In saying
that, do | mean u convey the idea
that we arc TO DO an exclusive
people, that we are 10 shut ourselves
up, aud cut ourselves OF from nll
communication with our fellows? No.
W hen lnbOr Tor Z,On / labor tor tue
whole human family, labor for God, |
| labor for the establishment OF tunt rule
anu dominion that lie seeks to Intro.
duce anu lcfpetuate In the earth. |
do NOT lab3r for tho MOrmOns alone,
| buti LABOR for all; for rs lar ~ this
| spirit ~ which have alluded extenue,
10 TAR viii II benefit anu bless all VINO
| paftako Of II. IL viii bring u blessing
| TO every man, TO every household, ~
every community, aud 10 every nation.
Aud when We tax HD4ui IlJu W. taik
auOut this better cuugitiun Oi thugs
that We are aiming 10 establish.
1 WIS cOnveisiut with lady few
weeks ago. She WIS u lady Ia public
| life nu talked about addressing nae "a
letter on puhlc tOplc tnruugh the
paptIa. We entered iutu conversation
about affairs here, AMI | siid to her
"HOu VIII br beneiiic alter IA little
| by the iuiiueucu tue Lailei.dhy Saints
Will exert IN Htuwtniug these evils OF
which you speak" "Oh, yea"
says SHE, ''yOu ueiieve that we'il
all be Mormuns." "Nu," 1 ssh, al
DONE believe anything OF the KiuJ,
do not expect everybody Will be t.
Mormon. We DO not labor with "a
view that everybody h going to bu n
Mormon, Uut We vxpecttO InttDAuce "a
better STATE Oi s.ciu y, AMI othtrR Wiii
tee anu admire II, ana thuy will be
glad 70 have the h tlusuvb Ut our
example TO help correct the evlls
when arc now glowing 20 last. anu
when are threatening good sOCinty.n
A great many VI our friends WhU
are not VI Va, im igine that we are
working rs we urc 70 build up some
thing Exc usive, Ia other words, that
we are 4 Ing 10 buiil up some Moi.
mon institution, as they call IT., aud
give the Mofm0ns tOmu tremendous
power over everybody else. a great.
or mistake could noe b. entertained.
Yet our Opponents-I won's call them
enemies, think We indulge IN tia.
worn too much Ia our public dlscoutses
nuke that "A ground OF complaint
against ur, 0nd they aIlegp that II We
had lhe power We wOulu make every.
thing Mormtn anu bring everyone
else into hutjrouOn TO u. Nothing
could he farther from the truth. rnrtp
l. no such design IN any OF QUE hearts.
If we nad tn" power We would not d.
!t. But what we do want IN
to introduce a better condition Of
gllaite. We want love TO reign In tho
hearts OF the children OF men, M far
as We can get them TO entertain and
cherish II, And We know that the
principles that God has revealed Will
DO this. The object that we ought 10
have In view, my brethren and sister,,
Is TO labor for the establishment VI a
reign Uf righteousness, / am very
anxious myself 10 sec a better STATE u
things. / know that God designs
that there hhull be. We uavsOn me
earth an abundance Of every element
necessary Tor mans happiness. 10 IL
"a gCodly earth that GOO mas given us
IA a habilation; IL Is we'll supple with
all the elements necessary Tor mans
comfort. And the land that we
occur y--lhls continent OF America
IL cuOice land abyvg all other lands
on the earth. The clements OF wealth
In the greHieat abundance are All
around "a; lhs land is rich aud Will
produce " an unlimited extont, there
IN an abundance Ut animals; the
treasures Of the earth are abundant;
there liz no end to the preci.
GUS metals, nor 10 those which nre
mote useful and necessary. In fact,
thrfe Is nothing TO prevent every
human being from enjoying happiness,
50 far "a happiness can be derived from
the POSSESSION OF the elements neCes.
sary to sustain lie anu 20 make IL
comfortable, and even luxurious. And
the Litter.day Saints Will hnl, II they
do that which j. light AMI keep their
eyes single to the glory OF God, that
they VIII become very rich people.
1t Is bound to be the case, anu nothing
eau prevent 1t but ourOwn misconduct,
Wealth viii Increase In our midst, on
our right and on our lott. But the
great lesson for us to learn is 10 use the
wealth that dOd gives us In u way that
will bring glIry to Him and that will
bring about the fun aivatiun--tempof.
alandspiritual--Of cur lcliOw-crenilife.
We should have the same spirit IN the
management Of wealth tnat We have in
going out without purse or SCRIP, or
that we had In sending teams down, to
which ! have alluded, TO bring up the
poor II would he very unfortunate
thing for US ~ have bless ngs bestowed
upon ~ that we would abuse anu that
would prove our destruction.
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