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

H'HNt1 ne can lrtl thnt though
ne goes thuy will perpctuatc his
honorable name In tic EARTH aud
nlouy Goa IN him. Tho L.ri Bless
You wiki wisdom aui Undertaking,
ihut YOU may become wise, healthy
and strong FACE.
Now, will turn bacl, little.
was talking auOut going % tho tomplu
To get muu.cj. Whom young man
nUes to Cine temple 10 get married, he
goes bachelor, when a yUune woman
ror', size goes maiden. but whom
they are married, hn comes homu
husband, gnd shu comes home wife.
5no has changed her name 20 his.
They are married folk, und settle
down for lie. Now, how much OF
what they hoard In that temple that
Jay do they remember They forget
most Vi 1t over the idea Of being man
aud wife. You ought TO go 10 the
temple rs often a. twice every
year; aud II you have not any
body 10 bo baptized ior, ask some
Of your iriunds who have Iona lists Of
them, anu ulllciatc iu their behalf; aud
lei these things which were sealed
upon you be refreshed ia your minds.
Learn them, keep them, nui never
forget them, anu let them steady
auI help you In all the Wallis Of lie.
IL 10 SAID in the sculptures that IN the
millennium those who VIII not 20 up
to the temple once n year, ihcfe shall
no rain come upon them, The temples
are made TO so to. II any have an
earnest doslrc IN their hearts TO. some.
thing they cannot get anywhere rlsu,
there IL the place Tor them TO $50 and
l gu al a o Ga
thing that they do not want anybody
TO hear, they can make their lips act,
~ did Hannah OF old. II the terrible
question OF divorce Is beior, YOU Tor
consideration, go a. the house OF tho
Lord aud learn Of Him what h. the
right thing 10 10 and what not 90 do.
For things that arc done iu the
temple aiu Of eternal import, OF lie
unto he or Of death unto death. There
was report maze nt the end vi Last
year Of nll the biptisms anu ordinances
that have btcu performed In these three
tempica ever since they were opened.
! viii not undertake 90 give you the
ngurus; but there was vast number
" bautisms aud other ordinances, Tor
| the living ADD thu dead, which 4 will
not stop now to onumrratu aud yet tho
work has only Just begun. Think of
the millions Of spirits that have de.
! parted whose lives aud deatha are hid
| up. IL tuuy are iu auy archives, they
aru where the brethren have net been
able 10 HUI them. But We should gpt
after them; Gud u you cannot 40,
send your sOnH upon ~ stlous,
anu Instruct them % 80 anu
hunt Ia the records OF tho places
where your fathers anu your fore.
| mihur8 lived, aud iluJ thum uui, aud
| when you nave got FOut, though IL bo
hut low, when they nfo delivered from
tncir prison hOutts, they will help you
10 hunt up more. DO not wait iii you
get bO0kfull. We arc at work iOrm-
lug connections with the dead. The
hearts OF the fathers are Ia ned 10 the
children, anu the cnildfun 10 tue
fathers. You all want 10 undeTsland
that you have q right TO g1 TO the
temple, and you ought to q frequently
10 nB 10 keep these thugs fresh In your
minds. This makes you the sous nnd
daughters OF G1d, aud makes you 10
grow up rs Elders, High Priests and
Phtriarohs, hOnOrlug God la all
the walks VI liir.
will give you another Instance
wherein great blessing is bestowed Ia
these Inst days. some OF " have been
TO work hunting up the gene.
alogy Of our dead. | have myself,
aud have been greatly blessed
In IL. President Woodruff has alsO, anu
u number OF the breth CA OF the
Church have been blessed u get hold
Of great numbers Of their ancestors and
to be baptized for them. This Is a
great work. Some OF you may remem.
Der the sermon that the Prophet
Joseph preached nj this time King
Follutt was killed In welcome Of
the last sermons he delivered. He
told US Ia that sermon that "Tho
| gTealest responsibility In this world
that GOi hal laid upon US was 10 seek
alter our dead" Can you enter into
sxaltation aud glory aud be happy with.
out your iathetand mother, who trained
you up to fear God, and led you
thereby TO embrace the Gospel? or
without your grandfather and your
grandmother your uncles aud aunts,
with whom you have lived and labor,
cd, ate anu drank? NJ, never. Then
II IL for you, being blessed with
these authorities anu powers In the
Priesthood, 10 go and secure bltssings
unto them, My father and his
relatives have been baptized Tor
several thlubsnd II their dead
kindred. President Woodruff obtained
a boOkiull OF names OF his kindred on
his mothers side, aud also consider
able number Of names 0i tho Wood
rutis; md you recOllect that when
President Young dedicated the Temple
ut ~. George h1 appointed Brother
Woodruff TO bePresident oil that temple.
While lao was In that position the
people loved HIM, ~ we do today, aud
ON oue OF his birthdays thOy turned
out aud attended to host OF ordinances
for his kindred dead. He deemed tia
great aud precious gift, appreoiating II
exceedingly as u mark OF the love Of
the people for him. 10 was a great
blessing. 10 would have taken him
and his ismilyR lifetime to have got
through with them. Ho had hardly got
this done when word came 10 him from
Cache Valley that his son Bingham
| was drOwnOd-One OF the brightest
sons In his family, ana ono that he was
| looking forward 10 with anticipatiOns
OF becoming n bright HIGHT In his house
and a pillar In his generation. But
he was taken away. Well what Of
This? President No5drun began 10
criticlsp himself What had he done
that this son should be takel from
him. when he wanted some good boys
10 build up hia family anu his kingdom
In the earth? Ho bethoughl himself
that he was President OF tue Lords
house, and ne went into bis room Ia
the temple there trlorb the LORD ami
asked him ghnt was tho matter, what
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