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

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u8in thrse things-bryOn1 a'l measure
% calculation We o"u say 81 We
contemplate the thilg IN Ito truo Highs,
that eye bath not seen, nor ear heard,
aud our hearts have not power 10
compreheud what Is tho lelgth, the
/ breadth, the height and the lrpth vi
| the love Of ODD In giving u, th,aa
| things. Then with this We have gone
10 work aud built icmpleg hefc, ami
| the Saints are beginulug to gel the
spirit OF labofing Tor the dead. How
b,cssol Nyalui delights On 90 | luluk
o. 10 with u great deal Of pleasure, AMI
| | wish / could stlr up some 0l the
brethren and eistcrs that 10 not caro- 80
much about n, 30 feel moro iuiurtatrl
! ia II, because [ know 10 would mako
| them ttal very happy. Gus religion ie
not in the heavens altogether IL is
right here with US. We ought 10 real.
| lie that the Lord H. not far from us hut
| He Is with u continually. Just think
| of that tabernacle, built IN the wilder.
ness, carried day by Nay with all
aACrcduess up into the lgud Of palrH.
/ tine. aud while II waB nt Shiloh,
la certain sister there wGs not
blessed 10 have any children, and
| her name was Hannah. Sac was
n focd woman, tho wife 0i Elkanah.
! His second vie had children, aud
! Hannah felt sad aud elffJwiul %
thiuk that she could not be q mother,
| to-, and have children % rlse up In
| her old ngo aud call her blessed. In
| The L.. Oh ptur Of Samuel, you may
| read how chs went to the tabernacle,
or temple, 10 pay unto the Lord, aud
! El, the priest, thought shc was fall Of
/ wine. He watched her lip- and saw
Thorn move, but heard nc voice. he
| therefore n1ii unto her elbow long
wilt tdou br drunken? put away thy
wine from thot."
She took all this haunting, hut stuck
u 1t until the Lord u9wrrci her
| prnYors and gave 10 her nice little
boy. That pleased her amazingly, sho
nuuod him year then carried him 10,
the temple and there cnuseCr tod him
90 the Lori, giving him TO IN, the
priest, 10 train and teach, aud
TO bring up Ia the ways Of tho
Lord. She came once year and
brought clothing ana such things a.
her m0thefly, loving hCltt hnl TO
hestJw upon him; fer she realized that
God had heard nor prayer That boy
bucam the mighty prophet in lsfarl,
named samuel. When he had been
there awhile and got 10 understand
thing5 In the temple, one night tue
Lord spoke to him. o. course, hr cx-
pcotud II was Ell, and he ai0se aud
went TO ELI ami said, "Bprp am /;
Tor thou cailodht me-" But IN said, 81
called not; lie down again" lie did
30, hut was called four umCs. The
third time hs hear the votes
anu went 10 Ell. THIS time Eli
perceived that tue L1i had called
him; 20 he sAid unto Samuel, 600, lie
down; anu II shall % 10 he call thee,
That thou shalt say, spusk, LORD; i0f
thy servant heafeth." sl ho went
back nni lay down. Again he
heard the voice. He iaen said,
"5ncak, tor thy servant heareth."
Tue Lord then gave him n
wonderful message Tor Eli. Ell had
got wrong, because he let his boys
break away from him, aud they com.
mitted nb1miuntiOns IN Israel, anu the
Lord told Samuel - 20 and tell Ell
what SHOULD beiali HIM anu his house.
soon after, news came to him OF the
death OF hts sons, aud that the ark oil
God was taken, and ut hearing this
ELI fell from OIL his seat back ward hnd
broke hiB neck. This prophet Samuel
Judged Iatnel many years anu anointed
Saul and David 10 be kings over that
people. He was the man that brought
the word OF tho Lord and told OF the
lifting up OF nations aud the breaking
down OF them; AMI his testimonies
have come down through the cen.
turtles TO us, that We can read Of
his origin, OF his being brough,
up In the holy place, and OF
his great ministry In the laud
OF Judea. Tnis ~ the blessing
that came 10 n sister; lesson to you
sisters Of the Relief Society anu
Mutual Improvement association
People say sometimes, "Why, II II
only a woman" Ell thought 80 In 10.
latiOn 10 Hannah. He watched her
lips to see what she would say while In
hur earnestnesa she was beseeching the
Lord from her spirit, anu he told hei
to 20 away till she got sober.
This temples that ato built for us In
these latter days are the places that the
Saints ought to resort 10, not only to gel
married, hut also 10 seek tho Lord. By
the way, | want 30 say to the praise OI
the people here, that II Is a great bless,
Ing that your young people arc getting
married at proper age ana in the temple
IN they should do. Keep this up, aud
encourage this spirit. When you
marry those with whom you are ac
quainted, you feel safe aud can trust
yourselves with each other for time
and for eternity. It is Joyful thing
OF lasting blessing aud reward. You
parents and officers in the Church,
cultivate this, aud keep 1t 20
There are places where the
brethren and fisten are no do,
Ing this. They become perverse Ia
their ways, anu they do not like the
ways OF the Lord. They love to get
after pleasure, and after fashion, and
after society, until they do not know
themselves hardly from tho Gentilos,
only that they live among the Saints
But II is blessing 10 you that you are
going ON carefully ana prudently In thl.
matter. Teach your daughters how
to become mothers as they should do,
and teach your sous how TO become
husbands aud fathers in the cody
sense Of the term. This IL tho great
ordinance OF life which they 20 to the
temple 10 paTlako OF; and their OIL.
spring will tell IL, anu II VIII be known
among the nations, II viii be an honor
to say that this one, and that one, was
born in Zion, aud in the Morgan
Stake OF Zion, Let me say to
the young men, Ms you grow w
to manhood ami come TO proper
age, 1t is right Ia the sight OF God that
YOU should seek after partner that
Ia fitting and worthy for you to ~
with to the house Of the Lord aud
I 90 Z IA