Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-16

as sure as you do this. they will gov
up TO sluandcr the wealth You leave
them, aud curse you. perhaps, because
YOU did not leave them more. Teach
them how 90 work aud to be industrious,
though you may be rolling in wealth,
and they will grow up to respect you,
and your name will go down from gem
Grafton TO generation, through your
postcrity, IN honorable remembrance.
The secret by which Joseph the
Prophet governed the Saints. as he
once said. was that he taught them COR
rect principles and they governed theme
selves. 10 Is only the sick that need a
physician; It is only the criminal that
needs thc penalties OF the Jaw. Honest
aud honorable men need no officers Of
the laW, no policemen, no Justices Of the
peace, mo courts, no lawyers They live
above crime, beyond the reach OF the
law The law is not made for them,
except 10 proicc, them from the crimtu.
ally disposed. 10 every mau was taught
% do right. aud did right, there would
be no use Tor courts aud for laws such
ls Wc have today u Is only because
people will not do right that these
things are nccllul, aud THAI we have eN.
pcnsIve forms OF government and CE.
pausiys officers 10 administer and exc.
cute the i1V, i.1itgr-day Saints ought
NOT to De s1. They ought 20 know how
Co do usnt. aud then do 10. and they
ought mot 90 have 90 DE prompted or
ur.ed 20 do d.. either by the c1asti.o-
mont of God or hy the c1uuscls OF Ills
servants. Well says one, il wg all do
ught. then WHAT WiIl we all prospect
Yes. we will 80 prosper 10 temporal
ihugsf lc, 90 temporal things, and be
spiritual things IIi wc may not be
without our trials even then. For IL IS
said BOO the scripture, Whom the Lord
I1ych lie chlNcucth, aud scourgcth
every son whom he Ggcciyeth' There
me several examples Of this in the
scriptures. One of them was the elcy-
en,h SON OF Jacob Joseph. lie was
o. rather remarkable little boy and his
father loved hun, and was little
partial towards him, perhaps because
he was the nBthorn OF his beloved
Rachel. and Rachel was dead Jacob
erred perhaps little in the par
ti,ltty that he showed to Joseph on
this account lie may have made
mistake there like some other parents
do when they make q iavoritc OF one Of
their sons. This Is q mistake, no matter
Who ,hc mother OF the boy Is. When
ever father begins 10 discriminate in
favor OF one son as against another it
bsgets jealousy iu the hearts Of the
brothers. and possibly hatred toward
their fathers. ltisa dangerous thing 10
DO. Because Jacob erred somewhat IN
this matter. the Lord gave 70 Israel %
law ON the subject lDeutcr -; 1910
The Lord cnduayofcd 10 correct tue EVIL
that grew out Of what Jacob did IN his
ayoriusm, by giving a law on this sub
lee, 10 govern the people thereafter.
nut Joseph was not only favored OF
Jacob he seemed to be- favored Of the
Lord also. lie might have been little
bsttcr than the rest. We cannot help
bring bit favorable towards those that
are better than others. Oi course, meut
should be- rewarded everywhere, but we
should be lust The Lord favored him,
| fof lie had a work ior him to do Like
some others that have been reserved TO
come forth In other dspensllions to DO