Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-28

have tha Presidency Of The Church lcl
up on this matter, and DO thcy counsel
| the people nIW 90 found-dance gu lhcy
! plcase' Row, ] do not suppose ihlt any
more evil would grow OUT Oh Two mao
cent persons dancing waltz 700 inno'
cent persons do such tlinEl than
would out OF the playing OF game OF
CARDS. Two or three person. might 500
/ down 1nd play @ game pI cdfu' ana nn
| cul come OUT pl o. Tor iIai uneci uui %
| they inlulEcd in o. until iucl became 100
] liiulied with o. ilen % ulis 100 nlfm
/ ln may lclI 20 q. .iIH.t1u. So DO fe
| l1iion 10 tuunl'dancIngI people become
infatuated with 10 liisa practice. 90
/ say iI" cost OF %. out 1i which nothing
| can o IS como calculated Co ameli1'
| rate Oh. condition OF mankind or To-
| elevate the moral standard Of men ana
| women Therefore, the Llticrday
I stunts ought not 90 tread where no good
] can Doe found. We ought not TO cross
| ile line from our own ground on tl mat
| VI thl adversary, for when We DO we
! place ourselves Boo bis power aud hc VIII
Z take advantage Of us 10 Doe can. ]
! think ] may safely say here, speaking 1i
! do no The presence of che authorizes ui
] Mc Church. that The First Presidency
| DO not encourage. do not endorse, and
! 10 not recommend found.dlneIng. On
! the contrary they dcprgcltc TO- They
! are sorry that some Oi uur young people
] disIIc Do and will indulge Boo Do Boo spite OF
] guuu 7 and Wc hope and pray that tile
] day will come when they will. pay
/ suIcicr attention To- tuC COuuscls oi men
] who have experience, and who e only
! desire is the welfare of the youth Of
| ZION We do not give YOU counsel with
! a view ui cufailiug your legitimate
| enjoyment We would rather increase
] your enjoyment iu every proper way.
/ but this is not something that will add
! iu your enjoyment ultimately, because
/ tIc tendency of Do is toward passion,
| lHsi, aud immortality Some may call
me 100 old iogy ilf making this dcclata.
/ lion, but ] have been young myself, and
/ have passed through the stages OF
/ youth. as many ace passing through
/ ihtm today. ] have had au experience
| perhaps that some ol my younger friends
| have not. and ! say without fear of
| successful contradiction, that round.
/ dancing is 600 evil. because, 10 for moth.
! iIE else, there is u1 good in o. Further
| than that. Do b. wrong because evil may
| come Our of b., and often very great
/ evil. too. As result OF this familiar
! contact OF men and women Zoo the dance.
| their native molusiy. and that respectful
! regard for each otici. aud proper de-
| cJWm which should exist between men
| aud women. are broken down. They
| become familiar with each others touch
/ aud feelings boz such a way as 10 lead ON
/ Co greater evil Therefore, I say % is
un evil Zoo Zion. And ! think can say,
y, ,le't , w, ,' ,i =, ,'i '' ,i,
dcprccatc Dc, and wish that d DID not
exist among us, and we would Ike you
| TO curlail 10 ai much aa you can ana 81
possible stop Do We do not want YOU
| 10 hc uuWihc in this matter. a aklllul
horse trainer who has a lraeuous horse
! does NOT draw inc rcins uGht all al once.
but De pulls up gently guiding aud
dfcctInE anu 800 lar as po'4iule, Steer
ing clear OF the distractions 90 the ROAD,
| unul in time ht d huceea'lul 10 qulethE
Dds fractions animal and gelung % under
| control lell Eenuy win the. loulh'
Act cautiously ana wafily Win thcm,
! ana kindly wlilll; Tor u Is our love loT
them that causes as TO speak w. llls
way. We want 20 save ana cN9lt inc
youth oil Zion, and bring them haek INTO
| the presence OF God therefore we talh
TINS way. We say To the PRESIDENTS ol
Stakes, TO tnc liish Counsli. TO lhe
bshQps, TO the prgallghs OF 9eNehllla
and The > .ventlea, To- the high FueaH'
aud TO the ELDERS go lIael SCI an eA-
ample 100 thes,e matters lhai nave re-
iercd TO- aud Wlgid an influence whete
| YOU "ppI ulht VIII DC lliI loI kyou' IL
o. necessary that lAh hhoula DC uohc'
srcRrr SOCIETIES.
There Is another little thing I want 10
/ speak upon. Il is in relation Co a subject
that has been repeatedly brought 10 the
attention OF the Presidency, and ospeci.
ally TO my attention while ! have been
| attending the conferences Ia the outer
| Stakes for the last lew weeks. Last night.
| after meeting, a good brother approached
/ me. I trust be is here, because / want
| 20 talk 10 him, lie Is an eminent man
IN some respects. lie has been ON mis-
! suns, believe, aud has borne many
responsibilities at one time and another
| In the Church. lie put into my hand a
| COPY OF the constitution aud bylaws oil
certain society which Is seeking To
enlist the Latter.day Saints as It's mem,
| beers. When he spoke to me about IL,
/ saw In moment that he was thor.
| oughly imbued with the idea that Ia
Join this secret association was the
proper thing Tor Latter.day Saints TO do.
] read Il IN his countenancc and saw Il
down deep IA his heart This alarmed