Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-06

hia heart was full Of gratitude 10 his
Heavenly Father for tue privilege II
being present OF this Conference, and
for the valuable counsel which had
been given them by those brethren
VINO had preceded him. Inc speaker
endorsed the fsmArksoi Elder feae1ale
Ia regard 10 tue pofniciD VA and TOO com
mon indulgence Ia tue use " tea aud
coffee among tue bstier.day y iinte,and
,xpfea,ei his deep regret that the Word
Of Wisdom vas NJ lightly observed.
Excuses weie too common among the
people, On the slightest pteleyt, anI
THIS referred 10 the law OF timing and
other matters as well ~ the Word oi
Vision. The Commandments Vt God
were not kept A. thsy abUulJ, 10 even
~ some u these IN uuthOuty. 10 =
man thought more o. a cup Of tea Or
oCUse, u cigarette or n obew OF tobacco
tnHn he dii OF hts priesthood, he
thought ne ought ~ resign his priest
hood. That had been tne iteliag In
his heart lately. We heard good
deal VI hard times. On this head
Elder Grant drew str king picture.
lie said tnAt the total amount paid In
tuning ny the L,ttef.dsy SAINTS Ia
the year is93 was a little over SOL,
200, aud they expended la
breaking the commausmrnt Of Co.,
by ditobtying the Word VI Wisdom,
In round numbers, n little ovet 81 .0JU,.
uuO. lu othef words, they eEpuud over
81 Ia cash Ia that sans way tor every
dollar paid In Thing. lie had latin
la the integrity, honesty aud testimony
existing Ia the hearts OF the Latter.
day Saints lie knew that they de-
sitrd the honor anu advancement Of
dOu's Kingdom, uni that the mistakes
they made were, as rule, mistakes OF
the mead nsd not VI thu hetfi. But
when they {, Il ioied upon what he had
already SAID, uid they not tnink that
some VI ihuse mistakes VI the
head ought 10 ba Tomedic4l
Because ho certainly uii. Tno aver.
age price of wheat In this Territory
today was ~ cents, yet he had been
Informed that there came la here
over lUu,UOO pounds per annum OF one
particular brand OF smoking tobacco.
Hence u took 10000 bushels Of wheAt
~ pay Tor that Oue brand Of tobacco,
aud this notwithstanding the fact that
the Lattef.Ihy saints had been
preached 10 fof tho last niiy or sixty
years that tobacco was ~ only for siok
cattle. The statement had been made
Wy ihe agent Tor this particular tobacco
tuat Utah led every state aud territory
west VI the Missouri river, H. proper.
ton 10 her population, Ia the con.
sumption VI that ons brand VI this
weed. lie pray d with all his heart, anu
without railing at auyO0uy, that q
change Tor the better would take
place at once Ia this respect.
The speaker advcflud % the monu.
mont about 10 Do erected 10 the mrm.
DRY Of the late Pfcsident brigham
Young. Many thousands Of dollars,
tao said, were sull owing ON the statue,
aud " had been therefore decided "
call upon the Lattef.day Saints 10 cou-
| tribute something toward It. lie hUped
that every mau, woman aud CHILD
among THIS people would give what
they could spare towards 90 laudabiu
an OtJe1t, from o cents up, 20 that all
| Of them might have the privilege Of
saying that they hclpcu towards the
erection Oi that memorial. In con.
olusion Elder Grant Invoked thu
L0tu's blessing upon the Saints.
The choir and congregation sang;
Come. lot Ne anew oar journey pursue.
noil round with tue year,
Ana never stand ttii uli the Master appear
Bsnsdiclion by Elder b, II. RJDgtls.