Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-06

to leave these valleys, iorbidding As they
,vere 10 which God had led them. and
he promised that those who would fe.
main should receive a richer reward
than those who sought their fortunes in
the Golden west The results proved
tho truth Of his prediction, for those who
remained not only prospered in Their
temporal affairs. but their spiritual
strength increased Many Of those who
len this land and went west lost Their
| faith. or Wavcrcd In the truth, the people
who remained here, piuched by hard
| ship. tried by adversely were stronger
In their faith and IN the Lord, and they
| today are numbered among the rich and
/ wealthy among the people Of God. tie
told the Saints again that they should
not engage IN mining lie told them
| that the basis Of their prosperity was the
/ cultivation II the soil and the nianuiac
ufe of those thing, necessary Tor their
sus,cnance. The principle revealed IN
! the Doctrine and Covenants was made
expressive IN the midst OF the people Of
God. and they were advised to have the
| beauty Of their apparel the workman.
| ship Of their own hands. The results
/ which have followed show the wisdom
OF the counsel which God gave through
| His servants In those times. For while
/ the mines have been opened, and am
| thankful TO the Lord for the wealth they
! have yielded for the benefit Of the peo-
pie. we lind today that the prosperous
| people OF this Territory are those who
have devoted themselves TO the cultiya.
ton ol the soil and Who have sought to
produce, according to the ability which
God has given them, that which they
needed Tor the sustenance Of themselves
aud their families.
A ieN weeks ago | supposed In my
ignorance that nearly all the Laltcr.day
Saints were IN species Of bondage,
through their Indebtedness. thought
that almost every farm IN the Territory
was niurigaged, and almost every home
possessed by the Lattef.day SAINTS was
obligated 10 some person or firm, be-
cause Of the Indebtedness Of the owner.
but within a few days I have had this
illusion dispelled and am happy 10 say
that the condition OF the Latier.day
Saints is not by any means as bad as
supposed II was. The census bulletin
OF the government OF the United States
which was recently issued concerning
this Territory. shows how wise aud Ear.
seeing was the prophet OF God In
counseling the people to take the course
which he suggested, because II shows
that Of the farm population Of this Tern.
tory there are out Of every one hundred
families eighty-six that own unencum'
bered the land upon which they dwell
and the houses that they occupy. i've
ont OF every hundred occupy encum.
befed posse, sions, while only nine out
OF every hundred families who are living
upon farms are tenants. You go from
the farms into the villages and towns OF
the people, compare their condition with
that OF the farming population, and you
will find that out Of every hundred fam.
lilies who have their homes In the coun.
Try. without owning the farms, there are
iiiiy.slx families only that own their
homes, while five own homes encum'
| bercd, and thirty .nine rent the places
they occupy. Then you come into
/ Ogden aud Salt Lake Ci,y--ihe only
cities mentioned In this ccnsus-and we
lind there the happy condition OF the
farming people reversed. In this cit,
! and Ogden, out Of every hundred fam,
lilies occupying homes there are unlj
thtiy.two who own unencumbrfcd tn,
homes IN which they dwell. nine out o
every hundred have mortgages upor
their residences. while the remaining
iilly.nine hire the places In which they
| live. Now you see how Il &. Pcopl,
! in the country have not the temptation
10 extravaganza which arc presented
daily 10 those who live In the cities
They have not encountered them
] rats.H aFtA HN8.sH To-.
! They can go to bed at night knowing
that the root that covers them Is theil
own. The labor that they eNpend upon
their home Is for their own benefit o.
the morrow they cannot be thrust ou
into the world without home or posses
sion, Il Is theirs. People should b,
happy who have their homes In thIi
condition. and they should seek to pur
sue such a course that they will not los,
possession OF their lands, but bring then
up to the highest possible state OF cul
tiyation, make them places Of beauty
and use the energies and talents whict
God har given them for the benefit o
themselves and those who are de
pendent upon them.
say that herein we can see how Go,
has inspired His servants TO teach IN,
people, and though at times they have
not understood the wisdom Conceale,
IN the counsel that has been given, yc
IN following strictly that counsel the
have found blessing and profit, Take
ior instance. the principle OF tilhIng, /
you announced that to the world an,
asked them to observe II, would the,
not consider ID one of the most burden
] .aFVtY .v.r fh.t could a.. tVUtst.N tt..,t
them Yet every l.atter.dly Saint d
my witness that those who follow stfictI
this law Of tIthing among the people O
God do not find II burden, but rattle
find II temporal as well as a splritua
blessing, for their property has beel
' ahunuautly blessed, so that they hay
not missed the tllhing which they hay
given To the work Of the Lord Take
again. the missionaries which we sen
into the world. II man in the worl
was called TO leave his business lor tw
years OF more to preach the Gospel, h
would think II was Tulnous TO all hi
temporal affairs. but here are Elder
who go uut and spend year after yea
and the very man Who have spent th
most tim. In the missionary field, an
who stand Al the head OF the Chufc
today, are lhr men who are the mo-
prosperous and the most Tree rom deb
And so the Lord will show forth ih
wisdom OF tine coursc which lie present
TO the people through the results whic
follow the Efforts Of the lattcrda
Saints We can do no better than
observe strictly every command that
given us by the servants Of the l.ou
however much ,hey may conflict wit