Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-15

mat Wnen you nave any SICK YOU are en-
titled to call down the healing influences
OF the Spirit Of God into your homes;
that you are to have health and strength
and power given unto YOU, and hidden
treasures OF knowledge All these
things YOU will find recorded In the
Word OF God revealed 90 us and known
as the Word Of Wisdom But | have
been requested by President Smith to
give a few figures, and that is why | am
talking on this side of the question. We
have 1t given as a fact that IN the bust.
ness that is transacted only about five
per cent Of II Is actually In money; the
balance is In exchange OF values Money
represents to the business world what
the blood represents to the body OF
man. The heart takes that blood every
few hours and u goes through the body
over and over again. Tons aud tons
are pumped by the little heart within us
In a day or two. Yet IL IS the same
blood going over aud over again. Its
the same with money. II goes over and
over again. Brother Brigham Young
stated to Us here yesterday that twenty
years ago the Prophet OF God laid u
down to this people that the Word Of
Wisdom was no longer given merely by
that time a commandment Of God that
we keep it. Now, II We have expended
from half a million to million dollars
a year for twenty years In breaking this
commandment, the total amount would
be at least fifteen millions ol dollars Of
money during that time, aud with com.
pound interest semi-annually at to per
cent for the term OF twenty years IL
would amount 10 round numbers from
thiriy.fve to forty millions Of dollars,
OF enough to build Salt Lake City. As
/ have said, 1t takes two aud a halt mil.
lion bushels Of wheat, al the present
price, to pay for breaking the Word Of
Wisdom Where are there any Latter
day Saints who would contribute a
! bushel OF wheat to have match set to
iR Where are there any Lattcr-day
| Saints who would gather together 500.
90 bushels OF wheat and burn II up
/ Yet say that IL would not be half the
| crime In the sight OF God to burn that
quantity OF wheat as II Is TO spend It's
/ equivalent in breaking a commandment
/ vi the Almighty God. ! am informed
| that there Is 10 the ncighborhood Of
| $4,000 worth Of tobacco consumed In
| this Territory by the Latterdly Saints
| alone Figuring on the basis OF S Of
/ actual circulation OF money to every
| sio1 OF business that Is done, n we could
/ save in this Territory a million dollars q
/ year Of hard cash that goes out for these
| articles, that amount Of money clrcu-
| lating around during the year, would
/ cancel twenty million dollars Of the
| bondage OF Indebtedness which today
rests upon the people. remember
hearing Brother George l.. Farrell in
| the Assembly Hall SIX months ago
make a statement with reference to
home made goods, and | have quoted
| il at every conference | have been at
/ since, and expect to 20 on quoting L..
| lie stated that he bought some home
made shoes, and he met at the depot
| the man he owed for making these
shoes. lie went up to him and gave
| the &. This man turned around, saw
| another person that he owed, and handed
him the S. He saw another and gave
| IL to him. aud he saw another and gave
II to him. and he saw another and gave
| IL to him, and the fourth man walked up
to Brother Farrell and said, Brother
Farrell, owe you 90; here Is IS OF It,
| will give YOU the other dollar the next
time we meet" The S cancelled, m
about the same length OF time Il takes
to tell il, SIS Of debts. And debt Is
bondage; therefore, IL lifted f75 OF bond.
age from the shoulders OF those people.
Now, Il this S cancelled s25 In ten
minutes, to MAKE a mathematical calcu-
lation, how much will It cancel In the
remaining 56I days and twenty-,hree
hours aud hlty minutes OF the year,
Figuring on what a million dollars
would do to the Latter-day Saints u
they were TO obey the Word OF Wisdom
! / say TO you that Il would make the
Lltter-day Saints, In twenty years from
today, the wcaithiest rural and labOrinf
people in these United States, ia pro
portion TO their population, Il thel
would save this money that Is nov
worse than burned up. In speaking II
this way do not wish 10 rail at any
body, because want to say that some o
the sweetest spirited men whom ! hayt
ever known, and men as true TO TN
Gospel as ever could be, have dis
cbeyed the Word OF Wisdom. But
endorse with all my heart aud In al
humility President Smiths remark tina
It any are standing In the door OF saliva
ton and their example IS iniuring oihc
people, let them step aside.
want TO make few remarks o.
another subject. A statue OF Presden
Young and the Pioneers has been exc
cuted ana a great many thousands q
dollars are due on IL. II has been de
cided by the Presidency OF the Churc
to call upon the Latter-day Saints (
! pay something towards that statue an
| hope that every man, woman and chill
will pay from five cents up,sO that ever
I one OF us can say, when the monumer
is erected on the corner OF this blocl
l 81 contributed something toward cree
l Ing that" l take pleasure In bein
1 able to say when ! enter the Temple
: Logan that gave some means toward
T erecting that monument to the name ,
Z God. When went to the 81. Georg
j Temple to be married | felt to than
e God that / did something toward
u erecting that house, where / was to T,
. ceiye that great blessing from Cod
c wife. | feel to thank God that ! Ill
e something towards erecting the Man
= Temple and the Salt Lake Tempt
n Aud there is not child but who wi
U rejoice IN after years, IN seeing the statt
'' OF the Prophet OF God upon this hlocl
to know that he cast In his mite towarI
c erecting IL. President Cannon told I
c last night that the senator from Wyor
!; ing recently stated at a public gathe