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

ing in the doorway that leads to life
eternal and by his pernicious habits he
IS blocking up that doorway and crowd
ing others out, let him stand aside or let
him reform his life.
Now, ] want to make all mistakes on
the side OF mercy; but once In a great
while ] want to see justice get Just a
little bit Of q chance among the people.
Il a man thinks more Of a cup OF tea or
coilec, or cigarette. or a chew Of
tobacco, than he does Of his Priesthood,
let him resign his Priesthood. That Is
the way that have been feeling lately.
| want to say that II ! hold the Apostle
ship with the spirit OF an Apostle, feel
as though ! am almost justified, II after
preaching to the people a president Of
a Stake gets up and casts doubt upon
what have said, In saying something
rom the stand against that man, whether
he likes Il or not. am naturally earn.
est IA my makeup, and / realize that
make greater mistakes than drinking
cup Of tea or coffee; but ! do try iur
the Spirit Of the Lord, to know these
mistakes and to endeavor to overcome
them: aud want my brethren who
preside over me In the Presidency and
In the Apostleship 10 tell me Of my mis-.
takes. also pray God TO help me to
overcome them. Those OF US who
know our mistakes and our errors, II we
will seek Tor the light and the inspIra-
ton OF the Spirit OF God to overcome
them, we can do so.
We hear n great deal about hard
times. The latjcr.day Saints last year
expended IN breaking q command.
ment Of God by disobcying the Word
Of Wisdom, over a million dollars. la
other words, the Lattcr.day Saints OK.
pended more cash IN breaking a COM
mandment of God than they paid tith-
ing, have faith In the integrity and
honesty and In the testimony existing In
the hearts Of the Latter'day Saints. /
know that the Lauer-day Saints desire
the onward advancement OF Gods
kingdom. / know that the mistakes
they make rs a rule are mistakes Of the
head and not OF the heart. But when
We stop TO reflect that great deal more
Is expended by the people IN breaking a
commandment OF God than they pay In
tithing. do you not think that some OF
the mistakes OF tue head ought to be
rcmediedl | do. The average price
paid today Tor wheat in this Territory Is
about forty cents, and yet am told that
there comes into Utah Territory every
year over one hundred thousand pounds
OF one brand OF smoking tobacco, called
the Duke OF Durham, aud as / under
stand Il retails at so cents pound, II
takes one hundred aud sixty thousand
bushels OF wheat to pay for that one
brand Of smoking tobaccol And we
have had preached to Us for the past
fifty or sixty years that tobacco Is only
fit for sick cattle The agent OF this
tobacco gives Us the proud distinction,
II you consider Il so, that Utah Tern.
tory leads every other State and Terri.
tory west OF the Mississippi river in
! proportion to is population, In buying
| Duke Of Durham smoking tobacco. Do
/ you know that Il Is humilating to me
| to realize that a man can make such a
statement There must be more or less
truth IN It, or do not think he would
say il. We raise IN this Territory some
four or five millions Of bushels OF wheat
year, and at forty cents bushel Il
would take 100000 bushels OF that
wheat to pay Tor all we consume In
breaking the Word OF Wisdom. A
pound Of coffee amounts to thirty cents
and bushel Of wheat only amounts to
forty cents, and there are sixty pounds
in 1T. went out to Wasatch stake
not long ago. and took dinner with
Brother Hatch, the President OF the
Stake. lie gave me a cup OF coffee,
and II was very good indeed, and Il only
cost three-fourths OF cent pound,
because It was made OF wheat. | am
acknowledged to be a crank ON home
productions and home manufactures,
and when | get first'class coffee for
threeiourths OF cent pound, | ought
not to be such a fool as to pay thirty
cents for Il. II a man pays one cent
pound for wheat and makes coffee Of II
he is making twcnty'nlne cents profit by
not drinking the other article. Brother
Hatch told me that by browning Il good
and sleeping II long while II was no
necessary to grind II up aud that 1
made first class chicken iced after yol
had had IL for coffee. Then, II Il !
worth one.third the original price To-
chicken feed .that would make the COFFEE
only half a cent a pound, aud the aclua
profit made by drinking home-mad
coffee would be 6ooo per cent Now,
we could only make 6ooo per cent In In
vesting In some business, how soon vi
would all get wealthy. And every on
of you coilee.drinkers eau make booo pc
cent on your coffee II you do not OF
your other investmenls-that rs, Brothe
Cannon says, II you keep chickens
(Laughter)
will not say anything about tn
greater blessings that you will receiv
by keeping the commandments OF God