Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-02

] y III ~ inpoftln mt SUBJECT Tor US Who
Is there among you that does not wan,
to live and have your name live in the
Church OF Christi Who IL there that
wants to he blotted ou'p Who Is there
| that has labored as 7iaiv have, thrcurh
lie to keep the commandment OF God,
that now wants TO fail, and their chill.
dfen pass out OF the Church and fall
into oblivioni When hepr Of bows
and girls marrying OH, Of the Church,
especially when they belong to good
iamiieg, my heart Is filed with mex.
pressible sorrow. ask myself what
| will be the fate OF their of pring2 viii
Their names be obitefa'ed iron among
the Saints NJ Gol1 One OF tJc b'css-
ings that God gave to His ancient ser.
wants was that He would buhd them
"a sure house" and one Of the great
BLESSINGS that jeremiah was comms.
stoned TO givs TO the descendants VI
Rechab because OF IN II 'athfulness IN
keeping the command ol their father
that they should MT drink strong drink,
c c., was the promise from God that
| 'loniiab the son OF Rschab shall not
Nrnt a man to stand before me for
ever" and when the gcnealogy OF that
ilmily is ,outs YOU will and the descen-
dants Of that man with the people OF
COD, whether II be among Us or among
'bcten tribes. And 10 with every r. an
u.to whom promises we're made. The
great promise that was made TO Abra
| ham was that "a his seed al the nations
OF the earth should be blessed. i, IS the
| gteatc't promise apparcutly that the
Father could gl'c to lin. Now, who
Is @ic'c apung Us that does not wac.
his name pt"scfveI IN tie Church !
| Christ Who does not war his chill
| drsn to live from generation tC genera.
ton, through the calamitlgs aid tn
| overwhelming distinctions tat are
/ coming upon the inhabitants o! tire
earth ] cannot think OF anything that
would iill me with deeper sorrow, reVt
TO the loss Of my own salvation. than the
thought that my name wou d be b ,tted
out, that my descendants would be
bloited out, and would not have q man
OF my descent throughout the Millen-
mum 10 stand before the Lord bearing
the Priesthood. COD forbid that such
a late should happen to any OF MS, es'
| pecially those who have been faithful ~
the Church Of Christ Therefore, ap s.
tasy ought to be dreaded, and the
| dread OF II ought to be instillcd INTO
every heart, and into the heart OF every
child, SO that Il will grow up loving the
| truth, loving the Church, hatirg iniquty,
clinging TO tsat which is virtuou, aud
pure and that which will preserve the
Spirit Of God. We all should seek to
| shun everything that will bring darkn, IS
upon us. We have been tod during
this Conference how necessary IL Is that
we should follow the guidance o Gods
servants. Why, everything depends
upon this. | would rather get down on
my knees, In the most abjcct m inner,
| before my fellow servants and beg tn m
to forgive me and TO tell me what to do,
than to have them feel that | was doing
an, thing that was in opposition to their
wishes or contrary to their counsel.
have always had this feeling; trust |
always shall have. Aud yet among my
acquaintances ] am not credited with
having lack OF independence. We all
no doubt feel as though death Is nothing
compared with gfleving the Spirit OF
God and dong those things that will
cause loss OF the fellowship OF the
Saints oi God and communion with the
| Holy Ghost. These are dreadful things
to do, and would like TO impress upon
| YOU the importance OF this. Some me1
| and women treat lightly their standing in
the Church. They think they can
grove their brethren and sisters and Il
| will not harm Themselves. but II Is
dangerous ground. We should refrain
from IT,
In my early boyhood | received the
| Spirit OF God In bowling obedience to
the commands OF God. II has been
the sweetest thing that ever iel,. II
has been my fortune during my life to
be In a gte1t variety of situations and
cir umstances. have preached the
Gospel in extreme poverty. have
gone through great mlny vicissltudes.
! nave also been In positions where /
had all that man could desire, 50 lar as
the Qualification Of earthly things was
| concerned. but wish TO bear testimony
this afternoon TO yol that there i, moth
ing on the earth. uothIng that man can
taste or experience that is so sweet, so
happii, Ing, 50 full oi de eight, as the
presence Oi the Spirit oil God. II fills
the SOU with Joy that Is intxp.-ssiblc.
| Aud have had this IN the midst OF pov.
erty and hard times. II has made my
life an exceedingly happy one. have
thought that no man ON the earth was
so happy man or lived so happy a life
as have. And 1t has been due 10 the
tact that God has given to me His Hoy
| NhulA lNN w nave
this. When do not feel happy know
there is something wrong, and endeay.
or to find Il Out. want 10 live every
minute in close communion with the
Spirit OF God Pardon me Tor alludns
to my own experience, but the point
that wish to make is this: II our chill.
dren can get that Spirit, aud they are
taught to cherish II, they will not be 50
ea,ily led into sin They will think,
II cannot part with this precious gut.
cannot grieve this Holy Sp rit." Tney
should be taught to have It with them in
the morning aud at night, aud wnen
they awake In the night; To have II In all
their thoughts, In all their words and in
ali their actions. And then what hap
by people we will be This earth viii
be a heaven to US, aud all associated
wi h il will be JOYFUL, aud we will be the
happiest people, the most intelligent
people, because the Spirit OF God al.
ways brings intelligence. There Will be
none like Us, and we will set an example
to all peoples on this, like we do upon
everything else. II we are strong in
honesty, We will draw honest men to US;
and the day is not far distant when the
honesty OF this people will be so well
known and their integrity so well es-
tanlisLe that men will come here and
bring their money here, because the
Latter-day Saints will be an honest
people whom they can trust.