Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-05


long Il will be before they will cOncen.
trate their property, and place il In
position where they will have il under
their own eycs' Who can tell how long
they will continue to operate railroads
at loss, as so many OF them now are
being conduct d, II may be a day. 1t
may be n year and il may be longer,
but with this menace before as we can
easily see that there are other agencies
which weld an influence In this nation
that can do great injury to the whole
people, and these agencies are limited
10 few men who can operate under
the cover OF law, and be protected Ia
their unjust operations. We may well
say that pcrious times have come. We
may we'll say that men are lovers Of
their own selves and covctoua You
see It even among the Laiterday Saints.
Where are the patriots even among us'
There are some am pleased 10 say; but
we are filled with the spirit Of scliloyc.
We desire our own ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
anc we scarcely think OF the means
which we adopt In order to lie our
selves into prominence or into wealth;
we scarcely think Of the suiicrings
which our actions may cause 10 our
brethren aud sisters.
Then 1t is said that one Of the troubles
to come is that children shall be disobc'
dent to parents. DO you not find this
among the peopleY think IL Is every
where apparent. IL seems 10 me that IN
my short life | can see wonderful
change In children. There Is a lack Of
respect for parents:
Honor thy father and thy mother
that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God gi,eth thee"
This seems TO have dropped out OF
our memory, nj least 10 a very great exc
tent, You find disobedignce among
children. Sometimes Il Is the fault Of
the parents themselves. But we should
Try and correct this evil, so Ear as God
gives Us the wisdom and power to do t..
The foundation OF government Is laid
right In the family circle. II you find
disobedIencc Ia the family either on
the part Of the children 10 parents or
wives to husbands, you will ind disobc-
dIence IN the church aud IN the govern
mcnt. have never yet seen a boy who
was disobedient 10 his parents who was
obedicnt to the Priesthood and gave 10
the respect to which IL Is entitled. Some
children say "My father Tor my moIhcrl
Is not worthy Of respect" Who placed
you to judge your pargnl82 Who has
given you the scales Of iusuCc' The
Lord has made no exception Do the com.
mand which Tie has given, Honor thy
father and thy mother lie does not
except unworthy parents. They may
be unworthy, but they will have TO
answer for their own sins. The duty Is
still incumbent upon the children to
honor their parents, d they would re-
ceIve the lulnllmcnt Of the promise con.
ncctcd with this command. We speak
Of China as an uucivilistd nation, and
yet the laws Of that nation are SO strict
DO enforcing hlial obedience, that the
father has almost absolute conttul Of
his children, and any disregard of the
commands Of the parent IS visited with
most severe penalties. An extreme in
stance Of the enforcement Of the law Is
found In history. There was a certain
son and his wife who beat the mother OF
the former. This came to the knowledge
OF the king. lie commanded that these
children who were guilty OF this charge
should be beheaded. He ordered that
the place in which they lived should be
mathematical and curse placed upon
IL. The mother OF the wife, who reared 50
uniaithlul a daughter was ordered 10 be
bamhooed, branded and banished from
her home. The magistrates IN whose
district the crime occurred were also 10
be whipped and hanishel. The stu
dents OF the schools In that district were
forbidden public cNlmiuaton-and that
IN China means probable advancement;
Tor students there look forward 10 the
public examination as a time when
they can be rewarded by the viceroys
OF one OF the rulers, and they were for
hidden the opportunity OF advancement
because OF this crime that had been
committed lby TWO OF their fellow citi-
gems And the house IN which the
whipping occurred was 10 be dug up
from it foundations aud never more To
be rebuilt. That was the punishment
which Chinese law inflicted upon those
wto were disobedient to their parents or
who abused them.
lfyou will read the scripture, you will
find there how the disobedent son was
TO be punished IN the days OF Moses.
lie was to be taken without the gates,
where his sin was to be announced, aud
he was to be stoned to dea,h-a law
which would find many victims liz were
enforced today. But we ought to learn
obedience without the necessity OF being
punished in any way, / do not believe
the Lord bles,cs children who disobey
their parents and disregard their coun-
sells. Whether these parents are the
examples they should be or NOT, II
makes but little difference, su long Us
they do not require q child TO 20 con.
inry 10 the commands Of God, h Is the
duty Of the child To yield obedience To
rs parents. OF course our first alicg-
lance is TO God our Eternal Father, the
Father OF our spirits. Still Il is not for
the child who has no experience, TO al.
ways Judge OF these things. Sometimes
the child thinks the commands OF the
father or the mother are improper and
he sets up his judgment against theirs.
This IS not right, Then IL Is the duty OF
the father and the mother 10 see that
obedience 10 rendered, so long as the
child is under their control; not with
hardness, not with blows, but rather with
reasoning, with persuasion aud with kind
ness. These arc far more ellcciual In
bringing to us the obedience OF our
children than the iniliclion OF any mum.
her OF blows. Parents, however, should
be wise. They should not throw about
their children such code OF laws that
they can scarcely move without yiolat.
ing them. one eminent writer has said
that where the country in which we live
chooses our occupation, we need no
other talent. no other ability than the
ape-llke ability otiml,auon;but where we
choose our own occupation we bring in
TO Use all our faculties. ! believe IN