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

D NaAAAAiNi'H Wv HAAAn AlNN NkNNU ANU We
should Try to make their lot in life easy.
| Thanks 20 those brethren who every
/ year use their efforts. their means and
their time to give these aged people an
| excursion. Thanks to them. ] say, and
/ their names are cnshured IN the hearts
OF many 20 whom they have brought
/ gladness aud happiness. At least one or
| two days in the year wish this feel.
| ing prevailed among our voting people
that they would htve respect 10 the old
and 'uiirm, aud not make light Of their
inhrmitles. Whcrcycrthcy go, lCt them
| feel that it Is an honor 20 have an aged
person lean upon their arm. and .CeI
] mat they are bearing the burdens of the
] Lord when they can have such hr..hrgn
and sisters lean upon them for "a little
time. Yet you will ind right here
among Us dlsrasp. to the aged
| These men and women who have made
THIS country who have brought the
water itom the canyons, who have made
/ thc idges and cut The roads these arc
/ the people whom we now cast aside,
ana feel that many OF us proclaim by
our actions the same statement th was
made this morning by the President of
the Siasc-"Better take them ont and
shoot them / know God will not
bless us Il we indulge in this spirit
wish we could eel that importance
that we occupy in the midst OF the pco-
/ pie today DO you think you would
see our sidewalks lined here every even.
/ ing, as YOU will see tonight. by Young
men pulling their cigarette SMOKE. star.
/ ing people out of Couutenaucc, PLAYING
on The rails within this enclosure, while
/ services were being conducted. When
| thc prophet OF God stands up hero ~
instruct the people sou will lind these
] young people lOauug around the Corrcf,
wasting their lime, dIsgncinE them.
| selves and their plfcntJgc aud their
] calling as the people Of God. Go where
/ You will, aud you will find boys and
/ girls luIung at night on the street Cor-
] ncrs aud paying no attention whatever
/ 20 the commands OF their parents aud 60
/ their superIuD 90 Tie Church, nor paying
| any attention 90 those who afc older
| than they. the Lord wall have % shaking
up among the people, and lie will put
/ lite INTO the dry bones, or lie will bury
| them SO deep that they cannot De rrsur-
! Ttc,cd. We ne dn0t suppose, because We
/ were born iu the covenant aUd ate hgifs
/ TO the priesthood, that We arc necessary
/ Co the carrying ON OF tIa Wuf. OF God.
We are necessary so iar as we will bee
] used 90 the proper manner and conduct
/ ourselves dughg but when we do not we
/ will Dee cast uii. aud fits necessary the
/ Lord Wi.l raise up from the nations OF
| the earth q generation that will serve
/ Him Win boys and girls growing up
/ with these ID bits what do you th.uE will
| DE the result iu after yclu3 Ii will be
| their destruction, both body and soul
| There Is "a fairy tale that I have heard
| related about the effect OF ha1u. There
| was % prince seated 40 hIs table. WlOWl.
| quite a gluuon. lie had before him
| large bowl of wine, and there illttgreu
| into the window a beautiful iy that
| perched on the edge OF the bowl and be.
/ gan slipping the wine. The attendants Of
the prince were about TO KILT. lie
said, No, see lbs beautiful wings" 50
they let it sip until it flew away. The
next day Dc came as butterfly, perchcd
again on the bowl, and drank q little
more. lie said Don't kin d, It is so
beautiful % The third day Il came back
as bat, IL lew in the window aud
| drank all the wine, Then the prince
said that Il must he killed. but before
the attendants could do Dc, it flew out OF
/ the window. Then he commanded
them 20 close the windows and put up
the shutters. The fourth day il came as
o hawk. u flew through the window,
| crashing the glass, and devourcd ali
/ that was ON the table. The prince was
alarmed, aud he commanded that the
| Itol bars Dee placed in front OF the win.
| dows The fifth day itCame as avulmrc.
/ 10 tore the iron bars asuudur, brushed
| aside every obstruction and flew IN and
/ dgyOurgd al that was ON the table. aud
| slew the pumcc himself Ii is a fairy tale,
| but 10 illustrates the power. OF habit
Let children grow up with the habits Il
| idcngsa, dlsubgdlencc and dhrGpeCi.
They may do things that today may
/ please as. Their cute sayings, their
| disobedleuce auu their folly may Jmuse
us for TIC time, because they arc so
/ strange, but in few years it will be the
| ',vulure' that will destroy both them and
their parents,
As the Chinese punishment was visit.
cd upon the kindred and upon tho
vicinity In which the culprit lived, 30
are the sins Of the children visited upon
their parents and upon the ward In
which they live. When q child sins,
almost the first question Is, who is its
ilther' or who Is lbs mother where does
IL live2 They speak OF such and such
% crime having been committed in the
United States The tii cts OF our
actions, whether they De good or evil.
are not confined TO ourselves. Il they
were, we might snap our fingers at the
results because they would be visited
only upon those who committed them.
but u they are visited upon ourselves
and our children, and upon our Kindred
and friends, and upon the church and
the nation in which We live, then itis
time Tor something TO be done 10 stop
these evil deeds, So that reproach may
not come upon us all, II men and
women have 90 regard for themselves
and tor their future, they should at least
be compelled TO have respect Tor the
reputation aud the character OF the PEG
pie among whom they live. IL ~ tor
this reason that laws are enacted by the
nations OF the earth, and though laws
are frequently mal.almInistered aud we
do not nave righteous men at the head
Of nations, yet the laws are there for the
good Of the people, IL would be
happy day for any people or any nation
that could be in the condition OF which
Joseph Smith spoke. When Josiah
Quincy asked him how he governed the
people, he said, / teach them correct
principles, and they govern themselves
That Is the condition into which these
l.at,erday Saints should come, so that
they would not be hampercd by written
ordinances and laws, but that they
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