Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-21


me and my house" Aud let me say
to you, my brethren and sisters. we are
living at time when God will hold US
to a strict accountability Tor that which
lie teaches Us. Some people think they
can treat lightly the counsels that are
given. Do not allow yourselves to be
deceived by the adversary. DO not
allow your minds TO be darkoncd and the
feeling TO creep In that this is a matter
OF small importance. For tell YOU the
consequences may be most grave, not
only to Us individually, but to our
children after us. God is doing a great
work In the earth. and lie has chosen
US to be His people. lie has placed Ills
name upon us, and He has given unto
Us all the evidences that we can ask
concerning Il being His work. lie has
not LETT US TO grope IN the dark Z;
but lie has borne constant and unceas.
ing testimony to Us that this Is His work.
God has placed this Priesthood IN His
Church for the express purpose OF teach.
ink the Church, and the Church should
listen to the teachings OF the servants
Of God. They should give heedto those
eachings strictly, and u they do not
they incur grave responsibility. The
councils OF the servants Of God may not
be written, nevertheless they are bind.
ing; and there will be a day come,
solemn day for all mankind, and one
which we ought TO think about OCCASION.
ally, when everyone Will have to ans.
wgr for the deeds done in the body.
We will have to stand NJ the bar Of the
Great Judge to be judged. All the
winnings OF the men OF God testify 10
this TACT. Aud II we have disobcyed the
Lord, and II We have not listened to Ills
counsels, those who gave those counsels
will stand rs swift witne is-s against this
gcneration. OF course, Il is the privi-
icPe OF all the members Of this Church
20 OBTAIN from day 20 day the for.
giyeuess OF our sins, so that they will be
plotted out and not appear against Us;
and no Latler.dny Saint should allow
one day TO pass with his sins unlorgiven.
II We have done wfOng, We should re-
peat OF that wrong. II 10 be wrong
done TO God, VIC should obtain Tor.
glvcncss from God, by confession and
heartfelt repentance. II Il be a wrong
done TO men, we should confess that
wrong and make II right, and thus OBJ
tain forgiveness. We should live this
way every day. Every man should live
In harmony with has iamily-with bis wife
and children. There should be perfect
harmony and love existing 10 the midst
OF the family. Then this should be eS.
tended throughout the Church, every
household living In harmony with every
other household, and the whole Church
living Ia this way, with their sins for
given. What blessed condition to be
inl No sins held against US by our
brethren and sistcfsl II we live In this
manner We shall not dread the judg.
ment. we shall not be afraid to meet the
lace Of our Great Judge. But II We have
been disobedient and rebellious; II we
have continually set at naught the coun.
sells that lie has given to Us, those coun.
sells and those who gave them will stand
as witnesses against us, and condemnl-
ton will follow. II is said that the saints
shall judge the world, and the Elders OF
this Church will be as judges Ia that
sense. We who have carried the Gospel
10 the nations, who have lifted up our
voices In solemn warning TO the peo-
pie concerning the judgments that were
about to come, and have cried fepen-
lance unto them, We shall stand as
their Judges and as witnesses against
them, and by our testimony they will be
either approved or condemned. To me
this Is a solemn thought
These Laiter.day Saints are receiving
constantly the ouipouring OF the Spirit
OF God and the teachings OF the Elders
OF course, we have not all the particu-
lars OF the labors Of the men OF God In
the various dispensations; hut have
was generation that lived upon the
earth that had the amount Of teaching
and persuasion and every kind Of in.
ducement held out TO them TO serve God
and to be true and faithful 10 their COW
enants as have these Lltter'day Saints.
II has been, so TO speak, a constant
stream flowing from God through His
servants, who have risen early and lab
Ored late and have worn themselves out
In teaching the people, telling them the
counsels oil God, and giving unto them
the word oil God In the greatest simpll.
city and plainness. Think Of the labors
Of President Young, and OF the Prophet
Joseph Smith before him. After we
came to these mountains, President
Young and the brethren with him
travelled constantly and labored incess.
an,ly, to benefit and to save the people.
What will be the effect II these counsels
that have been given In such profusion
are rejected The consequences will be
most serious TO those who reject them
Already we see the operation OF the
judgments OF God In this respect. Many
men whom knew IN boyhood in the
Church have gone into oblivion. Whole
families have disappeared. and their
names are no longer numbered among
the saints OF God. Instead OF having a
postefity that shall be numbered with
the righteous, their children are un.
known among us. What a dreadful fatel
Why is thisp The cause is easily ascer-
tanned. II is because they have not lis
tened to the counsels which God has
given; they have rejected His word,
they have departed from the path OF
righteousness, and they no longer are
numbered with the saints OF God, and
they aud their children will perish. And
IL will be so with us, my brethren aud
sisters, IL we do not keep the command
ments OF God, for God has prophesied
through His servants that there shall be
great calamities and great distinctions
among the children OF men. say we
already see the operation OF these things
among ourselves, and the dreadful re.
suits OF disobedience. And so II will be
from this time onward. The Lord has
said that His Spirit will not dwell IN un.
holy tabernacles. We may be baptized,
we may be ordained, we may have our
endowments, we may have the sealing
ordinances, We may have all the bless.
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