Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-04


We viii not be- the people lf God IN
zee the millennium, OF which We sneak
and sing, and which We arc looking
forward t1, uuIu.s We DO live above
tho laws that are cnacted 10 rcstfatn
and punish evil pratt Gee. What an
influence 20 w0uli nave u 10 were
knoan that in this city Of Salt Lake.
The chief city 0f Zion, tJhacco was not
cold % the t..t.e.Hay Erirt; 10 were
known that t.a and Us were not
sold 90 the Llittf.i8y Saiuts, and tInt
no l'uu1r wnH bought by tue Latter.
day saint Hlat Lesson thia would
be- 10 tho uoil.. tf.t were huowu tnst
no Lattcrlay saint siolt, that no
Lailcrday Saint TOLD lios; that mo- Lat.
ter.dny Saint bore false wiinutt; that TO
LGttuf.day Saint cheated his fellow
man; but thut ovofy Laltor-IRy Saint
was an HONEST, s0bcI truthful anu
vifIuoua man, what GA iuHuoace II
would carry among 40 peopltl Would
not ibis preach the 9osuel2 W0ul not
this chow 90 tur void that there Is
something iu tue testimony that we
blnt coucpruilE the G1HIel2 Certainly
30 would. ami thi8 BE- toe condition OF
Ifo that we aH individuals and 600 "a
people ought TO Leaf. Docs your
family i've this hfeg Docs my
family live this life9 DO /
i've this lifo2 II / do
not, am not worthy Of the
name OF Lauer.day Saint. II my
family DO not live this life, they are
not worthy thu name Of Lattsf.day
Saints. We have got 10 become like
ihl8 or God will not accept VI us iudi-
virtually. evident TO mo that Col
Intends TO make This people Hn ux-
ample, u they will DO worthy Of being
Hu example.
40 tho Judgments OF God Increase
among the Inhabitants Of tho earth
their eyes viii naturally turn 10 this
people. Already we cnu seo this spirit
mau.fut. Famine has btricken the
western patir oi 0ur nolghbofiug states
0u the uasf. Conditions have atisou
there that compel Thorn % look around
aud see what fumHu.uB can be provided
Tor tho drauth chat has malothulf fields
barren. They look towards Utab;
they eco a IuUpIo who havo come b
thufo mountains, led by y man whom
they now esteem nb a great mau; a
people who came hero IN poverty,
aifiplod 81 nearly everything; why
cime 10 % barren land, and who,
through tlu management % their
loading muu, 90 tlcy tcllcve lhcy DO
nor .iyc Gld the glUry) have been
enabled 10 tuUtaln themselves Ia com.
fort, aud 90 uus0nly sustain themselves
but 90 bring thuusaugu OF people, uu-
familiar win our methods % lliu ami
with tho cultivation u TIE ground,
and 10 tus,ain them aif0. They EcB d
people 900 tn8 condition, Aul tbrir
attention 10 drawn Go Tho Aiuf.
mons. They forget the old stories
concerning tut Llt,or.lAy dnIuts; they
Io1l, 40 tho material property Of the
roopl,, anu they ulk, "How 10 thk2
eau you net show u8 how you have
maintained yourselves iu thysr arid
regions ana have pfospetud as you
hnyt?n They look 30 ua Ia this way
aud nak az for this Information. God
b. tulnlllns His word concerning THIS
fulplc. He " % make a. light % the
nations. AZ calamity inCfraatB AMI
Judgements rptcad abroad, " We will
obey the counsel that God has given
90 uB through His servants, We will be
In u position 10 tell thum how ~ live
aud how % redeem themselves from
the troubles that arc upon them.
When governments will shake,
aud when uuafChy will go stalking
! through tic land, II the Latter
day Saints win pboy tue c1uusrls that
Coz has No plcnlimlly bestowed up1n
| them, people Will LOOK here for govrrl-
ment, aud Will say, "rcll NJ the secret
/ OF your union, Tell us how 10 - that
you maintain good order, how Il Ia
| that properly rights are respected
among you, aud how you live 10 peace
ably together" they will nsk these
| questions oiuf, ~ God has said, anu
We ought 10 DO In a position 10 teach
| these things. Tho Elders Of this
Church have preached, aud preached
| aul preached 90 the people. lucy
have told them how 10 DO that which
Will bring salvation 20 thum, anu we
have turned either deaf OF unwilling
ears ~ their tUaUhiugp. Wisdom has
cfltl aloud IN our streets, AMI Ia cur
] assemblies, and the people have n.
listened 10 her as they should have
douC. 1 feel now, us have done 70
great deal ui late, 20 cry unto thlH
people with Oh tho power tuat God mas
given me, that 10 10 time tD rOprut-l0
! opUut OF our sins aud fUliioa. 10 turn TO
tho L0ui with full putpofe Of hesrt,
! anu live the religion shat We profess, 90
/ that each u us Will lo an embodiment
/ OF lhu principles OF that religion, ans
/ That msu will $50 uu, aud say, "rhctc
are men AMI women who live their
| rullgion.n 10 90 ilmn Tor us t1 do
this ana stJp this continual talk stout
| thugs, especially about the Word Of
| Wisdom. Wt.t q shame II Is
that portion o. the limo OF our Cou.
| ivruuCes has 10 be occupied IN dwelling
upon this theme ans others OF d similar
chgraoiOIl We should DO above these
/ tuings, my brethren aud sister. We
should 1.-Two 70 higl above them that
| there would bu uJ necessity 10 muu.iOu
them, and Inst our children In uuuiug
/ II would feel that there DO indeed Bomu
virtue Ia tho revelation ~ God cOu.
&, Tnlug the Word OF Wisdom, and
Will thcmutlvgH refrain from tlu pTaC.
tees u cOuuselB w to avoid, But when
fathers aud mulhor8 40 these thinHu;
whom fathers smoke or chew tobacco
and 80 other things u this klud, anu
yUl call Themselves LatlcT-Iay Saints,
tus children have either 10 believe thai
they aIo hypOCrltCs or that it IL right
f0g Lallurday saint 10 do ,hese
tliugH,
Now, my brethren and siststP, you
iu tlIs stake have advantages over
every other stake, aud you have dis.
advantage. Our children In thh
Stake have probably greater tempta.
tons 10 meet than children In other