Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-07

Your 'aihet's friend, lie has always been |
DOS friend; YOU can trust Him and can |
CAL upon Him with confidence, for tell |
You that while ] live aud keep Ills com |
Wanlmcnis, God wall watch over my
children and Will preserve AMI blgs, |
them. Ard lie has done IT, SO It will |
DE With every faithful man and woman.
God will remember them. aud their seed |
alter them, and lie will see that they
Will have representatives iu His Church |
at the very last, when Jesus shall come.
Therefore, my brethren and sisters,
what Inducements there arc Tor Us to be
faithful To Gldl Wh,tiudu.emenis there
are for us 10 deny ourselves and refrain
from sini God has promised Us ever,
thing lie could, u seem, 90 me, to stir
US UP to iailhiulucss aud diligence in
keeping His comm lndmcHts Not only
SO, but lie hlrssc, Us and gives an
abundant reward as we go along, Tie
OIL, Us with peace and Joy aud happi.
ness from morning ul night. But THIS
is not al There is before Us the gluf.
Gus future OF gNa,tauou and eternal
gluu, in the presence Of God and the
Lamp. How faithful then We should
bel NafuCd by the tate OF mighty men
aud mighty women who have fallen, We
should be faithful, humble, and seek
continually to serve God with all our
hearts, and never do anything TO gucyc
lis Holy Spirit Wuyu We gct up boz
the morning, let Us examine ourselves,
90 see whether the Spirit of God Is with
as, and 30 az night before We commit
| ourselves to slumlcr, review the acts
and words oi the day and ask God to
show unto Us wherein we have come
short, that We may repent, thus repent.
ing every day aud having the forgive
ness of our SIN, every day, that there
will be no account recorded In heaven
against us to be eNpiated after this lie.
10 We indulge In an improper thought,
ask God TO forgive Us, aud not rest sat
isucd until We are forgiven. Let us live
the lives Of Llttct'uay Saints, SO that
every one Of as will eNcmpIily In our
lives the principles OF the Gospel, and
then % a stranger should come into your
settlement he be would say WHY
what a strange people How different
tlcy are to any people ever kucW
These people tell the truth. They are
honest. they deal fairly one with an,
other, they love one another, they are
united, % a purse Is dropped IN the
street, the money IS safe aud the owner
is sought tor. II an animal stfays away
IL s perfectly safe; or % auSt ling vau-
able Is LEFT outside az night Il Will be
there in the morning undisiutbed.'
Now, this is the character that Latter.
day SAINTS should have; and this IS true
religion.
How would sou feel II Brother Joseph
f.. Smith aud myself should come here
and lake advantage OF any Of YOU
trader Suppose We had something TO
sell TO you; II looked to be good tling,
aud We assured you II was, and We got
YOU to buy Il or traded with sou lot
something else, and alter we had gon.
| YOU found we had cheated you, that We
had taken advantage Of your ignorance.
| and that you had been deceived IN the
article, what would be your conclusion
concerning usf | know what It would
be; you would think II altogether I'm.
worthy OF us-and Il would be. II !
cheated any OF you, ! would be un.
worthy Of my position, ! would be
| fraud 10 the sight oi God, II ! traded
with you'll never trade, because think
| Il bad thing for public man 10 do,
| but u we're to make a trade with YOU,
and Il did not suit you, II I felt as
| should do would tfade back again with
/ you Il you SO desired. II you have a
piece Of property to sell, tell the value
/ Of Il. DO not let the purchaser deceive
| himself. II he does not know what It Is
worth. YOU do, II u Is an animal, and
/ you know It has faults, you will not con
cesl those faults iIom hlm-that Is, II
YOU are l.attcr-day Saints and acting IN
the spirit OF your religion. DO You not
| think that people will Ike you better Tor
| ip Yes. and you will succeed better ]
| remember watching President iuun &
| trade once. A man came INTO the office
and he wanted to trade Tor q pair ul
| mules which the President had, Bother
| Brigham said, you don't want those
| mu.gs. they won't suit YOU" YES
they will" he said, "Whlt kind OF
mu es are they3 they look 10 be very
hNely mules." "Wcli,' said the Presl.
dent, III you were a man that cheVed
tobacco, they would kick the chew OF
| tobacco out Of your mouth" lie told
the man candidly all the animals faults I,
but the man bought the mules, and /
expect he respected President Young
tar more than II he had concealed the
| faults.
Referring again to the dreadful fate
which awaits those who yield to sin !
| want 10 read TO you what the Lord has
said about all classes OF transgtessoFs
| And, verify ! say unto you, as ! have
said before, he that loOkelh on woman
to lust after her, or u any shall commit
adultery IN their hearts, they shall not
have the Spirit, but shall decay the faith
and shall fear:
Wherefore /, the Lord, have said that
the fearful, and the uuurluyIug, auI al
liars, and whatsoever loveth aud mtkyth
lie, aud the whuremouggr, ami the
sOrcerrr, shall have their part IN that
lake which burneth with FIRE and bTim.
stone which is the second death"
Nov, my brethren and sisters, this is
not very much encouragement ior men
when they commit these SINS, TO think
that the Lord is going to save and eStlt
| them, Immediately and without paying
the lull penalty, Ia the celestial glory,
because He has made promises to them.
IL is not very encouraging Tor man TO
! tell q lie. nor to love and make a lie; for
! here is the word OF the Lord to us, that
"the unbelieying, and all liars, and
whatsoever loyeth and maketh a lie
as' shall have part 10 that lake which
burueth with FIRE and birthstone"
! There are some men who do not iabn-
cate lies, but they love TO tell the lies Of
Others they seem to take delight in re-
] peaung lies about their brethren aud
| sisters, which they would know to be
lies It they would investigate, and yet
these people act as though It was all
right and they were going to be saved.
! But do they not show by this that they