Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-12

the -airt. lnte bsou guarded a-1iu.t
porl.s fNl. hItr Threatened lI"u'. tu
before .uI .uH.olueui tu the oE,uis Do.
feIfuu tl. audi some ~ them arc of quito
recent N.lls. uuI within tho fCc1i.c. tioh
of tbs young people ~ tho Church. Ever
since Inc church has been organized the
powers 10 ofll have sought iO overthrow
10. yet thoro Is not single cfso ihatcau
ba r..Hf.I Uu. whore tho saints have
b.ou uuwis0,g advised hy those no
have GOO authority iu counsel iuDus hi.
mrt cannot De considered as matter oi
rhaHe.. Do musi bn admitted that Inc
CHurou leaders, hayO been guided Nv
revelation, Ur their Judgment would haNn
rrrrU o.. Iiuos. 10 in the uast
iho Saints always have been
SOTO Boo keeping The counsel
OF tluIr lUlI.rs. they should iocl COME
uUut tIn. what they may advise n' tho
rr.4.uf UWUur iu the iulure VIII also bo
Tor tHuIr welfare and advancement Tho
history % tho past should teach iho
-HIus 60 plHr1 confidence iu the l.ofi
aud liis servants % should CAUSE them
Go rHrau from passing Judgment too
has iIE pnu Mo counsel they receive OF
Questioning the wisdom Of suggestions
made i0r thUIr benefit
leo connection with this subject
Saints G. experience viii rsmemoer
how TINT on various occasions there
have toau members Of the Church
who have net c0mpfoheuded the In
sIiraUou Of the advice given OF tbs
5ouudnO,s Of the policy ,utlinegi aud
the loast wise OF these have come out
In opposition thereto, havlag such an
ovtr.abunipnt conhleuco in their own
-hfewiurss tia. they iguoted the ex'
amTlu OF Others who had done rs they
were doing ami had missed the mark.
The fate Of these has been ~ uniform
a. the success referred to-ths
body Of the Church has gone on
steadily, while they we're loil behind.
In many Instances tho failure which
cfme On them was largely because
they listened 10 the advice OF iudi.
vldusls who fed their vaully by calling
them courageous Ia thOlf opposition
when In fact Ihoit anlagonism was un'
called.i9r aud foolish, as subs squsnt
results showed.
rhr repetition VI thuse things goes
on from limo 10 time, following Ia tho
same general trend Of events aud end
ing In the same fashion. Too past
should warn the Saints how to act In
this regard. when thUy discover
men "sioking over the trace" It lie
well to remember that There ls n cause
therefor, although they may not
have fall knowledge Of what u 10.
When they see Church councils aud
QuoTums take action, they should not
forget the care, the patience, and the
iorbeArauoo that slways Il exercised
before nnal conclusions In iuch
cases, aud realize that iot such
action there always Il good
foundation. Then, where they mote
that Members out Of harmony with th'
Church are being battered aud paltct
on tho back, and encouraged Ia thVii
ipharmonious procedure, It IL well /,
recall the scriptural injunction tha
"tho kiss OF 40 enemy" lures TO dc
sirucllon where needing tho Ttproei o
friend would have brought releasi
from danger.
This IL q good tins for the Saints 1
contemplate these matters aud TO 10
ffain from hAIty action In thought
word or deed. The Lord's bltsslnl
has been with the Church; those VIII
have strayed from the latter have no
been recipients OF the former, Will
those who encourage them In lhoi
a,raying soon have no further use 70
them excop, ~ tools for their own put
poses. The wicked boy who w0ui
cnlico lad from school or from hom
without proper consent being gained
always pirates Of tho "mAnliuess" an
the "lndupendenoo' Of 10 running oil
and tAuuta with "cowatdice' and wit
being cited TO his mothet's apro
string" the youth who will not yiel
to his unholy desires. The same pr
oodur0 gains among men, especial
whore It's sought TO lead Thorn iroi
proper religious Influences. Then Ii
"mauhood" II not with those VIII
yield but with those who resist II
templer, who have the "courage" M
, independence to conform to props
! and timely regulations, con mAudiu
: the satan who would lead them Oh J.
/ lair words anu promisssi to get b"hiu
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