Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-15


Spirit Of God in its fullness, Il will be
unnecessary perhaps Tor YOU 10 seek
counsel rs much as you oughtto do now.
But / do not believe the DAY will ever
come, IN time or in eternity, when we
will be from under the supervision and
the counsel of persons who are over us
OF our Heavenly Father, and our
earthly fathers, for that matttrIii they
live according TO the laws VI God and
the Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Closely allied with this principle OF
seeking counsel is that Of obedience:
for II we seek counsel only TO disregard
II, better that we do not seek It, because
We rest under great condemnation II we
turn aside from the truth alter Il has
been presented TO us. The obedience
which Is required in the Church should
be FIRST taught in the home, at the fire
side-obedience Of wives 10 husbands,
In righteousness; obedience Of children
to parents, IN righleousn IS. The In.
spratiOn which a father can give, n he
lives right, TO his wife and his children
will prompt them to follow him from
love Of HIM rather than from tear OF
him. There should be love IN the
home that will close the woman mouth
against Islander, either Of her kindred or
Of her friends; that will never allow her to
say a word against the character or the
reputation oil him who is placed to be
her head; that will never allow her to
open her mouth Ia the presence Of her
children to tcvilc or to speak hafshly
OF their father or against a neighbDr i'm
properly. Obedience Is discouraged
rather than established In many homes
through lack OF ordinary wisdom on
the part OF fathers aud mothers. At meal.
tine they will assail the characters oltheir
brethren and sisters In the presence Of
those little unframed, unlaught minds,
sowing seeds Of distrust aud hatred that
all the alter life OF these children will
not remove. First, they do this with
their fellow Church members; then they
do II with each other; and In after years
when these seeds have been soWn and
watured, cultivated and grown to
strength, the parents are surprised at
the lack Of obedience on the part ui
their sons and daughters, and at their
wandcrings, their ialschoods and the
other evils that aiillct the rising genera.
ton Of this age. Go back to the source
Of this trouble; 20 back to the begin.
ming Of this evil, and eradicate IL, YOU
fathers aud mothers. Let your mouths
never utter a word Of evil against your
icliow-men In the presence OF those
children for whose training you are &c.
sponsible. II you cannot speak well of
your kindred and your friends, rather
keep your mouths closed than 10 sin
yourself and also place sin upon your
offspring. Obedience in the family
should be cultivated, should be en-.
coumged by every word AMI act. am
glad to say that there are some young
men and women who are Just as obed.
lent TO their fathers aud mothers as the
smallest child Is. They do not partici.
pate in this feeling which Is more poeli.
cal than just, that the place for the
father and mother, the aged ones, Is IN
the chimney corner, and not In the
social gatherings Of the youth.
You ind among the Lltter.day Saints
a desire on the part OF the young to
eongregate together, and to debar from
their associations the aged-their fathers
and their mothers. Why Is IN Is il
because they have evil in their hearts?
trust not But the suspicion has
ground. The happiest parties that /
ever remember attending In my child.
hood are those where our aged brethren
and sisters gathered with the Young
people and gave them leaves from their
experience leaves that inspired faith,
narratives that encouraged hope and
trust in God, | have heard, and that
very recently young people remark
young people, too, who are OF the most
faithful parenls-that they will not at.
tend such and such gathering, because
the old people are going to be there.
Ourag brethren aud sisters may not
be as polished ssOme OF these intelligent
(according ~ their own ideasl young
people who live now; but where did
you get your polishl Where did you
get your intellectual strength Where
did you get the graces and adornmenls
OF which you boasP You got them
through the sacrifices OF your fathers
and mothers, through their efforts in
your behalf, and their iaithiulness be-
lore God, which has drawn down the
blessings OF heaven upon YOU as well as
upon them. When you go before the
Master you may be sure that you will
have TO give an account OF the treat
ment you have rendered to your fathers
and mothers. You will be under their
supervision and direction and care, To a
certain extent in that world as you
should be here. ] admired the remark
OF one very nice young lady OF this city,
made only few weeks ago in talking
about her prospects OF marriage and
whom she intended 10 select from among
her suitors. Says she, 81 will not marry
any man unless my pare is consent to
it," "Whatl not II you love himl not
II your whole being seems to be wrap.
ped up In him" no." says she, 81
will not do il whatever my personal feel
ings may be; unless my parents consent
shall not marry hum" She had acquir.
ed confidence IN the Judgment and IN the
righteousness OF her parents, II spoke
volumes Tor the training she had lie
ceived in her home, ana II bespeaks
blessings for her IN this life and IN eter.
nifty.
You teach your children to be obed.
lent and faithful to you, and you will ind
those children obedlent to the Gospel
aud to the Priesthood Of God. There
will be no difficulty In trolling them,
no trouble bringing them into the line
OF their duty, They will be ready
under all circumstances to answer the
requirements that are made OF them.
Dlsobedieuce Is one great cause OF the
troubles which we nave had in the
Church In the past, and It will be the
cause OF greater trouble In the future
unless il IS overcome. In the days OF
Nluyoo, when men were called upon
missions, they were not asked as to
their circumstances; their names were
called and they were expected to |
10 to the nations OF the earth TO !
preach the Gospel without warning,