The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-07
PRESIDENT CANNON.


different from these Of any other re-
ligionists. They looked for a millennial
reign, g, literal paradise, the rejuven-
alton of the earth. They believed this
would be brought about by men
through the guidance of God. Other
people expected God TO do all this for
them.
The Saints. he said, know that they
must depend largely upon themselves.
People who do not believe this and are
idle and indolent viii be removed from
the flock. When people have been
given a mission and do not seek to ac-
compllsh it the Lords spirit Will be
Withdrawn from them. 1t is individual
salvation that must be wrought out,
and God will not take away a man
agency. He will suffer man TO do good
CT evil and Satan Will not be bound for
The man who yields TO his bIandish-
meats Cain did the bidding of Satan
and was destroyed. The way to bind
Satan is TO determine not to listen to
him, fer God viii not bind him as long
as people are willing TO listen to his
seductive voice There was once a race
50 righteous that Satan had no power
over them. It was the righteousness
OF those people that held him in bond
age, but elsewhere his sway was as
unlimited as before.
Before the glorious events of the last
days, there viii he widespread QezJiuc-
ton ana calamities, as there were in
former days. There viii be literal fire
and but few men VIII be left In Great
Britain. a mere distinguish as an eX-
: ponent OF aesthetics and a companion
+ Of nob5emen, was convicted of a crime
so abominabIe, that under the old law
it vas punishable by death. Since his
liberia ton he is received in society and
truding themselves even in this land,
and the only way this viii be wiped out
! will be by the wrath of God.
/ The Sair Is must live pure lives. There
( is at present too much looseness
among the Saints Tales reach the
! presidency of children being born five
or even three months after marriages.
/ This IS dissTaeefri to the Latter-day
/ Saints. Parents do not put sufficient
guard over their daughters Even in
; France the daughters are guarded
more carefully than they are some
( times here. There is too much famil-
/ iarity between the sexes. There are
some places where a daughter is no
safer than she would be among a patch
( of wolves. There are men here who
prey on the other sex, and the young
men of Zion associate with them. Re-
Gently q circumstance TO the ears OF
I the presidency which was appalling.
/ This condition must cease. or the iulig-
ment Of God will be felt among this
: people.
What has been said is no theory OF
4 eXaggeration. It is easy to see how
: little Importance is attached 10 these
/ crimes. That is the fearful aspect OF
il. The fact that men such as have
! been referred to are not stamped with
! disgrace shows to what an extent these
! sins have gone. Yet the poor girl who
thus falls is forever oStracised from
! society. Man ol these questions are
! held much more accountable than
I woman, for they take advantage Of hel
I tenderness and weakness.
If the Saints want their children to
/ live through he thousand years Of
/ peace. such crimes must he abolished
F., for the children of the Saints live il
J viii be because they are pure. IT ear
( be seen on every hand that families
guilty Of such misdoings are percept-
ibly thinned out. A cleansing process is
/ going on and viii continue. The end
4 approaches and Christ is about to ocme
/ through the clouds Of heaven.
President Cannon then referred tc
! the day when the wheat and tares
would be separated, and the necessity
! Of binding Satan through the righteous
ness OF their lives. We wanted to SET
a regeneration among the Saints, sc
that the evil in their hearts would be
crushed out. He commented on re-
/ baptism. which he referred to as a fall.
! lacy, for it required repentance and moi
baptism TO save.
! Speaking OF the appointments yester-
/ day. the speaker, several of the priest
hood had informed him that the names
OF the new apostles had been revealed
10 him.
President Woodruff then made his
brief address given above. He an,