Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-11

inCreaSe,. the earth Will yield IN IT'S
strength for him. his locks and herds
will prosper, he Will be blessed in his
basket and in his store. he will be
blessed when he lies down and when
he rises up, when he goes out and
when he comes in, and the Lord Will
build him up, because he has the fear
of God before his eyes, because he
loves his neighbor as he loves himself.
ana he is not praying: 20 Lord, bless
ne and my wife. my son tohn and his
wife; us four. and no more. Amen"
Such man does not pray In this way,
but he prays for the welfare Of Zion,
and the longevity OF these men who
have been raised up of the Lord to be
our leaders, our counselors and our
advisers in the principles of the Cos
pei. Heprays for his neighbor. and he
VIII drive the cattle out of his neigh
bur'S stackyard t. save the property
as he would save his own. He will
not rob his nelghbor OF his water
rights, no matter how badly he may
need the water himself. But he will
Ieep the commandments of God and
DO his DUTY as a Latter-day Saint.
when, however man has the
spirit of evil in his heart. when
he is overcome by selfishness
and by covetousness, look out for him;
for he may steal your water. he may
pull down your bars and let the cat
tie into your fields, in order to keep
them out Of his own, and he will do
anything In the world to build himself
up whether II be at the expense of his
neighbor or not. That Is the way men
do who are actuated by the spirit of
man. But Latter-day Saints do not
That sort OF thing. They are taught
better; they know better: they live
above such grovellng, contemplate
and wicked conduct. Instead of that
they seek to do good to their neighbor,
and build ZIP ZiCn, as well as do good
TO themselves. This Is what we are
trying to teach you, for the Gospel in
spires us to do this. We are trying to
teach you to be united. to love the
Lord. to help your neiEhbor, and to
love your wives and your husbands
and your children. We are not only
trying to teach 1t to you by word Of
mouth, but also by examples as God
gives us the wisdom to do it. Now, II
any OF you can show me where l can
do better than | am doing in the gov
eminent OF my family, or in my CON
duct toward my neighbor, or In any
thing that | have to do, | will thank
You from the bottom of my heart Il
you VIII come to ms as n brother and
show me where | can do better than
am doing. My aim Is to do better.
to become better man. to rise out of
the foolish, grovelinE things of this
world and get on a higher plane, and
TO md out something that will be ben
eiicial To me after | have done with
this mortal condition. / want to lie
able to meet God my Father when /
get through with this mission that
am on here, and say to Him, Father,
am clean. | have not the blood of
my kindred upon my hands, neither Is
there found upon my skirts the blood
of men. ] have sought to do my duty,
to warn the people, to bear testimony
of the truth" l want to meet Him
with conscience void of offense.
For l believe in God my Hea-
Nenly Father. j believe in Jesus
Christ, His Son, and believe
In the doctrines that He taught, and |
believe further, that the world today,
in what Ia called the higher criticism
of the Bible. is trying to do away with
the doctrines and teachings of Jesus
Christ because they cannot look upon
these doctrines and the examples of
holy men of old without shame and
confusion. They do not do the things
that Jesus commanded. and they know
they do not. The ministers seek to
become popular, and they dare not
come before their congregations and
reprove them for sin and show them
where they are in error and darkness.
eloquence, to tickle their fancy; they
have to praise them instead of con-
demning them for their wicked deeds.
II they did not do II. their Congrega-
tions would very soon discharge them
and hire somebody else. They know
this, for they teach for hire and they
divine for money. They are without
authority from God. and they speak as
the scribes and the phnrisees and not
as one sent from God. The men that
teach in this Church teach as men
having authority from the Almighty;
They teach the truth. They are called
of God, and II a man sins they dare Ia
tell him so. ] dare TO say-and | do
not care who it strikes; II 1t hits me
or anybody else. 1t makes no difference
i am opposed to Sabbath breaking. II
is wrong. It Is contrary to the law
of God. II is transgression of the
commandment Of the Lord. am OPP
posed to men, women ana children GO
ing to pleasure resorts on the sabbath
day. And II should do 1t myself, II
would be in violation Of my conscience
and of the promptings OF the Spirit OF
the Lord to me. and ! should come UNI
der condemnation. believe IT Is
wrong to visit saloons, to drink and
euzzle beer, md whiskey and strong
drinks; and men that are addicted to
that kind OF thing are transgressinG
the laws NJ God, and they are
neither Christians nor gentlemen
when they do such things ms
that because man that VIII
violate the laws God canuut be d
Chr,stian. The laws Of iDi require
men 10 he virtuous, to BE- respectful
10 I've honorable. to be honest. and e
~. uureminded, and therefore InHr
" no will trample upon 'he laws " Co
is neither a Christian nor gentleman
| d. rot believe 1t right To 7rear tai
tale the name OF God In VAN. md an,
nan who does It Is under coniemna.
ton before the Lord and the Lord vii
not acknowledge him IL he does NOT
rrnent neither will the Lord prosper
hir,. Though he may seem to prpspri
md thrive like green hay tree, YET
there viii come time when he VIII he
cut short. and his progress and growth
will cease; whereas, the man that ob'
serves the commander ants OF the I.ord
ur.l does right, there vii; he ~ end Il
his Increase and no termination 10 his
tro,,,trity. He will pr,aner in time
and he will prosper IN eternity. lIC
will secure in time the blessings Of
eternity, and he will store up in his
mind treasures that moth and rust
cannot corrupt, and that rhisyes can
n"t break through AMI steal lie vii
bee, 70" like Christ in his latrre. In his
and therefore where Cnrlst is ne VIII
20 and all that God save him In this
world he will take with him there.
and the Lord Almighty VIII secure to
him all the blessings that He gave to
him in this life. do not believe that
men can approach God acceptahly
that are not true and kind to their
wives and children. believe that
men who desert their wives and
off. are under the curse of God, and
will sypntnnlly renn His wrath IL