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spoken of by the prophets; these are
the 'perilous times" And l want to
say to you that mountains of obstruc-
tons will be placed before this people.
and IL you have not been tried, you
will be; If you have not been tested,
you will be, before you gain eternal
life. And before we pass our opinion
unwisely. as we do, it is well for us
to study 1t out in our minds"
l am fearful that some of the Latter
day Saints simply come to the leaders
and listen to the servants of God, and
they never study 1t out in their minds:
they never so to the written word,
and compare 1t with the servants OF
God in their doctrines and teachings,
ana consequently they are unable
to judge righteously, and they are
losing confidence. Their confidence is
being shaken, and they are unable to
Judge, because they have not first
studied 1t out in their minds because,
as a people, we are mentally lazy, /
will say that, because I do not expect
to preach here again for long time.
II any of us have got a bad taste in our
mouth for anything that has trans
pircd, why, let us repent let us study
1t out In our minds, and then go to
our Father. in humility, and ask Him IL
1t Is right, and II 1t is right He will
cause burning within our bosoms
and we shall know that it is right;
but IL it be not right, we shall have
no such feelings. but we shall have a
stupor of thought. And how greatly
blessed are we in that dircctionl We
are all blessed, more or less, with a
stupor of thought.
But pray the Lord to bless this peo-
pie. Why, you are wonderful peo-
pie. The Lord has blessed you as
He has blessed no other people. He
has given you the Holy Ghost. Re-
member how particular He was with
His Apostles, with His servants that
He sent out to preach the Gospel. He
promised them the Holy Ghost, whom
the world cannot receive" and we are
in a different situation to what the
world is. As Paul says: What
know We not that We are the temples
of the Holy Ghost, and that we are not
your own; and IL any man defile the
temple of God. him shall God destroy,
for the temple of God is holy, which
temple we are Now ! want to say
to you people, in soberness, and with
considerations don't want to be an
alarmist, I don't want to be n revival
list; but I want to say to You. the great
sin that is creeping in among this peo-
pie, together with other worldly sins, is
the sin of adultery. This Is creeping
in amongst US, and in some instances
our dau~hters are running the streets
as common harlots. and we, seeming
ly, cannot help ourselves. But I want
to say to you, there needs be an awalt-
ening. want to tell you there needs
to be fear planted In the hearts of
the youn- people. Take the Book Of
Mormon. Go to the 316th page, and
read what Alma said to his son Cori-
anton. who had left the ministry, and
had followed after the harlot Isabel.
He told him what terrible crime
adultery was, that 1t was next to the
of innocent blood. Q, I am
fearful that our young people do not
comprehend that great sin that is
creeping in amongst us: and, MS the
Prophet Joseph said. man that COM
mits adultery cannot enter into the
celestial kingdom of God. If he en-
ters any kingdom, 1t will not be the
kingdom of God. / pray that
our people may be moved upon to be
n virtuous. to be an honest, to be
faithful people; this Is the prayer of
my heart, in the name of Jesus.
Amen.