Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-10
ELDER TAYLOR'S TALK.
Full Text Of His Remarks Delivered at Inc
Tabernacle, Friday, October I, 1898.
REPORT FURNISHED BY sTtSOGSAPHtR.
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per Construction Upon what the
speaker Really Did say.

tAAWNNA y 100 ~ AHAH'h "HNffa
W. Taylor. the transcript being fur
nishod by the stenographer who re-
ported the speaker.
My Brethren and sisters. pray that
the Spirit Of the Lord will direct what
may say uneo you. have had great
pleasure during this Conference IN
listening 10 the c0uuaals % the hrdth-
rem. and l feel thai the Importance of
the question brought 20 our atten.ipn
BY Prssident smith can not be over
eatimated.We are a blessed and n pros
porous people today. What has made
Us n)7 Il Is the fact that the leaders
Of this church have given similar
kind Of counsel for the past forty years
to this people.
deslre myself to refer TO another
phase OF our religion for few mo.
mcnts. a. We are reminded We are
dual crcaturCN / have flit fed In my
roui from the IRE. hour this Com
"a beyond expression with the bcauti-
fu slnnine that We have IN this house.
and | rejoice TO associate again Tor a
short time with the Saints during Con-
ference. for II know ny own desires
70 u 20 build up the Kingdom % nod
uron the earth and % 40 my humble
part wherever am called 60 labor,
WV = NANN M'MN MNN"HN LUIS
the Gospel 10 the world preceding &C..
pcntancc. We are Commanded - our
Heavenly Father 10 preach repentance,
for u IA a day u warninE and not a
day Of many words aud nln1 times out
Of ten. when ! speak. ! cannot heln
talking upon this subject, because tho
commandments TO The Elder. are y
sister. an these temporal thlnRa that
have been spoken Of are " great value
90 ". ard We should all learn the lee
e0ns OF patient labor. never IN my
life. In office work. or In the nuld, OF
wherever l have laborcd with man
kind. allowed man TO a. a better
days work than l have done myself
Anyone who has iahared with me IN
any capacty will understand this 90 b.
the truth. | speak Of this 20 bear tesil-
mony u what has bcen said. But there
n another thing that weighs heavily
on my mind. our feelings are very
much infiueuced by what We hear. \
gentleman stepped up 70 me az the
Woods Cross station yesterday morn
ing and told me he was going 20 move
10 the rural districts and take up
land want more land. he said,
nut there IL one thing that ] d.
not Ike TO move Tor. and that u IN In
the settlement ! am going 20 II ~
Rhodes valley. or Knmas prairie; and
1 don't like TO go for one reason. aud
that IL that I WIS Informed that eight
out of every ten OF the marriages
there have been OF such character
that the wives have had Children be-.
fore they were married. Now, ! CAN
NOT RELIEVE that In Rhodes vnl-
Icy the f.aitcr-day Saints arr 20 rotten,
40 this man stated. CAN NOT NE
I.irvE that they have =, thoroughly
rotted In tho valley Now. this u a
question that want 30 speak % n lit
lie. because there are things that we
nasd 70 speak 81 70 the LAttcr.day
Saints. II IN said By the Prophet that
we should be like watchmon on the
towers of Zion. and that IL We SOC "a.
enemy approach. and VIZ warn not that
city. that their blood Will be upon ouI
heads. and as far m am concerned a.
an inrividuai. propose 10 ria myself Of
H.
Another thing am going 10 refer 10;
We AZ people always put the lmpcr'
fectiona u our people nut. and We Do
not cover them up. filck Thorn over
and varnish them. but We expose them
like the physician that takca the knife
and cuts out tho ulcer In order that thn
whole body may be saved. This has
been the practice ~ the i.ntter-day
Saints from the beginning. because We
are told that Gnd does not hook upon
ain with the least degree ~ allowance
I was told by n vury prominent gcn'
tiemAn IN this city, that when he was
arriving hin buggy down Main street
late one Saturday evening, several gen
titmon stepped up 90 the carriage
IL regret to say that We have noms
girls In our city an they do Ia othel
cities OF the Wurid. that promenade M
streets late at night, paint their faces
aud put on all they can get upon theii
backs and heads b make them atirac
tive unto the fncn.) The gentleman
referred 90 IL here 10 verify what
any, you all SEQ him that have eye
looking this way. These three younl
men says We have been booking "a
these Rirla that are wandering up ans
down the streets, and thcrc wcr'
DOZEN % them, aud they said We hAv'
Information TO convince M, that mint
out ~ ten o. these Rirla are immoral
and have Lost their virtue This fon
tlensn said 10 the young men; Thca'
are tho Hirln you have 4
chose your wives from. nrcn'
sheyf Yes. I suppose, u we ever ge
iLiEvis nuT r. rIiSf n IS faLsE -
CANNOT nELtEVE THAT auCi
HORRIBLE IMMORTALITY EXIST
fiKis here IN me centsr stake or Zion
nri I want O. say to'tha girls ma
wpnicr up and down Nfre streets W.
nothing 90 a.. late on Saturday might
that you are looked upon a. being i'm
moral women, While converting VIII
Fhia gentleman another man came ~
whose word I could not doubt. and ~
said; 81 was Informed By a Lady Il
salt Lake VITO keeps a r00ming hlufa
ehat aftrr the rlnsl of practices by en-
Tabernacle choir several mcmb r
come % her rO1ming house flr lmmlri
purpoaeA ! thought % myself "a Na
possihlsf Il Il possible thAi We oar
look upln the beauty % tha saw ialQ
Tabernacle choir ana have "a aurpiclll
hanging over chem like .iia7 I clnul
believe thre fhinrt. Neyarih less
say unto you my hre ihrcn and slg,lrl
that fear thera N a dlapoatlun am1ni
r1mf u our pe1ps 20 become careless
ana lax IN thelr nlpnis, 20 look hrh,il
upou men ana women wh9 lnfdng
linrrf rTei 70 rs1f fhe viirn M n IN
the Prophet. n hsg "a irH.. II m b. /
portion uf truth ablW ihfal ENAr
GEitATioNS h1w niue, you f.ei, faith
crs ana mothers when your sofT uul
dauEN,era come 10 learn and sling n
songs ~ Zion, whom You nlnd you
neee1stlts % ne 60 n ar ,hft you
daughter. are viewed m this lirht b
he young men % Zion. The ssv,ra
young men rf.rrtd 20 are rs arr
you can see them an ~ you. But / wan
20 say o. you chat these things arr
NOT TRUE IN snslr enNrsty. but ! o
believe there la some truth rgelrdlni
these things I wan; % rad thr vlsl0l
OF Nephi, The Prophet 20 Snow y1l
how fhe people of Goi have wand n,
away In every age Of the worh--h0v
u was with Lehl's family / say uni
you be'hrDn and Hfntfrs the Wanfll