Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-08

I, Affords me pleasure, my hre'hte"
,nd sisters. to meet with 40 large u
company OF the brethren ANA sisters OF
p,rownn and the nclghboring settle
,sents who have come TO greet Presl-
f,pt snow. IL Il an opportunity Of
. ,,ur lives 10 meet him. and OF our ives
10 travel with him. And we should
mover mics an opportunity Of this hnd.
what great privilege we would feel
~ we could come together oa We have
tbls evening and meet the Prophet
t...pb smith. or President Young. or
President Taylor. or President Wood
run who have gone on before Prcsl-
aspt Snow r. the successor u those |
men. And the Church ~ greater than |
~ ever was before. II "a more WIDE /
spread. more numerous. more stakes OF |
zion, more wards, more quorums. more |
members. and II Is more widely known |
than ever before. II ~ the Lords |
work. Il is developing. and the world !
BE- arltated and stirred up In regard TO
Il. Every one " the little children who
have shaken hands with the Prophet
this evening and during our journey,
nrs factors In the work Of the Lord.
They are precious souls. entrusted 20
our care. and 1t Is important that we
should bring them up In the nurture
and ndmoniti1n " the Lord That they
may thus be- brought up II j. necessary
that we should walk In the path that
we would like 10 have them walk In
and that wr should do the things that
we would like 10 have them do We
should talk aH we would like to have
them talk. We should Hot examples be-
fore them. u IL required N M that we
should do this.
u this church Tor over sixty years. II
was revealed 20 the Prophet Joseph
IN 1855 ~ with AN the other laws.
some ~ the people have been very
faithful IN keeping this law. Others
have been careless and negligent. The
pfort Of nearly every one has been to
zee how little they could pay ANA satiH-
~ their conscicncos and their bishop.
20 that thclr standing IN the church
could be maintained and they could Eo
60 the Temple when they desired.
They have tried 90 see how little they
could vet along with paying Instead Of
getting the bishop 10 put a construction
upon the law that would allow them to
pay moro. I have yet TO meet n man In
this church who has sought To know OF
me whether there was not some inter-
probation could be put upon the law
that would Justify him IN paying more.
The question has always been, What
can be deductcd7 How much can be
deducted Tor the hay that feeds the
COW, that gives tho milk. that makes
the butter and the ChceHr7 How much
can deduct from the price OF the pork
on account N the grain I fed the pigs9
How much can I deduct on account OF
the wear and tear of my machinery and
my property, ana Tor the repairing u
my house ana my fences. otc.7 Now
ne time has come when this law must
he observed fairly and fully. Aud there
u "a reason Tor H. Apparently the ren-
son u that The Church ~ embarrassed.
hut u u necessary that you and I
should pay our tithing. and pay II as
We have never paid It before: not n
lhfI not little ON account, nH mcn-
TONED by Bishop Preston. but one-tenth
~ our Interests and to do 70 generously.
we have always been Inclined TO pay a
little bit less ana I fear we won't
catch NJ unless we nay now
little more than we would
be naturally expected 10 pay. We
nave been more or less negligent In
regard 90 tlthlng. ana not only SO I'm
that direction. but we have also been
n,esHsrht IN regard 10 other principles.
We ought to be more devoted To our
prayers ana To the worship OF the Lord
hld more anxious In regard 10 our mis-.
hionnry work nt home and abroad
lime u getting short. To you mon who
nave ffgy hairs, and you that viii have
hloy hlltH ln u little while, 20 you wo-
men who have children. time ia clos.
ing up, In little while our lives viii
DE required ~ vs.. n / do not live long.
~ lhhh my father ! have only about
i"uf morn years, Must I die In four
YEAR, shall I not be allowed 10 live
"ut the ihree score years and ten? Many
i've beyond that, ON what h called bof-
rowrd time. but even IL Z am allowed
70 i've the allotted time OF man. il h
only ten years more. do not know
Whoihor ! VIII live that length OF time
or not and I am not az ali nnxiou.
Hpou. thg matter do not worry
about living, Ny worry rs 10 Know,
mat every year " my life I succeed
HulhH something good. | am ann
hltluua TO do something Tor the Church
ana for tho welfare of mankind Al
mo close ol every year that passes over
iny mead ! want 10 feel that my voice
mas been heard among the people ns "A
Mhtchmnn upon the towers of Zion.
row nave heard II In this Stake OF Zion.
" mas been heard In an these southern
stakes particularly, where my labor ma,
Iren chiefly during the past few years.
want 10 continue IN that labor. IL not
mere IN the south. In the
west. wherever the Lord wants me
70 labor | realize that ten years now
j. very little bit Of time What can
DO IN ton years. What can you do In
ten years? And there iH danger that
our lives may be required before that
Hence am anNious-so anxious that
PRESIDENT SNOW can hardly put up with
me Tor talking va long when / get a
chance. You have had me trained this
way have travelled considerably
around here, with Just one or two
brethren, ana have done a great deal
OF talking. day after day In confer.
enccs, sunday schools, and the like.
have been working that way ever sine,
was an Apostle, now eighteen years
have not been fishing, nor hunting
nor taking my pleasure In that way
ana my brethren have labored In N,
held Just ns | have, II I have lnboret
IN the south, they have lnbOred IA tn,
north, We are constantly going.
NOW the burden Of responsibility Il
upon President Snow: he has deter,
mined IN his soul. az the represontativ,
gt tho Lord IN the earth, that thi,
Ihurch shall be freed from al
It, obligations. n II be IN
VIII OF the Lord; and he has
announced that II Is the viii OF IN,
lord, ana we believe him. The Apostle.
are one with him. He has trained AM