Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24

from the Book Of Doctrine and Cove
nants:
Il Is the duty Of the Lords clerk.
whom he has appointed. To ktcp q
history. and General church Record
Of ali things that tranapIre In Zion.
and " all those who conaoorate prop
critics, ana receive inh1rItuncUH legally
from the bishop.
And also their manner on life. their
faith, and works, and also or ull the
npostntrH who upostatlze after receive
Ing their Inheritance
II u contrary 10 tho will aud COM
mnndmcnt of God that those who re-
celvc not their inheritance by consc-
Grafton. ngrccahly 60 this law. which
he has given that he may 1.-THE hls
people. 20 prepare them against tho
day NJ vengeance and burning. should
have their names enrolled with the
Neither IL their roncalogy 10 be- kept
or 20 be had whore Il may be- found
on any of tho records OF history OF the
church.
Their names shah not be- found.
neither the names ~ the fathers. nor
the uamoa of the children. written iu
the book Of the law NJ God. saith the
Lord Of Hosts. tscction S.. pars. i-5)
Verify ! rny unto you. concerning
M'"NN NNNNNNNN'NN WIN NNN' NNNIN MNNNNNNNHN
ana prosecuted. and cast out from tho
land NJ their inheritance
!, the isnrd,hnvc suffered tho anllctlpu
Go come upon them, whcrewith they
have been afflicted IN consequence OF
their transgrcaHlunH:
Yet I viii own them. and they shall
be mine In that day when I shall come
Co make up my fewclH
Therefore. thes must needs be chast-
vncd ana tried. even no Abraham. who
was commanded to oncr up his only
son. tscctlon i0i. pnra. Ia
He then spoke aH follows:-
My dear brethren. do not feel that
shall talk very much to you. but /
want 10 say that we have come to tell
you exactly what the Lord wants you
and me to do In matters pertaining 20
a holy and sacred law which the Lord
presented 60 his people In 1855. and
which has been dlsfcFarded more or
lees Tor many years IN tho past. and
we win perhaps tell you the reasons
why this iH now required. / know no
Wen nH ! know anything that moro
strict Observance u this law Will be- re-
quirod of the Lnttor-dny Saints or else
there VIII come trouble. and trouble
that you and / would wish We had es-
capped.
In the early days,of the Church the
Lord gave certain laws and required
them 90 Dc kept. He established colo
ny N Lattcr-doy Saints In jackson
county. Missouri. and there presented
Co them sacred and holy requirements
with the promise that n they would
observe them they should be- preserved
upon the land. ana be- greatly and
nhundnntly blessed, financially az well
HUNHNfMWNHaH
tunity then Tor that people 10 establish
themselves firmly In Jackson county.
with the certain and absolute nssur.
nuce that they would be- preserved
from their cnomics provided they were
uhcdlcnt to these requirements Of the
Lord When the Lord makes promises.
ana the conditions N those promises
ARE observed. onr need not entertain
the slightest doubt that the Lord
VIII do His part and fulnli those
promises. This can be relied upon
The people IN jackson county unfor-
tunatcly failed 20 comply with the
requirements Therefore. their oue-
mics We're allowed TO drive them from
Jackson county. and eventually from
the state. This persecution and cxpul-
sion never would have occurred had
the people observed the law which the
Lord required That law was simply
the law uf cnnHeCrutlun-u law OF tho
which. n observed. would have made
the people the richest and wculthlrst of
any people IN the world. There
would not have been "a poor
lnttcr-dny Saint IN tholr midst.
Every man would have had an a"
needed TO make him happy and COM
Portable, fo Ear HH financial matters
were concerned. But tho law was re-
iectel and the covenant broken; there
fore tho consequences came. They had
not then the experience that tho Saints
now have. They were like children In
experience and In spiritual education.
compared with uH now. with the great
experience we have had ns "a church
ana the blessings that have followed
us In observing the commandments of
God. 70 sacrifice everything that a
man Possesses, especially ut that time.
20 give u an over tu the hands OF the
bishop Of the church, ana then cuch
man 90 have only o. portion ~ that re-
turned Tor the support of himself and
family, was something that the people
ala rot feel disposed Co do; therefore
the results followed. I do not know
how II would be with you and me n
tuch thing were required " uH, hut
! VIII assure you, my brethren, that
you and ] viii never be- selected and
callec " 10 To jackson county until
II " evident that We are willing TO
abide that law, II Is perfect law.
AANA ANiN NNNNNi ~ HNi hHhN county NNH
served H. ID syould have united them
together. made them Immensely rich,
and they could have accomplished ali
that the Lord desired. A. II is. many
Of our enterprises are not entirely sue
cessful. ana ! sometimes think that Il
arises from the fact that the people do
not observe the temporal law that ~
now required OF us, the Observance ~
which would make Ms financially IN
dependent, A perfect law was
once given 10 tho children OF Israel. on
the banks of the Rcd Hea-baptlsm Tor
the remission OF sins. the laying ON ~
hands for the reception Of the Holy
Ghost, and the children OF Israel were
promised that II they were faithful
they should become kings ana priests
in the lnud the Lord had provided FOR
them. That was celestial law. They
did not keep o.. therefore the law ~
carnui commandments fnllnwel-a law
that was unpleasant both 10 the Lord
and 20 the people.
After the law OF conservation
was given and the covenants en-
tered Into with the Lord by the people
In jackson county were broken, the
Lord gave another law six years later
which was vastly different from the
law OF conservation. We are now under
that law. ana the same promises have
been made 10 us u We viii keep that
law Ms were made 10 the people In