Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-07
PRESIDENT GEORGE Q. CANNON.


tory Of ali who have done this In Utah.
| ana where IL there n man that has
succeeded IN lighting Zion, or gained
any prunt by ~ In connection with
this. you may ask yourselves. Where l.
the man or woman who has turned
away from the Church Of Christ and
the
PEOPLE WHO ARE THE HAPPIEsT
and most prosperous In this country,
and who take the greatest delight IN
life. arr those who keep the command
ments Of God and listen TO tho oounsela
and warnings OF the servants " God.
| Thanks be 90 God our Eternal Father
for giving US these evidences Of His
I favori
Having these evidences before us.
therefore. what IN our plain duty aa
| f.attor-duy SaintH7 10 10 20 continue our
efforts IN this right direction, 20 obey
with all our heartn the counscls % the
servants Of God, TO listen to their warn
inHa and rcproofH, especially 10 the
warnings and reproofa OF him whom
| Gud has selected 10 be His mouthpieco
to the people. Many men may hold the
some priesthood and the same authori.
~; but lie selects ono out u them all 10
tell the people His word TO stand
ne Waterman for the people upon
tho walls u Zion. and to give notice
when danger threatens He gives unto
| His other servants the same spirit,
that they may bear testimony 10 u.
| This N our condition today. The Lord
has communicated His mind and will
to His servant Lorenzo SNOW. He has
| commanded him 10 tell the people
wherein they have failed 10 discharge
their duty. TO repent u thelr carclcsa-
ness and dlsobedlenre, and to warn
| them against d continuance IN this d.
roCtion. Then He has given unto His
other servants the same spirit, TO teai-
~ Of tho truth of these things and 10
the solemn obligations that the people
are under TO hcarken 10 them.
I know there are many things which
we have been told that have come d.
rcctly In
CONFLICT WITH OUR FEELINGS.
Many things are required OF Us which
We would hesitate 60 DO, II we ala them
at all, unless we were filled with the
Spirit OF God. Many times We have
been called upon 70 do things that Il
has required the aid of Gods Holy
Spirit TO enable us TO do them our
lives, II may be said, are more or less
nllcd with Instances % this kind. indi-
vldually and as n people. one Instance
We were told by the Prophet OF God 10
abandon our homes and move TO the
south. What n trial this wua' Men
had come into this barren desert. and
| 1 NJ bftNi Nnll anu NMHtlNNt nNl hulAi
themselves homes. They were comfort
able; their orchards were beginning "a
bear fruit. their ieldH began TO teen
with plenty; their cattle had increased
and they were In a position where thei
might reasonably look forward 10 a M,
OF comfort. But the word Of God cam,
to the Gattcr-day Saints through Ills
I servant Brigham-''let ua move out
, brethren and sisters.
, LET Us ABANDON OUR HOMES;
let us prepare TO set IRE TO them Il
; necessary" The inquiry arose In many
minds. Where shall We GOT In whal
land shall we seek rofuge7 There wal
, no response to this Inquiry No aaHur
= ance was given that there was a lant
to which We could gO and md peace ant
rest. But the people were commanded
!. Of the Lord 10 move, npd they ala move
b ! They obeyed the command Of gOi viii
9 a unnnimity that now In looking bncl
Y at II, seems astonishing and almost In
r credible. But they had been prepared
q for that counsel by that which ha,
D preceded u. Those Of you who werl
q living here at the time remember IN,
D reformation and Its effects upon thu
d people; how they were stirred up 4
q repentance. and the Spirit was poure,
e out upon them such as never had beef
4 known before. In this way they ha'
l been prepared for these trying scenes
a cite this MS one Illustration OF thl
WILLINGNESS OF THE PEOPLE
10 obey The Lord has called upon u
to do many things OF this kind. Whoi
We left Illinois and launched out int
the wilderness. II was test OF faith
. But look az those who did this: sex
Q how they have been prosporcd and how
Il their children have been blessed. Con
o traHt their success In the Gospel viii
. tho failure OF those who did not hav'
Y faith enough TO comply with the coun
. sci OF the Lord at that time
4. by these trials Of our faith the Lort
intends to
MAKE US A PERFECT PEOPLE.
4 We have Inherited false traditions
\ and one OF the great difficulties 1,
= be- commended with on our part il Il
[ overcome these traditions. The I.ort
. Intends 10 lead us out from them. II,
/, Intends 20 teach us new lessons Ant
i there n no lesson that n harder for NJ
1 to learn than to trust the Lord II
, money mRtterH. You can try US. as
people morc severely In relation 4
a finance than probably In any other al
/, rcction. II seems 10 be constituent
, Of our natures TO love the things .
/ this world, Gods teachings are intend
-, ed 20 wean Us from this love, and I,
\ lead ua to higher truths. The obiec
!, God has In View Is not TO strip THU
a . ENN.NANf hhA AN VIZ WI hiANNNAH w AfMNH va
I higher truths connected with financial
. matters; 60 separate ua n possible from
q the traditions Of our fathers upon thea
u points. As a beginning 10 this He trie,
to teach the church the
LAW OF CONSIDERATION.
}. hut that was too hlgh law for IN
people. Welded ne they were 10 thei
2 old Ideas, onvironed as they were will
= the conditions that surrounded people 4
= those days, they had not faith enoug
y 20 rise 10 the true conception Of tina
j. great law, The Lord desires, however
e 20 teach Us this law, and He IN leadin
e ua up to II as faat as we will be les
o hut the Church n may BE- said. reioctc
p that law, They did not say, I'VE wi
n not obey ~" but they did not obey 4
81 After a while. the Lord IN His mercy re-
h vealed another law and made II obllra
% tory upon His Church, My time wi
/ not permit me 10 road IL today, but go
@ win hnd Il In Section ii9 N tho Boo
% OF Doctrine and Covenants, II is
THE LAW or TITHfNG.
o II was revealed July s, isas. and u ha
r. mover been repealed. There has bee
I. no lcsaening OF It's Importance fror
10 July s, 1885, until today. II IL stand
n Ing law unto tho Church. We have pre-
? feased TO obey that law We have bee
o called a tithe-paylng people, mlanc
u mer. We have never been a tlthe-pay
.c ing paouie In the full Ranae Of tho NfDrt