Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10

and poor devils. And it u gtserllly the
devils pdor and thd poor devra that are
ready to-clanor FOR help from the tth-
Ing office. " they have only a sam-
blancc ~ standing IN the Ch1fch. At
the same time you had better iced a
dozen poor devils than 10 refuse 90 ad-
minister 20 one 90 God's poor. let us
be- good 10 the Lords poor, ana 90 the
widow aud the orphan, for pure Tee
ligiun and undnnlud before God and the
Father u thh, 70 visit we iaiheIi e 81
ana wldown % thelr atiiicilgn, ana "
keep himself unspott,d from tho world.
Now. brethren and sister. not only
pay your tithinE and be blessed nut
Keep the Word Hf wisdom. illNH you
ever read anything about the Word OF
Wisdom Twenty five yctin hEu ffe.i-
don't brigham YOUNG declared 90 the
church In All plainucsa that me Word
~ Wisdom wua Hlvcn iu the D. ginning
me- word of counsel uf revelation and
ndmouitiun, not by way 0f command
msnt or coustfBlut because the
Lord ava not want Co
bring The people under TOO
tholr die1beymH DO. and the revelation
says that ID h. given fur a principle
with promise adapted Co The capacity
uf The weak aud thU weakest no aN
Saints who are or can De called saints.
u 81 a shame and o disgfaeo Tor any
man or woman 90 claim that they are
no weak TINT they cannot Keep the
Word of wisdom. Let us take u aa,thr
Lord says. ! DO not say tina, We shnll
hew 20 the line rU close that "a puur old
sister % u ur No years % uEe, who has
been IN the habit 90 drinking tea uu her
life, ahau b. denied the liberty u
drinking tea 10 ahe wants Go. Let her
drink u V she wishoa-but " che " not
too weak 90 b. saint she had better
keep the commandments Of the Lord, ~
viii BE- better Tor her. So with the Old
man. Yet We all have our agency. and
We can DO 40 We please. then We can
meet the Issue with Him that will judge
the quick and the dead. hut it u my
duty 10 obey The commandments Of God
NE far a. know them. II do not I
come under condemnation. Others can
DO as they please. but I cay - ihs i'-u-
pie. Keep the Word Of Wisdom. throw
away your nasty pipes aud your tohac-
go, ana cease 20 pntroulzo the stores for
these thinHr. / have figures In my
pocket tbut have not time 20 turn Co
theul showing the amount of tobacco
ana the millions 81 cigarettes that have
been Imported Into this country by mct-
chants and sold 90 the people. u runs
up into the hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars annually and some of this
money comes from tho Laitcr.day
Saints. who have the Word % Wisdom,
and who should purify themselves as
God nu pure.
Now, you good old sister. lettering on
the edge uf the grave. " you want to
drink your tea, DO 90. 10 does not hurt
me particle. although ! think u would
be- better Tor you u you did not. I will
ten you a little story on this point
Some years nEu, when The terminus %
the Utah Southern railroad was NJ York.
u salt Lake doctor was summoned Co
30 into Hanprto county In great haste,
10 attend a woman who appeared
60 BE- dytnF iiu took the railroad and
the stage coach % Mt Pleasant. and
haHtgnod 10 the house % the woman.
Tie diagnosed her case, and rnqulfrl
aa 90 her habits ~ NE. lie discovered
thnt she was an invcteratn tea drinkcr
Before nha had strength enough to
dress herself ln The morning she had
10 take q cur ~ teh. BEFORE she could
cook the breakfast Tor hor husband Hhr