Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-12

against thee one way. ana Zee but1tc
thee seven wayt'
would uko 90 AK you 20 turn your
minds iutt ONE moment upon the army
thHt came here Boo 1865. They cimo
here ONE way There iH no question
about ihli but how many ways ava
they $50 uckl Were thly NOT disc
abfald7 u'l th1y not leave their sub-
Stance with uag Had this promise been
made directly 10 uH. would not this have
boon u fuinlmnut ~ ltf / say there
could not have been R more literal full
nimsnt % The promise uf Gui made 10
ancient lHuel than thIH 10 10 had been
made Go us directly Dli th'y 90 us
any hnrWi No, only Hu iar nH some NJ
car foolish and unwIHH ones frll into
fhuIr habits lul practices aud followed
thrlr rVamplrH lu Hiu aul corruption
and that probably was nll rirht 10 iH
necessary from time tu time Tor tie
Lord 90 bring about circumstances that
WIN draw 1u the false and uornlcioun
Accommodations that gather with uu.
"Tho Lord shall command the bless.
lnH upon thee ln thy Hturoh0usrs. and
ln ul that thou fottrHt thine hand unto;
and BE- rhall bless thee 10 the land
which the Lord thy God Eiveth thee.
The Lord shall establish thee an hoy
people unto himself HH De- hath sworn
unto thee. no thou shalt Keep the come
maudmoutH vi the Lord ny God. and
walk in hIa ways.
And all people " the earth shall 500
that thou ART called hy tho name ~ tho
Lord, ana they shall be- afraid u thee
They are afraid ot you now. Just ns
surely ua they ever were afraid VI the
children of lsrngl nncioutly Look at
the Efforts that are heiug made today
hy Hn-cnllHd Christian hy the hltclinT
priests whose crafts ore in danger. and
who nrc trembling because ~ the ,H-
Enlistment N Gods truth 10 the earth
IN these latter days. What ore they not
trying Go do against uH7 Are they not
trying 10 bring about the same Coudi-
lions that they have brought about in
times pnst7 Are they not ondoavoflng
% cufngr the people N the world and
the Congress N The United states
against the people horcf What are
lhey doing lt fgrf u a. because they
love uHf n Il because they DO not fear
uf9 40. 10 ia because they hate and
fear us2 They are afraid VI the organ.
izntlun that God has inHiItuted in the
land. N the union " the people. and NJ
the manifest evidences ~ Gods mercy
ana favor upon the People and upon the
lana, 10 % Just aH true today az u Was
In ancient times.
"And tho Lord shall make thee plsn-
tcuus ln goods. In the fruit u thy body.
ana ln The fruit of thy cattle, and in the
tho Lord Hwato unto thy fathers 10 give
thee"
From the evidences that we have had
before ua here Tor the past two or three
days the Lord ~ certainly blessing the
people ~ poaCrct In the fruit Of their
bodies. judging from the multitude of
precious little ones that We sec here
with their mothers. The Lord o. cor-
tninly fulnlllng this promise. ut least
upon tho people ~ Dcaorct, ana upon
all the people n Zion. For there o. one
place, thank uodi In all this world
who're the people are not seeking 20 cur
tail thr Increase Of their bodies and the
fruit uf their lolna! one place where
parents are not trying 20 destroy the
Sits of God unto them.
"rhe Lord shalt open unto thee Ills
good treasure. the heaven TO give the
rain unto thy land In his season. aud
10 bless an the work Of thine hand
ana thou shalt lend unto many nations,
and thou shalt not borrow"
This ia SIN IN the future. ! look Tor
this 90 Do fulHllOd-whou instead of
our being borrowers VIZ shan be- lend.
otHi Instead N our being the hcwurs NJ
WOOD ana the drawers uf water for the
enemies Of the people OF God. they Will
h'W our wood uud draw our water,
believe lee the destiny of this people. and
in The promises God has made through
the Prophets. Therefore. I look for this
Go By fulhllCd. Ana i shall rejoice oN-
cocdlnrlY In foUlug President Lorenzo
SNOW the instrument IN the hands uf
| God VI bringing Co pnHH tho fulnumont
! nl thlH one great promise that the uuu-
pie shall cenfo tn hU borrowers. and
shnll be lenders Instead; at least they
shall have the means 10 lend, u any
| body wants 20 borrow I believe the
Lord II willing 10 mako n Ho. if we VIII
only pay our debts ana nut 90 proper
use the means that tho Lord gives Ga
uH, remembering tho Lord with the
nfnt fruits Of our Increase. Honor the
Lord with thy substance ana with the
first fruits Of an thine increase: so shall
thy barns ho nllod with plenty. and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine. "
N We win do this. tho Lord Will fulHll
THIS promise upon az as Ito ana upon
ancient Israel
And the Lord shall make thee the
head, ana not the tail. and thou shalt
hn above only and thou shalt not be
beneath. n thnt thou hrtrNpu unto the
commandments ~ the Lord thy God.
which I command thee this dny TO oh.
serve ana 10 do them"
~ an hinges upon this cnnditlnn-'Ir
that thou hpurkon unto the command
mputs w The Lord my God which !
command thee this day. 10 observe aud
! 10 do them" II nll depends upon this.
| n iH obedience 10 God. aud we viii nnI
/ that obedience lg better than aacrlucp.
and Co hrAtkvn than the tat of runs 4"
/ % was so uuulouuy; II b. so to-day.
And thou shalt not So aside from any
/ nf tho words which command thee this
! day. tu tho fiHht hand or 10 the left.
! t1 POO nftvr other gods 10 sorvp them"
Mark you, those words were De-.
| NNered by The Prophet Moses
To- the, children of Israel
| lnt ! viii take The responsibility OF
| saying, a am Apostle ot Jesus christ
| that these words which I have read
! frn 90 thls poopln us much as they wore
] in nnrlDni leropl n WINS the word Of
| God 10 His people nnolently. u H. the
! word uf COD tu lllf people today 90
] means aa much 20 us us 70 manut Ca
] them; oud God ls nE much under uhll.
cation tn fullll the promises coughsd
! M THIS lnuUulgo 10 ua. NJ Wp keop these
! Commandments aH ne was 60 thcm,
Now Jet uH read thu other side ~
] this nut nut lut me ask. who uf Won
] have read hlstory2 who ~ you have
! mac yourselves familiar with tha pros
p1rty ot thr children Of Israel ln AN.
| ,IUnt days. Did they pass over Jordan
! uIu they SHAY thr philstlnca uul the
] IthusitoH. the Invites. the Utilities ANA
| uIl the other itea'of the land, who were
! llnlntCrs und am uhnmlnatlon On thJ
] sight Ot tho Lurd9 Tho Lord CONF
| muudcd the children OF Israel Co destroy
| them from OF the earth they and their