Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19
DESERT EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 1899

| lie enabled me To do things with a
! small amount OF money that would
/ have been impossible under other cir.
/ cumstanccs. And this is the experience
/ Of other Elders. How many ln this
/ congregation could rise up and testify
/ how in 1895. when there was % scarcity
| OF provisions here. the Lord Increased
| their food. ] have heard Elders relate
wonderful Incidents OF this. just as
wonderful as the story 900 the Bible Of
the manner the Lord Increased the
barrel Of meal and the cruise 90 ull be-
| longing 90 the widow who led the
Prophet Elijah. Such instances have
been frequent among us. The Lord D.
able ~ do these thiugs. brethren and
sisters All We need IS 10 have faith
On Him
TITHGNG AND BUSINESS
7 have heard the argument used that
our merchants. because they pay their
uthing. do not stand the same chance
uR the uuu- Mormon merchants That
ia the argument of the uuhCIloyer. IL
God not able TO more than compensate
them Tor that which they d09 The far
mor might say that because he pays
uuc-teuth " the products u hlF farm
as tithiur he cannot compete with the
former who does not observe this law.
Satan makes suggestions Of this Kind
to those who will listen 90 him. But the
experience of the Lattcr-day Saints en-
tiroly diFproves this. Have we not
prospcrud In the land2 All who viii
open their eyes can see that this people
have prosprr,d on the right hand and
on the left in uboyiug the command
meuts u God Who ~ us are any poor
or for going on mlFslous2 For period
OF fifteen years ! was away from home
constantly. with the exception Of nine
months. My family lived 90 best
they could. for l had no means 70
give them. What has God done Tor mti
HAS no repaid me Tor that fifteen
years ~ constant servco7 Th1n ! have
been lu his service ever since, uuh
have nllrd u great many missions lih4
Ito blessed mo7 I testify Go you ihnt
lie has. lie has rewarded me ubund-
antly In bearing this testimony tnn-
cofuInr myself / know ! am telling the
experience " all these men around me.
Those who have devoted themselves tn
the work ~ God have been blessed NJ
God. Their children have been multi
piled, and all around them give, SNl.
dtuCc OF the blessing OF GOO what
people are like the Lattor-duy Saints
in this rospoCt7 God has made as
promises. and when Wu have tried TO
live Ho nH ~ have those promises tul-
uliod they have been fulnllr', He has
Increased uH ON the right hand and on
the lpft. lie has multiplied W. 90 every
direction. When We came co. ihcs" val.
leys the land was apparently cursed, 10
was land ~ which % might have been
said. nH was once said " the land N
Canaan. that II "cntpth up the lnhnbl-
tunts thereof" But the Lord has
touched H. and made % fertile. Tho
water has increased ana the facilities
Tor living have greatly Improved. w"
truly are q blessed people and We have
been mlruculoualy preserved by the
Lord.
WHY GODS PEOPLE ARE blessed
why IL this brethren and ulgtgrH9 Il
IL because We have tried, as people,
10 korp the commandments uf God. We
have been careless IN regard 90 some
things. atlll. deep down in tho hearts NJ
the people thcrr has always been Dc.
sire tp keep the commandments OF
God The Lord has known this. and Hs
has poured out His blessings upon us.
And lie will continue 20 bless uH u We
Will listen 90 His servants and obey HIS
These men who now
teach us instruct uH nH their predv-
cpsanrs have done. ana their teachings
manifest "a wisdom that o. not u man,
but comes from God. Aud God viii have
the glory OF leading ana preserving tho
Iattcr-dny Saints. He n teaching the
world new principles through ~, lie
Is trying 10 weun ~ from the traditions
% our fathers. The
Of our fathers, The business traditions
we have inherited are all wrong. and |
God has shown us way which. II We