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erlne OF the poor. for the building OF
templeS. and for ministering In the tenn.
ules FOR the living and for the dead. All
these things have TO be carried on, ana
the LORD requires Of as One-tenth OF our
interest annually 20 furnish the reVehus
that Is necessary to carry on the N9rk
OF the Lord In the latter days Ana ~
Is a Just requirement II does not ran
heavily upon some and llghuy upon ON.
ers; IL falls alike upon me rlch anu
upon the poor II Is equal upon every
member Of the Church. the man VINO
has his thousands or his millions OF
dollars can as easily AFFORD to pay ms
tenth unto the Lord as can the WIDOW
ont of the little that she receives. But
saws one you do not ask the widow TO
paw her tlthing, DO you? You 90
not ask the poor to pay TIM
ing do you? Why yes. The
widow who is drawing support from
the church. the poor, the INDECENT those
who have 10 be fed out Of the store
house OF the Lord, are expected to pay
their tlthing. What! win you deprive
them Of the privilege OF having their
names recorded IN the book Of the law
of the Lord? II they do not pay their
tithlng. how are their names TO be re-
corded there? II is said plainly here IN
the revelations (Which ] have not time
10 turn 10 now that except we observe
this law our names shall not be found
written I'm the book Of the law OF the
Lord and when the Lord shall give out
inheritances TO his people In Zion, We
shall not have a place there, nor our
children. because our names are not
recorded In the book Let me tell you
another reason why the poor should
paw their tithing Except they pay their
tithing, little as II may be, they have
no right 10 receive assistance from
those who do observe this law. The
Bishops may administer to those whose
names are not upon the tithing records,
but II they do II will be done out OF
pure charity, and not because they have
The least claim upon the Church for as
sistance. The poor should observe the
law. not only because II is their duty,
but because there Is a blessing at
tached to II: and you do not want TO
deprive the poor OF that blessing. ! re-
member I'm the days OF my youth when
the widow used 10 bring her tithing TO
the storehouse OF the Lord. and when
she was reproved for doing It by men
who were employed in the tithing office
men who should have had the spirit
OF the Gospel in their hearts to encour-
age the widow TO pay her tithes as long
as the Lord gave her substance. This
widow was told. why, you ought not
10 bring tithing here you ought to
keep all that you can get, to take care
Of yourself and your children" you
do not understand" said she, what
you say. Would you deprive me Of a
blessing? 1t is through obedience TO
the commands OF God that have pros
pered, and that | expect to prosper. II
Is through obedience that ] expect to be
able TO claim the blessing Of the AL
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"Hearken and. hear. o We my people,
saith the Lord and your God ye whom
| delight to bless with the greatest
blessings, ye that hear me; and We that
hear me not will / curse, that have pro-
fessed my name, with the heaviest Of
all cursings.
Hearken. o We Elders Of my Church
whom have called, behold | give unto
You q commandment, that ye shall as
semble yourselves together 10 agree
upon my word,
And by the prayer OF faith ye shall
receive my law, that ye may know how
to govern my Church, and have all
things right before me-"
We have assembled here to consider
these questions. TO receive instructions
by the promptings OF the Spirit OF the
Lord, and 10 see. what we shall do In
relation TO these matters Remember
the Lord has said that he delights to
bless with the greatest blessings. those
that hear Him, and those that hear
Him not shall be cursed with tie hea-
West Of curslngs.
And | viii be your ruler when /
come; and behold, | come quickly, and
ye shall see that my law is kept"
II Is our business TO see that the law
Is kept. And II Is Just as necessary that
we should keep II as the humblest per-
son in the Church should Keep It. On the
other hand, II is as much our duty to
see that the humbest person In the
Church should keep IL as the most ex-
allied one In the Church For It Is a
law. as | said before, that falls on
everyone alike.
He that receiveth my law and doeth
Ii, the same Is my disciple; and he that
saith he receiveth II and doeth 1t not.
the same is not my disciple, and shall
be cast out from among you;
For II Is not meet that the things
which belong to the children of the
kingdom, should be given 10 them that
are not worthy or to dogs. or the pearls
20 be cast before swine"
will read also from Section 50 OF
the Book Of Doctrine and Covenants.
Verify. verify, / say unto you, my
servants, that inasmuch as you have
forgiven one another your trespasses,
even so /. the Lord. forgive you;
Nevertheless there are those among
wou who have sinned exceedingly, yea,
you who have sinned exceedingly; yea,
lily say unto you, beware from hence
forth, and refrain from sin, lest sore
judgment fall upon your heads;
For unto whom much Is
given much is required, and
he who sins against the greater light
shall receive the rreater condemna-
ton"
In this connection / want to call
your attention 10 the fact that Presi-
dent Lorenzo Snow, wherever he has
been, has told the people
that II from this hour they
would begin to observe the
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tain that sacred and inspired lnstru.
ment.
II has been noted from the very in
ception OF the Mormon" Church that
her assailants either had an axe to
grind or that their private lives would
not stand close inspection. One OF the
many now engaged In lobbying against
Mr. Roberts is an alleged lawyer from
this city. II has been said by more
than one that he is unworthy TO unite
the formers shoes. Nothing more can
be said TO show the patient character
Of the Mormon" people than that tim
horn gamblers and moral lepers can do
all In their power against the dominant
Church and still be tolerated and un-
molested when living In a strictly
Mormon community. Why they even
have the effrontery 10 ask the patron
age OF the Saints. Talk Of Satan re-
buking SIM
The past seventy years OF Mormon"
history is profile with instances show
ing that no weapon formed against
Divine truth can prosper From the
prophetic utterences Of Joseph Smith
concerning the fate OF Stephen A.
Douglas down TO the hitler souls OF the
owen stripe, II has become a house
hold word among young Utah, that he
who knowingly fights against Nor
monism" will. sooner or later, go down
as did the mighty Douglas and die
disappointed man.
Though Utah born. have visited
most OF the States in the Union and
when in the large cities ! have found
from the young men themselves. from
n al 10 ha IL
Furnishing her victims by the thousands
for violating the moral law. Nor did i
find our national capital any exception.
1t was pretty well understood that many
a clerkship upon the recommendation
Of members Of Congress. was filed by
pretty girls whose personal attractions
for their patrons were their chief quail
iicatlons. Should not these Congressman
clean out their own augean stables be-
fore attacking their neighbors?
II has often happened that fierce on
slaughts against a people has resulted
differently to that intended by its in
stigators; so is the present crusade
against the "Mormons" acting. / have
already noticed that more than one Of
young Utah has recently resolved that
happiness comes from within. and In
stead Of following the advice OF the
anti Mormon" paper that political
preferment can not come to those, who
like h. H. Roberts prefers to be right
than to be President, they say with the
Danish queen who wrote on her prison
door, "oh, keep me innocent, make
others greatw
When these tidal waves OF opposition
sweep over the Mormon" Church II on
ly cements the members the more solid
ly within when there Is little sharp
persecution from without.
YOUNG UTAH.
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times. II may be found recorded In
the Bible, but ! will read II out OF the
| Book OF Mormon, because that book has
come forth In our day. and therefore
what Is said here applies TO us. We
cannot say, "Oh. this was given by
Malachi 10 the ancient Jews. and II
does not apply TO us" You VIII find II
IN the new revelation that has come
60 us through the Prophet Joseph
Smith. and by this you may know that
II IL intended for us as well as those
unto whom Malachi spoke. The Lord
says:
"For 7 am the Lord. change not;
therefore ye sons OF Jacob are not con-
sumed.
Even from the days Of your fathers
we are gone away from mine ordl-
nances, and have not kept them. Re-
turn unto me, and l VIII return unto
you, saith the Lord Of Hosts. But ye
said. wherein shall we return?
win a man rob God? Yet ye have
robbed me. But ye say. wherein have
we robbed thee? In tithes and Offer
ings.
'Ye are cursed with curse, for We
have robbed me, even this whole ma
ton"
Let us look al this Just a moment.
The ancient Jews robbed God. They
paid their tithes on mint and anise
and cummin'-tritling things-but they
did not pay the fulness Of their tlth-
ing, neither did they observe the
weightier matters Of the law--justice
judgment, mercy and faith. These"
said the Savior, ought We 10 have done
and not TO leave the other undone."
That is. they should not only have OBJ
served the weightier matters OF the
law, but also the smaller matters Of
the law--those which pertained 20 the
revenue Of the Church. But they robbed
God, in what? In their tlthes and Of
ferings.
% these words that have read APP
ply TO you and 10 me2 Let us consider
for a moment. Here Is a man whom
we know is possessed of lands; he has
b good farm or farms; he has cattle,
sheep and horses he has stocks in
banks, and interests in almost every
institution In the land This man is
deriving dividends from these instltu-
tons month by month, and year by
year; he receives the proceeds OF his
farm and the increase OF his cattle,
sheep and horses, annually. Besides all
this he Is In some employment, for
which he receives $4,000 a year We
turn to the record Of that man. for out
Of the books we are TO be judged ev-
cry man according TO his works. What
has this man paid in tithes and offer
ings for the year? Two hundred dol
lars Is all the credit he has on the tith-
Ing record. That Is one-tenth OF the
salary he receives. But where is the
tlthing on the product of his farm the
increase Of his stock, and the dividends
he has received from the different In
stitutions in which he is interested 1t
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law OF tithlng the pas, 49,,
ma ~ :" 60 ,V ~ them. ltas ny. " % 70
nus is so Tor II would Be- ir,,o' Ysl that
~. us W make up what we ha,'Fa ',,Ais'e iorI
we past. Take. for lnstss,f lacked IN
VINO mas had almost a nil ,,s' me MAJ
from MS Hooks and herds ~ lncoma
ana ponds with a salary az, @'il stocks
VINO mas only paid tlthigy ' ~ end
ary lie cannot pay hls 49,. vi MS sal.
the LORD. To be reonlre1ds ' aebts ,o
would bankrupt him. Ava 70 DO So
q, ,nS i,trS says This shall moi N n'snt
guiIeu az ms hands. he shall We fe.
ssl.en 'he past, II he viii I'M, y Pr
NuS IN the future, But marx vo W. h'I
AND now, verify | say unto -.
the Loru, VIII not lay any AIN sOl L
eharge' go your way ana M , 70 You,
put unto that soul who slnra w more;
the former sins return. salth Ds .sn shalI
your God" ''''A Inc Lord
Now beware for IL we 81, ...
neglect this law In the f,,a ssalh and
II has been given 10 us oe Ji,ute' aiiei
py me re-, servants Of the Lord our ,o. zen
SINS VII return. and justice wiu inner ~
qulreu az our hands, as was dops gs r.
case OF the unmerclful servant i' u.. " Ne
Ter having been forgiven Is, ,gn9' az
refused to forgive his fellow az Loid,
but demanded that ha n,v .''yslYaht,
owed MIN. His fellow sary,, o"4' he
MN 10 nave patience, and he ~, SS'Se1
him all; and be would rnt. Ihouil pay
and cast him into prison t1i ~. Went
pay the debt" When IKE wa c.r ns should
ears Oh the lord be sali 70 ~, we
NM 70 thou wicked servant g ,N
gave thee all that debt becanso , ioi'
desiredst me- shoudst NOT ,ho, lyl
have had compassion on INV fal Ir slso
want even as had pity ON tboe9o' ssI,
he delivered him 10 the former. ana aug.
he should pay all that was d"H ulI
We are dealing with a prlncln,o =, ulia'
necessary 20 the establishment d. ,ua y,
and the building up OF me kiro5s, A'on
oou IN the latter days In n 4 q,
VOWED our Willingness 70 hearkep n M N.
voice OF the servants OF ths y uI
Through obedience TO II we are s,, ,,,'l.
10 receive the greatest h,s, '.t,'.si
through disobedieuce, the beoyjs,,
cursings. "'u''e'
And again I say unto you ylv,
unto you a new commandment ~
you may understand my win copcer5 SI1.
you, - ''''e'nlls
Or In other words, ! give unto 70,
directions how YOU may ac, bs'ors ! ~.
that It may turn to you FOR your sal
walton. S9''
! the Lord, am bound when ye ID
what say, but when We 90 not What
| say We have no promise" "''
That we may have the promise Of n.
Lord, and that the Lord may b. bon D.'I
to fulfill His promise unto US ,brogys
our obedience TO His laws. IL my praysI
In the name Of Jesus. Amen.
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Brigham City. beautiful for sltua-
ton" not only ION the sides Of the
north" but on the sides Of the west and
south also. II is not vain boasting, but
simply stating q geographical fact when
We say than Brigham City occupies one
Of the finest city sites in the State.
How appropriate. how fitting that this
should be the case. The city Of Brig
ham is the one city bearing the name Of
the great western Pioneer. He who
founded hundreds of towns and cities
should have enc choice location to per-
petuate his name, and Brigham Young
has that.
Away back in the formation ages the
water that poured from the Matura val
ley on the east carried with It vast de-
poslts Of gravel and dumped II on the
western base OF the Wasaich. In time
beautifully rounded bench or delta
was formed rising In gentle grande from
the bed Of the old lake 10 the sides Of
the mountain. This bench has no sud
den slopes, common 10 the terraced
bench lands OF other locations but
slopes gently to the north, west and
south. On these three inclines the city
Is built.
Brigham is a city Of gardens and
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AUTOMOBILE PALACE.
Magnificent Car For long Trips Upon
pheasant Byways.

Railroad palace cars are a familiar
sight to the public, but a car OF like
proportions and something similar In
appearance and design that win speed
along the country roads from twenty
to thirty-fve miles an hour Is the lat
est creation Of Yankee skill and Yankee
ingenuity.
Mr. S. c. Coombs. Of Philadelphia. is
the inventor in that line Of automo-
biles.
The car has a four wheeled truck
under each end set a short distance
back from the ends, thereby bringing
the weight OF the car as near the engine
as practicable In a car siyty-fve feet
long. The wheels are four feet high;
each truck Is constructed with heavy
springs and fifth wheel like a heavy
circus wagon. Each wheel Is fitted
with the heaviest and best solid rubber
tire that can be produced, which Will
relieve the wheel and axle from heavy
Jar when in rapid motion. The four
wheel truck at each end gives the car
great stability, because II one wheel
drops in hole or crevasse the compan-
ion wheel on the same side will main
tain the balance of the car and also
distribute the weight over larger sur
face on the ground, giving the car bet
ter foothold, as II were, on soft roads
| or climbing hills
Mr.. Coombs' manner OF communicate
ing power 20 the wheels from the motor
is where his engineering qualities show
themselves. The wheels all work inde-
dependently Of each other, the same as
, any automobile, yet they are all oper-
ated by means of two heavy cables d.
I rect from the one motor The car has
| a steering arrangement at each end
I both ends Of the car are alike, The car
runs either way, and around short
curves and turns the rear trucks fol-
I low In the same track as the front
wheels, and the car is guided either
way by the one steering arrangement,
the car having a pilot at each end. The
| car positively VIII not upset on any
road
There are two statcrooms In the car,
furnished with closets and baths. The
bath tubs are let down in this case
and are even with the under side Of
the floor. a section OF the floor being
constructed 10 cover II. The buffers
pantry is fitted with every modern
culinary device. Some OF the space OF
tire car is divided OF with partitions like
folding blinds, making II possible to
throw two or three rooms into one. The
car is pointed at either end, 10 mini
mize atmosphere resistance. The car
cannot upset, for II can be seen that
all material and baggage carried is
near the ground, ike ballast in the bot
tom OF a ship.
II represented this undertaking 10
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| OF life unless your name and deeds are
recorded IN the books Mark YOU there
are books TO be opened; and then there
Is another book TO be opened, (which
! Is the book Of life;" but every man Is TO
be judged out OF the things that are
recorded "in the books"
! With President Shows permission,
! will trespass upon the time Of my
brethren a little. In order that | may
read 10 YOU little OF the history Of
ancient Israel and the blessings which
| accompanied obedience to this law that
/ am talking about IN the thiIty-hrst
chapter Of II Chronicles, commencing
at the 9Th verse, we read;
And as soon as the commandment
came abroad. the children OF Israel
brought IN abundance the first fruits OF
corn, wine and oil, and honey, and OF
all the Increase of the field, and the
1.-THE OF all things brought they In
abundantly
And concerning the children OF
Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities OF Judah, they also brought in
the 1.-THE OF oxen and sheep, and the
1.-THE OF holy things which were con-
secrated unto the Lord their God, and
laid them by heaps.
In the third month they began to
lay the foundation OF the heaps, and
finished them In the seventh month.
And when He2ekiah and the princes
came and saw the heaps, they blessed
the Lord. and His people Israel.
Then Hezeklah questioned with the
priests and the Levites concerning the
heaps
And Azarlah the chief priest OF the
house Of Zadok answered him, and said,
Since the people began to bring the Of
ferings into the house Of the Lord, we
have had enough 10 eat, and have left
plenty; for the Lord hath blessed His
people; and that which is left Is this
great store"
Here Is the evidence OF Gods blessing
upon His people through obedience TO
His commandments. Read on a little
further, and you learn how they ooun-
seled together and began 10 build store
houses to contain the abundance that
was poured into the laps of the children
OF Israel because they were obedient
TO the laws OF God and observed the
law OF tithing. Since the people" said
the priest, began to bring the offer
ings into the house of the Lord, we have
had enough TO eat, and have left
plenty
We could turn TO many passages Of
scripture and show how the Lord bless
IS His people when they are obedent.
and how His curse follows them when
they are dlsobedient. But | want to
read You a little In relation to this mat
ter out OF the later revelations, because
we ought 10 feel that the modern word
that which has been spoken 70 US d.
rectly-ls more applicable than the
word spoken to the ancient people Of
Gcd. In a revelation given February
4. 1891. The Lord says:
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SKETCH OF THE NJ. |. A. LIBRARY AND
READING Rooms, BRIGHAM.

dious rooms on the second floor. A
few doors further north will be found
d. Rosenbaum's large and select stock
OF clothing, shoes, and mems furnishing
goods. Across the street We may read
the sign Of ]. d. Call attorney at law,
and on the west side further down the
street may be found the old-tlme har-
mes and saddle maker, II. Il. Bowring.
Across from the Coop building stands
the free reading room and public lib
rary, built and supported by the Mutual
Improvement Association Of the city.
on the next block north may be found
a fine display from ]. II. Bait & Sons
marble works
When Brigham increases her water
supply which may now soon be done by
the advent Of the Bear River canal
down the east side, the city will no
doubt rapidly grow to three times its
>regent size,
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ment struggled along slowly until the
fall Of 1853 when President Lorenzo
Snow with fifty families was called TO
strengthen the northern settlement, The
present townsite was then surveyed,
more people were invited In and the
town began TO grow, In President Snow
q master mind was at the head. and
soon that wonderful material prosperity,
created by the many cooperative instl-
tutlons inaugurated by their leader,
brought Brigham City to the front rank
OF Utah towns. From that time to the
present Brigham has enjoyed a steady
growth. The population today Is about
5000 The town has all the convenien-
ces Of a city with very few Of Its dis
advantages. Brigham has an electric
light plant. and q system OF water
works costing $4,000 Next year the
system Is 10 have two miles Of pipe add
ed TO It's main line. The town has one
bank,a newspaper, "Thc B0Xelder Coun-
~ News" beautiful opera house, COM
modious school houses. with a corps OF
fifteen teachers, comfortable meeting
houses. and a Stake Tabernacle, not
surpassed In convenience and beauty by
any other building Of its kind In the
Tabernacle burned TO the ground.
Shortly after one year from that date
the new building was erected, paid for
and dedicated This wonderful labor
was accomplished by the energetic cltl-
zens, led by stake President Rudger
Clawson and his counsellors Chas KEEL
ly ara w. l.. Watkins.
81, HIM is The trs de cen er for large
and growing country north and west
Many sheep and cattle men do thrlr
buFiness here. Locally, the principal In
dustry IL the raising Of fruit great
quantities Of which are shipped out
every year.
Let us take glimpse at Brighams
principal business firms Beginning at
North Main. we have VIM. Horsley q
Sons. dealers In produce and general
merchandise, John II, Horsley Of the
firm, being also the Deseret News agent.
Across the street west is the shipping
and general merchandise firm OF r. S.
Fishburn & Sons, and on the next cor
ner south Is fine new brick building, Is