Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

yg7,Up I attempt 10 SPEAK 70 gou' n''
.sr., and sisters, I trust may be
" Wv, 'y'' A. make you hear and that by the
' ',s ~ Inc Spirit Of the Lord we may
' ''- .ncouraged and strengthened In our
,.n, We meet together frequently as
church In general conference for the
'-.,s,otlon OF business and to receive
MA word OF the Lord. We have the
W., scriptures and we have the
..Djsrn Scriptures, and scriptures ule
ZINC made now, as has always Dyvn
w. -asg when the LORD mas hha iIls
Shrrrb upon the earth. with the llVinB
l.".1riss. Tor when they speak by the m
o.,,',i5r on the Holy Ghost, what they
Il scripture. We are entlued 10
, s.' Individually whether our brethren
Au. to ms the truth, for II Is our
s.''.isre 10 enjoy the same spirit that
monk by. This is the power that
~ tba Latter-day Saints together
D.,1 maj holds us TO our Obligations
eI5 c5yensnts with the Lord and with
aut r,bor We are not held by threats,
gov, be- Gear. but by loye-the love OF
~ c1snal which has been planted IN
m wy. hesrts and has been growing win
w. w. Ionic for these seventy years. we
w. w becons a pretty well trained peo-
l1 and four-hfths OF the Latter
t saints. I believe. are doing
e.aisrsblv we'll and believe
,Sot t6e one-dfth that are care
lee In some things, are perhaps labor,
IN, flirly we'll In others. There VIII
,'7 solbt be quite q percentage OF the
rs,ris that viii not be found NUM-
tersd among the wise
prcUL1ARITIEs OF THE SAINTS.
While listening to Brother BRIGHAM
Young and 10 President Snow, the para
NE put forth by our savior as re-
corded IN the 25th chapter Of Matthew!
was presented TO my mind, ana
thought 10 read II, that we might De
trogsht 10 consider by It's examination
vssther we are numbered among me
Tise or among the foolish, THIS
very important matter;
,.r II we travel along
with this church for twenty
Years for thirty. forty or fifty years
and then az the last find that we have
gslisd 10 save our souls and that we are
among ne foolish, II viii be very I'M
rroetable 10 us. As President Snow has
ala we are gathered together for the
bulldlnR up OF the kingdom OF God up
an the earth, and there is some reason
Uby we should be thus gathered; why
NE sbould take upon US the obligations
,bat we have; why we ehould endure
tbe harashlps that we have; why we
should. among all the denominations on
tha earth. be sIngled out for the despls-
ipg Of ali people, and why this condl-
lion should stay with US and follow as
m preference 70 any other people IN
tbe world. We are a small people, not
very important I'm numbers nor IN
wealth and vet every little while some
thing occurs that creates quite a furore
In regard 10 the Latter-day Saints. the
whole world becomes agltated and In q
farment over the Latter-day saints.
ana there is trouble in the hearts OF
many people for fear the LalteI'uay
Saints willsdo something very wrong
What IS the matter? Are the LATER
DAY sainte mindlng the business OF any
other denomination? Are we uoupllns
ourselves particularly about our bretho
rem who have other forms OF religion
Ave we excited and worried over themE
DO we combine together with some
other people IN order to look after the
morality and purity, or the immortality
ana corruption Of other peopleE HOW
carefully the Latter-day saints atIehu
10 their own businessl And Is II not a
proper thing for the Latter-day saints
10 take care OF themselves, their own
morality and honesty? shall we hot
give attention 70 our own aitalrs' anu
are we not lust about OF the same ma
terlsl the same kind OF people, as our
other religious brethren? Have we not
come from among other denominauonsE
Have we not been gathered from among
che Catholics the presbyterians, the
Sstlodlsts. the Baptlsts. the Congresa-
tonalsts and the Christians as Wen as
the i1ndels? Now, have we gone
% these various denominations
and gathered the very worst OF them Z
Have we ever advertised In our PERI
odlcals and In our preaching and lapols,
publicly or prlvately-have we ever pa
for the bad Methodlsts. the bad Presoy-
terians. the bad lnhdels? Rave we
ever promised them an easy way OF sal
Walton? Have We done any OF lhese
things, or have We gone TO the Woti9I
consciontiously and honestly ana lalu
before them the offer Of life and salVao
ton on consistent and Christian terms
Have we ever promised anybody thtl
they could be saved In their sins! nave
we ever asked anybody 20 come mo
this Church without repentance, Win
out reformation without honesty, WIN
out yIrtue2 Have we entered into q
compact with anybody TO be corrupt
Have we promised them immunity from
the punishment Of the law II they
tronsrressed the law? Do we cover up
their sins and hide them? Are we 40
Inc that? Are Bishops. Presidents OF
Stakes. Presidents OF quorums, Elders
High Priests and Seventies asking the
corrupt and wicked from among the
nations OF the earth 10 come 20 us ana
we viii shield them in their corruption
In their adulteries, their foundations,
their thievng and their dishonesty
Why no But we have presented 10
Che world a very startling ana re-
markable work, q work that requires
repentance and reformation. And when
repentance has been compiled with, in
order that that repentance may. be
genuine and the forgiveness OF sins con-
tInue, u must be eternal, IL Is not
enough for men 70 repent In order 10
come into the Church, and then do as
they please but their repentance must
b. perpetual; II must not need TO be
rtpented Of II a man has been thief
anl ceases % steal, he must continue
90 refrain from his larccnles. III a man
has been liar. a deceiver, or currupt
IN any degree whatever. II IL required Of
him in this Church that nc must
cease forever. N he should I've
hundred years, ne would not
live long enough 10 have any de-
gree Of allowance shown 70 him for
uQnsgresslOn because OF his age, but
NE older men are the better they must
DO. | think that is reasonable for the
Oldest Of all whom we have ever heard
q Is said TO be good and the only one
hat is entirely good-our Father who
Is In heaven. say the father should
be better than the son, the mother
should be better than the daughter, and
his Church has now arrived al the
full ripe age OF three score and ten.
What shall we DO who have been en-
trusted with the holy Priesthood Can
We afford 10 be Indifferent and care
less9 We are now seventy years near
CT 10 the coming Of the Son OF Man
Than we were when the Prophet JOS
eph, under the inspiration Of the Holy
Ghost, organized this Church. After
this extended experience, can We not
we'll sferd 10 be good, conscientious