Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-21
VIVIAN PRIEST, YOUNG TAUGHT.

OF inherent urhonluatlpNHi WI" 4.HttN ~
bring odium upon the Church OF Jesus
Christ Of Latter-day Saints that has
its headquarters IN Utah that 'Presi-
dent Brigham Young In 1852 taught it
was right to he and steal. and cut and
shuttle the cards, and that they (the
Mormons) could beat the world at any
game. lie further asks whether Presi-
dent Young Justified this because men
held the Priesthood, and that II an
Elder borrowed from a brother and
would not pay Il back. II be preached
the Gospel Il was none OF the brothers
business what he did with the money"
TO those who are acquainted with the
strong denunclatlons against dishon-
esty and AN kinds Of eyll conduct so
frequently uttered BY the late President
Young. II may seem foolish and need
less TO make any reply TO the foregoing
/ question. But similar statements to
those which our correspondent says Eli
ders OF the "ReorGanized' or Joseph
ite' church have been recently making.
have been repeated from other sources
antagonlstlc to this Church. 80 we viii
make reply for the satisfaction Of per-
sons who are uniformed but who de-
sire 70 know the truth.
President Brigham Young delivered O
dlscourse-not IN 1852, but on Nov p.
! lS5C-in which the following paragraphs
appear
Some OF the Elders seem 10 be
| tripped up IN a moment. ~ the wicked
can lind any fault with the members OF
| this church; but bless your souls /
| would not yet have this people faultless,
/ for the day Of separation has not yet
! arrived. / have many time, In THIS
| stand. dared the world 20 produce as
| mean devils as we can; we can beat
| them al anything We have the greatest
] and smoothest liars in the world the
! cunningest and most adroit thieves.
and any other shade OF character that
you can mention
we can pick out Elders IN Israel
] right here who can beat the world az
gambling. who can handle the cards
| cut and shuttle them with the smartest
! rogue on the face Of Gods footstool
can produce Elders here who can shave
| their smartest shayers. and take their
! money from them. We can beat th-
world at any game"
Take these sentences isolated from
the fun text Of the discourse, and
those who desire 70 mlsrepresent can
make "a point against the people OF
these valleys. But President Young
made those remarks in illustration Of
the saying Of the Savior, that THE
kingdom OF heaven is like unto a net
that is cast into the sea and gathers OF
every kind" But afterwards the good
were 10 be gathered into vessels, and
the bad TO be cast away. We quote
further from the same discourse:
Suppose there are wicked men here,
/ say the kingdom OF heaven Is Ike uns
to net that gathers fish both good and
bad. and ] say this because u Is true.
There are as bad men and women
within the pales Of this Church as there
are upon this earth and the Gospel
being preached 20 them prepares them
to become devils As you have FREE
] NANAAAN NNHA ANANf NiAAN ~ NAtN "AAAs ffN'a
men can become devils they must
have the knowledge 20 sin against the
Holy Ghost or yet the day OF redemp-
ton awaits them, one or the other
THE great majority OF this people
are righteous but the worldlings seek
out and mingle with the few wicked
here because both those classes love
the spirit Of the world
I'VE can produce the best men and
the worst, the best women and the
worst, and thus prove, according to the
sayings OF Jesus Christ and His ApOs-
tells. that this is the kindgom OF
God or at least answers 70 the
Sayior's description OF that kingdom.
Let me tell you that / have not en-
braced any man on this earth In my
faith, that / have embraced the doc
trine OF salvation, and II Is no matter
what the people do IN Utah.
Never embrace a man In your faith, f0g
that IS scctarianigm.
"The sheep and the goats. the calves
and the pigs, are all good IN thell
places Tho Lord VIII make use Of us
TO His glory; and though a good many
Of those who now profess TO be good
Latter-day Saints may meet condem'
nation. even their course VIII finally re.
suit TO the glory Of God
In a discourse delivered a week later
3 President Brigham Young made the
following remarks:
Let every man and woman forsak,
their evil wayH, and turn unto the LORD
with an their heart. that Tie may have
mercy on u.s. that the light may shine
| and the nations feel It's influence tht
honest in heart rejoice therein and bD
p gathered 10 Zion.
Fl shall We forsake our wlCkeiness?
say. thank God, that I see q spirit OF
repentance IN "a degree; but ! want q
see so thorough a reform that sin anl
! | wickedness viii bee done away Liv,
your religion; that tells the whole story
II YOU live your religion you have N,
Holy Ghost In you IL abdes with you
YOU shun evil and put forth your ener,
e giles 20 do an the good you can you
, win refrain from everything that &.
, evil and do everything you can 20 pro.
mote the cause OF God on the earth
President Young not only taught tn,
necessity for people TO be honest, truth
ful and Just On their dealings with ont
. another, but also 90 keep out Of debt
10 return what they borrowed and thaI
, to borrow and not return was theft
punishable by the law Of God and o
man. when be at any time admue.
the existence OF evil among the Latter
day Saints, he deplored IT, denounced
IL, and In the name Of the Lord com
manded the wicked to repent and re-
form their ways.
He urged morality In all his DIS,
u courses on that subject. and preached
. the doctrine that 10 De III TO dwell 81
the society Of God, men and womer
must become Ike God.
We have not further space today foi
70 quotations from his sermons except IN,
L following which we think pertinent q
this subject and which ought 10 set al
o rest any Implication that he either con.
e doned or winked at anything IN the
I shape Of dishonesty. i, Is from a dis.
o course delivered By him in this city
e oct G, 1851: