Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-20

/ and dollars and he was keeping It TO
purchase land In Jackson county as
soon az Il would be proper TO do so.
We cannot consider ourselves pre-
pared however. 10 90 back 10 Jackson
county when we fail 20 pay our ttthing
l do not wish TO say very much about
uthIng, FOR l think / have said enough,
In he settlements that We travelled
through coming from St. George, /
talked very strongly about II, because
| knew Il was command OF the Lord
that the people should repent and re-
form from the great neglect that We
had all been guilty Of more or less.
felt determined about Il then with all
my heart and soul, and I did not know
but that the Saints might think ] was
going a little too far 70 ease their
minds upon this ] told them that /
should never come again TO talk 10
them az / talked at that time But |
said they must do what they had been
told n they calculated 10 be Latter
day Saints. The reformation In this
line has been enectual There are
some, ! am told. that do not think It is
right TO pay tlthIng That need not
surprise anybody But the great mass
of the people are doing we'll In relation
TO this.
Let us all exercise faith for the Lord
10 open the way that we may go back
TO jackson county A short time ago
something occurred In this connection
that was a little extraordinary Two
men came heTe-good. honest men, az
! have every reason 20 belieye-and TO
our surprise they wanted 70 establish
a union between the er-day Saints
and the Josephltes We asked them TO
explain themselves. They said they
had received a revelation that the time
had now come to build a Temple In
Jackson county and IN order that this
might be accomplished. they had felt
| Il was their duty to go to the Jose
phites. They do not believe In the Jo-
sephites any more than we do, but they
went there and had a conversation with
the president and counsel OF the Jo-
sephitcs. it WAS proposed that they
send four q their elders. that We send
| four OF our tIiersand that the Hedrck-
| ites 90 which body these two men be-
| longed) have four OF their elders
and that all these Elders should
/ meet on the land NJ Zion and see II
/ they could not make some arrange
ment by which the Temple could
! be built OF course, we could see very
/ well that there was no use trying In
/ that directions but they seemed 70 have
| faith that IL could be effected In part
| these men may have had a manifesto
| ton, ! believe that they were about
| right on the point that the time had
/ arrived TO build a Temple; az least. the
| time 10 arriving when that Temple
! should be built. but IL win not be
| built by that class Of people II viii be
! built b" the Latter-day Saints IN con.
nectlon with the Lamantes.
God bless you. my brethren and sis
] tiers, and let US try and be as perfect
as we possibly can be from day to day
No religion has In II such prospects
as has the religion Of the Lstter-day
Saints Nothing was ever introduced to
man equal 10 Il IN It's grand and glori-
! Gus advantages We ought 20 enjoy
| our religion 70 such an extent as 10 be
| happy most all the time We should
| never allow ourselves TO get into a pc.
| sition where We cannot secure some
! happiness. The prospects that have
! been opened up to US are grand. In
| the next life We VIII have our bodies
| gloriiied and free from sickness and
| death, Nothing Is 50 beautiful as a per.
! son In resurrected and gl0rihed con-
| dillon, There Is nothing more lovely
| than 10 be In this condition and have
our wives and children and friends with
us. SO long as We are faithful moth.
| ing can prevent Us from getting all
| the enjoyment that can be secured
| through prospects Of this kind Wheth-
or We are In prison or whether We are
! in poverty these prospects are always
| before Us, n We live our religion. Now
| brethren and sisters. be faithful keen
the commandments Of God, and do not
| forget the teachings that you have had
during the three days Of this confer
| enCe Amen.