Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-09

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upon this vast cOncourse OF people. The
building Is crowded 10 its utmost capac-
ity, and / rejoice In meeting so many OF
ms brethren and sisters who have as
sembled on this occasion TO worship the
Lord our God. II Is on occasions OF this
Kind that the power Of the people Il
| manifest When We come together
united in cur hearts IN prayer 10 AL
mighty COD. there is a strength devel-
| oped among the Latter-day saints that
forces Itself upon the notice Of the
! civilized world. There is power
among the saints endowed as they are
| with the Spirit ct God, that cannot be
witnessed in any other congregation on
! the earth II Is not a loud ana b0istef'
Gus demonstration, but 1t is u quiet
! power that penetrates to the hearts
! OF the human family who contemplate
! the great Work which this people have
undertaken to accomplish, under the IN.
| sprauon Of the Holy Spirit. for the
| amelioratiOn Of the condition Of man
! kind God has been Kind to His sons
| and daughters, and especially so 10
| those who have taken upon them the
name of Christ. True, we are small
] people, but Il we do anything out Of
| the ordinary II is heralded abroad to
all the nations of the earth, and we are
| published from one end of this land 10
| the other.
do not suppose that I could mention
| the word politics IN this congregation
without arousIng the ire Of some on The
outside, and perhaps some on the in
! Side and having TO meet the remOn-
STRANGE Of manyof my friends, But there
are points Of doctrine, II you choose 10
cal them 50, which press upon me 10
| that extent that | would rather main
tain silence than to be
| called upon to speak and
not give them forth Some things
have come to this earth that are para
| mount TO all other considerations with
| me- The kingdom Of God and His
righteousness are beyond all other con-
| sideratiOns that have ever entered into
my heart, But what do these words
mean? To me they mean that | Will
support the institutions that God sus-
| tains; that ! will sustain the organiZa-
tlon which He has so many times testl.
| fled TO me that He has inaugurated
| for the accomplishment Of the sal
walton OF his sons and daughters whom
He has sent into this vast school Of
| experience, VIII | serve God or
will / serve Mammon? is the question
that arises In my breast and | feel 1t
| In my soul.
If the hereafter is important to me,
what is the condition Of my soul today?
/ may have to leave this state of ex-
| lstence any moment, or | may live for
| years. But what situation am | I'M
| How does the Almighty view me as
man whom He has elected 10 bear the
| holy vessels OF the Lord, to receive His
| Priesthood and 10 assist In bringing 10
| pass His righteous purposes in the lat
| ter days? II am not In a saved cond-
| ton this moment, am In a bad plight,
| because | have no Assurance that life
| viii be heightened out TO me- / believe
| in laboring for my friends but ! have
no friend In this world that standsibe-
| tween me and my God. Then If / have
! elected to follow Him, what will do as
one who has taken upon him this re.
sponsibility? ! tell you one thing that
! 1 will do; | will support good men In
| every position ! care not what prop
| osition may be submitted TO me, | will
| sustain good men. For II Is written,
when the wicked rule, the people
mourn" When the righteous rule, the
| people rejoice In every condition,
| spiritual and temporal moral, political,
religious, and in every sense Of the
word ] stand before God as a man who
| has coyenanted before Him and before
| His people. solemnly In sacred places,
| that will sustain Him and His king.
| dom and people, am Not a covenant
| breaker unless | depart from the Coun-
| sells Of the Spirit Of God within me. |
| seek to have that spirit constantly with
me; and when there Is any doubt !
| seek light from the source that He has
| appointed TO direct me In the things OF
| life, here and hereafter.
Am / talking about politics? No.
| But | tell you one thing that burns in
me- and ! pray 10 God that It may
never be extingulshed The last words
! that our late President said TO me were,
Sustain good men, and put good men
| into office" Good men, not drunkards,
not immoral men, None Of this class of
! individuals shall rule over the Latter
| day Saints with my consent, or by my
vote and acquescence. I ask you,
Latter-day Saints, and latter-day SIN
ners, men In the Church and men out
Of the Church. shall we have men who
are Just and upright whether they ere
Noruons Jews or GentilcS! Shall we
have men who are honorable and will
seek the interests Of the honest Of every
nation and oreed2 You know as well
as do, that the perpetuity Of this peo-
pie the perpetulty Of the nation de-
pends upon the virtue that Is developed
in the midst OF The people. II Is re-
proach 10 any nation. or TO any indi'
Vidual To be unVirluous | feel for one
that the day Is come when the voice Of
! this people shall be raised for good men
| TO rule over US. What do | care about
party feeling, \ lot OF men meet to-
| geiher and get up names among them
some shyster that has foisted himself
into notice through some means or
| other OF his own making. and they rush
| that upon me, and because | would not
vote for such men Two or three years
| ago, they said, You are mugwump."
| Well. l would rather be a know-nothing
| than TO subscribe to conditions which
viii make me responsible for the actions
| Of the wicked. | will not do It. do not
| care who 1t cuts, nor what the conse-
qucnces may be, say II to the nation,
/ say il TO the world: AS God lives.
| viii never support a man that | know
! Is a wicked man. for any office. The
/ word Of the Prophet Of God has been
| given TO me, as II has TO you. and We
| have Dot TO take cognlzance OF these
| things.
EDUCATION TOO ONE.SIDED.
There IS another subject-educaton
Educate our childrenl That Is right and
| good \ great share OF our attention is
given now 20 educating our youth-and
how? Well I would not have 70 go far
in this state TO find an example. In the
early days here we owned lots In the
ten-acre field. and In the iive-acre plat.
and Ia the city plat and we paid taxes
on them By and by harder times came,
taxes increased. and we sold The ten
acre lot % pay the taxes on the other
Then ne hyo.acre lots went, and by and
| by the city lots began 90 90. Here Is
case OF badly balanced estate plenty
II realty, but no cash TO keep up the
current expenses. That Is the condition
In which our educational affairs are at
the present time We educate one side
o. the individual. and the other side re.
mains unimproved, Why do say tha,
Because all that goes 70 make the
foundation OF life. that builds
up country. and that develops the
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