The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-04

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| I thank the Lord that he has put into
the hearts of my children the same love
/ for God that he has put into my neart. 1
would that every father in Israel couLu
| say as much for his children. l regret
/ to say that there are some OF the chll-
/ dren Of Latter-day Saints who have NOT
/ been reared in the proper love anu ledI
| of God. The reason for this is Jhdt the
parents love their children with shalloN
/ and selfish affection and so indulge tneir
children that they put into their hdHuS
| the instruments of their destruction.
Some Latter-day Saints nave sIoNn
| to possess such unlimited confidence IN
! their children that they do not belleVe
! they can do wrong. me result II lIletS
they turn them loose morning, noon anu
night These children attend all SoTtS
of entertainments and amuSements, ana
associate with persons whom they 90 not
understand, and in some cases. am
sorry to say, with persons WhOm Iley
at this time I would feel as though
my life had been a failure II any OF my
children should throw off the allegiance
to their father and their molhet any
should cease to follow their counsel ana
/ their teachings
Il want to sound a note of warning to
/ the Latter-day Saints to guard care1uiy
| their children. Every device and IN
genuity that cunning men can conceive Is
| in operation to lead our children away
/ from the truth and the faith IN the COS
| pei. They are trying to reach the emil
reach their parents. They are trying 10
attack our church through our children
Il believe that it is a pretty well known
1 fact that l am outspOken in all that
say, and I want to say to everyone IN
/ this vast congregation, Mormon, Jew ana
Gentle, believer and unbelIeVer, thaJ
would rather take my children to the
grave than to see one Of them turn away
| from this gospel
Marry Within Church.
! 81 want to say, too. that I would
rather take my children to the grave, aye
! 1 would rather go myself, than 10 take
/ a wife outside Of this new and eyerlast-
| ing covenant. I want to see a Latter
Iday Saint man marry a Latter-day Saint
/ woman; l want TO see a Latter-day Saint
woman marry a Latter-day Saint man
/ Let the MethOdists marry Methodists; let
/ the Catholics marry Catholics; let the
| Presbyterians marry PTesbyterians, and
/ let us marry within our own church and
then we VIII see which will come out
/ the best
| Nothing would give me more grief
/ than the knowledge that one of my boys
/ had married an unbelieving girl or that
! one of my girls should marry a man who
/ did not believe in the Church Of Jesus
| Christ of Latter-day Saints Sometimes
/ LatteT-day Saints marry outside Of their
| church. and because of that they usually
/ come to grief
! "A good many Of our people let their
! daughters come to this city unprotected
]
| to relate the consequences of much of
] this thing.
| Il have been suffering with a cold for
! several days past and my voice is not
/ in a good condition, and to speak at
| length 10 you this morning would be
severe tax on my physical strength.
When I came before YOU I expected
/ to speak to you of morality, of love Of
| God, Of obedience to his commandments
/ of the strength of our faith. Of the pro
| priety and necessity Of patrOnizing home
IF there is one thing in which the
! LatteT-day Saints have failed sigDally,
! il is in the support Of home industry.
Years ago in this valley President Young
/ established industries. President Young
was earnest in this work. He saw the
necessity Of establishing these industries.
In Salt Lake, in Weber county, in Provo,
in Springville, in Beaver and in Wash
ingtOn county he established these indus
| tries Yet because Of the lack of the
support of the Latter-day Saints, each
of these industries has gone to the wall.
Die of Non-support.
Each one Of them. the raising of cot
/ ton goods, the manufacture of wooden
products, the manufacture of silk, has
gone by the board because, fOrsOOth. the
cost of labor was a little higher here
than in the east and the shOddy produced
in the east was sold here little cheaper.
Il would to the Lord that we could
produce in this valley of the mountains
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raiment. I have the honor and privilege
of wearing a suit made from the last
piece of goods manufactured at Provo.
For forty years I have worn nothing
else save Utah manufactured clothing
I am not egOtisuCal, but I feel that my
appearance is the equal Of that of any
of you who wear the eastern shoddy-
] don't know about the reasons for the
suspension Of the business of the home
production of wooden goods save that
our people. failed to support the bust
ness. Brother SmOOt was engaged in the
manufacture of wooden goods at Provo,
and he can give you the figures. He is
better at figures than 7 am.
My people. it is suicidal for US to
patrOnize the people from abroad. We
should develop the skill and intelligence
Of our children to make them of great
benefit to the community instead Of per
hitting them to seek fancy occupations.
In our church schools and in some of
our state institutions We are developing
the skill of our children along the lines
of manual training. Our children are
being taught to make wagons, machinery
and furniture of different kinds. This is
splendid advancement and of vast
! benefit to the community, but it does
not so far enough.
"There are occupations. which l am
sorry. to say, our children do not feel
like following. IF we want a mason we
have to look for an Englishman or
German, because our children do not
wish to lay bricks.
Too Many Enter Professions.
eff we want blacksmith we have to
look to some foreigner, because our boys
would prefer to be doctors or lawyers. 7
hope that you may teach all the young
people among the Latter-day Saints that
ourselves and our reighbors is honor
able.
May the Lord bless this vast congre-