The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08

good night and separated. Tavern,
turning off to the right to her home
ana Bessie going on up the street. OLD
fete began to walk streak, He
pranced along as though he had to be
there an hour ago When he caught
up with Bessie he seemed to jump near
" out Of his hide with surprise. Their
ne caught himself and raised his hat
and said ''Good evening" as swee,
and smooth as honey dripping off q
puttered hotcake. She answered polite
~ and he jumped again.
why, II s Bessie, my school girll -
ne said, seeming almost to smother with
surprise; "you re out late alone; may
not see you home?'
Bessie seemed surprised too; but
hnally took his arm and off they went,
And now came hard work for us; for
we had decided beforehand TO know
all that was said on the trip. If we
hadn t so often practiced being Indian
hunters and warriors, the job would
nave been too much for us. AS it was.
we came near being caught dozen
dlnerent times, for they both seemed
nervous, and kept looking all around
every little while.
They talked about school and the
classes for awhile, then somehow the
talk switched TO the missionary fare
,'N'i tHht Hdu Decn gwen HCT DTOlHeT
IN the ward hall the night before
81 was afraid for weeks that John
wouldn t go,' Bessie said, ''You
Know IT was only year ago that he
couldn t get recommend TO be mar
RED IN the temple. Bishop Pratt had
heard that John said Brother CandInd
was not shade better than Joe Wade, -
lBrother Candland was one of the
kingston stake presidency, and had
taken seventh wife Just three years
back: Joe Wade had had to marry
" When the bishop asked John about
it, Bessie went on. "Johu explained
that what he really had said was, that
# the church hadn t married Brother
Candland to his last wife, then he was
no better than Joe Wade. That only
made II worse, and John had to get
married without going TO the temple.
don It see why he talks that way,
when he knows it only makes trouble.
lie said this call was his pay for that
remark, and that he wouldn' It go; that
ne couldn't go out and tell people in
the name of the Lord that polygamy
was done away with in Zion; and that
If he WASH { good enough to go to the
temple with his wife six months ago,
he wasn't good enough to go there
alone now. He was simply unreason-
able at first But father talked to
him about the advantages of travel
and promised to keep him in money and
take care of his wife and mother, and
| pleaded with him not to bring such
disgrace on the family and break our
hearts just to spite the bishop. He
never could hold out against mother
eyes; and ] am sure Lottie (his wife)
did her part in melting him; for he
finally became humber about 1T, and
said it seemed to be his duty to 90,
We d have been town talk if John had
been stubborn and had refused to go. ="
s young YETI Pete put In,
and hot-headed. But the mission
will change his point of view. He
will come to see that he shouldn Z
meddle with these mysteries he can It
understand. We must learn TO guard
ourselves and see that we don't criti-
cize our brethren nor the church, lest
the spirit of apostasy find shelter in
cur hearts. Humility and discretion
come only with age and experience -
fThat's exactly like what mother
says, ''but it is hard TO beleieve all
we are taught to believe. 1t seems
impossible to puzzle things out. We
have TO know the gospel is true and
that if we don Z bear testimony to IT
every week, we soon lose the sure
feeling and can think of so many things
our eyes TO everything but the teach
ings of the priesthood, OF we would all
soon be lost -
"That it, that's it, Pete agreed,
eagerly, Il" can bear testimony TO every
word of it. And one of the worst
stumbling blocks to the rising genera
ton is celestial marriage. ] have heard
young people say the church had to
pretend to go back on celestial mar
riage to get Smoot into the senate,
and that it would give up every prin.
ciple but tithing to keep him there,
and all such sacrilegious sayings, Now,
the truth is, that while the Lord has
ceased TO ask his saints to 90 to prison
for conscience's sake, and has caused
the manifesto TO be given out to ap-
pease the nation, He Will never ask
His more faithful followers to aban-
don the cardinal principle of this lat
ter-day work Celestial marriage was
right ten years ago and 1T is right
today 1t was the sole path to highest
exaltation ten years ago. and it is the
sole path today, 1t was necessary
to the building up of Zion ten years
The Lord IS work will and must go on
IN spite Of the expressions of Cen
tile nation, When President Candland
or any other faithful saint takes
plural wife today, she is sealed to him
by the full power and authority that
sealed man and wife ten years ago.
The Gentiles have no right TO know all
these things. however; neither is it wis
dom to publish them broadcast among
the less spiritually-minded of our own
church They cannot or will not under
stand, and the evil one is ever busy
poisoning their minds. y
By this time the couple had come
to the Baker gate. and Pete must say
good night and take himself away.
''I'm very glad ! happened to overtake
YOU tonight he urged, ''it is good
for the soul to talk Of the higher truths
of the Gospel with girl of your firm
faith and religious depth Of thought
and strength Of character. The glory
of Zion depends on her faithful daugh-
tiers. Be faithful to the cause no mat
ter what Satan whispers, and eternal
exaltation will be yonr sure reward.
Good night
"Well, the old pieface, the old hyPo-
critel Didn' he work up the surprise