Oct. 12 THE DESERET NEWS
pride and become covetous, and for-
get their God. Those, however, who
remember constantly the teachings of
the Lord concerning the earth and its
inhabitants, and who contribute of the
means which the Lord [g]ives them to
assist the poor and help carry forward
the work of God, exercise a check upon
themselves and give Satan less power
to lead them astray. Under the pres-
ent system of affairs, those who ac-
cumulate wealth and are able to sup-
ply themselves and their families with
luxuries and advantages that are de-
nied their neighbors, are in danger of
becoming separated from the bulk of
the people and forming a distinct
class. But the day will come when a
more perfect order will be introduced.
Then it will be said there are no poor
and no rich in Zion—that is, we shall
not be divided into classes, but shall
all possess everything of this charac-
ter necessary for our comfort and hap-
piness. But until then, if we wish our
families and ourselves to remain Lat-
ter-day Saints, we must be especially
careful to guard against the deceitful-
ness of riches.
THE DUTIES OF THE SAINTS.
The great labor which devolves upon
us, as members of the Church, is to
build up Zion. God has founded Zion,
and we should seek to extend its bene-
fits and blessings until all mankind. It
should be our constant care to do
nothing that will weaken its influence
or power or retard its growth in the
earth. This we should constantly im-
press also, upon our children, that
they may grow up filled with an abid-
ing love for the work of God.
There has been too much neglect
on this point. Many have pursued a
short-sighted, selfish policy; and have
worked to that which they believed
was their own individual advantage
without regard to the effect their ac-
tion would have upon the work of God.
Their eyes have not been single to His
glory. Such a disposition has proved
a snare to those who have indulged in
it; they have wrought injury to them-
selves, not to mention the effect their
conduct has had upon Zion.
THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MARRIAGE.
The Lord has informed us that mar-
riage is ordained of God unto man.
The institution of marriage, in some
communities of which we read, is fall-
ing almost into disrepute. It is al-
leged that there is a growing tendency
in this direction among us. The cause
is doubtless, traceable to the in-
crease of wealth and the dis-
inclination of young men to take
upon them the burdens of a wife and
family. As we depart from the sim-
plicity of early days, we may naturally
expect that this tendency will increase
as young men may be restrained from
offering marriage to young ladies un-
less they can give them something like
as comfortable a home as they enjoy
under their parents' roof. Extrava-
gant or luxuriant habits or training on
the part of the girls will also have the
effect to deter young men from marry-
ing. Care should be taken by every
person of influence to conteract this
tendency, and to set before the rising
generation the advantages which fol-
low well-arranged marriages. No
community can prosper and maintain
a high standard of morality where
there is a large percentage of unmar-
ried young men and young women.
We should deplore the increase of
such a class among us, and all honor-
able means should be used to prevent
its existence. The young of both
sexes should be taught that it is not
necessary to happiness in marriage to
be in the possession of wealth. In
this country an industrious, economi-
cal married couple can soon surround
themselves with all the conveniences
and comforts essential to life and hap-
piness. The satisfaction each will
have in after years in the enjoyment
of the fruits of their joint industry and
thrift will amply repay them for any in-
conveniences or privations they may
have been subjected to in the early
days of their married life. The com-
forts thus accumulated will be doubly
sweeted unto them by the recollec-
tion of their exertions in common to
procure them. No rightly constituted
and educated young woman will refuse
an offer of marriage from a worthy, in
dustrious young man for no other rea-
son than that he is not able to surround
her at first with the comforts which
she may think she ought to have.
Young men who have a due share of
the qualities which women esteem in
a husband need not be afraid that girls
of that kind will refuse them, because
they may not be well endowed with
this world's goods. They will cheer
fully bear their part of the burdens of
life without repining when confident of
the love and supporting and guiding
hand of their husbands.
AGAINST INCURRING DEBT.
We feel led to caution the Latter-
day Saints against forming the bad
habit of incurring debt and taking
upon themselves obligations which fre-
quently burden them heavier than they
can bear, and lead to the loss of their
homes and other possessions. We know
it is the fashion of the age to use credit
to the utmost limit, and it is custom-
ary for nations, states, counties and
cities to borrow money, issue bonds
and thus load themselves with taxes
to such an extent that large numbers
of the people are prevented from own-
ing land or even the houses which they
occupy. Thus the masses become ten-
tants and have to pay rent for land and
shelter. This is a great evil and one
that we, as a people and as individuals,
should carefully shun. Our business
should be done, as much as possible,
on the principle of paying for that
which we purchase, and our needs
should be brought within the limit of
our resources. The disposition to
speculate and to take chances upon
ventures of one kind and another
should be repressed. There are many
people who have been rendered home-
less in our Territory by the neglect of
this precaution. To raise funds to in-
vest in some scheme which has ap-
peared promising they have mortgaged
their homes, only too often, to be dis-
appointed and to find themselves with-
out a place of shelter for themselves
and their families. All this is wrong.
If the penalty for such unwisdom fell
upon the one who through those acts and
influence it is brought about, the con-
sequences would not be so deplorable;
but very frequently families suffer
and the bad results are widely
felt. We, therefore, repeat our
counsel to the Latter-day Saints,
to shun debt. Be content with mod-
erate gains, and be not misled by illu-
sory hopes of acquiring wealth. Re-
member the saying of the wise man:
“But he that hasteth to get rich
shall not be innocent.” Let our chil-
dren also be taught habits of economy,
and not to indulge in tastes which
they cannot gratify without running in
debt.
ZION SHALL NOT BE REMOVED.
We have been favored, as no other
people have, with wise counsels.
Their extent and variety are immeas-
urable. They cover every department
of human life. So far as we have ob-
served them, prosperity and happiness
have been the results. Whatever
difficulties we may have to contend
with to-day are due, if not wholly, at
least in great part, to our disregard of
them. Is not this the experience and
testimony of all the faithful Saints
who have watched the progress of
events among us? Had we observed
these counsels, how many of the evils
from which we now suffer would
never have been known among us!
Our neglect of them has brought its
punishment, and the faithful can see
it. But shall we not profit by the ex-
perience of the past and act more wise-
ly in the future? As the Lord has said
(Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 90, ver.
36 37).
“But verily I say unto you, that I, the
Lord, will contend with Zion, and plead
with her strong ones, and chasten her until
she overcomes and is clean before me: For
she shall not be removed out of her place,
I, the Lord, have spoken it.” [Doctrine & Covenants 90:36-37]
We should begin to understand that
God's ways are infinitely superior to
our ways, and that His counsels,
though they may seem to call for
sacrifice, are always the best and the
safest for us to adopt and carry out.
Thousands among us can testify to the
truth of this from individual experi-
ence. These thousands should com-
bine and create a public opinion in fa-
vor of obedience to the counsel of
heaven that will have its proper effect
upon our children and the inexperi-
enced among us.
THE GLORY WILL BE THE LORD'S.
We also should learn this great
truth, that God will have all the glory
and honor for the establishment of
His Church and Kingdom on the
earth. Man cannot claim it in this or
any other age of the world. Nothing
but the power of God could have
brought forth the , organized the Church, gathered
His people to Zion in fulfillment of
revelation and performed the work
which has been accomplished. There-
fore, as Latter-day Saints, we are
obliged to acknowledge the hand of
God in all the blessings we enjoy.
THE CONDUCT OF OUR LIVES.
It should be the aim of all the mem-
bers of the Church to carry out prac-
tically in their lives the principles of
the Gospel. In no way can we better
convince the world of their truth than
in showing in our acts and dealings
with one another and with
mankind the elevating effect they
have upon us. We make high profes-
sions, and there should be such a high
standard of purity of life among us as
to correspond with these professions
Our children should be impressed with
this, and be taught that the name of
Saint is so holy that they only who
are pure in heart can claim it.
If our religion does not lead us to
love our God and our fellow man and
to deal justly and uprightly with all
men, then our profession of it is vain.
The says:
“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his
brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not
his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he
love God whom he hath not seen?”[1 John 4:20]
We can best exemplify our love for
our God by living our religion. It is
vain to profess a love for God while
speaking evil of or doing wrong to His
children. The sacred covenants we
have made with Him strictly impose
upon us the duties we owe to one
another; and the great office of religion
is to teach us how to perform those
duties so as to produce the greatest
happiness for ourselves and for our
fellow-beings. When the obligations
of our religion are observed, no words
are spoken or acts are committed that
would injure a neighbor. If the Lat-
ter-day Saints lived as they should do,
and as their religion teaches
them to do, there would be
no feeling in any breast but
that of brotherly and sisterly affection
and love. Backbiting and evil-speak-
ing would have no existence among
us; but peace and love and good will
would reign in all our hearts and hab-
itations and settlements. We would
be the happiest people on the face of
the earth, and the blessing and peace
of Heaven would rest upon us and
upon all that belongs to us.
If there be unhappiness and heart-
burnings and quarrelings and hatreds
among us, they exist because we do
not observe the religion which we pro-
fess. They are not its fruits. Where
these evils exist there is a crying ne-
cessity for repentance. If any feel in-
jured by the words or acts of their
brethren or sisters, the Gospel points
out and furnishes the way by which
this injury may be repaired. Instead
of talking about this to others they
should go to the person or persons
who have done the wrong and make
their feelings known. If satisfaction
is then made, that ought to end the
matter; but if not, it can be reported
to the proper officers of the Church for
them to take the necessary steps to
terminate the difficulties. In this way
animosities and disunion can be pre-
vented and confidence be maintained.
PARTAKING OF THE SACRAMENT.
As Latter-day Saints, it is our gen-
eral custom to partake of the
sacrament once a week. If
the teachings of our Lord,
in remembrance of whom we observe
this sacred ordinance, be regarded, no
one who has trespassed can be per-
mitted to share in it until he has made
reconciliation. It is the express com
mandment of the Lord Jesus that no
one shall be permitted to partake of
His flesh and blood unworthily. A
more perfect system to prevent the
existence of improper feelings and
wrongs, among brethren and sisters
can not be imagined. If the Saints do
their duty, difficulties do not remain
unsettled beyond the Lord's day when
they assemble to eat and drink in re-
membrance of Him.
TEMPLE WORK.
Notwithstanding the difficulties that
the Saints have had to contend with of
late, they have pursued their labors in
every direction with unabated zeal.
This is particularly noticable in their
attendance at the Temples. The wish
to avail themselves of the opportuni-
ties for attending to the ordinances for
themselves and their deceased friends
has, if anything, increased, and those
employed in these sacred buildings
have their time fully occupied in per-
forming their duties there. It is evi-
dent that the Latter-day Saints ap-
preciate the blessings to be obtained
through this Temple work. When we
reflect that we have two buildings of
this character already completed,
furnishing abundant facilities for
all who choose to go there to
obtain the ordinances of God's
house for themselves and for
those in whose salvation they take
so deep an interest, and that we have
another at nearing com-
pletion, and in ,
which we hope to see finished before
long, our hearts are filled with glad-
ness and we cannot refrain from prais-
ing our God for His goodness unto His
people in permitting them, notwith-
standing the opposition and many dif-
ficulties they have had to contend
with, to erect such structures and to
dedicate them, according to the pat-
tern He has given for these sacred
uses.
No right feeling Latter-day Saint
can think upon this subject without
being thrilled with heavenly joy for
what God has done for us in our gener-
ation, furnishing us, as He has done,
with every facility to prepare us, our
posterity and our ancestors for that
eternal world which lies beyond the
present life. The Latter-day Saints
are, in truth, a highly favored people,
and praise to God should ascend from
every heart and habitation in our land
for the great mercy and goodness
which He has shown unto us. He has
made us promises of the most precious
character, and he has fulfilled them up
to the present time. We would be the
most ungrateful and unworthy people
that ever lived if, after receiving such
wonderful manifestations of His good-
ness, we slackened in our diligence or
failed in our obedience and devotion
to Him and His great cause.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The treatment which the Elders have
received in preaching the Gospel
throughout the Southern States, as
we are informed by President , has been much better of late
than it has been at some other periods.
The Elders are listened to with more
patience and do not meet with so much
of the spirit of mobocracy and un-
reasoning hate. Additions are being
made to the Church, and those who
emigrate from that region have gener
ally settled in , Colo-
rado.
The Elders in the North Western
States under the direction of President
, pursue their labors
with undiminished zeal and with mod-
erate success in bringing people into
the Church. These fields of labor
have furnished opportunities for num-
bers of our young men to gain experi-
ence in missionary efforts, and those
who have this privilege return home,
in the most of instances, better quali-
fied to assist the local authorities
where they reside in the labors of the
ministry.
In the Elders meet
with considerable opposition in places,
principally, however, from apostates.
They find that field a much more dif-
ficult one than it was in former years.
The hearts of the people seem to have
become hardened, and great indiffer-
ence prevails in regard to religion.
Still we learn from President , who presides at the present
time over the European Mission, that
the Elders who zealously enter into
the labors of the ministry find abund-
ant cause for rejoicing in the success
which attends their exertions.
Throughout the Swiss and German
Mission presided over by Elder , and the Scandina-
vian Mission presided over by Elder , the Elders are laboring
also with commendable zeal and with
gratifying results. An effort is being
made at the present time to preach the
Goepehin [Gospel in] , where Elders , and F. F. Hintze
have been, and are laboring, and even
the land of has been visited,
and in the late company of emigrants
which reached this City from ,
nine persons were gathered who had
received the Gospel in that
land, a land hallowed to
us as the earthly home of
our Redeemer, and the soil of which
his sacred feet trod.
On the Sandwich Islands the Elders
are laboring faithfully under the direc-
tion of President , and
everything is being done to improve
the condition of that people and to
save them from the destruction which
threatens the extinction of the race.
The plantation at Laie is still main-
tained, and the Elders who have la-
bored and who are still laboring there
enter with spirit into the management
of that property in a way to benefit as
much as possible the native Saints.
The attention of the Elders there is di
rected at present to the , where some few years ago
two native Elders from the Sandwich
Islands were successful in baptizing a
large number of natives and organizing
them into branches. These Islands
have not been visited by any of the
white Elders, but it is probable that
some of our Elders on the Sandwich
Islands may in the near future make a
visit there.
The letters which we receive
from where Presi-
dent presides,
continue to bring us gratifying intelli-
gence concerning the condition and
progress of the work there. The
Elders are very successful among the
Maories. Many of the white brethren
have succeeded in acquiring the lan-
guage of that race, which is cognate to
that of the Sandwich Islands, and two of
them, Elders and
, are now en-
gaged, we are informed, in translating
the Book of Mormon into the Maori
language. In the Elders are
also laboring, but it is a much harder
field than among the natives of New
Zealand.
HOME MANUFACTURES.
Frequent reference has been made in
past teachings and in former Epistles
to the subject of home manufactures.
It has been, and we feel it still ought
to be, a theme of inexhaustible inter-
est to Zion; yet there remains an im-
mense amount to be done in develop-
ing our resources and furnishing facil-
ities for the employment of the people.
It is pleasing to note the progress
which is being made in some direc-
tions. Our woolen manufactures are
gaining credit for their excellence in
other communities as well as our own.
But we export considerable wool even
after all our factories are well sup-
plied. If this could be manufactured
at home, it would add greatly to the
wealth of our community, not only in
the profits which would accrue from the
use of machinery, but in the employ-
ment which it would furnish to many
of our citizens. Besides the manufac-
ture of woolen cloths, there is con-
siderable home-made hosiery of excel-
lent quality which is placed on the
market.
The range of articles which are
manufactured in this is
gradually increasing; and from the
feeling which now prevails we judge
that many more branches will soon be
added to those already in operation.
The manufacture of soaps of various
grades has now become a settled and
paying business. A fine quality of hats
is also made. Boots and shoes and
clothing, glass, white lead, lead
pipe, native paints, brushes,
paper, printing type, starch,
pearl barley and oatmeal are all manu
factured in the Territory, and many o[f]
these articles in sufficient quantities
to supply the local demand and to ex-
port to some extent. It is an encour
aging feature in the most of these en-
terprises that those engaged in them
are seeking to enlarge their facilities
with the view to increase their produc-
tion. We have a large number of
children growing up among us who
should be furnished with opportuni-
ties to acquire skill to mechanism,
manufactures, and other pursuits
which are necessary for the comfort
of man. It is not only incumbent upon
parents to seek for avenues of prof-
itable employment for their children,
but it should be kept in view by the
leading men of the Church in all our
settlements. An idle man's brain, it
is said, is the devil's workshop, and
no community can propser and main-
tain a high standard of morality that
does not furnish employment for its
members. Far better to work for low
wages than not to work at all. But
with proper care, and by putting in
use the experience that many individ-
uals in every settlement possess, there
need be no want of remunerative em-
ployment for the rising generation,
and for others who may come in from
abroad. It may not always be kept
in mind, yet it is a fact, that any per-
centage of idle persons in a commu-
nity is a direct loss to the whole.
It is unfortunate, also, for a
community, when the young
and enterprising are compelled
to leave it and go elsewhere to find
employment or room for the exercise
of the talent of which they feel them-
selves possessed. Settlements that
are in this situation will languish and
go to decay, while others that furnish
facilities for employment will become
thrifty and prosperous. The combi-
nation of capital by means of co-op-
eration would, in many instances, en-
able settlements to start branches of
manufacture and conduct them suc-
cessfully. Chimerical schemes, how-
ever, should not be encouraged, as
their failure destroys confidence and
makes it more difficult to obtain aid
for worthy enterprises which might be
made successful. Where co-opera-
tion has failed among us, it has not
been because the principle is defect-
ive, but because of mismanagement,
sometimes from ignorance and care-
lessness, and sometimes, perhaps, from
selfishness.
Our country abounds in useful ele-
ments. We have a fertile soil, when
properly cultivated, and an admirable
climate. Grains, fruits, and vegeta-
bles, as well as all kinds of stock, can
be raised here, and as superior in
quality as can be found anywhere on
the earth. Care should be taken to
raise the very best varieties. Our
horses, cattle, sheep, and poultry, as
well as our grains, and fruits, and
vegetables, should be of the very
best kinds, and no pains should be
spared to keep them pure. Our sys-
tem of irrigation does not admit
of the cultivation of large areas of
land. Our farms are moderate in ex-
tent. This being the case, they should
be cultivated in the most approved
style, and the whole business con-
nected with a farm should be con-
nected in a manner to bring the best
results. As facilities for education
increase, there undoubtedly will be a
marked improvement in the manage-
ment of all these branches of busi-
ness.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
It is gratifying to notice the interest
that is being taken among us in educa-
tion; yet there is great room for im-
provement. As the taste for what may
be called book-learning increases,
manual labor should not be neglected.
The education of the mind and the
education of the body should go hand
in hand. A skillful brain should be
joined with a skillful hand. Manual
labor should be dignified among us
and always be made honorable. The
tendency, which is too common in
these days, for young men to get a
smattering of education and then
think themselves unsuited for
mechanical or other laborious pur-
suits is one that should not be allowed
to grow among us. Of course it is
necessary as society is now organized,
that the professions, as they are
termed, should receive attention. But
every one should make it a matter of
pride to be a producer, and not a
consumer alone. Our children should
be taught to sustain themselves by
their own industry and skill, and not
only to do this, but to help sustain
others, and that to do this by honest
toil is one of the most honorable
means which God has furnished to his
children here on the earth. The sub-
ject of the proper education of the
youth of Zion is one of the greatest
importance.
President during his
lifetime established schools in
and , where the principles of the
Gospel have been taught in connection
with the other branches of education, and
more recently similar schools have
been commenced, and conducted with
marked success; in Salt Lake,
and Cities.
The good results arising from teach-
ings received in the and
Academies are very apparent and
pleasing to all who have the interests
of the young at heart, and we regret
that such institutions are so limited in
number.
Through the indefatigable labors of
Professors , and their associates, these schools
have done, and are now doing, a great
work in educational advancement, by
instilling a knowledge of the princi-
ples of the Gospel of life and salva-
tion into the minds of our children,
upon whose shoulders the Kingdom of
God must rest in the near future.
We trust it will not be long before
schools of this kind will be established
in every city and village where the
Latter-day Saints reside. In the
meantime, however, the Saints should
not fail to avail themselves of the
privileges that are now offered them in
the Provo, Logan, , ,
and .
THE “CHURCH SUITS.”
, at its last session as you
are aware, passed a law entitled “An
Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to
amend Section, 5352 of the Revised
Statues of the United States, in refer-
ence to bigamy, and for other pur-
poses,” etc.
Under the 15th and 17th sections of
this law the and the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are
respectively declared dissolved, and
in this Act it is made the duty of the
Attorney General of the United States
to cause proceedings to be taken in the
Supreme Court of the Territory of
Utah to wind up the affairs of said as-
sociations.
Pursuant to the duty thus imposed
upon the Attorney General, on the 30th
day of July, 1887, proceedings were be-
gun in said court by the United States
against the Perpetual Emigrating Fund
Company and its trustees, and the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and its alleged trustees for the
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