Show I 1 to tile the saints lead us not ot mp temptation is often heard from praying 1 L souls SOUIS and is sad to be a part of the praye given by jesus as it a pattern to his disciples aher er they petitioned h m I 1 to bleach iscil them to pray gas john his disciple z but 4 god qs is not hot tempted of man neither he bainy any mp P 1 why pray that lead us as i nto into temptation te etwo JOs lie might just as well tempt us till we were overcome as to lead kad us 1 nto into i temptation where we should be overcome and destroyed I 1 it is necessary that man should be tem tempted ped in order to test his y jo io his bis agency if evil had not been set before him as well as good ins its agency would have been wel unless he could have had no power to do anything but good and agency could not exist under tinder these circumstances that jesus might be perfected in all thin things it was necessary that be should be tempted but he 11 gave trave no heed that is le ie dial did no not V give way to those temptations so as to do evil but by those temptations lie he learned to know how bow to succor cor those his younger bretl brethren iren who should be tempted agency man would only be a machine to be acted upon hy by sti superior power but by the right use of hi ILS s agency 1 I he be can through ordinances attain tc the godhead god head as jesus did and all the gods who wet e before him agency would be equally useless w phout temptation as temptation without agency and it is just as necessary that the fo lowers of itji J sit us should be tempted as that jesus should be but why pray god not to lead us into temptation or tempt u lis when lie he tem no nn in in ill Ina inasmuch much as it is necessary that man should bo be tempted to perfect the eject oy act of his agency it is is worse v orse than useless for foi him to pray that at ie imy not be ter tempted pled and as god temp teth no man to do evil it t is equally 1 useless to pray that god would not lead him into temptation wh whit tt ihen becomes of jesus instruction to his disciples teaching tao friem em hobor how or in what manner they hould bould 0 affer their supplications ions to the father fataei I 1 or of what did he nand to lo in file sentence quoted S mple this leave us not in temptation temp laiwa as tho though ugh t he had baij As ag it was necessary for my perfecting I 1 that I 1 should he be I 1 it is necessary that my followers foll foil 1 should be dempf tempted ed in ake 1 ke in inner t that it at they I 1 may be I 1 perfected with in ci therefore ye ae a e I 1 i tempted pray the father in my name that lie he will not leave you in temptation until you shall yield to the templer temper and be destroyed desti oyed but deliver I 1 us from evil and enable us to overcome ove coine come the power of the he adversary and maintain our integrity until antil the day of per faction fec tion just as we had done the above we were called to dinne monday june 7 2 im PM while eitinier we heard th the e report of a man who was praying in the street in front of our house on this wise I 1 1 wae ho hoy hoi god damn ye whoa come along here when we looked out ut and saw 3 0 4 wagons near by wiehl or 4 voke of oxen on each the whole having the appears appearance nee of travelers hom h cioma om a far fai coun country fry and soon after noticing some hundred of loose cattle coming down the next street wc naturally con concluded chided that migration had bad commenced for 1852 whether the man who proved prayed so fervently had his prayers answered tw ered we cannot siv say J we suppose the head bead of his god wao G gold ld re residing in cat CaY torn lornia a the body of his big god od was brass that hat portion of alich ali cb atas was not in his hia brains and pockets still lay back in in the iafe and chef I 1 ept and tos of his god we e over on the continent cont nent still further aas hut but as the ahe laws of utah require a twenty five anve dollar dohar I 1 c nse for alt all suc such prayers we suppose if som of our police had been present they could have answered his p rayer prayer easier th bian an his hia god while in such a scat scattered ered condition this little circumstance while at dinner reminded us s that now is a good time for the saints to pray that they be not left in temptation some years since since when a large emigration L ion was passing through the valley some of the saints were left in in tr and saved all their butter eg egg z cheese garden gaiden sauce ac c to sell ell to lo the traveler at high I 1 inoes puces and left the brethren ethren bi on tile the public works to eat dead bread alone and not exactly alone f for 0 r they could not gt get bread to eat all the time the bread which they should have had went with the butter and cheese while the laborer feasted on hunget linn igei it at the same time some of those who sold all to the traveler quieted their consciences by thinking they would give a heavy tithing out of their rich galea za leF but bu having baving 1 been left lef t in the first temptation temp Iem lation 0 to o sell all very easily fell in tile second temptation temp I 1 io give little or nothing of the avails of their sales I 1 alie lord wants saints to belai beh abc e as a well at one tzi time as a s at oabe ot be and all who feel to pray that they hey t may not be left lefton in temptation will I 1 do well to secure an awer to their april as they pass along and i 1 iy ay by and hand over at least one tenth of everli aery I 1 prod god thing into the hands of 4 be bishop baj op where it be I 1 ion longs and when it indue is due let the he traveling price itrice be ever so higl and then you will be s sine 1 iiii that your prayers s will be answered but ut if yo you keep the aa awer to 10 your our frayer pra er or the temp temptation tati in in i your own hands hand or sell it where albere it does not belong you put it out ont of the natural reach of your heavenly father to answer your pe pernon rion and y you ou may mt res assured he fillpot work 4 10 iracle to h help elp you in such a dilemma I 1 of your own seeking seek ing these demarko a apply only to whom they are r e due those who dont owe anything cannot receive cei veany any portion of these saying sayin gF i neither does any pr tion fion belong io 10 those who have neva nevar and never will be tempted but those who have or shall shall be tempted to bold il old on alq or 0 r dispose e of that poi portion tion which god requires we say hand band over at the time and restore to the lo 10 lodas ds Area treasury sury all that hat belon belongs b is I 1 there and then when you pray you can pray in faitha leave vs us not in temptation and your prayers will no assuredly be acif ed wilhoit wiffing wit hoit it leaving any rancid butter butten in your cellers when emigration shall have ceas el ei if this thighs is truesby does the english bible ible read lead us ns not into temptation v we leave the anae r to ignorant ign orani abid uninspired translators |