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Show DISTRICT ATTORNEY GREENWOOD DclIghtstlieMeeUngOocrs With an Up-to-DaU Gospel Talk. I At tho afternoon mtetlnj iD t10 Ward Hall Susjay, My lst, jkjP Joshua Greenwood of Millard County occupied tho tlrae. Among other thlngi the speakcrald that he esteemed esteem-ed It a privilege to have the opportvmi-ty opportvmi-ty of addressing the people on that occasion. oc-casion. TJ10 roan' mIio Deflects hln duties Is tho man vho leaves the church, while the man Rbo lives up to tho principles of oTc-goipe) is tbo man who becomes strong in the faith. Thecaueo of oofae people making more spiritual progress tbio others is always to bo found In the Indlridunls themselves. People do not fall away all at once, such th Waco-no slowlv and silently. Every moment of W lives should be faithfully n united wL knn .n,i but It is hard to practise what we preach on all occasions, for nature ii against us, and is hawf to over come. The man who overcomes Ida na-turo na-turo is a hero; it requires a constant sacrifice to do it. It Is almost nn Impjwjiblllly for n man to Hvo up to the knowledge ho has. It Is not right to expect moro of others than wo rcqulro of ourselves. We arq in tho habit of expecting noro from our leaders than we can do ourselves, our-selves, and this' courso tends to sow within us tho seeds of scepticism and unbellof. We should bavo charity, for all mon have weaknesses, and need to have charity shown to them. Perhaps there Is jntLjucmbor of tho community, that couia bo spared with less regret than the fault finder. Wo ought to always bo against sin, but merciful to tho sinner. Public opinion Is often ono of tho most up'upt and wicked iWfPiF fayP nUb of lead log men PJ JL-au-gres3lons to turn us (torn tii0 4j09jJA'Wc nrn each responsible forourownjmtjoniandother men's actions can neither savo nor condemn us. Wo reap tho reward and also the punishment of our actions to a great degree in thU life, and this is practical philosophical religion, and also good Mormonlsm.Erhe judgment follows the act. jK Tho Idea that younrfpeoplo must sow t)toir wild oats U all wrong it is better to have no wild oats f kiir. Ho i..ui always supported thelrellgion of his fathers, und ho foundjinat tho nearer ho camo to doing thuflbo better man ho Is. II |