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Show over our children, who have been thoroughly thor-oughly proven, and our children placed where they will learn the pure princi-pe!s princi-pe!s of the gospel, which is all truth; and these schools have been established to gain this object. We wish them to seek alter something besides the bubbles of this life, something they can take with them into eternity. When a child I used to take a pipe and bl .w soap bubbles, and delight in their prismatic colors, and thought if I could only make them so I could handle them and thev would last, how happy I should be; but in a moment they were gone. This is a fair sample ol what eaithly riohes are, while those things which will be of use beyond the vail, thost things which we can take with us into eternity are alone wsrth the effort of the Latter Hay Saints to acquire. It hurts me to talk. May the Lord bless you, and may you g away from heie refreshed ar.d comlor ted. Amen. To be Continued. him be cautious. There are some who rre o good at calculating that they can tell to the very cent how much they will make on an investment and it looks large, but when all expenses have been-paid been-paid they rrenerall y find the profits have dwindled to almost nothing;, and that if would have been better to have waited until the means were their own. Some have put mopgages on their homes in order to raise money for investment, and in a majority of cases it has proven disastrous. dis-astrous. Henry Ward Heeeher savs tlie mortgage is like on Ociupun, winding it long arms around vou and dragging you down to destruction. A mortgage never sleep, and it is always working against your best interests. inter-ests. I wish to caution you against over speculation;' by and' by the crash will come, like theSouth Sea bubble, bringing bring-ing ruin and sorrow to those engaged in it, because their speculations were not on solid basis. Bacon when asked what was the first qualification of a business man, answered boldness, What the second? Bolder, and what the third? and he replied boldness; but even boldness is not so requsite as some other qualities. It certainly takes a very bold man to go into debt in- the f ice of all ihe wide spread miseiy and disaster occasioned by it. We have our Co-op. stores, they are in the hands of our own people, thev like to ice immndate and help us as long as they can, but I question if the credit svstem is really any benefit to us. There are cases where it is pardtuiable to go into debt; but not' to purchase luxuries, and our necessities are in reality very few. It is much better for us to scrimp ourselves when our credit is got d, than to be obliged to when we are refused, I am informed that the people of San Pete are in debt Itoo.ooo outside of the county, how much better it would be-if this were not the case, and we were independent, and not obliged ob-liged to give the last dollar, or bushel of wheat, to pay store debts There has been a great change in Denmark, in this regard'during ths past twenty years, I was quite surprised when on my last mission to see the farmers far-mers living in hirije new commodious 'ouses, surrounded by big barns and all k'ndi cf modern improvements, and ending their boys to college to be educated; ed-ucated; nd when they returned- they d d not like to go at the hard' labor ous work that their fathers have done, so men are hired to db it. I asked nivself whence comes all this prospeiity? do they raise more crops, or get so much better prices for them? Perhaps there is a little of both, but I found their farms were heavily mortgaged in order to enable en-able them to live higher, and raise their children in higher society.and the result is that the real estate is going into the hands of foreigners. Do not he deceived by the anxiety of strangers who came into our midst, offering offer-ing to lend us money on easy terms, with o;ir faims or homes as security. You are told the rate of interest, is 6 oer cent.: AFTERNOON Called to order bv Pres. Peterson. Sing ng by the Cu ir "Guide us O Thou great Jehovah" t Prayer, Pres. Henry Peal. Singing, , 'Glory to God on high''! APOSTLE A. II l.UND. I am laboring under a cold, but feel well in spirit, and in listening to the good instructions we have teceived this morning, and the reports of the health of the people, their good works, and the bountiful hat vest. Apostle A. II. Cannon expected to meet with us to-day, but telegraphed ms that he was called to attend the Bsnnock Stake Conieience. I'woukl like to talk to you on a subject that has been upon my mind of late; it is with repaid to going into debt Ii is not in one plaac.only, but in nearly all the different setllements we find people aie in the habit of running accounts with ins stoies. and sometimes they are so tare thai tile Whole summer's sum-mer's work will hardly cover them This tendency to run in debt is not cou-(iued cou-(iued to our locality but is true of the whole wotld.- T.iere was ,1 time when no p-rson h-ie in Ml. fl-asant was indebted to the "re, for il eri were no siores 10 run to. When a waon came through occasionally, occasion-ally, we look our wheal and bought su;ai or lalico and paid for it on ihe spui.tind what we could not pay for, we did not e'. 1 should not like to be brought, hack to those (lavs ol privation, bi.t I would Wjlnd.if ihr pe pie t nj !(; j the -aiiie fieed.'in i'r.in debt now as this.aud that independence that d es noi belong to one who owes. I do noi wish to timl fault with a man who sots into debt to make a good investment, that he sees will pay by and by, hut I would siy to but yon will find that the veiy least, when deductions have been made and expenses paid the rate will be 12 per cent. At least do not get money on your real estate and consume it in dress or luxuries, and what you do not need. Another debt we should never perm t to stand against us is the debt we owe to our Heavenly Father We should be veiv particular about paying an honest tithing, tith-ing, and also our fast day donations, and all other requirements which He makes of us. If He sees we are doia our duty in this regard, He will p ;ur out his blessings upon us. Look at lhJbe who do pay their tith;n, have i!,ey not prospered? The LviJ has pumiced that those win pay their tithing shall not burn, and I think it is n v-iy (rood insurance. Let us not run in debt to the Lord, Since coming into th s place I have had the circular of your, chinch school placed in my hands,, I hope all who can, will send thair. children to this institution in-stitution We want teachers placed |