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Show PARENTAL EXAMPLES. j I "If through our neglect our children go to hell, wo go to hell too until wo get them out of there." Tho Importance of teaching children by proper parental example ex-ample was much emphasized by the speaker. Fillmore Progress-Review's report re-port of sermon of JoHeph F. Smith at Millard Mil-lard stako conference. Under that teaching there would seem to bo no necessity for doubt, as to the locality in which Mr. Smith is, to spend a goodly portion- of his time whon ho shall go hence which heaven grant f mav not bo until lie is oniirelv satisfied ' : that the measure of his existence has been,- completely filled. Mr. Taylor la the cohabitation with one who is claimed to be a plural wife a violation of the law or rule of the church, as well as the law of the land? Joseph F. Smith That was the case, nnd 1 the case, cvon today. Smith tcn-limouy tcn-limouy at Washington. It would bo difficult to imagine a situation situ-ation under which a man could assume grcnter license to offend both heaven and earth than to claim the right to defy both God nnd man. II is expected ex-pected that, even the Dt-scrct News will agree to that proposition. So lot us glance at the example that this highest of all Mormau exemplars (including parents) sets before the children chil-dren and youth of Ziori. His daily life, as he confesses to its details, tenches the children that if a command of the Al-mightv Al-mightv shall not suit their own desires, thoy arc at perfect liberty to disregard that command, and nt the same time to claim and demand the support nnd obc- ! dient fealty of their fellows. He tenches : thorn that whenever a law 01 tho land shall be distasteful to them, they have I he right to sel that law at naught; to require that tho officers who are supposed sup-posed to uphold the dignity of that law I shall not molest them in their dofiauoe, j I because tho beginning of their disobedience disobe-dience was of such remote date that they had become accustomed to nothing clso: that the ordinary rule of law. requiring greater punishment for repeated re-peated offense should be entirely set aside in their behalf. ITc teaches the children that legitimate birth and .parentage .par-entage are of far less importance to the world than is. the smile of the lecher, the approbation of the voluptuary. voluptu-ary. Iho saut-tion of the adulterer, the 'regard of the "inspired" gallant, the benediction of the dobaucwTH of commendation fTom ,l '"eM Bluebeard. 1 lhe loaliesJH |