Show dafft GO IN DEBT by president B H CM THE PHEE m T we seed more holiness to the lord in commercial affairs iho meeting was ballel to order by president H H cauff Ki nging how firm a foundation ye atthe lord Is laid lor your laith la his excellent wod prayer wax offered by elder andrew watson after which the choir ean prayer is the soul sincere deiuro uttered or unexpressed the motion ore that trembles ij the breast president H H cluff arose and implored the spirit of the lord to render bis remarks profitable unto tho people and said I 1 realize that this congregation has the spirit of discernment and can detect truth from error and I 1 abee for desire tha aid of the lord to assist me he read from the book of revelation saying gome out of her 0 ye my people that ye partake not of her sins and receive not of her plagues since the introduction of the gospel by joseph smith been a spirit of a aalga malga macinn or gathering among the people that they not on ly be the recipients and beneficiaries of gods blessings but that the honest everywhere on the earth might be ea and initiated into tha kingdom and have the testimony of the gospels truths to assist them in comprehending pre hending the magnitude of the great latter day work the elders have penetrated the remotest places 01 the earth and the honest in heart have yielded obedience unto the heavenly mandate come out of her 0 ye my people the people have done so and identified with the people of god and the great latter day work as instituted by joeph smith the prophet in the text we see that to escape tha plagues etc they he gathered to acme appointed place and partake of the immunities of gods goodne ai which they could not do in their cat condition the turbulence of affair in all tha world and the heresies her esies of some orthodox churches asks the question have wa been warned of the the samo if 0 o then the prophets have spoken truly the I 1 speaker then read a portion of sec 45 of tho doctrine and Cove saying that everyman who will not take up his word must needs flee to zion for part of has been fulfilled and our utter expectations satisfied there is ret a standard perfection to be reached before that perfection can be fully fulfilled which is spoken of in the revelation are we now living in perfect harmony with each other and free from jeopardizing each other or are we fashions and things of the world thua breaking the most explicit clause of this coin man dment there ia a tendency to indulge in things that disrupt society withstanding ro we have sufficient council to cause us to 1 rao glorify and honor the name of god reading asin from the doctrine and covenants the lord say that zion ie the pure in heart and if she does not as I 1 hava commanded I 1 will visit upon her the plaques and gnp bickness eick ness that shall carry off million the same predictions that have been made concerning the world are now i are being literally fulfilled showing that the hand of the alerd has been made bare in our behalf and preserved us irom death and destruction should we after all this forsake the lord and follow after the fashions of the world ahila are still many great and glorious blesa inga in store for us tha lord revealed to joseph smith that there would be a civil war in which much bloodshed and destruction should cover this land and that war and desola tion would cover the eaith and that w could not go beyond the confines of this mighty conflict there should be no differences in family and commercial affairs let harmony prevail from one end of the land to the other many have departed from this tenet of our faith and a condition very unsafe exists in our commercial affair failures Fai luies have taken place anil it has been caused by the merchants dealing out their goods to the people but I 1 do not believe that such would be the case if the people would have dealt as jaitly with the merchants as the merchants have with we get too much credit and I 1 think that business men hould adopt different mean those infatuating drummers induce the merchants to tae in those bargains which often are to ba paid for before the business can produce it we should naye a reputation established in the commercial world it is stated that merchante mer chanta in tha east have lost less than anywhere in the west our religious reputation i somewhat un avory at present bat it will yet be distinguished for faith nd veracity and virtue will triumph since the boom a change has taken place and hence the present commercial stringency if the people will act honorably and justly with the merchants this peaceable condition tant we expect might be possibility but while we conduct our bui neu as we do beuch can never ba and we should have a little more of our religion in our business and more hol to the lord written on tho tablet of our business reputation and on our door posts and our lives so the world can bay in zion there ia peace and let us flee there V pray god to bring about this end and that eaury condition of this that rey elation le l e fulfilled in the name of Jesu sAmen choir aang an anthem benediction by bichop johnson |