| Show WORD OF WISDOM Monument to PruMldont Young and IionoovM Dlocourso Delivered nt the General Confronoa of the Churoh In tire Tnbornaclo Suit Lake City Saturday October Oth 1804 by ELDER HEBER J GRANT I RETORTED sv ARTHUR INtER = = = = 0 = My heart Is full ol gratitude Gory Heavenly Father for tire privilege 1 f that I lino enjoyed at being present at till conference and lana I grateful Indeed for he teaching 1 which have been glen to U > I do pray with all the carnntneM of my heart that every soul that hat listened to the advice and counsel which have been given during this conference may leek to God for the aid and assist truce of liii Holy Spirit that they may be enabled to carry out In their live the I words of Cod that have been delivered to us here todty I confess 10 you my friends and felloulaborers In the cause ol God that I lave been humiliated beyond be-yond expression to go to one of the Staled of Zion to stand up and preach i lathe people and call upon them to obey the Word ol Vi dom and then to I lit down to the table of a President of a Stake nltir having preached with all lire zeal I energy and POM er that I pos ceased calling upon the people to keep the commandments ol God and to have lilt wile silt me ill I would like a cop ol lei or n cup of codec I have felt In my heart that It was an Intuit considerIng consider-Ing tIre words that I had ipotten and I have felt humiliated think that I had not sufficient power and enough of the Spirit of God to enable me to utter words that would penetrate the heart of a President of a Stake that ho nt least would be ullllng to carry out the advice ad-vice which I had given 1 remember gung to a Stake ol Zion but a short time ago and preaching with nil the energy I possessed curt with all Hid I Spirit that Cod would ckc me upon the neccMity of retraining from the drinking ol tea and coffee and I heard aba at that conference n very eloquent appeal to the Litterday Saints by a man who I understood was a president of n quorum of Seventy Hut when we came to take our meal he jokingly mitt that he could not do without his tea and colfee and he proposed to have It and sulfcr the consequences I remember going I to another Stake of Zion and prjachlng to the people on the necessity neces-sity of retraining from tea and collce and giving I some figures upon the waiting wait-ing ol Fo peoples I means and the president of the Stake remarked alter I got through that he thought the Lord Jh U IIJlde would forgive them 1 II they did drink their cotter because the water In that Stake of Zion was very bad I did not Kay anything bull I thought a good deal cud I had to pray to the Lord and to kilo 3Xnl tongue to keep from getting up and t doing something I I that I never have done In my life and that It to pick I out oman and r thrash him I Irons i tire public stand I hell lint God owrd mo a blessing bless-ing or not publicly reproving that man because 1 wanted to do lisa badly Now 1 had made up my mind before I came to this conference that I would not open my mouth upon the Word 01 Wisdom I have become so discouraged discour-aged so disheartened so humiliated In iny feelings after preaching year after > ear both by precept and example realize that there are Dishorn lliihops Counselors President of Stakes and Patriarchs oman the Church of God whose henrU I have not been able to touch that I had about made up my mind that I would never again nay Word of Wisdom to the Utterday Stints I I felt that It ckad like pouring In lJel lb aod a water non ducks back It had encore to me us II I could not get sulliclcnl of the Spirit of God to penetrate the hearts of Urn Utterday Saints Hut after listening to the remarks that have been made here I feel to rcjoleo and thank God for what has been said and I lee hat my labors are approved of Coil among the people whither they listen to what I say or not We seem to get into ruts nsa people aunt we justify ourselves our-selves In doing that which Is not pleasIng pleas-Ing In the sight ol God A man who liars not pay his tithing I make excuses fur I not doing It A man who docs not keep the Word of Wisdom makes excuses lor not doing that I want to say tin there Is not a man or a woman among 1f the Utterday Saints I but who couli Keep the Word of Wisdom I if they got down on their I knees as Brother Teas dale has advised and pray lo I God for liclp haT Iord lsp ls rdI that these words of wisdom nro adapted to the weakest of the weak among the Utter day Saints and 1 hive not only felt bn mid within i iodl roko or two to the Presidency of the Church that was on hand lo make the motion call upon certain cer-tain Individuals holding high and respon ethIc positions In this Church 10 resign their oliiccs or keep the commandment of God I endorse with all my heart a remark re-mark made hero yesterday l by 1reslden Joseph F Smith I that II n man Is ktand = ng In the doorway that leads to life tcrnal and by his pernicious habits he Is I blocking up that doorway and crowd Ing others our let him stand aside or lot him reform his life Now I want to make all mistake on the side of mercy but once In a great while I want 10 see justice gttjusta little 1 I bit rlt chance among the people I ell I If a man thinks more ol a cup I of tea or colfee or n cigarette or n chew of OUACCO than ho does of lilt Priesthood lei him resign his Priesthood That Is I he way that I have l > een feeling lately I want lo uy that If I hold the Apostleship Apostle-ship with the spirit ol rtn Apostle I feel though I am almost luttilied If after preaching lo the people a president of I n Stake gets up and cal doubt upon what I have osfd In saving something M al J II rom the stand against thatmanwhether t he hkei It or not I am naturally earnest earn-est In my makeup I and I realise tint I take greater mistake i titan drinking I a up utIca or codec but 1 do try lor he Spirit of the Lord to know these mistakes and to endeavor to overcome liem and I want my brethren who mnreside over me In the Presidency and Imi the Apostlcshlp to tell me of my mis lakes I also pray Und to help me to ivercomo them Those ol us who know our mistake and our errors II we vlll seek for the light curl the inspirations inspira-tions oh the Spirit of God lo overcome hern we condo so We hear n great deal about hard limo The Utterday Saints last year xpended in breaking a command burnt ol God by disobeying 1 Ihe Word of Wisdom I over million dollars In other words Ihe 1 Utterdiy Saints I ex wnded more cash 1 111 breaking I a com nandmenl ol God than they paid titling hug I have faith In the Integrity and lonesty antI In the testimony existing In he hearts attire Latlerilay Saints I I know that the Utterday 1 Saints desire he onward advancement of Gods tlngdom I know tint Ihe mistakes hey make usa rule are mistakes of the lead and not ol the heart Hut when we stop 10 reflect that a gictt deal mores I more-s by the people In breaking n omniandnicnt of God than they pay In ithlng do you not think that some or he mistakes ol the head ought to be cmediedr I do The average price paid today lor wheat in this Territory Is about forty cents and yet I am told that here cornet Into Utah Territory every year over one hundred thousand pounds o if one brand of smoking tobaccocallct ho Duke ol Durham and as I understand under-stand It mails at So cents a pound It lake one hundred and sixty thousant bushels of wheat to pay for that one brand of smoking tobacco And wo have had preached to ut for the put fifty or sixty years that tobacco Is I only I fit for sick cattlel The agent of this f Io tobacco give us the proud distinction II I joil consider It so that Utah Territory Terri-tory leads every other SIlo and Terri tory west ol the Mississippi river In iroporlion to Its population I In baying I r IT ul rn Juke of Durham smoklnir tobacco DJ you know tint It Is I humiliating to me 10 realize that n man can nuke such a statement There must be more or lOll truth m it or I do not think he uouli sty lltlll We raise nl1 lllh Territory some our or five millions of bushels of whoa a year and at forty cents a bushel II I would take 1500000 bushels of that wheat pay lor all we consume In breaking the Word ot Wisdom A pound l of coffee amountslo thirty cents and a bushel of wheat only amounts to hotly cenu and there are sixty pound l rle uw lt eI rclr In ill I went out to Wasatch drake not long ago and took dinner will llrothcr Hatch the President ol the Slake Ho gave me a cup of cohen and It was very good Indeed and toni 1I1 vr ID dI r cost threefourths of a cent a pouru I because It was made ol wheat I an acknowledged to be a crank on bom productions und home manufactures and l when I get firstclass co lice for three fourths of a cent a pound I ouzh tc to be such I na fool at to pay tinirty cents for It If n man pays one cent 0 inounid for whoit and makes colfee CII it I Kound ha is making twentynine cents profit by not drinking tire other article Ilrolhc Hatch told me that by browning it good and sleeping It a long while It was trot necessary to grind I It up and that it made first class chicken Iced after you had had It for colfce Than If It is worth onethird the original prico for I chicken Iceilthat would lIke the collet only half n cent pound and the school profit made by drinking homemai cotton would bo urea tier tent Now II Iwo I-wo could only nuke 6000 per cent In Investing In-vesting In some bushier how soon we gnW would all get wealthy I And I every ore of youcolleedrlnkcrs can nuke woo per cent on your coffee If I you do not on your other Investments that U llroth Cannon 131 If you keep chicken Laughter I will not say anything about the greater blessings that yoa will I receive II af Ioiog d by keiplug the I commandments I ol God hat when you J hive any tick you are en hilled to arlo down the I incoming Influences 01 Ihe Spirit of God Intu our homes that you are to have II health and strength r 3 and power given unto you and hidden treasures ol knowledge All Ihese ilnis you will find recorded In the Word of God levealcd l11l ut and known ns Ihe Word of WUdnm Hut I have ieen requested by President Smith to give a hew figures and that Is why I nm talking 1 1 on this l side of the question t We lav oil given as a fact that m the busies n busi-es that Is transact d only about five er cent of Ills I actu illy In 1 money tire I fhI nUnce It In exchange ol r values I Money epresents lo the business world what tine blood represents to the body mill The heart taken that blood every hew hours and It guys through the body over and over again Tons and tons are pumped by the little heart within us tin day or two Yet It It I the same ilood going over and over again Ills I he same with money It goes over and over again mother llriKham Young stated lo ut here yesterday that twenty years ago the Prophet ol God laid it donvnb to this people that the Word of Vltdom was no longer given merely byway by-way of constraint but that it was irons thrat lime a commindment of God that wo keep It Now II we hive expended from half a million to n million dollars a year or twenty years In breaking this conmnndment the total amount wuuld be ut least filteen millions of dollars of money during I that time and with com oumi r Interest 1 semiannually I at 10 per em fur the term of twenty years It would amount In round numbers from linyfive I I to forty millions of dollars sWIo nrm tnuugh to build I r Silt Lake City As I h1Ie saId il takes two 111 I n lull million mil-lion bushels of wheat at the present ICO lo pav for breaking the Word of Vlsdom Where are there any Latter day Saints who would contribute a bushel ol wheat lo hay n nutcli set to ill Where are there any Uuterday Salllll who would gather together 1500 ooo bushels of wheat and burn It 1111 011 I wy that It would not be half the rime In the tight 01 God 10 burn that uantllyol wheat at It Is to spend Its equivalent In breaking a commandment oh I the Almighty God I am Informed J lirat there I is llrn the neighborhood ol 15001x1 worth of tobacco consumed in his Territory by the Latterday Saints lone Ilgurlng on the basis of fjof dual circulation ol money lo every fibre ol business that Is done if we could ave In this Territory n Italian dollars n ear of hard cash that goes out for these nicies that amount of money circuiting circu-iting around during the rear would tl yd Nifnlllot oroI cancel twenty million dollars of the I wndage ol Indebtedness which today resin upon the people I remember icarlng llrothcr George U Farrell In the Assembly Hall six months ago like II statement with reference to mine made goods nnd I have quoted tat every conference I have been at mce and I expect to go on quoting IL lie stated that he bought some homemade home-made shoes and he met nt the depot he man he tiwed lor making these I rhl fi hl hoes He l went up to him and gave he Is ThIs nun turned around saw notlier person that hoowedand handcil him Iho15 He saw another and gave 1110 him and he saw another and gave Ito him and he saw another and gave it to him and the fourth nun walked up I o llrothcr Kartell and said llrothcr Farrell laos you JO here Is I fi i of II I I will give you the oilier dollar the next line we meet The fj cancelled In about e same length ol time It takes lu tell II fJJ of debts And debt is loudage tlicrelore lilted f 33 ol bond I ago from the shoulders lfd those people l I Saw If fn this I tS cancelled l 03 In ten minutes lo maice a mathematical calcu lotion how much will It cancel In the emalnlng bill days and twentythree hours and filly minutes ol the pearl Igurlng on what a million dollar loulddo to the Latterday Saints arl If they were lo obey the Word ol Wisdom I say to you that It would make the aUerday Saints In twenty years from odaythe wealthiest rural and laboring I 11 11drI leopleln these United States in pro Hjttlon to their population If I they would save this money that is I now worse than u dvm In speaking In this way I donut wish tr at anybody any-body because 1 want to say that some of the sweetest spirited men whom I have ever known and men as true to the Gospel as lover 1 could be have dis obeyed the Word of Wisdom Hut I endorse with nil my heart and In all Humility President Smiths remark that II any are standing In the door ol salvation salva-tion and their example Is I Inlurlng other people let them step aside I want to make a few remarks on another subject A statue of President Young and the Pioneers has been executed exe-cuted and a great many thousands dollars are due on It It his been decided de-cided by the Presidency of the Church 10 call upon the Latterday Saints toy to-y something I towards tint statue and I lope that every man woman and child will pay Irons five cents upsu tint everyone every-one of us can say when the monument Is erected on the corner of tills block I ml I contributed something ol toward erectIng erect-Ing that I lake pleasure in being able to say when I enter the Temple at Logan that I gave some means towards erecting that monument the name ol God When 1 went to the SI George Tcmpe to be married I felt lo thanlc Gad that I did something towards electing that house where I was to receive re-ceive that great blunting from Godn wife I feel lo thank God that dill something towards erecting the Month Temple ami the Salt Lake Temple And there Is not n child but who will rejoice In alter years In seeing the statue ot the Prophet ol God upon this block 10 know that he cast In hit mile towards erecting It President Camion told us last night that the senator from Wyoming Wyom-ing recently stated nt a public gather Ing Inl Denver that President ollnol was one of the greateit men Auum i had ever produced lie was to I u < the Prophet of God lire muiithplen I of rhOfll erl Got In this 1 1 Tabernacle in the hem I III les In Z C M I store ind In the heater we see the monunums of his greatness In the settlement < from the lortn tu the south we find the labors hat he did for us Many an Klder in Israel today owns ifio acres uf beautiful and that he owes to the foresight inspiration in-spiration determination President Young Wnyf llecaute they themselves them-selves lacked faith lo settle the very ilces they now occupy 1 Understand hat In all the beautiful volley 01 Cache the finest agricultural spot In the town ol Uwiston I am told that when the lishop was sent there under the direction direc-tion and In nmnlr anion ot Ihe spirit of God to llrlgham Young he felt though lie was called upon to Mcnlne almost everything I and tu live In I poverty all the days 01 hit inns and he wanted to go back to Richmond hive his twenty acres of land and live and die there Yet I do not think today that that man would give twenty acres of land In Lewltlon for about forty acres in Richmond Rich-mond It was tie carrying out 01 the Inspiration ol iud lhat luoatxd Kou ton and scores ol other plates in this Territory I feel Ins my heart a debt of gratitude for the material wealth that llrigham Young his given to lois people peo-ple and I want lo be one of those who shall erect that statue to Ins memory I hive had Influential men mom the east nnd the west say to hue times without number Why Mr 1 Grant I am surprised sur-prised I i in traveling around t this l beautiful i clly and seeing Ihe evidences of thin ability and ttatesminshlp uf Ilrliham Young to find no monument lo his name He hat monuments that he left lo hit own name at in Ilia cute ol this Tabernacle but we have erected no monument show our npprcclmion ol hit life nnd labors for us Let us all do something nnd have our children do something and the burden will Ire very light 1 nave contributed my mite nnd I want to make another contribution nnd I propose that every one of my children snail save their tickles and dimes until they get n dollar and let tnem remember by the sacnlici they made In saving these mckles that they did something In erect the statue la our beloved prophet May Cm bless you Is I my praver In tine name or Jesus Amen |
