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Show thk sii.MV rin:tr urv. The Ijtter-day Haluti ought to liavo taticn tlncerely to heart, and by thli time Ixi In sorno meature prepared lor, tho oleerTsncu on Saturday next of the counsol glten hy the First 1'resldency In their addreis to Ihe ofllcer and membera of the Church. It will bo remembered that the advice is, not only that tho pooplo moot on that oo cation In failing aud prayer, but that they also nee forglventis one from another through tho confession of wrong and the exhibition ol true charity; ao that they may engage In that pleating worship of Uod whloh It found In union, peace and lore among thote who haTo taken upon them Hie name; and II thla with the purpeae of fitting themselTes hy humility, repentance and reconciliation for entering the Temple with hearta Told ol ollenae toward their brethren and altteri, and mlnda free to receive within Ita aaored preclude the comfort and edification of the Holy Bplrll. No Halnt neoda to be told that thla particular form of charily, thla removal re-moval of all III feeling, thla oirrectlon ' of any dispute or mliundcratanUlng, 'I thla mutual coufoeelou and forglveneaa , with Ita constituent growth of har mony and affection, ahould begin at home. Before pretending to meet with the other brethren and sisters of tho ward for the purpoita aet forth, each family owcaltto Ittelf to too that dis cord of every kind hat been extln-, extln-, gultheJ, full reconciliation effected, , andperfcctunllyandloveaecured with in Ita own circle. The children ahould be Inttrucleet that thla duty devolvea upon them with reference not only to the parents but also to each other. The I pare-ta ahould uuderatand that It con- 1 cerni them with reference not only to i each other but alto to the children. i When every hariti feeling, every un- ' kind recollection, every element of I atrlfe or difference baa been removed ' from evory bouiehold In Israel, the ) preparatory work for full communion with the BalnU In their publlo meeting meet-ing hae been well done; under such ' clroumttancea the latter part can j scarcely fall to bo equally well done; and the Church In Ita entirety will i assuredly bo able to bring an accept- jj able offering unto the Lord. j llut lu order that thoBalnta may bo I atlll better prepared for the services on ' Baturday, It la necessary that they 1 settle o'.her differences than such at ' may have grown up around tho family altar. Iltferrlng more particularly to ' the brethren, It la evident that aa they B apend more time nrouni their own H hearthstone than among their neigh tors, and hence have greater midto H make restitution where the opportunity H '" for offunte haa been groater,so v. ould It Hf aceniclrnrtbat they cannot have fully H1 preparod themtelvea for the meetluga Hu with their lllahopt and their brethren DS and alatera In their rrapectlvo wards HS until they are first rocouolled to their 1 associates In dally toll, their bualucas friends, and those alongside of whom thoy work dsy alter V day. If disputes, hard feelings, K suspicions and estrangements from V grave or trivial cauies, cut of political m or othrr dllUrencei-exUt, turely they Hj will bo found Inttoret, factories, oltloia H and workahoia whero every omcelra- H bio clrcunutance and dovclopment la H discussed. What inoro appropriate, B therefore, than that tho Bceno of uny H postlblo misunderstanding ahall alaohe 1 the tcuue ol evory needed rocoucJIIa- j IJ Thuao remarks aro prompted by a M augecetloii that waa made yesterday HI' with reference to Z. 0. M. I. In a M convertatlou between 1'retldent Wood- Mi run", presldeut of the Institution, and Ml Buperlntendetit Webber, the leellng Ms waa eipretted that ntnoug so many r employes aa were to he found In that Bj- mammoth ettabllihiuent, It would j ' be etrauge II there were not some M ' differences that ought to be healed, Bl some explanations und oonfesiluus of BMI i error that ought to be made, and eotue reuewalt of Irsttrual ulluctlou and M -unrriil irnod will til 111 uuitbt to bo H effected. To the end that every one H employed In the vae'. luttltullous H either In atore, olllce, warehouse or V faotory, might have the opportunity Bfl f toglvo or receive satltfactlon for lujury H. iloueorauttalned either In word or 1 thunhtoract.HuperliitenJent Wubbor M and Manager Uowe of the factory wore H requested tu Invite nil their employes M to meet In friendly assemblage and M with kindly aud forgiving heartt; ao M , that so far as that establishment la f conevrned, nono could say ho desired ! but had had no opportunity to make MT i,a peace with his brother. H' The Idea Is an admirable one, and It K can be followed with profit by uvery m Bb3 .j-.,.,1r ;. hi-i-i--i other Inilltutlon ownrd or mnnageil or operatid by the Hlnti In ?iou Wa hope It will he, without exception. I.et proprietor show thla much sincerity In their own profeatlont and thla much confidence In the honcity mid man hood of their employes. Let tho good example extend to every estibllahment where men or women, either few or mnuy, nra employed. Let It bo done not Kter than Friday evening next not hastily, nor unwillingly, nor formally, but In tho eplrlt which actuated actu-ated the eddrett of tha Presidency, tho jilllt which ought to animate thuto who ahall unci on Baturday, the spirit which It ever and under all clrcum-etancea clrcum-etancea rhiracttrlatlo of Ihn faithful Latter-day Balnt. |