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Show AI'OSII.K IlKMtlt J. uiitsr. I have besn Interested (his afternoon In listening lu the romarks of Ilrother Cannon, and 1 dcilro that whatever I may say while standing before you shall bs for our mutual bcncllt. I realltr, us every Latter-day Batnt must do, that unless we as a loople uro united III our faith and In our labors, we caunot be acceptable In the nl,-lit ol oar Heavenly l-'awior. 1 real In tliu Doctrine nud Coveuanta that In days of old tho dltclplos sought occasion oue against uuolher. nud fur this causa they were sorely mulcted. Now, It does seem lo me that there nro many Latter-day HaluU wio are guilty of seeking occaalon one ngalnat another, an-other, undertaking to cut everybody oil or tu pull them out, at the caso may be, to fit their particular particu-lar Iron boJstead. Theru was con sldershla sal I at the last Conference with regard to fault-lludlng. It was ono of luo principal to lot dwelt upon by llioso who uddresss-I the Halnts; and I believe that If all of us wlio hai thoprlvlleguof unending lhat conference confer-ence would endeavor to take to curatives cur-atives the counsel and alvlcetlmt was theru given, wo would be beiieflled aud profited thereby. l'reeurnably,wo we have all embraced the Uospel with a firm determination to keep ,all the commandment of our Heavenly I'ather; nud so far as I have been able to learn tho duties devolving Un the Litter-day Halnts, those dulloa con sltt In keeping tho coniniandments of Uod and lu setting examples before our fellows which shall ba worthy of their Imltullou. I do not discover among the duties devolving upon ua Hint uf undcitsklug to regulate, by finding find-ing fault, the conduct of any Litter-day Halut other than ourselves. our-selves. I do not find that It Is necessary neces-sary for us, In order to Increase In thu Hplrlt of Uotlanl to bo more perfect lu the sight of our hoavoulr Father, to devote u portion ot our tlmo to lludlng fault aud seeking ocoaalon agalnat our brethren, 1 waa very much surprised at our lateCouforeuoe to hear aomo of Iny friends criticising remarks that were mate hero upon thu subject of home manufacture, Intimating lhat those remarks ha I considerable political alg. nlllcance, uud lhat they wero lu the Interests of a political party. When 1 heard those critlilsais 1 was very aorry Indeed that I had not thu privilege of hearing my teatlmouy to the truln of what waa aald, seeing that I happened to bo on tho other aide of the leuos, I iollllcally,(rom',tlio brethren who spoke; leoauae, II there la oue thing more than another thai 1 have been guilty of.bolh lu my publla preaching uud by going down loto my pockit, It has been that of sustaining homo Industries. And I waul to say right here thai any InJl, vidua! lu any political party who undertakes to claim the muuopoly for his parly of sustaining homoluduilrlea makes uvery great mlatake; nnd anybody any-body who Imagines that auy Latter-day Latter-day Halut who stands up aud preaches tu us the dootrlns of sustaining home induetrlos and furnishing employment for uur own friends Is trying tu make some politic ilca Hal I say lhat such u one Is trying to seek occaslou against his brother, I say to you, do as I do wear l'rovo gooJs. I have tloiio It for leu years; you go anil ilo likewise, und you will lurnlih employment for hundreds hun-dreds of people that are now Idle, Now, 1 generally ondeavor, to tho best of my ability, to seek to know tho mind and will of Uod at It comes through tho raau who standa at the hea J ot thla Church who either It u prophet of Uod or the whole structure of "ilonnonlam" la n com pletu fraud and I have dlacovcrod that Hie President ot tho Church teaches us, by his example and precept, Ihu spirit ot meekuesa and of humility and a disposition losostclu and uphold his brethren and slaters. I discover that ho does not ask me to do that which ho Is not willing lo do himself. I ills, cover that ho deslrea thu onward ad vunoemeut of (lod'a kingdom more thati everything else, aud that Is what overy Latter-day rialut ahould dealre. Hut 1 And thai there aro niauy of us who desire, above all things else on earth, our own advancement, our nwu financial welfare, or our own political welfare. Wo do not seek first the Kingdom ol Uol and then expect all things else will bo added; but wu seek first for uur own psrsoual nggrundlau-ment. nggrundlau-ment. We were told at the late Conference that It was the mind uud will uf uur Heavenly I'ather that wu should complete this Temple. The satno words wero uttered by llio President of the Church a little over a year ngo, In the Klghteenlh ward meeting house. President Woolrull stood up theru In a meeting of the A ostlea, llio Presidents of tho various stakes and tho illshoju of thu various wards, und ho told us that It was tbeiulndaud will of Hie Lord that we should goat onco nnd complete this Temple. At the late Conference, after the general meetings had udJourueJ, there was u meeting held In the Teuiple, and tho l'rophol ot the Lord once more told llio authorities author-ities whn nrealde In all the stakes and wards of -Ion Hist It was tho mind aud will of Uod that that Templo bu speedily spee-dily completed, ami he called upon those auembled there to show their I'"1' uy their works to donate toward the comple- Hon of that building, nut they dldao very liberally, almost without excci-Hon, excci-Hon, (If uoursc, there were some who ha I n Ulipoellloii lo ate hew Utile they could possibly do. Wu nlwaia find such wherevar we gu. There nro nlwarssAnin who think that It they i!o n little, nno: nro still counted ns dole?, thai Is nil that Is netussary. 'llietu were others who dedml to ilo all that they possibly could. Tnero was n vole carried there theuaturuof which was that thn brethren present pledge themselves them-selves lo do nil Ihey could to complete that bullJIug, aul that they would urge upon the people t do thn same, uiM llio Presidency of trie Church wcru requrstol In apportion lo the various var-ious stakes of .ion sums nilllclolit which, If ald, would fully compute tho building by the i,Hi of April next. Ihey were olio requ Hed to make special apportionments to Inllvldualt who had lietli blessed of the Lord llnau-daily. llnau-daily. Now, there ure many men who will be calleJ upon by Iho Presidency of the Church, through some special committee-, to pay ti'M, $ll)0, f JOOil, and partial In some tatei $.V0, for the completion ot that bu Ulmj; and every Latter-day Halnt who has thu Hplrlt of Uod burning In his or lior heart will res; ood to this cajl to the lull rxlutlt nf Ills up liMf nliltlt v. M.I..I. ...... pie will reoogulie lu thu call thai la made upon tneui (he voles of Uod, and Ihey will not rospoii I niggardly, nor grudgingly; lut they win ilcsiro lu their hearts to know how much our Heavenly Father, through those whom Ho haa placed over Hum, may require at their nands; then Ihey will willingly do II. 1 am surprlasd mj self mauy Hints lo find monwhoarereaJyand willing lo spent two, threu ur flvu ytars ul their lives preaching the Uospel, liegleotlug their business, p tying their ow u t xpoutei, ami losing their Ml Hits wnllefrom liome,niuouu'ing psrhapa lu all to several Ihouseud dollars I am surprised, I ssy, to find lhat when theio men are collet upon to make a donation ot ti1) or ilooj to the Templo Tem-plo Ihey teem to think It It u great requirement, 1 1 It nol n great requirement; require-ment; It Is a great privilege. What nru we working lor? If wo hae embraced em-braced the Uospel if Jeaus Christ, then aro wo working lor eternal life, then aru we laboring lo sive our soul.; and after saving uur own souls, we nre laboring for the salvation ur uur children. chil-dren. Perehancu wu leave them wealth; what doel It amount to? Look nt somu of thoso families among thu Latter-day Halnts wlio have been loll by their parents In alllaenl clrcurn-aiauii-a and allow me, my friends, If you can, Ihclrlucrcaaeef luilli aud of worka lu laboring for tho onward ud-vnuceiusntof ud-vnuceiusntof Uod's kingdom Lecauau of Iholr lucre no of wealth, I call to mind inoru iknu one young uiau wuote father professed lo havo a testimony ot the divinity of Hie work lu which wo nre engaged, who Is worth today from 5-10,0)0 to JJn.'.Oll), uud not one of Ihoio youug men, I expect, will even be naked lo make it contribution lo the Templo. Why? Ileciu.o Ihey would return If they were naked. 1 am pleased to aay that more aro othera who havo had moans leit to litem who will respond liberally nud lis plented lo do ao. Hut I want to say to every man among Hie Latter-day Biluis who haa accumulated means, nil he can do with 11, after he gets through, It lo leave It lo hit family (nt least, lie could do sorutthlng else with It, but thai ia what neatly everybody does), and I waul lo say that the best inheritance inherit-ance thai you cnu leave loyojr sons nudyour daughters Isou Investment In the lluuso of Uod. It la better than bank stock, better than railroad stock, better than slock In mercantile Institutions, belter than gold and silver, ll will be an anchor, un Inheritance, In-heritance, that will camo them to have their hearla go out to Uod and to think of those thlrjgs that ure eternal uud rlsh not. I ssy to the Latter-day Halnts In this BtakoofXIou Hist they ought lo be ahead of all Hie other Htakes, In proportion pro-portion to their means, In contributing fur the erection ol this Temple. Why llecauao w are located where tne Temple Is, and because It will ba more particularly our own house; wo will nave moro advantages ot going therein, there-in, tecajseof our reaidoncs here, than nuy of the other Btake-i, Therefore, It is n duty that we ow u to ourselves aud lo these that donate In the oilier Htakes thai we contribute more than anybody else. 1 urge upon every oou of you, especially ttiosu whs were prajej for today by llrothor Ujidard llioso who nre advanced In yearn nud are soon gofng to lay down Iholr lives lo strain yourselves financially and to make a liberal donation to that Temple, Instesl of leavltig your meaua for your families to quarrel over. Thorearomsuy men who, Instead of giving nuotner hundred or two liun. ured vplece tu their children, could Just as well give two or three thousand dollars lo Hut Temple, and It will do the children more good than leaving them the money. The Latter-day Halnta are promise! at lout they wero In Tooele, nud I havo no douhi Ihey will be hire lu a letter lhat waa given lo Ilrother Lyman uud myself by the Presidency ul the Church, that Ir thoy responded liberally to thla call Iho bleaaluga of Almighty Uod aboull bu upon mom and upon their chlllreu utter tliem. That promise Is nude to every Lstler-day Halut, uud theru can be no bloulnge Hul will be of as much value lo us aa the blessings of flod. Dollars nud cents, my friends, are not blessings irom Uod, only so far as wo are blsssod with Intelligence, with wisdom und with Hie Hplrlt of Uod to use them lu n wlsenud proper imnnor, nud to advance ad-vance (JoJ's kingdom on the earth. If we aro bleated with uu abundaucu of Ihls world's goods aud It shall blind uur eyes, and shall leal us from Ihu path of rectitude aud right, und center our allectlom upon the things of this world, then Mislead of being is blessing from Uod It is o blessing from the opposite dlreltlou. It behooves every Latler-day Halnt lo seek for the light and Inspiration of the Hi Irlt of Uod, and utter receiving Hut, lotiso nil tho nbllliy that ho poasisios In laboring for too onward advance, moutof Uod's work. Never ho found iiiuong Iho number that try tu see how lllllothey caudo;bululwnyn be found umoug ine number Hint try to sou how much they can do. Have your nltu high. Alwajs seek Ihu so far ns Uod Ins given you means, tileiits nud ability no man living shall do more than jou Uo, and then vou Will do all that Uod can usii you. To thoso that nro glieti one talent, all that will bo uskid Is that they shall exercise It; hut thoau that nro given leu talents It It required dial they uhall sxerclso Iholr leu talents-There talents-There we-romen In that Templu m.it. lng who, In my ursouat knowledge, donated from eight to ten per omit ol ull Ihey posteaaod toward the t lection of Inls Temile, Now, I l.now men alio nre worth half n million dollars. lis we oxpei'i Hut they will give $30,. um? N 'J ir thoy pay $5XJJ onu per cent wu will tulnk they haveilono remarkably will. My friends, rlnimer Hull tlnwnnnl wo will find umoug Iho Latter-day Hal i , iiiiilho daya uf IhoHtvlor, that Ihu widow's mlto Is thn create it of nil. Those that give flftv cent! or n dollar lu many cases will glvo more, proportionately, than some of us wli o gives several Ihoustn 1 dollars. Hul 1 say to llioso who have been bloiael nhuiilautly, onon your hoarls nnd do something for Uod, that He may open Iho wliidns-a of heaven nnlpoiirilown a blessing thai shall desconl not only upon uu but upon your children alter you. Uol bless you, my friends, la my prayer In thu natnu of Jesus. Amen. |
