Show DISCOURSE I I Delivered at St George Utah Thursday May 10th 1BOO by PRESIDENT FRANKLIN Do RICHARDS f I I To floret It ArOITh UoUI i PIllellblel realistic o the IhhTho Cli tllTHhtDfTh Jlook of Uimmbrtnt Truth i > r lorilTrnflMIIti I TIlhlailotlKCbllil I Cit as no I hV dply InlrI = while 1Ilonlnll all have en dOllbl you dou k Ihlll the very Inlllnll rrork to 1111171119 Zisl have born mI an pl w hon uten Illd Ven ho-n rI rQ111whnr r wgdeh w = tozoral 1 lIrrnl Ih an1d 91111 boh hurah nd InlI Tkilotehoo IleUlIr r1Zed to make it rely Idual remark I dlro mmomptlY that YOU will m Ih bon1 01 ou r lalh n1 I Irani PultfakAY SO hn1111 Inn rtnsth0t ra roo Ih1 tho 1101 1I1ln my i 4111 n and that 1 may bo 111 10 pok Forks thing 8 bell too lIylnc and ponthl Who dllllnllllI hel lit from the peo f Ih world ll I thai we believe In ft in Ilop l reilored In the Sea day by Ih I Lord through the In I hel Joseph Km I th and that we hale accepted the lrlnII > den I of the Uoiuel and are pro I MI ig to live them Ve are 110114tri l > mint ucordlng to the degree of filth we hue in the principle uught ui and our dlllgenc In resisting them Ibo rult of our conduct The Lord halt W hal-t ml d goo llll iwnple Hie molt tarA tar-A I it I mr goternmeni Hut has ever hn known n earth He has even 11 ui thil in Ihe I lisary of on 1 TII ular brinch of the Aaronlo 1rleil hd there li I a duly devolving upn thai branch Ill be alwy with the I iinli and I 10 that there to I no Immilly In the < hureh Then If w I lit up ti Hi principle we rnifeii and If the rrteithmd d Chain III I dUlf Dnd In 1 nn 1 I oil In tb hutch lIhul being 1un1 oul and pul awa > There li I wi church ni I pcllllal or olher orginliatlon of which we hai heard thai can lay I clilm lo I such u degree of Protection ni that lplr onI II I he under It In rlshteoui I Pa unto 1kft 1 Hon and If iln li I coal mltled It will l found out Undo the law of loot that hal been Risen uniMrallr to lirael anciently and lo I Israel modernly Hie two great rfiulrementi are rltil 1 lo love low with all the hum and second our li Ighbor al ounelve On time two Ihi 1101 lronc aid If correctly reported report-ed hanged all the law I and the propheli I rto Hun In our ltei I here are iwo kin i of iln lhal we are liable 1011 aln i galnt Clod and the An against each ulhTh re rl 1 it tin which are maInst each other At are particularly Instruct rd upon Me are enjolne1 that we ihould IH I fnrgltlng on lu another Hut huld hat only extend dir4 111111111 I I sic And cnerovilly In tilt dlllon I I Hume h are penitent a1 ok our I I firllvrnnii but that we ihould even I I have riKit and III lot for thou who il I hat ui anI I despitefully IIM ui The I I Bailor tauiht this HuM III I lour If 1 yo < 1Ve I them which love you what rp I word hole > 0 In not even In Puts II I n 1 the omin This Is I a problem In 11 I I humn i fire hlih very few it any of Us h a ind ai Yet 11 I li I after fur I Un 10 I to II hiiM who love ui to dod do-d 10 thopo who do noii1 unto ui It If as 1 t go but w h1 we come til hit I nnilt of forgUIng mid loMnn Ihio Ulm ruI II III tojults tilt f rent When me think III thoome who pi me nl1 unto dh our prlphoots and tmpHli1 the Ivople to mk a refuse In IM Alexico l ne have to Pan and before we can net the thing rluhl have 10 consider UI they AN voc it children as well ait wo Wo hae nd 10 toe thankful that we have blen showin the way 01 life and I 1001 She Inclination 10 tafte the eouro to tort nor no Into fellowship with Ih Lord and with lite Italy HIIII Heroin are we morn bl i than they and 1 th client uf blessing dlnd son our I dlllln In kIlnl the command Inonlf The Bailor said It Yet love In e y voIll kHI ny commandments Illit that hlh my onnlmnlO on1 I dolh them he II Is I that lorelh m On this nine Principle I we are turn I Mandell to forgive fIPnw Jesus muld If yo forgive mn their trespasses tour heavenly ralhn uIll else loral you but If 1 ye forgl lot men their trstnioIs 1 neither InIll your Father tomlvo I your trationsim Thus we have o rulOl that wo can carry right along R tit us I r voa are wllllnif 10 forgive I hose who Irmpaiss I against us vots have J till assurance that we hall I forgiven In like inaniur The Tniphtrl Josool11 once told tile brethren of U I ho Twilt I whi > n he voilis Seething then at Moro It J < Mo-ro p that If they would hale car a rill favor enough to furglle thoee who tre I 116000d against Hum even before they asked irgliintM our Heavenly VAllier v oiill be just ai ready and forward In forgive them With what measure ye 111 t II Ihlll Im miuturcd lo > I gain i Thli li a great and an exit lion problen still whn we get go that we rn matter It oral Hie by It I a may he conildired Points Indeed 1 Thin li I another principle involved In Hill lithe principle charity The popu I tar Mm li I that It woo distribute of tour rubilanre to find And clothe the 1 > K > r to lend the loupe abroad and tlt tl t herr I lit rise of that kind we am considered I generous benevolent t and charitable The Apostles am ntly took a line what dlrrmnt VIC I K of Hill One nf them laid Thou h I bestow all my Winds to feed the Pont I and though I I give my hnly tit Ile I burned and I hOlo I nit rholly II Iolltlh hit notilluir I II 0 we have lo labor lilt our 1 ii and try to com to n c oml Ile Ion of Slot fact that tile I = fIIlnlly oil Oodi children thai lie I 149 Ion for Him all that He line all II I e woul nol thai any ahould Tlth but Iht1I ihoull como com-o replrot a 1 nee This u I the work which hlonll to each on to carry toil uJill himself wllh himself and hi ll nclghb atilt wllh hlmielt and hli Und Wo have It glirn lo Ui In tho rlalloll that when we forgive one another and cattle logelhcr In good I fellowship then we may eat and drink he Laid H per with a con clous I I rl that lit Alan line forgiven ui The Lord lion I laid that they who ranwrtii houHI be dealt still before 1 tie Church Now there are wine lllngi whlih are iwrmllted 1 to pal ling as the Prophet Joeh uie1 to Mf with n fy ilack roln then lherv ate lituee when weAve h we-Ave to be brought up more to Ilse Stilt 1 line of our duty In order 10 tirogrcmi The Church li I petted In pnigrcm In pulllne away truuimMloi and In the perfection of kIln the law of nod Thcrli I one point which wax road con < rnlnl tithing that woo not dale upon We d-ale 1 given plainly ti tinder Hand that thin land to I choice Above nil other lundi precious as i It li I Ir tile things put forth hy tile instant and by Hie Nun and for tile pmloun things of I Ile OIloUIIII hlllo and In tho lolelu I 11 off in ilihlnir w a find that all thoee who mother unto the I land or Man shall be tllhil of HK ilirplui properties unit hall observe this t Jaw Ile they ihall not tin found worthy to abide rating YOU That lat clause U I ralhcr a signiflesint one whin jou l coma to consider It I In 01 Ha possible i 1m art an 1 Thor bi Another i revelation I Mhlh at I And It 1 shall come In pan that I the Stood clod will aend one Hthty and mroiig holding the Ii pi IT Jf li0t 111 his hand clothed lth 31cht rr a 1Iln mhome mouth holl litter words Iruul word lillso hi h I is I holl IM a fountain uf truth t1 t t In > dr the hour I t Clod and 10 arrangto Ir lot the Inh man fi I the Bjnti Ihf uses oro found ftnd Ihi tiar I if their ratherorelkint o their chllilr n rnIId In tin bn Ic 1 of Iho law 1 or d 1 a I to And lIlh y volso Its not found I written In the book of remembrance aha1 find l none Inheritance In-heritance In that day but they hall l cut maunder and Hulr iwllon ihall be apt ill tell them nIT unbellevar I wlh to call the mention of the brethren to thin fenture for a moment that we agoo y coniMer It 1 In IK benenu to us ami to our children after m It you Nn iiuike It appear that you lmv paid your illhlnn I = huw from the bmka that I I yon have and you can entail I this benefit and blowing upon your children you do not know the extent of ihe benefit that 1ZkMnvr unto them and their generation after yuu Show Sol there arln queailona I or illflloiiliy In re Hard to the matter you child father rill up and plead that you their rather had paid your tithing and were entitled blikkkalumAd to certain bleaalnn and thereby strengthen their twltlon and claim for blrMlngi of the hoiu of the Stood whirh ihey Could not 101 If you had not pelI l l your tithing t lund Plot them a tDI t proper example We look back through the old ecrlplurM and we find that the brethren In the d ye 01 J I In quott1 Abraham that they paid Hlhlng In 1 their father Abraham because he field tlthM to Melclitaedek wwwnllo be true and faithful ojl this lubject of r tithing and ai Preil 1 dent Hnow preiente1 to ui yeeterday morning In licit loiely termi we want 10 get up to thin line of iwylnic an honest ilralghlforward Illhtng He wanti tn tmShir71a1arX 1 you and I want to eee It Ire want to lo It aa the heidi of fimlllea eo that we can hand 11 down to our children and have them know that we hale attended lo thece Inwn and ordinance In order thai we may make oureelrei worthy lo lab r In I Hie Temple for the living and for HIP dead ntalllng blowing upon them I 10 nol Very often tell anything about mY own dolngi but I will enture to mention what my habit hai been for iiulle it number of yean back In fact all along ilnce HlhlilK V49 revealed and I was permitted to commence paying tithing In Nauviw I hale the receipt for amounts that I have paid from IllY Illdiop year by Your from that time to Ih Dnol I h an accouril 01 lllnTmilllik YhklM I taTf kept for that purities lleton Illilion Hun Irr lle1 I rarrle1 Ihnl book In him and asked him to look It over to m If II A Its correct and If It Was would he Idea certify to It He did he wrote In that book that up to that lime I had faithfully and tithing properly paid m > lirrptalily 1 think it great deal of that Illlle note from lllihop Hunter I 1 1 will recJnnmend tu you brethren that you hunt your ficitrd up Anti locto whether ou have iial1 I your Hlhlng million and If 1 you hale not paid II up mile 10 much na You think you might have done there Is I Hill chance lu straighten It up w that It may BO down It Is I to your children III good hal of more Importance to ntrieir however than to anybody el 1 e on earth that I and lion pay my Hlhlng fully fairly eitly wllh the lord for I want lo be conirloui that I have IlOh my Ulhlng to the acceptance of the Stood and Ilia Mrvanli m that I can love a good coiiMlence toward 11 In my Iayr In I my mlnlilriillon and III Ilia exer rlw of my faith at nil time and under all Iculon 1 want In af further Ila not put off this subject 01 tithing from Your children till they get old enough lo be married leaving II I lo them perhaps whn Ihey are thirty or forty yean old ti wonder whether they had better ho tllhepater or not Text them while iou nil If you Five them property when they recelte it lei them pay their Hlhlng I on II unit keel an account 01 II 1 know of Dome boys who om i ncdi torand boys In a store where the tithing WAN retained Out of thell wattom Theo > boys kept an account 01 Hill tithing from the lime they om mencc < l work there U hmo a habit wllh them and when they got married and located they could na more do without with-out paying tithing than they could ilo without food They kept right Hrulght along 1 and It ll 1 to be hopwl that they will keep on al long ai they live The force of habit goea it long way Title li I eiemplllled In the tuiea of those who gel Into the habit of drinking iplrltoui lltiuori and tea and coffee and uilng toliacco You do not know how powerful It ll I until you are called to top the habit Why not begin therefore there-fore wllh your boji while they aro > oung I and accuilom them to lay Hlh I gounor t do oor I i lng and to keep an account of It that ni they grow up It may become a habit with them You will find thai It will baA ba-a great help to them The reason of Illhtpnylng being 00 dlltliull li became we have not been In the habit of teaching It to our chll Iren noon enough They hale brrn allowed l to go along until they hale really hal In make It 11 ipeclal 1 business to a nhrthci they could toting themlve Into subjection that law or not Thui the habit ot paying only n fractional part ot the tithing In come to a great ally Let III p rietcre In Hill TIc PT I n a puli ISA until we get our own Illh I ig paid promptly I each Jear and our hit 11 Z tauglii I early In life I how to pay heir tithing I 10 that they will grow up nlo the habit or It and hate nil I the wnenti of Hie force ot habit to nulit hem I in doing that which In I right imd lenlng In the light of loll I When people get Into the habit of doing things rightly and 101 redly they are not apt 10 NP rt from It Now what llInlnrno ties the ten tence lu us that nil those who do not obieria this law shall not bo worthy lu I abide among the people of Clod Does It not Ink ui It the law contemplated I a tit to v hell Ih a alnti would he 10 he dealt wllh who refused III pr their tithing and that It 1 would mal n subject of tenting their fellowihlpT It look very ilrongly that way 10 Ina I heard It 1 mill 1 lint Ions 00 that there wait n nan round In h1 holollnlf She allies 01 11 teacher Ito did nol believe In paying tithing and 111 not Pay Sold Hlhlng I understand however that ho was rellled of that olllce and It wai conferred upon somebody who lAileve4 In Hie revelation and who was In a position to leach It 1 to tho People at It 1 ilmuld Iw I look mwn the molt er ot paring tithing as sacred na any other II II I ordinance I In nl the Church In my 1 paying of tithing 1 do not ruckon out lint It 1 hai cost me In support my family lint I tiny on tcnth of all that I rh from tiny and even 1 source That is I the way I lndlnn this principle when correctly Applied t at till bring my remakl 10 It close with tile exhortation that all Kol bretlmn unit ililera take Into consider lion the careful and proper payment of their tithing Teach I the iwople I kindly I kind-ly and elDi I nI Ife mid It you liaio I got your teller I Priesthood In mull working order that they will carry title out Properly and thoroughly In their labors urge and itringthen them In doing 10 by four teaching He I who will labor lo keep tile whole law of Hod and loach Ills children lo do the panic the Ixrd laid thnuld he graft t among Ills people white they who di 1 not shall bo least among Iln I peoiilo I lAit l tin undfrltunl what H nqulrul of Im mid lit I ui liibiir with nil our might to a null ourniici faithfully and i allnfULl rill Ulm 1 I i work of inn mlnlitry to I win h a are called that r ma b oJiiiing hoe of whom Hi IlAvlop ill Kiln tho jura hi I ottheiMi starl I I nh civ u 1 iho hnunVicild little I portion < < uf filter In duo i inin nnd f whom Hi I raid III a I that nl loans Sam lord sin n I 1 he omolh 1 Ihllnlln so Jolng Amen I |