Show T UNSELFISH OF OFf Ii j UT THE CHURCH LEADERS f I s At tIe the Con loe fir If Ue t l Jostis O i I IIII t Qt or III Il the Ott CU 4 1 S I tO hr by J lei pt ELDER REED SMOOT 1 1 P t 11 In I I 1 pr t ti and In Laboring for i of t Presidency Should b bs br bra 01 O o 0 Debt to O be y to toI a Ci J the th say 11 1 I 1 be A voided Avoided t I IlaY eo o r am to oar om omI 1 ON I ler for tor o ot I bi i r oar to the thew w J thU bu of the Most fOlt and ancl I elp cl an all ha bI the prayer lid by Young that the pIrI ky of U the Lord will wUl attend thou who ad adm m dr dress this I hall allO aIo allOI 0 aik you my dear brethren and Ir I to me your our faith And prayers a as by bJ the Prophet ot or the Lord rr far I have had bad experience enough h In to th saInts to know that I m their faith and prayers and the ot of the SpIrit o ot the Lord I Ican Ican can tI say nothing that will be ot of Interest latret to tb the people pepIe I 1 hive have no desire In my heert to II say aught but butt t will be for the ot of the lam mem memI lamI F I bets ben ot of the Church ot of Jesus JUI ChrIst ot of Saints t I au ot at the opinion that there La Is not nota a 9 soUl loul present In this vast valt audience but butI I I can that the Lord has hili trul blessed bled nfl them In more Inore war thIn than one since our On U I laet at I am thankful that the of the Church to whIch we ve belong are so eo broad that the they not noti i only cover cor our spiritual welfare but ex cx extend tend farther and Ind cover our temporal tempora welfare is AI Snow referred this morning to our material Interests fr I wished to my myself elt that the people of this Church knew the true feelIngs and of the and Twelve j I ot of this Church wIth regard to iJ the material of every ery ber of the eh Church lI h I bear testImony to you ou concernIng what President Snow said lId In regard to the unity tM that t amon among the PresIdency of this Church I t find and the Twelve Apostles Unity and I luve Jo truly exist with them and I ouId 28 i that the tho same spirit extended to every etry A 1 number ot of the Church My belief Is IsIda IsS Ida S a that If that unity and love existed ny H among all the people together torether with n a coo determInation to do only that which God reQuires tile the power of th the Church and of the members thereof thereat would be beso so eo that all hell and the devil could have hae no power over this organization I do 1101 believe bellen Jer JeI that the love union and determination of the Presidency and Twelve were greater since the Church was organised IE than at the present time Our desire Is I Is to do nothing but that will advance the Interests of the Church and Kingdom of r God We want the people to be pre pared for the coining of the Son Sen ot of God whIch I say to you my brethren end and 3 I sIsters Is II nearer thai mall many of us an ant t te teH H 1 IA ORI G FOR lOR ZIO ZION 27 I ask you rou my brethren and sisters i to be prayerful and humble and to 10 seek it the spirit that the Pre Presidency and L the have and I you that you TOU shall hIVe have a that the they are ote workIng for your interest and fir pr the advancement of the Church of 4 God upon thIs earth The Quorum ot of the Twelve visit every etry Stake Slake III the Church They go Into the homes of the people they III ell not only to ib the of the people but also allo to tho tim desires of the Saints Saint and they kno know the true rue or their hearts F the they know their vIrtues and their shortcomings I do not believe there o tore fore that there therl are any better capable a of judging as I to 10 what the members o of this Church require than the postles and the of the Church ml 11 Moreover they labor to this end to advance not only the spiritual weI el rare fare of the Saints Saint but also V their temporal There Is istel tel a day passes without some IOme of ye them meeting together r to mat tees of great Importance to the among them none Cone greater than the i 00 of our youth These ques quee ce art are talked over and the brethren Ii become familiar with and Instructed io regarding them and then th they go forth to teach the People how to avoId many conditions and evils evil that are eon sope o of which have han bet II so 0 tryIng to toof of the sou souls of at the Saints U I TO lilt lIE FD I desire now to mention one thing Irr that has brought sorrow orrow to mall many A t home iome and that I Is so 10 Inan HI Saini runnIng In debt and not know tee Ing how to get out of It It Is II my hope and desire that the warning which hl has ra rh been sounded among the Stakes of re ZIon for the last year ar or more Inore Ad be the Saints Saint to keep keell out ot of debt anti antiNo all No thoN who Ire are In d debt bt to ret get oat as soon lOOn soona ne a possible will be heeded by the Lit It i Saints SaInt for or I tell you that to In an I Inal flat nal man there Is II no bondage con mt nt trotted trolled by human laws upon the face to of th tb earth greater than the bondage III eel of I 1 trust that the note of warn Un Ing which WAtch b has b been en given Ien by the Apol Apo ApoI ApolIte I Ite t ties It In all the Stakes Stake of at Zion It at th thI I lii quarterly will b bt i b by those thOle who are In an and 1 i by alt ii cot cor People l Ak blessings upon your yourin our In j In this direction and at the same Bana time remember the Lord In your our tithes and your offerings and lie He will I 5 hi bless you and so 10 your cIrcum Ut stanCH stances that relIef fUel will 11 unto you o 0 who are In debt And when hen you are artt rei relieved do not go 10 In debt any more I las be The rhe made b by the tho l ole In this regard relVeS during the past six Jet ice Is I from all I hear heart t v vi I pray God that this Improvement nt mi 1111 ContInue until th time lime chili clime cume be when sot lIot only the Church wib be ab 4 1 out of debt but each of r tM th ot of the Church wil I be able bie Is to ea y I 1 owe no lain a dollar that I PlY pay Then when hen we e are In lit this position whatever call all may be ilni made upon Us UI or wherever We fe ma may be beTh Th lIed to so 0 by the servants of the lord w we OIn n say y that we art ar ready tu iO go and anel tit the call without being under oh ob Ins II to anyone we can perform the duty that 00 1 requires at our s1 hands because we are free how much I P better this would be than to lIe he In the POsition that some or of th brethren are In It at present Snow report sly tit this es I morning that some who were 6 2 called on replied that they had hatt 1 4 n desire Ir to go 10 but see ucb that they really could not U The These huts buta are put PUI In a Sets IDa times Umea when the they no right to tit be put In by men boiling the Priest I Lj hood bood of the ken of flod ho lire ate sup lUP to be minute mn men and aad read ready to go when called arci CREATE LABOR FOR Tili tur I also aillo d desire lre this morning to call cal your four yea to the earl early days o of W h great esit commonwealth o of ours oura Allow me to lie rater you to tn the of that thai great n man Briham Tong sad 1114 to Sl tOme home of the per e to our Which if h hI he tau tt so 10 One OM that cc he at nested sad SolId load wag that I I I the should place In Ina a position W to crea create tl labor for their 10 ions and Ind daughters Are we doll this tille I Iam Iam am afraid that we have almost forgot fOllot forgotten ten en that hat there was wa guch ucb a principle ad d anred aneed Who taught home more than y Who preached anti and and aDd put hIs hll mon money Into lato thou those Iru more than did Brigham Young Youn We are young men by th the thousand lu in this thle faIr Stat lIt lItof of ou ours and do we wc ever top stop to think hat they Ire are going oin to do for a living JIvIng I hope hop my and sisters that we well ll thInk ot of this and that we will so 0 far as possible such uch industries here hete u as will ghe h employment to our youn oun men and young youn women I also allO feel that the fathers and mothers ot of this Church shOUld t begin to reaU realise the Importance ot of theIr boys to 10 prepare themselves H for future life lit by learning some IOme kin of trade Our bo boa boys Is a I think that the parents are at fault In many to drift along without carIng carIne any anything thinK about the th responsibIlIties ot of life or thinking of how they are going olne tOJ to ful fulfill fulfill fill the requirements that will be mid mad ot of them II as husbands und and fathers They do not stop to consider t these h things I Irant want rant to SIt eay that Ihl this Is II not un un country floW as It used to 10 be benor benor nor lULl has It unlimited homesteads or alt all new corners conen and we ought to begIn to think what our eons and Inti daughters especially our son on Art are going to do for fora or ora a living Inthe in the future T mica k alnio alm C every Iery instItUtion that I II started now 11 the people here where whre skilled lallor I required And do we find Utah boy Itt at atthe the head o of the different Take for example the Pro Provo Woolen Can I get a buy to start In the dye dys room and learn the trade and stick to It he knows knowl every of this department No NoI I canne The Ih t ruit is II we a are oem to send cut palt to get a man Inan who ha lai lived In a where It was absolutely for him to learn loarn eVer detail of the business In order to take charge of that department and It Is to so with other departments I hope we begIn as fathers and mother to H see our responsibility In re regard regard gard to our children and take care that they learn a trade So far u as I am concerned If I were poe 1108 essed of mIllions million of money I do de sire every try son eon ot of mine to have hae a trade at hIs fingers ends nd so that If every everything thinK thing were swept away from him he could fall fail hack back on hi his trade and make Rn an honest Ill lIving n I wish that every son Bon BonIn sonIn In this faIr State Stale and especially In this hurch WAS In this position TITHING Q A T LA LAW LAWI W WI I had II a young man come to me mc II a short bort time ago and ask ak for or an ex IlIa nil tion of some ome he had heard Brother Grant mike make concerning tithing tie lie said ald that Rt at a meeting fleeting the other thy he had heard Brother Grunt Gront ox I mess pres the belief that n a man who paid i hi his tithing of all God gave cave be better pro pre prepared pared to meet hI his obligations with l tte e nine tenths and nd It would gO further than the whole and he dill did not believe It lie He said Ill he come came to me IlS as one vio hall liati studied financial matters and would like to have me explain how ninety cents could go farther tarther than one I thought a minute or two and then decIded to take hi his own ease cale for foran foran an example I asked ked him if IC he would object to 10 ray my taking hIs own case to PrOe JIron to hint hIm the lie truth of what Brother Grant hInd had said CertaInly not he said All 1 right hl r I I will prove proe to you by your our own acts that what hat Brother Grant wag as an absolute fact and I bo be belleve lIeve It Is so In nine hundred and ninety ninetynine nine cases out of a thousand If not In every tIery case RIe I then remarked to him himI I WaS Ii going to a conference not Ion long ago and ond I saw you oU out drIving on the Sabbath abbath with a ri at It a tune when roti ought to have been at meeting Yes ye he sa said III I remember ber What did you pa pay for that rl rig I BIked asked It only ost Olt me inc four I he replied What ar are you getting n a month dollars a month Then said I this would almost have paid your tithing Oil wag wages for that month and you OU could hiVe have claimed the ot of tire the Lord JorJ Instead ot of breaking the law ot of 1 jod pertaining to the SAbbath I want ant to lIa y to you OU In my brethren and that the lu law of tithing I Is not a ot of dollars doUar and ancl cents alone I that the man Inan who Wilo pays pIA lila hili hon boa rat tithing to God will not only he be blessed b 13 God himself but that the will the It if he be Ild not nol obey that law for tor the man who believes In the 11 law W of tithes and offerings g tH be lIvee also In the other made malle b by GOd ot of hIm ant and he do not ll spend end mone money In the Sabbath day nor IT In going to place where hi his I very soul loul Is III In danger r ot of o of things that are an not good for tor a TAtter lAtter I da Saint to receive r I testify as 11 Brother Grant testified I to I that young man that I believed what Brother Grant Orant ha had said Mid and he be was compelled to 10 say ay that h ha hd had never I of at It In that Brethren sisters l ier Irl are are thou thousands sands of spent pent by the people In the Word ot of Wisdom more each elch r than all your cash tithing amounts to lo This vast sum is 18 sent ent out of State and lot tor what Not ot for forthe the ot of life lite but for articles lh the l t of which eau cause the people to a commandment that God has gel u us TAt It u US remind ourselves ot of ott I t V positions that we hold Let It us UI tin un what we a that we are ItrO members of at tile the hurch of oC ChrIst that we MIJ re the children ot of God that we have II l work to do here her ud and that the Priesthood width hn has been given u us hi has been givet Ivel for a purpose We should realize the Importance of I this authority and labor to the end nd that we will not do anthI anything l contrary to the sPirit of God or the laws of this Church A AVOID TIO There I Is another thing thine with our people II as well as the people gin c orally rail r that I desire to cn call your Mien UIl to and that Is procrastination putting ort off till tomorrow what wo we ought to do today and thinking that we i live our religion 1 a little better next year ear The olI that to travel hy by hythe bythe the road of bye and bye hye will reach rach the home ot of never Is III Just as al true today 1 as asIt It ever eer was WIS Let us UI live Jive our religion today LII UI do the duty dUly of at Let us Ul Pi pay our tithes thai thal we ow owe to today da day Let Iet us do everything required of ofus us today antI not put It off for sonic somo time My I testimony to you my brethren and sisters I Is thAt this is 18 the Church of God that Joseph was a prophet of the living God thAt his hIli down don to t and including Pre President Snow have been n called ot of God and ond thAt they he have given Ilven the people the word ord of God GodI I hope and trust that this same tosti many mony will be flO o strong atron In the hearts of every member of this Church and os es In the hearts ot of the young youn men and young oung women that no matter what trial or temptation may rome coins In our way 0 we 0 can say aay Th Thy will 0 Father b be done Clad not mine mIn It If we e Jet get In inthis this pOll position lion tills Church will grow Irow and increase end we will be blessed not only onh spiritually bitt In every wa way that God can bless a son Ion or elau of III Ills To this ehl I uk ask Gods blessings s upon the Church find and upon the people end mAY peace and plenty be yours forever forfer with a glorious salvation In the kIng kIngdom dom dam of oC God Is my prayer In the name of Jesus JeuB Christ Amen Amon |