Show wo to the saints and jesus taught on this wise if any roan man shab compel you to go a mile go with him twain and if any in man an shall sue you at the law and take away your coat let him have your cloak also this by some wy may be considered a little more than do doag ng as the they 7 would be c done unto but jesus understood his subject and the character and disposition of the people whom he addressed and the command and principle involved are just hs as good true and applicable to the saints in one generation or dispensation as in another unless it shall appear that the natural disposition and temper of men vary with the various ages and dispensations in which they live which is not the case hence the general principles of eternal truth revealed to the saints by jesus in person while in their midst on the earth aregust are just as good for saints now as they were for saints then faith faita repentance bop baptism cism for remission of sins laying on of cf hands bands for the reception of the holy ghost res of the dead eternal judgment doing to others as you would be done unto entertaining of strangers going two miles with him who compels you to go one and giving your cloak to lum him who takes away your coat in a lawsuit law suit are all eternal truths or principles equally applicable to and good to be observed by bv the honest in heart in every dispensation of salvation which aich god is pleased to send on the earth happy are the people who know these things and delight in doing them for the doing thereof will restore the one who practices back again to the bosom of abraham and the presence of the eternal father 3 whose presence our spirits voluntarily left in the annals of eterei tv I 1 that we might secure to ourselves bodies bodie descend wit with a jesus below all things bearing all minner of reproach and suffering all the wrong with patience that wicked men and devils might might t heap upon us so that through that medium with J jesus we might rise above all thi thing 1 and this is the only medium the saints have by which to secure the exalted g lory they are seeking after jesus did dd not say if a saint a brother a friend compel you to go a mile go with him two no but if any man saint or minnei for saints are subject to vanity I 1 and folly and do wrong wrong sometimes and when exercised by a foolish spirit are as likely as other men to compel you to travel with them thein if they have the power to do it or take away your coat at the biad of a law sui or do anything else which might gratify the foolish spirit which has dominion over therry them by vexing you and causim causing 11 anger to spring up in your hearts because of which the spirit of light love and wisdom which I 1 ch you delight in would take its departure from your souls thus far then the spirits of evil have their designs with you you have given way to temptation tein pta tion and the holy ghost has taken its departure and why because you could not take the spoiling or robbin robbing 11 of your coat joyfully and send your cloak along with it as a witness of your love of the truth over and above your y our love for worldly good 1 you ou could not go the second mile when you had been TO go 90 u UT Y vui gui s aiu 2 IA I A 3 your fence maling making g or mending 17 your flocks or your mill tend tending but if you had bad gone the second mile voluntarily unta rily and preached righteousness to the man who compelled you to go the first mile how do you know but that he would have received tile the truth been converted to the faith of jesus and returned with you not the two miles only old v but traveled with you all your days helped you to repair all the losses you had suffered on his account and become a worker coworker co with I 1 you yon forever in building up gods kingdom it is through faith and patience that the saints are to inherit the promises rom iseF and it requires a considerable consider aW stock of all the virtues to keep the heart pure obey all the commandments commandment sI overcome all evil and not resent insults but the thing once accomplished there will be an end of all lawsuits law suits among saints saint just as a it should be for the law is not made for the just but for the unjust therefore why should saints use that which was not made for them and which does not fit their profession precincts precinct district and state lawsuits law suits axe are bad enough but they are nothing compared with family lawsuits law suits suits between husband and wife parents and children brothers and sisters and if these family suits could once be dispensed with throughout the earth we should seldom if ever hear bear of any more suits before the state or national judiciary every family is a kingdom a nation a government within itself to a certain extent and the head of the family is is the legislator the judge the governor this is what constitutes the patriarchal office and was originally the sole government for all the inhabitants on the earth but bat as families and wickedness multiplied they united into clans tribes nations kingdoms empires ac tile the more easily to maintain themselves against M neighboring governments and hence the patriarchal office was in a great measure swallowed up tip in elective franchise or kingly or monarchial power yet in all well regulated governments 0 E ht kanip thare is ia sufficient of patriarchal government still remaining to give a strong impression to the character of the general government in which the families re reside side for impressions and habits formed in in the cradle in the mothers arms and under the fathers e ye eye are vivid strong and lasting and will sustain their influence for good or evil through life and the nation in which they live will partake of that feat influence hence the importance of a wise and judicious di dispensation in evera every family when anere is a difficulty between husband and w fe both parties are but too apt to assume the judgeship 0 in the case and both being particularly interested are liable to lean in judgment on the side of self and thustle ihus thus the family is involved in one of the most difficult and vexatious lawsuits law suits the world is capable of I 1 producing for as soon as the suit commences the children most likely take sides and each parent is strengthened in their pleas arguments actions and decisions by a portion of their own offspring and if there is not intelligence wisdom and faith enough in the patriarchal head to explain all in mysteries ys teries satisfactorily and decide the controversy in righteousness and bring about proper submission to the laws of his house the quarrel or law lawsuit suit suites is likely to continue till a divorce is called for from a higher court by one or both parties a separation follows the family scattered to the four winds domestic peace annihilated and notional national strength abated to be continued |