Show THE SPIRIT OF TRADE have been and are the ways of the adversary for elther either driving or turning members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints from the pathway of truth buti at present be he seems most moat successful through the insidious ingi dious spirit of gain gain at any rate and in almost any manner in the days of joseph the prophet violence and derivi driving ng were the principle instruments ea for tor breaking the scriptures by again ba the priesthood from eue li earth the saints were driven from ohio to Misso missouri url uri from missouri to 0 o illinois and from illinois to these mountains and with each driving 91 as is alway always s the case under persecution whether the persecuted be right or wrong they hey increased in faith n numbers umbers and steadfastness and the th same hounding bounding sl irit followed us here so soon as it wals was learned that we had neither all starved to death nor been killed by the indians indianna Indi ansa a fate that hosts confidently proclaimed and earnestly hoped would befall us that miserable specimen of humanity named jammo jarno bucharan buchanan Ba chanan charan sent the flower of the american army to destroy us from the earth but their presence pre sance served only to press ss ts closer and firmer around the standard of truth and ind the most rabid of their prominent officers have hava since fallen in battle or passed into oblivion while the names of buchanan and his secretary floyd are a stink in the nostrils of all good men the same lame spying hostile hounding parit perit Is still upon our track though at present in abeyance through 7 having much to engage its attention elsewhere for which rea reason and because creeping into houses bouses to lead captive ally still bomea meets comparatively with but buti little success and conduct aimed to provoke disturbance is as yet met only with the contempt tempt it merits the adversary who is ever busy at some and of evil ia is making strena otty oui effort to widely and deeply in our oar midst the spirit of the merchandising izing of babylon under a specious misdirection of energy and enterprise he is luring many blindly on to w worldly y mindedness and a conoe consequent quent forgetting lagand and disregard of the great object in our being here the spirit of trade even as the world trad trade solely to get gain regardless of right light is becoming much too genal and unless timely checked bids fair to work more nis nia cLief than any plan at present plotted against us for the LOVE IOVE OF MONEY is the OOT or ALL EVIL eyll which while bome some after they thoy from FROU THE FAITH AND themselves elves ELrES THROUGH weizi WITH MANY nany goal soai to kows BRowa 12 ft the making ia IR a trade one two three five tek tea or more lore bundred hundred per cent the worshiping and nd piling one ona upon another the almighty dollar especially esp whon when in the shape of greenbacks green backs and he the dreaming of 0 gain while asleep and ever scrambling for it n while hile bile awake would aside from tha the scriptures and adhere abere after seem but a poor manner in which to pass this life and a very ing bait upon the devils hook but gold worship is 13 very prevalent in the u orld orid and even here we are afraid a few are blindly prostrating pro themselves at is shrine but but cut would you prohibit trade de by no maans mapans for an ek exchange change of commodities comia comra odille money included at proportionately fair rates upon the only correct principle ciple of igual and ao so far as possible pos sibe equal benefit to bolh belh buyer and seller seiler the W kfare fa re cf of all now do we expect by anything that thai may be said or written ta wean a trader traders imbued I 1 with the spirit of Babylo merchandising izing irem item hla hia blind and ignorant worship 0 galm gaim for gains gaina eake sake scarcely for we boak upon tipon s buch such an occurrence as very ver yare pare but we are required d to remind each other of those prin ciplys and that avor savor of eternal lives and to mention bention those courses amses that tend to disappointment especially at a time when worldly mindedness appears to be rather on the gain we are placed upon this earth to always 40 that which is right and to do all the good that lie lle iles lies in our power for that selfsame self same purpose we came to these valleys and for any one to cease working righteousness and labor tor for the world appears singularly unwise build plant manufacture boysell buy seil sell exchange in every laudable way improve both our temporal and spiritual condition and the arid soil of our mountain home with the rich products lot jot 0 well weli till tilled d fields and beautiful gardens but ever hold bold ourselves and all we may be blest I 1 with as stew stewards ards readily and gladly suba ct to the requirements of him to whom belongs the earth and its fullness |