| Show turbulence IS ANTI antl 11 THE tue responsibilities of parents are very clearly defined in the revelations tio tic no of god to the latter day saints they are required to teach their children to walk uprightly before the lord instruction in all uee use beul ui knowledge la ia enjoined a and nd in addition to seeing that their off spring are educated as aa that term is generally used parents are commanded to teach their children the doctrines of faith falth repentance baptism etc and how to pray avoid evil eil manners idleness and vice and live in righteousness and truth before god when any of our young people go astray fall into bad habits become disobedient to parental authority or violate law some persons who aro are aroon on the watch for iniquity actually rejoice over the evil and jump to the unjust conclusion that it is the result of It Mornion mormon teachings and 69 mormon influence nothing could be moro moie unfair aud and untrue if a mormon boy hoy goes to tho the b bad ad or a emor cMor mormon girl becomes it does docs not follow that either ha been improper ly trained and even it if the parents have been remiss in duty it does not argue that v the creed or system with which I 1 they are connected la Is at fault the logo 1090 which leads to hueh such conclusions conclusion 8 as those reached in reference to mormonism is too sweeping and when applied in other directions i will surely burely not recommend itself to the rational if the evil deeds of a mormon boy or girl prove mor then the wickedness of a methodist dist child demonstrates the evil of methodism and by the same rule every creed in christendom may be e proven vile and no system or belief in the world will escape the same condemnation ahe sacred books of the mor mo mons all inculcate virtue and jn in of character in old and young and in the direct revelations to we church through joseph smith the training of children la in the way they should go is forcibly directed anis Is ia not only done in general terms but negligence of this i duty auty is pointed out and reprimand ed the lnders nadera ol of the church jn in eluding the prophet himself being rebuked for their remissness beo bee see seo doe doc acoy section echt 40 60 50 25 32 the public ana and vate vale teachings of the eders eiders have alway always buen been ben in the same direction and if children chil dien grow up in idleness profanity and vice vica the fault lault even if it can to te i laid to the parents parent certainly cannot be attributed to the church its doctrine or influence frain up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it is true as a rule but there have been and will be exceptions to it the evil traits of remote ancestry often crop out in the children of parents who are axe good both in precept and example and it is not always to attribute the wrong doingo of youth to the father or mother their teachings or supposed lack jaek of discipline still in most cases where the influence fluence and example of the parents are on the side of virtue order and right the offspring will walk in the narrow path that leads unto life there are many of the boys and girls raised in this mountain region who are restive under proper restraint the free air and the surroundings roun noun Io dings in chiki altitude are not favorable to repression of any kind and without judicious watchcase watch care the rising generation are apt to b bo 0 a little wild yet the i mornion mormon youth are not wicked wic feed instances however occur of turbulence and lawlessness calling for the strong arm of the law and this should be brought to bear without hesitation when persuasion an and d gentler treatment fail this is an orderly community the re legious faith of the majority of the people tends tenda to the preservation of order and the promotion of peace but nut when disorder cannot be repressed by ordinary means forcible measures are justifiable for law jaw and order must be maintained we had occasion not long since to refer to a case cabe of tumult and at tooele thoele which was exceedingly disgraceful to the parties engaged in it some young men who were not invited to a school party U intruded themselves and with faces blackened attempted to engage ma lna performance not desired an and d when invited to leave the housea house bouse became belligerent belligerents defied th choei oge ore in charge of the party and attempted to iclean clean it out aften atten aften the style of border an inoffensive young man had bad his jaw broken by one of the rowdies and another drew a knife when efforts were made for their ejection the consequence wab was that a melee ensued in which the school boys were successful in casting out the hoodlums two of them being pretty badly beaten some somme reflections were cast upon the managers mana geis of the party and those who aided in the ejectment but investigation into the matter shows that they were perfectly justified in using physical force for the rea eon that it was a choice between being shamefully abused without cause and striking out for order and peace the young men who committed this shameful breach of law and propriety are sons of men well known in that sett Pett settlement lement this makes no difference to their culpability except to aggravate it for the presumption is that they had been taught better behaviour and therefore knew know that they were in the wrong they escaped the penalties of the law by taking advantage of technicalities but they are none tho the less worthy of punishment and such violations of law and decency not to be passed by rowdies 0 bo be hii chown n that they cannot a upon wholesome regula A little bad whisky and a ion lon on to violence on the part unruly lads will soon boon turn aly village into a pandelo the decent people in every here a tendency to such dis dig manifested should sustain orts for its ita suppression it a 3 put down at any cost church will not fellowship im i m or those who engage in its it ld id i d in the way of the secular its ita punishment neither 1 nd fault with those these who in di cation catlon of law and social id self defence are compelled force but revenge in any forbidden to the saints ana loss is required on proof of nee ce he that kinneth and th not shall be cast out and one offend openly he or she bhe rebuked openly that he or cr be ashamed fer ifer to the disgraceful affair e with regret there might en no occasion to do so now of the parties to it had not loy by their recent course that entrance aen tance was not genuine roce oce edings edinga as those at the jail all cannot be tolerated nor y lightly it does not matter son on brother or cousin la Is uch men must be rend stopped and every cornin the mountains ought to not to put up with g of the kind hind nor suffer its dna ana us and the local laws to be ded with impunity derence ie renee rence to this matter wa will 11 some of those watchers for tor point the finger and cry a your mormon fruits the outgrowth of the cf oat mormonism Mormon iem ibm but aade ave shown this would be and untrue order deace peace lation to law obedience to 1 and every righteous taught by the mormon sueh such uch doings are utterly op the tenets and spirit of our ii W we are happy to bay say they exceptions not the rule and disturbances of that general ilch alch is one of the marked bristles inh ihn stica of every mormon alty |
