Show lle the GOLD fro erom PROM 0 U TIIE TILE DROSS A noticeable effect of the agitation which has for many months made utah the cynosure of national interest is in the positions assumed by the young men an and wo women in ea of the territory for and ag against a dinst the rel nel irlon islon cherished by their fathers and mothers as divine down from off the fence I 1 if we may way so describe it has been particularly ticul arly manifest among the youn young g men possibly from their being more cal conspicuous in society though similar results have been apparent in ways nou not so public but no less decided anion among the gentler sex we aswell ivell 1 17 young ou people children of latter way saints who have hitherto given th thu the subject of religion scarcely a thought beyond the repetition of the i Fp pr dyers gyers taught them in childhood by a lender tender mothers farseeing far seeing care and others who mingling gling with the world and imbibing of its spirit of indifference i nce and unbelief had almost f forgotten or gotten hofto pray have been roused from froin otheir lethargy as by a yole volcanic anic outburst and been compelled by force of circumstances to survey the situation 1 r I 1 th sober thou thoughtfulness ulness and ta take ke sides where duty or inclination pointed out their way others are still trembling in the balance of uncertainty tai nty hesi hesitating as to which way to fall tail the battle of conflict conflicting in emotions in ti their eln ein breasts only equalled equal led by the pros and cons of outside critic criticism inn irn tto which their indecision and inactive them it is a source of gratification shad owed by regret for other causes that thus hus far the great majority of those who have pronounced themselves have jaken taken the side of right choosing god and his holy cause however unpopular gpo popular pular in preference to the good opinions and plaudits pl audits of a world which hates him and his people with almost fiendish fierceness but secretly despises those who pander to its caprice and senseless prejudice pro proving ing recreant to the faith of their fathers stivers and totham to that preeminent pre eminent principle celestial in its nature and origin to which them owe their existence M in ca contemplating this subject the f luin loin all ali instinctively to the eoas 0 of f aare pre existent life when great falling place when the ili ill L havens wept y 0 ver the g defection of lucifer and his s associates but smiled th through their tears to see domany many that were valiant plant their teet keet feet upon I 1 the adamantine of principle and howth with rood mood 1 i and evil before them and the their ir agency as declare dethe themselves the defenders ol 01 the right and champions of eternal truth what motives are we taught inspired the opposite bourse course in lucifer a vain ain hin nna fierce de sire td mount like ragene a ran rag inc lne inz river hi higher er than tharo the parent lake irom from which he drew ew his being an unwillingness to work mhd tid fid wait for the inevitable recompense which time and J ustice birin bring g to all but an unwarrantable ole Ale eagerness to tb pluck the unripe fruit of recognition lui lul Ini tion and pre preferment fermenti to satisfy a morbid craving for premature power and dominion undeserved ysl auy any equally unprincipled foreseeing as they thought success became the and tools of his satanic sophis mry ory stry itry and the sharers indis defeat an and d everlasting shame there were o others A isome some say who took ino part tart one way avay or the other in that su sublime blidie conflict but remained oil on ground s speaking no word for foi either friend or foe holding thal thAi themselves selves ready to join the winning side whichever it might abe baand be and bound down by that basest of bondage the slavery to selfish interests they dared not hazard upon the outcome these time servers and servants for time the omnipotent Conque fer ier spewed skewed from as being neither hot nor cold 11 and otheir subsequent atif correctly ly told vis is enough to mage make one shrink with a shudder from the possibility of repeat V ying their thein ignoble act and bearing its consequences through ages yet to came cume come alithe XA the world today to day particularly this part art of the world are face to g aco most of them without knowing it ft with 1 an ordeal which finds its counterpart in that sublime test through which th the spirits of eail tall men passed with more or less ohonor honor to their existence upon this planet eager chento come upon almost any ans condition but especially through the line lindae lineage ae of priests and patriarchs arl archs aichs and til the e divinely honored channel of celestial marriage which some would now dishonor and turn f from rom nom aftel after securing under its broad and land sheltering wings the inestimable boon doon of a more than noyal royal birthright birth right we would have our oft young koung young friends for friend we fain fala would be to them I 1 up upon on these things and reflect seriously let them pause and consider and ask themselves the question whether they can afford to wreck their past success and prospects for fok the future f upon the rocks and breakers of a days delusion for the jhc thc ninal final outcome we have no fear let no man suppose gods work vork will fail because of mails roans defection its foundation is not of the earth I 1 nor are men more than the fragile tools used by b its author and architect ar eill in tn its formation if I 1 one tool breaks in the thee hand ling lans it is thrown aside and another taken up and the good work goes on to perfection and while there wre may be some among the children of the saints who will prove themselves unworthy of their name and lineage the great massmill mas mass will swill stand true and many that are now wan wandering dering prodigal prodigals prod igals s NY will li ii 11 11 yet ire ike t return il it is an eternal law lann that like ilke begets lik ilk like ilke and the fathers and mothers 0 this people have been too nobl noble cef sef and crand grand of soul to grin bring erin t forth a race of cowards 60 wards and poltroons the best of blo bio odthe most honorable of families may have instances of unfaithfulness ulness but they bear biadas as much relation to the pal pai ent tree as the insect blighted apple that prematurely f falls fails the victim of extraneous evils to rot and moulder about its roots and fertilize a future and a better batter growth grotth the word of one who cannot lie ile has been plighted that this kingdom should d never be thrown down nor given civen to another people upon whom then if not the faithful f artlia ua bulk of their posterity will it gestland rest resti land and be perpetuated and the terms of the prophecy fulfilled f let the work of separation go on let the f fence ence be cleared and the hypocrite the recreant and the traitor be unveiled let ibbe it be known who areford are for the lord and who against hill him aud and let those who play ane bendul pendulum beware the cowardly vacillating and have no promise or place pl ice within the gospel pale they who fearman fear man or love mammon and tile the world more than they do the god who gave them life are not worthy of ills kingdo kingdom in nor will they face the brunt of battle battie R at tle tie in fn the armageddon arma elldon that is approaching ere that day ey arrives the gold must be purified from the dross the chaff win from the wheat and the man alan of sin be revea revel revealed led in whatsoever soul he lurks or whatsoever guise be ae may assume it is a day of decision and not of dallying the line fine of demarcation is being drawn and the word of the lord to all israel israe young and old rich and poor Is isi Choo choose seye ye this bay aay day das whom ye will serve |