Show HELP AT THE PRESENT JUNCTURE tue THE present is a good time it seems to us u for practical preaching both from the pulpit and the press upon ever everyday y texts teits which business as well a as s religious legious men have leisure ann during ing the extreme dullness of trade trad e to I 1 listen isten to and ponder over an and d if th their ir pure ure minds can be stirred up by way 01 of re rembrance mem brance of the many points which they as shrewd financiers and hud hearty of the people nave have n nep neg acted lecter and in the handling of which it must roust be said more mope selfishness than statesmanship has bag been teen exhibited in the past their aya ava awakening kenin even though 0 tardy will ivill be the the signa signal for a much muck wished fer for change in our temporal condition and for speedy relief from the hungry hordes around and among us who have no deeper interest in our ond prosperity than as it directly affect their own A wise man is able to draw from the lessons of thelpa the vast past wisdom and discretion in contending with the present and foresight and prudence in 14 preparing forthe for the future he remembers the fabie fable ot of th the e wagoner w who ha fast in the mire called lustily upon the god of strength to come coane to hs his rescue but was wa s advised by that personage to put first his own broad shoulder to the sinking wheel and bears in mind also the well weli established truth that providence aids those who help themselves e he ile is not at all inclined to it 3 down doah and supinely watch the enemy weaving meshes around him which before long shall bind him fast but in a manly independent way sets setd about breaking them one by one and tikes takes steps tc to render them powerless most of all do does she he note the movements of those with e whom he shares his bis strength and his substance and makes himself sure that no part of his means shall go to add coti courage rage or f furnish supplies to his foe if closely beset by enemies without he at least feels secure in the knowledge that there are none within if his outside resources be curtailed through the power held by his be leaguers he can enjoy a grim satisfaction is in employing all ills his own means leaving ho talent undeveloped bohand unemployed and no brain idle idie within his reach and is i able tb 0 live and pros prosper er during the most rl rigorous brods siege I 1 eg e it is in such a position though perhaps the exigency is not yet so desperate t tha ha the inhabitants of these moun mountain t an valleys should seek to place 16 themselves noone no one can say that earnest teaching from the leader leaders of the people has been f found wanting the dody body of worshippers wor shippers known to the world as I 1 1 mormons cormons Mor mons ons I 1 are called exclusive they are not peculiar in claiming that their system of belief bellef and practice is the only true and correct one for all denominations urge the same claim but they are distinct and different from all others so say gay the world in gathering themselves together in their admirable union in f feeling eeling af aft tier erand ano encouraging I 1 their their co wherever they may be and in standing by their creed unflinchingly whatever unpopularity acorn scorn or opposition they may have to encounter A higher tribute no people leople dould receive rec dec elvel we vve hope we are in eve every way deservio deserving of it if we are ej exclusive us IN e and in the usual sense of the word we presume we are the action of the world has made us so we were conceited concen ted to live with them although gath gathered bred to ourselves as long as ile they would let us they drove us into teat that exclusion or seclusion which we were compelled to adopt and we coulm contrary ry to their expectation prospered in it they cut us off by an almost impassable stretch hof hot of country from the dom eom comforts forts if not from the necessities of life we WeN went Tent to work and provided them ourselves they had declared themselves as against allowing us the rights ot others h ag s enjoyed rights of which no man und under er even the most despotic government can deprive his fellow but allowed us to come to a land where we could and did enjoy them in those days our enemies were all from without and arwe as we knew their feelings we tried to make ourselves self seif sustaining and asked no favor favors from them now the scene has clan elan clanged cL aneed zed the hostility f from rom without is no less bitter than it was then but we are not so well prepared ta meet it we may as well NOR make up our minds now if we have not already done so that persecution will always be our portion we cannot live and be what we should be without it recognizing zing this thi then it should b be e our aim to prepare ourselves as best we can to cope with and live under it As long as we have a goodly land covetous ers eyes will ogle and stare upon us there will always be found men who like shylock with the christian will buy with us sell with us trade and barter and deal with and and fatten upon us but bohse interest or friendship we dare never expect lo 10 gain Railroad railroads will swill graciously br bring 1 ino ing us products from afar and wita bleed us at every pore our own few struggling manufactures they will discriminate against and the honest fanner tanner though blessed with bounteous harvests will be compelled as at present to admit that m man an cannot live by bread alone Is it I 1 not time to call a halt what Is the result of an impartial investigation of our situation we have done those things we should not do and have left undone the things we should have done we dispose of grain at nominal figures it is sent away avay from our valleys and with the pittance of money so received we do our utmost to build up those who would jearus tear us down for every sincere honorable man whether engaged in mercantile mining or any other pursuit we have an el ned regard but we do an inability to avoid despising the miserable hypocritical beings who would rejoice to see the scenes of illinois repeated that they being already oll ori the ground might be the first to enjoy the fruits of thet carnage if we were wise ave could show them that they reckon f without their host nor need we forget e t the divine injunctions to do as we would be done by and to return good for evil we haard it said the other day dax uy a rich man mone lone too who has been foremost in nearly every successful home industry in the territory that the rich men of of I 1 the country must come to the af pf the tib workingmen n oi ori th the strikes and not note we react read of would devastate and work disaster throughout the land we believe it right eight her here 1 e are hundreds ot of unemployed workmen there Is an inviting neld for the exercise of business 1 sagacity with a certain ard prospect speed speer of a good return on the capital invested let ilet the resolution be once firmly taken that we will build up ourselves and our friends inico encourage u r a by word and deed our own I 1 industries d u s t ge ea develop all our known and search after some bome ot the almost certain but still unknown resources of our land laud and the problem of hard bard times so far as our pur codi community is concerned would be solved capa die dle elevators for the storing and preservation erV er of our grain could be constructed ted to various parts af the territory our factories would revive industries of all kinds would flourish and there would need be us cry for tor bread and no hand throughout all the land |