Show GEORGE Q CANNON EDITOR AND PUBLISHER wednesday february 21 1873 Dow do what erat FrAT is right is the burden of the song bong son bon and experience demonstrates that euch buch a course is the only sound bound one actions based upon auy apy other principle no matter the position of the actor are actions to be repented or of sooner or later arid arld further than that if a man will not do what is right fight of oft his own volition provide providence mee will b by and by either bring to bear upon him a pi pleasure assure anything but agreeable to induce him to do right or make manifest his culpability in buch such a manner that he will be despised amon among g men even by his partners in doing that which ignot is not right there is absolutely no safety in doing anything that is wrong anything contrary arary to the light which god gives unto the individual an intelligent man or woman can consistently net not only according g to the light which he or br she bhe possesses or the light which he or she might have possessed had all pasi past light obtained been lived up to and all opportunities port unities of obtaining further farther light been bees properly improved td T do da what is right is not particularly to drout carny carry out oui the dogmas or hobbies hobbles of men but to develop the principles of life and salvation principles which will sava save and exalt men and women principles which will vill conduce to the welfare tand and happiness of the human race in time and in eternity whether we recognize the fact or not still it is a fact that we are continually in the presen preben eb of the supreme being so far as his knowledge of us is concerned if not so BO far as our knowledge of him extends consequently our actions should all be performed not as unto and in the presence of man only but as unto and in the presence of god our creator also if this fact were more generally and more properly y appreciated we should not see nor bear hear of so BO many mean and selfish actions as we do we should not see nor hear of so BO many departures from principle for temporary advantage and no other than temporary advantage can be secured by departure from principle we should not see nor hear or of persons falling from truth sinning 81 1 11 against light or truckling to the adversary the tempter might come every day and every hour and offer some presumed advantage if we would fall down and worship him or what is much the bame same thing deny or concede some principle of truth which we know or at the very least believe to be true if we are living according to the light which we have or may have we should in each and every instance of such temptation promptly say get thee behind me satan and we should say the same game in substance to every tempter in whatever form he or she might come we should find it impossible to do otherwise with the least satisfaction or comfort to ourselves then the prince of this world might come as the savior bald baid and he would fina nind find nothing in us subservient to him that la is the only satisfactory way to live all ali other ways lead to darkness disorder entanglement confusion and trouble and are extremely unsatisfactory when when conscience enlightened by the spirit of god bits sits judicially upon them when we submit to the allurements allure ments the tempter when we sacrifice fice fica principle tor apparent advantage when we depart from what we know or may know is right we place ourselves in a sitt ritt situation lwon imon wherein even those who tempt us will mock and deride us and the very highest consideration we can expect from friend or foe is pity the lutter day saints are and abid may be again placed in a position which is one of trial and test giving the opportunity which can not be shrunk fromi from of proving whether they oriu abide faithfully by the principles which they profess profesa to hold as true or whether for promised advantage they will prove recreant to those principles |