| Show TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS TUB tin young people amons among the latter day saints have been repeatedly advised in regard to the folly and wrong of mingling with those who violate the laws of god and man and the rules of propriety and decorum yet there are some who still place themselves in a position of defiance and danger and render reader themselves liable to loss of fellowship and the respect of ther their best friends whenever the servants of god find it necessary to give special advice on any given yen point an effort is made by the to counteract it tuis is shown hewn in the recent counsel in regard to sabbath breaking and the inducements offered to draw people into that afa in we are surprised that any one pretending to nave the good of tie community at heart will do anything to aid in drawing the people ato to gatherings and edcur sf abona and entertainments that are intended to cast disrespect upon ute the lords day and the counsels of those who urge the honor which is due to it and we are astonished that 1 persons r sons professing to be members of t the 11 16 church wilt will indulge in conduct t that at is clearly in opposition to the revelations ot of god and their sacred covenants to keep his co commandments that special inducements and attractions tr ti should amade and arranged to draw the latter day saints away from the duties and observances of the sabbath is not surprising on the part art of their heir enemies that is only to te be expected but the example of some people who know and ought to do de better betor is baneful upon the young and inc incurs urs a fearful responsibility we wish to say that no young man or woman connected either by hiem membership or family association with the church who has the least self respect will be seen on the late bathing trains which occasionally roll into this city and more frequently into ogden the worst class of the anon non mormon population patronize them and if the son or daughter of a latter day saint is fobish enough to mingle with the rid boidy isly half inebriate find end dissolute cr q whole disreputable outfit is mormon company their disorderly doings are a cepro reproach ach to the community and the few persons among them who are mormons cormons Mor mons by connection are deservedly condemned alth the rest ao 0 o with sunday excursions which are organizer e and encouraged by a certain chis class in t this city those who mingle with or aid in their promotion are unworthy of fellowship and of tile the esteem teem odthe of the consistent members of the church if people desire to mingle with the world drink in of its spirit follow Us its ways and reap of its rewards ar a at ho 0 one will interfere with aw their ei P r freedom freedo to do as they please but B ut they th e must see that they cannot do this a as 8 latter ater day saints it if people do not no t want to be regulated by the rules rule of a church or society they should not pretend to be members hereof it if they desire to be recognized as connected with the they should be governed b the rules which they pey have agreed to observe oo serve there is no bondage in this they can do as they choose but they must act on their individuality not as parts of a religious organization which forbids the course they want to pursue there is no desire on the part ol of those in authority to interfere with liberty or to push to an unwise or undue extent the restraints of the law of the lord we want no blue laws nor any extreme restrictions to mar the true happiness of young or old eld I 1 to pre vent proper recreation or impose fetters upon the souls of mankind that la is not the end in view what they want la a due recognition of the commands manisof of the almighty and the laws of the laud land and that self respect and decorum which are expected of respectable people and their offspring night excursions cur alons and sab sabbath bath pleasure parties and frolics are I 1 improper improper for any one connected with the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and should be discouraged by every friend to the community the way to correct the growth of these and other evils is by family in fluer fluence kee and private teaching of which we consider there is a great lack among amon the people compassing com pollin 9 this church look to it Ilk fathers and mothers and you who are called to be teachers of tue tile peoples people for god will require at your hands the souls who we are rushing unchecked Checked on the road to J |
