Show THE PROGRESS REQUIRED OF US 1 7 it is an axiom which ia Is sustained by bt the experience of ages that no people can be truly happy who do not live in harmony with the laws jaws of their being these can not be done violence to with impunity no amount of civilization or enlightenment can save a people who persist in violating these laws the penalty maybe may be delayed for awhile but it will surely barely come the fate of tho the nations of antiquity illustrate this and the course which the moderns are taking will furnish famish us with additional pf af the same character whenever a people strictly observe the laws of their being they must progress their tendency is upward to this may be attributed the happiness peace and prosperity prosperity which have attended attend td the dro Ero latter atter day saints the gospel which they have embraced is a perfect system I 1 especially adapted to increase mans happiness and knowledge when men live in obedience to its laws they are in harmony with themselves and the results which aron aren are brought about are wonderful we see these results all around us in this territory and as these laws become better understood and are carried more widely into practice they will become more marked and noticeable the disposition Iosi nosi tion which is being manifested at the present time among the people t to 0 arrive at a knowledge of these laws and to carry them into effect is most gratifying they evidently aim at progress Ts and are determined that no effort shall be Nv wanting on their part to achieve it very much depends upon the latter day saints they have a destiny to ac com which will require c qualities that have hitherto been viewed as beyond the reach of man but there is a hight of development which can be reached by man under favorable circumstances and with the aids which are now within his reach of which the world has scarcely a conception this height we must reach it can be attained to by obeying the laws already revealed and those which remain to be made known the qualities exhibited by the people of this territory have already excited surprise yet they leave but barely commenced to progress they are only commencing to understand the laws which have been taught for upwards of thirty years the word ord of wisdom for instance is only beginning to receive a degree of attention on the part of the people that it should 1 have had long years ago so with other plain and simple laws but the minds of the people are being awakened to the importance of these things and an anxiety to live in strict conformity with every revealed law is manifesting itself on every hand if this course be persevered in as we have every reason to believe it will be the people must take an immense stride in advance and new laws of which at the present we have but dim conceptions will be revealed with plainness to the understanding of the people and be incorporated in their practice it should be the unceasing effort of every man woman and child in this community to live in accordance with the laws that have already been received to obey them in fact and to prepare themselves for those higher laws which we undoubtedly will be required to submit to before we accomplish the work the lord expects of us |