| Show J r 7 g in ii ono onesi wo 9 briefly tle TIP li and aud d lia iia hastily referred ehe eie to tha L principle of unity today to day we wo purpose in like manner to advert to that which underlies all nil unity namely 1 pio plo of obedience lii lil the Ili eldea idea of obedience in our day I 1 ig ij as aa repugnant to the feelings 7 of the masses of mankind as 4 unity of action is rare amongst them the notions in relation to individual inde pe n dence cerand and liberty are so exaggerated and have take taken n such deep root in the popular mind that the masses easily swayed into any extreme when they fary fancy faly their interest interests aro arc at stake are heavin heaving and surging su like the thee waves of the rest restless gies ocean and the seeds of revolution are so w widely ely spread and deeply own sown that the blaze biazot of anarchy and aud revolution might be bf easily and ands generally kindled kind ledi lede resistance res Ees istance to the edicts and ind iud laws laus s promulgated mul gated by tyrants and despots is peri per 9 i haps hads sometimes necessary and eom com lin ign and in many mapy instances has had proved of incalculable benefit lo 10 maud mauj mani man l kind it was wa this mis that wrung from king jo john h n the great charter of english Yi libber bertles berties t iemand and ana in later times led to td the foup boup foundation d atlon of the mightiest 0 republic the tha world has ever seen but in neither of these memorable instances was wm resistance anee ance offered to wise and equitable 1 legislation eevi but to tyranny and injustice the state of public pubic feeling above re res rei ferrad tophas has been tos and 1 intensified by the rabid fulminations of t the he newspaper press this Is especially true of great britain fon for the the iash last twenty or oi thirty years until we the people there 1 noted dor for generations for fleir loy atay anu ana their disposition to ob observe the law laws laksar sar arh aro ilow liow almost ripe for rev revoir ola old tion yelle tew few individuals who han haw care darg fular noted the spirit of the pr press for or tufit th aub afa lapse lapsa of time can dan doubt that its j ings llave have I 1 had kad much to do in promoting 91 the tho lawles sand saud revolutionary tendencies or the rei pei people aple the real source soured bf flieh uch tendencies must be sought in a 1 I fame very er different direct direction lon ion namely in the family circle where every bias wa is given kiven to tv the tho human mirnd and wilbre where cheger th the tho eger germ of every of eveny every good prin principle eidle cIble is planted implanted and ana developed disregard of law and authority under the parental roof leads inevitably to utter disregard and cpr all law authority and restraint and when wa va there an age in the tho whole history of the world more no for thia this dhe one thing than the pre pro sont sent it is one of bf tho the crying sins sing the agel aget why the fifth commandment is almost on entirely rely disregarded it is de do cid amias hlo hio able ahle for children now nowr i days adass a of very tender year years sW tb to fo parental restraint and of being a blessing and alid an honor to parent parents children too often are almost a ika lobig soffie of trouble and anxiety i and home homo instead of being as it ought to be ve the very vers commencement alla and dounda foundation tian of an eternal heaven is alas int itt innumerable instances ai icene scene of discord and turmoil and an embry otic hell this spirit and disposition influencing the home circle ues aes in a corresponding ratio and here is the real and only soured source and roun foundation dation dailon of that spir spirit it of bf lawlessness and de flanco defiance now so gei ger general leral day saints whose aim and whose is to res restore toro torp and ta te establish the order ramifications of hillin human aa affers respect for and obedience diance e to all legitimate authority is the invariable rule in their thein midst and forming a part of their religious faith the father i is s the lord and headon head of his family and implicit unquestioning obedience to parental authority when judiciously exercised is strenuously insisted upon we wd do not wish to be understood thab that inis desirable co colsum mation has been fully bf nearly reached but the foundation is laid this is the end ever kept in iff view and niia it will never b lye lie relinquished until oddi obedience ence to parental author yen und ung cleath death iane if tie yie ces cessar cessare sary yi as gs manifested of old oid by abrahams abil son bon and ana jert Jept hahs daughter will be willingly rendered this line of policy f n thib the family circle as it has beeri beerd its influences will gradually unfold nna ana ani develop hem ham pelves until the whole commini community y wl will eventually even oven lually reap the inestimable blessings and heile arising from it fiill consummation thus thua will the ll 11 es of true government bo be established legitimated egit agit imald authority be gly gix and imi implicitly obo obe obeyed until peace and concord become the rule and finally the dreama dreamt of prophet and be re alizad in unive universal al peace on arth and good will allt to me men rs |
