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Show FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS. ! : In the sermon of Apostle Richards j which appeared in Saturday night's Xeics was this doctrine : j I want these yonng boys and girls, as well ': , as the older ones, to know that God has i ; . ; never given us a law that was in conflict ! ' . ! with any law of the land; but that Congress j : has enacted laws to make ns criminals. . hi.; If the boys and girls actually believe this i i after a full knowledge of all the facts, the I ' ; boys and girls, as well as the older ones, j ' will Save themselves much trouble in the ; ' future. This statement presents the boys j ' and girls with an alternative. They must j either believe that the revelation on po- j ;pj bj'ganiy is not from God, or, if IJ ; ; : i irom uoa, is permissive rather than j j mandatory, and that not to enter into polygamy is not to disobey a law of God, j but isonly a-non-availment of a permis- ) 1 Bion. One or the other of these alterna- I lives must be accepted, for the practice j of olygamy is in conflict with a law of i the land, and, according to Mr. Richards, j ; God lias never given a law to the Mor- ; mon jxople which is in conflict with the j , i law of the land." " j When parents give this text to their j children they should eleminato the error j . ,' which it contains. Mr; Richards says that Congress has enacted laws to make j the Mormons criminals. This is a grave ; ' : error, and one upon which' the youth of ! - this Territory should be set . right. Con gress passed a law for the suppression of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation, and that law only makes those persons I criminals wno violate it. If no Mormon i I ji violates this la wJT this'5 law can never i ti -j' make any Mormon a criminal. ! h Another error in this is that it pays that i ' , ! Congress has enacted laws to make a j: lortion of the people of Utah criminals, j ; , Congress never passes a law to make any .: I one a criminal, but' it does pass laws to I prevent crimes and" punish criminals, i i j Parents and school teachers cannot too i j strongly impress this uon the minds of ' their boys and girls, and along with this they should teach them that the laws of i '; Congress, are supreme in all. the . Terri- i ! tories, aud: that all such laws are to be. : presumed valid unless otherwise declared j by the Supreme Court of the United States. t It would also be will to teach them that ; i : ' when the Constitution of the United . k, : States gives aright to a person , the nature i , ; and extent of that fright are" to be d- ! ; termiried in aceordanee with the method ! provided by the Constitution itself for j : ! determining such jpiestionS, and that that ; i i: method is the Supreme Court of the ' i United States, and no other person or j "body t4onVlliiR-arUa:-- Boys -and girls ' : should - Jearn that 'men . make them- j Beh-es tJrimirialfi,ud that noman who is j ; not a criminal never need fear any law. !i . |