CHAPTER VIII

The Church and the Man

The Church in Advance of Its Members--The Gospel the Most Important Thing--Personal Advancement is Help to the Church--Covenants of the Latter-day Saints--A Privilege to be Associated with the Church--Worth of a Standing in the Church--Importance of Having Names on Church Records--Secret Organizations--Secret Societies--Gossip--We Want to be Known as We are--Treatment of Those Who Will Not Obey the Law of the Church--Latter-day Saints Must be Thinkers and Workers--The Identity of the Church Unchanged--No Classes or Nationalities in the Church--No Neutrals in the Church--Don't Have Religious Hobbies--Wealth Does Not Bring Church Favors--The Gospel Causes Disturbance--"Having Done All, Stand"--Not Naturally Religious--Strive to be as Broad as the Gospel--Search and Ye shall Find--The Spirit of Religion--The Meaning of Success--What is to Become of Such as Me?--Rest for the Peaceable Followers of Christ--Harmony--Character, Mettle, and Mission of the Latter-day Saints