Yin-Yang in Mormonism

Journal of Discourses 3:11; “I thank the Lord for the bitter as well as for the sweet; I like to grapple with the opposite: I like to work and have something to oppose. I used to dread those things, but now I like to grapple with opposition, and there is plenty of it on the right hand and on the left. When trouble gets in among you, shake it off, or bid it stand out of the way. If the devil should come and say, “Brother Brigham is not doing his duty, or is not doing right,” kick him right out of your way; bid him depart, do not allow him to have place in your habitation, but learn to be happy.” – Jedidiah Grant,  Salt Lake City, May 30, 1855

Proverbs 14:16; “A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.”

Perhaps the moral compass instilled inside Mr. Grant at birth was set askew from the constant barrage of false teachers who were flat out wrong. 

Someone who used to be in my personal life instructed me on the same moral principles Mr. Grant spoke of here. I always questioned the rationale of ignoring problems and was taught it was my responsibility to always be happy even when others around me were not. 

Then I began wondering about the moral integrity of those in charge and know better. If they knew the prophets were wrong then why did they stay and ignore the problem instead of denouncing it straightaway?