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Show MORMON CHURCH HAS BEST MISSIONARIES Apostle John Henry Smith v Praises the Young Proselyters of the Latter-Day Saints. I ., . Apostle John Henry Smith was the principal speaker at. the services In the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon. He followed Elders Gray Irving and Jphn A. Howard, returned missionaries. Apostle Smith spoke for the benefit of those who were not familiar with the doctrines of the church and declared that the church stood for the enforcement enforce-ment of all righteous laws. He prateed the self-sacrifice of the missionaries and said that while he honored those hardy Catholic brothers who had ; penetrated wildernesses and endured hardship through devotion to their cause'; he admired the Mormon missionaries to a greater degree as these men were taken from the shop and from behind the counter, and without with-out training went into the field, while the Catholic church trained its missionaries mis-sionaries for years before sending them out into the world. Apostle Smith declared it was not and never has been the purpose of the Mormon church to invade the home and elders-were not permitted to bap- tlze wives without the husband's consent, con-sent, or children without the consent of their parents, and wives were never advised to leave their homes, but rather to remain in them and convert their husbands. |