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Show I TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE, i M Eider Goldcu Kimball, In a brief dls- H courso at the tabernacle Sunday after- H noon, February 16, expressed his In- H cllnatlon to speak out plainly in meet- H Ing whatever ho felt to be needed H among tho Latter-day Saints, nnd tn B this line declared tho importance of H missionary work at home, pointing H especially to married men between the H ages of 30 and 45 years, among whom, he said, the most dlfllculty had been experienced In arousing an Interest. H Regarding his plainness In speaking, H he said thero had been some criticism H which was not charitable, but camo from the other place. "The last tlmo I spoko here," he con- H tlnucd, "some friends emtio to ma and said: 'It won't do for you to talk to- H day.' 'Why? I asked. 'Because we have H strangers hero today.' I wish they J would come and tell me what to say J and say It, I welcome strangers and havo respect for all religions, for I B havo been treated kindly hy strangers.' J Tho speaker said ho realized that H many people aro afraid of popular clamor; that they would go to war H with Spain as brave warriors, but H wero afraid to meet public opinion. H Tho only thing to consider, howover, H Is to havo ono's conscience clear. H In declaring that all Is not well In H Zlon, Elder Kimball said that the H priesthood had never muzzled him and H that It was not the place for Latter- H day Saints to tell what ho should say H or should not sny. Ho knew that somo H davlltry was at work amnng tho pco- H pie. Last winter a great missionary H work was undertaken, it was dlscov- 1 cred that a certain perccntago of the H young men wero going wild. Communt- cations wcro sentoutto 300youngmen, H who wero called just as If to go and H preach tho gospel. One hundred and, H fifty had responded, ninety-nine had H been excused nud thirty have not an- H swered yet. From four to ten of theso H young men who responded were placed H In each stake for threo months. As H missionaries they have visited hundreds H of careless young men and endeavored 1 to convert them. Ono report from Uln- H tah stako was tho most flattering and H showed that four elders had baptized H clghty-flvo young men, whloh was a H good work. Great and good work had j been accomplished, but there had been H discouragement also. Much dlfllculty H had been encountered among young H married men who havo settled down to H mental drowsiness and refused to join JH In tho work, and fathers nnd mothers H have justified them tn their conduct. fl There is a greater Held for missionary M work at homo than any whoro olsc, and H the priesthood should bo looking after M tho pooplo. Preceding Elder Kimball, Elders M Snlusbury and Gcorgo It. Hiker, who H have lately returned from a mission to H tho Ilrltlsh Isles, made brief addresses M on the work accomplished. The latter H Bald the elders In England were not M persecuted, but had much opposition iH to contend against. Tins conumon, t-t-ts- ho said, was the llfo of the elders, for H opposition brought out all the good H thero was in them. lie said a man who H should try to preach tho gospel with- B out scrip or purso tn England would HB bo a protty sick man when ho got flHJ through. Elder Gcorgo E. Hill, lately returned M from n mission to tho southern states, flKV also spoke of tho work in that part of flBV tho country. The people of tho south woro somowhat behind tho timos in re- HBh gard to improvements and in many SBb respects were lacking in literary ad- SBb vantages. They wero very religious, however, thouiru uonerally objeotlng SHI to any innovations by tho Latter-day ' Saints. Two elders working In Atlanta flBl havo tho freedom of the best hotels and aro otherwise courteously treated, J so that In Bomo instances the people Hl wero beginning to becomo more lib- flHJ oral. About 1,800 people were added to tho church from the southern states Hl last year. Of course, Bald the speaker, HBl thero Is a dood deal of opposition to tho missionaries on account of the jHBl Roberts case, but tho agitation is do- 9B Ing more good than harm; The elders get a better hearing; discussions of the Mormon religion is revived and the re- suit is always tn favor of the Latter- Hl day Saints. IBl On the 17th Inst, there was a grand flH gathering of the old folks of Oneida SpJ stako of Zlon, regardless of creed, color or nationality, at Preston, Oncdla county, Idaho, which was a grand suo- cess. Sevoral hundred were present, B and all seemed to enjoy thomselves. It commenced at 10:30 a. in. nnd continued Hl without Intermission until 4:30 p. m. A beautiful programme wns ren- derod, consisting of vocal and Instrn- mental music, viz., solos, duets, quar- Hl tettes and choruses, also four reel and single-stop dunces, in which somo of the old folks participated, A sumptu- MHJ ous dinner was provided for all. It flHJ seemed that everything eatable was HJ frovided, woll cooked and served with he greatest caro and attention, One HJ hundred and fiftv could sit at the tablo at once, aud thero wcro several sit- HJ tings down to dinner Thomas Graham, who has been in H the Yukon country for a number of flH months collecting an exhibit for tho 9H Paris exposition, has arrived at Port HH Townsend, Wash. Hn has sconred a H large and rare collection which will be H brought out nc."l summer. BBi According to the Paris Figaro, Presl- H dent Loubet Is surprised at the hostility of which ho is tho obiect, and has said: "No one has a right to say I am a HJ Dreyfuslst or nn nutl-DreyfuBist. I JJ am, with tho majority of the nation, lor truth, supported by Justlco," J iL. .Pjb jT' - WH |