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Show President Grant I Opens Conference In S. L. Tabernacle SALT LAKE, bci II Urging tor-glvsneSB. tor-glvsneSB. dei p r i-harll. and express Ing deep regret for the spirit of anl-ITlOSlt) anl-ITlOSlt) SXtSlldlng even to "hlttetnrss" inlong the Latter Day ..iinls In ntat-i ntat-i r of lm.iin'ss and polili-s President ttobsr J. Grani ysstsrda: morning In the tahornacle opsned the nlnsty-flrst )cnil-nnntal conferonos of the L i. s- church. Throughout hi entire remarks, Pfssldom Grant voicaq dlwapproval ot earrytng porsonal and selrlsh Inter- iilx m.o reiigiOVS work. He ailed ai ii-n tion to the fact that. jum because be-cause s man hart been Iniln-tetj by th grand Jur) Is no proof ihui he unity ' He further said, -a man is pposed to be mnoceiu nil he l proved guilty, even according to the mid law. and il Shows splril of nn- urn la and injustice io condemn m lUvance," i l !ACil I Ol riONS Tbf speaker made rs'erence to the Ii ni; n oi nation- issue, declaring it m . ms rogn i mat It should be madS .i part) or political IsSUC, le held thai knlS irSa one of thf great quea-lion quea-lion Which .-mould be settled outside part) politics President Oram olcej strongly his gratitude for the enactment 61 national nation-al prohibition and expressed the hope that-the time would foon come when all the Countries Of the old woild would become dry. ' Payment of Hilling Hill-ing was also referred to a one of the essentials to right Hlng on the part of every member of the church. President Orant aluo expressed hi pleasure that the women of America hao been granted the traiuhlue, hut made no attempt to discuss any of the phases of the woman suffrage question. ques-tion. 1 rejoice In the opportunity to again meet i he Latter-day Saints in confer-SnCI confer-SnCI . said President Orant, "and pray that all that may be said and done will be und r the direction of the Holy Splrll I admit that 1 have never up-proachSd up-proachSd a conference since- I have been heud of the church without feeling feel-ing some fear that 1 may not have a much ol ihe wisdom und spirit of CJod as directed the earlier leaders and 1 earnestly supplicate that tnis wisdom may be given me." 'lhe president then said that before entering Into the subject of his address in had a letter, received last ntglit. Which he desired to lead This proved to be u communication from A S McCuno and his wife. Eli-abetb Eli-abetb A C UcCune, making a tender of their home on North Main street as a gift to the church and expressing ,i prelerence thm it b deottd to It". women's organizations of the religious body . Kecent Indictments furnished Preei- dent ijrant a text for a homily upon the tendency of people to Judge without with-out hearing the evidence. He made no specific rc-tcrence to any man or to any case, but held that "certalnlv Latter-day Latter-day Saints should be as charitable as He cohl law, which presumes ever) man innocent until he Is proved KUlllV " To quote President Grunt verbatim " 'bo not worm oplons blindly, .. Hastiness to trouble lends. Those oi whom we thoufiht unklndlj i 'It i'i i one v uui warinisl friends.' I HI Mi o OPINION "Then are a great many people who believe that if a person is Indicted, he Is undoubtedly a criminal. Ther. are ery few people wno stop to reflect upon the fact that when u grand Jury finds an Indictment against any man, that it is seldom, If ever, the case tnat h 1 permitted to appear before the grand Jury, or to have a representative there to state his case The law Itself' provides jfi I understand it. although I 1 am not a lawyer that every man shall be considered innocent until such time as he Is proved guilty and no man is guiltv In the irne sense of the' word, of an offense Jut because u grand Jury finds nn Indictment agains; him. "In criminal case a man m to be considered innocent unless the evidence evi-dence against him shall be so conclu--i' thai ther.- is not even a reasonable doubt siS to his guilt. Certainly Latter-dav Latter-dav Saint ought to be liberal In tlicii Judgments, as the cold law of the land. i and certainly every man ought to be .considered Innocent In the estimation of the Latter-day Saints particularly if that man is a member of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and h.n devoted hli life for the up-bullding up-bullding of C.'d's kingdom until such time as he ha-j what is known as 'his day in ouri ' U'e can afford, I believe to be as liberal as the cold law Itself. ".X year ago, at our conference, I ox- 1 pressed sincerely my regards thai blt-terness blt-terness was being engendered in the hearts or the Latter-day Saints, be- Icause w b.'.t was known as the league of nations had been injected into po 'lit ics. I expressed my sincere regrets thai this great document should ever, have been made a subject for political discussion. I felt that all people In these I'mled States of America should approach lb'- consldera'.io.i of this great document. Independent of party ' affiliation 1 deslrs to exjiress my re-, grts Chat If anything It Is in politics more today than II was a year ago. Ill I BUS l SUGAR tl I si Ion 1 sincerely regret that what is known as the 'sugar question" has liri-n Injected Into politic in this stale of Utah. I feel In my heart of hearts tl v it ha: engendered bittern ss. that ll hnf created a great deal of animosity animosi-ty and 1 think it Is something thai' lought to have been eliminated from' politics, and that all questions of that, ;klnd should he settled by the Interest-efl Interest-efl people. "ldeslre. beyond my powor, to tell, I that there (shall alw ays bo perfect har- iinon." and perfi ci justice between the, farmer and the sugar producer I de-Islre de-Islre that all Judgments by Latter day ."Hilnts upon the course of men con-, ted With any Industry, in this state, I shall be w ithheld at least until there h.i passed a final Judgment by a court (that has the right to pass upon It i i beg every Latter-day Saint to I cultivate the Spirit of charity and of ! long-Ruf ferlng and of brotherly love il say to all Latter-day Saints. Keep the commandments of God That is my keynote speech, Just those few words ke p the ' commandments of God Read the psalm thai tolls you not to , fret your soul about the sinner. It is a magnificent psalm to read. I though: ;son-.e of reading it here to this congre '! gallon, but I have read so much that I I am afruld you will get tired of the I readlngi j "I rejoice that we have notional prohibition, pro-hibition, i rejoice thut many, ven In our own community, v. no were wrecks financially, almost wrecks spiritually, i because of prohibition and the ta'klng away of temptation, nie making men lot th- mselvea today, i rejoloe that pro-Ihlbltlon pro-Ihlbltlon to my mind tho grisateat financial fi-nancial and mural bussing that has - ever come to humanity --has come to . thi- people of the I'nlled States, and 1 hope and pra that It ma) soon come : to every nation under ht.iven. i "1 rejoice that the women have tho franchise T rejoice in ull of the area; nmi wonderful advancements that are L being made for the benefit of mankind: man-kind: und 1 rejoice, above all things, ii. a knowledge that Cod lives, thut Jesus Is Hie Christ; that Joseph BJJJJJ3 K9 mM Bfl Smith was a ptOPhcl of the true and livinc. Hod. that . the r;usp 1 of .leSUS Christ tho plan of life and Salvation has been restored to th" earth. -I rejoice re-joice thai you and 1 ha v.- a knowledge of thai gospel, and. oh. may Hod help us to live It; may In fill our heart-wit heart-wit h charity, with love, with forgiveness forgive-ness with the desire to serve him, and ma we In every deed be Latter-da Saints, is my prayer and desire, and 1 any It In the name of .Iraus Christ.', a men.'! PRKSIDI N i i i m i i k At Ihe conclusion of Mr. Grant's d- dretu Miss Elisabeth Bvgns and J. R., Boshard, both of Provo, sang i Know Thai My Redeempi l ues. ' gi.ing an excellent and feeling Interpretation of- the ere. it on;:. Anthon II. I. und, first counsel to I President Grant, who made the second address of ths morning, expressad the hope that the wise counsel given by i the church leader would find an abiding abid-ing pla' e in the hearts of all present He drew upon sin red history for lllu- i stratlon to Impress the necctsttv of dealing with nien In n spirit of love. citing the account of the experiences, of David and iul Amplifying lhc 'subject of forgiveness upon tho cross,: prayed for the forgiveness if his per- ser-iitors because they knew not what , they were doing. 'Very- few offend-1 ers. ho asserted. "Intend to offend, ln our dally lives we let a wrong, ri al or i fancied, done by our brother creep; into our minds- we brood upon It until we engender bitterness of soul. Let us have so much charity that wo will deal 1 with all men in a sprit of love " LDVI81 8 l lc.l l l ss Charlca XV. Penrose, second counsel-1 'or to President Grant, after staling that the address of the loader contained contain-ed (he veritable words of eternal life, extended the scope of Illustrations on, the subject of having charity In dealing with men. He spoke of the useless ness of pretending to forgive, of ex- , tending the right hand of friendship; -and fellowship, unless the heart ol thi niun aggrieved was hanged im- illustration illu-stration given by President I en rose , was of two men. prominent members of the church, who had business trouble trou-ble over their sheep The dispute was finally carried to the high council I where an equitable settlement was made ami the disputants requested to' shake hands. The did but one of them remarked to the ..tin r parly . W hen jwe got on the other side I'll have all, of them sheep, with interest. ' Plfslllt nt Penrose dwelt at some length upon the necessity of hones' 'tithe paying "The church Is so big now," he declar.-d, 'that it can do without me or you or anybody else, it Is a quest ion m our own good to be honest with God, ourselves and the ; church " s United BtatSS Senator Heed SmQOi I Of the council of twelve, was the next speuker. Apostle Braoot paid a trlbutt to the key nol address of President Grant and dwelt In hU address principally prin-cipally upon the importance of Ihe right sort of home life In the community. |