Show TEMPLE AND elder charles AV penrose Peni at the tabernacle october ej replied to the charges made by the rev richard wake in his report to the llie congregational association in aich tile the mor mons were charged with fill morality immorality while not stating staling that his remarks were in answer to rev mr wake hakea s charges he said that the people called calle 1 I mormons cormons have been denounced in it a congregation of professed ministers of 0 the gospel as being dargoy addicted to sabbath breaking to profanity and to all kinds hinds of immorality elder penrose said that the charge was not made that there were a few exceptions among the latter day saints who wel acie 0 guilty of those charges but I 1 that hat tile the whole people and the church were blended in that manner lie said that the reputations of the saints w were ere very bad in the world where they were ere not known but where they were known a very dIf different Terent opinion prevails lie ile thought it very strange that a minister of the gospel should arise in the very midst of the people of these mountains and charge them with tile the offenses named lie he said that among the lat tor ter day saints as arning all other sects there are members who were worthy ot of condemnation some who were positively wicked but when these are discovered they are arc required either to repent or leave the church and then he continued in these words if we were wera to retaliate in the same spirit in which we were attacked wo we perhaps would be sending spies around to find out the failings and faults and wickedness and corruption of the men in our midst we understand what their lives are but we are arc not in that kind of business and it if these men happen to belong to some religious beligio us as ci L I 1 a tio n 0 or r society we do not condemn the society because of tile the acts of a few of their in members embers it seems to me that that is i not the right course tor for christian ministers to pursue even if we are wicked wic ked if we are corrupt why not come to vs its and how us our evil way why not point out to us a better way instead of blazing to the world that we a are re immoral that we are arc profane are addicted to the use of drink that marriages frequently take place among us that are forced marriages that immorality is such that parties are obliged to marry to cover up their evil ways As an outcome of the sunday school celebration recently held in salt lake city local jubilees jubil ees have been provided for joseph IV ays thomas C griggs levi lev AV richards john ill mills and george D the jubilee committee have just issued a circular of instructions which will be sent to the superintendent of every school in the church these local jubilees jubil ees are to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the mormon sunday schools in the rocky mountains and will all be held december lo 10 1899 the jubilee in this city having been in advance of the actual day in order that all who were in the city during conference might have a chance to bu be present one of the most successful entertainments tain ments ever given in county was that tendered to the old folks at the opera house in vernal on tile night of october 31 among those present nt were six members of the old mormon battalion i who lick served ink in the mexican war their names aud ages fol low ow uarley mowery 77 matthew caldwell 77 samuel campbell 73 dennis winn 73 0 R stoddard 73 J 11 II ghines 76 6 one of these matthew caldwell carthage art liage at the time joseph anil and 11 larum were killed and was forced by tle mob to ride bareheaded through the streets astride of a cannon there were also three veterans of the rebellion present who fought with the union forces D catterson Cal terson 73 J 11 II black 08 68 R J woodworth wood worth 02 62 besides there were others present who took a prominent pal pait t in the early settlement of utah U tali and the western country among them were many veterans of the black hawk war who served utah so well in her ber early history A among others was noticed charles decker who car ried the llie mail across the plains to salt lake city from 1851 1651 to 1855 and who met with many narrow escapes and thrilling adventures during that time also alao S IV W ross who rode the fi first rat pony boily express in nevada in 1861 mr ross rosa Us lass still in his possession a jumper whick lie he wore on one of his memorable trips pierced with bullets fired by the indians the Sot southern leo confederacy was also represented in the persons of mrs geo E adams and her ater miss forrest daughters of general ell cral forrest rest who served his country in the mexican war and later cast hla big fortunes with the south during the civi civil H war there were four persons person present over 80 0 seventeen over 70 and thirty seven beven over 60 |