Show I AT THE TABERNACLE ADDRESSES BY A NUMBER OF RETURNED MISSIONARIES Elders George D Pyper 1 H Roberts Rob-erts Fred Nichols PeterAnder son and President Angus M Can non Several sermons were preached at the tabernacle principally by returned elders of the church Among these was Elder George D Pyper who accompanied I accom-panied Elder Roberts on his eastern evangelical tour The concluding address I ad-dress was delivered by Stake President Presi-dent Angus M Cannon Elder Pyper who ha returned temporarily tem-porarily from a mission in the eastern states preached the first sermon He said that his labors in the east ha I been full of enjoyment and ha made him stronger and better in the faith I In speaking of his missionary labors Elder Pyper said that many diverse experiences and much success had I been met with Elder Fred Nichols who until lately was president of the Mormon conference I confer-ence at London was the next speaker He described his travels near the I I great English metropolis and said that several converts had joined the church I within a short time after his arrival I I The name Mormonism itself he said I keeps many people out of the church I but this barrier is gradually being I overcome II No task he continued is too great Ito I I-to perform when we are working for I Salvation and for Christ The elders I in the world are Working industriously and conscientiously People here should I be proud of their sons abroad One thing hampers them in their labors I and this is the lack of adequate meet i ing houses I we were better equipped in this way the results of our work would be more encouraging and apparent ap-parent Elder Peter Anderson president until recently of the Norway mission addressed ad-dressed the audience It was 22 dresse I years I ago he said since he first met the i i Latterday Saints in the tabernacle The Godly influence which prevailed had given him a testimony that the I gospel was true The testimony then obtained had never left him I The Norwegians he said are a good and faithful people They are I very strongly devoted to the faith The time was when the Saints there were persecuted and even sent to prison on account of their religion but there is more liberty now and much less inconvenience than formerly Our labors have been very success ful During 189C we held 1400 meet I ings and distributed 16000 books and I tracts and during the last two years j have baptized 273 persons I is no I ticeable that our converts now are mostly among the middle classes in sftead of the poorer ones a it was formerly for-merly There are now 1 branches established among the Saints of the conferences Political contentions between be-tween the Swedes and Norwegians have prevailed but this has been large I ly assuaged of late and the religious work progresses better on this account f Morally there is a change there of late and this change has by no means been for the better The elders are looked uppn by the people as examples of mor I I nifty This is an influence in our favor I In Chrlstiania we have a meeting j I house with a seating capacity of 300 and it is filled almost every Sunday Besides this there are relief societies I I Mutual Improvement associations and Sunday schools People pay their tithing j tith-ing also and everything connected with r = 1 I the conference is in a flourishing co jdition I i Elder Angus M Cannon spoke felicitously feli-citously of the spirit which obtained I among the returned elders His mission I mis-sion he said was to labor among I those who were converted in the world by the elders He was frequently sad I on accounts of conditions which tie observed ob-served among the Saints The people had apparently forgotten the significance signifi-cance of the vows they had made when I they were baptized unto the remission of their sins The Saints he continued had forsaken I forsak-en all the comforts of life to become t disciples Jesus On account of these I sacrifices the sons of the people had I been forgiven provided they had sincerely i i sin-cerely repented Otherwise the professions t profes-sions of the Saints were vain One duty of the Latterday Saints he contnue is to teach their children chil-dren the necessity of being baptized at the age of S years This is frequently neglected and parents will be held responsible re-sponsible for this carelessness Many of the priesthood have tried to screen their sons in their iniquities Such conduct con-duct is unworthy of one who holds the priesthood Young men frequently reproach re-proach with brazen effrontery the victim vic-tim of their own crime and shield themselves at the expense of those whom they have wronged Tie Saints had come out of the world to avoid these things and when the Saints go back to these things like the sow to its wallow they were unworthy un-worthy to be counted as his servants I have seen the Lord with my own eyes Yet I was afraid to approach him I felt like a culprit I felt that he would say How have you used my I priesthood I wish to speak to the I people without embellishment or indirectness I in-directness This is what I promised God to do |