| Show MORNING SESSION Apostle Reed Smoot Drew Morn From Collins Case Apostle Reed Smoot who was the first to address the morning session of conference after the opening exercises exer-cises rejoiced In the testimonies that had been borne iolhc growth and spread of the gospel and sld when he thought of the marvelous growth of Mormonlsm during the years since < the ohurch was first organized lie could see no reason to doubt that the hand of God had been over the Latterday Saints from that time to the present He believed with all his heart he said that the Mormon people will yet teach the world the way to live and the only way to get back into the presence of Almighty God The speaker then told of the work or the Mormon people as colonizers and said hat everywhere people are asking for the Mormon people to come and teach them how to make a new country CONTROL WESTERN STATES Apostle Smoot nest read an article from a New York paper which told of the growth and power of the Mormons Mor-mons and said it would not be long until they would hold the balance of power In all the Western States and commenting upon Jt the speaker said What If they did control all of the Western States I want to testify to you today that If It were so there Is no man or woman who would live with in the limits of those States but could have absolute liberty No power of this church would ever take one whit from it no priesthood of this church would ever Interfere with mans prerogative pre-rogative and T want to say If the States were controlled by Mormons they would be controlled with righteousness right-eousness and honor The rejection of a representative i froin the Church Jesus Christ of Lat terday Saints at the Worlds Parliament Parlia-ment of Religions was spoken of and Apostle Smoot said it struck him that they were afraid of the light that would be given to them by those who represent the Church of Jesus Christ of Lalterday Saints Apostle Smoot then paid a tribute to the virtue of the Mormon people J saying there was not a people on the face of the earth that holds so sacredly the law of virtue as they that while reports had been made that there was Gome vice In the church and while thorft was nny it was tbo much still as a whole there was no people on the oarth so mindful of the principle of I virtue as the Saints R l ERRED TO COLLINS CASE Thp duties of parents to their chil dren were next taken up The speaker said that the people of the world today do not believe in having children for they seem to think they are a burden but he reminded parents that children were a blessing and should be Jewels In their crowns in worlds to come In this connection he > told them that If they did not watch their children mom closely there would be many other fathers and mothers making the same reports wrung from the anguish of their souls that another father In this city had been obliged to make only Fri day when he said My boy has been I thp victim of the baleful Influence a depraved moral degenerate and the evil effects qt dimenovel reading Apostle Smoot then made a most ear nest plea to the fathers and mothers of zion to be watchful of their sons and daughters to see where they went what they road who their associates were and begged of them to not only watch over their children but to pray with them lest they fall under evil in fluences Apostlo 1 Rudgcr Clawson tho next speaker dwelt at length upon the du ties of the priesthood of the church and called UIon them nIl to fulfill faithfully the missions assigned thorn APPEAL FOR CHARITY A very strong appeal for charity and forgiveness for those who had wan dered away from tho gospel was made by Apostle Woodruff who stated that SntS Vi stakes and Bishops of wards ale often too unforgiving to the erring and thought they would be se verely reprimanded when the Ouv of reckoning came The speaker said that hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in sending missionaries out Into the world and asked why there should ntot be aJ much anxiety for those near at home 0me He thought too that not onough sympathy and brotherly love was shown t0 tho new converts to the faith who come here from foreign countries and suggested that it would be a Good plan for each stake of Zion fI to offer to take ten or fifty of these aid In families year and agree to establishing them In homes and business busi-ness CONDITION IN CALIFORNIA Elder Joseph E Robinson who has been laboring the California mission for some time reported progress In that field and said that while the people of California were tolerant they were indifferent in-different the gospel that they were a pleasureseeking1 and moneymaking community His opinion was that the recent visit of the choir to that State had broken down the barriers of prejudice preju-dice in the minds of many and would bo the cause of much Inquiry about the Saints and their work After a song by the choir and the benediction a rdcess was taken until 2 oclock 1 |
