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Show Apostle Smoot Reiterates Faith Declares His Belief in All That tho Church Practices This, of Course, Means Polygamy. Special to Tho Tribune, PROVO, July 10. Apostle Rctd Smoot wan tho llrot speakor today ut the Utah Stako quarterly conferenco hold In the stako taber-naclo taber-naclo here. Ho talked of tho doctrlno ot tho laying on of handa for tho healing of the sick and reforred to the nowapapora both at homo and in tho East, publishing In scars-hcad lines that tho Christian Scientists wero tho 'pathfinders-' of tho principle. This, ho said was false." that years before Sirs. EJdy established es-tablished her church, tho Slormons taught and practiced tho prlnclplo ot laying on of hando for tho hooilng of tho sick os It (vas taught by Christ. Sustains tho Church. Apostle Smoot sold that everj- prlnclplo taught by the ohurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Salnta was truo and to quote him literally, lit-erally, ho further sold. "I boliovo In ovory prlnclplo tauoht and practiced by tho church of Josus Christ ot Lultor-day Saints. The apostlo wurncd tho peoplo to guard against the "cry" that has been and Is holng "ilBCd "that tho church Is going wrong.' There never wna moro loyalty than now. Ho upoko about tho ward meetings lslny so poorly attended at-tended nnd Eald that tho oxcuso soino would glvo for not attending mooting W"8 that tho mccllnga woro "so dry." but. ho bald. If the meeting wus dry It was tho fault of tho person per-son who pays It Ih dry. Ho did not havo tho right spirit with him. Leaves When Vote Is Taken. After declaring himself In favor of tho hierarchy when the quostlon of sustaining tho authorities of tho Utah stake was presented, tho atKjstolle Senator retired and remained absent ab-sent while tho voto was taken nnd announced. This wns tho same course he pursued nt tho last general eonforonco when ho fled to California Cali-fornia to keep from voting to sustain tho hlerarch and his polygamous band, fearing It would Injure him nt Washington. His action today In his public uttoranco In Indorsing tho church and than skipping out has caused no end of comment. President Joseph F. Smith. President Joseph F Smith was tho next speaker and ha occuplod tho llmo until IS o'clock. His first uttoranco was In relation to "riches." Riches, ho sold aro consecrated to tho Lord's people. Ho urged tho bishops and their officers In tho church to do their duty toward purging the church of slnncro and those who would rebel ngnlnat God and hln servants. Ho read from the Doctrlno nnd Covenants, "And all who slnnlth shall" bo cast out" Thcro haH bin too much lenloncy shown, ho wild, to those sinners who rebol. "It Is not my duty to look aftor thoM Hlnnors, nor to loed them with tho broad of life." As to tho meaning of sinner, he said "It means tho."i who transgress tho laws of God. It Is a nln to rebel against God and -God's servant!" Ho referred to the man that wlthdrow himself him-self nnd mado a law for und unto hlmvelf. "He Is only a dead limb and a bad example. Wo havo such men among us. What good are they to thu Kingdom of .Ood? What good nro thoy to tho world? Nono whatever." wild tho president of tho church. Doctrine and Covenants. Ho read from the Doctrlno and Covonants tho eamo paesogo ho had heretofore used, and which has been commented upon. "Glvo unto un-to him that hath and tako from him that hath not." President Smith then branchod off onto th doctrlno of patronising homo Industry nnd said. "I regret thnt our peoplo do not glvo moro encouragement to homo Industries." Wanted Smoot Patronized. Ho referred to tho Provo Woolen mills and said that only 10 per cent of Its productn wero consumed at homo and 30 per cent was sent abroad. I am rorry to say, ho said, I havo not got on u homo-made coat this morning, but I got It at 7.. C. St. I. lie referred to the time when tho Lohl sugar factory was established and said ho begged the peoplo to tako stock In It If It was only ono sharo But no. they did not boliovo bo-liovo In It. but now It was demonstrated that It wns a success. Objects to Tea, Coffee, Tobacco. Ho then spoke of the word of wisdom nnd the bad affects of tobacco, whisky, tea and coffee. That "tobacco wan not good for tho holly. It Is for sick cattle, .and yet there nro scores of sick cattle among us." Wo need not fear for tho Kingdom of God, ha suld, when tho wicked rave and say wo aro going astray. Tho themo of his dlccourso was for tho offlcerd of the kingdom to purge tho church of (ha deed branches, cut them off, withdraw our fellowship from them nnd lot them go their way. |
