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Show Apostle-Senator Smoot and President Charles H. Hart the Speakers. PROVO MAN GIVES HIS USUAL HARANGUE Proud of the Fact That -His Father and Mother Wcro 'Pioneers. Tho pioneers and Pionocr day Avere the subjects dealt. Avith by tho speakers speak-ers at the big tabernaclo Sunday aitor-ntm. aitor-ntm. Apostlo-Sonator Smoot, a tool of the Payno-Aldrich crowd who foisted upon the country tho most iniquitous in-iquitous tariff mcasuro tho people haA'o ever boon called upon to earr', was the principal speaker, and ho ha-angued ha-angued tho congregation for forty-fivo minutos on the A'irtues of tho pioneers. CharloB 1L Hart, one of tho so'cn president's pres-ident's of Soventics, was the other sneaker, and tho occasion was the quarterly quar-terly conference of Liborty stake, Hugh J. Cannon presiding. President Hart, in tho courso of his remarks, said that naturally till tboir minds Avero associated AA'ith tfo historic his-toric event of the 2-ltb of July. All classos, regardless of creed, ho said, might unito in doing honor t'o tho pioneers pio-neers and Pioneer dav as a civic achievement and tho founding oC a groat commonAvealth. Tho coming of the pioneers meant the opening of the great Avost; they taught a new system of agriculture and advanced t..o ci-ili-zation of tho west by at least not less than a quarter of a century. As tho Pilgrim pioneers found an asylum on the shores of this country from European Euro-pean bigotr.A-, so tho pioneers here found Test from tho tribulations which they had endured for many years in tho states to tho cast. Troubles of the Saints. President Hart referred at length to the troubles the Saints experienced in Illinois and Missouri and said that in tho latter state the Avar cry Avas that either the Saints must .bo exterminated extermi-nated or driven from tho stato for the good of the people. "Strong men," said the speaker, "boasted of killng little children or hoya and 12,000 people peo-ple Avere driA'on from Missouri in an mcloment season of the year, and with bleeding, shocloss feet left a trail of blood from the stato of Missouri." It was often statod, President Hart said, that tho fact that tho Mormons had trouble in Illinois and in Missouri shoAvcd that there was something qunrrelsomo in the disposition of Mormon Mor-mon people. "I think." said he, "the fact that' tho Iatter-da3f Saints were not slave holdors and were not in sym-path.y sym-path.y Avit.1i that system of bondaco is one of the true reasons for disagreement disagree-ment betweon the two classes." Quotes from Bancroft's History. President Hart quoted oxtensiA'ely from Bancroft's history as to the honesty hon-esty and integrity of tho Mormons. 11c said that tho draft of 500 men for tho Mexican war was a severe test of tho patriotism of the Mormon people, when they considered tho fact that they wore going to bo exterminated by one governor and their prophet assassinated assassi-nated under the rule of another governor, gov-ernor, and Avhcn they appealed to the president of the United States lie said: "Your cause is .-just, but I cannot do anything for you. So 3'ou can understand under-stand Avhat a test of patriotism it Avas for 500 men to loaA'o their wives and families and fight the battles of their country." Smoot Heard Prom. Apostle-Senator Smoot was the noxt speaker. Ho said he had full confidence confi-dence that the Mormon people were fulfilling ful-filling the mission that God intended them to fulfill. They had heard recited re-cited that aftomoon the injustices and indignities and tribulations heaped upon thorn as a people. There wore two sides to the question, tho speaker said, the dark and the bright one, "and T hero want to thank God from the bottom of my heart that I AAas born of a fa th or that was a pioneer of this country. I Avant to thank God that the mother that gaA'o me birth was strong enough plrysically, had faith enough in her pod to cross those trackless plains, nulling a hand cart arid walking every foot of the way, IcaA'ing along the line of march her dearost and closest kin in this earth." Has No HI Will. The apostle said he had no ill will, no feeling of resentment for nnybody. He often Avonderod. he said, if he had as strong a faith as had his father and his mother, and ho Avondered If r.hcy as a people today Avero performing perform-ing their part of God's work as wM' as did their fathers and mothers. Tho apostle-senator referred to a prayer offcrod by President: John Taylgr on the temple block man' 3-ears ago. "In the last sixty-three years," continued the speaker, "we liaA'e incroascd in numbers. Wo aro richor in the material mate-rial affairs; of this world. Wo have been blest in our stores; Ave have the blessings of this life, materially speaking, speak-ing, showered upon us. But havo wo increased in faith? I doubt it. Do we haA-c the same kind of fatli? T am positive posi-tive of it. Bni. my brethren and sisters, sis-ters, if anything was impressed the stronger ihan another by that pio-noGr pio-noGr father of mine, it Aas, first of all, to know God's love. That T do know. Then he impressed upon me the great principle of patience, the groat principle of industry and the great principles of love of your folloAv men; aad T want to sav lo" the good people here todav tha't if avc carrv out thos, great" principles in our liA'es wo Avill have no animosities in our hearts. I haven't an ill Avill against a soul on earth. I" don't Avant, if T give a person per-son a cause, fo haA'e any one have ill will against me. I don't Avant to haA'O an ill will even against a dog." How About Immortality? The apostle-senator, held that all (hat had been prophesied by the prophets proph-ets is going to lako place. The da) is not far distant, he thought'. Avhcn missionaries will bo asked to testify lo the real word of God and not as they luu'o been in the past boiling and pleading for men to listen to them. The auoHtlc said that in a fashionable church recently a preacher gave voice to the followng. "Within tho dim twilight twi-light of revealed spirituality troubled ones are constantly groping for the heartsease that is over denied the t'raA-oler this side of iminortalitv, ' ' If it is "denied this side of immortality, the aposlle-senator said, and there is no revelation of spirituality, "how can he figure that thore shall be an immortality?" im-mortality?" and it" was in those essentials es-sentials ' (haf the Mormon people differed dif-fered f i oni all other peoples. i |