Show elders and taylor eala WE SHOULD FEEL of the religion Ee ligion that bod has given as pity is not deeded the weather was perfect and alie attendance at the meeting house services sunday afternoon was larger than president H H cluff presided the choir sang is the peace the gospel bring to seel tins icinda and true etc prayer was by elder W H king the choir sang gently raise the sacred strain io tue has come again etc the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the fourth ward and while it was being passed the choir aang arise my soul arise etc elder frank taylor the first speaker had hoped that brother kobena would occupy all the time but ic seemed that he was required to take a part still whenever called upon to speak by the proper authority he felt it a duty he is proud to be a of the church and related an incident which occurred in hia business transactions A man came into his office and sympathized with him wishing that he were not a mormon brother replied 1 have nothing 10 feel ashamed of I 1 believe this people are freer from crime than any other that I 1 know of and I 1 have mingled with others though born in the mormon church the speaker further asked him wherein the mormon people differed from the rest of the world that they should ue thus singled out for scorn wherein do I 1 differ that you cannot feel toward me as toward others the stranger not explain this now brethren and sisters this should really be an evidence of the truth of our religion rather than otherwise we have a truly blessed country and tourists all acknowledge this who isit the territory abany also are compelled to acknowledge that our thrift and in austry bespeak honesty and morality when our people came to settle this land it was a barren place and the lord has blessed it since the saints have located here our valleys are lovely to behold and one must observe alie difference whenever he go into the neighboring states the land of the lord has certainly been with us so young men hold up your heads aal be proud that you are born among sucu a people elder B II 11 kobertz was reminded by the cemarka of brochar of the instance related of alie savior when he with a few followers visited the locality where he was reared the people were astonished at ilia remarks and said spoke raan as this man fc peaks on another occasion when in the saade locality the people asked whency hath this man these things Is he not marys son are his brothers and sisters net with us and it is recorded that jesus did not many mighty works because of their unbelief these people rejected the lord who sits in the counsels of gods because of his humble origin but they made a big mistake when you come to think that every great principle of reform and invention that benefit mankind have had a humble origin it would seem natural that the world should some day learn not to judge of humble origin of truth god always visits a people with vengence who reject it on such grounds now to speak of mormonism we find ahe world rejects the principles because aliey were founded by joseph smith an incident was related by the speaker of a commissioner from utah who had known the parents of joseph smith and the locality where aliey resided and he thought it was surprising that people could accept such a person as a prophet the conversation happened on a train and the speaker tried to en gage in the conversation but they kept up the bar so I 1 contented myself said elder roberts by reasoning something like this did joseph smith have a more humble calling than jesus christ if yon will look up kneir histories you will find a parallel both were born of humble parentage alio toiled for their livelihood families who accomplish something by production are the nobility of the earth god showed his honor of this by passing all royalty to come to these humble ones to give his gospel to mankind christ hag also told us to marvel not because the world hate us because the world hated him before us blessed are yuu when mankind shall speak evil of you unworthily for my sake was the saying of the savior paul rejoiced that he was treated like his master by the world suppose the rich and alia noble of the eaith would bow down and receive the mormon religion it would rather argue its they are 2 not of thy penitent kind but are lovers of pleasure rather than the lovers of god jn the days of christ the nobility were against him they were constantly seeking to ensnare him and at ilis trial batore pilate they were his accusers lu the latter days of joseppi smith ho was treated in much the same manner some fifty limes he was dragged before the courts and as many was lie released his ins wag not so glorious as eliat of alie son of alan but it had its parallel ao we tee t ee there is a great similarity between the lite and suffering of the two ua there also was in their birth therefore brel heruS and sisters when people pity us or derided us remember the position ali at we oc cupy the choir san an anthem benediction by pres H H cluff |