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Show TIIKSlCED FDR " SUFFRAGE ViGTDRY Relief Society Women Send Congratulatory Letter to National Workers. Speakers Base Authenticity of Book of Mormon on Indian Legends. Two thousand women at the cloning session of the annual Itc'lief society conference held in the Assembly hall yesterday aftet i;oii. unitedly atood and endorsed the following resolution, r.liie.h will bo fifned by Emmoline B. Wells, vrofidect. of the 1.. I. 3. Relief t,ocie'.ics, and Mrs. Emily S. Richards, president of the slate suffrage council of women. It will be forwarded to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cntt, national and international interna-tional president .of the. Women s .Suffrage .Suf-frage asso'-iat inn. "The genera: board and ot'ficers of the fteli.-f fociety, representing 50,000 voting women in conference assembled, voice our joy and gratitude in the final triumph of 'equal suffrage which congress con-gress has just granted to the women of this nation. Wo congratulate the noble women of our nation who have led this valiant fight. The day dawn is breaking. Woman 's star is in the east. . Thank Cod our Utah delegation voted right.'" Discuss Book of Mormon. Another topic which formed the central cen-tral theme of yesterday's conference sessions and which was strongly impressed im-pressed on all the women present, was the necessity of studying the Book of Mormon. Anthony W. Ivins, of the council ot the twelve, in an interesting address yesterdav afternoon, gave spiritual and temporal" proofs of the authenticity ot the work. He commenced his remarks bv telling of some of the legends ot the Indians who were the first inhabitants inhabi-tants of the American continent. He told how their traditions not onlv coincided coin-cided with the teachings of the Savior, but also with this scriptural work. He .said he had taken trouble to investigate, investi-gate, while on his travels, and told ot one tradition among the Indians at Yucatan to prove his assertion. Mr Ivins also told how Indians have traditions and legends similar to the storv of the flood and the tower ot Babel, which, they say, caused them to possess the peculiar Indian tongue. He told how easy it was for Cortez and the Spanish conquerors to conquer Mexico because the Indians believed the "fair God7' had taught them to believe be-lieve in peace and Christianity. He related re-lated how, at Mexico City, a .Roman cross was found at the time of the conquest con-quest which still is on exhibit. Chinese Ships Found. He said it has not been possible to find anvthing out of keeping with the teachings of Christ in the Book of Mormon. In proof thereof he told some of its history, stating geographic locations so far were indefinite, except the last battle recorded, which took placo at the Hill Cumorah in western New York. He compared the size of countries in the orient which, he said, were not half as large as Central America, Amer-ica, and gave a number of suggestions fIlf told of Lewis and Clark finding remnants of Chinese ships which were part proof of the existing Asiatic countenances on some Ind'11. He said many had doubted the authenticity au-thenticity of the work, in that it mentioned men-tioned horses and animals anciently existing on the American continent; but he asserted that fossils of horses have in recent days been found in Texas, and were on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution m iNew ork, which proved the statement to be true He also referred to the discovery of ancient ruins in Central America one, he said, at San Juan Teotihuacan he had visited, which, until unearthed, had been a wooded hill. "Was Cement Pyramid. , t'pon unearthing the ruins the hill was found to be an ancient pyramid, built of cement, which he said proved what the Book of Mormon said of the early inhabitants of America .being skilled in cement work, except that at the time when Joseph Smith wrote the book, the art of cement was unknown. un-known. In conclusion, he said, as did later President Grant, that it was one of the greatest books in modern times. President Grant also spoke on the authenticity of the Book of Mormon, riving and relating incidents of his fife and travels. He told of his visit to London, when he had been entertained enter-tained by the successor of his greatly beloved old friend. Colonel Alexander G. Haws, of the New York Life Insurance Insur-ance company there. This man had worked in the , Holy Land as a member of the British legation, lega-tion, and had observed cortain patterns which denoted the genealogy of the people. Later this same man when working in northern Canada, had found the same pattern made in beads by Indians, though thev knew nothing of the Holy Land. When this man said he could not explain this circumstance, President Grant related that, as recorded re-corded in the Bpok of Mormon, tthe American Indians originally came from the Holy Land. Teaches Perseverance. In closing, President Grant related incidents on perseverance in one lesson, in which he paid tribute to Theodore Roosevelt, saying that, though he was, as a child, poor in health, he came west to get strength, and by persistency-gained persistency-gained strength. This proved, said President Grant, that the greatest thing in all the world is the feeling that one can do anything needed of him. President Emmeline B. Wells, in closing the annual conference, said sho had been a member of the church seventy-seven years, and related incidents of ner early life. In offering the .benediction, .bene-diction, with ber two counsellors. Mrs. Clarissa S. Williams and Mrs. Juhna L. Smith, at her side, she blessed those assembled, as-sembled, and said: "I feel that if I never meet you again I shall meet you in the hereafter.' Tbc morning pession of yesterday's conference was taken up with general outlined subjects. Mrs. Evan Richards, a nurse, tola those assembled what to do in case of another epidemic, and Mrs. Arnold D. Miller told of Relief society work in Australia. |