Show troT MOOT CiS VI Aft W LL END ED f OF iF z CHURCH SUCCEEDS j 1 t States S Senator mator Delivers Principal Address at Mormon Conference President Smith rj r fi Promises Shorter Sermons 1 i i i Men may come and men may go Men may be lC true to toie ie church and men may be false to the Uie church But the church churchill ill proceed until until its mission is fulfilled And ld when hen that time imes nes mes there will be no more wars 1 There here will be better feeling will iII I have ave greater greate love lve for each other If Ife Ife mong non on men and they and they e are n not t receiving revelations today it isn't Gods God's fa fault It t is isic isie r ie ic e f fault of the peo people Ic His church h will grow just as fast as we were out his instructions r re c capable pable of carrying In the above words United States Senator Se lator S Smoot noot apostle f I the Mormon church concluded the principal sermon delivered i f the morning session today tody of or th thc tho fifth eighty general conference in th the uie b Senator Smoot discussed for nearl nearly neary an hour lour the ue doctrines of ofle ChUlch particularly to the doctrine of revelation In j his dis- dis le e of revelation he brought up an incident in the attempt to unseat him ithe the Ule senate In n the thC now tOW f famous Smoot investigation I In adjourning the session until th this s afternoon Immediately h after Senor Sen Sen- Sentor tor or Smoot had spoken Pr President Smith uttered what many considered a ture or to the senator This fl afternoon said President Smith with Ith a it smile smil ying about Ilia 1118 mouth wo we we can promise you shorter speeches anti and there there- and activity Long Long- speeches may be popular in ire greater re more rA variety 1 hut but I 1 hut but he C e United Stat States Stae sena senate t e. e a ap- ap p- p the head th they th are not with the ff r the Mormon church Billy Sunday One of the features of or Senator attack discourse was his moot moots I n th the methods u used cd h by liy II II the te evangelist ill lily illy Sunday Sunda Sunda Sundays Sunday's s 's celebrated and atHI acrobatics J gestures as pressed the belief hele that they were that he did didt lIe He Inferred Interred n t t believe conversions as Billy made were lasting In r to the Uie IC ot ot invest I Before th the l senate te Apostle of or the address I part purt oot read a a. lade ade b by 13 Robert T E E. E Tayler chief a e In La which Tayler called caned to th tho Mormon belief helle that od 1 revealed himself el toda today and andl himself and andal time reveal l Ight ht at any Rny commands to Senator Smoot as jake alce al c official of or the tho Mormon church Ms Js the tho JOs pointed to as an of or the admission against Smoot to the senate because be in bHul guided ed h by other than his hiM Wn n n con conscience In governmental af- af Irs thrOugh u h his hl high hIgl h church po- po Hon Ulon admitted Senator Smoot vigorously a Fiat at he believed in revelation Ic r as church and vught b by the Mormon ked what great movement mo had not noten en n inspired b by God Why then he aid td should not there be revelation this last dispensation of or tho the Mor- Mor iOns ons- 1 President Smith opened the mornS morn- morn the con- con S ig session by hy calling upon to sing Oh God Wo Yo Ralso Raise I Thee I Elder l er C. C F. F Middleton to tho president of or rs raC rsC c councilor eber reber stake uttered th the invocation his was followed by the rendition y f the con cong congregation c atlon of ot Come Come Comee e Saints Evan Stephens con- con actor of tho the tabernacle choir con- con tho the musical numbers and rot J. J J. J McClellan was at the I lane ano Apostle Heber J. J Grant was the tho first I eaker eaker- His address wa was very brief brier It It he referred d to the thc ad addresses madet made I. I t t the tho opening sessions yesterday by resident Smith President Penrose and ando I of or the tho church ChUIch hs be o other high officers nd ml id admonished the Saints to lo give care care- heard Ho ITo Ui u il heed to the tho things they In the tho prosperity and happi- happi us ess n which he ho said he had found amon among he be ie people of ot the tho church In his hiM rel rela- rela ons with them as an apostle He lie pro pre that the church hurch would I go on id od prosper lIe He spoke of or those thoe that lien a away way Including the witnesses to toe e revelations of or the tho Prophet Joseph be he those Ut it t said there would always ho would ti b be weak and fall tan awa away J s History At fAt the conclusion of oC Apo Apostle tlc brants rants Grants Romania Hyde daughter t a Ion long prominent Mormon family a violin solo olo Apostle Clawson was the next Beaker He lie confined his hla remarks ks to history of tho ho growth of the church nd id to the fact that It wa was tho the last rent cat di dispensation pe referred to by hy the Daniel lie referred cl to the thc of Babylon and told how intel anteI l had made mache the prophecy to ebu- ebu that hR dream of ot the tho great log In ng signified that nt at some future timeT time t t. gre great t l kingdom would use up UI ant and at It would not be destroyed as other would He said fald the Moron Mor Mor- bo be that king king- tot on op cl church claimed to QIU ern im cl claimed to to be the tho last t on promised In the prophecy of or Ho Ilo recited the growth of tho the lUrch from fr-em Its Us original six members strength today and pointed to toils ils hl as aR an m indication of the truth of J Now o ohe he s said there ero more than priests alone carrying n i. i i. i the ork worl of the church S Smoot Speaks Theme There are few tew people who 1 believe l hat God Cod r I rI himself plC to man In this lla day and dispensation said Senator Sen ator tor Smoot in opening his bis address nut lImit no ho one who has received el the spirit of ot the tho holy ghost can n doubt but that he lie does reveal himself to the people o of or his church Revelation IOn Is n a fundamental principle of the tho gospel sospel of or the Ike church We e cannot deny It unless we ve deny MormonIsm Mormon Mormon- Ism It If Joseph Smith did not nor receive revelations rc from rom God and If Ir other heavenly beings s did not appear to o him then Mormonism Is a failure lint Hut i ishall I Ishall ishall shall never I hope hOlle get set tired of l testifying testify testify- ing ins wherever I am that God Cod did appear to Joseph Josph Smith and established d hl hi his last ast dispensation which Is never more to be thrown down nor to be given to another people Our ninth article of faith ralth says sas that w we believe belleva all that God luis has revealed all that ho does docs reveal and that ho hc will reveal man many Important things in the tho future How often have I given cards card containing containing- those thirteen articles of faith to people I have h mot met lo to have hav them say a there wa was l nothing particularly different dif au- ferent erent about them than what Is generally gener gener- generall generally gener- gener all ally believed u by try Christians except that ninth article But there them are arc others other In which the they 10 do not believe or which they ther at nt least do not un understand Others do not have the knowledge e of or God that we do The only know him as a spirit without body parts or passions But the thc time will come when instead of a n handful of or people believing In the tho personality personality per per- of God tho the great body ocly of ot the people of or the world will acknowledge e that fact Smoot Scores Tayler The uThe sentiment of hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- j I sands on on- ono o our Ml ir lx n revelation wa was was- convoyed conveyed h by 13 l Mr lr In prosecuting the tho Smoot case In telling wh why I should b be b expelled from tho the United States sen sen- sen I ato ate Assuming that I believed that he he hid dirt not consider me mc eligible to the senate I ml might ht believe In polygamy b be a murderer be ic against all properties proper ties tics deny leny the Ten ren Commandments believe believe be believe be- be lieve In tho the sacrifice of ot human life deny the existence of a God or believe In tn a thousand sods gods I T might be he a Jew or 01 a n. Gentile Mohammedan or Buddhist atheist or pantheist believe that tho tire world hc began an last year ear and would end coil next year but to believe in the thing thins I 1 Idid Idid did with the conviction I possessed made mado me ineligible Excitement Does Not ConvertI Convert I I admit that God Cod can speak to his children Shall I 1 make It stronger and say that I know that he do 10 The Tho constitution constitution can can And so eo you ou tion lion of ot the United States was revealed from Go God Cod If H people would study the advances in sciences of men more the they would realize there thore wits s someone greater bringing these advances about about- I was reading last nl night ht an account of a revival meeting held by hy Billy Sunday Sunda In one of the tho great reat cities cites of or orthe the East I could not help hel hut but contrast contrast con con- EaRl the spirit here hore yesterday with wih tho the spirit of or that meeting as reported Ministers In the East realize that something some some- tiring thins must he be done to bring about tho the that there is something in re re- re fe feeling ligion lon So they invite Billy Sunday to come 1 and ald stir up a feeling and get ret men excited and b by that perhaps gather them Into the different churches No Christianity will ton person converted to Is converted cOIl stay converted d unless he Rt b by the tire small still voice that speaks to his own soul sUI and the inspiration of God Coil comes In him Many sign pledges Ten thousand mu may be lc converted b by one sermon nut But for fOI how tang long I dont don't say that Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day lay is ts not doing some sob good There not be he any church established very Cr 1 4 K nm of or good oo that doesn't do ito a great reat deal But I dont don't think it I is necessary to tobe tob tobe b be an arm ni acrobat in the pulpit I don dont don't t be- be levo it jends to make mato a man consider con con- eider sider Ilder religion seriously for tor a man to the tho stand I T I Jump UI up and down on stanc would rather testimony given as nR It Itha I ha has haM hecl been beci given here herc this morning by hy Brother Grant Such quiet sincere testimony tes tes- Grant appeals to tho the heart Those who hear It will remember It i longer Cr i ii i than the they would tho the other sort port tort Appeals Ap- Ap Appeal Appeals Ap Ap- peals peal to tho the emotions of or mOO men when the thc they do not strike the tire heart will wi make mako conversions If they Hr are conversions that will wi he be short lived Moderation More Harmful I hr break breakdown breakdown lk The world Is IN trying hard to co down m th the fact tact that God Go has established hurch Writings of or our enemies ar are aro such an as 31 to Instill distrust and get set others to believe that no po such revelation tion ton an as ours vor r-vor r took place But Bu t there noticed Is one peculiar thing thing- I have man many times Our H go o beyond all reason and anel bounds of or truth so much rurh th that t nn any sensible persons knows knovs they cannot he bo the truth Moderation Moderation Mod Mod- would b bc far tar more moro harmful to tous tous tous us than extremes 9 After a few more moro remarks h he ire began belan tho the conclusion of or his addess address In which be he the tire Prophet Joseph Smith and called upon th the faithful to be ire truo true to their church and und predicted that sonic Borne Iome la day It would triumph After the tho congregation sn bang bang- Redeemer no Re deemer of or I Israel rael Elder William Par Par- ol of Preston Peston Idaho pronounced tho the benediction The TIre conference waRthen was waR then their adjourned until afternoon |