Show Leaders of the Church Churell Practical Men of Affairs I I II I I Address by I I II ELDER CLAWSON CLA I II I of ot tho iho i Annual AnuI Church Al I Saints In the tio Of Jc Christ ChrIt of Sale Sail Lolo LaKe City u April 7 1906 fl l I th the r r VMS i 18 that I to tobe tob be bethe 1 the iho spirit ot or the IU Jord rd tn In my that hat I may be b Inspired to say MY MYr ay ayr r B ht thet shall MII be to are It rr rc present rent This Th Is I R it try ery We Vo has ha r V hero her tills thu morning I 1 pro pre prof III 1 f n ri 1111 nil IH the flukes nt nf Zion Ion H U Hr Uro r ro r ami representatives from front fromI J I world ot of f fre t I fie h missions of o the r I re ro Arl nr n 1 We e have hv r 0 4 n I from R ii ret number f 1 i r 00 ward wards of ot the Church II hr f before us u ft a good rood many man of ot of or the Make of Zion 4 iI f word In n re rl id ild J like ilk In tn say MY M ft a wort nose f leading men They The are Iral men well acquainted t affairs affaire a of life lite men mon of ot IX ex c fn n l occupied no men who are arlt he te spiritual nul ald temporal p the hA h people men mn who should doubt are able ablo ble by b their to I give counsel coun l and to dl dlA l A nt ng them lire are re farmer stock actors and builder l mason blacksmiths merchants nI literary liter men and andi i 4 1 i preacher of the Gospel i situated that they the must mUll F their families and inn 0 and of ot necessity th Ih y ye yr f e r t Id d these the th various rr r T f men tradesmen f r This Is I all very well proper r we think They The their entire time to the therise th Ih thue rise ue they the are not situated t I presume u her hate Is II enough i iv Church hurch to lo take their en enthey T r they hI could give 1 It but they 3 1 4 f It II and It may my be that the tho nt not d at present that Iha i t do so fO For this reason rea IOn aion they Iho 1 men acquainted with f r life and ad he prepared to tov v when hen It U Is sought lOuhi i and sisters there Is IsI I iM 11 to 10 the th Ih Gospel and andr f n r oral title lido and It I j d 1 a n dividing line I do not nol there Is Ia any in n dividing line If It Iff ItI I f r ver vr rr been IHn quite able ablo to dl I we may say firstly 1 J pe temporal I i firstly temporal 7 f c v V for tor tho Iho last lut haht 1 till tho lint first shall hall be lot liv hr h thIr experience ar art ari aru i i t leaders of or the thc ther r C pound the Scriptures and andi an I i he IP vav w of or life lite and their nl n I ii o them to be beitT beI I itT trVa r rif of the people and nd to f wr 1 In matters pertain 1 r Interests Wo We 0 Ur Lr among these thee th M presidents president I mi r who hn can ra blaze blare the WRY way r i 1 rn s and subdue the tho soil toli n subI e the th elements also I JIM UP the country c and sue f the S by b the ther f r their counsel In th s new There rp In III on one president nt of ot n a ni I 1 i not know kno but he reported I 4 nl n fine ne 01 of 01 our conferences h M hi f r a ft business enterprise 4 like Ilko In InI I wn w given Into the charge char of oft lent nt t of ot a II stake this thia spiritual lit t a r and years year farll by his hll hi wisdom y r P and ability tho Iho enterprise i i r It t of or debt The custom te teJ j to 10 come coma anti and trade on l 1 K the fhe fit counsel wont from froni I r t 10 to his people pe to do their tat Ial at line pay pa as na they the went 1 i If Ie result was wu as 11 Fitted I Ir Ir Ir r r rn n and sisters thAt such euch fine t the hr fOfI II at t III It e ms I hope hr e 13 presIdent of ot a ain I in U a aId 1 J 1 Coun f this thi do to the nt Int nta I I ITH r ut U of t j jl atul ke kep p out 1 r f nt rt of tb voi Old of ot tin till Ix lArd rd Ln s ini This i given m 1 i Illus ilus I f and f t In h ua tad u abl br by wiLh h kh God bad ba pull t n tat af a l iii nei nen s out of or Nat ury he was U In ine h II hi i e cou rou l 1 tn In others other in Tt N ny nl one ne cal cas case J ld II is if r fikes iks who wh whit it II tl II Ir Counselor 4 tJ 11 rn n fl Th 1 not 1 i cf t f only ol oal one lies Ides but l r h lews of ot life lifee e Ie in la the that hut these men mea haiti ct it lit life and end be bei bej i j FROM FROio ALL AIL WALKS ALII II F LIFE IFE he e wot sia wIth lIh the ml mis misI I iii n 11 t fir out OUI nt or lit f t I m It Is I trite Jl ul U me mf but bIt buti n 1 i an Cu men of ot experience il i ai at 5 wl HII A oil a as In s star pr PAr PArr i r Our tar are ar t I i l they have ft r i wF from 11 simm min I Vv are arc up Just a afT II aa aan J fT n They The are arc taken from froni the I i tore th tb farm tarm till tab fro fl t from th the varl r of nt ife if wherever the em ra nj I d they are teat rent t aca cl the I hI dispel But Rut Ruti i perl NI the he majority men TI are not nol m men n i In thi th I 1 th if of ot time and andIn In andro it r ro In It i tie world Grill deahn a wei III as t It otei If happens hAJI that alt all and expound elP U UI I and cal tears learh the word ot then lilt If It occasion naIon re r rm im om m that th exalted 0 the Itle fluid fl take hold of fir the thern thern thea rn a furrow or nr n BO ao to ta th sn ml l In It olt lone done by our nIr mis I en n help of or that kind Is U Ui i h ns iambi Arnot be he obtained I Ii I ho u at re Interested p In Samoa moa on n the Mad nr rr fir other Island of at ofU U In ii required t n sIt t In It Milt sal anil by the lite liter ther I r own wn n haMs t ihy h y enter th Us thir UsI tt I I ir T rIt F rh C the I call I l r It nr f ss ssT t I T admire t I I am happy hall at it our nor 1 l t are ar not ft t t toil tol 11 I am r i tt of nr Inor the he High C Coon on 1 of or W and iw r hi n II r e li In t an II i I q h hv of ofIn a S In tn la lait a ait it you OU think of r I it of t I with Ith l t off olf ld In lne tn fI the t plow nn nil the th Ib S iO It coil and a then fer a II 1 toll 11 t tn ti M i me In niI th tl 4 onel V y l I I tn the ih i 1 1 of nr il h ef t tI V vr I ot At n think It II n a ar mft r 11 I 0 thun A 5 to q T I int I IJ 5 n J Jh thin II 11 lion p rt Fl 1 teri tH terin II art 1 nn to I ot t p t I n hurl heart hot nt I Ie n nto I In to n II lion of nt 1111 i nil I I tl rt I lint II vet I Iv 11 h i v i ir Jt I l mi r I hJ q t I Jo tl I I Alt 1 Ir r rIt 1 wok It tin ie fp n nii I II 1 11 1 II t W ml o nl V 11 ri n tn In M t tI A II t be rade ode l Us In ln I tot t Nn If 11 I am not ut coins lo to tell It II xu U you IOU do not v I am m simply oLeg J i ito to II you yon of something that tM M Is I familiar to you yon I have spoken poke ot of j I I these IbeN leaders In Zion who stand at atthe atthe I the Iho head hend of ot stakes and zad wards warel and an who I preside the Ih people In 11 the I 1 have havo sa ing to In you OU that they bey I are arc practical lI men mell cf f affaire Now Nw V let III me In t ay I lo to you OU that th ti r author II I IU of the Church an arts included among I thore al men and have han been I no so front from the Have they i been beell spiritual rain men Yes 81 the Lord I know knows they ther have hate been n and are spirit Hap Ilav they been tem temporal I practical men TM Tea T the Lord ION knows kno and andou you know they are Ire and have ha been boen You OU take tab the Prophet Smith the Ihl rat groat prophet of the nineteenth century We Ve have ba been heEl told lold here hr and It II la ma true that the Father Kather and the Rin 1111 appeared to him Cod od stake IlIkA to 10 him oni gave pe mighty revelations and glorious manifesta lions to the Church through him yea yta i I Ih if divine revelations that are pun pub In the Book BOIk of oC Doctrine and Covenants Covenant and I Ml tAll you OU we WO have hl not I yet 11 biKun to appreciate their depths depth I doubt If Ir we an ran n fully tully comprehend Ihm in mortality They are all nil true all nil frn th Lord and have bl been ac and arid adapted by the Church Chur h Wo 1 0 them tiem In pert part We hive have glorious ot or the future through 1150 Ih re lations Was Wu Joseph Smith a aM M d d manT man Yes YlI Was Wash as ashe he h a temporal practical man Yes Y Besides his hll labors labor of ot a spiritual char har character acter aNor he engaged In the founding of cities IlIf In establishing the Latter Itter thy day Saints In III Ii their th lr homes home advising an l directing their labors labor and movements temporal ax as well as a spiritual He lie founded the b city ell of ot and was wu the mayor thereof Joseph Joeeph I Smith the prophet mayor of or the City of Nauvoo Yes Yea and i enl eral aI of 01 the Nauvoo Legion a military man and he hall had the spirit and cour courage courage I age Ire of 01 n a great leader He n 11 was waa a II lead lAd leader er Pr as IS a military man as a a temporal roan man anti ami a all ae a spiritual man He lie was I broad and 11 liberal In his views vie and und If It Ith he h had bod not been beast disturbed and inter interrupted In his hi plans plaits Nauvoo would hi have bae leon leen I en one of ot the most mOlt glorious cities ever founded In this country The people th thre Ihre re are aue now anxious to tou have bae us u go to 0 bI k and give gie h them the benefit of ot some iota of ot the practical things which they see IH we are doing doln Iu lu this country OF Yota lr II rip bam Young oun who p succeeded fd Joseph JOIe h Smith was Wall a i man He nl was a Prophet Seer and and aM ho be was wis a financier and colonizer coloniser colonl r Titers There was wu wasa a II wonderful combination In President 1 Young Youngs character cha l r He lie was I Just the Iho theoan man oan suited to the Ih time Um fitted to the occasion was at right on hand when God M wanted anted him How Intensely practical tied was Young oun and yet how l I do ISo not know that we ever eer bad had a man In the Church who In some seine respects was more certainly no man was Wa ever more practical In his views and roun counsels li IL I 1 could not do justice to the Prophet Joseph Smith or to Brigham Young If It I stood atoo 1 hero her and talked for 10 hours hour the theme Is I too big bi for forme forIlle me nit hut But we know of ot the things that these men did One great practical thing that thu President Young did was u the establishment of ot that splendid Institution near the corner c here known an all a Z 7 C M r I 1 I He lIe sought If to develop the principle of fir cooperation among amon this people He lie counseled It It directed It and gave Ms lii Is soul ul to the movement to so far lar as II It was ws necessary lie He Im ha l reed HE It Importance and advantages upon the tile heart i of or the people And what hat a 1 terrific Z 7 M t 1 C I I had hadl It almost almo t went ent under during durIn the great panic jf t those tOM early lay days and Its stock went down don to 10 about U IE cents on the dollar Where Is II It now no Why It Is soaring so JI high that U t It can scarcely be obtained It 1 I is away a ay beyond par I Young Youn counseled the Latter i lay Ita Saints Mints to hold bold their Z C 11 JI L stock ct and not to sell Nil It That I f to ii whet what this practical Prophet Prop hit Mid Id to 10 the people and those thoe I that Ihal followed his III counsel did well lecue the stock ha hu has been steadily et and the Institution is II most powerful and Ind Influential today It has hu Iven Icen able a to steady tead th the market In this country and to regulate prices Of Ot course roulle there are IN other strong I here her not net only among amons the Lat tat Saints but t among Amon our friends I In fri this city but Z 7 C M I 1 t 1 dates dalU back Into Inlo the early years e and It was U a greet great movement In III tact fact it was a chic ahead of ot the I timer times During Durin the t pt past ast year Mr Z C M 3 I I 1 1 lid did II a bulnes of about four and a halt half I million of or dollars dolla and It Is III giving em to about lIve five hundred persons enon I and is la paring to these about every It ery year Rr In Jn It iti of ot these Ihu i I farts Ct you can r n whether nether Z 7 C M t 1 I II Is essential to this country and end pee peo people IllS If whether It Is II helpful to them whether beth It Is II I worth of ot their sympathy s and suel support su port I ITUK THE TUK rI Att A n HOWE hIGiE I IDt DI TRIER I A word In relation to 10 the tho manufacturing turing departments f r Z r c C M I which i It seems IHm to In m mu at nIP are cry rry Important portA lit tic far i tore tor I 1 do d t not whether the Ibe I lt It at I Saints tull tuil understand It or i inot not nol but bUI It should be he known that It II Is U quits quite aa as a feature of It the burl bud budness ness Last Lut year Ir like O 1 I pars pan of ot beet kots and nd Ihl tl e were frt manu factored by b 7 Z C M t 1 product of ot i home Industry made right here ber Is Ie I Inot not this thin a orl worthy of ot I our nor Ad thought Then Is It the u lb overall department dO I read In III the IJ sews e lent last tall rail from mm a report made mad hiA at al the Fair that thaI Z X C 4 M I had bad lilse 1110 tC l i I I dozen docen pairs of overalls In the i I year eu They had taken the Ut cut It up and wade made It II Into overalls overall giving employment to the tile people peep helping to tou sustain u their families as AI well 11 as add log Iu to 1 the success of ot the Institution And IM this Ihl great reat principle of ot COO lion and arti an 1 home manufacture II ws is M r F rat t teeth forth by Young Youna but that ts is I only one an Instance of 01 his hI practical work and nd teaching I Th Thee M who hit hare 1 nt Young have hn also alo al been n practical m n I Brother John Joh Taylor TI lor In an parl dar ds ay i under the of fit President Young Toung Toun I brought sugar manufacturing ery fr Cr from and aDd an effort was lla made to 10 establish PIli the Industry In hi Inthis InI this country But the lb machinery then ItIn I was wan very Pr and nd could not S ui u used d to advantage a Thousands Thousand of or dot dol dollar hire lar were expended In Its It 1 purchase to bring brine It arras the th water and md the plains plain In order U It possible to utah lish h the th sugar Industry hers re That s sa sa a temporal Would you ou rail call 1111 It Whatever you ou call 1111 all it itI itI I I 1 know k it u a R o ant ani PrY verr practical TIle The Tb motive wan as 11 to t benefit hn I and liu the Ibe people and tat rut th tm w In m ma Ina ina a t i i iM M Mi that tM we would M I b bu 1111 to 10 then Ibm tt this question n of t m turing r did n rot t end nd net tl n lie ef efforts efforts t forts fort of President tnt Young and an President John Taylor Tat Da lor It was to t tee Important It U rouM olM not nor ret to 50 It up tiP like Uke ghost Uki the It I hiss arisen rien from tram the tM lN a of ef the Ih Te peat Tut t and ha has hall become a Ii settled Inn try lint Iut few fw e this Ihl treat irest Ht Of I catlan ratIn know now th te effort It II toil cost f tn ti easi 1 ll III h lh r sugar UtH uc r In the l leni nl nJ Many 1 nights v Ire ure re given o 0 ocon con ld 1 of cit this Ibis by hr b Pret Ident Woodruff Q Cannon and aid Joseph F V Smith This Thill question of It manufacturing rn sugar lIlar rested upon them It was vas a like Ile an AD t i I ton tion they the could cook not get set away from It They Th called the Ih Presidents of ot Stakes and their Counselors together torether I I 1 re remember remember member It li vry w well ell and Ind appealed to tu them Ihm lint and na through them to the Church lo to give tu he this enterprise heartfelt sup port poet and approval And when It teem seem teemed seemed ed eel that It must mUI be abandoned circum circumstances stances being such luch that It looked an as If It th lbs Ille enterprise rM would tall tail and the Ihl Church being Involved so 10 that It coul not ltd altogether render the help needed a few of 01 the leading brethren br would tOt not relinquish it ft and the President of the |