| Show Of CONfERENCE r Elders Iders OCO Geo F Richards and Or Orson Orson son F Whitney Address Moot Moet Mooting ing ng Saturday Afternoon ROOM AT PREMIUM ot of jr or U If lII I hol S uig I ted I r Credit Is b I Duo lillI room Nom wa RII at t I a premium i t Saturday afternoon Ion I duri durl Ih convened at AI t tI li til I k ft Ir n i k lr Joseph K 1 Smith nIth I OK The hymn Oh Say What hAI hAIT rendered by b the Ih choir l T TI and EIder Ehler German GermAnI and an president of ot inn North U I the Irn In n St mission ml lon tI after which OH Ye Yo Mountains High was sung ung by b the assembly M F r S r George F of ot the theof KUDU of ot the apostles was wai tile the first He lie aid Hild of the afternoon h i I opt tl hI ul uI had iad been blen filled with exceed during the tho meeting of or o the ace tug luf r P nee nc that Ih l the words worde spoken tilted Into Inlo hl hh hiM soul like well oar M u tid to 14 1 of or o marble m In hi a Li 1 building 11 haM He ha he Iw sold mild hI no occasion lon to 10 remove lui M had hall hadn hadleC II h away awn any MY remarks remark that mud muda leC ifill n be Th have havo much to for Ot what the Lord has hAM done doneth has hM The Almighty fol o th m ir r one nn of Ills His promises concerning His Hie n nI n I c have sen thi th Church grow and a aal it birth a d In state of or New hail ball al tar year ago In the Ih Joi K but six tx mem ben It ha hat grown In 11 numbers It hall lias ha met and which the t i Io fl th tho that ho hat been h heup ap p pell td ell It U UI ItI I J fear tear most meet for this Church Churchmen shall ceas to It t i men ii u The words Verdi of or the tho Say Sav 86 10 oI wire u to the effect that Iha I If they thai the were hale hae bv hy the ungodly He lie also aleo was wa waUk like Uk A He tee I e esl ed Ti Th greatest danger to this tide people be a 0 SOli the speaker would ij i 1 i r I prosperity Ifo and sUrce e from ir vr I r IH I e Is t being taken laken by the hunh of the apparent a lull In the hostility of ft It few years t eI ago The Th missionaries are laboring more srI y than In oll and successfully and the Church hUrch Is III growing iLU at al home a ft all shown hown by bylie Increasing UK I Elder Claw Clawn presented by lie figures n thU I hI organization or of this thie Church on oil Th Tb of or the th In fulfillment B G was wa dream to lo lIo of o od Interpreted by the lio Po Id d th tb dream little stone cut cul oui ou het he t Daniel The without hands hunde wa HU mountain the Ihl of destined to 10 roll roil forth firth until It tilled the earth carth All Alt the kingdoms of earth earm whole the Uie Ill Ut are itra to LU b crushed to 10 pieces by tic lie tone stone Isle jile revelation of St Bt John on the of or The J o clearly cl net Del forth the restoration fut of the tho go pel and the or Church In latter allon of or the V y v MARVELOUS GROWTH tho the 10 le l and an a 0 half haJ year yean hurth has hall mate mah a Il marvelous growth saId aId tM speaker A clipping wee was read mm the De rot News Newe showing that th the l hU ha now become eighth In Int t of nf numbers numb re In the United Untied States than increasing anK more rapidly AI K 1 s Ine ary ar ther churl j 1 w V may pride prUe rIde on hav hay havIng Church on onIt Inn Ing th tb most Americanised in tr It met aid said eald Eldor Richards And Andt nd 0 ID II it t We Yc have tile the gospel goepel of or the 10 01 Oh of or r lad Od with the same Mme principles tr ct i and rg Do any of ofus ui us Bt ait to tn go to ba back k to 10 the tha church to t th lh hi h li h wo wc W belonged before the light of or trOlL upon our souls None nuh uh art are thre Ih re except ionic somo mo who have hav ha their evil ovll Inclinations and lo 1 11 11 iHk irk aik this that once glowed within th m ORSON onSON F WHITNEY 11 tiler ler Orson Arson F K Whitney of or tho coun rn 1 i nm tes S won was wa the next speaker In III t way nay he deprecated in th tat fad that IhM many conference ha had l b n to 10 walk the ti 1 f this Ihl illy Itt Ill ill II night 1 without being DM hi u In r obtain place of or shelter while l rf rt to 10 pay tY lly for und 1111 he h the Ille labur of III if Hi 11 IC committee that thai bad bud In hand tin Iii tinor or lIr nf it providing relief M ti HI irr r Whitney read r d the following ex ext tilt tiit t from a sermon cermon delivered by b h hp p i Aiding of the 1 church K 11 f Ila WIll Sept Pt U it 1907 In this Ihla city Sit lilt come com the necessity of a art ak ark rt rk k f t caution for thU religious lou fa ta f taSiv Siv men nen Into Inlo w It matte Im reason re aon and amI even en monthly T to i h II Seventh Diy ny Adventist i ii pre nl 11 1 potty IlY mutter matter of lit time lime as all a fun fin Ju JI rial al I of f the faith fuith To the Mor Moe Mori nol ai i 1 Justifies nay na requires a o oie ial Ull ie m which strike death to 10 the H of f C all social the purity of Cf t ih f mil milI I I 1 not net Jt know kilo Dla W Id Whitney and I do nut not know kno till tha h k knows me in but bul certain It IL Is la h e jK does nut not know the th Mormon r i i nor their rell on 1 Mk ker r went on un lo to say y that Ihal lie ho had hed CI j i 1 ih the acquaintance e of o D P TIKI Tn I I who h hn i once i over th Ih d dl f Utah and WId fur rUI whom hom be ho felt fell Im w i vt II tt in in like hike ninner be had at VH bar har friendly rotations relations with wilh the theLi Ui Li i l onard O rd To the tat lat te It Kid Id i Y Mid ald h be had hed unco neu MI I 1 iteI upon the Ih of ol ul M H itI of lIt lf If t p Tot Tut Tuti Tott i t whIch ni replied It t I that v I u II ci 1 of or meet f rl 1 il ll Ir Hi lh tu l the I he attitude of III f fI j I I l 11 11 mud and th t hi hl hiell IJ me ell acre er tn to a lack lark lacki i K ledge IIse at of the with which Ill h hh ii h u iMling wh Uth those 01 11 I hf h p bu ho hue la Is time I i f l the Minis un umi unI umit t I and nd In many h n bc Itt i II n tic lb Ih iau au of or b l r th Ih the church being n ut ex cx exi It i n 11 n d 1 ami ui I have even u lid led tn to Ibe Ii lIh h d dI I 9 III timi Wood hIDO of o ht nun nan nut IIII uch uh eone ti i aP are MI ei end and 01 I Mug king tiny they ar are nut u w Ut t 1 Itt If f II u II Is Ie th the of J Chrit Cirat T heritage of all who wit iby y th the mow g sUNlit by the ine at et t the tho thod 01 I end nd by b lh the Hi hUe U d lit ion u Is to suffer i lilt Ill I JUD ON UN l I iier hier Whitney reed read d the fallowing ex cx exY x I Ir Y Ir t I from frum Dr Ur John Jl Lords I Beacon d or of I hi h othi other r fat tA t wild h l i ui rd tb tbt the thel t l of ot Maraus IS u It M vei to tolIa lIa l I Ills his toil of Hi tili thit tin thu iii i fur for which U It I Ie hi lord I N rI to 10 i t i ui t tIt It lh Ih the lb Ie lit of it th Ih thi i i 01 r II s III I iii rel JH i iu m 11 d rot for or an ate I h u h rb h Justin ul ut Iob olL ri r ui Ut i d i mil ut St Lyons cut Kl U It imi Hie I thi h hN hn ir r ulion uI I N Nei I i li linis t I th h nis 11 Inid t en luI tH I II th Ih I he vi ri TI chin ih t Ii Iii I i f the go 0 it t Ilu plu I the Hie 1 h lu e Wl 10 I 1 j Hie ii It I L i end amI ml Marcus oro reus Aurelius ww paw no lI reason reeson on to 10 Her alter them thorn Hut to 10 the mind mint of or the stoic on the tIe throne says lIB Arnold the tho th Christiana were are philosophical con eon contemptible contemptible politically subversive and morally abominable They are le ye lecar r car l d as RII looked upon the tho Jesuit in the regin of or Louis Lolli XV AM all we look 1001 loo upon the Ih Mormons as dan dangerous roll to free fr Institutions Moreover the Christians were WM everywhere mill mis misunderstood mu understood and misrepresented d It was Wail 5 for Marcus to te teIo Io 0 the Christians except through A mist mill of or prejudices prejudice l Christianity grew up UI In tho the catacombs not nol on Urn the Pala Paa Palatine tine II no In allowing th the Iho laws lawe III to take lake their course against II In III a body of or men who were regarded with mistrust and aversion as me of ot tb the state ilIa Ie the emperor was Willi simply unfortunate Bo So Bowise o wise wille and nd good a man perhaps ought to II have known the Christians better but not nol knowing them he cannot Iannot be bl stigmatised ns as a cruel crull man mall NERO NEBO AND The Th emperor of Home Rome WUI not nol bet better 11 ter Informed as all to 10 the real character of th the Christians than Is III Bishop Sti ding with lIh the faith and practises of time the Saints remarked l Whitney Why do ministers not ac cc acquaint quaint themselves with th Ih the Mormon before they attack th Ih m There may maybe m maybe be nome come excuse extUM for people living at ata a ata I Ia a distance whose only Information concerning this people Is III sensational and untrue but there can be no Justi Justification for and abuse on the tho part of or persons who live In out OUI midst who live In friendly relations with their Mormon Mornion neighbors and then abuse abu them When men muon are confront confronted ed ad with they should abandon false fallie cis theories CHARGES CHAnGES The charges made against the Let Lei Saints Saint are arc precisely the same aetna as a preferred against the early Christ Christians lane ians wild said the speaker ker and he proposed to 10 briefly consider them theft seriatim but briefly The of philosophy Is III fundamental truth timid And a philosopher er or Is he a seeker ft after fundamental truth answers th the doe des description of one emma and Joseph Joaeph Smith an on answers ivera the description of or the other Joseph Smith sought to know knO the truth concerning the Ihl religion of Jesus JesU Christ and amid In tn answer to 10 his hi prayer loci loa I made known to 10 him far more than Ihan he asked The personality of God and Ills His Son Hon Jesus Christ wee was revealed to 10 him and among the other great greal truths tin the II principle that Ihal man Is divinity In embryo and may ma and rise riMe to 10 the time plane of 0 God himself What Is III there about aboul Joseph Smiths Smith teachings relative to the Creator of the universe and tho work rk of or Ills hands Ills 1111 thought expressed In tn the following words word God finding Himself In the midst of 0 spirit spirita and glory because He lie was wac more moro Intelligent saw proper to Institute laws law whereby by the rest might have a I privilege to ad Rd advance adVance vance like Himself was as Identical with tIme the following saying of or Plato llato NOT A Let LEI us declare the cauce which led the Supreme to produce and compose compOe the universe He Ito was good anti and he who Is good has not kind of or envy Exempt from envy en y lie He wished I hed that all nil timings things should be rn as all much UH aM possible like Himself taught laughl by wise men mell shall admit this the Ihl primal cause of the origin ams foundation of 0 the world will be In the truth Joseph Smith was wall not nol borrowing from front the writings of 0 Plato for he lie never read reat hint und and wa more a of ot the Greek philos philosopher philosopher opher than was waa the Savior Himself In oppressing the time golden goMen rule aa RII spoken before his time lime by b Con The early earl Christians were accused of being politically and of or the state n forsooth Nero said paid they were wore Similar charges charge time the th Saints are false fals falsen n 14 lie He so 0 false fae that thai no language can an It jt The gospel that thet they pr ch chIs Is III time the perfect law of liberty and rom from the very Ver beginning of this Ihl Church Us its member have been taught that Ihal It Is la their heir bounden boun loll duty to 10 be subject to 10 the powers that Ihal be b until He lit li shall ehlI come ome whose whoa right It Is III to reign The third accusation the Let Lat Saints Saint namely that they are areora morally ora II that thaI their doc due doctrine docI trine I strike teeth death to social I s sand and the purity of or the family Is III equally tales false u lUll as the two previously considered The Tha home hom of this Ihla people are of It purity his HIM rather father wee waa a cheat chaste man mait hi hili bitt mother a pure And virtuous woman and thu tb children of the hou house hold held were taught by hy precept and ex ax example ample empie to In keep keel th ins tasted ted Eider 1 lder Whitney said ald Id ha tie spoke of or his hid Ill own family b because he ha knew IL It better than then any other and the condi condl conditions found therein were the rule and nut nol th the exception In th thi Church ChulCh A tribute was Willi paid by the speaker to 10 the Irreproachable character of or th the men memo members bers hers of President Joseph Joeeph F Smiths fiLtHIly family as u well us ac I tho those e of oC other leader of or the Church ChurchIn In III conclusion Eider Whitney said I l hope hOlle that aWing did not know what tic ito was WAil talking about It U Uh Ith Itha ha h did know khow ind nd falsely fallI stated the Lii position of th ii Saint I would recommend rm l n 1 to 10 him the t of or the Ui u wise win wi on smite of or old Th six doth dolt the Ih Lord Ird hat hal yea rev ves n nare are an abomination unto him a proud look took a lying tongue and heads hand that thai shed abed innocent blood A heart that d tie de del l th wicked Imagination M f t that thai be bl swift In running to mischief A false raise that tie lit and ld h kl ha that eow th discord amoni amon brethren It If the JIll Lb bl ho did nut nul know what he hi h wa wa talking shoot about I would die Ille cit him hint to read meted the time twi Lw admonition With all cli thy HIV til IC at t and nd He n II that a mailer before be h I ii It Il I Is II not nol wise wIM A baritone solo wu et rendered ren by ay lIlu Call after fur which it the Uon sang Doxology and nd Patriarch PM John Joke Smith pronounced the Uie Ut benedic benediction thee Ilea |
