Show Roberts l 0 0 on n lye flee T D Ie lena r a 1 n S Delivers Davers and Slitting Sermon in il Which Ik Ie 11 Fails Fads to It 0 Sec See How ow Mormonism is to Ic be Crushed as a aSpe i I Speaker at the Ilie Los Conclave Said it ii Must IusI Be Ia B Will Force Be ia Used Ik lie Ms cAsks Elder 11 l II delivered a n I but decidedly stirring sermon ut mit It the lies ho conference of ot the thc Mu Mutual toni Improvement associatIons In II tho tIme Tabernacle yesterday afternoon The Thc congregation was IK a n very cr large lance one ono and In him the tho highest degree There were ninny many man present and they apparently enjoyed It I quite quie us aS a much as aK the lie he Mormons did didIn didIn didIn In fact lle several of them wonted wanted to tsp tip Ip plaud the th speaker for his hi utterances and only oily olly the day and amid occasion oco lon prevent prevented ed et them thel from doing so HO HOElder soE Elder Eidem E cr Roberta prefaced his hl remarks by the statement that as ns the printed would show President Joseph JosephF F r Smith was to 10 have havo been leen the this next speaker Hut flut lut said he ho President Smith Insists that another name nume shall hahl take tak the place ilace of ot his Isis miami and mine maine Is 18 that name fabLe I did nil all ni I could to 10 persuade him not to 10 make the change chance but he lie hewin win firm finn In his request and amid ns us he lifts has I the thc haul final say so 0 I must ask mk Isk you ou to 10 fur for furget forget I get Hit your disappointment and give me nie your faith and that something of If benefit bandit shall ile be raid Of ot pur our holy hol re 10 Ign I I thInk the le cc e election lection letlon of a n text nut one on chosen trails from time the 11 Bbl but lut one that I have ha e thought out In in mn own head hated It 1 Is brief brIer very ry brief Just a n single Ingle word How Hav Having ing announced that I shall shah read lead an nn another another other The Tle speaker then proceeded to 10 rend read from froni the fortune and amid Covenants A number of o the were preaching In ha Ohio and vicinity They wanted to 10 know kno the will wil of lIt the time Ix Ird rd It was vas com coin 01 In II a 1 manner most marvel marvelous ous sue In iii Its s plainness It I hail had reference to 10 thins that hal h been to 10 thIngs that were wore and ant to things yet to 10 b It I made inside midI clear their duty So Po broad so 0 vast ast was the cear Instruction that the speaker could l ull of ot nothing outside of or the lines linos therein mm drawn d rim We W l were continued Elder Roberts told toil morning that the chief ob object object jec of 1 the th Mutual Improvement as ng twin l Ions was wag lS to 10 teach the tImings thing of at God and GI 0 m tIle lIme youth of ot Ion to make male them bettor better with wih one omie another to 10 make m k them belter and an women It I IB is II our II duty to keep well wel Informed on nn all al nt mutter antI and an I particularly lar we keep well wel eil Informed In iii relation to tn all al of or those thOI matters maler which relate to 10 the time work worl of ot the latter later days In Iii II which we 10 live hive I Of Ot Ut lit tImers there have ha been events of or more than Ihan ordinary connected with wih or i elated to tills this th II work TUB HOW OF 01 IT Not long said raid 11 he there was wasa wasn a n noted body bud of or ministers In ha this city cl They were on their Ih lr way WI to 10 Los Lo Angeles They vi ere vere re going thither to meet In solemn conclave to 10 look after the wel reI welfare fare of of then their thell own church and amid inch Inci Incidentally dentally I 1 suppose to look after ate the welfare pHare of or ours curs Laughter One of ot their proportions Involves nil An extra task lask It I Is IB nothing more amid Iud nothing lees Ies than a I plan to crush Mar Mor Mormonism monism I confess we WI are ar a little Itle In Iii d In Iii II knowing HOW lUW 10 they arc are going to tu do 0 It Laughter One of n the prominent speakers at t time the Ih assembly aS the one who according to 10 the press 1 report received time the IhO moat OI up ul plant who obtained tIme the moat mOt sym sympathy YI pathy for or lil hIs treat great discourse which has Iwu hl come comae to 10 u us only In fragments we Ye have hav a I right to 10 that It wits WIS great 1 Mid that ln was wan wal 11 to be lie educated not miot to 10 I lt he civilized and not to tim be b reformed hut but pro liro proclaimed claimed the speaker In stentorian tones tone lone It ht I be US Again I Isay IM say M we e have h an aim Interest In knowing HOW liOs feat teat Is to be le accomplished CALLS IT AN OCTOPUS Fortunately Fortun lel or unfortunately the speaker set I forth his ideas Idea an as 11 to how howIt It was to bo be I done He lie II that now In Is I tho thu time to do that the Church ChurchIn In I i like 11 an octopus He lie declared Unit that Victor Hugo time the great Iret French writer says MI that th there re Is one way wa va And only anI anIone one way wa that nn an octopus can ln foe he killed kile or Of course r when wh n title this monster puts pUIs forth fortha a ft I tencle It can cn I lie lopped wh when n nIt It II puts huts forth another It II can be le lopped hopped lopp off or amid anil an when It I puts forth another It ran can Mn be I lopped off or Hut It I has so 8 many of ot these lhee that It Is he not miot harmed hAme materially by I this the lou loss of ot one On now no and then Ihn Hut there t tone la Is laone Isone one moment to seize anti and strike It It That ThaI ThatIs Is he II when It puts pull forth Its 11 head That Tha In Is I Ils Its ls vulnerable point It I hiss has ha done that now cow DO nail and now no Is II the Ibe lUne tunc to strike the crushing blow One of ot Its his 11 high priests claims a n chair In this the th United Unie States Congress at t Washington WA To fall fail tal now Is perlin to tl be le lost IotA lostA lOl lOlA A lilT HIT IT Wonderful wisdom exclaimed the speaker worthy of at a great A mighty might climax to 10 a great Ilat sermon If It great Iret It 1 was I A moot m lame isme and Impo Impotent tent conclusion c a as al lame and ridiculous as 1 the th fable of the mountain laboring bringing forth a I mouse mOUI it i my m voice oce could uK reach the reverend gentleman I would Inform him thaT there was wai noth nothIng lag Ing new or novel navel In his scheme that It II hat hi h been hwi tried hIe many mn times tl before ore orenO and nO that thet It has felled failed every time lime It II has ha been n tried I J might toll tell tol him hint too to that I J remember for or deep dep down In time the Ihl Inner innermost of ct I do most mOI recesses c my mi 11 recall th tl tad fart that about the tIme year iSIS 13 a certain gentleman himself was 1 elected ele ll to 10 They The 11 that t ha t tal was wag al tho limo time tu to 1 strike tho time octopus that to foil fall fal to do so would woul be to bo be lost host Laughter And i ro o they struck In response to sentiment Unit that they tIle the had hid worked work d up thu tue gen germ gentleman gent t lau and against the Ihl Church and ammil they were successful lul In that thaI they toe pie Jo ui upon on s to deny that non gen gentleman en Ills his hil sent seat sen Hut Hul I 1 have hae no mio 10 knowl Imol knowledge edge o of It having impaired thu tho health or of ut that gentleman Laughter I have no knowledge of ot hH imle form tOrm diminishing or his hla shadow grow hag ing In Iss ies Laughter Nor have hae I any an knowledge of the Church hUreh hufh or octopus Q being hurt hurl or hurt at all ni Whit What effect may ia we 1 ask did thith that net have on nit 11 11 About bout as ns much as that ut of I mi lighting on 01 the moon Laughter survived that loat awful blow Laughter MUST NOT O Rut nut It Is IH not for fOI the tho to 10 reply to tim these resolutions In Iii the spirit of ot retaliation not to 10 answer r with railing not to 10 smite Ille when hen smitten but It I Is la their duty duly to over ocr come abuse with wih patience pat to 10 meet m t evil with gol joa lint Hut ut naught be belo bedoe doe lo In lem 11 bitterness I 1 thank God that 11 ti Church Churl of ot Jesus Jeus Christ now nw occupies pies pie a n 1 position exalted that It so go I may In smite amle at the efforts of ot men amen to crush It Therefore their heir resolutions resolution their nations and Ind abuses their shafts sha ts of ot as ns assault sault sa 11 and offense ofen fall tal harmless s at nt the thie feet teet of the IJ ople of o God Got If I I could gather and your thoughts und anti give expression to them I think they time would be unanimous on the one point of ot telling them theism that their labor labur laborIs Is la In vain If It I I could express your our faiths faith to them I would account myself happy halY Indeed TIlE THU TiE W Now ow when you ou are arc dealing with wih an nn Institution 11 that cannot be educated that cannot be civilized that thiat cannot be reformed when these agencies all 11 fall fail what follows then If I wo we are a 11 not to 10 be educated according to their notions not to be bo civilized an as ni they the would have ha e us civilized not nul to be reformed after their code of o morals what agency will wi they the then Ihen Invoke Inoke They The say a they must mu t crush cru h us What hat does oes that mean 1 Mobs violence plunder armies Can an anI anIt It I be b that ministers living in I time the en enlightened In lightened period perl of ot the time Christian 01 era cia el that conies comes com after 11 years of ot proclaim proclaiming ing His name can cams stand land for tor nail and advocate cate lale such merciless methods Can Cams It I bo be b that these teachers of or Jesus JeBUS Chi 1st whose mission mil Ion was waG l ac nee to 10 all l time the world can cami urge before b the time nation naton whose eyes ees ore are lre upon them a war warfare Warfare fare Can It be that these Christian ministers will wi throw away all 01 mean mellS that Ihal of or brute brule force fore sao ave to 10 stomp out a n religious InstItution that has hias ha not been ben constructed out of ot theological material not riot of ot their making It I Is la a tact fact worth remembering that time the man mann who hmo voiced voice that W Ial the time man according to 10 th time the ho received r ele the time greatest applause SOMETHING O OF TIlE THU 11 PAST From Prom the earliest tinsel to the pres present emit ent elt that thaI has li been en tried Ie They The said Mid Ild when the tIme Hook of ot Mormon was sas being In given to the Ih world that If It they could oulI only emily ani pre prevent prevent vent Its Is publication the movement Would toll fall They The succeeded In stopping work upon It I for tor a 1 time The lime Joseph had lied to go from Pennsylvania to New ew York to 10 get Jet the matter maUer straight nl out out They Time The prevent event the time publication of ot it antI and the th work fall fail al Finally they time the did destroy the Prophet Joseph Josph but but the work went on It was wan WI time the same Mme spirit that thaI did It I that passed p l these thee IhN res resolutions re They The said Pid If I we 1 cannot reach their Prophet powder antI and ball bl can and Ind powder and amid ball did It I hurt though It I did nothing more mol than Ihan cause lIU Ir mill and Hn let confusion lon among aron the Ih Saints Hut lul time the Prophet lived for or U II 1 years yar and during that lust time he tie under God Go gave J to this the world endless and amid Ind Indestructible truth I He lIe le piled ICI principle upon i of ot truth until It II towered favored to 10 the heaven When hl death r came me went nt on as mis a it I wi will alway go g It I was wa not broken up as ns predicted The TIme blood blod of or I time the Ih martyrs Indeed became time the reed peed 1 of ot time the Church Their love for tor the anti and for time the truth he b taught ht vas 11 consented cemented Into a 1 holy hol recollection rell n Mol Moi monism survived that loat awful anti and wicked w ke blow that thaI deprived It I of ot Its Is earthly erth head hel Then ramp Caine alt Young The Church thrived under his hil leadership and they said It I wa was Wi the genius of this wonderful man that held heid It together When lie hie III tiled died dIe they I he de declared declare elated clare It I would certainly Ro go n to 10 pieces I heard It I said Mid Pk ethos his hi day that U It I was M the live I genius of at any an man nian that Iha holds It I together II It Is II spoken of ofas ofas as n n ii 1 remarkable Institution In or organized than thun anything else eli In the world except the army Laughter We will wi tell them thetis that tha this Ihl work we have In hand Is II greeter than any man greater reler than any an set act of or men In WAIt WAH WAI I see by the headlines and ud reports In the he papers that they tle time are r going to tu tomata tomake mata make mai war upon us Ui I wonder what kind of ot a Kip hum Van Winkle sleep they haw have been Indulging In nil all these hl Ilen nl years r Laughter The Lord Ur gave g le us UI our moro more mr than tn 70 sara 1 II 11 I I i I gave u UA tia our duty to perform at nt that lu time He lie announced hot It was wa That ThaI did d Id not 1151 condemn Presbyterian lr or Methodists In Iii 1 particular but It I did declare the lie Ihl fills false aye systems SYI of nr the toe day I dont dUIt marvel so I very much mount at mit lt the tue Ih bitterness of o time tho see sec lI Vr world against us When the time Lord tore turi aside the time veil 11 and ant time the boy b Prophet to 10 see Me time the Father and amid 11 of ot tIme the fon on he lie told toll him to join none 11 sects etl Ho lie le told lold him hIm further that they for tor doctrine the time command of ot if men and amid timid the lime creeds of ot time the time were mere ere an nn abomination Could Coull you ou expect peace leRee after uter that thaI Hardly The rh debris and I nIl rubbish b of at error eror had hal to be Ic cleared away mind and 11 the rock manila made hare bare upon Ullon which to 10 lay la mid Ild rear tear the time foundation and superstructure of ot eter oler eternal nal Ial truth Iruh It I was WIS not amot out our decision not hot Joseph Smiths but Int It wa was 8 the judg judgment jud ment of ot God Joseph Smith simply believed Gods Clods ore we simply Clods botIa oo word We mutt must lust tell tIl them thal time the truth wo se must dulI them we wo will 11 do It 11 as gently nn as ni tenderly as lS we can eun but bUI we wi will do It It Ii time Ihl List analysts of or time tho timing thing we e 0 will wi 1111 to 10 trust truit trul In lii th tIme Lord would you OU believe bolee It hut but will vili 11 you OU believe holee It I this very ver assem assembly alI bly hI bl has hus continued confirmed lodi judgment up imp upon 11 on Oil It 1 by the action U IL I hiss hax taken at nt Los Angeles They rimey have proved that their deed contained that that thal wax aK an nn abom abomination ahll In the time or ot time the Lord In that they limo have hae Just jUs sonic mme of ot the time theological rubbish It I contained contal ned INFANT INI ANT DAMNATION The speaker here read Irons from tOI the time Pres Presbyterian 1111 cluss book of faith showing the time Presbyterian contentions as us II to 10 pre predestination pr destination which was Wa not yet yel r rI formed also eliminated clause clue ng to lu Infant damnation which hldi he was scaN glad Int to see go 10 he im hoped hOllet they would get u more light and do more mor amending they still had a n good donl of ot loam for tor Im Imms Improvement provement In that direction On the of ot Infant damnation a n claim that hud shocked thu tho world he hl quoted quote Burns the poet pel who hind had been ben led to 10 tori write ri to 0 Thou who In the Heaven lenen dost dot dwell Wha Vima |