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Show THE DESERET VIII t NEWS "SATURDAY OCTOBER : SECTION FOUR 1920 Full Text of President Heber J. Grants Opening Address At . her. with th. tb. opportunity of mootln, onfereno. X on rtty happy to ooo with all tay ouopenlng session. and IjJaalro thia oonforonoo, and all that la aald A1 " again ' - ' '"w n rrCrtZhlln,. i? Conference, October 8, 19.20." ' l. - their sins end received pom fewardt the lesson that forgiveness Is In ad- needed it In my business, so to speak; that ll wns one of th thing that was I said: "President John Tsylor, I can vance of justice, where there la ralook th Lord squarely in th eye, if pe n lance, and that to have In your necessary for my advancement. tor-da- y Bain A ear ago, here at th conference, he asks me that question, and tsll him heart ths spirit of forgiveness and to ao many b that 1 did that which I thought was for wllmfnat from your hearts ths spirit I read e splendid snd wonderful song, the best good of th kingdom. When of hatred end bitterness, brings pear the half of th first verse of which nr--.2a man holding th holy priesthood of end joy; that th Gospel of Jesus reads an follows: 2 maw fear to know hlmaolf. Let God goes forth to proclaim th gospel Chrtet brings Joy, peoe end happintnt IS. nprMilo" To ga'n that knowledge let him laof the Lord Jesue Chrlet, to call th ness to every soul that Uvss U end lo, follows Jte teachings. bor, wicked to repentance goes to pror .1 2!5iho Church. I aa froo to confooo that I approachod our Imprlve those fallings In himself claim that God lives, that Jesue te th Mid Charity. Forgivqneae preside o olnoo horo hold boon he my have That was a And so condemns so In his that that Joseph Smith Chrlet, he want n. ? I cannot ! gospel prophet of God, and that th earth-aWh.n I thought' Of th. wondortul all of hie words, , but he rid has been restored again to the The whole poem was published In in litis way, telling me that at our yonoral. conforonooo, and tho in- man in the mission home of continued that bloaaJnoof tbo Lord In tho paot he never have given m that the conference pamphlet. I quoted It could doolrod nuoooodod him. I haro adulwho tbooo commits of Christ Church and the to Brlban Ycwng experience, that he could not give to soma weeks ago and was asked where tery, I can tell th Lord that he has me a testimony ot th that thoro ohould bo no felling ft in tho' inspiration of all Gospel; that I the party could gel a copy, and again and Church this enough, disgraced must receive that testimony for niy. last Sunday, when I told the people and X oomaatlyoup plicated him to such to let not I do any tho Lord to tbooo who might addrooo os, that proposed I must have th right nplgit they coud read It In next Bit irOay hia bleeotofo that wo hare en- a man com back Into th 'Church." sB;.that come Into my heart end feet 8o I shall not thia effect. And I am indeed grateful for It the nights Deseret News. bla of aamo my rioh Mid, President "Well." name Taylor outpouring that blessing, spirit of forglvaiass, the spirit of taka up your time by. quoting the Joyed, and X pray that that with Is your all b that stay thia right; aeoolona of of, and charity before whole poem, f also quoted the four to all who hall apoak to ua during tho conviction, stay right with tt.) I said: ther would be any good aplrlt. may bo given come to me abort verses from our hymn on page President Tsylor, your letter Mid you as an Individual; that by simply sur- (t, a part f which reads as follows: Ban Lula ward. th Second on of i op; Manas. aposwanted every that single loot night rendering my will to his, and voting Should ntfuvta a letter his B.' Welmer, bishop; Room- of convictions Silas vote to tho yru feel Inclined to censure. tles stake, to baptise thi man, I would never etak. woa wry gratifying to me, and before velt Second ward. Roosevelt Fault you may in others view, -heart. If you deslra me to surrender have learned th lesson that the spirit : wUl ! I will ward, Star I remark. Ask Our liwn heart ere you venture, David Bennlon, blahopj th convictions of my heart, of Joy and peace comes In th hour making any further Alma C. Tilley, bishop will has not fallings, too. that If I gladly do It; Burley etak, of gladly our and when heart read It: , Laon man to com back; are forgiven;, Third ward, Neho ataka, for vote .this Payson full of I and not had the slightest idea when I charity ard A. Hill, bishop; Rupert- - Second but while I live I never expect to conto thoM who have mad mistakea quoted the "Salt Lake City. Utah, Oct. T, 1M0. poems that I would Coun- ward. Blaine stake, Richard T. Asti, and Grant That J. to my left Heber is sent if it Judgment. From thet day to this I have rememPresident to quote from them again today; before tb wa accused apostle man bishop, bered those teaching. The Prophet but In view of the condemnation and selors: Kinston changes, called hut not deb several years ago, and he stood up of th Lord said: Dear Brethren! boy, never for- of th spirit, almost of animosity and mleelon, Don C. and claimed that he was In- get that when you"My lied w deelra to giro to tho Church of parted: Auaflrallan New and are In the line of hate, ,that eeems to be manifested by misZealand our tat y BalnU me, Lord Latter-daRushton, president; and the gave of nocent, your duty, your heart will be full of son Jesue Chrlet among the Latter-da- y president, Georg F. Taylor., (then the Junior member of the coun- I love and forgiveness, even for the re- Balnts people at the present time, regarding home on Main and First North street aa sion. F. BalUt, presi! Bwlsv Berg But 'lied. mission, he that a testimony cil) and that when you get business and political affairs, 1 desire pentant sinner, to be need preferably t . could not condemn him because of out of that straight line of duty and tha thrao worn-- ! dent. building, thua housing emphasise, with all the power of that have th determination that what you to such other ' that I got down on my knees Spirit of Helpfulness, organ nations, or for my being, the last verse of that little me God the to and deemed beat. to think give is bo prayed Justice I my after and a night what eomlng may think This morning, you hymn, on page 64: . purpose strength not to expose that man, eas- is equity and right and should prevail, Do not form office, I happened to see lying upon Your faithfully. w had ofttimee you are but that opinions blindly, he had is lied, that what volume of first but ing th desk my anything happy. ! (signed) . Hastiness to trouble tend, no evidence, except only the testimony You can know th dlffereno between known as , Heart Throbs" X had A. W. McCUNB. we thought unkindly Those I of whom And seduced. the aplrlt of th JArd and the spirit of of the girl that he had .ELIZABETH A. C. McCUNB.1 brought tt from my home to have a Oft become our warmest friends." prayed the Lord that some day addi- th adversary when you find that you of poems copied several day couple There are & great many people who to ono of the wealthy ago, and a I looked at tha book I tional testimony might come. And It are happy and contented, that, you j remarked Church X decidlove your fellows, that you are anxious believe that if a person is Indicted, he did come, and we then excommunithat in last it th remembered a poem within our of. man cated him. And when a man can He for their welfare; and you. can tell Is undoubtedly criminal. There are I Shall Not ed to read here today.. apostles, and when he can be that you do not have that spirit when very few people who stop to reflect it hours: ' "Whenallyon coma to pato Pass Again Thi Way," la th title. deeds And he that repenteth not of hi to the while your property proclaiming repentance of you ere full of animosity and feel upon the fact that when a grand Jury away, dont, leave Preceding the poem is the : following sine, and confesseth them not, then guiltyI sin, think this Church has been dis- that you would like to knock some- finds an Indictment agalnrt any man. n portion of tt note: before the him shall church, but give ye family, bring yur endowment for gome good pause it la seldom if ever the case that he is For several year before his death, and do with him aa the Bcripture saith graced enough without ever letting body down. I am reminded of en of the finest permitted to appear before the grand M an Mr. Daniel S. Ford, the proprietor, unto you, eltherbyjmmmandment or him come back ' into the Church. ' WelL repeated President Tsylor, chapters In all th Bible, (I Corin- Jury or to have any representative tor tha advancement of tha work of editor and builder of th Youth' Com- by revelation. there to state his case. The law (tax of delicate health God tray "my boy, don't yon vote to admit him thians, xltl): do that shall And this God." I hava. always regretted that panion, because ye you hold "Though I speak with the tongues provides, as I understand It, although did bis work and managed his mamnot because ye forgive as long as you live, while men those who have been abundantly bleat moth business from a little room in his be glorified, not of end of angels, end have not I am not a lawyer, that every man them. compassion, but that those Ideas, stay right with not, having of tha Lordwith th wealth of thia home in on of the beautiful parks of ye may be justified In the eye of the tl left the President ofllce. I went charity, I am . become es sounding ehall be considered Innocent until or I was a tinkling cymbal. such time as he is proven guilty; and not ready. brass, him who home. My lunch world hava failed to leave a part of it Boston. When loving hands cleared law, that ye may not offend And though 1 have the gift of no man Is guilty, in the true sense of and Covewas Doctrine there the convenient but desk, reading the plain la your Lawgiver. to tome of our charitable Institution ws found, in a conspicuous place, and or understand all fourth the word, of an offense Just because for the prophecy, third nants through mysAnd. the last of Section 121 says: an Indictment or to our varlou organization. . X be- mush worn with frequent handling, systematically, and I hnd my teries, end all knowledge; and. though a grand Jury find also be full of char- time bowels Let thv book-mar- k in tt; but aa I picked it I have all faith, so that I could re- against him. In criminal cases, a lieve that where a man la worth half th following poem. If the poet had ity to ward's all men, and to the houseof opening where the book- move mountains, and have not char- man Is to be considered innocent unIntended to describe Mr. Ford' dally garnish up. Instead n million dollar or even lee. If he word end aetlons, he could not have hold of faith, and let virtue less the evidence ity. I am nothing. was It opened to mark him shall be shall then unceasingly, thoughts And though I bestow all my goods so conclusive thatagainst were te glv4 a tenth or even a quarter done o in more appropriate lan- thy confidence wax strong in the presthere is not even I, the Ird, will forgive whom I thy to feed poor, and though I give a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. , ence of God, and the doctrine of the will forgive, but of you it i required my body the of his mean for some charitable pur guage.") to be burned, and have not Certainly Latter-da- y Saints ought to distil upon thy soul to forgive all men: for he that conPriesthood shall remainder the bread that thi Church, strength It in bringeth The be as liberal In their Judgments a? charity. pot proflteth me nothing. not his brother standeth heaven. from do as would (lews the hi want to to family h left give, suffereth that Charity long, and is the cold law of the land; and cerThe Holy Ghost shall be thy con- demned before the Lord. them more good and they would have The water pur that bide the thirsty stant charity envieth not; charity tainly every man ought to be conand thy sceptre an And I shut up the book and said,; kind; It and companion, live: not in is not vaunteth wladom handling itself, puffed up. sidered innocent In the estimation of greater of righteousness If the Devil applies for baptism and Doth not behave itself unseemly, the Latter-da- y would accomplish more than though I want to help the fainting day by day: unchanging ansceptre dominion Saints particularly shill be claim- that he ha repented, I will seeketh X shall not thy not Is not easily pro- If that man is a member pass again this and truth, own. her 411 the wealth had been left to the Im sure of the an everlastlni' dominion, and wiihout baptize him. After lunch I returned voked. thlnketh no evil; way, Church of belre of the departed man or woman, Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y compulsory means It shall flow unto to the o.Uce of President Taylor and I ha not in but Rejolceth Saints iniquity, and as tha cue may he. My heart Mahas devoted his life to the President Taylor, I have had said: in the truth; I want to give the oil of Joy for tears. the for ever and, evsr." upbuilding of God gone out in gratitude to the lata kingdom until of heart. One hour ago I a doubts to change faith A conquer ue The crowding Personal the Beareth believeth all all Experience. things, for such as M. building time Barratt he has had what is tilda said never while I lived did I expect things, tiopeth all things, endureth all known as his and feara ih Bar- and tun' wonderful known respect a In have I court. very We can building day splendid to consent that Brother for aahea may I give alway; adversity Beauty afford, I think, to be as liberal as the for this quotation from page should com things. ratt Halt, In the day of the I have regard but be this sure baptized: shall I again pass never Im not, but ' frhether cold law ltcelf. falleth; "Charity 240 of ih Doctrine and Coventnts. to tell and financial hardships of our schools. he can be baptized, so far there ... way, be prophecies, they shall fall: I desire to repeat the last verse of " a " Some year ago a prominent man was as I amyou pray God to bleaa Brother and concerned.' j be there whether shall Church. tongues, He, they ' that hymn which I learned Slater McCune for this magnificent X want to give goqd measure running excommunicated from thfor Taylor had a habit, when cease; whether ihere be knowledge. It 5 or splejidld 40 years ago, when Francis M. baptism hePresident years later, pleaded referred was particularly pleased, of sitting shall vanish away. . gift, and to multiply their aubetanc. th eer, ' first sang it for me. I wrote John Taylor and shaking his Historical. ' And Into angry hearts I want to pour President fit his baptism "For we know in part, and we pro- Lyman to the apos- up and laughing it down that very night, and learned folwhole body. So he laughed and said: phesy In part. wrath question The answer soft that- turneth i Sines our laet conference th It unanimously if next that the they tles. saying day. I would like every this change is very sudden, Is Latter-da- y But when that which is to his baptism, ha could bl My, boy, Saint to apply the teachlowing Church change have taken Im. away; I ome, then that which is in perfect He continued: sure I shall not pass again this consented but If there very sudden." dissentshall one was part of verse In his or her life, this ings baptized, want to ask you a question. How did be done away. have died since April , ' way. If we do that I believe we will Bishop who ;and vote, he should not be ing aa hour Here left when feel e S. you Anderson, was When I you a I as child. Norman I rctaembet-thIn love conferencespake that the Otto and into th ChurchrAs Did you feel like you wanted child, I understood as a child. I grow of peace andcharity; .Bugarvllle ward, Deseret stake; Utah I want to give to other hop and happiness, which vote. it was five for baptism and ago? bespirit man to that hit squarely beas a right I ward, when faith, but child; thought A year or so later, the J. Poulson, Timpanogos President seven me Taylor against. when I promised and knock him down? . came a man I put . away childish entertained I want to do all that the Master saith; , 4 came up ugain, and thin Hnte Itween the eyesThat the feeling of determinaquestion Is just the way I things. to to from want I since live day; April replied: day . aright organized fine New stakes for baptism tion to man out of the Church, He asked. How do you feel sure X shall not pas again this the vote was eightLater For now we eee through a glass, and the keep a of came felt. Franklin stake, Samuel I'm It conference: four against. spirit , joy and peace which the truth. tell to now?" you "Well, but then to stake, now I face way," Logan darkly:, ten was face; president; Parklneom. . came it to me after the change W, and of heart again, up Lord will know in part: but then shall I know I the President hope Taylor, two Oliver H. Budge, president; Roosevelt come against. and will to the Latter-da- y baptism Saint for Saints: I feel that every Latter-da- y He said,. You even as also I am known. sinner. the H. president; forgive Smart, William Aposof the Council take, to have the came desire as the Finally all of the "And-aofeel happy, dont you, in comparison? abldeth faith, hope and "And in if you find Garfield stake, Charles E. Rowan, Jr., ought exception of your humauthor has expressed in this beautiful tles, with theconsented You had the spirit of anger, you had charity, these three: but the greatest Your deeds to others are superior, man this that ble servant, president. In sure I it con-- f poem, have am I my In heart of bitterness To your Is of since these has the you Aprll Providence been charityspirit was at this time New stake clerks W. Ol- heart this very .day as I stand before be baptized and I d that man because of his sin Many people imagine that - charity - Aa you should be to those kind, inferior. trance: Oneida etake, Joseph next to the Junior mfra'r in the c- - Peterson; you. - I feel, as he had the expressed of Is because a disgrace to dollar sheds a genial ray John giving In the office of anj somebody; but Example sen; Cache stake, quorum. Later I was said: And h, psalms: Bust, Of broughtupootbe-OhurcW, Is men L love are ncwjTedt Boy which gepulne light, charity snd giving Duchesne stake, apt to borSearch me, O God, and know my the president and he of the Heber. and that is the kind of P. Rich, Logan spirit of forgiveness and sympathy, row, apoauen you have the Franklin stake, Jess Roosevelt understand that eleven know and me, my feel dont thoughts: charitv So etake, try heart; you? the first happy, had you ot In really Olson: reference to apostle B, Improve yourself today Stake. John consented to the bsptlsm ' if ther' be any wicked have And I do. 1 felt mean and this 13th chapter of First Corinthians. And then Improve your friends to- the man) I said, YeaI feel William H. Gagon; Twin Fall ' stake, and lead me In the way Brother So and So, (naming now. Then in me, After way and hateful that to happy me morrow. out. as a teaching Johanson. young are Wllford standing and that you alone J as a boy almogt. by the presl 7 Kiat vifdt rjtnlwd'nc.- April everlasting. gpt pn the he said:- - ?Do you know why I wrote man, for Certain Turns Jn Politics. Th fear of th Lord la clean, en How will you feel when you dent of the Church. I remember that Utah T Regret ward, man who that letter thi conference: that find and side other of I wrote the the .Well. River air. read it, Judgments forever; "No Lost this I said: dutlng about once A bishop; a been chapter perweek has year ago at our conference. I for ., baptism are true and righteous altogeth-.-g- has pleaded so you and some of the younger for quite a while, then once a month expressed wardlTetRlver'sUke. Henry N. Mick-(Lomy, regrets that sincerely by you from entering just prevented would learn f haps members-erfor Eleventh several the Apostles ward,Jer, months. I I bitterness was being engendered In the Logan thought In with those who have repented of are desired than be bishMore to etake! they A. Pederson, Hans Cache to , Semi-Annua- Jh et , . 1 w, gold, yaa, than much flna gold: sweet -ar also than honey end honeycomb." Put Away Bltlcrnee. In' speaking to a few friends th other dsy, I made some remarks and aa my secretary happened to be present to take notes, I decided to road what I sold on that occasion: I am anxloua to sea tho Latter-da- y BalnU dsvoted to tho work of God above everything else In the world; and I hava never been ao pained In my Ilf aa I have been during th past few month over th conditions political, financial and otherwise that wa find among th people. Th spirit of bltternsM that seems to exist In th hearts of some true, faithful and honest Latter-da- y Saints, because of their difference of Idea and opinion on business and polUtcal matters, is very painful to me. 1 do heps and pray, with all ipy heart, that th aplrlt of th Lord may com to the Latter-da- y Saints in great abundance; that this spirit of almost hatred and animosity, that seems to he existing today among the people, may disappear." On pa tt 340 f the Doctrine and Covenants w find the following! My disciples, in days of old, sought occasion against one another, und forgave not fne another In their hearts, and for tils evil they were afflicted, and sorely chastened: "Wherefore I say unto you, that ys ought to fergtve one another, for he that forglveth not hia brother ills trespasses, standeth condemned before the Lord, for there remalneth in him the greeter sin. I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive. but of you it is required to forgive all men; And y ought to say In ydur hearts, let God Judge between mo and thoe, and reward the according to thy e'h long-sut'eit- long-sufferi- do-M- ie , for-give- th - a csSeWS..-- it . - , f w nt 'rtpe4-tQwar- . 1 - rd -- True Education Must Care For Spiritual and Moral Needs As Well As Mental and Physical . iSM 26, 1920, by Discourse Delivered in Tabernacle at Session of Ensign Stake Conference, Sept. ELDER REED SMOOT. . - Reported by F. ATTENDED the first session of th conference thi morning and wa deeply Interested in alt that took place. I believe that every ne who attended this morning session became convinced that our children are being taught th principle of our religion and a faith was being Instilled In them lhat sooner bf Intel' will ripen into a testimony of th Father and th 8on, and a knowledge that this is God's work and that Joseph Bmh was chosen by th Father1 a the prophet of thia dispensation. f the Lord was . know that the spirit an present thi morning. I trustbe that direct-- , that may be said today may d by that some Holy Spirit. These conference are held for th purpose of each end every one of us receiving . Instructions and being fed the word f the Lord. A teacher is a very place for a person to occupy occasions like the present, snd en ' wlhout the spirit f the Lord. 1 am may say quit sure that all that beend would .would have but little effect, Kef reach the hearts of the people, i" and that is what is necessary fed the 4ar that the people may be bread of life. As on f the apostles f Id declare, he was not ashamed ut tb goepei of Jeeu Christ, for it iaI tb power of God unto salvation. to anuit you. my brethren (and sttere, of the jomw that I am not ashamed know that gospel of Jesus Christ tor It Is th power f God Onto salvation, Saint can quesand what Latter-da- y tion R? If f wtll but study, th hie-tr- y of this people who will doubt that th spirit f God has inspired the leader snd members f the Church, 1 3 s S o-- - . W-- Otteretrom. and who- - can question but- - that bis overruling hand has ever directed hto people In all of their drivings and in all of their mobbing and in all ot their trials snd tribulations in setwestern part tling 'and building thie Of the United States? 1 know that the been has at the helm; I know Father that he will Continue to be and I bear abidtestimony TcryoUTnarT have ing faith that every prophecy that has beet) made by the servants of God In this dispensation, or former dispensations, that .has not been fulfilled, will be fulfilled to the letter; and whether we are true to the faith, whether w fall in our mission or not. I know that God will have a people who. will carry out .the purposes as revealed by him to the prophets, and that ths organization known e the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y !alnts will accomplish all that lie it to accomplish, in the end. Today I was walking around the ground of this block. I stopped Infront of the statue of the Prophet Joseph 8 with, and I read the Inscription Upon fhe tablel. an being quotations fron expressions made by th Prophet Joseph Smith, .and I wish to refer this sfterndon to a few of them, which with your permission I will read; The glory of God ia intelligence. Whatever principle of intelligence we attain uhto In this life will rise with us In t h eesurrt ction. The intelligence of rit hsd tie beginning, nett her shall it ? have an x end "Jesus was tn th beginning ith the In was also Father Mn the begin, ning with God or the Intelligence, light of Truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be. Necessity of Education. of the Among all the teachings Smith there are none Trophet Joseph that stapdi out more prominentlyof than the necessity of the education the people; and when Presidentin lh with the pioneers among year 1147 entered this valley th firsUhlngs hndertikeq was the establishment of schools in order that all might be taught th fundamental pciples of education. Other peoplesn htJ&fakon this in a way.-bu-t the , that was spoken ofMlbyofththePro-aur het, a n4bslieved in by thorities of the ChurcH, KI think 1 broader in scope then education a For,, with the generally understood. Latter-da- y PUinta, education mean moral education; it means a physical education; it means a mental education; It means a religious education; and I 'care not what mnn may claim to be educated, without 11 of these, he is not a perfectly educated man; and th Church of Jesue Christ so teaches snd those who represent It teach, that education Should include all these as far aa possible. The moral education of our people te always uppermost In th minds of those responsible. We have never believed In- - a double standard of virtue.- - We believe that a men should be Just as moral woman: snd snd pur th biallte s we know thia that wherever there ha beetl a person In th Church who has not lived elrlrfly to the moral cod of the Church, has violated hi hi Committed himself In Sin. ther is only on way for him to re Brig-hamY0- edu-catlo- ohfl-getto- main a member of the Church and that ie for him to repent of his sins and undertake to do everything in his power to show to the people that he has repented and that he intends never again to violate the law of God In this particular. Word or Wisdom. So with our physical education. Th Prophet Joseph Smith gave to ua the Word of Wisdom, and It te a command unto th people, yet I am sorry to say a vast number of our people are not living, it. I am glad t aay this, however, that even men not of our faith, particularly those who employ great numbers of men. have learned the advantages when their employes follow the Injunctions as recorded in the Word of Wisdom. There la one thing becoming quite common that I notice of late that I hope never will be practiced by the women of our. Church. find Today, wherever you go. you women, even young girls, who are heavy smokers. On fhy recent trip to Honolulu j met upon th boat number of young married couples. At the table assigned to me. there were two young couples, on their honeymoon. One of the glrle-- I knew cam from one of the best families In Philadelphia. I knew her father well. To my Surprise, after dinner, both young ladles Indulged In cigarette smoking. I asked the young girl from Philadelphia, How nisny eigarettee do you Ph replied "18, smoke a day? Well." I said to her, I would like to make an agreement with you now, and. tt is this; that on th morrow you smoke but 19; the next day but five; the next, dsy but two; and as you enter the harbor f Honolulu, forever She greed with all cease smoking. th propositions wtththe exception of said that he did not the lsat. and know whether It was possible for her. to quit entirely, or not. The second day she came to the teble and Said that she wa so nervou thet she could hardly sleep, and did not know what to do. When I said "good byf" to her on arrhing at Honolulu, I eaJd, "Tbe next' time I see your father. I hope that 1 ran receive the awartnre from hitb that hij little, yfrl has ceased smokteg Kerne VUh Girls Smote. Thje;hcr day I noticed, after din Saints behearts of th Latter-da- y cause what wa known as the League ot Nations had been injected into politic. 1 expressed my sincer regret that this great document should ever have been made a subject for political discussion. I felt that all people in these United .iita ta. t Amarlcs. should approach the consideration of this great document Independent of party affiliation. I desire to txpreM mv regrets that. If anything. It Is in politics more today than it was year ago. I sincerely regret that what la known as the "sugar question" ha been Injected into politics In this State of 1,'lah. I feel In my heart of hearts lhat it has engendered bUterneea, that It has created a great deal ot animosity, and I think it ia something that ought to have been eliminated from politic, and that all questions of that kind should he settled by the interested people. I desire, beyond my power to tell, that there shall always b perfect harmony and perfect Justice between the farmer and the augsr producer. I desire that ell judgment Balnts upon the course' by Latter-da- y of men connected with any Industry tn this state shall be withheld at least until there ha passed a final Judgment by a court that has the right to pass upon it. I wteh to y say to. all Latter-daSaints: Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye Judge, ye shall be Judged; and with what! measure yo mete, it shall be measured to you again." Keep the Comnuuidments." I beg every Latter-da- y Saint to cultivate the spirit of charity and of long suffering, and of brotherly love. I say to all Latter-da- y Saints: Keen the commandments of God. Tha my keynote speech, Just those fe words: keep the commandments of God. Read the Psalm that tells you not to fret your soul about the sinner. It Is a magnificent Psalm to read. I thought some of reading It1 here to this congregation; but I have read so much that I am afraid you will, get tired of the reading. Keep the vnhimandments of the Lord. Be honekt with God. Never fall to pay an honest tithing to the Lord on every dollar that comes Into your hands. Oh, but." says one, "the Church does not need It. You are right; you are correct The Church does not need man who has made covenit, but ths ant with the living Gdd to keep His commandment, and then does not keep them, he needs it. A man who, Is not honest with the Lord should' repent sincerely and be honest with1 Him, and then the windows of heaven1 shall open, and God will pour down upon the headfc of the Latter-da- y Saint blessings. If they are financially honest with the Lord. Observe the Word of Wisdom. Never Indulge in those things that the Lbrd God Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, has told us are not good for man. I rejoice that we hav national prohibition. I rejoice that1 many, even in our own community,' who were wrecks financially, almost wrecks spiritually, are making men of themselves today because of prohibition and the taking away of temptation. I rejoice that prohibition to my mind the greatest financial and moral blessing that has ever cometo humanity has come to the people of the United States, and I hope and pray that it may soon come to every nation under heaven. I rejoice. that the women have th franchise. I rejoice in all of the great and wonderful advancements, that are being made for the benefit, of mankind. And I rejoice, above all thlnss, in '"a knowledge that God lives, that Jesus is the Christ, that' Josqph Smith was a prophet of the1 true and living God; that the Gospel' of Jesus Christ, the plan of life and salvation, has been restored to the, earth. I rejoice that you and I have a knowledge of that Gospel; and oh, may God help us to live tt; may He fill our hearts with charity, with love, with- - forgtveness. with- - the desire-t- o rerve Him; and may we in very deed be Latter-da- y Saints, Is my prayer) and desire, and I ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen-- : 4 vlV ft - ner, some of our Utah girls smoking, thirteen and seven-tenthIf It does, our school buildings and and I am going to plead With moth- to assure you that if the Word I ofdesire our .school teachers engaged in this1 ers, I am going to ask the fathers, if dom la violated among the fathersWisand noble work will have to be greatly you cant. prevent the boys from smok- mothers of our Church this low death Inci eased in' numbers. ing, prevent the girls from doing so. rate will increase. Let us live Btatlstics show I cant say whether instructions that have been up tousthe Influence of th Schools. sa given hey are correct or not that over ftn, that have been preached 'Some years ago I was walking with so one-ha- lf f all the Turkish tlgarettes widely; The leaders of the Church Judge Smith, better known as "Ken- imported Into the United States are have pled with ue to honor this law, tucky Smith," appointed in the terri-- 1 being; consumed by women. I think and yet we fail in so many case. torial days as a Judge of thi district,' that every child bom into this world and as we wandered on the hills easti has a perfect right to claim of Its weThe mental education of our people of Provo, about half way up th haye no reason to beother than mountain w sat mother that tt shall have a clean upon a rock lookof, Snd the high standard of I know then is just as much proud body. at the wonderful view of the our is recognized In alt the ing responsibility upon the part of th greatstudents magnificent Utah vafley. It was , a educational institutions in this beautiful father, but I believe that th life of picture and'ln the valley bei Our boys attending these in- low, we could th mother has more to do with the country. see all of the towns, stitutions seldom fall to make splen- dotted with their usual school houses, bringing of th child into this world, did record for themselves. In our with a clear mind and clean body, than Judge Smith made this remark; we have the and of education The schools of the United States does the father; and may every moth- system toChurch established first schools, by er I wa going to say in all the day are doing more harm for the have wondered I Brigham Young. world use ail th power that' she has future of our than are all of A many times why it was that some of the saloon. eountry Kae. I looked at him with1 men of our Church hav? !vii .Z thV;owln!the wealthy ' and said: Judge, ou aB in astonishment, "n "I not given the Church nninlnJit f must not have given thought fo that1 Ib,n. staining our Church school by thl neon a VorL?b.U before rxpreion uttering it. It canpiray1,.h,t thl, Willing a part of their holdings to the not in my opinion. Then by educational purposes. If he be true, what for he meant and why-bI (lo.notthinK Ot, Pop. explained r made cit rapidly as they have grown in r- - with reciting the results, as he bni T K1 1 i1 If our schools are to nt years,-anr,Y ,n 1 br.d of many of the universities f?r purP8e take care of all who desire a Churfb claimed, call attention to the evil. pointed to the men graduating' school education, I feel quite positive and thoe universities, not grounded, that there must be some assistance from fri any religion and the Judge had, Utahs Vital Statistic. given th Church by men of means. very little t himself. If any not I picked up the other-dasome ofil have had desire in my heart to dent defenders of our and the statistic f Utahs record as to acquire sufficient money sometime in the Constitution and lawscountry of th land; the number of births end as to the! my lifs that would ehable me to but he claimed that, a great number f deaths according to the j tablish a school for vocational ot them, coming from those univerf tha state, and they give ing. I hava desired it for- the were first infidel and next tbev me a great deal f consolation. There ins of our' boys. Ewould like to eee sities, sere socialists of the most radical i not a question Of doubf but that s vocational training 'school and he predicted that th time to th requirement of the llshed somewhere, so that every hoy In' tjpe, would come shen there would Word of Wisdom, result in a physical this iniermouutain country who de-- 1 in our country unless th blessing, and this 4s shown In this sired to learn a trade could attend It j form of education in great Instil statistical report. I notice that the with that purpose in view. It is a tutlons of learning of theour -birth rate per thousand -- f population, splendid thing for every man to have should be corrected I toid coimtrv him - I a ascertained tn th total regietre- - J a trade, and I am quite eure lhat noth thought be was unduly alarmdd. 1 tion area of the United State, is twen-jin- g could come to him in a material dont think that such a will ever The state! way that would J pt greater blessing; happen to an alarming thing and, fopr-ten- th extent, but I with til largest birth rate te Utah, fto him, I recognize of course, ih order j did remind him of one thing, fht I be- - to do thuJt would tR a vast amount ijtnite w with thirty am and nine-tent- h. estvoitsheb' a itev that Utah's birth rate wilf always of nyne; hut sometime or other I Church an boolalready etetem that never that! he greater than the average, for there hope that it may be. end I hope could that about for in the are no people upon the face of the tbe members of our Church-mhare Cnnrch bring srhon a truer form of assume so t the blest with are of means, earth who nitre was faugh; n nil of its aspects, th Father willing fpr th-- ir and off mart o- - woman wae ever gradresponsibility of fatherhood ebi moth- - than is necessary to car the Church uated fro fit 'them nrlee they wr erhood Snd believe o etrongly In the fair sill remember first' great 'commend that wae given school and eee. if M te possible, that better citizens of the Unted States, Th death rat per they ehall be provided with mean better md end women, better hus by the Father. thousand In th total registration area euTWent -- that - the s.eady gros th is 1 tsde an 1 wi e, be;r member of enmiSIte may continue of th country ie eighteen end two- - tikmc (Geniinimd cb page wine.) tenth, while Utah death 'rat 1 but in the earn ratio, for th future, endi s. r!uo frOhurch 4 xha-ruxu- d I y train-populati- - esstab-obedie- nc ty-fo- I edu-cail- f tie - , |
