| Show pres dent sm th asks mercy for ene m es of the church joseph F smith president of the church of jesus cl ast of latter day saints delivered a br et address at the afternoon session of the confer ence on sunday pre ident smith s remarks were in the nature of an in vocation of the divine blessing apon the people of all the world in general and thoe of the mormon fa th in particular president smith sa d in substance I 1 pray that the blessing of god be upon the people of zion upon the officers of the church upon the people of the world I 1 pray that the blessing of god be upon tae dent of the united states upon his cabinet and upon our brethren and our sisters wherever they may be I 1 pray that the mercy of god be upon our enemies it Is my hope and our hope that these enemies will see the errors of their ways and be led to repentance the church does not wish them misfortune nor the suffering of a penalty they will bring upon them selves the retribution which all must endure who transgress the laws of god and of man and who deal un fairly with and maliciously malign their neighbors this retribution will be in extent as the degree of offense ha been the great judge w 11 meas ure the punishment that Is to be meted out to the enemies of his peo pie president smith referred to no one specifically as bearing animosity to ward the church but included all who criticism criticise critic ise adversely its works its creeds and dogmas under one head the speaker declared that the church was following the will of god al mighty as proclaimed by jesus christ his son president smith said that zion was growing constantly and that presently there bould be demand tor more room we will not be confined by the restricting boun danes of a valley between two mountains nor valleys between many mountains our people and our doctrines and our teachings are spreading and will with the help of the lord cover the whole earth |
