Show P RESIDENT SMITh TELLS OF S Says ays the Representatives of 01 Mormon Monnon Church Are Being Being Being Be Be- ing Welcomed SPIRIT S OF FAIRNESS SHOWN I l Leader of L ter Saints Su s 's Due Due- Joc- Joc j Arc IC Lt Being l 1 by Other Sects l I Ihns was The rue Mormon church 10 lovo for conducted in lii 0 l hns ms ies always been II show shots f renow ellow man And I defy al any man to from Crom reason or from the tIme scriptures rein of or this church V where here Croci rom the time history i It t t. has ever meant an anything but lut good to o the children of of- men This was ono one of or tho lie declarations Ions mado malo of or U lie o F F. ScuLl Joseph by President ml 1 L e el day Latter Saints at tho lie r-ca r ne BesIdes lie pres president yesterday c l ay afternoon lles the A A. dent ent of oC the tue church Apostle George a atour atour from returned Smith who has Just tour lour or of hue I Eastern and amid Southern the also a addressed states Mates missions large In II the lie tabernacle told lold of or the lie condition of Apostle Smith toil terms tel declarIng declaring the lie missions In hi II glowing ing it-iS that hint the tue work done domic during the last Jast year was very encouraging to him anti and ant antte to te Elder Eller Bi II IL I Roberts who made male time the trip together au and amid the time progress progress pro pro- pr- pr gress made malc was enough to lo make 1010 mem members bers of or th church thankful Our Oui welcomed allover all allover OUI arc aro being aI over the lie East East EasU declared he apostle I The press In iii th the East was very cry kind I Ito lo to us UN and amid opened their columns to lo comparisons com coin I between the lie teachings of our church and that hat of uC others Wo 0 found your sons anc In Joo good health and amid reedy reedy- receiving ing lug encouragement in Iii their teachings And I 1 can say that I 1 have hae never nevet seen acen th the iho time lime more ripe to lo spread the truth than lien today loday Thinking men and women are arc listening to the time words of truth and v. v taught by your sons who have gone out Into the lie field in their tr chosen calling caling I rejoice at the progress of ot the year ju just t closing and anc look forward to lo a 1 ye year r of or far more encouraging tie dc- In iii strengthening our church and teaching the lie truth to lo I 1 the hue people of or the tho tho world l Time Tho decorations were the same as the Sunday previous when time the tabernacle taber taber- 11 nacle maele Jle was arrayed In honor of oC the time anniversary an an- l of or the birth of ot the the lie prophet het Josch Smith founder rounder of the church chUIch Special music musiC had hind been arranged by the choir the hue the following selections being n l-n rendered rc mcd Mortals Awake Come Lot Let LotUs LCt LetUs Us Review Our Journe Journey Pursue and amid ant two anthems ln In Our Redeemers Redeemer's Name ame and From Irom Afar Gracious Lor Lord The Tue opening prayer was given 1 ly ty y William M. M Lachlan president or o Liberty stake and the bene benediction was by Hugh HuSh J J. J Cannon president d dent donl nt of or Granite stake Doth Both sermons dealt deal in great meas- meas i tre lre re with wih the tue missionary field fold especially especial especial- ly Iy as II it I concerned America and 11 it I was stated that lint there had been an apparent disposition on the he part of the ho newspapers pers in iii the tIme East as well wel as most of at atthe the reasonable people to lo give ivo them fair Call treatment a a condition which had never existed before it I is evident the they said that tho the East Eastern rn Pl press prias and the te people tire are putting l less ss stock stoel in the libelous nt oot-lb oot 1 r In this ef city an and th they aro arc coming cominS to a a saner and anc more reasonable consideration Lion tion lon of the people The young men sent out from from here as missionaries arc are being heing well wel received and have received courteous treatment in almost all al In In- In stances Even though the tho converts eon are arc i not nol Increasing In great great numbers It Jt was wa stated slated that the time people are arc at least east getting get get- tJ ting tirig over the lie Idea Iren that lint member of ot the the church are ni-c criminals aO and vicious law law- breakers 9 President Smith devoted most of his him address to showing showing that thai tho the people of or ortho the tho civilized world are arc slowly taking ui up ninny many of the lie truths first espoused b by the lie prophet Joseph Josoph Smith seventy years ago Ho lIe sl said that when the tho founder flunder of oC tho the church was vas given to see things In lii a n new l light ht he hue was scoffed al at aland II and timid all nl but hut run lun out of oC the lie land in the time very earliest period long before lefore the thc Nauvoo days He ic declared that the Iho lie t made male to Joseoh Smith brought to truths which the Mormons Mor ormom or- or mons mom alone alono believed since that lint line lime hut but which have hae for years past been Icen accepted b by other religious religions and that lint thata a few other othor principles announced b by lie Iho prophet have boon hecl generally accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac only within the lie last few years General of or Doctrine II I j shows to lo me inc sub said al President Smith that the he world Is growing along these In lines s and amid that the lie Mormon doctrine is slowly being taken In by members of all al creeds not miot not time the rel religion iol is ms a n whole but bitt lut O ott- ott I beliefs one omie lit t t a theme lime and finally naU tho they will all al be le HC- HC He lie lc men mentioned the lie early days which laY lie ne nen I hn n and l others ri of i t tho i-i i 1 older h members cl im 1 C of E I oi I d dogmas ilia 5 a and it theories i i s since f r rott ott were cre floating broadcast through h tho tho laud land Ono One was that tho the heavens were sealed overhead o and that there would bo be 10 no more revelations the history history his his- tory lory of or the thc worl world would bo in Iii the past alone And this was generally acc pt- pt e ed Hut But the time revelations to the lie prophet said President Smith knocked this thiN In fil r the he head and anti years veers ago this belief was relegated to 1 the tho a past and all aU peoples now accept t tl tho lie belief bolef in iii revelations lI Ho 10 pointed out limit the Ihu lie doctrine hind hail I broad swo sway sitay but that this too loo Is IK no longer accepted The oli origin origin- Jn- Jn al aI ul Mormons he declared were tIm the first to cry ely oIx out against this heresy Ihu Deathbed t 11 I ii rii In hI silica net Hl Yon Von hear heal circumstances hike liko tills lila to lo a certain extent said the lie speaker extent A man commits murder l' l is tried and anc convIcted tumid and to lo death by iy hanging or ur cel lie has lies sinned against God le n and d man and nud committed the time worst of crimes And Amid then thiep Just before execution even wIthin with wIth- in iii the last hour seine somo soro minister so- so called caled Is sent fox for or seeks the tho culprit to console him In iii the thie l kist Mt l hour tie I. I aim and pet get et him lo tu confess religion that li ho h believes in Christ anti and ear sav a So that lint thIs ninn wn nr i Christ nt o f ii 1 What fox for n n can conCo confess und anti Ihus thuR nu ascend into courts of or God ascent the As If Ir the tho lie more move- move men I of the time mans man's lips with wih everlasting everlasting- life I can say crown there was him him never a more damnable more moro despicable 1011 heresy never nevor theory The rho Is la the tho lie tal tall talk of the tue devil lint Hut It doctrine is devi still to lo some eon extent lo today y The Time world will have to abandon this doc doc- as it J hiSs has others in tho time past President resl Smith said salt that he lie had bind re receIved re- re good U tidings from 10 world where missionaries all al OV over r the sent both home nn and amid have been leen abroad and amid the that lint people of tho ho church havo have thing every every- to be thankful for COl le or In him this al nl the lie closing closing- of or respect tho lie cosIng year with to discourage 6 them or darken tho ho peels or of tu the tho church pros pros- |