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Show MORMON NOVELIST WANTED. Elder J, II, Paul Says Chitrch Should Havo nn Able Lltcinry Portrayer. There Is need of a great novelist to present the doctrines nnl prnctlces ot the Mormon chuich In attractive literary lite-rary rorm to the world according to J 1 1'iul. prcsHent of thu Latter-day Latter-day Saints unlveraltj, who si oke at thi Tabernaile jesteida The llv-s of the Saints are far ahead of their lltera tuic, sail Mr Paul nnd the public Is obliged to get it. Ideas of the Mominnr rhlelly from writers who are tho enemies en-emies of the rhjrch "Among other people, the virtues ore glorified and made much of, while the vlrcn nre gloated over nnd minimized " continued Elder Paul ' Ian Maclaren han presented to us a charming picture nf Ihc Scotch eople tbeli stern moral lt. their frugality and Industry and their unl ending religious zeal If the novellsihad looked carefullj he would have seen In the midst of this homely virtue, drunkenness more bestial than any we have known both or men and women with sen'cs none ten ki n he might easily have discovered dirt and filth and corruption, dishonor, suspicion and unhappy homeo Hut these unattractive unat-tractive features were blotted from the landscore. nnd we have only the pleasing pleas-ing side of Scottish life and character to leave Its Imprca.lon tipon us. Of the Latter-da Saints, honest, frugal, Industrious nnd temperate people, peo-ple, there has been no worthy literature written There has not jet nrlsen from our people one brainy man or" woman who should present tho fnets of our lives and teachings so that they would read like n novel, and entertain while It gave Instruction Our great writers have simply slated the truth, without embellishment. "In a week or two wc shall have with us 15000 strahrera fiom every part or the country They havo never read anything about us that was worthy or commendable All tint they have read baa been written by those hostile to us. to misrepresent nnd embarrass us It would be a glorious thing It 'we could tell these strnncers the truths or our religion without boring them" II P. Goddard spoke at length on the subject or revelation placing Joseph Smith In the same category with Jeremiah. Jere-miah. Lzeklel, Uosea and the other prophets President Angus M. Cannon presided. The Invocation was given by Elder Itodney C. llidger and the benediction hj Elder Woolle, Miss Mabel Cooper rendered a solo, ' Nenrer, Mj God, to Thee," and the choir sang "We Thank Thee, Oh, God, for n Prophet" and "Jesus, Once of Humble lllrth " |