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Show AWVVVVVWWVVtWWW I TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. HI Icr (lol leu MiiiIkiII In n brief ilhv i oonrso nt the tnbernacle S 111 lay after noon, lebruary 10 exprewvd III In I clluatlon lo apeak out latnly In mat I Ing whntovrr le Mt to U tit-rtleil j among tlio latter-day NtlnU nolln I this linn declared tlio I in port mice- ul I siilMiotuii- work nt 1 1 m, (minting ! especially In married n in Utwern tin ntfciof HI nnd II jioni nm ng whom he sat I the moil difficult) li.l I Ikmmi experienced In nroualngan Interest I cgardlng Ma plslnnwia In speaking he sal I then lm 1 Iwli nome crllklMi which win not charitable but cunt from the other place Tlio last time 1 spoke here bo con tlnuc1 ' noun frkn Is came to me ami sold It won t 1 1 for ou to talk to day ' Why? 1 nikul llcctuke wt have atrniigira lure tmla) I wUli they wont Iconic mil tell tin what to mi an 1 aa) It. I wclcumc stranger nnil hate respect for all rcllgljns for I hart hern trcnlc 1 kin lly bj strangers. Hie speaker kail he reallreil that many (n-oplc nro afraid of popular clamor that tin.) noul I go to war with Spain nt brave warriors hut i were afraid to meet ullk opinion Hie only thlnu; to consl Icr however, I to have ono conscience clear In declaring that all Is not well In Ion, I hlcr Mini all aal I that tlio priesthood had netir mutzlc I him and that It was not tlio place for I otter-day otter-day Halnta to tell what ho ahonl I aay or should net any He knew that conic ilcrlltry was nt work inn mf tlio people peo-ple fast winter n great missionary work nits undertaken It was discovered discov-ered that a certain percentage of the young men were going wild Lommunl I cations win. suit out to 3U0youngmen, j who Hire called Just as If logo nnd preach tlio gospel One hundred and j fifty hal responded ninety iilnuhal I ten excused nnd thirty have not an-awcrcd an-awcrcd jet, I rom four to Un of theso young men who respon ledwera place I j in each stake, for three months As missionaries they haroTlslUd htm lreda of careless young men and cndcntorcil I to convert them One report from Uin tah stake was tlio most flattering and khotve I that four el lent had baptlrcd , eighty live young men which was n I good work (Ircat an I good work had been accomplished hut there hal been I discouragement also. Much dllllculty hal been encountered uinong young married men who haro settled down to mental drowsiness nnd refused to Join I In tlio work, ami fathers nnd mothers have Justified them In their con luct I flicro Is a grcate r flcl I for missionary work nt -emu than any whero else, an 1 J tlio rh sthood should be looking nftcr I the (icople I'reccllug I Ider klmhall, 1 ldera balusburj nnd (Icorge 11 linker, who haro lately returned from a mission to the llrlttsh Isles made 1 rlcf nil tresses on the work nceoinpllshc 1 1 ho latter aal 1 the el lera In I ngland wero nop icrkccutcl, but had much opposition to contend against. This condition, ho said was the life of the el lera for opposition I rought out nil the goo I them was In them lie sal I a man who khoul 1 try to preach the gospel with-out with-out scrip or purse In lnglanl would bo a pretty kick man when ho got through 1 Idtrdcorgol Hill, lately returne I from n mission to tlio southtrn states, also spoke o( the work In that part ot the country i'lio people of tlio kouth wero somowhat behind tlio times In regard re-gard to Improvements and In many respects wero lacking In literary act vantuL.cs They wero rery religious however, though generally objecting to any Innovations by the Tatter day Saints Two 1 lera working In Atlanta hare tlio freedom of the best hotels on 1 nro otherwise courteously treated so that in aomo Instances the peoplo wero beginning to become mora liberal lib-eral About 1 800 people wero added to the church from the southern states last year Of course, said the speaker, there Is a dood deal of opposition to the missionaries on account of the ltoberts cuke but tl e agitation Is doing do-ing more good than harm) The elders get a better hearing; discussions of the Mormon religion Is revived an 1 the re-eult re-eult Is always In favor of the I atter day Saints. On the 17th Inst, there was a grand gathering of the old folks of Oneida stake of Ion, regardless of creed color or nationality, at Preston Onedla county, Idaho which was a grand sue cess hevernl hundred wero prekcnt and all secme 1 to enjoy themselves It commenced nt 10 30a. m and continued without intermission until ' 30 p. m A beautiful programme was ren lercd consisting of vocal and instru mental music, viz., solos ducts quartettes quar-tettes an 1 chornses also four reel an 1 single-step dances In which some ot the ol 1 folks participated A sumptu ous dinner was provided for all It seemed that everything eatable wai provided well cooked and nerved with tlio greatest care and attention One hundred and llftr could alt nt the table at once, and there were several sittings sit-tings down to dinner |