Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-20
1T LAKE CITY. UTAH TERRITORY.

| oNa"f" w 'Nh'Hh1 anu ituINlNug
resisted.
"Oi few Of the great evils which
admit In SOME degree OF public treat
mont. we cannot be silent. fniem.
pernnCo, thu ffightiul mother %. a
brood ~ evils, % largely created by
legal temptation. H. ID TOO much ~
ak that our people combine 10 use
all legal efforts 10 hhatc this want0n
solicitation Of men 10 vice md cf.mt2
Let IA difc0ufngc IN every way gam.
bling nnd betting, which springs from
q love Of excitement aud the luit OF
| gain, two ~ the hrscitiug evils " the
modem world. Let u ahsiain from all
reckless speculation I'm business; which
| cannot be- distinguished nom gnm.
bling. Excessive and Unfair c1mre.
ution should be- steadily avoided and
dlscluntCnancci.
"And shall we not do all We can %
mould public opinion and establish
| courts NJ arbitration that the compli.
catod crime NJ aggressive war may be
avcricdl We need 90 employ with the
utmost economy all our resources. one
secret u
uE srHiS0rit o. au1UouiNt
has boon tho free play which It allowa
10 the gifts aud energies OF tue lnity.
Il isto b. hoped that the multiplicn-
lion ut minislctu may not tempt us ~
MINK TINT ny preaching "a uuueccs'
tary.
"Among the wasted measures Of the
church arc tho delicate suusihilitics,
the tncl, The tenderness, the refsuanive
powers 81 holy women. We arc all
a
quiro that such women should take a
more prominent place in the work of
The church. Tbs means NJ rracu In
which Mcihoiism "a 20 rich afe "A
congoniM sphere for thcir beet
ncyOlvnt work which Il rrflng.
ing up ON every hand and one of The
most hopeful features Of the times
Their gifts nrr indispensable and IN.
valuable. We distinctly approve Of
Msociniione VA which, unfu,iefyd by
any vow, Cody wpn1rn niny he organ.
lied for ministry 10 human needs aud
aOfrows. Hut we hone that with their
enlightenlng oppOFtnniliea women muy
not be tempted 10 uudcrvniuc the
/ sphere Va which thuy are not only
supreme, but ALONE: ~ tho sun in his
0
VI the mother In her home.
TIM CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH
have occupied the attention n the
conference. The address rjoiccs In
the wonderful progress u such societies
~ the Epwurlh League, anu would bo
glad II similar societies, Aispted 60
other conditions, wOuld DO established
/ iu other parts 81 the Methodist world.
awe feel saya the address, "that our
Sunday schools have not as oct real.
lied their vast Possibilities, but the
home Il the great nursery OF religious
faith aud liic.D
The address says tho education Of
the young isn matter OF great concern,
AMI snys the Mcthodlsta shall mover
cease 10 oppose every system Of nation.
al education which unuuiy favOTs any
! particular church. sin these day
when science N prrvefsely forced D.
attack our faith, one OF tho foremost
duties Of the church ~ 10 protect oul
sons from the tensiatlona set In their
path"
Considerable space Is devoted 10 the
subject ot foreign missions, IA which
much pride T. taken. The activity aud
RESOURCES Of the church, II h stated, are
Increasing daily. Against the trade In
spirits and opium, which HIe trying 10
di.crcdii the work q tho church In
Africa and China, che Will mover cease
10 raise her voice.
In closing, tho address sayf. "i.ot VA
hcwgru Of taking a narrow yirw Oi
WORDING our missionaries. The In.
crease NJ our people IN wealth aud
/ power has laid W. under great resi- un'
fihillty. II seems probable that before
long Mclhuditm will constitute
nearly ono,fnufth Of the people
who use the English tongue.
We arc factor Of growing i'm.
p0rtancn Ia that great racr, which
by IT, restless impulse Is spreading -
dominion, ~ civilization over vast re-
gi0ns Of every continent, we ought %
20 wherever our race gocs; multiply
our churches aud Increase our cOmuu.
niration aud 20 b.cgms n bond oi
union among tho wiio.spreal people
OF English blood. Aud We should
strive 10 check that dangerous temper
into which. an adventurous and gov
| orniug facN falls. 80 shall VIZ do cur
duty 10 our fellow man and play our
part IN the great plan OF God"
The address clUbes with the heartfelt
Invocation and prayer that the
churches may clearly SEQ aud rightly
interpret tho slgus Of thu times, aud,
discerning the will Of God, may yield
Themselves 20 u.
Al tho conclusion Of the reading,
tho address was adopted without
amendment by the conference. Il
viii be- signed by all the officers Of
tho conference, aud viii then bu dis.
tflbuted by the senior bishops and
presidents VI the Methodist conferences
throughout the world an the cmb0dy.
ment u tho Views " tho conference
respecting tho future state of Motho.
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