Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-18
MOSTLY ASHAMED OF IT.
Question Which Agl'aItd ths Re.
0lalIz.d Church Conference.


Daring the recent conference " the
RoJfga izsi church, com mo1ly called
Josepbiles, the Cleyolsnd Pain Dealsr
gave considerable tpsce to the event,
many columns OF the paper being de-
voted thereto, tho acc0ults Of what
occurred being given In a stan cores
pondence extending over ,evstal days.
In tbs published accounts there arc
many statements credited 10 tbs Ro-
organized cbuton officials, In which
gtossly un,ru,hiul allegations are
made against the Church OF Jesus
Chtiss Of LalIer.dsy Saiols, displaying
either q Woiul ignorance Of historical
facts easily Atosrtsinsble, Or a s,toug
disposition 10 bear false witness. Fol-.
loving IL tho Plain Dealers account
ui ous Of the discu,siols which ocou-
pied attention AZ two sessions Of the
con eTeucg; the Jesuit showing that
those present were mostly ashamed VI
OF Avefss 10 osfttin references la tue
DOofine And Covenants 10 the Prophet
snd PalfiaToh whO were mHrIytud 10
Carthage lal!
Kiulsnd, April THE sscJnt
business svsaion VI the LatteI.day
BaiutS conference was called 10 Utlvt
at . .. m. tiay by President J,siph
Smith. A ter the Tesuiug ui thv
minutes aud several routine fesIlution'
Elder BTaut Of Michigan n Ifeda reHu-
luton which brought on d most intgi.
| esting aud he.ttI Discussion.
He proposed tue Striking uut Of suc'
/ tiOu llJ OF tue DO X Oi doc fiutt ~
irrelevant multcf. section l35 VI the
lstcsg UUh odiIiJu.l Que Of tue ptin'
| HIpsi objections tAiru4 was the Il ava.
aauce Of the claims male. The section
= n history ami uttcriptiOn VI tue ~
| sassluAIion VI sOph aud III rum
| santa. Am ing Uther eNpfes'iuus tue
! cnufcu Ia toiefteI 10 ~ "M0tmOnism,"
sui the DlUOI VI the Two Smtns IL de-
| clsfvJ the lest blood VI the nintteeutu
| century.
Elder Grant said / g was oppos, Il 90
| tue reference ~ tue church ~ "MuT-
munlBnD Contained iu tue paragraph,
| 40 did not iiAc the idea VI "Urs.
| BIO ." ether lie taid ho found II
was fliuuit 70 CONVEX, people with this
| "a the DJuk.
] hlAei AlhlN hall AuN blNUA Nt Aht AhN
/ smiIrs was thv bost blood VI the nine
,SUuth century.
Bishop Kelley said he thought the
section should uo toned dywu. Ho
| thought ~ = uIiliculI thing ~ prove,
! LidUT short SAID the best blood Of TIE
uiHetstntu century was In the veins Of
hislwiic an obildren, and no wanted
tue entire section RELOCATED - the his'
,utical department. IL had no business
10 law b Ok Of the church.
| Elder w. J, Smith uIade mauy criti.
cisns Of tue section aud ssid the church
Cannot prove that JUseph Smith dIu
more 10 save humanity than auy other
man VINO lived, save Jesus, a. the Sec
ton claims, lie said many Prophets
nave lived VIII eau claim equal great.
ness, aud In he opinion PAU was folly
~ much OF factor IN tho salvation VI
men a. Joseph Smith.
n. &. Eypns mate a spilled dciouso
VI ihs section Ia question. lie wAnIeI
It let III tue book. Hs was not
ashamed " II, aud was willing 10 de-
iend the claims made, even tn ugh
they loyk rIIfAvaga.I, To tAEe II out
would DO an acknowledgment by the
conference VI the claims made by the
eutm 20 Of the church, that Joseph
Smith Was not the great man he has
all alOHg been regarded.
+. W. Williams, the brilliant young
elder from BUstou, saiu he was preschiug
N tmoui'm. "What IL M0fmouism2H
he asked Wlthmuoh spirit, ~ II the'ism'
OF 81 fmoD, DJn't )uu Uolisyc IA toe
Book OF MUTmUu2 | DO, Auu thank
COD that II called nv 10 preach IL.
tell the world 1 Am MoTmO preacher,
Snd Pm not ashamed OF ~"
Eiusr +. N. 5ueehey said there are
otrtSin thugs IN the section which he
does not Uelit We. IL was written IN the
heat u the times surrounding the as.
sAtEinAtiOn Of thet two Bmitbe, aud he
was Ia favor Of Substituting something
mole temperate.
J. q. ClApp said the trouble In the
East seems TO bv that tue pc pie there
are too smart, ny say you have
what's here" he taiJ, "Why dOu'.
you send few Of ihtm out Wet. !
would . onef be- swallowed ny whale
than nibbled 10 death by minhows."
tLHu EhteL)
Elder william II. Kelley said he
va not Mormon, nor ui1 he ITsach
MUtmynism. Hu never diu. never
would, anu never would allow his
cniluTen 10 N he could hslpi II. "rhrru
may bs a man hero today" ne sa,d,
referring 10 Eluer Williams, "Who
goes HbJut A. II Mormon pre- sober, who
says he breaches MuTmonism. II tina
IL NO, he dossh'g uelot K 10 the church
d., ana | have bsen Ia the church for
many yeArt."
Thomas Chsdburn said he DID
net see anything about Nor.
mUuism TO Do ashamed ". It
IL BTghamlsm tnut the brothers
should object 10. Mutmonism was In
tE,stei CO l0ug before Brigham Young
OF nla suOmlnAtiOus wtTe heard Of. 81
like ~ tel lhe people | am Mormon
preacher. ! Ike 10 see the eject IL hat
On the people," he said. "IhU b,s
blOod oil the nAIl0u2 How do you know
itaas not lne the BEST blood Of the na.
ITO Some OF you cay the q Iuslion IL
Gsk,d you II you regard " as bSltef
blood than Jtiiepon's anu some other.
lie was Democrat; | am Re, uuil.
eau. 80 was joseph Smith q Re. uUL-
can, There II was telteT blood"
Elder Columbus IL, Scott sad; "lf
Eohefs | want the church 10 ke
actiun ON It. have never been cent
uut ne sucu. II any tlItT here gors
ut aud announces tuEt no In NJ T..
M n preacher, preaching Murmontm,
uB uIes 30 with at any Au hOuty. 1
there 10 tuytiiul on earth kuuwn ~
NJ I'm nnm II IL that winch cd tue
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