The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-11
Yesterdays Sessions of Salt Lake
Conference.
MANY SPEAKERS HEARD
NECESSITY FOR oBEYING d.
VINE COMMAND.
President Snow and Others Urge
Upon the Members of the Church
q Who Assembled In the Taber-
nacle Yesterday the Need For
Paying Tenth of Their Incomes.

The doctrine of tithing was again ex-
pounded yesterday at the two sessions vi
the quarterly conference of the Salt Lake
stake of Zion. President Lorenzo Snow
and his co-worlSers have been laboring
along this line for the past three months,
and have visited nearly every stake in
the church. 1t was at the instigation of
the president that the crusade was pro-
mulgated at the conference closed yes
teroay. Every speaker who addressed the
meeting spoke OF the subject.
The morning session was held in the
assembly hall. After an invocation by
Joseph w. McMurrin, the choir sang
Softly Beams the Light
President Snow Talks.
President Snow made a few remarks
apropos of the ttthing question. He said
that some might suppose than an apology
was due for speaking of this one subject
throughout the whole conference. II is,
kingdom of heaven and one of the most
important of all doctrines. 1t Is neces-
sary that the Saints thoroughly under
stand it, or they can look for no eXalta-
ton and glory in the life to come.
President George O. Cannon then ad-
dressed the conference. he said that he
had been given subject for a discourse
by the servant of the Lord. This is the
first time ii has been presented to the
Salt Lake stake in many years, and It
has been spoken of with great plainness
the people of the results of neglect, he
said, land it is time for the Saints who
believe in the power OF revelation TO stop
and listen. They have, been very neg
lectful in obeying a law which God has
given with great force and plainness. We
are told of the celestial kingdom and the
terrestrial kingdom and the glory OF the
hereafter. The earth shall taste of death
and it shall be renewed again.
There are people in the church VINO
are doing everything God requires of
them. And, indeed. the Latter-day Saints
have been from the beginning of the
church willing to submit TO Gods will in
everything. This was seen in the days
when God revealed the law of plural mar
riage.
notwithstanding all the persecution and
opposition that Gods enemies could BRING
to bear against them. They have never
hesitated in making, any sacrifice to obey
the will of God The trials of the women,
too. have been very hard, and they have
suffered and endured. They have been
blessed. too, in doing so. The same DIS
position to obey God is mantfesting itself
today in the lives of many Saints IN the
payment of their tithing. And God has
been pleased and has blessed those peo-
ple.'
Joseph E. Taylor On Tithing.
Joseph E. Taylor said that there are
many people who are getting tlre a., OF
want a variety, but they will continue be-
ing tired of hearing it until they repent
and pay their just tax. The Lord has al
ways striven to keep the people close to
himself. The revelation of this mGher
law will tend toward that end.
There is something in advance. of a
mere observance of tie. law Of tit M
said Mr. Taylor. zion must De he RE,
this generation. The feeling of every
Latter-day Saint should be, Lord. what
do you want of me? The Lord asks slmp-
A., rafa tn i'm I'M
of our income. Let everything else on
earth step aside when we answer TO that
.tThe increase in tithing within the last
three months was noted with qualification.
With all our weaknesses. follies and i'm
PROJECTIONS. there is such love of God
lying low in the hearts of the Latter-day
Saints that the results of this crusade
will please him. If we are diligent. we
will have power over the dominion of
God when it is restored to u.s.
there are two mysteries about the law
of tithing. One is that the people have
been so neglectful of it, and the other is
that it is necessary to go back to ancient
living oracle, who can speak the will Of
Elder Anthem H. Lund and Apostle
Abraham o. Woodruff spoke. along the
same line. The choir sang the anthem
May We Who Know the Joyful Word
Practice What We Know. Henry p
ftlcnaruS pronounced tue DeHeulctlOH.
Afternoon Session.
President Joseph F. Smith opened the
afternoon session with discourse upon
the doctrine of, tithing. He said that
when a man enters the church he must
give one-tenth of all he has to the Lord,
and one-tenth of his yearly income there
after. If the people were truly in the
spirit of the Lord, they would joyously
give all their earthly belongings TO him. |
in the next world we will see how small
and narrow are the quibblingS over Civ
ing one-tenth of our worldly goods to the
Almighty. The Lord will repay it ten fold.
The burden of tithing falls equally upon
the rich and ihe poor. The church needs
the revenue iuSt as the government needs !
revenue. Where one man has paid all |
honest tithing there are scores who have
not. If people begin now to obey the law
the past will be condoned and forgiven
]. Golden Kimball spoke along the same
line. and Heber j. Grant said that the |
Saints should be honest in deed as well /
as profession. II there was no law of !
tithlng the people would become very
selfish. Those who have paid an honest |
tithing are the most prosperous among
The Saints.
Miss Emily Jessup sang a sacred solo
very beautifully and the choir rendered !
the anthem Sheath the Sword Bene- |
fiction by Seymour 3. Young closed the !
conference