The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-18
ing to DR.. King. but the Christian sen
timent throughout the nation.
Was Interesting Session.

ing to DR.. King, but the Christian sen
timent throughout the nation.
Was Interesting Session.
The afternoon session. at which this
warm talk was indulged in, was pre-
sided over by Mrs. S. B. Potter of
Bloomington, H., who is at the head
of the Woman's Home mission work
In opening the meeting after the devO-
tiOnal and musical exercises, Mrs. Pot
ter told Of the humble beginning Of the
work in Utah, and in a few words
traced its growth, until now it has an
army of active women in its ranks.
Mrs. Emily Wilkes, who has charge
of the auxiliary work in this state, gave
a report of the work in that line There
are now, she said. nine auxiliaries with
l5O members. a gain of fOrty-One for the
year. There are tWenty-seVen mission
stations and two new societies Mrs.
Wilkes expressed herself as much en-
cOUraged with the progress made and
the outlook for the future. Mrs. Jayne,
the treasurer of this part of the work.
reported S15S collected. and this is but
half of the collections, as one-half is
retained for local work.
DR.. King was next introduced to
speak on this subject of home mis-
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possible, he said. by the cross and the
, church; it was fitting that the flag
should now protect the cross and the
church. The nations of Greece and
Rome fell and TOtted because woman
was made the slave of mans passion
or the pet of his pride and the family
was unknown.
Two Great Points.
The two great marble u, h. -,,+;o,, 20
day is Mormonism and the confess
sional of the Catholic church. from
which there can be no family secret
The republic Of France is above a vol
canO because of the confessional. The
home is the center and the unit of civ
iliZatiOn. To reach the heather the
church must reach the wife and the
mother If you would save a nation
you must save the wives. the mothers
and the daughters. There must be puri-
" in the home; there must be but one
husband and one wife. 1t was at this
point that DIR. King took up the Rob
erts matter.
He agreed, he said. with the minori-
~ report of the committee B. H. Rob
erts had as good a legal right TO his
seat in congress as any other member
OF that body. 1t wasn't law. it was
Gods gospel that kept Roberts out Of
congress. The men who voted against
his admission acknowledged that they
had no legal grounds for excluding
him, when they Immediately afterward
moved for a constitutional amendment
against poiygamy. No. it was not law
that excluded Roberts; il was the
Christian conscience of the nation
Enormities of Romanism.
DR.. King dwelt upon the enormities
of Romanism, that formed such an OBJ
stacle 10 the publication of the home.
he pltled the people who had their
mouths shut through the influence of
this church. The conditions justify the
existence Of the Home Missionary sOci-
ETY. The work Of the society. he said.
was patriotic. The speaker closed with
a description of the home for outcast
girls at Tivoh. on the Hudson. which
was given by General Dupeister for this
purpose through the influence Of Dr.
King It now has over sixty inmates
and IS doing good work in reforming
girls left without proper guardians
Dr. Tiff followed n a sketch of the
work done by this society in Utah II
was born in Ogden in 1881. Later in the
same year branch was opened in Salt
Lake Now there are branches all the
way from Ogden down to the Sanpete