Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-17
lRFSBYTE R|ANS
: TO CHANGE FRONT.
g.opss TO Succeed the Mailed Hand in
vtoh-Here to Convert the MOrmons
After the Children.

creating God. Mormonism does not
take its awful hold from woman even
after death, but makes her the play
thing OF man throughout eternity.
The torrid wave having passed, MT.
Bailey became quite placid again, ana
continued In chin0Oklike cadences, we
are here 60 convert the children of Nor
monism TO the pure and ennOblng prln-
cipals of Christ. We waste our time
I'M aiming at the obtuse questions OF
Mormonlsm. The best and simplest
thing 70 do Is TO win the children 10
Christ. Child conversion SHOULD be
simple thing. In order to effect II we
must get In contact with the child
mind. Too much of our energy Is spent
In trying to reclaim the wanderer and
we are often derelect In guarding our
own children
Mr.. Bailey then took occasion to read
some of the CalVinistic doctrine In re-
ference 10 the duties Of parents ana
teachers In the church In training ana
instructing their children, while we
have these things on our books and we
subscribe TO them, we are not practlc-
ing them" he exclaimed with emphasis
THE character Of the church in TINS
day Is being fixed by the way In when
she deals with her children Now
By wise and consecrated eiiort
among the children we could more
than treble the membership OF our
church In the next three years. Child
conversion Is the most potent factor
in capturing Utah for Christ, The duty
of the teacher is to bring the ,nind OF
the child into harmony with our con-
- k.a
do this has come short of his duty.
MIR. Bailey suggested that the pastor
and teacher should work together eaith-
fully and with one purpose. Then sald
he. the conversion Of the child In utah
will be the rule instead Of the eXcep-
tisn as 1t is today.
Before the address of Mr.. Bailey the
convention was given a most interest
ing account Of the passion play at Oper-
ammergau by Miss Serena Nelson
There was no session this afternoon, as
the teachers decided to have an outing
at the lake They are therefore enjoy
ing a dip In the salt water
The sessions will be resumed on Mon
day morning.
WIsHARD ON REVELATION.
The afternoon session Of the Presby-
terrain teachers yesterday consisted
principally Of Bible study conducted
by DR.. Wishard. The topic taken up
was Continuous Revelation, lie held
out that the Bible was all sufficient az
spiritual guide. "TlGse is not SAID
he, "a single question OF spiritual ma
ture that confrOnts humanity today
that Is not answered in the Bible He
affirmed that Joseph Smith did not
think the Book of Mormon sufficient
and so added the priesthood, plural
marriages and presidency.
The reverend gentleman then con-
Quoted the class from one passage in
the Bible 10 another citing scores or
texts from which he deduced the opin-
ion that the holy volume was all sufli-
cient 10 enlighten the human mind, IN
struct. convict of sin, convert, comfort,
nourish and keep the children OF God.
What | am trying 10 do" said the
doctor, is to block the way for TINS
assumed necessity for more revelation.
After reading what we have, do you
want any more revelation about build
ing Joe a boarding house and telling
Brother Jones and Brother Williams
how much they shall subscriber
Mr.. McClam asked IL the "Mormons'
had received any revelation that would
benefit humanity in 4 true spiritual
way. DR.. Wishard replied that they had
net and that the revelations they had
received c0ntradicted the scripture.
DR.. Paden then raised the question
how 60 properly approach the Nor
mons" suggesting that II was mis-
take TO antagonize them, and added:
I'VE should present the simple truth
IN straightforward manner" DR..
Wishar1 conincided. and others present
expressed the same feelings.
The evening session consisted of Il
talk on How We Saw the Yellow
stone" by Rev. G.. w. Martin. 1t was
a very interesting and graphic descrlp-
ton Of the famous park.