The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05
DAMNATION FOR ENEMIES
OF THE MORMON CHURCH
President Ben E. Rich HurIS InveCtiVe Against
TraduCerS of the Latter-day Saints.
Hooper Young Murder Blood AOnsmsnt and Ministers Of Other
Sects Discussed 10 General Conference

a church. Suspicion was directed to-
wards the minister. but did any one
| attempt 10 attribute that crime 10 the
teachings % shat church? No.
"A Baptist minister in Ohio. Just
/ before the Young murder, cut his
wife's throat with a razor and was
| found with the bloody razor in one
hand and the Bible in the other, read
| ing passages npOn blood atonement. 10
| excuse his crime. Did they attempt
20 attribute that crime to religion? II
I IL had been a Mormon apostle they
would have said ne was but follow
ing the instructions given him by the
the head OF the church. Would any
one have said that he was crazy?
Says They Are Abominable Lies.
Il tell you they are telling the most
damnable lies about the church. They
viii be damned for il and go 10 hell
and will stay damned until the Lord
gets ready 10 send a Mormon elder
down 10 yank them out of hell.
Il an hot | will admit. but if you
had been back there and seen the lead
ing newspapers and others lie that way
about US you would be hot too
Apostle HyTum Smith then arose and
took up the strain OF Mr.. Rich's ad-
dress.
= MY predecessor has expressed =
= the hope" said he. that some y
non-Mormon person who has =
= lived among US would rise up and I
= refute such lies. / don't expect y
= any non Mormon people TO rise up y
in our defense. No. / expect them =
= 10 go away from here and enter y
= into the same spirit of their =
= brothers. and lie about us, too. y
= Especially do / expect il from y
= those who wear the long coats. 4
= The devil has raised his hand y
= against the church and these men y
= are helping him along. Was not 4
= the prophet, Joseph Smith, muir =
= dered in cold blood by a mob led =
= by such men as these? 4
= That blood cries out for =
= vengeance and my prayers will =
= go up with II for vengeance"
Address by President Smith.
The morning session was opened by
President Smith. who congratulated the
Saints upon the good attendance Of
members and said the church was in
prosperous condition. He stated that
the law OF tithing was being Well OBJ
served.
President Joseph Robinson OF the
California mission reported that mis-
sion In good cordition and said the
members were paying their tithing
promptly. An effort was being made
by some of the people, he said, to
drive the leaders out of the state, but
they were unsuccessful.
President Enhriam H. Nye of the
hes 81
I'll lately president of the California
mission, said there was a great diff
ference in wd9king in the south to
working in California.
The California people" said he. ARE
broad minded and progressive. but in
the south the people are ignorant, be-
hind the times and averse to progress
OF any kind. ! find the elders Ia
boring among the backwOods class.
where there is no e6Rcation nor re-
hnement, and the work is hard there. -
President McCrea of the Colorado
mission reported the conditions there
as good. The conference then ad-
journed until afternoon.
Denounce the Ministers.
Sectarian ministers and their oppo-
sition TO MormOns and Mormonism was
the burden of all the addresses at the
afternoon session of the conference.
The gentlemen OF the long coats" as
the speakers were pleased to term the
ministers, were described as the arch
enemies OF the church, through whom
the devil was seeking 20 down the
teachings of Christianity. and they
were ri6lculed for pretending TO be fol-
lowers of Christ. Apparently the
speakers could not find language
strong enough 10 express their disgust
for these hired ministers"
In point OF attendance the afternoon
session far exceeded the morning meet
ing, The lower part of the house was
filled To the doors and the gallery was
nearly filled.
The first speaker Of the afternoon
was President Duffin of the southwest
ern states mission. He reported that
the work in that section of the country
was progressing nicely and that only
one case Of mob violence had occurred
in the past three years. This was in
Arkansas, where the elders were run
out OF town with more precipitation
than ceremony.
The greatest trouble that we meet
with" said he. comes from those who
profess 10 be followers OF the meek and
lowly Nazarine. The bitterest denounce-
ments and railery come from them.
However. the governor of the state is
friendly toward this people and he told
up that among the better and educated
classes of the people there was no feel
ing Of hatred against the Mormon peo-
pie"
Interest in the Church.
President Aisel Woodruff Of the
northern states mission was next called
upon for report of the work in his
district
There have not been many hap
tiSms." said he. but there is great in
terest being manifested and the men,
bers Of the church in that district are
paying their tithing promptly. \ large
number OF our members in that district
are shop girls. but they come promptly
forward with one-tenth of their earn
ings each week and set an example in
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