Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-01


good-natured but decidedly stirring
sermon at the conference Of the Mu-
tUal improvement associations In the
Tabernacle yesterday afternoon. The
congregation was very large one and
appreciatiye in the highest degree,
There were many non" M0rmons'
present and they apparently enjoyed
It quite as much as the "Mormons' did.
In fact, several Of them wanted to APP
plaud the speaker for his utterances,
and only the day and occasion prevent
ed them from doing so.
Elder Roberts prefaced his remarks
by the statement, that, as the printed
program would show, President Joseph
T.. Smith, was to have been the next
speaker But" said he, President
Smith insists that another name shall
take the place Of his; and mine is that
name, did all ! could to persuade
him not TO make the change but he
was firm In his request and as he has
the final say 50 | must ask you TO for
get your disappointment and give me
your faith and prayers that something
OF benefit shall be said of our holy re-
lilpOn. | shall / think, venture the se-
lection OF a teNt--nOt one chosen from
the Bible, but one that have thought
out in my own head. II is brief, very
brief, Just single word-How. Hay-
ing announced that | shall read an
other"
The speaker then proceeded to read
from the Doctrine and Covenants. A
number of the Elders were preaching
IN Ohio and vicinity. They wanted TO
know the will of the Lord. II was COM
munlcated IN a manner most marvel
Gus In its plainness. II had reference
to things that had been. to things that
were and TO things yet 10 b. 1t made
clear their duty. SO broad, so vast, was
the instruction that the speaker could
tiink Of nothing outside of the lines
therein drawn.
I'VE were" continued Elder Roberts,
told this morning that the chief OBJ
ject Of the Mutual Improvement as
soCiaiiOns was TO teach the things OF
God 20 he youth Of Zion-to make them
UtAAiI NNk ANA lANfA WIN bllN NAA'AtANA
TO make them better men and women.
IL is our duty to keep well informed
on an current matters. and particu-
larly should we keep well informed in
relation TO all of those matters which
relate to the great work of the latter
days-thc days IN which we live, or
late there have been events OF more
than ordinary interest connected with
or elaIcd to this work.
THE HOW OF IT"
"Not long since" said he, there was
a noted body Of ministers IN this city.
They were ON their way to Los Angeles,
They were going thther to meet in
solemn conclaye TO look after the well
fare Of theh own church, and, Incl
dentally | suppose. to look after the
/ welfare OF ours. tLaughter). one Of
/ their propositions involves an extra
/ ordinary task II is nothing more and
/ nothing less than plan TO crush Nor
morism' | confess we are a little in
/ tereGted IN knowing HOW they are
| going 20 DO IT, daughter.
zone NJ the prominent speakers az
| the assembly, the one who, according 10
| the press reports received the most ap-
| plause-Who obtained the most SYM
/ pa'hy for his great discourse, which has
come to rs only IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| We have a right 10 presume that IL WAS
/ grcat-said that Mormonsim was
hot TO be educated. not TO be civilized
and not TO be reformed, but pro-
claimed the speaker I'm stentorian tones
! 1T must be CHRUSHED. Again /
say, we have an interest IN knowing
HOW that feat is to be accomplished
CALLS IT AN OCTOPUS,
Fortunately, or unfortunately, the
| speaker set forth his ideas as 10 how
/ Il was TO be done. He finds that now
Is the time TO do; that the Church
Is like an octopus. lie declared that
Victor Hugo, the great French writer
| says that there is one way and only
one way that an octopus can be killed
or course, when this monster puts forth
a tenacle Il can be Topped OFF and when
II puts forth another II can be Topped
on and when Il puts forth
another Il can be Topped on
But IL has so many Of these that
II Is not harmed materially by the loss
Of one now and then. But there IS
| one moment 90 seize and strike H. That
is when Il puts forth It's head. That Is
It's vulnerable point II has done that
now. and now Is the time TO strike the
| crushing blow One OF It's high priests
! claims a chair In the United States
I Congress at Washington, To fall now
Is, perhaps. 10 be lost.
A BIT SARCASTIC.
Wonderful wisdom" exclaimed the
speaker worthy OF great divine
a mighty climax to a great sermon, n
great Il was. a most lame and impo-
tent conclusion. as lame and ridiculous
as the fable Of the mountain laboring
bringing forth a mouse II my voice
could reach the reverend gentleman
would inform him thar there was Moth
ing new or novel In his scheme, that
Il has been tried many times before
and that L has failed every time e IA,
been tried 1 might tell him, too. that
remember for deep down In the inner.
most reeesses CT my CONSEQUENCES, ! Dc