Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-10

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come here TO listen 10 the word OF God.
II had been said that there were many
young men aud women NO the Church
who are ashamed of the Gospel NO
doubt none of those present were Of
this class But u there are any young
people who are ashamed OF the truth
Il IL because they had not lived accord
Ing to the requirements Of the Gospel
Since the last general conference held
he had visited nearly half of the stakes
Of Zion and IN these stakes the con.
ferenCes were as well attended, pro.
portIonotcly to the numbers involved
as this conference u.s. There appeared
TO him zeal and eagerness for the
advancement Of the Lords work manI
tested everywhere. he had seen no
indication Of "a falling away on the
part of the youth Faith is increasing
both in the Saints at home and In those
abroad. The fact that few haptlsms
are performed in the mission fields. Is
no evidence that the work Of God Is
not progressing The Saints, therefore,
have every cause TO rejoice, and they
should be encouraged TO perform bet
ter their duties In the Church
The speaker thought that on compare
son between the leaders Of the Church
I'm former times and those In our day,
il would be found that there would be
no dscredIt TO modern men OF Cod
Such "a comparison may sound rather
Racrellgious to some, on account Of the
estimation IN which the ancient proph-
Its are generally held lie regarded
HE Prophet Joseph, President Young,
patriach Joseph Smith ST. and others
as great as any that lived In olden
times. Not that be would say a word
df disparagcment of any of those days,
but he only called attention TO thesa
things ln order that the prophets Of
modern times might be held In their
proper estimation by the Saints and by
the world
ELDER GEORGE A. SMITH,
Of the same quorum, was the next
speaker he sensed the responsibility
Of the leaders OF the Church when he
looked into the thousands OF the eager
faces in the audience and realized that
he men ana women present were only
the representatives of the tens Of thous-
ands who were not here
When he heard statements 20 the eff
feet that the young 'Mormons' are
ashamed Of Utah and the Church, he
was constrained to ask the reason,
Granting that such q statement was
true, whit reason was there Tor such a
movement? Was Il because Of the fact
that a small band OF men and women.
cast out from the eastern states, came
west and built up am empire iu the
mountains? Was IL because these
people had been deprived OF
their civil and religious liberties by
those who ala not believe I'm the same
God? Was 1t because there are
more happy and prosperous homes than
In any other country In proportion
10 the population? Was II because
there is larger percentage OF school
children considering numbers, than In
any other state or territory Of oar ma
ton? We have been taught TO revere
our parents we have been trained 10
be patriotic; we have been educated
under the highest conceptions OF lb-
erty religious and secular The speak
cir did not think that any young man
or woman would find anything In the
Church to be ashamed Of on the
controry II any Of them should make
a comparison Of conditions here past
and present, with those pre-
vailing elsewhere no would find
everything TO be proud Of. lie
hoped that the young people
here would make such a comparison,
IN order that they might never prove
recreant 10 the cause for which their
fathers and mothers had done so much.
II was, therefore, more reasonable to
believe that the statement, that our
children are departing from the truth,
originated IN a wish that such a con-
dltion might be, rather than to believe
that such conditions actually exist,
ELDER CHARLES W. PENRosE
Of the same quorum next addressed
the conference This, he said Is the
work of God. II is proper enough to
sound the praise Of those men who
lived for the truth and died I'm It's de.
tense, These men had been endowed
with the Holy Spirit and had per-
formed a mighty work He could Join
IN the sentiment expressed by the
hymn, Praise 10 the man who cone
muned with Jehovah" To all these
words OF praise he could heartily re-
spond. But we must never forget that
this Is not the work Of man but the
work OF God Elder Penrose, in COM
mon with the rest Of the Saints pres
ent at this conference, detected the one
voice Of the truth IN the remarks Of an
the speakers who had addressed the
conference, Notwithstanding the tones
Of their voices were different
The speaker directed attention to the
fact that there is no term to mis-.
sion 1t is not for one year two, three,
or five. But each one remains IN tho
field as long as the authorities saw NJ
TO retain him there. Elder Ponrose said
that his own first mission covered
period Of 10 years. the next one extend.
ed over only single year; and another
mission lasted three and a half years.
So no one should get the idea that
mission should be Of any certain length.
He wished 10 say TO the young people
that their strength would consist In
their virtue, I'm their right living. This
is not a gospel Of license. but a gospel
of liberty. "Be ye clean is a require
ment made, under the law Of God. AZ
much of men as Of women In the
world, a woman Who falls, falls usually
to rise no more; while a man who GOV.
ers himself with corruption, may asso.
cate with men and women as before
But il Is not so with the Saints There
Is one law for men and women.
The speaker testified to the worth OF
the leaders Of the Church. and their
purity VI motive The Saints should
support these men to the utmost OF
their power. They should be Saints az
much I'm the workshop the field aud
the office, as on the Sabbath
day We must never loose track Of the
fact that I've arc Saints
He advised the Saints not to be irr-
tated with those who appear TO be enc
mics. 1t Is easy sometimes 10 forgive
finea tt.bp Fuou NOT ,tbaf tha,y do, l,tf