Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-06

Oeeu suffering Tor the past Two on
three weeks with % very severe cold
and ID has greutly affected ny voice.
but ! ann pleased that / have had the
privilege OF speaking q few words TO
you 40 the opening OF this conference
pray God 10 bless his people and pour
out His spirit upon them To- make
their hearts warm up and burn with 400
affection toward Him and thar we may
love an mankind. for il rs our mission
10 save the world from sim and dark.
ness and Ia lead am To knowledge Of
good and truth.
May the Lord help us aud strength.
en- oU taith in him, Boa the name OF
JcsuFChrist Amen
The choir sang the anthem
The Mountain OF the Lord house
PRESIDENT JOHN 49, WGNpEE
was the second speaker OF this session
OF the conference ne referred to inc
remarks of President Smith couccmmc
lhe body OF Priesthood iu the Church.
What vast body !, $50 said the speak
en- ana the duty OF all these men, separ.
ately and collectively. Is 90 save men
from THEN sins The missionaries. In
particular carry "a message of peace 10
the world. What a strange thing 10 is.
then that these men meet with much
opposition from those for whom they
wish nothing but good. President WIN
der said that he sometimes wondered
whether the SAINTS would receive tracts
and visits of missionaries of other
churches with amy more respect than
our missionaries Get 100 the hands 0f
those in The world who 90 not believe az
we do Whatever might DC our attitude
In theory. in practise Wo should treat
Rll men with proper courtesy our mia.
sion In the earth is 10 do good 90 QUE
fellow men
lie reiolced I'm the progress the
Church had made since the day when II
was organized He hoped that the
Saints would eudeavor to do all I'm their
power TO serve the Lord he concluded
by asking the blessings OF God ON the
conference.
PRESIDENT ANTHON n. LUND
next addressed the conference. He read
% passage from the Scriptures Ion which
he ancient Saints are called "a holy
nation, a chosen people royal Priest.
hood. This, the speaker said applies
TO the Latter-day Saints We are "a
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Ing the royal Priesthood There Is
no prlestly caste In the Church. unless
the whole Church Is called such. for
the Priesthood Is conferred ON an male
members thereof who are worthy Of
holding II,
There are two great divisions OF the
Priesthood - the Merhisedek aud
Apfonlc. II Is the duty of an those
LpfNfnU 40. a l..
inc the people in the faith. II is the
custom in the Church 10 call the boys
very early 10 the Alromc Priesthood
! The duty OF the Deacors vs. 10 assist
the Bishop IN the temporal Affairs Of
| the ward, such Tor instance as seeing
that widows and elderly people gen.
orally who may require Il have assist
anCe.
President Lund referred to the custom
| among the So nts Of fasting once every
| month ANA CLING the amount that they
| would otherwise haze spent for food.
| 10 the support Of .he poor lie thought
this q Dsautflh custom, one Of the
fathers OF the Church states that II
Was the custom among the eacly Saints
| fol them to contribute in this manner
TO the support OF those who were I'M
| need, II IS very unlikely that the Pro-
/ phet Josoph read anything concerning
! this fact, but received the idea By in
spilution " tbe Lord The Saints
! President Lund declared, should oh
serve this rule Of our faith In the
shirt IN which il was instituted
Cur religion Is one Of doing. Il Is "a
| present faith, requiring us to make
| sacrifices today, Instead Of meditatlug
upon the sacrifices OF the ancient
Saints our missionaries sacrifice time
and means 10 go on missions to preach
| the GCopol They DO not Ego because
~ coercion. nor because they Ike to
| umble around the world, but they do
| i; because they have greater JOY IN do
| ing what they feel rs calling from
/ God. And they return from their
/ missions testliying that the two or
three years spent In this kind OF labor
has been the hoppiest period OF their
| lives.
Tho enemies of the church have
| spread the prepOsterous report that the
| missionaries are paid money for each
| convert they make while away. Nothing
! b. more absurd or silly 10 us who know
the sacrifices these missionaries have
10 make TO go on missions Instead Of
being paid anything for their time they
spend, IN many cases hundreds Of dol
lars each.
President Lund spoke upon the excel
lent work Of the auxiliary organizations
OF the Church. These are not, properly
speaking. divisions OF the Priesthood,
but are aids TO the Priesthood. The
Primary associations take the children
at the earliest age, and undertake to
properly train the in the princi-
ples and practises OF our religion. Then
there are the Sunday schools and the
Young Mems and Young Ladies Mu-
tual Improvement associations And
last OF an there Is the Relief society,
whose aim Il Is TO bring relief to the
poor, the sick, or the suffering,
But there is one other organization,
which. though not. properly speaking,
one OF the auxiliary organizations, Us
vet one OF the aids TO the training OF
our children. This Is the Re.
ugion class. The purpose Of this
Is 10 give our children instruction IN
the practise OF morality and religion.
! There lis no reason for any alarm,
either among the Saints or those OF
| other denominations on account Of
! this organization II is not means
IA propagate our faith, It's only pUr-
pose is to teach our own children,
! This Is right which belongs TO any
sect or church and other denomina-
ton may. II they choose adopt the
same means OF educating their young
people rellgiously. This organization
| is usually held in the schoolhouses
after the dismissal OF the district
school. But we take great care TO IN
struct our officers and teachers not to
interfere with the school ia any man
ner: for Il Is not the purpose of at
tempting To Introduce church into
state President Lund urged upon the
Saints not 10 underestimate the inn
portance OF this organization but 10
encourage their children to attend H.
he concluded By asking the bless
ings Of God upon the conference.
The choir sang the anihem
Lift up the voice and sing.
Prayer was offered by Elder Collins
Hakes. president OF MarlcOpa stake
AETEUNOON SECSInN