Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-06
o...,.,, Smith Expresses Regret
respecting Absence Of Sick and
other Apostles.
roycssNING BUILDING MONUMENT
u,,d,0n, Structure to be Reared to
The Memory of the Prophet
Joseph Smith.

,,a the most important, perhaps-drew
,,,,t throng to the Tabernacle this
,h,uoon, The weather was fair and
,lubtful, except for a stiff breeze,
,.cb had an unpleasant effect upon
n. l,rge numbers who walked around
N. mounds before the meeting
B,Ieay summed up the matters of
inheritance and interest referred to
assist Of President Smiths statement
ming the position of the Church with
rAton to the charge Of Illegally con-
p,sd marriages; the endorsement OF
NJ same in the resolution introduced
~ President Francis NJ. Lyman, and
N preliminary steps that were taken
r. the direction Of erecting a hand
some and up-to.date structure on the
III Deseret News corner, to be known
Is the Joseph Smith Memorial build
lng These resolutions are presented
b. full In this issue Of the News"
shortly after 2 o'clock, President
Smith called the congregation to order
md announced Eve Thank Thee, o
God for Prophet" as the opening
hymn, The congregation Joined with
he choir IN the rendition.
TIE Invocation was offered by Elder
Andrew Jensen.
The choir then sang, Though in the
edward church below, the wheat and
liNs together grow"
ELDER JOSEPH w, McMURRIN
n The first quorum Of Seventy was the
ilsl speaker His heart had been filed
VITO JOY IN listening TO the testimonies
ual had been borne during the confer
tto Not only So but he felt equal
Joy IN travelling from one settlement of
sllnls 10 another and beholding the
E&perity with which they are blessed.
he had been pleased 10 note that so
tahy Of those who are holding positions
NWusl and honor in the Church are the
tsns Of men who have been valiant for
We ruin. He did not think that our
lgllA are being weaned from the faith
q helr fathers, The Lord would not
klnlt this to be done, for He had
lonlsed that the latter.day work
sould not be given 70 another people.
ils'e Is IN this promise an impica-
e0n mat the descendants of the Saints
N'Cesslyely would be inspired TO carry
W me Work Of their progenltors.
was not by mere chance that there
H slCh a collection of great men
luugnt into contact with the young
WI Joseph Smith, Brigham Young,
ns@F e. Kimball, Daniel II,
ess Orson and Farley p Pratt, and
.aas formed a group Of great souls to
, ssI IN The work which the Prophet
.ph was Instrumental IN bringing
, NO doubt these spirits We're RI.
S'.vl until the time when they actual
Nme forth, And so, the speaker
NN'sled, The race of great men in the
, ,as,yn would continue in our days, The
WV would bless the fathers and moth
.naohg us with spirits who would
AlIhlul TO God and the truth, and
v would carry on the work of the
ss, AS men ana women are possessed
NJ, ,~ natural patriotism for their ma
, ,e ,vsVnuuy' so, only In a deeper sense,
nv vu c our young people be- patriotic 10
evspel TO the cause for which their
r. suN gave SO much OF their best en- y.
sss There is something I'm being
s " Zion, The children horn here
,,1 sel absolutely out Of the spirit
Ss, we atmosphere which surrounded
,Iv , soah' There would, he thought,
WYE Dc descendants OF the founders
S,the Church to carry on the work
ahss. "0''S oesutl py theii
me- ne SSdmonIshod the Saints TO order
r,. " yves IN such way that stran
" coming among us NAV moi
Sr aU's 70 point their finger an any,
Ne nv. wSl VIII tell seriously agains
~ an ,"y LoId designs us to be as a cit,
VlHs,SS hlll, and II is His wish ina
STs WY we shall be seen by the worl,
ELDER RULoN s, WELLS.
y ,I., Ne same quorum, was the mex
N o",s, ne felt that there had bee,
he Inv 'pourihg OF the Holy SprIt dur
lay V ,o conference. We cannot no said
" haylns uCn attention to the necesslt,
he Go.nss an Individual testimony O
MInS Ssps'' Tor this viii be the onl,
he iry %aS can enable us To wlthstan,
tesEns1 scenes through which il /
for sye.,. we shall pass. II Is nosslhi
Wbs ~, person 10 obtain n testlmon,
v0i oi IS.o e ana this through doing In
Is Oy s 'c rather The nrst great lny
h,ar ,h anI II We have the Clospel n
og lIyss. 'S 'oVe VIII manifest itself h
Ton IN sg ~" %, OF the necessity of reyela
te ~ ~ .ae Church lisa yItnl nrlnc,
rlttt \ ro,, gospel ana all those VIII
hy can 1'v Zee; the only means by whlol
His tT,h seI a knowledge OF God nm
lOf he IT, not only Is this necossor
ts,aml t ealers OF the Church, but n
tN wor W lhe religious life OF evorv ma
b ma e@uh IN the Church. He test,ae
Ne asES CaG " OF a belief In revelation
N love- yi,L now II Is that we love, ID
that G,,n me heart? He explalne,
bar xxx, - only figure OF spaoch M,
kyhe ''n nol pertorm the functions y
NO the pa,, G,uee Is to send the bloc
: soysrbgsadI I OF the body The hear
-eu py muscles as are othe