Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17

My brothers and sisters the meetings
Of this Conference, 80 lar should have
brought 20 The hearts Of all present UNI
limited JOY ana satisfaction IN scolng
the unity with which the Lolier'day
Saints have come together ana trans
acted the business pertaining to the
Conference, In the opening remarks OF
President Smith, hc made sc OF that
smile of the Apostle Paul, wherein
the Church Of Christ II likcncd to the
perfect body Of mana man IN whom
tho mental faculties and tho physical
powers are In harmony one without
blemIsh, You know that whom a man
N NJ war with himself when the llesh
wars against the spirit when tho
yeprnlngB and the great desires Of the
heart are denied by pn incNolablo VIII,
there h internal strife, ana that midi
Nldual, II he be conscientious, fulfers
The fiery palms of u lINlng hell, And
Ms with man 40 with Il family II
IN u family there Ia strife, qunfIollnB,
false accusation, Partially, we know
what the inevitable result VIII be, un-
less It IN checked As ~ u man whore
this internal strife exists. II II be not
checked, distress must follow, 30 II these
conditions are not checked IN family,
II means the dienlegratlOn Of that fam.
Nv and the scattering OF iia members
10 IN community, or,in an organlaa.
ton, or IN u church AZ the members
thereof are Ut war Ono'With another II
they are not IN harmony, " they are
divided II they are contentious, thcn,
unless these conditions are changed II
IN but short time until the org0nllns
tlon, or the community, or the church,
or the state, or the nation. IN dlHmom'
bcfod and destroyed, II was this con-
dItlon which disrupted the French peo-
pie TO such an extent II was their
ulyll strife and lrltrloldnl revolution,
wherein they fought and slew one an'
other, wherein the blood OF noble ana
peasant flowed until the people grew
weary with the hoodshod, The same
thing also distracted our own great
and glorious country during tho civ.
y war wherein citizens OF
the same country who had pre-
vIously fought shoulder to shoulder
against d foreign power, were them
selves found M deadly strife, There
~ no telling what might have happen
od-worec than did happen-had II not
been that the eye and the hand OF God
were over this goolly land, wherein
lie raised up a. man, whom | verify be.
lieye was Inspired 10 guide the ship Of
state that II might not be broken 90
pieces on the shoals and rocks Of elaV.
cry and secession, | believe Abraham
Lincoln was raised up 10 do Gods VIII,
| have reJoiccd In hearing the patrI.
otto sentiments Of the. brethren who
Nave spoken, showing forth their love
and loyalty TO tho country Of which
we form a part, !, too, love my coun-
Try, | know that tho Lattor.day Saints
love this nation However, | see dan.
gcrs today In this land of freedom and
liberty, just ne there have been dan.
gers IN our midst In times past, There
IRE those who abuse the great priyll-
eyes OF freedom and liberty, ana who
prostitute the powers aud talents
God has given thom, and use
them 10 the hurt az their country and
its people, rather than 10 the good and
blessing OF the land and Us inhabitants
Abraham Lincoln, the man who held
together our country through whose
wisdom the men Of tho north and the
south were again united In the bonds Of
brotherhood, was put 10 death by an
assassin, Of course, he who committed
Tho rash decd was put % death also,
but ! nsk YOU were the ends Of Justice
met whom the murderer WAS himself
put 10 DEATH Was the liio OF the ono
equal 20 the life of tho o,hcr2 Not nj
ALL The ends Of Justice woro no moro
mot when the slayer of Abraham Linz
coin wea pnt 10 death than rocomponpo
would bo made II the combined debt of
The world wcro 10 he paid with u coun-
tcrfoil Donny, Another of tho nohlN gona
~ America who stood ~ the head of the
ration, James \, GARFIELD, was likewise
slain by the hand OF an assassin and
THIS assassin also wae nut IN death,
llut Woro the country aud the people
compensated for the loss of President
GARFIELD by tho death Of his Nlnycr2 No,
And IN mtor times, 30 recently In fact