Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-10

assured that It is in perfectly sa~
hands. lie believed that only those. a.,
rule, had any apprehensions concern
ing tithlng, who payed little or none
into the Church themselves. All who
pay fun 1.-THE and keep the command
ments Of God, have no fears respecting
IT,
ELDER JESSE n. SMITH,
president Of the Snowflake stake, was
the next speaker. He related instances
IN his own life to show how his father
had trained him In the Gospel There
was no hurry, he said at family pray
ers. His education had been mcagre,
but he had been a student all his life.
In his early childhood days he had gone
to school with the present patriarch OF
the Church, with the Prophets son, Jo-
seph, with Sidney Rigdon's son, and the
sons OF other prominent men I'm the
Church at NauyOo, The Book of Nor
mon was the textbook studied He had
first edition Of this record while his
classmates had the second edition, ANA
IN consequence he felt somewhat chag-
rlnned. But one morning, on his way
TO school, he was passing the Prophets
house, and saw the Prophet on the out
side, he sopek to him:
Where are you gong?" asked Jo-
seph,
"To school," was the reply.
What book are YOU studying"
The Book Of Mormon"
Then Joseph asked him TO come into
the house, and thoreupon presented him
with a copy of the new edition OF the
Nephite record. Elder Smith said that
he then felt that he could lift up his
head with the rest Of the class. The
Prophet, he said, gave him az the time
the Injunction TO read the book not only
at school. but everywhere. He hai
this book yet and regarded It as one or
his great treasures
Elder Smith spoke also Of that fam.
Gus meeting, held after the death OF
President Smith at which President
Brigham Young spoke with the voice
and mysterlously assumed the appear
ance of the Prophet Joseph, so familiar
10 the Saints OF Nauvoo.
Elder John Robinson sans the
beautiful selection, 20 Lord, Have Mer-
cy."
ELDER GEORGE H. SNOW,
president of the ST, George stake, re.
ported his labors, His stake he said,
was one OF magnificent distances, re-
curing nearby l,l0O miles travelling
to visit every ward there, In the
stake there We're % wards. mostly
small Most Of the pioneers have
passed away, but their sons and
daughters had remained there pretty
much, to build upon the foundations
Of their fathers, A canal had recently
been finished which cost ten years work
and 100000, There had also been con-
siderable rain lately, and 80 the people
were looking forward hopefully
He said that the people down there
We're loyal to the servants Of God
and To the truth Commenting ON the
condition of apostates he said he
could think Of no sadder spectacle than
that of a son tearing down what their
fathers had builded.
ELDER j. GOLDEN KIMBALL,
Of the quorum Of Seventy, was the con-
Guiding speaker. EIe had parable,
he said which was that he wanted no
rosewood casket to be buried in
All he wished was a plain casket, and
over his grave, the sentiment that he
had been faithful to the truth, and
that he died In the Church
II there was one thing for which he
was proud that was, that he was "A
member Of the Church, lie was not
ashamed of his parentage nor Of his
faith Elder kimball then went on hu-
moursy TO speak Of his early train
Ing
He said he was proud to know that