The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-09

elders to answer the calls Of the peo-
pie"
He said the elders under his charge
had averaged about fifty baptisms q
| month during the summer and had dis
posed OF f25000 tracts, some of them
of thirty-tWo pages each, and had sold
! hundreds OF copies OF the Book of Nor
mon. which, he said, is now given a
| good place on the shelves of the book
stores instead OF being placed away
back among the shopworn goods as
| formerly.
Wells Discusses Missionaries.
You do not hear of the Latter-day
/ Saints missionaries stirring up dis
| cord, laying traps, telling lies. and do
| Ing that which will bring their oppOn-
/ ents discomfort" said Elder Rulon ).
! Wells of Salt Lake in speaking of the
| peculiarIties of the Mormons, But you
! find them travelling without purse or
scrip, often going hungry and endur-
/ ing indignities TO which they have not
| been accustomed. The great popularity
| of the LatteT-day Saints is their quality
/ of love. AS proof OF that our young
men and women leave mothers, fathers
and children 10 preach the gospel TO
| the world. Where can you find a
greater example Of love for fellow
men?"
Wherever we go, we find we are diff
ferent from, other people and we are
pointed out as peculiar. People spoke
10 me when / was in the mission field
and said: Your men are different
4 from our men Why is it? Is it not
the effect of the gospel of Jesus Christ
working out among the Latter-day
Saints? Here in our own community
we do not realize the great changes
that have taken place in US. If we are
living In harmony with the teachings
Of the gospel, we shall make these
peculiaTities more pronounced. There is
an influence that goes with the gospel
or Jesus Christ that is felt in the
world. That man who is in possession
OF the spirit OF the Lord carries with
him an influence that is the strangest
thing in the world, that brings to those
Who meet him the feeling that he is
different.
What spirit is it that impels men TO
raise their voices to despoil the char
acter of a man they know to be of Vir-
tue and honor to lead the world to be
lieye him all that is evil? 1t seems to
be the heritage OF the Latter-day
Saints. Christ was spoken of for good
and for evil. Today the Latter-day
Saints are spoken of for good by those
who are good and for evil by those who
are evil. Let us continue to be a pc
culiar people and let it be said we are
a peculiar people in this, that we have
no spirit of hatred. no spirit to tear
down, but desire to save souls and do
them good. Those whom God has
chosen to stand at the head of his peo-
pie are inspired of Him"
wins Tells Of Spread.
1.-THE Latter-day Saints are firmly
established in Canada in Oregon Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, California.
Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico.
and have gone over the wall and are
in the republic of Mexico, still further
south, and in the states of the union,
the countries of Europe and the islands
of the sea" said A. W. Wins. presi-
dent of the JuaTez stake of Mexico.
/ All over the world the saints have ac-
quired Professionalism it is true, and
1t must be SO in accordance with the
gospel.
THE Mexican government has moth
ing III II to Recommend 1t to those
who have lived under the great repub-
lie" he said, in speaking of the pro-
gress of the church in Mexico. There
IL
whom forty had come to this confer
ence, their trip involving an expendi-
ture of about $4,000. He described con-
ditions in Mexico where dollars, al
though only Mexican dollars, are as
hard 10 get as dollars in the United
States. while the prices of commodities
are about triple in cost. Yet We are
building up thrifty and prosperous
communities, he continued. There
ara h4 a he
TO a community in some of our small
towns than in any small town of the
same age / have ever visited"
The church has several hundred con-
yerts not included in his enumeration
above, he said most of them being
among the Indians of Mexico. The
people there are ready to receive the
gospel, but our only effort is TO keep
them out until we are ready TO take
care of them" he said. Their skins
are dark, but they are a thinking
people" He quoted from the records
of the origin of the Mormon faith to
show that the future Of the church
must be closely associated with the
dark-skinned peoples.
Work in California.
THE religious atmosphere Of Cali
fornia is abnormal" said Joseph Rob-
insOn, president of the California mis-
sion. Christian Science is strong
there, he said, as is theosophy, spirit
Ualism, Unitarianism, etc, making it
hard land for Mormon PROSECUTING.
His address was largely doctrinaI.
a vocal SOLO THE Lords Prayer"
rendered by Horace 5. Ensign, was a
feature of the morning meeting. Other
numbers were: How Beautiful Upon
the Mountains" by Mrs Lizzie Thomas
Edward, John Robinson and the choir,
and "Hark, Ye Mountains" by the
choir. The Invocation was by Elder
OrTin T. Miller counselor to the pre-
siding bishop, and the be ediction was
pronounced by Elder c. T. Middleton
OF Weber stake.
The tabernacle was filled TO its ca
pdCity, with large numbers about the
doors Vainly seeking entrance. Presi-
dent Joseph L. Smith, who presided,
directed that Apostle Rudger ClawsOn,
Elders Ben i. Rich, Joseph A. McRae,
Andrew Jensen and =. Goddard con-
duct an oVpFflOW meeting i'm the as