The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-08
SMITH DEFENDED
BY SPEAKERS
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years he said. the tithes had increased
500 per cent in his mission: and thu
increase last year was so per cent over
the preceding year. He said his mis-
sion was almost seIf-supporting as to
its poor. He told of d colony of sixty
three families planted in Texas, and
another one in eastern Kansas. Houses
o. worship wsre also erected in differ
ent places He announced that he
would ask for help toward the erection
of the building at Independence Jack
son county. Missouri
Any man who strikes at the leaders
OF the church strikes at me 1ndfvid-
ually.' he said. The blessings that
have come to me and my family have
come through the ordinances and men
at the head of Gods work in the world
This places me on the defensive as
soon as any man raises his hand
against the church and these men OF
Cod who have been called by God to
lead in the work"
Ben E. Rich Speaks.
President Ben +. Rich of the south
ern states mission, told of the gradual
growth of the church in his mission;
how the elders are working making
| baptisms every week. and how they
are meeting with success even in the
days Of the persecution. He said there
was never a day when he was better
satisfied with the principles and cOndi-
tions of the church.
President Rich thanked God that the
/ apostles die SO that the younger gen
Grafton have an opportunity to be tried
&ut; that they are left to learn for
| themselves that the gospel is true. He
said that the children of the dead apOs-
ties and dead members of the church
who have kept the faith know for
themselves that the gospel is true and
/ that the man at the head of the church
is true; that he Is chosen of God as
We're his predecessors; that there was
never a more willing ear than that of
Joseph +. Smith: that he stands at the
head of the church as a burning proof
of the truth Of prophesy. The speaker
told of the pTOphesy of MILFORD Wood
ruff at Ogden that Joseph F. Smith
would be at the head of the church.
He claimed that that prOphesy came
direct from God.
Elder Rich said that in the church
the son of the humblest and the son of
the greatest were on an equal footing.'
He said the voice of the wolf was
| heard on the outside of the fold He
reminded his hearers that many Of
them raised sheep and that one or two
hOwls from the wolf was all that was
needed to drive the sheep together.
a laugh ran through the great crowd
at this direct reference to recent &C
currenceS.
Beautiful Sharks and Suckers.
There are beautiful sharks and
suckers on earth the speaker contin-
ued. They must be tried and as
sorted and some of them must be sent
back. l myself have sent some of these
suckers and sharks to Zion, and now
they must be thrown out into the
world. The pUny hands of man viii
not hinder Gods work.
Referring to the instrumentation
and prosecutions of the Saints, Elder
Rich told of meeting a student i'm a
southern city. This student told him
that his teacher had been in Salt Lake
and that he told him that here the
MOTmOnS refer to their wives as cows
4 told that student that his teacher
was a monumental liar Mr.. Rich said.
They say such things just because
! they want to be as mean as the devil
viii permit them TO be. My Irish blood
revolts against such things and 1 feel
like telling them to go to hell But
then on second thought I realize that
they Will go To h7ll anyhow. and there
Is no use wasting time ON them
This outbreak caused laughter that
could not be suppressed The speaker
y ent on to deny that the church was
ruled by cOmmsrcialism- He said God
was with his people and they would
not 90 far astray.
The wolves may howl he said;