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

by direction Of che Prophet Joseph
smith, Notwithstanding what others
say This rs my testimony. Ii was his
plan ana / think be would have come
Win that party had he been allowed to
do So
NO Bondage in Zion.
Men in the world imagine that we
are not Tree, that We are priestridden
and that we are in a sort of bondage.
oat the truth IS that through the
power of the Holy Ghost men came
here from the east aud west thirstins
ior the truth and their souls have been
Hlled. said Elder Joseph ". MCGurrin.
the first speaker Of tine afternoon. He
talked or the doctrine OF revelation and
CLOSED by expressing a conviction that
ultimately MOrmOnism would prevail
among all the nations of the world.
God viii yet judge the world by this
standard and this criterion: How have
they treated the servants of God 2"
said Bishop O. It. Whitney OF Salt
Lake. Il say il To the friends OF these
men who sit on this stand and / say
u TO their enemies: lnasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least OF these,
my servants, We have done il unto me.
Il bear testimony that these are
men of God / need not laud President
Joseph r. Smith. He knows 1 honor
him and love him. But he knows /
love and honor him, not alone because
he has been kind TO Hre. but because
God loves him and 1 hold it my duty
to sustain a man whom God loves
whether the man loves me or not. We
should honor these men at our head
because God has honored them
whether they love as or not, and II Is
our duty to love them and honor them
and 20 lay down our lives for them J.
necessary.
Right Man in Right Place.
II want 10 bear testimony that
President Joseph f. Smith is the risht
man In the right place, not because ne
Is the nephew of the martyr Joseph
Smith, but because the place Is his by
right, by his inherent right. When
men whose hearts are filled with the
spirit of the Holy Ghost testify that he
S the right man there is no possibility
IF mistake. God chose these men who
sit on this stand before the world was
made to hold these offices and TO do
these works and it doesn't matter what
heir names are here. i do believe tina
when men are chosen to be servants or
God. il is because of their own in
tegrity and not on account of their
names or their connections. 1 remem-
Der hearing a brother il the church
Ince say he believed that his promotion
MAS because his father behind the veil
had eXerted influence in his favor.
Maybe this is so, but l don't believe II.
''Fhese men came into the world vii
he ordination Of God upon them.
Brethren, can you afford TO treat
lightly these men. these ambassadors
from the courts Of bpaVRUp
Il say 10 those who are sssailing
them. who are attacking them, IN
what plight will you stand at the day
Of judgment when YOU are told: Inas-
much as We have done it unto the
east of these. my servants, ye have
Zone it unto me-
High Class of Music.
The musical programme of the after
aoon meeting was of unusual excel
ence. 1t included, "Oh, My Father
and Professor Evan stephens True 10
he Faith" by the choir. Gospel
Restoration" by Miss Judith Anderson
and the choir, Professor Stephens
song in honor of the centenary of the
prophets death sung by Miss Lottie
owen, Miss Mabel Cooper, George ID.
Pyper and Horace S. Ensign. and
When Thou CONTEST to the Judgment,
by Mrs. Lizzie Thomas Edward and the
.hoir-
The Invocation was by Patriarch
Charles d. Evans of Utah stake and
he benediction by John r. Winder, Of
he first presidency.
The attendance at the afternoon
meeting was even larger than at the
morning meeting BY request of Presi-
lent Smith, the congregation crowded
loser" in the seats and il is estimated
hat about 1900 persons were in the
tabernacle. In addition 20 this, the
overflow meeting in the assembly hall
made necessary a second overflow
meeting, which was held in the open
Iir.
The conference is said to have been
)ne OF the greatest, in point OF attend
ince, in the history of the church.