The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-07


helped them. and We thank God that we
ar" in a position to help them and so far
as ! am concerned ] would be pleased if
could know that every dollar of the
tithing that 7 pay to the church i ONLY
employed in some good work of this kind
ny which the people Of God are strength
their settlements and in holding the
tort, ~ if YOU please.
Where the Money Goes.
In addition TO this. 7 am happy to say
TO this congregation and 10 all the world
so far as my words may so, that We have
pride, and still feel proud of the oppor-
tunity that has been afforded us. and of
the ability of MS to accomplish ito
render aid to many of our missions
a broad in the purchase and in the eStab-
lishment of mission headquarters and the
building of churches i'm which they can
meet to worship God, and i'm which they
will not be ashamed 10 invite the stranger
TO come and Join with them We have
used the tithing of the people for this
purpose and we think that when the
church desires 70 call us 10 an account
for matters Of this kind there is a wa y
by which they can reach it which will
not occasion any noise or any confusion.
and ! trust without any miSunderSt A nd
ing whatever. 7 believe We ca n come 10 a
perfect understanding with reference to
these matters.
We have been able. too. TO purchase
quite a tract of land I'm Jackson county
adjacent to the site that was chosen by
the Prophet Joseph Smith for a tcmDfe
TO be built some day: and some few of
our people have generously contributed
purpose. bpt the most Of the means that
have been employed for tho accomplish
ment of this purpose have necessarily
Deen taken from the general tithinE
funds of the church. BY this means we
have been able to secure elegant head
quarters for our mission or for our peO-
ole in the northern states mission: we
have been able TO assist the sout horn
states mission to obtain headquar ters.
and We have also been enabled to assist
the BRUSH mission to obtain a com fort
able home and headquarters. where tho
Star that has been published for SO many
years c4n continue to he published for
the advancement Of the work Of the Lat
ter-dav Saints and of the elders in the
British mission.
We have been able also to asst largely
IN the erection % cOmmodiouS house
Of Worship i'm Copenhs gen. Denmark.
also in Christiania. Norway. and also in
Stockholm. i'm Sweden: and We have as
sisted also in obtaining headquarters for
our people who live uDon many of the
islands of the sea and We have secured
mo7 for the purpose or catherine our
Saints where they can receive the bene-
fits Of church organiza ton. tho benefits
Of Sunday school Mutual Improvement
association and Sabbath Worship. and
where they can be taught the arts Of
industry and Sclf-Supoort.
The Church Will Be Free.
We has assisted our people in Australia
and New Zealand I'm q similar way: and
VithaI We have met more than one-haIf
of the bonded indebtedness Of the church
and we ar" i'm "A condition. when the time
sinai! he ripe for it, provided the Saints
continue 20 meet their obligations i'm
their utbcS aud offerings TO pay off The
remaining portion of the church fudebi-
CdneSS; when trust by the blessings of
tho Almighty that the church Of Tee,1-
hrist or Iatter-dsy Saints will soc q dav
IN which il viii be absoIut civ free from
debt and under obligation 10 no man.
anu ~ WI nos be Ions before this CON
summation II realized Sc w continue our
the past "
Now. my brethren and sisters. il is not
my purpose to continue my remarks very
long desire. CursoriIy. to refer TO these
matters of which have spoken and il
Just occurs TO my mind tina in addition
10 the few things J have named-aud I
nave not named them aIl-that il would
Dc very proper for me 10 state that the
church with a very small assistance from
tho estate Of DR. William Fl Groves has
been 5blc TO erect firSt-claSs. well ap-
pointed hospital i'm this city. fire proof
IN every way. and equal to the best that
can probably be found in any part of the
world.
Cranks in the Church.
We have been found fault with for this.
'hat IS To say. We have been charged with
pardon mo il do not mention that. 1t
is too small matter. However. We have
cTdnkS. YOU know. among the Iatter-dav
SAINTS as well as among tho DoOulc Of
come across an individual who is all one
sided; who can only sec out of orc eve.
and out Of very small corner of the one
eye. too who X not capable Of comDrc-
hendlng more than one thing at q time
who selects "A certain little hObbv-a GER
tain little idea. a single thought and
straddles that idea and that single
thought and commences to ride ana il is
impossible TO unhorse him from his hob
by. becaus" his mind Is not cana bic OF
grdsplng more than that single one little
thought.
We have such individuals as that. and if
was from one of these individuals. one Of
these Crsnks that We obtained or re
Ceived not long ago solemn objections to
the Church OF Jesus Christ of Iatter-day
Saints putting in these means or tithiuc
into a hospital II was wicked and wrong
to build hospitals according 70 his ideas
Well We viii Jet such people 10 for what
woth noticing and feel that / should not
have noticed It at all; but VIC have such
individuals among us more or less. We
have a vaTietv-a vsrietv-every once in
2 while. of creatures rising up amongst
us. who are filled with the spirit of evil
people of God. II Is only natural that this
should be 50.
When TO Use the Knife.
1t has occurred 10 me somev hat in this
way. that the BODY Of the church is
likened 70 the body OF 2 man. and YOU
Know men do sometimes get their sN stems
y little deranged-that is 70 saw. that
sometimes they are flea-bitten. Fleas bite
them and mosquitoes bite them and cause
little swellinEs 10 raise on their faces
and hands Sometimes they have boils
upon them. and carbuncles and other
eNcressences- that only need the appltca-