The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-07
TALKS ON TITHING
IN THE MORNING

The morning session was called To
order at 1905 o'clock by President Jo-
seph +. Smith, who asked the congre-
cation TO join in singing Come, Come.
Ye Saints"
Prayer was then offered by John T.
Game
President Smith welcomed the Lat
teT-day Saints to the conference and
expressed his qualification at the un-
usually large attendance. Ia his open
ing remarks he said that the authorities
of the church had been active and dill
gent in the performance of their duties
during the past six months. He report
ed missionary work in good shape with
the exception that the demands for
young men to preach the gospel were
greater than the supply.
Too many Of those invited TO take
missions have replied that while they
We're hOnored, they regretted to say
that circumstances were such that they
could not see their way to go, the con-
.ditiOn being that they We're involved IN
debt.
For three years and more my text
and the text of my brethren 10 the peo-
pie has been, Pay your debts, get out
OF debt and remain out of debt by lead
ing economical lives. Save up your re-
sources. be ready to meet expenditure
by ready means.
President Smith then called atten-
ton 10 reports of the Saints being
9ulled in various parts of the state by
commercial travellers. who. he asserted.
forced farmers to sign ironclad agree
ments when purchasing implements.
hardware, etc. These agreements. he
asserted. provided for the FORGETTING OF
goods. with all interest and principal in
case payments were not promptly made.
He urged the Saints to live before, not
behind" saying that in this way they
would be prepared to meet the call TO
mission fields at any time.
No Coercion in Mission Work.
Il don't care what the world saws as
TO the necessity of asking young men
10 go into the world and preach the Cos
pei 1t is a privilege and honor to be
counted worthy TO bear the name of
God and the message of life into the
world. There is no coercion used; 1t is
all free viii and free grace. No man
was ever called to preach the gospel to
the world who has gone gTudgingly to
the mission 10 which he was called
Il repeat that the only difficulty 7
see in the way Of preaching the gospel
in various missions of the earth is that
we are unable TO furnish the number
and character of help required. 1 would
like the young men TO prepare them
selves financially, intellectually and
spiritually, most of all spiritually, so
when they are called they will be ready
to go to meet the demands of the elders.
Large Sums Expended.
Large amounts have been expended
i'm the erection OF meeting houses in
wards and for stake houses. The trus-
tee in trust has been called on TO fur
nish large sums of money for the cree
ton of churches, meeting houses and
also houses of entertainment.
Il would like all To know that the
church of Latter-day Saints believes
not only i'm houses of Worship, but Of
! instruction and amusement-that the
people may have places for young peo-
pie to gather in dance and the enjoy
ment of desires of the heart in right
eousnesS.
President Smith then commented on
the large attendance al al Latter-day
Saints schoolhouses throughout the
| country and in foreign mission fields.
| He then took up the subject of attacks
made on the church.
1T takes only half an eye half open
| to see the misrepresentati ons and SLAM
| ders circulated about the I>atter-day
| Saints. If men would only take the
| trouble To inform themselves of the
! truth, the very contrast would show