Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-06


in 1905. And YET thay have not done
anything more than their duty ana
| there are a great many other Later
! day Saints that have not even lone
| tnat. have not done their duty, az Tue
books will show And | want 20 say 10
| you, my brethren and sisters, that
| most thorough search and audltatlon "
| the books OF the trustee-in- trust, OF the
| books Of the presiding bishopric ana
| OF the books and accounts ana busl-
| ness of the Deseret News company
1 have been made by the auditors that
| were appointed and sustained al our
| last conference, and before the cnneiu,
| sion of this conference we VIII reau
you their report, and believe you ~iil
be perfectly satisfied with H.
MONOGRAPHS MAY KNOW.
"The man that complains about not
| knowing what Il done with the TIN
| ing In 80 eases ont Of a hundred Is NE
man who has no cred, on the books
of the Church for paying tithing, ana
we don't care 10 exhibit the books OF
the Church To such carpers and to
those individuals, But there Is not
! tthing- payer In the Church that cannot
go to te presiding bishops office or 10
the Office Of the trustee-in-trust, ana
find and see his account, ana see 10 II
/ that every dollar that he has given 10
the Lord for tithing IL credited to MN
there, and then, II he wants TO do more
searoing AS a 1.-THE payer and ma owl
how the tithing ~ paid out what Is
done with IL. We will set before him
the whole thing, so that he VIII sec
the whole thing, and II he has
got any good counsel to give
us we VIII take II from him.
But we will not because we do not have
to. and IL Is not business way that
would require OF us, 10 make our books
open 10 the world and we won't do IT.
urea W lave TO. We are not ashalNed
Of them We are not afraid for them
to be inspected They are honest ana
straight and there IL not q man IN the
world that will look at them but what
will say so n he Is an honest man.
Now ! did not intend to speak so
long, and do not wish TO trespass
upon YOUR time There are other
| things that pass through my mind
MISSION HOUSES.
"Our mission houses in the world, we
are contributing for. for the purchase OF
| them, and today we have more head
| quarters In foreign missions In Great
| Britain, In Scandinavia. in the United
| states and in the Islands Of the seas
we have more headquarters belonging
| to the Church where our Elders may
rendezvous, where they may meet FOR
| counsel, and find resting place In time
| OF sickness or distress, than ever the
| Church had before In all the world.
| Now | don't say that 20 boast at all, ]
don't say anything TO boast, but l
! simply give this to you for tnforma-
| ton and as a statement or fact; ana 1
| say that Notwithstanding the opposi-
| ton, Notwithstanding the bitterness, Inc
| hatred. the falsehoods, the ISLANDERS ana
| MISREPRESENTATION with which the pub
| lie press has been filed for years con-
| corning the Latter-day Saints. and con-
corning the authorities OF the Church,
| there never was q time when the
| Church prospered more than 1t Is doing
| today. and don't know but we ought
| 10 be thankful for II, that is thankful
for what out enemies have done for us
| In that way.
BLESSINGS UPON ALL,
| Now. the Lord bless you. I see be-
| fore me here the heads of the Church,
| the leaders OF the Church the presid-
| ing spirits. leading spirits OF the
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, both In the capacity or presl-
| dents of stakes, of counselors to pfesi-
dents OF stakes. Bishops and their
| counselors. and High Councillors, and
those who are engaged In our educa-
| tionaI institutions, and all those VINO
| are called TO responsible positions in
| the Church, see them before me,
| honor you; love you, for your integ-
| rity 10 the cause of Zion, II Is the
| kingdom OF God or nothing, so far as
| am concerned. | cut no figure per-
| sonally In this work, and | am moth
| ing except In the humble effort to do
| my duty as the Lord gives me ability
| to do It. But II Is the Kingdom OF God.
| What | mean by the kingdom OF God,
Is the organization OF the Church OF
| Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints,
| Of whom Jesus Christ Is the King
| Is the head and not as an organization
| menacing or in any ways jeopardizlng
| the interests or rights or the people
| throughout the world, but as an organi-
cation calculated TO life up and amelio-
rate the condition OF mankind ana to
make all men good II II Is possible for
them TO repent OF their sins, ana to
| make good men better,
PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH.
THAT Is the object of the Church.
| that Is It's purpose; that Is its effect
! and the object that It has TO accomplish
| IN the world. And II Is very strict In
regard to these matters. Drunkards
| liars, thieves, and those that betray
| confidence, betray their neighb0rs be-
tray their fellow men. those who are
unworthy OF credence, unworthy Of
love, Of confidence, when their charac-
ter becomes manifest, and they are
known, they are disfellowshlpped from
the Church, and are not permitted to
remain and have a standing In IL; nor II
| we know II. II Is true that there are none
OF us but have our imperfections, and
our shortcomings. Perfection dWells
not with mortal man. We all have
our weaknesses. But when a man aban-
dons the truth, abandons virtue, aban-
dons his love for the Gospel and for the
| people OF God, and becomes an open
| and ayowed enemy of the peo-
pie Of God, II becomes the duty
OF the Church, and the Church
would be recreant II It did not sever
them from communion with II, cut them
on and let them go to the world and
where they please; and we would be
doing wrong " we hung on to and tried
to nurture such evil things In our
midst no matter what the relation
| snip may VIC lHhl tNIbNS bttNSSh No
and them, and we cannot do 1t.
STANDS FOR VIRTUE,
and therefore, ] say again that the
Church stands for virtue, for honor, for
truth, for purity Of life, for love and
good viii to all mankind, 1t stands cor
righteousness and for God the Eternal
Father, and for Jesus Christ whom
the Father sent into the world, and
'Nhom to know is life eternal
WONT TOLERATE wICKEDNEss.
10 And that is what this Church IL
for, and It will not tolerate abomina-
ton and crime and wickedness on the
part OF those that claim to have some
connection with II In times past. we
must sever ourselves from them, and
let them 90. Not that we want TO hurt
| them We do not want to hurt them