The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-08
Saints Urged to Contribute One
Tenth Of Income TO
Hierarchy.
BISHOP MILLER SHOWS
THAT CHURCH is THRIFTY
Never, He Says, in Better IL
nancial Condition Than
at Present.

An overflow conference meeting was
held IN the Assembly hall Sunday at-
ternoon, which was largely attended
The immense congregation filed the
big hall to its capacity and many peo"
pie stood in the aisles, while others
were turned away, there being no more
room. The meeting was presided over
by Senator Reed Smoot and q number
of officials spoke. The general trend Of
the speeches was to the effect that all
the Mormons should pay their tlthlng
and should all stand together
Seymour B. Young took the rostrum-
After giving the history OF the Nor
mon religion, and after touching upon
the prosecutions which they have un.
dergone, as he chose TO put 1t, be read
a short passage from the Book OF Doc
trine and Covenant, IN support OF his
argument that all the Normons should
stand together in all issues. He spoke
Of the 'stalwaTt' men who stood TO.
gether as leaders Of the CHURCH and
pleaded for the support Of the Mormon
following for these men The speaker
admitted that the Mormon church had
'grown little since they had come
to Utah, but he asserted that the church
would one day rule the world.
The speaker touched upon the reve-
Iation which had been made to Presi-
dent Snow at the time that Official OF
the church visited all of the stakes N
the endeavor to get the Mormon people
to pay their tithes and to support the
church as 1t was intended by Joseph
Smith. The speaker promised that the
windows of heaven should open and
pour forth its blessings upon the Nor
mon people and the Mormon church
if the people were faithful to their
duty of paying tlthes.
Would Keep Their Own Records.
Following Mr.. Young Elder Andrew
Jensen spoke upon the importance OF
records. He proclaimed the fact that
he had been engaged for years IN the
work of compiling from the old records
and writings of the church an accurate
history of the people ana the belief
from the time Of its inception to the
present day. He advised the Mormons
not to depend upon the public records,
as they were sometimes destroyed -
EEKeep your own records, go that your
children may prove their night TO mem
bership In the church and their right
to be officers Of the church, With
this sentence, the speaker launched in.
to history of the various officials Of
the present day and proclaimed that
they were entitled to their positions
by virtue Of being able 10 prove their
rights by the records that had been
kept.
Financial Condition Good.
Following Elder Jensen Bishop Mil
Ter took the rostrum. He spoke OF the
fact that the bishops Office was so
occupied with the temporal affairs of
the church that they had but little
time TO be spiritual, He asserted that
the church had never been IN better
financial condition than ii is today,
that there is more money to defray
the expenses that are entaled, that
ously to the plea for tithinp. that the
blessings of heaven had descended up,
on them through this faithfulness TO
duty, and so on.
Richard W. Young was the next
speaker. He took for his theme the
law of perfect liberty. His assertions
were all to tho effect that the Mormons
were allowed to worship as they
pleased, that they as people were
not coerced into voting or worship
ing as any one man or any few men
Mormons were and are tolerant peo-
pie, the speaker claimed that the very
fact that Gentiles, bitter enemies and |
opponents of the church, were today
holding Offices in the State where |
these offices were the gifts of the Nor
mon people, the Mormon voters; that
the very fact that this people had |
favored with Offices those men who |
fought the church proved that the |
Mormon people were tolerant and for
giving. The speaker then touched up.
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people not to forget their duty in this |
regard, asked them to support the
church, love and obey the leaders, and !
10 look with reverence upon those who |
were appointed of God to rule them. |
Returned Missionary Speaks.
- Next following Mr.. Young was Elder
SephI fratr, one OF the returned mis- |
slonarles. He started out by referring |
to the British people, that thev were |
the favored Of God through the fact |
that SO many OF them had become Nor. !
mons. and that the greatest number of |
the faithful had come from England |
and the English possessions. He as
serted that the apostles of the church |
should be supported by the people, that |
they would one day rule the earth. and |
that it was the duty OF all good Nor, |
mons to pay their tithes and TO give /
in every way possible the support need /
ed by the church in these times when |
the hand of man was against it. "The |
names of our opponents shall be remem.
bered only III infamy; we shall walk !
upon the dust of our enemies and the ,
enemies of our beloved church, - de- |
clared Elder Pratt.
Apostle Mckay was the next speaker
and his talk was much along the same
lines as those preceding. He gave few
if any new thoughts and his speech |
was merely d plea for the people to paw
their tithes and to have due regard for
the duties that devolved upon them as
Mormons.