The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-07

soine Oh our SlSterS-and | would lutc
TO say that ii Is expected of t1e poroS IT,
society and especially the general n,,
Ihorltles OF that organization, that thev
VIII nave n watchfUl care over All of Tho
oi6hhlzatlons among the women in
Zion. that secret organizations and COM
nlnatons may not get a foothoid and
Inisiend 1arie The sisters. or the women of
the women OF Zion should be united and
not divided ''N' anu
Tithing Scheme Flourishes.
President Smith then devoted his re-
marks 10 tithing. "I want to sav" bo
said lS95 has been the banner year for
the tlthngs of the Latter-day Saints
You can put that down in your memo
Iandum books and remember It.
Never in the history of the church have
me people paid so much tithng as they
uid In 1913. and while they have done
nothing moro than their duty. there arc
a great many Saints who haven't done
so as the books viii show. And L want
10 say TO you that n most thorough
and searching audlcation OF the books
OF tho trustee IN trust, of the presiding
OF the Dcseret News company has been
made by the auditors that were an
pointed and sustained at our last CON
ference, md before the conclusion CT this
conference we Will read you this report
Won't Exhibit Books to World,
The man that complains about not
knowing what Is done with the tithinE
In ninety-nine out of 100 is a man who
has no credit ON the books OF the church
Tor paying tithing: and we don't care
to exhibit tho books of the church to
that class of individuals, but there Is
not tithe-payer In the church that can't
go to the presiding bishops office or
to the office of the trustee in trust
and see his account and see that every
payment he has given TO the Lord Is
credited TO him there; and II he wants
to be more searching as to what s done
with II we Will set before him the whole
thing so that he VIII sec the whole thing;
n ha "a T..gf sol
give we Will take It from him. But we
Will not. because we don't have TO. and
it is not the business OF the world TO
require OF us. 20 mako our books open
to the world. We won't do II unless we
have to. CA voice. "Amen.'D We arc not
ashamed of them; We arc not afraid
honest and straight. and there isn't
man in the world that VIII look at them
but what will say so"
Why They Cut Them OFF.
Next President Smith referred 70 the
hatred, oppression, misreprescntati0n
press has been filled for years concerning
the Latter-day Saints and concerning the
purpose of the church. still there never
was time that the church prospcred
more than II has today. and don't know
but we ought TO be thankful for 1t. thai
is, thankful that the Lord lets our enc
mics expose themselves as they doE Con
tinuing, he said. II cut no figure In this
work. ] am nothing except 10 do my duty
as the Lord gives me my authority TO do
IT, But this is the church OF Jesus Christ
OF Iatter-day Saints, OF whom Jesus Is
the king and the head. We are not me-
nacing or JeoDnrdi5ing tho liberties or
rights OF the people throughout the world,
but we have an organization TO lift up the
people. to amelioratc the condition OF
mankind. to make bad men good, If It's
possible for them TO repent Of their sins,
and TO make good men better. Drunkards.
liars, thieves and those who betray con-
fdence, betray their neiehbors betray
their fellow-men. those who are unworthy
OF love. OF confidence. when their conduct
becomes manifest they arc distello%-
shipped from the church and arc not per-
mitted TO remain and have a standing in
drunkards have lost their virtue and
their love for the people OF God. and
when they become open and aVowed enc
mics of the people Of God, IL becomes our
duty to sever them from communion with
the church. Cut them of and let them
go to the world or where they please.
Board OF Trustees Sustained.
The, church choir, rendered Let the
Mountains Shout for Jov.' following
which the board Of trustees of the
Brigham Young university. OF which Jo-
seph +. Smith is president, was sub
mitted TO the people to be sustained and
president the other members are David
John. w II. Dusen6crry Susie 9.
Gates, Reed smoot, John Henry smith
Lafayette Hobrook, S. l.. Chipman,
Jesse knight oscar b. Young ]. s.
Page. Jr.. and Richard W, Young.
President Winder Talks.
John r. Winder OF the first presidency,
then took the rostrum. He was pleased
that the number attending to the work
OF the redemption of the dead and the
marriages BY our own people in the
temple" are increasing over previous
years,
Baptisms Not Numerous.
Counsellor Anthon II Lund was next
He regretted that many OF the saints
had become so engrossed In business that
they had somewhat forgotten their duties
to their religion. If they were called an
ignorant people they wanted 70 snow 10
He spoke strongly In favor OF the support
OF church schools. both for proIes-
sional and manual training ana con
cIuded with the statement that they now
Rad saints in every country Of Europe
except Spain and Portugal but the
baptisms were not so numerous as they
would like. This closed the morning s'S-
sion.
Afternoon Session.
Tho congregation at tho afternoon ses-
eion was larger than at the preceding
one, standing room being occupied. me
choir opened with the hymn now LGG
JtS p Reioice in the Day Of Salvation
Divine blessing was invoked by william
Mclaughlin, president Of Pioneer stake
and the singers were called upon 10 ron
der praise to tho MAN VIM 0O''''"
wife Jehovah
Speaks on Home Industry.
co,.,,our Y Young, first president OF
ssycntics was the first speaker. In the
Course OF his address he described i the 60, or
st.i' s,',-S ,lith ak and now they had 5000
artiye' earnest working seventies. They
had las quorums organized ana Others t.ITsrln IN
,cToncctIye for the near future. Home
,6SIetr,s ne said was the theme and
counsel ,%Tq OF Brigham Young. and he had
established many shoe factories oIIooS an oi
yyhIch were prosperous until by oSsIess,
s.n have displayed less and less loyalty
and the last ono the one al icd 5f9yH 9ySpton fIS
pended operations e ,SsIe GO lae1 iosttnto1s Ii1
Nd ~ '"cS Continued In their prosperity they
,yni,,d have been institutions OF wealth
and OF help 10 this people tooay'
Roberts on Religion
b. H. Roberts. the I.rS ngTt sPenET,6 sPPesf,6ns5Io S
Tb,t IT, We Sustain TO the Religious OF INC
1vnrId =" He said the first rGvGlnti0h ElFem