Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-17
AFTERNOON SESSION.
President Lyman Urges People to Get
Out Of Debt as Quickly a Possible.

The afternoon session OF the con-
ference convened IN the Tabernacle at
D. m. President Nephi L. Morris
presiding PRAYER is the Souls Sim
cere Desire" was sung BY the choir
and the invocation was offered By
Elder Andred Jensen. The anthem.
We Give Thanks to Thee was rem.
dered by the choir.
President Francis NJ. Lyman. Of the
council OF the Apostles. was the first
speaker He said that the Latter day
Saints had entered into covenant with
God 10 serve Him and render obedience
70 His commandments. These obliga-
tions were not assumed with man, but
with the Creator Of the universe. We
have volumes OF scripture, ancient and
modern, and these are supplemented
with the words OF the living oracles OF
God In the various departments OF the
Church, Individual members too. are
endowed with the Holy Ghost. which
leads them day by day In ways OF
righteousness and warns against pit
falls and dancers that beset lifes path
way That Spirit teaches men con-
corning our Father IN Heaven ard His
Son Jesus Christ. Thus are the saints
fortified and protected. and there is
little excuse for any one 10 20 astray
and wander from the path OF rectitude
and right. No man can keep the COM
mandments OF God without the assist
ance OF the Holy Spirit. II works a
desire for reformation In mortsls. and
reformation is necessary as long as we
dwell In the flesh
By yielding obedience 10 the princi-
Piles Of the gospel. said the speaker. the
members Of this Church have become
united together. just as all people
would become united II they Yielded
obedience 10 the gospel as taught by
the Son OF God II is not surprising
that the Latter-day Saints are opposed
by their brethren and sisters OF Chris
tendon. claiming as they DO that the
Mormon Church Is the one true Church
Of CHRIST IL was announced 70 the
Prophet Joseph by the Lord himself,
that the churches then extant had
gone out Of the way. The Church es-
tabished in the last dispensation Is
separate from any Of the other church.
es. II Is descended from none OF them:
its foundations were not laid on the
Bible. although its every nrinciple IL In
strict consonance Herewith. While be-
lieying implicitly IN the Old and New
Testament and accepting and endorsing
their divinity. the Latter-day Saints
maintain that the Church to which
they belong was set up by God himself
by direct revelation. II Is new rev
elation from the heavens In the nine
teenth century. A prophet was raised up
and he received communication from
and acted under the direction and
counsel OF the Savior Of the world In
view OF these claims. II is not thing
10 be marveled at. continued Elder Ly-
man. that the sects Of the world should
oppose and be jealous OF the Latter
day Saints.
The sneaker said that ne believed
the majority Of Christian people TO be
earnest and sincere In their belief. and
that many Of them are satisfied with
the religion that they have. The gos-
pei As taught by the Lstter-day Saints
Is accepted by comparative few.
Nhen man believes the truth and ac-
cepts OF II his eyes become opened
ana he knows az the divinity Of that
which he accepts He enjovs the Gifts
ana graces OF the Holy Spirit and his
Soul IL no LONGER in doubt.
The Latter-day Saints gather from
ne ends Of the earth. said the speaker,
~ order that they might help each
other and build each other M. II Is
oliiloult to do right at all times, but
we should bear with each other in our
Weaknesses and seek to overcome evil.
Ihere Is no profit in wrongdoing. Men
ana women should devote 20 the Lord
tneir best and most vigorous days. SO
,nat when old age comes strength and
comfort may be relied upon from the
Giver Of all good gifts The Lord bears