Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-07
GOSPEL WILL REACH THEM.


lions few years ago we sent ou
| young elders into their communitie,
and converted some ~ them 20 Nor.
/ monism. They We're most devout
However. we had not the ways AND
means ~ colonizing them and In theii
existing condition could not keer
| them stcadfast in the faith 10 was
thought 10 be unwisr 90 continue an
| that direction until conditions should
| bo changed. So we have waited. We
are waiting now Tor the time Co come
| when We may c0louize these people.
] Then we viii go 10 them Co preach the
| everlasting gospel 90 them"
| Elder Lyman endorsed the remarks
| OF Elder Hcber j. Grant during the
| conference regarding the word Of Wis
dom. He said that he had observed
carefully the effect Of the disregard of
this law ard he had seen that young
men addicted 10 the use OF liquor. to-
bacco and other prescribed articles
have not possessed the same amount
of moral courage as do those who are
sincere In their abstinence. Too, he
said, the spirit OF our lives il impart-
ed To other generations. Appetities
81 the fathers are sent down 10 the
children and a principle disregardcd
By a parent Is likely 20 be disregarded
by his child.
Edith Grant sang THE Lord is NV
Light" in a voice which nlled the en-
tire auditorium. but was sweetly soft
ana charming with its melody.
ELDER NEPHI PRATT.
Elder Nephi Pratt, president Of the
Northwestern States mission. spoke OF
work being done in the northwest by
elders under his supervision. He also
spoke Of principles of the gospel and
the prevailing Of a. spirit OF unity and
devotion to the work OF God, aying in
part:
The Spirit Of the Lord has been
poured out on this congregation and
upon the congregations present at each
session OF the conference. This has
been so IN most remarkable manner.
! am thankful To God for the iustruc-
ton that has been given by the
apostles, prophets and elders IN the
Church. To come 20 these conferences
from the states where ] am ON "a mis-
sion Is inhxprY ssabiy sweet 20 my spirit
My thanks go up % my Heavenly Fa-
there for these blessings.
PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL.
while you who are nj home are up
building the gospel where you live,
the elders are going from town 10 town
seeking out those who viii receive the
gospel. Some feel lonely as In a forest
as they labor In the great cities with no
friends 10 stand by them. but the Lord
Is with them. He sustalns them and
we are increasing friendships that once
were so scarce as to remind one Of the
quest Of the needle I'm the haystack
Wherever our elders 90 we hear
such statements as this II ! had
known he was a Mormon when / took
him In as a lOdger, / should never have
let him get shelter under my roof. But
l have discovered that the Mormon
elders are gentlemanly and polished
a. l..
from the inside. We have become much
attached 10 them and they are welcome
guests when they come again. We are
establishing regulations with landlords
where we house our elders for pay. The
prejudice against our people Is dying
away. The Oregonian. one of the larg-
est and most influential newspapers In
the northwest. says we are worthy OF
all communication for the part We take
In the religious work OF the Church.
The editor remarks upon the fact that
the men IN the Church teach a consist
ent theology while in so many Of the
other churches none are seen but women
in places Of responsibility In the in
struction OF the young or the spreading
OF the church work
GENTILEs ARE INTERESTED.
I'VE are selling sacred literature TO
GenUlea j would 20 God the people here
al home could see the spirit that accom-
paniea our elders. A woman said to one
OF our elders. You nave been more OF a
gentleman tho nore 1 have known YOU
You have been more afecuOnato 10 our |
A-year-old daughter than has her father
Where have ySu been raisedg The elder
told heT th-@A he was born and raised In !
SAT- LAKE. she expressed some surprise
and asked him, What are your He told
her he was "a Mormon and that his moth
en- was a NTH wife IN pOlyBamy. She |
shrank away from him and asked MIN not !
20 tell her that she said that she would |
rather have thought OF him as a China |
man. He told her that while she appeared |
10 be lady, he, apparently, had been
better raised, for he had been taught |
by his mother 10 respect the religious be- |
liefs Of all people. She was much cha
griued ana told him that an she had |
read OF his people had been adverse 20 |
them She asked him 20 provide her with /
literature that she might read of their |
side. The woman has been much chang |
ed. She has written 20 that elder that |
she has lost the Ike OF frivolous things /
and that when she received the Book OF |
declared that she was assured that no |
wicked man ever wrote the book aud /
that no righteous man ever wrote Il 20 /
deceive. The woman spread her new /
found knowledge TO other women and |
they are "A most deyout set OF women"
PRESERVE THE RECORDS.
Elder Andrew Jcnson. Church historian. |
saints 10 preserve the records OF their /
families lie asked that old journals pre- /
pared by fathers and gtundfathers and |
others be carefully collected and sent TO /
the Historians office that from them may |
be- cullod missing links in the record of /
The early days OF the Church. There ara |
many OF these which might be- considered |
OF little value which would prove of great |
use Co the Church lust where something |
De- missing. The office OF the historian |
now has every facility for caring Tor /
these records, They will not b. damaged |
and by improved methods copies OF them |
Will b. made as needed. The Importance |
OF this work was urged upon the people |
ana an appeal made 10 them 20 respond. |
ELDER }. W. McNURRIN.
Elder J. W. McAMrrin was the next |
speaker. He told of the parallel found in /
spirits attunod 90 receive the word of ]
the Father ana wireless telegraph lnstru- /
ments he pointed out the SIMILARITY /
and then told of "a visitation that once |
came 20 him. DE waa impressed with the |
future elevation Of Elder Anthony " |
WINS Co the apostlcahlp. ne told OF a /
conversation he had had With Elder |
WINS regarding thia and older WINS had |
produced "a Journal wherein WIS wrlttou
tho Same thing aH "a visitation received /
hy Elder EraEtus Snow. men NAV /
laugh. soon or sueer when I say this. md |
! thank God Tor this iesumony of the |
ruth ana ] DO know this work o. the /
truth. There De- uo power IN mon OF ma |
lions 10 thwart Gods decree"
Tho choir closed with the anthem '"rhe /
Mountain Of the Lords House Elder /
kudgcr tlHWaon pronounced tho henodic- /
ton and the meeting wa adjourned.
nuioue9 Feel heavy after atpn..s /