Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-11
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Interesting Discourses by Elders u. D.
Mckay and o. f. Whitney.

Interesting Discourscs by Elders u. o.
Mckay and o. F. whitney.
The afternoon session of the confer
ence WAS very largely attended the
lower part of the tabernacle being filled
To It's capacity Interesting discourses
were delivered by Elders David o. Nc
Kay and Orson +. Whitney. President
| Nepht l.. Morris presided, aud the serv-
ices were opened by the choir singing
the hymn, Come thou glorious day Of
| promise" Other selections by the
choir we're, From afar, gracious Lord,
Thou hast gathered Thy flock" 20 My
Father" and I'VE thank Thee. % God,
for a prophet" the congregation Join
named hymn. The opening and clos
ing prayers We're Offered by Elders D,
+. Davis and Hamilton G, Park, re-
specttvely.
ELDER DAVID o, MCKAY.
The report given OF the Salt Lake
| stake by President Morris at the MORN
| ing session, said Elder Mckay showed
that the saints numbered therein were
united. The situation described caused
tho ques ton to arise In the mind, what
condition might obtain that would
break into and destroy thai harmony?
Two or three, he said, had been pointed
out during the forenoon, and he wou.s
suggest another, that OF Latter-dap
Saints Judging, or nlsjudg cling, each
other, and adv ersely criticising tho ac-
lions of Church leaders.
The Savior ad.sonished ths per ue to
Judge not The privilege 10 consider the
good qualities In men was not denied by
the Master, but His advice was directed
against the nlagnifying and heraldinS
OF tho weakn esses and faults OF an
other The proneness OF nlortals TO
sit in Judgment had existed more or
less since man was driven out OF Eden.
Instead of going to an erring brother
In Kindness and pointing out the road
to right, critics are inclined to magnI.
~ wrongs and procla I'm them from the
honsetops,
HARD TO BE A JUDGE.
1t is difficult for the masses to always
thoroughly understand the motives and
acts of persons called 10 occupy promi-
nent places. declared Elder Mckay.
Those who view the situation from
point OF common vantage are apt to
get their lines askance. Christ plainly
saw and understood the motives by
which men were actuated, yet by pre-
cept and example He proclaim ed
against the unwisdom OF sitting in
Judgment.
The Master was accused by the very
people He came to bless, and In like
manner Joseph Smith was censured
without just cause. Elder Mckay quot
ed from sayings and writings OF the
prophet during the last years OF his life,
as showing that he felt the power that
comes from righteous living. and
though his motives We're impugned by
some Of his supposed friends, he pos
sessed "a conscience void OF ofrense to-
ward God and toward all men,
AfrIS a ,s.N.a~ y
day Saints to be true to the gospel, to
the constituted authorities of the
Church and to be loyal to the govern
| ment and it's institutions. II they were
steadfast In what they knew to be
| right, what mattered 1t though they
! were Judged By magnified weaknesses
and misjudged In things of which they
are Innocent
ELDER o. F. WHITNEY.
Some one has said remarked FL
der Whitney In opening his address.
let me write the ballads of a people
and care not who shall make their
laws" The speaker was reminde
| OF this saying by the quotation from
| from the hymn 20 MY Father Just
rendered by the choir. He would
| rather have the honor OF writing that
| which would live when the author
| was dead and forgotten than 10 occupy
any high place to which men usually
aspire.
When Gen. Wolfe was in the boat
| under way to the scene OF his last
battle. continued Elder Whitney, he
read 10 those about him GT.y's Elegy.
and remarked. Il would rather be the
author OF that poem than TO take the
city. of Quebsc" Well might he make
| such a statement for when the deeds
OF the gallent Wolfe at the Heights
| OF Abraham are forgotten the word ;
| OF the poet viii still live Far better
| would It be to sing for the comfort of
soul in distress than to shine while
| sitting upon throne.
| WHO is GREATEST
The speaker had recently discussed
| tho question as to what constituted
| greatness, and the opinion was reach
| ed that the conclusion was largely n
matter Of the point from which the
subject was viewed, An official of the
Territory Of Utah had once remarked
| that had Brigham Young been learn
ed man and remained In the east he
might have become great and died a
millionaire. Elder Whitney contend-
ed that the achievements OF Brigham
| Young as colonizer. architect ana
leader OF men stamped him as genius
far in advance OF the Ideal depicie a
by the United States marshal, rf the
question had been asked 2,000 years
| ago as to who WIS tho greatest then
living, the answer would doubtless
have been that Augustus was the man.
Yet al that very time there walked
| among men the God OF heaven and
earth. whose glory VIII shine In Splen
dor when The sun has dimnled with
age Who I'm Christendom would COM
pare Caesar with Jesus the Son
OF tho lIylng Godc
In the beginning OF the nineteenth
century there was born into tho world
an infant whose name was destined 70
be spoken for good or evil through-
out the world obscure AS Were his
surroundings he became an object Of
persecution and his name was spoken
with scorn ANA contempt by all who
dld not change their view point Brig
ham Young has been given measure
of recognition for his achievements
Doubtless he WAS the greatest man
that NormonIsm has produced. but.
said Elder whitney with emphasis,
Joseph Smith produced Morrnonisn,
thar ~ SO far as mortal could have
ANYTHING to do with It's coming forth,
He nutshonh ana will continue 10 out
shine amy who have or may succeed
him, -.
own sake, but 10 subserNe the gem
.ral good of mankind, and when a
| r,iftsd person seeks 10 aRgrandtse HIM
self- turning from the Creator TO tho
creature, he Is guilty Of idolatry. and
needs reiteratIon OF the command
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