Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-23
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Interesting Addresses by Elder j. G..
Mldgley, Jr., and JAS. II. Moylc.

Not in long time has the tabernacle
held so large congregation as that
which assembled for the second session
of the conference. The speakers of the
occasion were Elders j. G. Midgley, Jr.,
and James H Moyle, both of the Twelft-
Thirteenth ward
There were present of the presiding
authorities. President Joseph F. Smith.
John r. Winder, Rudger Clawson and
Seymour b. Young, the presidency of
Ensign stake. and many OF the leading
elders of that ecclesiastical subdivision.
President Richard w. Young presided
over the services, which We're opened
by the choir singing, Come. Thou
Glorious Day Of Promise" the numbers
subsequently rendered being Great
God Indulge My Humble Claim" and
There's a Sound from the Vale" The
last named Is an anthem, words by
Elder Orson +. Whitney, music by
Prof. Evan Stephens Bishop T. A
Clawson offered the Invocation, and
benediction was pronounced by Elder
John T. Game.
ELDER j. C. MIDGLEY, JR.
The first speaker was Elder j. G..
Midgley, Jr. Faith repentance, bap-
tisn and the laying on of hands, he
said, are indeed the very foundation of
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1t had been the privilege of the speak
er to teach these principles in the Brit
~ ' fn,oign missions Of The church.
Ther II vas that Elder Het,er c. Kim
bail and others first proclaimed the re-
stored gospel on foreign soil Tho
earliest converts were nine in number,
receiving baptim in the River Ribble,
July 80, 1887.
There can be but one true Church
OF Christ, and that must of necessity
adhere closely to the plan laid down by
the Son Of God. II is a difhcult mat
Mt 10 'eaen inun - t'a aa,vation Many
are so impressed with the belief that
mere acceptance of the fact that CHRIST
died for sin Is SUFFICIENT that they cah-
not be led to acknowledge thai th.y
must, by the grace of COD work OUT
their own salvation. Only by obedience
to the requirements OF the Gospel can
men receive nniissloh OF 'helr slhF'
and come into possession or inc nov
Spirit. by which they may DE Ied INTO
all truth These are the teachiiss OF
the Latter-day SAINTS ana thousn
an angel from heaven pisanh any olher
gospel, let him be accursed' salu one W
the apostles of old.
In conclusion Elder Mlosley pore
u strong testimony to the dNlrlty OF
llc spSlSi u Aht SN'' vs.
INN ,ANtES II MOVIE
bLp-R 90"
Elder James II. Moyle said he had
aINvnvs heen q deyout believer IN the
rosnel az taught by Joseph Smith. The
s,,eaker's grand parents had cast their
lot with this PEOPLE, because they be-
IIcyed The message of Mormonism; his
parents had been loyal to the cause,
pa pn' ~, ,o,o ' in Ill Iif. had the speaker
.'''N 80 ~ a.. f,.t,, ,,,,.,, MAT ne
80. ,,,,'i,arnd aroone This unpopular
N"n
P'"P'0'
WHY NO PROPHETS NOW!
,.ho haltcve
ny shou,u Peop'c Hrt. Ma
that Anclehty the nl,''t 70, .,,,,.,'l''
prophets on earth erltIel@c iiu pe. S,,
1 choose 10 believe thht He nov ni,9
His servants among me pcopl1
ed Elder Moyle, Inc sosPo, 90 Az,
hCved and prdctlsed by INC Luz -uaS
Saints, brings love, pace ana wv
tu less NJ "" Inc Mormon people has
subjected them 70 more , NJ
verse criticism imam any
enc thing Men SPEAK OF Wv
Church as the most peiieci orsuinHu-
tion in existence, and yet they belleNt
that 1t had It's inception ~ lne pi..n
of an uninsplred ana ulHeltereu youSn'
Tho principles ana uuelIli,us VI w, 10
church are no less perlevl t,an - 80
Organization. Al are sl'lnu{ III a.
eordance WIN lhe pat'eli sli's ~
the Master Wa@ II a. e,,,i,t ~ c"ii
II renamed TOT JosSph ou'ltn w NJ
the system OF Whlch ne WE ~ ,a. ~, ~,
head, the Church OF Jesus Nnlis' ', -
was II because IL "b9 "'us "Pl''''''"
OF heaven no, f., hts ,.o,,,