The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-10
TEMPERANCE ADVOCATED
At MORMON CONFERENCE
President Smith and Counselors, and
Other Leading Men Of the Church,
Admonsh Saints Against Use
Of Intoxic=nts.

session of the seyentyninth scmi.an.
nual conference of the Church OF
| Jesus Christ of Iatter.day Saints. a
| resolution was offered by Apostle He.
| Der ]. Grant, and unanimously ap.
proved, pledging its officers and mem.
| bers to use every proper means to fur.
| Their the cause of temperance, TO Sc.
| cure the passage of such laws as may
| he necessary to close saloons and 9th
| crwise decrease the sale of liquor,
| and also pledged themselves to the
| support of a Sunday law.
| Despite the inclement weather, the
attendance was large, overflow meet
ings being necessary to accommodate
| the large crowds. Nearly all the
| speakers of both sessions Of the open.
| ing day of the conference dealt with
the subject of temperance as based
on the revelation of the Word of Wis
dom, which prohibits the use of in.
toxicating liquors, tea, coffee and to-
bacco, and which recommends the
sparing use of meats.
After but brief mention OF the
prosperity which had been granted
the church since the last conference,
President Joseph F. Smith devoted
| his address to the advocating of tenn
perance as based upon the Word Of
| Wisdom. and to urging the Latter.day
| Saints to so live as to set an example
to other peoples in this regard, and
! TO make their name known over the
whole world as advocates of temper
ance. He also severely censureu the
use OF tobacco in any form.
President Smiths counselors, John
! Il. Windcr and Anthem II. Lund, who
| also spoke at the morning session,
sustained the position taken on tenn
perance by President Smith, and
pledged him their hearty support in
the stand which he had taken.
The subject was taken up imme-
| dlately on the opening of the after
noon session by Apostle +. NJ. Lyman.
who did not confine himself to speak.
ing against intoxicating liquors, but
who attacked the habit of using tea
end coffee and the excessive use of
meats. Mr.. Lyman treated the mat.
ter from a financial point of view,
and showed the enormous saving
which would accrue from the discon.
| tinuance of the use OF intoXicants, tea,
coffee. tobacco and meats.
Apostle Heller J. Grant also made
spirited plea against the saloons,
and drew a terrifying picture of the
results of intemperance. After he had
announced that the checking of the
liquor traffic was in the hands of the
| people whom he addressed, he urged
on them that they use every effort,
| in the family circle and throughout
! the state, to bring the traffic into dis
| repute, and by their votes at the com
ing election to stamp out the saloon
evil which, he stated, is corrupting
the youth OF the community. He then
presented the resolution, which re-
ceiyed the sanction of the entire con
ference.
At the evening session, Judge II. IL.
Rolapp of Ogden also urged that the
people of the church talk with their
votes as we'll as with their voices
against the saloons.
In the course of his address az the
opening session, President Smith
said:
THE Lord has blessed us to a re-
markable degree during the last half
year. The Lord has prospered
Zion, and / rejoice in the manifesto.
lion OF his kindness. | am grateful
that, Notwithstanding the efforts so
strenuously made TO injure the church
and to bring It into disrepute, these
efforts have been the means of fur
thering the work of the Lord. These
efforts against the church have had
but the effect OF bringing the church
prominently before the world. We
want the whole world to understand
the doctrine, origin and purpose Of
the work of the church, and this can
only be brought about by bringing the
world into contact with our work,
This is being accomplished through
the attacks upon the church. We
want the Just and understanding
world TO know and understand our
doctrine an our works. There are
rome SO blind as those who Will not
see, none so deaf as those who VIII
not hear. and none so heartless as
those who, seeing the light and the
truth. close their hearts against It,
In speaking of temperance, he said;
There is a great movement on foot
throughout the land, A wave OF tenn
perance Is sweeping over the country,
gaining in power every day. ! am in
favor of this movement and indorse
Il with all my heart" He then made
forceful and eloquent argument In
favor of temperance. and declared
that the Latter.day Saints, being the
covenant people Of God, should set
en- example to other peoples, and
should be upright and honest, living
pure lives and loving and fearing
God"
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