Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-06
is within him the elements Of the trim
lty The life within him is eternal.
ELDER aC. CALLS.

1t is u blessed privilege to enjoy the
presence and council of the authorities
Of the Church. said Elder Charles a..
Calls, president of the Southern States.
mission. We have been reproved for.
some of our shortcomings. The reproof
of n friend Is Il blessing the kiss of an
enemy is deceitful. The counsel gwen
mt this conference will make for good
among the Latter-day Saints.
The speaker brought encouraging
word from the mission field. Men mar
vel, he said, at the power and influence
of the young elders in the field, Their
success is mott to be wondered at. for
they speak and act under the power
and influence OF the Holy Ghost. In
working in. faith and faithfuness for
the welfare. of others. men build them
selves up and are magniied i'll the,
eyes of good men and women in the
world.
thinking men are beginning to study
the life and lahors of the Prophet Jo-
seph Smith, They find upon inrestiga-5
Etion that there was something truly
wonderful in the accomplishments OF
his life.
The wonder Is that the world does
not more fully appreciate the aims and
purposes of the Latter-day Saints The
hearts of this people are filled with
love and charity for their fellow be-
5ings. The gospel to them is the power
of God unto salvation. The message of.
the Prophet Joseph Smith to the world
was one of peace and good VIII. lie
was prosecuted because in him Satan
saw a messenger of life. and that was
the secret OF the contumely that he
suffered. The Lntter-day Saints say
to their brethren and sisters in the
world. Strike If you will. but listen. "
All cannot be missionaries. said Elder
Calls, but all Latter-day Saints, Whe-.
Their at home or abroad, can assist in,
building up the llindom OF God, by be-
ing faithful and true. by paying their
stithes and offerings and otherwise liN-.
ing up to the requirements of the Cos
pei
ELDER ID. o. MCKAY.
THE world wants men true men, who
cannot be sold,' said Elder David o.
Mckay the concluding speaker of the
forenoon Last Sunday afternoon TO-
900 voices acclaimed that they would
stand by the movement for the regu ia-
ton of the liquor traffic. The resolu-
ton was easysto make, but now work Is
needed to carry it out. men and women
are wanted that will carry out the
resolution. The vote AYE, aye Will
not do it; work is required. Nothing is
so noble as manhood, nothing Is so sac
red as womanhood. The glory of crea-
{tion, the beauty Of the world Is man,
the nobest work of God 1t Is good 70
be in the presence OF good men. II
should be easy to be honest a dis
honest man brings only misery into the
world Who found fault With Mary for
her DEVOTION to the Lord1 1t was not
an honest man but one whose heaft
was filed With avarice and envy Sou
pity the man who passes from light to
.1arkness,, blessed is he who is true
and faithful to that which he knows 10
be light. The man who is true to his
manhood Will not lie. There Is N
every man the spark of divinity; II
cannot die for God renews 1t.
The man who is untrue to that WntGi'
he knows to be right, IS IN q cohul-
ton pitiable indeed.
The people by their action Of sun
day have buckied on the arinor form
affray against a manifest evil. VIII
thew proceed to the battle or VIII they
waver because of political or amy oth
er reasons The speaker urged ina
there be no wavering, no faint hearted
ness but a determination TO press the
fight to q successful ending. .
| 1.-THE stand taken by Luther tns
irving ordeaI5of his life is the KIND o.
manhood that should possess the LAT LAT
| :ter-day' Saints. ~, !
| An OWL quite as much menace :, !.
the young Latter day saints, IN lns
opinion of Elder Mckay, was the prev
,alence in the community of unWhole-
some literature, and in strong and EN-
phatic terms the speaker 1nVelghed
against such reading matter be avail
able to the young or anyone else.
There is no condemnation too strong
Of one who will give poison in the
form, Of corrupt literature to souls that
are longing for truth, declared Elder
Mckay in conclusion. A stand should
be taken against vile literature. Pa
rents. keep mental poison from your
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