The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05

stood fresher and firmer than ever. rhe
country has only lately undergone Sc
we're financial depression, said the
speaker but our people were well pre-
pared to meet the shock. | believe the
condition of this state is such that II
will continue to grow and prosper ana
grow strong.
I'VE have always been temperate peo-.
pie" continued the speaker, referring TO
the remarks of President Smith on tenn
perance at the morning session 1t is
true mat our fattE has not always been
lived I'D to as il should have been, but
in the main the doctrines of the Lord
as given to us through the prophet Joseph
Smith have been followed, and now, when
this great wave of temperance is sweep
ing the country no people are so wen
prepared as the Latter-day Saints.
Took Time in Development.
when the injunction concerning tenn
perance was first given in the beginning
il was not a strict commandment, but
thirty years later, through Brigham
Young on this stand, the Lord gave as a
commandment the words in the word OF
wisdom. This refers to tea, coffee, to-
bacco, profanity, as well as the maui
gence in strong drink
The time has come when all Latter
day Saints should be held to little
stricter account. 1t is time for reforma-
ton, extended. increased reformation
Others. many others, can go hand IN
hand with us. Perhaps they will never
accept all of our religion. but they must
accept much of it. We must show that
we are earnest and sincere. The Lord
has selected the Latter day Saints, ana
has prepared their work. They Will be
sustained: God is the author of this Work:
the church will remain
Will Visit Wards.
President Lyman said that the quorum
of twelve will 60 into every stake and
every ward. There are Ifty--siX stakes
and 200 or 500 wards 1t is lmpossl7
BILE TO Wis, all of YOU Individually, said
Mr.. Lyman. because there are so many
of you and so few of us, but we will visit
the stakes and wards and do what We
may TO help the work"
In further praise of the cleanliness OF
the lives of the Latter-day Saints, Mr..
Lyman said that the opponents of the
church may question our testimony, but
they cannot question our lives
Is Moral People.
Apostle John Henry Smith said that the
DAY meant much TO him, for he stood In
the presence of q great congregation OF
Gods chosen people, but as we'll the day
marked the anniversary of the birth of
his eldest living son and also the ami
versary of one of his weddings.
Apostle Smith congratulated the mothers
who had been given the opportunity of
thoroughly instilling into their children
the rules laid down in the Word of Wis
dom In this they were much more for
tunate than many of those in other
faiths.
Il believe that in proportion to num-
Der, whether in Utah, Canada or Mex
leo or in any of the governments of
the world there is to be found a larger
proportion of Latter-day Saints among
the moral peoples. and that the moral
principles are being more closely follow
ed by them than by any other class of
people The reason for this is that the
! teachings have sunk deeper into our
hearts than into the hearts of any other
! people.
Young People Should Rejoice.
THE young people of the Latterday
Saints should rejoice in this principle
/ which is theirs. No matter how far from
4 the path of recttude and temperance
! thew have strayed they still have this
/ precious inheritance. They should re-
! ioice that they inherited them from pa
! rents who were far ahead of followers
/ of Calvin and good old John Knox, and
! others, who had among their chief be-
/ liefs that unless certain ordinances were
administered their children must be lost
Money for Liquor.
! Apostle Heber ]. Grant, beginning his
/ cation to know that the attendance was
/ the largest he had ever seen for a first
I day gathering. Taking up the subject o.
/ temperance, Apostle Grant said that il
! Great Britain $500, 600 is spent annually
for liquor and declared that the Ameri
Z can people were fully up to the aver
age.
| the people for their temporal salvation.