The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-06

TO me. The spirit manifested there was
for the Improvement of this entire western
country which we all love so much, the
reclamation of its arid lands and the ben
efltlng or the entire country. / rejoice
TO say that Utah was victorious in the
farming competition and won the Hearst
| cup, valued at 81 900. l found during my
absence that the Latter-day Saints are
becoming more widely known and that the
feeling against us which was the result
| of Ignorance is dying out 1 endorse
from my heart the resolutions passed by
you yesterday. Common sense and the
spirit of God have led the Latter-day
Saints to decide fof the advancement of
the human race not the Latter-day Saints
alone. but the people of this whole dear
| land. 1t is our object through the best
| efforts of pure manhood and pure woman
hood TO improve the citizenship of the en-
tire country This work which We have
accepted comes from God, and i am con-
fident that eventually every land under
| the sun will acknowledge and receive
! those principles of liberty which have
made the United States the refuge of the
oppressed Act more carefully on the
principles of abstinence purity and virtue
| taught by our doctrines. and upon your
brows will surely rest the crown of life.
The trampling upon the principles of lib
erty will surely be punished, and there
fore let US by our citizenship be an ex-
ample to other peoples"
ExtoIs Temple Work.
the meeting. He said in part:
THE most striking feature of the work
of the Latter-day Saints is temple build
| ing. We are temple-building people.
The Lord has always required his chosen
peoples to build temples in his honor. The
claims of the Reorganized Church of Je-
SuS Christ of Latter-day Saints are there
fore brought 10 naught, as they have built
no temples, and have no temple ordi-
| nances. The children of Israel built the
| temple of Solomon which was dedicated
| to the Lord. Our Savior appeared in the
temple and instructed the people there,
and when the temple was profaned he
drove out the profaners. In the days of
| the Nephites temples We're built among
| the people. Nephi tells us that he built
a temple patterned after the temple of
| Solomon. A temple was built at Kirkland
and another at Nauvoo, and the dedica-
| ton of both was attended by manifesto
| tons of power. Isaiah must have had our
temple here in mind when he said God S
| house shall be established on the noun
| tain tops. Where else can you find a
| temple built upon the mountains? The
| prophecies of Isaiah are being fulfilled
| by the Iatter-day Saints. BY building
| temples We are not only increasing our
| temporal church, but are building up a
| big church in the world to come. | urge
that you officiate in the temple for the
| dead and for others. If you do this you
will surely receive your reward here
| after. The dead are waiting anxiously
| to be liberated by the Latter-day Saints
/ through ordinances performed Tor them
in the temple. In the four temples in
| Utah, 100000 ordinances have already
been performed for the dead, and 100000
for the living. Therefore the building OF
temples is one of our most important
| works."
Smoot Recommends Prayer.
After a solo. He Leadeth Me-" by Will
liam d. Phillips, Apostle Reed Smoot al
/ dressed the congregation as follows:
I'VE have been greatly blessed by the
word of God to this people. Yesterday
when President Joseph F. Smith spoke on
to every word he said. | would that the
Mormon people were united in their pray
ers and that every member would listen
| to the word of the prophet and would live
| up to the word of God. The question is
| how is it possible for us to live this law
| and fulfill this law. Ny soul tells me
| that the best thing is to pray to God for
| help, and where he has given his help, let
| those continue to pray for others who are
| struggling against the evils of intemper-
| ance. l want to testify that l know the
| efficacy of prayer. | feel to thank God
that my mother taught me the law not
| only by the word. but by example. There
| fore. il has not been hard for me to keep
| the Word of Wisdom. L thank God that
have always tried TO live this law strictly
and hope that L may always be able to
| say this. / trust and hope that the Lat
! ter-day Saints will give more attention to
| their prayers. | am surprised to learn
| from some of the stake presidents that
| in some houses PRAYER is almost forgot
ten. l know that God will bless you if you
pray to him. Christ taught simplicity of
prayer, and l would that the wonderful
| Lords Prayer were more extensively used
among US. The cessation of PRAYER means
| the withdrawal of the spirit OF God. Pray
| in your families and teach your children
when and how to pray. Many ask what
does prayer do? The most recent and
striking example of the efficacy of PRAYER
n n NH
Smith. Through prayer this people were
guided and directed. through prayer the
pioneers were guided and protected and
through prayer God has blessed the earth
and made it fruitful for his people. If
you attend to your prayers, making your
| hearthstone an altar each morning and
evening. / promise you you will never
apostatize from this church. Take the
spirit of prayer to your homes That is
my wish and prayer"
Hyrum M. Smiths Address.
After reading a portion of the revela-
ton TO Joseph Smith, Apostle HyTum NJ.
Smith said
My spirit is in accord with the Word
of Wisdom as eXpounded by President
Joseph F. Smith yesterday. The speeches
which have been addressed to you have
been plain to understand and lacking in
mystery. They have been edifying, and
the congregation has demonstrated that
they were possessed of the spirit of God
by voting aye to the resolution against
intemperance. l am glad that there is a
spirit among the heads of the church to
reprove the people when they require it,
as well as to praise them when they have
done well. We should take this reproof
in the right spirit and I believe that here
after the people will keep the Word of
Wisdom better than in the past, as their
guilt has now been made plain to them
When a sin is committed in the face of
knowledge, condemnation must follow
There is no such thing as a necessary
evil. Neither prostitution nor the saloons
are necessary evils. and any one who
says they are admits himself vile and un-
worthy of belief. The Latter-day Saints
should set their faces as flint against all
evil and prove that it is possible to live
above sin. l rejoice that the Lord can see
when his chosen people depart from his
commands and through his representa-
tives call them TO repentance. The gem
eral and local authorities must put their
own lives in order and be examples to the