Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-19

FIRST MEETING SATURDAY
AL Three Gatherings Were Largely
Attended Despite the
Weather.

inc closing session of the Liberty
stake quarterly conference convened In
the tabernacle yesterday, the services
being largely attended, despite the in
cilmency of the weather Two previous
meetings had been held, the first In
the Ninth ward Westinghouse Saturday
evening, commencing at 80 O'clock.
and the second in the assembly han at
IN o'clock sunday morning
~ the afternoon meeting President
hugh j. Cannon presided and the
Opening and closing exercises were as
1olloWs: Selections rendered by the
choir, Glory to God on high" "Rouse,
oil ye mortals," and Now let us re-
JORGE In the day of salvation" The
opening and closing prayers were offer
ca by Elders Joseph e. Taylor and
ALVIN Y. Strong, respectively.
ELDER f. j. PACK.
Tie first speaker was Elder Fred
J. Pack. He spoke a few words con-
corning the purpose of Latter-day Saint
conference gatherings and recalled '' the
subjects discoursed upon during the
other two sessions. He named as his
theme why are the Latter-day Saints
50 little understood"
II was on a car recently said the
speaker, "and overheard a conversation
between two persons at my side. The
first remarked.
Well, there is no doubt but that
the Mormon question is a thing of the
past His seat mate answered:
II 1t isn't already, 1t will be in n
short time. Just walt until the young
people become educated and the ques-
ticn Will be solved.
The opinion of these individuals that
otii forcfathers were dominecring and
lie al,
idea" said Elder Pack. Our parents
We're not blind and they had a lsnowl-
edse that they We're obeying tho law
me natural substantial law of the Cos
pei, based upon the natural and neces-
sary.
"A misconception on the part of the
world Is their idea as to what is ma
tural and what is supernatural. What
IS TIC difference? have talked with
people who believed that law in the
next or other world was quite different
from what It is in this world: that new
WORLDS will be surrounded by different
CONDITIONS The Latter-day Saints be-
lleVe that there is but one law and
everything under that law is natural
After short study one Eliminates that
word: supernatural, in its present APP
plication.
x man took n costly vase to a
manufacturing firm to have 1t repaired.
II was set on the edge of a counter
and through the carelessncss of an
e.mpl6yc was knocked from the bench
into whats{was apparently "a jar OF
water. 1t was not water, however, II
was nitric acid and the vase was sill
YER The owner came to get his pro-
pertS when he supposed 1t would be
a search was made and it
was discovered that the costly relic
had fallen into a Jar OF acid and was
destroyed. But not so, said the manu-
facturer. lie added salt to the acid
solution ana the silver OF the lar fell
10 the bottom of the jar as white
precipitate. 1t was caught in filter
and placed in a. crucible and mixed
Win fluX. The molten silver was
feured into mold of the same shape
as the original vase. Can any one I'M
.dcrstand the fundment of the pro-
cess, yet 1t was real. Then why be-
cause we cannot understand these
things shall we call them unreal, UNI
natural. or supernatural"
The fundamental doctrine OF the be-
lief of the Lattervday Saints is the doc
Urine or work. Elder Pack pointed out
how the worker above everybody else
IS successful and not the man who sets
him down and theorizes; that IL one
sets out to reach a point Il goal he
must travel every inch and fraction
thereof OF. the distance to that point
ana that that point cannot be reached
only by travelling all the distance.
The speaker said in conclusions: THE
l.atter-day Saints wish the world to
understand that they stand for the
truth and the education of the young
people means preparation for their ed
ucational work in the world. We wish
the world to understand that there is
no warfare between them and the Lat
tcr-day Saints. Those people who say
that Mormonism will disappear when
the people of the Church become edu-
Gated arc aboring under serious mis-
take"
ELDER RUDGER cLAwsoN.
Elder Rudger Clawson was the next
sneaker. He said that he had heard the
reports Of the previous sessions and
was pleased to see that they showed
progress and improvement in Liberty
stake, IF anybody should ask me In
what way ! accounted for this prog
rcss," said he, Il should answer be-
cause of faith. Because the people be-
lieve they can do certain things--they
80 and do them
ELDER REED sMooT.
The concluding speaker was Elder
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