Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-20

sake all that Is unworthy and wrong,
and brings a condition of unity and
love between man and man
The Latter-day Saints are sincere
in the claims they make that the
Church is the one recognized of heaven.
Easier for them, bringing less criticism,
had the founder of Mormonism simply
proclaimed the principles believed by
him, rather than to declaim against the
divinity of othe sects and creeds. But
one of the first commandments receiV
ed by him from the Father was to lis
ten TO the Son, ana the Savior's words
to the boy We're to the effect that all
churches processing His name had gone
astray.
The Latter-day Saints do not fail to
give credit where credit is due TO all
who have sriven to establish true prin
ciples on earth. To the reformers be
long strong need of praise for their
labors in this direction. Yet none of
them ever announced themselves Nv
having been especially raised up by
divine calling to restore the gospel,
which most of them proclaimed, had
departed from the faith.
On the other hand, Joseph Smith had
a direct commission to again proclaim
the message of salvation and establish
once more the Church of Christ as 1t eX-
listed primitively
Inc SHtahtI 'lNOleu from lle WDIuS
of Rev. Newman Smith TO the effect
that the formation of a church might be
expected that would contain the ele-
ments of Catholic organization and dis
cipline, with the independence and in
GividualitY OF Professionalism. This. Ell
der Howard said, was in direct line
with the prophecies of Nephi regarding
the establishment of the Church of
Christ in latter days and has been full
filled in Tne mission qf InGatNl, limit
ELDER HEBER ]. GRANT.
Elder Heber j. Grant of the council
Of the apostles was the next speaker.
He said he was convinced there had
never been more unity in the Church
nor higher regard for the presiding
authorities thereof than at the pres
ent time. In all the stakes the presi-
dents of stakes and leading men are
living more exemplary lives than ever
before. No weapon formed agains,
Zion has or viii triumph, and OPPOSE
tion and opposers fade away as dew be-
fore the morning sun. The meetings
of the six stakes now existing in this
city and county are more largely at
tended, respectively, than was the case
of the old Salt Lake stake, when COM
posed of all.
The Latter-day Saints exercise
stronger lIlulNluuallty ana Independence
than any other people. and the state
ments often made that they are blind
ly subservient 10 the rule OF their lead
ers are not founded on fact.
The speaker recited instances OF the
ostracism the has followed many mem
bers of the Church upon their accept
ance of Mormonism, some even having
been driven forth into the night be-
cause they would not reject that which
their conscience told them was true.
That Is the kind of metal Latter-day
Saints are made of, and to say that
such persons. after coming to Utah win
bend to men said TO be shrewdly dis
honest. is an absurdity The rank and
file Of Mormonism are made up OF men
and women who are honest virtuous,
fearless and Independent, and there is
no sacrifice too great for them to make
for the sake of their religion.
Men who increase in knowledge, vir-
tue and good deeds do not forsake
the gospel OF Jesus Christ; but the
contrary is true. said the speaker OF
the thousands OF missionaries who have
gone into the world during the last IS