The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-07

/ asked now much more dear the cnurCn
should be reid than earthly empires, in
asmuch as Christ was the patriot of the
church.
Refers to Command.
Mr.. Roberts referred to the command
through Moses to perform unto the Lord
/ their Oaths. and compared this with the
admOnitiOn of Christ that man should not
swear by the heaven because it was Gods
| throne, by the earth because it was Gods
fOOtstOOl, nor by Jerusalem because ii
was the city of the king, nor by his head
because he could not change on hair of it,
/ and that man should not swear at all lest
| he die. Mr.. Roberts recOnciled these COM
mands of the Bible by saying that the
| old law of Moses was substituted by the
new law of Christ, and that, nOtwith
standing, God did not walk in crooked
/ paths and he would not cOuntenance the
violation of the old law while it was in
force and until the new law had been
substituted. In this light he said that
/ God might substitute laws, but never
would he cOuntenance the violation of a
| law while it was in force.
! The honor of the church, Mr.. Roberts
/ said should be guarded with care, for the
word of the church, when pledged, was
/ the most sacred of covenants.
Afternoon Session Opens.
J. Golden Kimban of the first seven
presidents of seventies was the first
| speaker at the afternoon session. saving
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| he believed all that God had revealed.
! AS l listen to preaching and read the
/ books of the church, L can agree with
| a Scandinavian brother who, when Civ
| ing his testimony, said, believe in Nor
| mOnism so far as it is correctly trans
| lated said Mr.. Kimball.
/ The temporal salvation of the Mormon
/ people he regarded as a question Of vital
/ Importance, and he confessed that some
! of the people, himself included, had been
guilty of selling their birthrights for
/ mess Of pOttage, although they had been
/ Counseled against it by their leaders con-
/ tinUally.
/ Mr.. KimbaH repeated the words Of Brig
/ ham Young at the time of the gold fever
/ in California, when the former president
] OF the church said that the proper use
| for gold was for the paving Of streets
/ and the making of culinary utensils and
/ roofs for buildings, and when the Saints
/ had preached the gospel and built cities
| and titled the soil, the Lord would pro-
/ vide the gold. Mr.. Kimball called atten-
| ton TO the pamphlet recently issued by
/ John Beck, suggesting ways for imprOV-
/ ing the natural resources of Utah, say
/ ing that this would have been received
| with great respect had il been issued
| when Mr. Beck was possessed of all his
| wealth. but now that the writer was
poor man, many were disposed TO laugh
/ at it.
we are not doing right in looking after
/ our temporal welfare" said Mr.. Kimball.
/ "Our sons are being educated, and more
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! shirt jobs" He said there never were
! such opportunities as now, while the set
| Element of st. George, for instance. called
] for the sacrifice of many lives. While in
| that town recently, Mr.. Kimball said he
! found more than ninety widows of pio-
| neers. In the development of resources,
/ he said, the MOrmOns were in a Rip Van
! Wrinkle sleep.
Success as Pioneer.
Mr. Kimban said he had failed at many
! things. but he had been a success as q
! pioneer, and when he left his pioneer
! country he could buy and sell a dozen
/ who had stayed at home, but he had lost
it all in speculation.
He said when his father, Heber c..
/ kimbau, died, he left his children no
| cash, but he left $50 600 worth of real es-
! tate. These children then owned nearly
/ all OF Capitol HILL and he said that today
not a Kimball could be found on the hill,
/ except those buried there. IF the KIM
/ ball family had known enough to earn
enough for daily bread and then sat down
and chewed gum the rest of the time,
you would all be tipping your hats to US
/ now" he said. He said it was the same
/ with the family of Brigham Young, and
| told his hearers if they followed the ex-
| amDles Of the Young and kimball fam
lilies they would all be hewers of wood
and drawers of water.
Il thank the Lord I have enough land
left to bury my pOsterity on, and that s
| about all I have. Now, you can write
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before l say anything 1 hadn't ought to,
! said Mr.. Kimball.
/ Rulon S. Wells spoke Of the new re-
Igion which had been mentioned by pre-
ViOus speak ers, saying he had been think
ing how vain were the efforts of man to
establish a new religion He said it only
rested with God to formulate a religion
or a plan of salvation
He quoted that love Of God was the
greatest thing in the world, adding that
the fear of God was also important. Mr..
Wells said he was thankful for this ele-
ment of fear pointing out that it was a
great restraining influence for right liv-
ing, and the fear of the penalties OF the
law and Of disObedience in the home also
. had their effect in improving the lives
Of men.
Charles H. Hart spoke of the decora-
tons of the tabernacle, saying II was lit
ting that the flag should be used. He
said he knew of no other religion thaI
held as one of its tenets that the consu-
! tuition of the United States was an in
( spired document.
Q. W. Nibley. presiding bishop, spoke OF
the variety Of instruction that had been
given by the many speakers during the
conference, saying he did not see now
any right-minded person of any creed OF
no creed could take exception to or find
/ fault with the teachings given to the
members of the church. He said the adj
monition had been to pay debts and then
keep out of debt, and to love the LORD
with all our hearts. He said the church
, patriotism and love of country. he said
that Mormonism held peculiar position
among the churches of the world in thai
it was the only one to claim the priest
hood of God.
M. Nfblev said all honor was due &c
| Professionalism. in that it had fought FOL
religious liberty, and through It's eftoftS
the way had been paved for complete
freedom in religion, as exemplfled IN tht
laws of the United States. He said thal
Dr. Eliot could establish his church anc
no one could say him nay, but he coulc
not confer the priesthood, and, in fact
he did not claim that right.
He said there had been suggestion
that with the reorganization of the priest
hood classes, the needs for the Y. NJ NJ
I A. had passed, but this was not the
Il proper view. He said that today there
were 1Og7 members of the association
4 away on missions. and of the $50 wards o.
the church, only fifty-siX had no assocla
lions for the young men. The assocla
ton now numbered 322Z9 members, M
q said. 2.429 of whom had joined last year
Z and there were 12.512 young men in TN
I church who were not enrolled in the as
d sOciatiOn.
The officers were presented and sus
taired. and then the president of tn
church delivered his closing address, ant
4 rohn R. Winder delivered the benedicton
4 s-c~
j CLARA BLODGETT BURRIS, of 40 Soutl
I'll Eleventh East street. died OF genera
8 / debility at 9:15 o'clock last night Sh'
was the widow of Walter Burris anO
was IS years old. Nine children survive
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