Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-25
ADVANCEMENT
pF REAL LIBERTY.
Prohibition Theme Ably Dis
cussed at Tabernacle
Service Yesterday.
THE DEFINITION OF PAUL
yho.c addicted to Vice Are Indeed
slaves Knowing Little OF
Christian Freedom.

Al the second session of the Pioneer
10 conference which convened in
~ tabernacle at o'clock yesterday
.ft9noon. three speakers addressed a
,srpe congregation: namely: Elders j.
Al Siodahl Joseph j. Cannon, and
Alexander buchanan, Jr. All three
.poke ON the subject of temperance,
and each made an earnest plea i'm
lebalf of state wide prohibition.
The services were presided over by
President William McLachlan. The
rpnbers rendered by the choir were.
come Thou Glorious Day of Promise
.Uav We Who Know the Joyful
sound and the anthem. Awake My
soul " The concluding hymn was ere
feemor of Israel sung by the choir
and congregation. Elder David Nc
Eenzie offered the invocation and
ieuodiction was pronounced bv Elder
charles IA. Hyde. a brief synopsis
az each speakers remarks follows
ELDER J. N. sJODAHL.
The subject that is most prominent
Al present in public thought is whether
ar not 90 would be best TO exclude by
law the manufacture and sale in this
state of intoxicating liquor. There
need Doe no apology for rcyerting 20
This theme, as IL affects the home, tho
family. the commonwealth ana the
Church IL can scarcely be excluded
from our worshiping assemblies.
The argument advanced that pro-
Mbiuon would be curtaiment or
civic liberty should not be dismissed
without due consideration. Liberty
B the greatest boon that has come 20
mortal man.
Would prohibition in the matter of
lntoxicants be AN abridgment OF per-
sonal liberty2 If So the sale and use
Of opium could but be considered in
The same light The fact is that
neither intOXicants nor opium come
under the provisions OF Christian
liberty
There IS one kind of liberty that has
DO place under this government, nor
under any civilized government, and
that is the liberty OF destroying the
lodes OF souls of others. And II /
Engage IN business the effect OF which
IS 10 send my fellow man 20 eternal
uegdition, II is your duty To prevent
me from exercising that liberty"
In one Of his epistles, the Apostle
Paul clearly defines what Christian
liberty means. A person who becomes
addicted 10 any vice is a slave, know
ing but little Of liberty Many men
cannot break away from the chains
hat bind them, In the way Of strong
drink, To these a helping hand In the ,
share Of inhibition should be extended.
The argument Is made that prohibit !
ton docs not prohibit. That all de- |
Ields on the way that laws are car I
lied into effect and the honesty of pub |
De officials.
The closing OF saloons In San Fran |
CISCO after the earthquake reduced /
crime so per cent according TO some |
reports. That does not eXtirpatc all I
crime. but laws against the liquor |
Traffic would remove temptation from |
The young Let all who have the well |
iare of The state and Of the home at |
heart arise and rescue the community |
nom the saloon evils
ELDER JOSEPH J. CANNON.
Am 1 my brothers keeper" are the
words of q coward The statement is |
true as relating TO Cain. and IL IS /
true of every man who asks a similar /
question The individual responsibility |
in The community has undergone some !
what Of a change In modern times. I'm |
al governments men have been called |
upon 20 lay aside some OF their personal |
Hneiics for the benefit of all There /
can D.. no just opposition 90 "a move |
mfhl designed 10 do away with "a sys- /
tenn traught with SO much M as /
comes from the liquor traffic. prohi- /
Nlou would bring about conditions /
uat would benefit The individual the I
-amllY and the community
L0.r Cannon rchcarscd conditions |
visiting n Liverpool. coming under |
N. observation. as showing the physi- |
gay moral and religious suffering that
resulted from tntempcrnce. The most /
eHailng thing of 10 IAN was the fact /
way such misery brought vast revenue /
w lhe government By way of license I
IloAtN no money that comes from |
luihed manhood and debauched wo- I
.NihhoDd should lind IFS way into the I
"''auiN OF city, state OF nation. We ]
"iAl prohibition because IL is for the |
snp'fal ana eternal welfare of man |
"'NN' ANA because God wills IL so.
ELDER ALEX. BUCHANAN. JR.
Ihe brotherhood OF man shonld NOT |
lh theory only Tho Iattcr-day |
.i'N's have been taught prohibition /
.h me infancy of the Church. Tom- |
'HN,a is one Of the cardinal princi- |
or ihe gospel 10 Dr. iuCuloatod bon |
81 Np.d of Wisdom. DO 500 need to /
converted 90 the principle of abstin- !
Hom strong drink2 Tho Lord has /
l' Hl.u His mind and win BOO this /
stih lie says 70 is not good for man /
i"' argument that because some /
.N N.Inh and do not become drunk \
- therefore There is no Wnog Boo /
''Ah.ns ul strong drink is lllcious |
Ihe manifest duty 0f those who I
hI'ug ls 90 help the weak. Who I
unable 10 help thomselyos 10 ls
'hal the government should stcp /
'HN neIp DOB ms cause hy cuactlng d
"'. calculated to close the doors of ,