Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-06

. spirited address by Elder Hyrum NJ.
smith. Of the council OF the apostles.
81, the question Of temperance and the
,,uure 10 secure legislation affecting
tbe LIQUOR traffic during the late session
Of the legislature. The allusion to pro-
bibition and to a Sunday closing law
,,ne near the conclusion Of Elder
smiths address, and at a moment
chen II was thought he would close
Ms address. which had been directed
along the lines Of the rise and pro-
rress Of the church In almost breath
less silence. the immense congregato
listened 20 the ringing words OF the
speaker. as he voiced his regrets that
the wishes OF the majority OF the poo
rle Of the state regarding the all-im-
rortant questions Of the liquor question
and Sunday closing had been ignored.
other speakers OF the afternoon wero
Elders Rudger Clawson and Joseph W.
NcNurrin. The q ting opened nv
The singing OF the hymn, Come. come
We saints" by the choir and congrcgu-
lion. Elder Frank Y. Taylor offered
tbe opening prayer The anthem. Come
len us sing unto the Lord" was sung
bv the choir and as a closing number
tie congregation sang. How" firm q
foundation" The solo, Ever with the
Lord" was rendered by Miss Esther
paws. Elder David a. Smith pro-
uounced the benediction.
ELDER HYRUM NJ. SMITH.
Elder Hyrum NJ. smith expressed the
pleasure he had felt In the meetings
of the conference. and then went on 70
say that In the year 1929 the Lord said
repeatedly TO Joseph Smith and the
elders that a great and marvellous worK
was 10 come forth among the children
Of men The fulhllment as seen today
BIS most wonderful. How great ana
marvellous is this work. In few
years, comparatively its numbers have
grown to hundreds Of thousands. hling
many villages and towns. They nave
been drawn from all nations and creeds
IL Is marvellous, but Il Is not the only
thing marvellous about IL. There are
great numbers OF men and women m
the world who believe the doctrines Of
The Church The ful6llment Of the
word Of the Lord uttered in 1879 IS
therefore most wonderful
The speaker compared the growth OF
the work to the parable Of the Savior
in regard to the leaven which woman
placed in meal. The truth has been
revealed. and II is having its erect in
the worlA
Reference was made 20 an extract
from the Montreal star, regarding eter-
nal punishment. A preacher, II was
stated, asked for a show Of hands IN
a congregation OF those who had heard
n sermon on hell and but few responded.
He stated that the old ideas Of he'll
and future punishment were not be-
Heved in. Eternal punishment was
said 70 be the punishment Of God be-
cause He IS eternal. Peters reference
TO the spirits being preached to was
also alluded TO by this same writer
and his views we're shown TO agree
axactiy with the revelations TO Joseph
smith. The explanation Of eternal
punishment was read from the Doc
friDe and Covenants II was stated
that the writer above referred 70 drew
his information from the teachings OF
Joseph Smith. though proper credit was
not given for IL. We hear no more OF
infant burning and similar extreme
teachings now. The false doctrines are
being abandoned as the result OF the
light that has come into the world
through Joseph Smith. Many good
men in the earth believe MormOnism
and are friends OF the people, but they
do not accept IL because they feel they
cannot live It.
Continuing Elder Smith said
The speaker read from ] Kings II,
ole Israel asked him 70 lessen the bur
den that his father, King Solomon, had
placed upon them, and to remove the
heavy yoke that bore them down
Taking counsel OF his young men
rather than that Of older and wiser
heads, the newly made king answered
AS follows: MY father made your
yoke heavy and / will add 10 your
woke; my father also chastised you
with whips, but I viii chastise you
with scorpions
Commenting on the verses read, Elder
smith spoke az follows;
That reminds me very much Of what
we have passed through In recent days.
7 do not forget and I may need 20 ask
pardon for reminding you of It, that al
our last conference we spoke out 10
favor Of the closing OF saloons and the
curtaiIing OF the sale OF intoxicating
liquors As a people as a conference,
we spoke I'm the interest Of prohibition.
not only did tho Church Of Christ do
It but an people who love virtue who
love temperance, who love purity or
Iife. who believe IN the doctrine enun-
,Iated In the opening remarks Of our
conference also desired IT, other
churches and good men and women
spoke their will and asked that we be
given relief from the bondage under
which We are now suffering, that Of
open saloons, and the deSccratlon OF
the Sabbath day, and we asked our
legislature 10 kindly grant unto us re-
lief from these Jokes Of bondage. The
savior on one occasion said what
man Is there Of you whom II his son
ask bread will he give him a stone?
or n ne ask a fish. will give him "a SER
pent7" We asked for a sunday law;
we were given a stone VIC asked for
prohibition and ] want 90 say here that
thc lower house OF the legislature with
very few dishonorahle exceptions,
stood or a man for virtue and for
truth and for honesty, and would have
gladly given unto the people what they
asked; Tighten our yoke; release AS
from this bondage that now is destroy
ing our sons and our daughters, and
u0llutng our state. The upper house
WAS tho reverse with "a very few hon-
orahle exceptions They not only dotcr-
mined that they would not give what
tho people wanted, but they would add
insult to injury. and they would say,
We not only win not give you what YOU
ask. but we win show Go you that
$50 wll-hy our actions give them
greater license than they ever had boz
FORE and show them that $50 iar as tn D.
people are concerned when you "a Is
tsh We win give YOU "a serpent and
serpent q is. and as solomon de-
ol1rCd. M hitoth like "a serpent and
slugeth liko au adder That D. what
We GOT They held out hope 90 the
last, even "a stone, but even the hop"
of 20 stone, when Wc asked for breed.
was better than the serpent which they
puVs us