Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-07

be divine as did the Iattor-day saints.
| He believed Il was more than mans
| wisdom that framed tho Constitution.
| and balanced all the laws therein set
| forth. Gladstone said of IL that il was
/ one ct the greatest instruments ever
! stricken on by the hand of man Eng
land has made great advances In lber-
" though she had no written consti-
| tuition she had her bill OF rights. mag
ma charta. habeas corpus act. petition
/ OF rights etc. yet she has no document
comparable with the Constitution Of the
! United states, which has been pat-
termed after In many lands The Latter
day Saints may wen feel proud OF their
! belief In the divinity of the Constitu-
| ton which as readily fts the needs of
! a0000,c00 people rs Il did the handful
/ here when IL was adopted.
Years ago when missionaries wore Ia
| boring in Turkey during troublous
| times. missionary. whose life was
/ men0ced. sent word To- the United
| states representative. and war vessels
were immediately sent there with a
strong message, showing Us care FOR
| citizens.
With the benefits coming to US under
this government comes responsibility.
! Race suicide is 1gitating the minds Of
thinkers everywhere Figures show di-
| minishing births of children. At the
1 fair yesterday we saw striking products
/ Of the farm in the shape OF vegetables
| and cattle. but VIC would rather see fine
| children than fine cattle The doctrine
/ OF temporal salvation is really spiritual
| salvation. God has said that all his
laws are spiritual
Everything tending to the betterment.
| growth and development Of the people
is spiritual What IS man benefited
I N he gain the whole world and find
( himself cast away? At one time men
/ We're thought to have been created
merely to give praise TO God In the
/ Doctrine and Covenants it is said that
| the glory OF God consists I'm the bring
ing 20 pass the glory and eternal life Of
his children. lie exhorted the people
| 10 put into practise those principles
I that win make them better citizens ana
members Of the Church.
Judith Anderson Bird sang the solo.
Father. hear US, We pray thee"
CHARLES w. NIBLEY
Bishop Charles w. Nibley said the
variety Of instruction and the kind of
instruction given at this conference Is
certainly to be commended. ] don't
see now the member OF any church, OF
any one else. could find fault with the
teachings Ne have been taught TO be
kONu lNAilflN anu iiAhAAffli7f " pay LNhA
debts and keep out Of debt, and TO love
the Lord with all our strength as we'll
as other things. The work Of the Bet
terment committee and that being done
by the Bureau Of Information was al
luded 10 in terms OF praise. We have
been taught also TO be good citizens. IL
we only knew what boon this liberty
is TO us We would appreciate il more.
Beyond everything on earth we have
a perfect law Of liberty in the gospel
OF Christ II Is recorded IN the Doc
trines and Covenants. which Is part or
the constitution OF this Church that
no man can exercise his priesthood in
any degree OF unrighteousness. God es-
/ tahliehcd this Church. MormOnism oc-
cupies a unique position In all the
world. claiming. as il does. TO, be the
Church Of christ II challenges the
world to produce anything like the or
ganization God has set up.
We mistake greatly II We think that
the struggle few hundred years ago
was for the establishment of any par
ticular kind Of a church. The fight
was primarily for liberty as against
| oppression. and I say all honor e
protestantism No man shall so before
me In honoring that spirit Of liberty
which struggled in the Netherlands
against the Duke Of Alva. At the time
sir Francis Drake secured the sea after
fight was for liberty and not for any
particular church bat for liberty. So
in the history Of our country. IL was
not for any particular religion but for
liberty that the struggle was made.
! And IN the Constitution Of the United
States the law was laid down that
/ Congress was 10 make no law against
mans religious belief
So far as I know there Is only one
/ church outside OF the Iatter-day Saints
that claims any right TO the priesthood.
! Regarding the time when the priest
] hood left the earth. II can be said that
| whenever men try TO exercise upright
eous dominion over the souls OF men
the spirit OF God Is grieVed the heavens
/ withdraw themselves and when that n
done the mans priesthood ends No
/ influence ought 10 be exercised by the
priesthood only by patience, long suf-
| fering and gentleness.
We stand for liberty but this Church
will not be party 70 coerce anyone
| into believing one way or the otner
Any man may establish a church In
! this country This Church Is not
/ church set uu by man. II Is the
/ Church the Church ~ Jesus Christ ~
/ Latter-day Saints. We may not OPP
press any one Men may believe as
/ our Catholic friends DO, that the wafer
/ and wine become the very flesh and
/ =
such a thing ridiculous, but ] glory
/ that after all these years OF struggle
men NAV believe what they please
| without fear OF compulsion or oppres-
| sion
HEBER j. GRANT.
Elder Heber j. Grant said that al
| though theological studies are now
given In the priesthood meetings In
Z stead of the Y. NJ. NJ. J. A., there Is
"a great need for the existence OF the
/ Mutual Improvement ASSOCIATIONS over
/ half the young men on missions belong
/ 10 the Improvement associations.
| There are 625 associations with over
| 81 900 members over $4,000 manuals
| are printed for them each year.
| Elder Grant also spoke few words
! Ia favor Of the Improvement Era which
! had been designated as the organ Of
/ the priesthood quorums as vel as or
the Mutual Improvement Association.
The general authorities were men
| presented as they were given bon yes
terdays News with the exception 20
the name OF Levi Edgar Young, who