The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-05
BUSY DAY IN CONFERENCE.
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pointed to outline a series Of lessons to
be studied by the priesthood Of the
church which had been received by the
church and was used at the priesthood
meetings last winter. There had been
some difficulties, he said, and during
the summer, many Of the quorums had
been forced to adjourn. Now came the
difficulty of recognizing the meetings,
and Mr.. ClawsOn said he wished that IL
could be made possible TO keep the
meetings going the year round, saying
they would undoubtedly be much more
effective.
Priesthood Meeting.
The speaker called attention to what
1t meant for the church when the IA
theirs ia &C stakes and zoo wards of the
church would take their Doys with them
to the priesthood meetings where the
fathers, deacons, teachers, priests and
other orders might meet to obtain in
structions. In this manner, he said, the
fathers and sons might be brought into
more intimate relations of love than had
ever before been known in the church.
Mr.. Clawson asked his hearers to
think what it would mean for the ad-
vancement of the church when every Ell
a deacon, three years as a teacher and
three years as a priest, and then be
ready for admission TO the higher priest
hood as an elder. Then there would be
three years training as an elder before
admission to the seventies. and as he
went on upwards in the orders Of the
priesthood he would still receive instruc-
tions in his duties.
we do not begin TO comprehend the
possibilities of this great movement in
the church" he said. Mr.. Clawson ex-
pressed his belief that God would work
great wonders through the training Civ
en- in the classes of the priesthood, and
he said he hoped the presidents of
stakes and the bishops of wards would
appreciate this opportunity for training
the youth of Zion.
Reed Shoots Address.
Reed Smoot the next speaker, pre-
faced his address by expressing his
thankfulness at being able to address
another conference. saying he had en-
joyed the testimony and words of coun-
sci that had been given by those who
had preceded him and trusting that the
same good spirit might continue to the
end of the conference. II, for one, never
tire of thanking my Heavenly Father
that l was born in the midst of these
valleys and mountains" he said. THE
more 1 travel about the world and come
in contact with its people, the more
feel that every LatteF-day Saint should
thank God every day that he is per-
mjtted to live here under such favor
able circumstances"
Mr.. SmOOt said he regarded this inter-
mountain country as a blessed spot
which God had so lavishly supplied with
~ n
other region to compare with it, He
said he hoped that the NOrmOns would
keep their sons and daughters with
them, under the protecting care of the
home, and that the fathers would cul-
tivate the farms little better and then
divide with the sons and daughters, and
so build up the community.
Touching on the building up of home
industries, of which considerable had
been said, Mr.. SmOOt said he wanted to
call the attention of his hearers to the
fact that there are many successful
homes in Utah. The success of a home
should not be measured by elegance and
wealth, but, rather, by the spirit OF
peace, cOntentment and Goodness to be
found within its walls. Every home in
Zion, he said. should be one of order;
every home in Zion should be one of
contentment and Of hospitality and
Goodness, for it is said that the beauty
of the home is order; the blessing of
a home is cOntentment; the glory Of a
home is hospitality and the crown of a
home is Goodness I wonder il all
of our homes are SUCH and 1 wonder if
we as parents have built on such fOun-
dations that our children will have all
of the advantages in life that are pro-
vided by successful homes" he said.
Prayer Spirit Vanishing.
That the spirit of prayer and the
spirit of Goodness is vanishing to an
alarming extent in the American home
was the opinion expressed by Mr.. SmOOt
who said that not even in some Of what
are called the best homes is Gods bless
ing asked on the food provided, and in
many homes there is never a thought
of prayer as a family affair. This, he
said, seemed a source of danger to our
beloved country.
Mr.. SmOot spoke of the new religion, -
saying that Charles w. Eliot, formerly
president of Harvard college, had come
out with a faith that denies the divinity
of Christ; denies that man was created
after the image of God; denies the eff
ficacy of prayer and the spirituality of
the sacrament and denies even the i'm
mortality of the soul. 1T strikes me
that il such doctrine entering the
homes there is danger for Christianity
in our blessed country" said Mr.. SmoOt.
He then related something about DR..
Eliot and his standing among the fore
most educators Of the cOuntry-a man
who had won high hOnOrs and had even
been offered an ambassadorship from
the United States government Such
teachings as those advanced by DR..
Eliot are only the beginning of bring
ing into the homes OF America a disre-
gard for the teachings of Christ, and
when this is brought about there is a
weakness entering the home that can
not be overcome other than by the re-
mission Of sins" he said.
Homes in Zion.
It hope our homes here in Zion are
homes Of order and contentment," he
said 1T isn't the mansion which is
necessarily the best home for a sue
cessful and contented home may be
only four walls and of extremely hum
BILE design, but if there is the love of
God and contentment within those four
walls, it is one of the homes that God
is pleased with.
The spirit of prayer, he said, was one
of the first influences that would bring
cOntentment 10 a home where every
member should pray and the family
should let the hearthstone be the place
for family prayers, where father, moth
err, sons and daughters could unite in
the spirit of humility, hope and COM