The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-07
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left to judge and to speak for or against
them, but not himself or his brethren.
"Our enemies have taken advantage
of foolish things that have been said,
: and some of US have given the world a
chance TO use these things against US,
. because these things should not have
been spoken at ALL" he said.
Lord Will Find Channel.
81 feel, my brethren, that it is my
duty to say this much at the close of
this conference" said Mr.. Smith.
when the Lord wants to reveal some
thing to Us, he knows the channel
through which TO reveal it, and he Will
do it through the proper channels of the
priesthood, and don't forget it!'
The president of the church closed
his address vehemently, and there was
a snap to the last words, And don't
forget it," that was followed by a still
ness over the entire audience which,
moment later was broken by whispered
comments. All eyes were on Brigham
H. Roberts, who showed no sign of his
feelings while he was the subject OF the
presidents pointed speech.
In the list of general officers present.
ed was the name of Levi Edgar Young
as one of the first seven presidents of
seventies. succeeding George Reynolds,
who died several months ago. Alpha
J. Higgs, secretary of the board of the
Young Mems Mutual Improvement as
ISOLATION, and H. S. Tanner, who have
. been implicated in recent scandals,
were dropped from the board, as was
Louis A Kelch. The place of assistant
librarian left vacant by the death of A.
Milton Musser was not filed.
Anthony w. WINS, the last member
OF the council Of apostles, was the first
speaker at the morning session, taking
for his text a passage from the doc
trines and covenants saying, blessed
were those who have come up into this
. land with an eye single to the glory Of
God"
He asked If the members of the
church were not living examples of the
fulfilment of those words, including
those who had come to Utah from the
various European missions, and had
been blessed with peace, freedom and
prosperity. He said these blessings
were not obtained except that men
were worthy of them, and the promise
of God bore with them certain require
ments which must be fulfilled by his
children.
In speaking Of the first great com
mandment, "ThOu shalt love the Lord
thy God" and the second. Thou shalt
love thy ncighbOr as thyself," Mr..
WINS said this in no way meant a
command to love or cOuntenance the
evil in others or Justify evil doing.
Lying and Stealing.
Lying and stealing were deplored by
the speaker, who said there were ways
of stealing other than to take property
by stealth at night. Closely akin TO
this, he said, was the obtaining of
money for other than legitimate enter
prises, and he said the Lord was not
pleased with acts Of acquiring property
by means other than those approved by
him.
Reading from the Doctrine and Cove
nants, Mr.. WINS urged the proper OBJ
servance of the Sabbath day, saying
Sunday was not a day for recreation,
excursions, ball games or the like but
it should be observed properly by every
member of the church, whether at homo
or abroad.
John Smith, patriarch Of the church,
spoke briefly, saying that preaching was
not his forte. He said he endorsed
everything that had been said at the
conference He asked the blessing Of
God on every member of the church,
that they might return to their homes
in peace, live according to the laws,
keep Gods commandments and be
blessed.
3. n. Roberts Speaks.
Brigham H. Roberts of the first seven
presidents of seventies was called To
speak. and his address was prefaced
with the remark that the. session of q
conference was an anxious time for two
classes of persons. The first class was
those who were to speak, and the sec
ond was those who have TO listen. In
this connection he related an anecdOt5
of the bishopric I'm a ward i'm which he