The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-18
GOVERNMENT IS
TAKING NOTICE
Speaker at Tabernacle Says
Holland Officials Listen to
Missionary.
GOOD ADDRESSES GIVEN
LATTER-DAY SAINTS ATTEMPT
ING TO LIVE UP TO GOSPEL.

Counselor Sylvester Q. Cannon and j.
NJ Sjodahl were the speakers at the regu-
lar meeting held Sunday afternoon at the
tabernacle, which was attended by. much
interest. The day was marked also by
the conference of Pioneer stake and Coun-
sided at the tabernacle meeting.
After the opening hymn and prayer the
choir was heard in the anthem, worthy
Is the Lamb Which Was Slain" This was
followed by the remarks Of Counselor
Cannon. He opened his address by stat
ing that he was glad to be able to speak
to those present at the meeting and eX-
pressed the opinion that many persons
failed to appreciate the privilege which
they have of being able to gather each
Sunday and listen to the music and re-
marks which mark the regular meetings.
He said he had received a letter recently
from one of the elders of the Netherlands
mission, in which he spoke of the progress
which had been made there by the church.
The government of Holland recently sent
Outfa warning against the teachings of
the missionaries of the church, but when
the president of the mission visited the
state department and submitted copies of
pamphlets and documents, showing the
principles of the LatteT-day Saints, the
minister promised to make a careful in
vestigatiOn into the matter, and if it were
found that a mistake had been made, it
was intimated that the warning would
be called in.
Church 'Misrepresented.
The speaker referred to the fact that
many persons are inclined to misrepre-
sent the Latter-day Saints. He said he
had Travelled through many of the cOun-
tries of Europe, as well as this country
and he has had an opportunity to look
into the teachings of many churches, and
he found that the Latter-day Saints are
endeavOring to live up to the principles
of the gospel as much as the adherents
of any other church, and that the men,
bers of this church are carrying out in
their lives the pTecepts of the Master
During his stay in Holland, the speaker
said, he had an opportunity to witness
the efforts made there to attack the prin-
cples of the Latter-day Saints He said
the citizens of the land have been great
readers of the Bible, and, not being salts
lied with many conditions prevailing in
the world. they are seeking more truth.
he said many pamphlets have been cir
culated in the country during the last
year, aimed against the Latter-day Saints
and letters have been sent to Queen Will
helmina, one from a wOman's protective
league in the eastern part of the United
States, which has attempted to show that
the Latter-day Saints have been promot-
ing the white slave traffic in this coun-
try.
The speaker said the people of Holland
are hberty-loving people and are in
clined TO religious tolerance and he an
not think the movement against the
church would prevail. He called atten-
ton to the self-saCrificing character of
the missionaries and said they were ready
at all times to bear Iebuffs, ridicule and
even persecution.
Downfall Predicted.
He thought the effort to prejudice the
minds of the heads of the government