Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-05
HUGE ATTENDANCE
At CONFERENCE


from Alaska Co South Africa. and from
iceland to Samoa he referred to tho
-q1rts of the elders, which, Co thom,
..r1otimcs seemed to- produce nothing.
1ro aid not believe any of those efforts
arr lost though 90 takes time Co pro-
Iu.e fruits Pie Thought that the lo-
hons aud sudcrings ot Che pioneers wcro
NOT boz vain by amy means. a cowboy
once said. "Ihcrc must Doe something
IA their religion on they would not
bats gone through the trIale' Their
sacrifices made an impression ON their
children. and were not lu vain
Am elder who goes abroad and makes
lHt ono convert he declared, may feel
mat DE has done nothing, but who
.u teu what eood that one convert
may do in tho world one Brigham
Young or Wnt1rd Woodruff might
show how rich was his harvest ulu-
matCly
reference was made TO Dr. Palcy's
remarks in Dis evidences OF Christianity
especially the proposition where h'
states that many Of The witnesses OF
the savior. endured ha dsulps ard
ghaured their whole course of life. The
same is true of Mormon SIN. Many ol
|fs believers have voluntarily endured
trials and hardships. ~ IL is proof of
truth in one case &c is in the other.
He referred 10 another proposition OF
Dr palev that there is not evidence Go
show that others claiming similar
things have endured with fort tudc ls
Christians did. Many of the Pagan
miracles win not bear the closest
scrutiny Some of them Rest upon The
testimony of one individual. not
aroup. and the s1cailed visions rarely
ever bear testing or verifying.
All OF the tests mentioned by Dr
puey may be- applied To M0rm0uism.
declared the speaker. II Joseph -mi-h
made statements about golden plates
there d. the testimony OF ~ others shat
they handled and saw the plates De-
yeptiOu is therefore very improbable,
Tho truths OF these manifestations cane
not be- explained away psychological.y
10 is equally ridiculous Co say there
was collision between these men. Tley
heard, saw and felt involving thrc
senses Then there was no object for
collision iu folsting upon the world
such a fraud.
The congregation and choir then join
cd in singing, we thank Thee q God,
for prophet"
ELDER J. G.. DUFFIN
Elder J. G.. DuHlu referred to Admiral
T,aus lecture on the trip of the United
states battieships. one point that
struck MIN was the obedience Of all
tine members OF the feet II struck
him that the principle OF obedience was
, aracteristic OF the true soldiers Il
Christ. who are willing to 80 anywhere
az the word OF command.
The gathering Of the people To- Zion
from an the world places responsibility
upon the people by reason of the or.
carnations called for He referred T.
his experiences as president of O mis-.
sion with young men. He could there
judge Of their home training AMI he
considered that one OF the most import
amt things to be considered by the Lat
ter-day Saints
lie spoke of the command OF the Lord
that parents in Zion teach their chill
dreu the first principles Of the gospel
and TO pray and keep tho Sabbath DAY
holy out OF the hundreds OF Young
men who lahored in the mission There
were no failures among those who had
been properly trained az home There
were "a few failures, he said. but tn y
We're those whose training had Deau
neglected by the fathers and mothers
ut home. He urged those present 90
labor To return their children clean ana
spotless 20 their Father in heaven. r.
do this requires works and faith. Train
ins causes them 10 do things, and hib-