Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09
REPRESENTATIVE CROWD OF MOTHERS TH1RTY-F1RsT WARD

our Church IS not only anxious that
our people should enjoy all possible
facilities TO obtain education. but that
we are as a Church, also taking care
OF our poor and the afflicted, As eNl-
dence OF this ] will read 10 you a re-
port that have received from the
office Of the Presiding Bishop, show
ing the amount paid for the support OF
the poor and the iufrm during the year
1909. which is an average of the an
nual disbursements In this department
The church paid during the year l9O''
for the support Of the poor Nl9s'4'-'of'
which was distributed among the va
rious wards Of the Churcn' aHlIuE
those who needed assistance, the
church has paid for the erection Of tho
DIR. Groves l.. II. :, hospital outside
of the legacy OF $4,000 from the es-
tate Of Or. Groves, the sum OF S32'ooO'
and the annual expense for MAINTAIN
ing the institution, appropriated by inc
church is 100000.
LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE.
Il desire also to call your attention
20 a report published by the state board
OF corrections for the state Of Utah
for the years 1918, wherein II appears
that the people OF Utah, taken as a
whole is a law-abiding people. We ma
by reading the report referred 70 that
credited TO Utah IN 1907, and 20 In 1908,
OF which entire number only one r. a
Norwegian. This ought TO show TO our
friends I'm Norway that they need have
no concern for the young people who
have emigrated TO Utah.
Il have briefly herein laid before
YOU the spiritual side of Mormonism,
as corroborated by the New Tesla
meut. | have also shown you that the
Mormon people are i'm favor Of eduCa-
tion: | have also referred you to the
large sums of money that our leaders
have expended for furnishing cduca-
ton for our children. which OF Itself
ought to be a complete answer to the
charges contained In the articles from
the Norwegian papers read here to-
night That II II was true, that the
Mormon elders at home succeeded In
bringing the poor and the ignorant
over here TO Utah We certainly have
the school facilities and opportunities
to make them become better men and
women. | have also read TO YOU the
large sum expended for the support of
the poor. and ! have now resided IN
Utah for IS years, and | have never
heard Vet OF "a Norwegian family that
has been begging any help from their
people i'm Norway, as YOU no doubt
have heard from the report that have
read that II they are members of our
Church they have been amply provided
for.
THE figures that have read In your
hearing here tonight also rofute the
charges Of our enemies that the Nor
mon leaders are consuming the tithing
paid by tho Mormon people
II. ]. Christensen, editor Of Bikubcn,
moved that the people who were pres
ent send "A copy Of the address of tho
Norwegian women to tho press in Nor
way, which was carried unanimously.
Elder John Lawrence moved that the
scandinavian choir have their photo
graphs taken, and that the picture be
sent with the copy OF the address. to-
gether with the addresses OF the mem-
bers. SO that the people OF Norway
might Judge for themselves OF the APP
pearance Of the girls over whom they
feel such concern.
Prof. Paul Fjellbo. leader Of the
Scandinavian choir, gave notice that
all the young people belonging 20 the
choir should meet next Sunday after
noon TO be photographed In accordance
with the foregoing motion.
The choir then sang hymn, and
benedlction was pronounced by Elder
H. F. Nielsen